# 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:** 79
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1563 "2023-10-21T23:55:16Z")
From a certain, twisted POV, I think the WMDs are a Great idea. Various election conspiracy theorists buy them at the sub $500 (although probably not much) price point - money that would otherwise go to Republican candidates or possibly weapons. Said users attempt to use them, and (using the KY example in the article get 1-5 years in jail [if only they enforced the law, which I won’t bet on]) preventing a small number caught ahead of time from voting, and more over their incarceration period. MIkey gets plenty of $$$, which he immediately loses in paying out damages or a settlement to election companies he continues to defame, as well as a spare chunk to the “Prove Mike Lindell Wrong” winner. This is potentially a good thing. In reality, yeah, I’m more worried about the WMDs getting identifying information, or just publishing it all online and persons abusing that information in oh so many ways. On the gripping hand though… do I think such a WMD made under Mike’s auspices will actually work, or instead just find local networks and other public information without doing much of anything more than (as @Darren_Garrison pointed out) a default wifi utility on any bargain cellphone… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1564 "2023-10-22T00:32:37Z")
Okay, I know that I’m asking for trouble, asking for someone to explain what is going on in what we’ll call, loosely, Mikey’s mind, but could someone give me a run-down on what the wi-fi stuff is about? I’ve obviously missed out on some key information here. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1565 "2023-10-22T00:40:38Z")
Mike believes that he can find the mechanism and provide proof of his electronic vote switching via technical means, even though the devices aren’t connected to the internet in the way he reports. Up to and including trying to track packets / internet connections via drones of all things. It was reported upthread months ago, but here’s another: > **[My Pillow conspiracy theorist plans drone surveillance of Louisiana voting...](https://lailluminator.com/2023/08/18/my-pillow-drone/)** > > My Pillow pitchman Mike Lindell, a prolific purveyor of unfounded 2020 election fraud, revealed a new strategy to sniff out suspicious activity at polling precincts > Lindell shared his plans with attendees at a symposium in Springfield, Missouri, called the Election Crime Bureau. A new “wireless monitoring device” he touted can scrape data from nearby smartphones and computers with internet access. If a WMD — not to be confused with a weapon of mass destruction — detects a new device coming online, it could prove a Chinese plot to hack voting machines and switch votes from Republicans, he said. Note the more recent article that @Darren_Garrison linked was from Kentucky and how it likely fell afoul of specific laws designed to prevent voter identification. But it’s the same stupid and possibly illegal technology, and in both cases, neither devices are connected to the the internet in the way Mike believes. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1566 "2023-10-22T00:55:45Z")
Thank you. I was a bit confused (and worried) at the suggestion that Mikey had weapons of mass destruction. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1567 "2023-10-22T01:07:54Z")
Naming it the WMD for “wireless monitoring device” is another brilliant idea from Lindell himself (or whoever is grifting these things to him, maybe). ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1568 "2023-10-22T15:52:49Z")
I am not sure if this has already been posted, so apologies if I am behind. An amusing deposition interview with Mr. Pillow, with a calm lawyer asking questions, and Lindell going nuts. But the icing on the cake is the Woody Allen type guy in the background taking notes. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4Hr5PQXKR_Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Mike Lindell Deposition Meltdown") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Hr5PQXKR_Q) ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1569 "2023-10-22T17:02:04Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I am not sure if this has already been posted, so apologies if I am behind. That’s a month old and has been posted in multiple threads, yes. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1570 "2023-10-22T17:02:41Z")
Mea culpa. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1571 "2023-10-22T17:03:09Z")
Hey, it’s funny and I personally don’t mind it repeated. 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1572 "2023-10-22T17:10:24Z")
I don’t think I’ve seen that extended clip before, just the bit where he goes off about his pillows being called lumpy. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1573 "2023-10-22T18:27:02Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > That’s a month old and has been posted in multiple threads, yes. This is the first time I’ve watched it. What an asshole. I assume the cross around his neck is meant ironically. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1574 "2023-10-22T19:08:13Z")
S K U M bag. He seems tense. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1575 "2023-10-22T20:00:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I assume the cross around his neck is meant ironically. He’s big into Christianity and _The Lion King_, doing lots of his interviews [in front of his super tasteful painting of Jesus and Mufasa](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-m&sca_esv=575636973&channel=ts&biw=504&bih=991&tbm=isch&sxsrf=AM9HkKnhSj7Bn95E8RgwLF1loenP2ppdIg%3A1698004646725&sa=1&q=mike+lindell+lion&oq=mike+lindell+lion&aqs=mobile-gws-lite). ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1576 "2023-10-23T01:25:51Z")
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the poor note-taker behind Lindell, trying to do his job and stay safe, too. ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1577 "2023-10-23T01:31:46Z")
As far as I can tell, that note-taker was not in any other videos of the deposition. Probably shopped in, but _very_ funny. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1578 "2023-10-23T01:33:04Z")
Ah. That makes sense ---
**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:** [October 23, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1579 "2023-10-23T03:13:06Z")
Definitely added later. I’ve not watched this extended version (fake note-taker or not), but I’m not sure how anyone could watch this and conclude _former_ crackhead. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1580 "2023-10-23T03:21:46Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Definitely added later. Yeah, you can see lots of artifacting around Mike’s hand every time he waves it or the packet of paper around. I honestly found it pretty distracting and just put the phone down after a bit to listen to it without the video. It actually gives a lot of context that I didn’t have before. The explosion over the ‘lumpy pillows’ thing is so fucking tragic, because he’s been ranting and railing at a 9/10 for question after question. I’m saving the country! You’re the worst! This is terrible! But then the guy says lumpy pillows, and **that’s** what makes him crank it up to 11. Because of course it is. Because his company was _real_. On some level he knows that. He knows he destroyed a real thing that he built for a fake thing that Trump invented. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1581 "2023-10-23T14:36:24Z")
Seen it before, but not with the Woody Allen note taker. Makes it watchable. Lawyer should not have said ‘Lumpy Pillow’ bad form. Or perhaps he was trying to get a rise out of Lindell. Really no need, Lindell was already at a rolling boil. And Lindell attacks the judge. That’s always a good move. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-bans-mypillow-corporate-account-after-mike-lindell-uses-it-to-circumvent-personal-twitter-ban/932095/1582 "2023-10-23T15:36:01Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Lawyer should not have said ‘Lumpy Pillow’ bad form. Or perhaps he was trying to get a rise out of Lindell. Really no need, Lindell was already at a rolling boil. The above video is clips edited together, not a single stream as it played out. The proper context of the line is that the deposer(?) was working on the angle of how the lawsuit ties into MyPillow as a company. He was asking essentially “how do you deal with questions/comments asked to the company that are not related to customer service?” and was saying “lumpy pillows” to represent customer complaints generically. The phrase itself was neither the subject or the end of the sentence, which was interrupted by a moron explosion. [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=78) [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=80)