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The Daily Beast reports: Sean Hannity is looking to leave Fox News, according to sources, following the resignation of Fox News co-president Bill Shine officially on Monday. Shine was Hannity’s his long-time ally whom he personally recommended the network hire two decades ago to produce Hannity & Colmes. In recent days, Hannity warned it would be the “total end” of …

Raw Story reports: Infowars founder Alex Jones called a press conference on Friday afternoon to lash out at reporters for their coverage of his child custody case and topped it off by ranting about Chobani yogurt and “human animal chimeras.” Thursday night an Austin judge awarded custody of Jones’s children to his wife after more than a week of bizarre …

The Austin Statesman reports: In a stunning verdict, a Travis County jury has awarded Kelly Jones, the ex-wife of Alex Jones, joint conservatorship of their three children with the power to decide where the children will live. That means that the three children, age 9, 12 and 14, who have been living almost exclusively with Alex Jones, will now live …

USA Today reports: Breitbart News’ application for press credentials to cover Congress has been set aside, and the news outlet’s temporary credentials will not be renewed when they expire at the end of May. The Standing Committee of Correspondents, which controls membership in the Senate Press Gallery, tabled the news outlet’s application Tuesday, saying there are simply too many outstanding …

The Associated Press reports: Greek yogurt giant Chobani filed a lawsuit Monday against right-wing radio host Alex Jones, accusing the conspiracy theorist of publishing false information about the company. Chobani says that Jones and his InfoWars website posted fabricated stories earlier this month that linked Chobani owner Hamdi Ulukaya and the company to a sexual assault case involving refugee children. …

“When I was 16, I didn’t want to party any more, I didn’t want to play games any more. I grew up. I’d already been in the fights, all the big rituals. I’d already had, probably—I hate to brag, I’m not bragging, it’s actually shameful—probably 150 women or more, that’s conservative. “I’d had over 150 women, I’d already been in …

Rolling Stone reports: Stephen Colbert continued to mock “conspiracy radio host and furious hard-boiled egg” Alex Jones Friday as the Late Show host offered more updates from Jones’ legal battle with is ex-wife, who argues that the Infowars yeller is “too unstable” to have custody of their children. In addition to name-checking Colbert during court proceedings, a fact that the …

The guy who says President Obama and Hillary Clinton are literally possessed by demons is asking the media to be respectful in covering his insane child custody hearing. Seriously: Alex Jones, the founder of the far-right InfoWars conspiracy theory outlet, urged the media Friday to “respectfully” cover him and his family amid a custody hearing over his three children. “I …

Raw Story reports: Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday told a jury that he believes George Soros is somehow behind a plot to make the effects of smoking marijuana stronger than ever before. As reported by BuzzFeed’s Charlie Warzel, Jones was asked about his drug and alcohol use by attorney Bobby Newman, who is representing Jones’ ex-wife Kelly in …

Another reason why he and Trump get along. The Daily Beast reports: Infowars founder Alex Jones was diagnosed with narcissistic personality disorder in a psychiatric evaluation, the divorce case manager confirmed during his custody trial in Austin on Wednesday. Austin psychologist Alissa Sherry said that a different doctor compiled the report, part of what she said was the most time-consuming …

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: In a rambling message filmed from his car this morning, Alex Jones repeatedly insisted that he is not an actor — a characterization of Jones made by his own lawyer during an ongoing custody battle. Jones, who appeared in court shortly after posting his remarks on Facebook, added: “I am completely real and …

The New York Daily News reports: Alex Jones’ dangerous rants are apparently all for show. The Infowars host and founder is “playing a character,” his lawyer said in a recent custody hearing. “He is a performance artist,” attorney Randall Wilhite told a judge, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The radio host has been known to peddle conspiracy theories without any …

The Daily Beast reports: A week after President Donald Trump began to publicly distance himself from White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, alt-right ringleader Mike Cernovich threatened to release a “motherlode” of stories that could “destroy marriages” if Bannon is formally let go from the administration. Cernovich made the claims that he’d release a series of “scoops” if Bannon is …

Buzzfeed reports: Inside Amazon, tensions are mounting as employees push management to stop running ads for Amazon products on Breitbart News. On March 22, a group of Amazon employees took issue with the company’s ads on Breitbart in an email to CEO Jeff Bezos and SVP Jeff Blackburn. Entitled “Amazon Must Stop Advertising on Breitbart News,” the email included a …

Little Green Footballs reports: Among other duties, the Department of Defense’s United States Strategic Command is in charge of the US nuclear arsenal, and is tasked with defending America against nuclear attacks. It was established in 1992 by President George H.W. Bush, to replace the outdated Strategic Air Command. And now, in the Trump era, their Twitter account is actually …

The BBC reports: Facebook is launching an educational tool as part of measures it is taking to counter fake news. For three days, an ad will appear at the top of users’ news feeds linking to advice on “how to spot fake news” and report it. The campaign, which will be promoted in 14 countries, is “designed to help people …

The Hill reports: A former Breitbart News reporter who quit the alt-right publication in protest plans to launch a radio show for Sputnik, a Russian propaganda network. “I’m on the Russian payroll now, when you work at Sputnik you’re being paid by the Russians,” Lee Stranahan, who served as a Breitbart investigative reporter, told The Atlantic. “That’s what it is. …

Yesterday Alex Jones threaten to “beat the goddamn ass” of “fairy cocksucker” Rep. Adam Schiff. Today Jones exploded in rage over Steve Bannon’s booting from the National Security Council and called for Trump to order a preemptive nuclear strike on China. Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Jones said that China is using the Korean standoff to prepare for …

Media Matters has the transcript: ROGER STONE: What we’re hearing from the Democrats both in the House and Senate is red-baiting — ALEX JONES: That’s on Drudge. STONE: — fear-mongering — It is well beyond the point of recklessness, whether it is [Rep.] Adam Schiff [D-CA] who has maligned me or whether it is Senator Mark Warner [D-VA] or whether …

This morning Donald Trump Jr. posted the above tweet in praise of infamous “Pizzagate” promulgator Mike Cernovich for naming former Obama advisor Susan Rice as the person who ordered the unmasking of Trump officials overheard during surveillance of foreign operatives. Junior’s tweet came minutes after his father retweeted a Drudge link to a story about Rice on the right wing …