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Live from the DNC, it could be one of your favorite online influencers
Read full article: Live from the DNC, it could be one of your favorite online influencersAcross this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, more than 200 online influencers, streamers and other social media personalities have been capturing and livestreaming their impressions of what’s happening.
MyPillow, owned by election denier Mike Lindell, faces eviction from Minnesota warehouse
Read full article: MyPillow, owned by election denier Mike Lindell, faces eviction from Minnesota warehouseA court plans to order the eviction of MyPillow from a suburban Minneapolis warehouse that it formerly used.
Fox News stops running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with election denier Mike Lindell
Read full article: Fox News stops running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with election denier Mike LindellFox News has stopped running MyPillow commercials in a payment dispute with chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell.
Election denier and 'MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell confirms he's out of money, can't pay legal bills
Read full article: Election denier and 'MyPillow Guy' Mike Lindell confirms he's out of money, can't pay legal billsAttorneys who’ve been defending MyPillow chief executive and election denier Mike Lindell against defamation lawsuits by voting machine companies are seeking court permission to quit.
Trump and his allies double down on election lies after indictments for trying to undo 2020 results
Read full article: Trump and his allies double down on election lies after indictments for trying to undo 2020 resultsDonald Trump is doubling down on debunked claims about the 2020 election as he fights criminal charges that he sought to overturn the will of the voters and seeks a second term.
Michigan GOP statewide candidates stick to far-right message
Read full article: Michigan GOP statewide candidates stick to far-right messageCandidates who have to play to their party’s base during primaries or nominating conventions often shift toward the center when the time comes to seek support from a wider range of voters for the general election.
Supreme Court won't take up MyPillow head's defamation case
Read full article: Supreme Court won't take up MyPillow head's defamation caseThe Supreme Court says it won’t intervene in a lawsuit in which Dominion Voting Systems accused MyPillow chief executive Mike Lindell of defamation for falsely accusing the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump.
Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midterms
Read full article: Breaches of voting machine data raise worries for midtermsThe revelation earlier this week that federal prosecutors are involved in investigations of suspected voting system breaches across the U.S. is fueling questions about the security of voting machines just two months before the midterm elections.
Judge rules Dominion case can proceed against Trump allies
Read full article: Judge rules Dominion case can proceed against Trump alliesA federal judge has cleared the way for a defamation case by Dominion Voting Systems to proceed against Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani and Mike Lindell, allies of former President Donald Trump who had all falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election.
Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election lies
Read full article: Convention circuit of delusion gives forum for election liesFor a few hours last weekend, thousands of Donald Trump’s loyal supporters came together under the blazing sun in a field in Western Wisconsin to live in an alternate reality where the former president was still in office — or would soon return.
Weekend rally planned in Antrim County calls for private audit of 2020 election ballots
Read full article: Weekend rally planned in Antrim County calls for private audit of 2020 election ballotsFormer Michigan Sen. Patrick Colbeck is calling for “Decision Day” in Antrim County, the small northern county where the categorically false claim of voting machines being rigged was developed.
Dominion Voting Systems demands former Michigan senator to retract baseless fraud claims
Read full article: Dominion Voting Systems demands former Michigan senator to retract baseless fraud claimsThe company at the center of unproven claims of voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. General Election is now going after a former Michigan state senator.
Dominion Voting Systems sues 'MyPillow Guy' for $1.3 billion
Read full article: Dominion Voting Systems sues 'MyPillow Guy' for $1.3 billionDominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, against Lindell, the founder and CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, saying that Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon File)MINNEAPOLIS – Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit Monday against the founder and CEO of Minnesota-based MyPillow, saying that Mike Lindell falsely accused the company of rigging the 2020 presidential election. Dominion accuses Lindell of repeatedly telling what the lawsuit labels the “Big Lie” that the company used its technology to steal the election from Trump. “The Big Lie here is the big lie," Lindell said. “I'd love to go to court tomorrow with Dominion,” Lindell said.
Trump repeats election claims in interviews, is unchallenged
Read full article: Trump repeats election claims in interviews, is unchallenged(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)NEW YORK – In the first television interviews of his post-presidency, Donald Trump repeated his false claims that the election was stolen from him 10 times — each instance unprompted and unchallenged. Trump emerged this week for interviews with Fox News Channel, Newsmax and One America News Network tied to the death of Rush Limbaugh. Nearly a month after he left office, Trump drove his point home on each network:— "The election was stolen," he told OANN's White House correspondent Jenn Pellegrino. Kelly referred to “President Trump” and “Joe Biden.”Ad“A lot of people are in awe of you, and I am one of those people,” Kelly told Trump. Trump fans weren't much interested in the trial, anyway, but during coverage of the second day of the impeachment managers' argument to convict Trump, Fox News Channel's audience was only 815,000, the Nielsen company said.
New videos falsely claim fraud in Detroit on 2020 election night
Read full article: New videos falsely claim fraud in Detroit on 2020 election nightDETROIT – Three months after the November 2020 election, new videos have emerged alleging fraud on election night in Detroit. This also comes nearly a month after Michigan officials announced a statewide audit of election results. The deadline, however, was when ballots needed to be turned into the clerk and not when they needed to be delivered. The statewide audit includes about 200 precincts and more than 18,000 ballots from across the state. AdA major topic in virtual gatherings this week of the National Association of Secretaries of State and National Association of State Election Directors is how to deal with voters who have lost faith in elections because of the misinformation surrounding the 2020 presidential election.
Twitter permanently bans My Pillow CEO
Read full article: Twitter permanently bans My Pillow CEOFILE - In this March 30, 2020, file photo, My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a briefing about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, in Washington. Twitter has permanently banned Lindells Twitter account after he continually perpetuated the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Twitter has permanently banned My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell’s account after he continued to perpetuate the baseless claim that Donald Trump won the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month, Twitter has banned over 70,000 accounts for sharing misinformation. Trump, who had urged on the mob, has also had his account permanently suspended.
Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies
Read full article: Stores drop MyPillow after CEO pushes election conspiracies(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)NEW YORK – The founder and CEO of MyPillow, who amplified President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud, said a backlash against his company has begun after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol this month. Lindell has continued to push bogus claims of election fraud since Trump’s loss to President-elect Joe Biden in the presidential race. That has led people to flock to social media and put pressure on stores carrying MyPillow to drop the brand. “I stand for what’s right,” said Lindell, who created the MyPillow in 2004 and built the business in Chaska, Minnesota, southwest of Minneapolis. “I’m standing firm.”Aside from the retail pressure, Lindell is also facing potential litigation from Dominion Voting Systems for his accusations that their voting machines played a role in election fraud.
Report: MyPillow CEO says Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s will stop selling his company’s products
Read full article: Report: MyPillow CEO says Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s will stop selling his company’s productsMyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said retailers including Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl’s are removing his company’s products from their stores, according to a report from CNBC. Lindell has repeated false claims that President Donald Trump did not lose the election, according to the report. “I just got off the phone with Bed Bath & Beyond,” Lindell said during an interview Monday evening with the Right Side Broadcasting Network, according to CNBC. “They’re scared. Like a Bed Bath & Beyond, they’re scared.