# Twitter bans MyPillow corporate account after Mike Lindell uses it to circumvent personal Twitter ban **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 3, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095 "2021-02-03T02:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 37
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/723 "2021-08-26T22:30:36Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > (so “MyPillow” becomes “Nobody’sPillow”) Well it could become dominion pillow. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/724 "2021-08-26T22:32:24Z")
No, no. If they sold those pillows then people could badmouth them and they’d no longer be able to claim defamation. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/725 "2021-08-27T00:11:35Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > ends up being Acting Secretary of State from 2025-2027 Just Acting Assistant. This crew does not reward their minions that well. In the end he’s fired “disgracefully” after trying to convince a Senate committee that Mongolia has declared war. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/726 "2021-08-27T00:23:39Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Just Acting Assistant. This crew does not reward their minions that well. Acting Assistant _to the_ Secretary of State. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/727 "2021-08-27T14:47:34Z")
I shrute what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/728 "2021-08-27T15:18:28Z")
Now I’m waiting for the MyPillow that’s stuffed with shredded beets. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/729 "2021-09-01T13:04:24Z")
Isn’t Mikey supposed to be rich? Does he really need to be having a yard sale to raise lawyer money? > **[Mike Lindell's meltdown begins: He recently sold a MyPillow plane to fund...](https://www.salon.com/2021/09/01/mike-lindells-meltdown-begins-he-recently-sold-a-mypillow-plane-to-fund-dominion-lawsuit/)** > > Exclusive: MyPillow guy has sold $2.5M private plane, is now "raising money" for legal defense, source tells Salon ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/730 "2021-09-01T15:48:43Z")
> The 10-seat luxury aircraft, which has three fixed engines… As opposed to… What? [![](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/databank_anakinskywalkerspodracer_01_169_fe359d32.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1560%2C878&width=960) ](https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/databank_anakinskywalkerspodracer_01_169_fe359d32.jpeg?region=0%2C0%2C1560%2C878&width=960) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/731 "2021-09-01T16:16:42Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Isn’t Mikey supposed to be rich? There’s rich, and then there’s _rich_. He’s got more money than you or I, but he’s no Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/732 "2021-09-01T17:11:22Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Isn’t Mikey supposed to be rich? He’s wealthy. Doesn’t mean he has a lot of free cash flow he can tap into at a moment’s notice. I’m assuming most of his wealth comes from holding MyPillow stock, which is not publicly traded. The company probably throws off enough cash from operations into his own accounts for his normal daily needs, but considering what he’s been burning through the past year or so, he may be getting close to the bottom of his own cash reserves. He could sell some stock and dilute his ownership stake. Alternately, he could try to find a bank that would give him a loan against some of his shares. The bank would have to assess MyPillow’s business going forward to decide on a suitable valuation of the shares, including its assessment of the continued viability of propping up several Fox News shows through its advertising, as well as the stability of the founder and CEO of the company. So, good luck with that. He may think he just needs to get through the next four months and when Donald Trump is restored to the presidency, all will be well. But that’s the kind of thinking that can lose control of the company, and maybe get 1500 Minnesotans laid off when their boss goes belly up. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/733 "2021-09-01T17:13:01Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > but he’s no Donald Trump. Neither is Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/734 "2021-09-01T18:02:12Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > The 10-seat luxury aircraft, which has three fixed engines… > > As opposed to… What? Well, the last I heard, a Trump airplane was stuck at an upstate New York(?) airport with _no_ fixed engines – their hours had expired. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/735 "2021-09-01T20:16:03Z")
I imagine that Lindell may be worried about court ordered property seizures, and it’s easier to hide money than an airplane. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/736 "2021-09-02T03:29:15Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > it’s easier to hide money than an airplane. And she got it in one. 🏆 ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/737 "2021-09-05T03:16:09Z")
Mikey has been pretty quiet for a few days. He’s making up for it now, though–a _Salon_ reporter is antifa and an enemy of the people and Mikey is going to spend a lot of money “going after” him. > **[Mike Lindell vows to 'go after' reporter the MyPillow CEO branded 'an enemy...](https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-zachary-petrizzo-salon/)** > > MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell is apparently livid over reporting by Salon correspondent Zachary Petrizzo.In July, Lindell angrily accused Petrizzo of "destroying the country" in a video broadcast by Lindell's FrankSpeech.com website.He is now describing... ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/738 "2021-09-06T09:09:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Mikey has been pretty quiet for a few days. He’s making up for it now, though–a _Salon_ reporter is antifa and an enemy of the people and Mikey is going to spend a lot of money “going after” him. Because Mikey wants _another_ defamation suit against him? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/739 "2021-09-06T20:47:44Z")
Or for one of his Pillowheads to take his words badly. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/740 "2021-09-06T21:59:13Z")
Another recent _Salon_ story (and another threatening a journalist.) [https://www.salon.com/2021/09/03/the-mystery-behind-the-mike-lindell-foundations-miraculous-funding-of-the-evangelical-movement\_partner/](https://www.salon.com/2021/09/03/the-mystery-behind-the-mike-lindell-foundations-miraculous-funding-of-the-evangelical-movement_partner/) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/741 "2021-09-14T20:18:42Z")
Birds of a feather grift together. > **[Mike Lindell teams up with televangelist Jim Bakker for 3-day 'telethon'...](https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-jim-bakker/)** > > MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has joined forces with televangelist Jim Bakker for a 3-day telethon filled with election conspiracy theories and pleas for pillow purchases.The telethon kickoff was aired Tuesday on KOZL, a station in Spingfield,... (Birds of chunks of foam rubber?) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/742 "2021-09-14T20:25:00Z")
I saw enough of his symposium, maybe 10 or 15 minutes, to see that this dude is first and foremost a pillow salesman, and that every public thing he does is first and foremost about selling pillows. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095.md?page=38)