Satirical outlet The Onion has submitted a new proposal to a Texas state judge seeking a temporary license over the intellectual property of Infowars — the conspiracy media platform run by Alex Jones — as its parent company faces liquidation to settle over $1.4 billion in defamation judgments owed to families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (in which 20 children and six educators were killed in Newtown, Connecticut, after Jones falsely called the massacre a hoax). Under the plan, The Onion would pay $81,000 a month in operating costs and transform Infowars into a parody news network, with profits directed to the Sandy Hook families. Jones has vowed to fight the proposal in court but acknowledged he may be removed from the Infowars studios by the end of April, saying he will continue broadcasting independently under the "Alex Jones Show" name.