# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1159 "2022-03-31T18:36:49Z")

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According to this, the fine is being doubled every day.

> [@Alex Jones gets cyber-slapped](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/259):
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> Bumped again for this [deliciously tasty headline from the NY Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/30/us/politics/alex-jones-sandy-hook-lawsuit.html) (probably paywalled): " Testify or Pay Up, Judge Tells Alex Jones in Sandy Hook Suit" Sub-headline: “A Connecticut judge rejected the Infowars conspiracy theorist’s claim that he was too ill to sit for a deposition, and set a schedule of hefty fines.” Some choice quotes: A Connecticut judge, exasperated by the Infowars broadcaster Alex Jones’s “bad faith” failure to sit for a deposition in a lawsuit brought by the families of…

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