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MAGA former MyPillow CEO and election denier Mike Lindell lost his bid to become the governor of Minnesota, per reports.

According to projections by NBC News and CBS News, Lindell lost to state lawmaker Lisa Demuth, who won with more than 44 percent of the vote. However, she'll face what's expected to be an uphill battle against Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

The result was an upset. Lindell had been leading in limited public polling heading into Election Day and carried an endorsement from President Donald Trump, according to reporting by NBC News....

CHICAGO — My Pillow Guy, Donald Trump adviser and conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell is in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention, as promised.

But, he hasn't yet fulfilled a vow he made to shave his signature mustache in order to go "incognito" at the convention where he was denied credentials.

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The bank is playing "hardball" with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

The businessman and pitchman turned election denier claims he's trying to ward off the poorhouse by chatting with his bank "almost all afternoon."

"This was part of my big cancellation they did on me over the last three months and one piece where we deal with, our overseas vendors, we're trying to get that lined up and they're really playing — I don't know what the word would be — hardball." ...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell returned to live TV Friday to shill products as he takes dire financial hits from both his mounting legal fees and his loss of business, reported Newsweek.

Lindell promised viewers of the live-streamed portion of MARKET!, an e-commerce platform, "insights, innovation and inspiration," Newsweek reports.

The former MyPillow CEO's "insights" on the 2020 presidential election, namely that it was stolen from former President Donald Trump, sucked up his funds as he faced lawsuits from two voting machine companies seeking about $1.3 billion in damages, Newsweek notes. ...

At his 2023 “Election Summit,” Mike Lindell, the exuberant pillow peddler turned election truther, was more manic than usual.

Lindell had assembled the most fervent election deniers from every state, mostly Trump cultists, at a conference center in Springfield, Mo., where, with great fanfare, he promised to unveil “The Plan” to prevent elections from being stolen.

Lindell’s audience was a who’s who of the election denial movement. The seats were filled with activists who had filed lawsuits challenging election results from 2020 and 2022, when the candidates they supported lost. Some had convinced a few county boards in presidential swing states such as Arizona to flout official procedures and not certify results until all of the ballots were counted by hand. There were publicity hounds, too — self-proclaimed experts on election technology, voter turnout, cyber-hacking and the hunting of suspected illegal voters. Many were right-wing media regulars who preached how Trump and his tribe were robbed, and that America’s elections cannot be trusted. ...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell warned that his company was in danger of "collapsing" after American Express reduced his line of credit from $1 million to $100,000.

During a Thursday interview with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Lindell explained how his company had spiraled downward after retailers stopped selling his merchandise and Fox News made a "dirty deal" to settle a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems. Lindell is also facing a lawsuit from the voting machine company.

"When that happened, I had vendors get very nervous, and banks get very nervous about my bills," he recalled. "They're calling me up. I said, no, that doesn't even go into court 'til next year." ...