“The Fight Back Foundation Inc. to help fund election fraud litigation, among other things”
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Mike Lindell
Michael James Lindell, also known as the My Pillow Guy and Mike Pillow, is an American businessman, political activist, and conspiracy theorist. He is the founder and former CEO of My Pillow, a pillow, bedding, and slipper manufacturing company.
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business · American businessman and political activist (born 1961) · entrepreneur · film producer · philanthropist · writer · film screenwriter · television producer · television actor · television director · also Mike Lindell, Michael J. Lindell, Michael James Lindell, My Pillow Guy, Lindell
Born 28 June 1961 · Q16194165
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2026· 15 entries
“Naturally, I am terribly disappointed by the BBB”
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KTTC: Mike Lindell yet to concede gubernatorial race after Demuth win
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The Guardian: Mike Lindell refuses to concede in Minnesota primary despite getting far fewer votes
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USA TODAY: Mike Lindell refuses to concede GOP governor primary to Lisa Demuth
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Public attention spiked: 25,568 Wikipedia readers in one day, 24.5× the usual 1,043, with 17 article edits. Coverage that week: “Mike Lindell yet to concede gubernatorial race after Demuth win” (KTTC).
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The Hill: MyPillow founder Mike Lindell alleges voting irregularities, refuses to concede
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NPR: Trump-backed Mike Lindell loses primary for Minnesota governor to Lisa Demuth
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Lindell lost the Republican primary to Lisa Demuth by about 11 percentage points
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Public attention spiked: 4,518 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.3× the usual 1,043, with 0 article edits.
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Lindell announced he would step down as MyPillow CEO to shift his focus on his run for Governor; on August 11, 2026, Lindell lost the Republican primary to Lisa Demuth
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Public attention spiked: 3,662 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.5× the usual 1,043, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: script-assisted date audit and style fixes per MOS:NUM
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Public attention spiked: 6,239 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6× the usual 1,043, with 0 article edits.
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Dominion Voting Systems, now known as Liberty Vote, ended their multi-billion defamation lawsuit against Mike Lindell
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Campaign: 2026 gubernatorial election.
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2025· 3 entries
Lindell filed required paperwork to allow him to run in the 2026 Minnesota gubernatorial election
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The three-judge 8th United States Court of Appeals universally ruled in favor of Lindell's bid to avoiding paying Zeidman the $5 million, finding that the arbitration panel had improperly interpreted the rules of the con
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A federal jury in Colorado found Lindell liable for defamation against Eric Coomer, the former security and product strategy director at Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems, whom Lindell called a traitor
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2024· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell put one of the company's pillows on sale for $14.88 — a number associated with white supremacists, the far-right and neo-Nazis.” True.
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Snopes rated the claim “A photo that circulated in early May 2024 authentically showed Mike Lindell looking emaciated with dark circles around his eyes.” Fake.
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The United States District Court of the District of Minnesota confirmed the arbitration award
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2023· 2 entries
A panel of AAA's Commercial Arbitration Tribunal ordered Lindell to pay the $5 million
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Lost after receiving four of the 167 votes cast
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2022· 6 entries
Claimed: “Chart shows election fraud in Michigan attorney general race” — rated False by USA Today.
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Claimed: “Vote spike charts from 2022 illustrate US election fraud” — rated Unproven by AFP Fact Check.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Midterm election graphs promoted by My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell on social media and his Frank Speech website prove the races were stolen.” Nothing Weird.
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The FBI served a search and seizure warrant for Lindell's phone
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“enough evidence to put everybody in prison for life, 300-some million people”
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Against Democratic incumbent Tim Walz, reportedly at Trump's urging
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2021· 15 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Douglas Frank's theory of fraudulent vote injection is consistent with Mike Lindell's data documenting "The Big Steal"” Doesn't Add Up.
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Lindell published a second documentary titled Absolute Interference, which also promoted debunked conspiracy theories about the election and criticized the news media and communism
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Experiencing many technical issues, which Lindell ascribed to a "massive attack"
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Snopes rated the claim “In April 2021, Mike Lindell said his forthcoming social network Frank would not allow users to take "God's name in vain."” True.
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Naming both Lindell and My Pillow as defendants and seeking US$1
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Snopes rated the claim “OANN published a lengthy disclaimer before the start of My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell's election fraud conspiracy theory video "Absolute Proof," stating that the claims expressed within should be taken as opinions, not facts.” True.
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Claimed: “4,296 Georgia voters "registered to vote in another state after their Georgia registration date."” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"On election night, 11:15 at night, the algorithms of these (voting) machines broke … Donald Trump got so many more millions of votes that they didn’t expect, that they’re going to have to go recalibrate, right? So that’s why all these states shut down. All of a sudden they all shut down. And we’…” — rated False by PolitiFact.
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Claimed: “"These (voting) machines were used to steal our elections by other countries, including China."” — rated False. by PolitiFact.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Mike Lindell's documentary about election fraud only contains factual information.” Bunk Theories.
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In an interview to discuss cancel culture but pivoted to repeating the false claims about rigged voting machines
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Twitter permanently banned Lindell for perpetuating the unsubstantiated claim that Trump won the 2020 election
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Lindell carried a document into the West Wing of the White House; the document, as seen in an enhanced photo, appeared to refer to martial law, the Insurrection Act, and replacing Gina Haspel with Trump loyalist Kash Pat
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“s War Room: Pandemic podcast that he would counter-sue Dominion in cases for himself and My Pillow, accusing Dominion of racketeering and election interference. My Pillow filed a $1.6 billion lawsuit against Dominion, arguing that Dominion had defamed the company; Lindell announced the lawsuit on April 19, 2021. Stephen Shackelford, legal counsel for Dominion, said that My Pillow”
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A federal court dismissed the suit in December 2021, ruling that Lindell had failed to identify any statements "that a reasonable person would view as defamatory."
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2020· 5 entries
Won Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor for Absolute Proof (2020).
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“s bedding factories had been refocused on face mask production at the behest of the Trump administration. Later that month, Lindell appeared with Trump at a White House coronavirus press conference, at which Lindell praised Trump:”
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Citing his own possible future political ambitions
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Lindell promoted the use of oleandrin, a cardiotoxic substance produced by oleanders, as a treatment for COVID-19, including arranging a pitch meeting between then-President Donald Trump and Andrew Whitney, a fellow boar
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“he did not help finance subsequent trips to promote the Jan. 6 rally,”
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2019· 1 entry
Lindell launched the Lindell Recovery Network, which connects addicts with others who have gone through drug addiction and the recovery process, as well as faith-based treatment centers and other recovery organizations
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2017· 1 entry
Lowering its rating to an F based on a pattern of complaints by consumers
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2016· 2 entries
And attended the Official Donald Watch Party on November 8
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“When I met with Donald Trump, it felt like a divine appointment, and when I walked out of that office I decided I was going to go all in.”
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2013· 1 entry
“s third marriage to Kendra was made public by Donald Trump at a rally on April 6, 2024. Lindell is an evangelical Christian and received an honorary Doctor of Business from Liberty University in 2019. In bestowing the honor, Dave Brat, the dean of Liberty University”
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2012· 1 entry
With a basic news feed and no messaging function
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1979· 1 entry
But dropped out a few months into his studies
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1961· 1 entry
Born 1961-06-28.
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