Tag Archives: Mike Lindell

The Daily Beast reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s charity and business combo venture to make and sell COVID-19 masks has cost him millions of dollars, according to the increasingly far-right conservative figure. Today his company is sitting on millions of unsold face coverings, which he now despises and wants to burn. “I can’t give them away,” Lindell told The Daily …

Mediaite reports: The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper has made a lot of hay by visiting MAGA rallies for great comedic gain and using his deadpan delivery to illustrate many of the willfully misinformed followers of former President Donald Trump. Last week, Klepper visited a MAGA rally hosted by MyPillow CEO, and chief stolen election conspiracy theorist, Mike Lindell, and the …

“I want everyone to know about cancel culture. The law firm that we hired here in Minneapolis. They were hired — you have to get a local firm — that was hired, so we hired them. Well they were attacked by bots and trolls and emails and everything, after this was filed last Thursday. “On Friday morning they fired the …

Law.com reports: A Minneapolis-based Barnes & Thornburg partner representing My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell is “no longer with the firm,” the firm said Friday, a day after the partner put his name on a new federal lawsuit accusing voting machine vendors Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic of using the courts to stifle Lindell’s claims of election fraud. The Am Law …

The Insider reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell on Thursday filed another federal lawsuit against two voting-machine companies involved in the 2020 presidential election. MyPillow had already filed a lawsuit in April against Dominion Voting Systems for $1.6 billion, claiming the company was trying to stifle free speech. Dominion sued Lindell in February for $1.3 billion over claims he was making …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump now has the notion in his head that he could return to the White House in August. But the twice-impeached former president isn’t getting that idea from constitutional scholars or his attorneys. Instead, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell apparently inspired him. “If Trump is saying August, that is probably because he heard me say it …

The Insider reports: Attorneys for Dominion Voting Systems have asked a judge to reject MyPillow’s request to dismiss a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit over election conspiracy theories, arguing that the pillow company should be held responsible for spreading the false belief that Dominion rigged the 2020 election. In a motion on Friday, Dominion argued that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s falsehood-filled …

Politico reports: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem flew on MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s private jet on her way to the Republican Governors Association spring meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, this week, according to two people familiar with the matter. Lindell, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, was kicked out of the event after he had promised to confront Arizona …

Politico reports: The Republican Governors Association on Tuesday threw out Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow and a top Trump ally, after he showed up to its spring conference in Tennessee, he told POLITICO in an interview. Lindell said he had flown to Nashville on Monday to attend the three-day meeting starting on Tuesday, but that only a few minutes …

The Insider reports: A district judge in Washington, DC, has ruled that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell doesn’t have to publicly reveal his address in court documents related to his legal battle against Dominion Voting Systems, after lawyers for Lindell said it would put him at risk of death threats. In documents filed May 14, legal representatives for Lindell said MyPillow …

Business Insider reports: Supporters of MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell were said to have stood in line for hours to attend his rally in South Dakota on Monday – but the Corn Palace venue was only half full for the event. Lindell held the rally to launch Frank, the website that he billed as a social-media site but that so far …

The Insider reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is holding an in-person rally in South Dakota on Monday to promote “Frank,” the website he billed as a social-media site but is so far a one-way platform where Lindell circulates baseless allegations of voter fraud. The event, titled “Frank Rally,” will take place at the Corn Palace in the town of Mitchell. …

The Daily Beast reports: The video platform Vimeo has “terminated” the account of Mike Lindell, the MyPillow CEO and a friend and staunch ally of former President Donald Trump. As of Wednesday afternoon, when users click on pages for the “Lindell Management” Vimeo account, a “Sorry, we couldn’t find that page” message appears for where MyPillow and Lindell content was …

Politico Playbook reports: The Democratic National Committee has quietly assembled a core team that is focused not just on the 2022 midterms but on the next presidential cycle and the expected Biden re-elect, according to Democratic officials in and outside the DNC. Weeks after the inauguration, the committee’s research team, led by Nick Bauer, started gathering “oppo” on over 20 …

Newsweek reports: MyPillow CEO and Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell has spent about $1 million to launch his “Frank” social media platform, which has been mired by numerous technical glitches and website errors. Lindell announced last week that his social media website, frankspeech, was set to have the second phase of its launch Monday morning. But the relaunch has been …

Dakota News Now reports: MyPillow CEO and conservative commentator Mike Lindell is planning to launch his new social media platform at a rally at the Corn Palace in Mitchell. The announcement was made on the “Bannon War Room” podcast, which is hosted by Steve Bannon. Dakota News Now spoke with Corn Palace Director Doug Greenway, who confirmed the event is …

The Hollywood Reporter reports: The controversial executive, who has been banned from Twitter and is currently being sued for pushing wild conspiracy theories and disinformation that the 2020 election was rigged, began his interview with host Jimmy Kimmel talking about the coronavirus and whether or not Lindell had been vaccinated, to which he confirmed that he hasn’t. The late-night host …

Rolling Stone reports: Sia’s directorial debut Music and Mike “My Pillow Guy” Lindell’s “documentary” Absolute Proof each won multiple Razzies at this year’s Golden Raspberry Awards, the annual pre-Oscars celebration of the worst movies and acting performances of the year. Lindell was awarded both Worst Picture and Worst Actor for Absolute Proof, the pillow mogul’s film about rigged voting machines …

Salon reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s social media site FRANK is facing ridicule from the community of “grandmasters” around the content management software Drupal, who say Lindell’s site was destined to fail from the start because his developers failed to take “elementary” coding steps to limit attacks from outside forces. Since its supposed “VIP launch” last Thursday night, Lindell’s platform …

The Hill reports: My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell will appear on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” next week, the late night host announced on the show Wednesday. “Hey Siri, set a reminder,” Kimmel quipped, “Next Wednesday night, we will be visited in studio by the My Pillow man himself, Mike Lindell.” After announcing the interview, Kimmel played a clip of Lindell talking …