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Owner of Mexican restaurant in California posted a photo with Mike Lindell and is now receiving threats and harassment



A restaurant owner in northern California said that she and some of her staff were receiving threats and harassment after putting up a photograph with MyPillow founder and CEO Mike Lindell.

Michelle Hill told the SFGate that two of her employees at "Tres Chiles Picosos" recognized Lindell because they had purchased MyPillow pillows, but they did not know about his political activism.

Lindell has claimed that the 2020 presidential election was stolen and that former President Donald Trump was the true victor. He is being sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion in a defamation lawsuit for his accusations that the company participated in a scheme to fix the election.

Hill says neither she nor her restaurant's waitress and bartender knew about the political controversy surrounding Lindell when they took a photograph with him and posted it to the restaurant's Facebook page.

"I don't get into politics," Hill said. "We knew nothing about him apart from that he's the MyPillow guy ... my staff buys his pillows, his sheets, his socks, they were just excited to see someone famous."

Hill said she found out about the controversy after receiving numerous negative comments on the photo.

“It's not about the politics, it's about the crimes and sedition,” one user reportedly replied on Facebook. “You don't post photos with other tourists, why start with him.”

Hill says she would have posted the photo even if she had known about the controversy beforehand because Lindell is still famous.

"This was the first person that had come into the restaurant that they had seen on TV," Hill explained. "They probably would've taken a photo with Biden, or Trump, or Martha Stewart or George Clooney if they had come in... this had zero to do with politics."

She says she has received threatening phone calls and some people are calling for an outright boycott. But she refuses to take down the photograph.

"I'm not going to be bullied," Hill concluded.

"Tres Chiles Picosos" translates to three spicy peppers.

Here's more about the MyPillow legal fight:

Supreme Court rejects taking on Dominion's defamation case against MyPillow's Mike Lindellwww.youtube.com

David Hogg quits progressive pillow company he founded to compete with Mike Lindell, Twitter reacts



David Hogg's dreams of starting his own pillow company have been put to sleep. The popular gun control activist announced on Saturday that he is quitting the pillow industry despite never actually selling a single pillow.

Only two months ago, Hogg announced that he was going to dethrone MyPillow founder Mike Lindell, who is a loyal supporter of former President Donald Trump.

"Mike isn't going to know what hit him, this pillow fight is just getting started," Hogg said in February despite not having experience in any business, let alone the pillow industry.

The "March for Our Lives" co-founder targeted conservative Lindell, and declared that he would start the Good Pillow company "to prove that progressives can make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it."

However, it now appears that Lindell won't be losing any sleep over the supposed competition.

Hogg, who turns 21 years old on Monday, said that he has "resigned and released all shares, any ownership and any control of Good Pillow LLC" effective immediately.

"I soon realized that given my activism, schoolwork, and family commitments, I could not give 100% to being a full time co-founder at Good Pillow," Hogg tweeted on Saturday.

"The goal was and still is to create a great pillow that is sustainably produced in domestic unionized factories and have a percentage of those profits benefit progressive social causes," the media-hyped Hogg wrote on Twitter.

To start the progressive pillow company, Hogg partnered with software developer William LeGate, who is now solely responsible for the Good Pillow venture.

"After many discussions with William and my friends, family and mentors, I made the good faith decision to allow William to bring our vision to life without me," the former Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student said. "That vision remains an ethical company that produces products that people need while creating good union paying jobs and supporting social causes at the same time."

"I want to thank Will for his partnership and wish him absolutely nothing but success with the future of Good Pillow," the media darling continued. "The reasons for my departure rest entirely with me and my own personal commitments and I truly wish Will nothing but the best."

"Over the next several months, I will be taking some time to focus on my studies in college and advance the gun violence prevention movement with March For Our Lives and personally," Hogg said. "While now may not be the best time for me, I do deeply believe it is incumbent on our country's businesses to do no harm and empower the communities in which they serve."

Hogg then referred to the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, "While the tragedy and trauma I experienced does shape me, like many other survivors of gun violence, it is not even close to who I am fully and I am looking forward to using this time to grow myself as an organizer, friend, son, and brother."

Commentators reacted on the internet to Hogg's pillow magnate aspirations being put to rest.

Best-selling author Brigitte Gabriel quipped, "David Hogg just lost a pillow fight to Mike Lindell!"

TheBlaze's Jessica O'Donnell noted, "Turns out business owners who are successful actually worked hard for what they have and being a white male isn't a golden ticket."

Author Carol Roth said that a valuable lesson could have been learned if Hogg didn't give up on the pillow company so quickly, "I have a slightly different take on this-- I'd hoped David Hogg would give it a longer go so he could spread the word on how very difficult it is to start and run a small business-even when you are well known and have access- to all of those who don't understand capitalism."

Douglas Karr agreed, "Honestly don't like this seeing mocked. I wish more people who criticized business owners tried starting their own business. It's a lesson learned that more people need. We should continue to encourage it."

A Twitter user pointed out, "David Hogg bragged that he was going to dominate MyPillow with his new company, put them out of business, and show them how it's done. 2 weeks later - he quit. That's liberalism in a nutshell ... big talk, all emotions, produce nothing, no skills, quit, more big talk."

Another commentator delivered a dose of reality, "Guessing it wasn't ever going to be a moneymaker. Too much competition. Welcome to the real world."

Hogg was mocked, "I get it. Activism is a way easier grift than starting and running a successful business."

Another person criticized, "It's hard to believe this didn't work. You're such a brilliant innovator and have such a keen understanding of the free markets."

One person joked, "David Hogg is to pillow empire What Stacey Abrams is to Super Modeling."

In February, Twitter also ridiculed the Good Pillow company for sleeping at the wheel and hiring another activist for the advisory board of the brand new business.

Hogg and LeGate encountered a nightmare shortly after launching the company when they reportedly failed to trademark the company name.

There is a fraudulent company going under the name good pillow who started selling fake products after we announced… https://t.co/zzHeV50BYt
— William LeGate (ig: @legate) (@William LeGate (ig: @legate))1613497687.0
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Dominion sues MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for $1.3 billion over election fraud claims



Dominion Voting Systems followed through with a previous threat on Monday by filing a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell over his claims of election fraud involving the company.

In the lawsuit, Dominion alleges that the self-made millionaire and Trump ally exploited a conspiracy theory that Dominion's voting machines were hacked by foreign agents and Democratic Party officials to rig the election for President Joe Biden in order to "sell more pillows."

"After hitting the jackpot with Donald Trump's endorsement for MyPillow and after a million-dollar bet on Fox News ads had paid out handsome returns, Michael Lindell exploited another chance to boost sales: marketing MyPillow to people who would tune in and attend rallies to hear Lindell tell the 'Big Lie' that Dominion had stolen the 2020 election," the lawsuit alleges.

"Lindell — a talented salesman and former professional card counter — sells the lie to this day because the lie sells pillows," the lawsuit continues. "MyPillow's defamatory marketing campaign — with promo codes like 'FightforTrump,' '45,' 'Proof,' and 'QAnon' —has increased MyPillow sales by 30-40% and continues duping people into redirecting their election-lie outrage into pillow purchases."

The company vowed in the 115-page document that, through the ensuing legal battle, it "will prove that there is no real evidence supporting the Big Lie." Dominion added that it ultimately brought the action to vindicate the company's rights and recover damages incurred from Lindell's election fraud claims.

Lindell responded to news of the lawsuit in a phone interview with CNBC, during which he said, "I'm very happy that they finally got that suit filed" and added that his message to Dominion is "thank you for finally getting this done, because it'll be back in the limelight now."

Lindell also countered Dominion's accusation that he profited from challenging the election results.

"They also say that I benefited, or that my I used this for MyPillow, to advertise, and that's not true," he said. "I lost 22 retailers. It's been cancel culture for MyPillow."

Last month, after Dominion threatened to sue Lindell, the pillow magnate defiantly urged the company to file the lawsuit.

"I want Dominion to put up their lawsuit because we have 100% evidence that China and other countries used their machines to steal the election," he said at the time.

Lindell has been one of the most outspoken challengers of the 2020 election, claiming in a flurry of media appearances and social media posts, including a three-hour docu-movie — since removed by YouTube — that Dominion was manipulated to skew results in favor of President Biden.

Editorial note: In the interest of full disclosure, MyPillow is a current advertiser on a program that appears on BlazeTV.

Gun control activist David Hogg announces launch of pillow company to take on MyPillow



Gun control activist David Hogg announced Thursday that he and a partner are starting a company that will "prove that progressives can make a better pillow," promising to take on MyPillow, founded by conservative Trump supporter Mike Lindell.

What are the details?

Hogg tweeted that he and software developer William LeGate "are going to prove that progressives can make a better pillow, run a better business and help make the world a better place while doing it."

He added, "We will have the name announced soon but we need to get through the legal process of trademarking as (sic) so on."

We will have the name announced soon but we need to get through the legal process of trademarking as so on
— David Hogg (@David Hogg)1612445173.0

Hogg, who became famous for co-founding activist organization "March for Our Lives" after surviving the Parkland, Fla., mass murder at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School, confirmed to Axios that taking on Lindell is his goal.

"Mike isn't going to know what hit him," Hogg told the outlet, saying, "this pillow fight is just getting started." The teen noted that his new venture is expected to launch in six months or so with the goal of selling "$1 million in product within our first year."

"[W]e would like to do it sooner but we have strict guidelines on sustainability and [U.S.] based Union producers," Hogg explained.

Lindell did not appear phased by the news, telling Axios in response, "Good for them....nothing wrong with competition that does not infringe on someone's patent."

The MyPillow founder and CEO has become a target of the left for years over his outspoken support of President Donald Trump, but Lindell has faced additional heat and legal threats in recent months over his yet-unsubstantiated insistence that voting machines in the U.S. were manipulated by foreign countries to steal the election from Trump.

Lindell has was issued a cease and desist letter over his claims by Dominion Voting Systems, one of the companies he has accused of being involved in an election fraud scheme. Dominion has already sued pro-Trump attorneys Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani over similar claims.

But Lindell issued a defiant response to the threat, telling Axios last month, "I want Dominion to put up their lawsuit because we have 100% evidence that China and other countries used their machines to steal the election."

Lindell has also seen several major retailers drop his products in recent weeks, and he has been issued a permanent ban from Twitter for "repeated violations" of the platform's "Civic Integrity Policy."

Editorial note: In the interest of full disclosure, MyPillow is a current advertiser on a program that appears on BlazeTV.

Twitter shutters MyPillow account after banned CEO Mike Lindell dares to post on social media



Twitter has banned MyPillow's Twitter account after banned CEO Mike Lindell took to the business' platform and posted a tweet.

What's a brief history here?

On Sunday, Lindell took over the company's Twitter account and wrote, "Thank you to everyone who has supported MyPillow during this time ... Jack Dorsey is trying to cancel me (Mike Lindell) out! We are extremely busy and hiring as fast as we can to handle all the shipping! Jack will be found out and should be put in prison when all is revealed!"

According to the New York Post, the MyPillow business Twitter account also promoted a Monday radio appearance on a show in which he "planned to discuss his bogus conspiracy theory about voting machines being tampered with to sway the 2020 presidential election in President [Joe] Biden's favor."

Lindell has been under fire for alleging that Dominion Voting Systems was complicit in rigging the 2020 presidential election. Dominion Voting Systems has filed a defamation lawsuit in response to Lindell's allegations.

Twitter also banned Lindell from using his personal account following the raid on the U.S. Capitol for a violation of its "civic integrity" policy.

What are the details?

The social media company in a Monday statement announced that it banned the MyPillow USA account for violating the ban evasion policy.

According to USA Today, the company's evasion policy says that "users can't circumvent permanent suspensions by using other accounts."

"If an account has been permanently suspended for severe violations of the Twitter Rules, Twitter reserves the right to also permanently suspend any other account we believe the same account holder or entity may be operating in violation of our earlier suspension, regardless of when the other account was created," the social media giant's policy reads.

In response to the ban, Lindell told USA Today that he "can't believe they're doing this to my company."

"They're out to destroy me," he said.

In January, Lindell revealed that several companies opted to stop carrying his MyPillow products, including Bed Bath & Beyond, Wayfair, and more.

The outlet reported that Kohl's and J.C. Penney have also jumped ship on the brand, but said that a "slowdown in sales" precipitated the decision.

Liberals lash out at former child star Ricky Schroder after he helps bail Kyle Rittenhouse out of jail



Kyle Rittenhouse was set free after paying a $2 million bail on Friday and liberals lashed out on social media after it was revealed that former child star Ricky Schroder helped him foot the bill.

Rittenhouse was charged with two counts of murder from a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he shot and killed Black Lives Matter protesters who were attacking him. He has said that he was acting in self defense.

Rittenhouse's attorney Lin Wood posted a photo of his client and publicly thanked Schroder for helping him meet the bail.

FREE AT LAST!!!From L to R: Attorney John Pierce @CaliKidJMP THE KYLE RITTENHOUSEActor Ricky Schroder… https://t.co/j0ngPCKm21
— Lin Wood (@Lin Wood)1605923740.0

Liberals and other critics of Rittenhouse took to Twitter to express their outrage that the former star of "Silver Spoons" would donate money to help the teen.

"Thanks to everyone who let a murdering child out to do it again?" tweeted liberal actress Bette Midler. "This boy killed 2 & gravely injured another. Why are you celebrating him? Anyone who owns #MyPillow should toss it immediately into the nearest landfill. And #RickySchroder? Who knew he could be so malevolent?"

Thanks to everyone who let a murdering child out to do it again? This boy killed 2 & gravely injured another. Why… https://t.co/vblLRt5Kl1
— bettemidler (@bettemidler)1605923139.0

"It's amazing how these people like Ricky Schroder & Mike Lindell will proclaim to be pro-life, but turn around & bail out Kyle Rittenhouse who allegedly murdered two people advocating for Black people not being killed by cops. A true showcase in pure racism!" claimed CNN correspondent April Ryan.

"The @MyPillowUSA guy is just that bitch so him putting up money for Rittenhouse shouldn't come as a surprise. BUT Ricky Schroeder?!?! The whole "Silver Spoons" connection? It's like the most acerbic and ironic nod to white supremacy of 2020. Wow," tweeted writer Raquel Cepeda.

"Scott Baio and now Ricky Schroeder? As a kid...I clearly made bad choices for celebrity crushes," said Al-Jazeera contributor Richelle Carey.

"I saw Ricky Schroeder was trending and hoped it wasn't because he's a white supremacist but sadly my hopes were dashed," said podcaster Kimberley Johnson.

Rittenhouse faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of the charges.

Here's a local news report about Rittenhouse being set free on bail:

Kyle Rittenhouse released on bondwww.youtube.com