Less than 24 hours after Alex Jones theorized that a “weather weapon” could have been used to cause the devastating Oklahoma tornado, conservative gossip Matt Drudge returned to his pattern of promoting the conspiracy theorist.

On May 21, Jones told a caller that the government has the ability to “create and steer groups of tornadoes” and that if people spotted helicopters and small aircraft “in and around the clouds, spraying and doing things” in Oklahoma, it could be evidence that a “weather weapon” was used.

Today Drudge prominently links to a story on Jones' website Infowars in the upper left hand corner of his site. The linked story claims that “armed Homeland Security guards” were “policing free speech” by appearing outside an IRS building in St. Louis during a Tea Party protest.

Drudge later changed the headline, linking to the same story:

Media Matters has previously documented that Drudge has linked to Jones at least 244 times in the last two years, and that Drudge contributor Joseph Curl worked with Jones to “crash” a party being held by former Bush staffers.

Jones hailed Drudge for pushing “into the mainstream media” his conspiracy theory that the Department of Homeland Security was stockpiling ammunition for use against American citizens while Drudge said 2013 would be the “year of Alex Jones.”