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Trump is lived at Biden's star-studded inauguration after celebrities boycotted his own: report
January 18, 2021
On Monday, The Washington Post reported that outgoing President Donald Trump is privately enraged that more celebrities are willing to attend President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration than went to his own.
"Since Jan. 6, every day has dumped more bad news on the president, including his historic second impeachment," reported Mary Jordan. "But one person close to the president said it can be hard to predict what will bother him most and that even with all that was going on, he was particularly upset that Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Tom Hanks and other stars agreed to perform as part of Biden's inaugural celebrations."
<p>"President Trump, in his days as the star of 'The Apprentice' reality-TV show, often attended star-studded events," said the report. "A believer in the power of being associated with marquee names, he hired Elton John and Billy Joel to sing at his and Melania's wedding in 2005. But his harsh rhetoric, hard-line immigration policy and other stances during the 2016 campaign led Hollywood to largely boycott his inauguration. Now as Trump rages about what he describes as unfair treatment from all sides — from people he hired, from businesses he helped with his policies, from members of his own party and even from celebrities — his wife just shrugs and moves on."</p><p>Trump and his allies have always been sensitive about the low turnout for his inauguration, with his first press secretary, Sean Spicer, <a href="https://time.com/5088900/sean-spicer-screwed-up-inauguration-hitler/" target="_blank">flat-out lying</a> that he got record attendance.</p>
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WATCH: Mike Lindell whines about ‘fake people’ after Bed, Bath and Beyond drops MyPillow
January 18, 2021
The CEO of MyPillow complained on Monday about no longer being able to sell his products at Bed Bath and Beyond.
Lindell appearing on Right Side Broadcasting Network, with a chyron list a 66% discount on his pillows for viewers.
<p>MyPillow has been under fire as Lindell has been <a data-linked-post="2649558629" href="https://www.rawstory.com/my-pillow-mike-lindell-trump/" target="_blank">bankrolling efforts to overturn the election</a> and visited the White House with notes discussing "<a data-linked-post="2649956217" href="https://www.rawstory.com/mike-lindell-my-pillow-guy/" target="_blank">martial law</a>."</p><p>Lindell complained about the liberal watchdog group Sleeping Giant, that has asked companies if they endorse a QAnon company.</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="4c2d99248a81b377434f3058ce2f5f8b" id="accdf"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350610433120485379"><div style="margin:1em 0">Just to recap here, @MyPillowUSA has QANON FOR A DISCOUNT CODE!!
@macys @BedBathBeyond @Walmart @Lowes @amazon, do… https://t.co/AB29hTfO85</div> — Sleeping Giants (@Sleeping Giants)<a href="https://twitter.com/slpng_giants/statuses/1350610433120485379">1610845595.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d09f21cb1fccbb56d654bea27de40960" id="122fa"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1350302815365677057"><div style="margin:1em 0">.@BedBathBeyond @amazon @Lowes @Walmart will you continue to carry MyPillow after their CEO called for the insurrec… https://t.co/kJ4XWWNNEk</div> — Sleeping Giants (@Sleeping Giants)<a href="https://twitter.com/slpng_giants/statuses/1350302815365677057">1610772253.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p>The pressure apparently worked, even though Lindell thinks the pressure came from "fake people."</p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2de21f5ac5f87238c62ce04c313445a1" id="43093"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351351525248032768"><div style="margin:1em 0">From an interview earlier this evening, Mike Lindell tells Right Side Broadcasting that he was just told that… https://t.co/Fj3sPtTvRF</div> — John Whitehouse (@John Whitehouse)<a href="https://twitter.com/existentialfish/statuses/1351351525248032768">1611022285.0</a></blockquote></div><p><br/></p>
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When a small group of pro-Trump lawyers announced they would be filing challenges in court to overturn the results of the 2020 election in several swing states that voted for President Joe Biden, Trump campaign attorney Jenna Ellis referred to the team of Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell as having "RELEASED THE KRAKEN!"
This promptly became the butt of several jokes as Powell and Giuliani proceeded to lose case after case, with roughly 60 smackdowns in state and federal court — including from at least one judge appointed by Trump.
<p>This avalanche of defeats prompted jokes about the supposed fearsome "kraken" that was supposed to defeat Biden — including on Tuesday, when Ellis announced she was moving on with the end of the Trump campaign.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1351280256393609221" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1351280256393609221&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2650018372%23publish&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 559px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>Marc Elias, a Democratic election attorney who had a direct role in defending against many of these failed court cases, had a mocking response.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1351327827711434753" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-1" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1351327827711434753&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2650018372%23publish&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 496px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div>
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