"I'm in Ruins": Mike Lindell living off only $1000/week

[struggle4progress]

Published Apr 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM EDT
Updated Apr 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM EDT

... The MyPillow CEO is facing a number of lawsuits in response to his claims that certain companies which provided software or voting machines used at the election were involved in rigging the result ...

Lindell said that despite his company once having brought in $300 million a year in revenue he was now living off $1,000 a week due to "lawfare" against him, and doesn't "have $5,000 or five cents."

He asserted he has "nothing" except for two houses, which are currently being liquidated, and a truck.

Lindell said he and his company owe more than $70 million in debt and back payments to the IRS ...

In March Smartmatic filed a motion calling for Lindell to be held in civil contempt in response to his non-payment ...

https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-living-off-1000-week-smartmatic-court-mypillow-2060927

This tragic tale is giving everyone teary red eyes

[SheltieLover]

1. ...

[TheBlackAdder]

40. Republicans will band together and bail him out like they did with Ayn Rand during her last years. Oh, Wait!

[WarGamer]

2. All because he broke the Michael Jordan rule...

"Democrats buy pillows too"


Shoulda' stayed out of politics.

[ProfessorGAC]

3. Good?

Squandered over $20 million in personal fortune & his share of a $150 million company.
That crack smoking caused brain damage, I guess.
He was never a business titan, now he's nearly broke.
Like I said; good.

[allegorical oracle]

22. Mikey somehow managed in February to scrape up the dough for LindellTV -- a new broadcast

venue. He's even hired two news bunnies and secured a seat in Leavitt's WH Press Office (taking the seat of an actual journalist). Am sure he's had a little help from some friends.

Washington, D.C., Feb. 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FrankSpeech Network, Inc (“FSBN”), currently being rebranded as Mike Lindell Media Corp., has named Alison Steinberg as its Second White House Correspondent. FSBN and LindellTV welcomed Ms. Steinberg to the Company's Washington, D.C. News Bureau. The Company believes Ms. Steinberg will make a great addition to its current Chief White House Correspondent, Cara Castronuova. Ms. Steinberg will be covering and reporting on the ground from the White House.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/frankspeech-network-inc-further-known-153000725.html

[keep_left]

23. There are at least three "journalists" at LindellTV...

...for whom Pillow Man appears to make payroll on a regular basis.

In addition to the two already mentioned, Lindell's first hire was Emerald Robinson, formerly of NewsLeast...er...NewsMax. DUers may recall she became such an embarrassment that NewsMax fired her after one too many outbursts at White House press conferences about antivax conspiracy theories, etc. Too crazy for NewsMax...now that's really saying something.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. I've Been Wondering, For Three Plus Years...

...who was really paying for his shenanigans.
With their margins &:debt load, he could not have been worth what he spent. Literally impossible.
Somebody else is fronting, or just absorbing, that cash hemorrhage.
His channel only has a couple hundred thousand viewers. Ad revenues have to be a trickle.

[SheltieLover]

44. Kraznov's boss, who else?

[ProfessorGAC]

47. Possible, I Suppose

But, he seems like such a "nothing" for someone like Putin to give the time of day.
I think it's more likely a homegrown oligarch, though I can't guess who.

[SheltieLover]

48. Could be

[SheltieLover]

43. Sickening

[dalton99a]

4. Trump will reward his loyalty

any day now, perhaps in two weeks

[Martin Eden]

57. Bailing out Lindell will coincide with the infrastructure bill

And the replacement for Obamacare.

[AZJonnie]

5. The ETTD principle is always in effect, Mikey!

And you have company at least. Maybe you and Alex Jones and Rudy could get together for a nice coffee talk. Fair warning though when at the end, when the check is enroute, if Rudy says he needs to run to the bathroom, don't believe him

BTW there's a hell of a lot of Americans that would LOVE to be living on $1000/week, esp. after taxes. That's would on the order of a $65K/yr job.

[Irish_Dem]

12. $1000 a week, two houses, and a truck.

Some people would be thrilled with this situation.

[FirstLight]

15. THAT is excatly what I came here to say! ;)

I *wish* I had $1000 a week to spend on anything

[Irish_Dem]

17. $52,000 a year, plus two properties and a vehicle.

The two houses can be sold, proceeds invested, for additional monthly income
and or savings/emergency fund.

Vehicle can be used to get to and from a job where he can generate more revenue.

These rich people have no idea how most Americans live.

[FirstLight]

19. they really don't ...

you know the worst thing you can do to them is not put them in prison or give them 'fines'...it's to BANKRUPT them!!!

[Irish_Dem]

20. Exactly. Take away all their money.

Hit them where it hurts.

[Marcuse]

38. True dat.

[dchill]

52. That's LITERALLY winning the lottery in some cases.

($1000 a week FOR LIFE!) I don't play but I think it's a $20 ticket.

[Conjuay]

59. THAT is the same amount as a MONTHLY disability check

Much more than he is worth.

[flying rabbit]

6. 1000 a week?

He's doing better than a lot of people.

[maveric]

11. Much better than I am.

I’d love to be living off $1000.00 a week.

[NewHendoLib]

7. So - 4K / month? That's what my wife and I live off of

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. $4,000 a month sounds like riches to me.

GFY, Mikey you crackhead.

[no_hypocrisy]

9. My life should be that tragic . . . . .

[BoRaGard]

10. The G.O.P. keeps ignoring a very ugly truth

everything Krasnov (R-Felon) touches goes to shit.

Check the record.

?si=ZmQoyC5fJgBc2OYC

[eppur_se_muova]

13. Aw, poor baby. Try repaying your student loans up to $1000/mo on that salary -- like I did for years.

(allowing for inflation, to split hairs)

[LS0999]

14. Well I guess he's going to have to stop living like a millionaire

He gave up everything for the cult. MAGA is an even worse drug then crack cocaine.

[NBachers]

16. It should happen to every damn one of them maggots.

[madinmaryland]

18. FAFO. Karma strikes again!

[Beetwasher.]

21. Ha Ha!

Love it!

[Talitha]

24. Let him eat pillows....

[SheltieLover]

45. ...

[Buns_of_Fire]

25. And he didn't even get a full cabinet position out of it.

Big, strong, manly-men with tears in their eyes are coming up to him and giving him an atomic wedgie everywhere he goes now.

[Bristlecone]

26. That guy has pissed away cash for years

F him.

[Midnight Writer]

27. His goal must be to qualify for SNAP, since he thinks folks that get assistance are living like royalty.

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By the way, $1000 per week is a damn sight more than I live on.

[C_U_L8R]

28. What, does he want a handout or something??

Come on man, aren't you one of those 'pick yourself up by your own bootstraps' rightwingers?
Or are you a Randian libertarian who thinks people like you are a burden on society and should shuffle off and die?

[Botany]

29. FAFO

“The phrase "world's smallest violin" is a sarcastic expression used to dismiss or downplay someone's complaints, implying their troubles are insignificant or they are exaggerating for attention. It's a way of feigning sympathy by suggesting the problem is so minor it could only be addressed with a tiny, almost inaudible violin.”

[sakabatou]

30. *sad trombone noises*

[JoseBalow]

31. Crackheadsayswut?

Dafuq outta here

[doc03]

32. That's what I get with SS and my pension, I manage.

[Permanut]

33. That's one of the saddest stories I've ever heard..

I'm going to check the couch cushions for change to donate.

[Initech]

34. Go Nazi, go broke!

[keep_left]

41. Go fash, lose cash!!

[chowmama]

35. Boo fucking hoo. NT

[PCB66]

37. Bought a couple of his pillows

This was a long time ago when they first came out. Before he got into politics. They were no better than what a cheapo Walmart pillow would be. Wasted the money. Never bought anything else.

[Luz]

39. Aww, can't he go to mar- a-lago for a free meal?

He could ask Rudy how that works out for him 🤔

[ecstatic]

42. They're not letting him join their little market manipulation group?

[Sky Jewels]

46. Well, Mikey

maybe it's time to smother yourself with one of your lumpy, rock-hard pillows and put yourself out of your misery.

[Blue Owl]

49. How's it feel to be a regular middle class American, Mike?

[electric_blue68]

50. I still like one of his commercials.... Otherwise...Ohhh, boo, hoo, hoo....NOT!

[MustLoveBeagles]

51. Whomp whomp

[Deuxcents]

53. He hitched his wagon to TSF and that was the last straw for him, his business and his employees

[regnaD kciN]

54. Womp womp...

Guess what, Mikey? I’m doing the same, and living quite comfortably. (We’re retired, and have already paid off our mortgage.)

[IzzaNuDay]

55. Hey Mike, here's a dictionary

Look up sympathy because you aren’t receiving any fr me!

[niyad]

56. WHAAAAAAH. .he lives on 1k/wk. Many people do not have 1k/month.

He and ghouliani lie to get out of paying the judgments against them, hiding assets.

[Conjuay]

58. He's republican, therefore he is lying.

When I see him at a busy intersection with a cardboard sign, then I MIGHT believe him.

[mucholderthandirt]

60. My SS is just over $1K a month. I bet he'd have no sympathy for me.

I worked like a fucking dog for that money, ruined my body and my health to support my kids and keep them in decent circumstances. We never had much, I went without food, clothes and medical care so they wouldn't have to.

What's he ever done except try to make life worse for others? Not a damned thing. I hope he ends up in a cardboard box, being kicked by the local thugs.