Today is Thursday, October 13th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented

by Batch's Media.

I'm your host, Sammy Sage, and The Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the

headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality

show there is.

Our government.

Alex Jones has finally reached his finding out phase, and he has found out to the tune

of almost a billion dollars, and counting.

A Connecticut jury decided that Alex Jones and Infowars parent company are liable for

defamation, and must pay 14 family members of eight Sandy Hook Elementary School victims,

plus an FBI agent who was on the scene, a collective total of $965 million.

Jones was not in court while the verdict was read, instead he was on his show Ranting

Live about the verdict, which is deeply in character and evidence that he has learned

nothing.

By the way, this is not even Alex Jones' last trial.

He has another one coming up later this year, though a date has not yet been set.

So Alex Jones may be broke for the rest of his life, but at least he got more than six

years to live, unlike some people.

For our next story, we have more finding out, this time for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

A federal watchdog within the Treasury Department has opened an investigation into his misuse

of taxpayer funds, to pay for 50 asylum-seeking migrants to be flown privately from Texas

to Martha's Vineyard.

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