Karma: 'I'm in ruins,' said teary My Pillow Guy Mike Lindell

If you do something good, Karma will return the favor. If you do something bad, bad will happen to you. In Buddhism and Hinduism, karma is the principle of cause and effect, where an individual's actions (thoughts, words, and deeds) determine their future experiences in this life and their next life. Since Mike Lindell, the "My Pillow Guy" propogated the "big lie" as an outspoken supporter of Trump's discredited claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged against him, he has several lawsuits against him. Today's blog is an example of the Bad Karma catching up.

(Photo: Karma catches up with idiot Mike Lindell. Credit: ABC News) 

His own stupidity brought his once famous and prosperous company into ruins. (Oh, and Lindell is teary that he lives off $1,000 per week... The median weekly earnings for the nation's full-time wage and salary workers was $1,194 in the first quarter of 2025, so boo-freaking-hoo). 

Although "My Pillow" hasn't as yet (April 2025) filed for bankruptcy it seems like it may happen. The My Pillow company has faced several challenges, including: ***note #3 is the kicker** 

1) Loss of Retail Partners: Several major retailers, including Walmart, Kohls, and Bed Bath & Beyond, stopped carrying MyPillow products.

 2) Negative BBB Rating: The Better Business Bureau revoked MyPillow's accreditation and lowered its rating to F due to numerous consumer complaints, particularly about the "buy one, get one free" offer. 

3) Controversy over Pricing: MyPillow's sale of a classic pillow for $14.88 was met with criticism due to its association with a Nazi dog whistle.

'I'm in ruins,' teary Mike Lindell tells judge in Smartmatic sanctions hearing

The MyPillow CEO and Trump ally says he has no money after legal battles.

Soo Rin Kim, ABC Network News, April 16, 2025

National headlines from ABC NewsCatch up on the developing stories making headlines. Election denier and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell continues to refuse to pay more than $50,000 in sanctions he has been ordered to pay to voting software company Smartmatic over "frivolous" election claims -- alleging he's left with no money after numerous legal battles.

"I'm in ruins," a teary Lindell said through a Zoom screen during a motion hearing in the U.S. District Court in Washington on Wednesday, pleading to Judge Carl Nichols to allow him to wait until after the final judgement comes out to make any payment in the case, which he has already lost.

Last month, Smartmatic filed a motion to hold Lindell in contempt, alleging the MyPillow CEO has been dodging his court-ordered payment of $56,369 to Smartmatic for months.

Lindell, however, insisted that he does not have the means to pay the amount due to various financial difficulties he has suffered over the last few years due to what he again claimed was "lawfare" waged against him for trying to "secure the election."

"I borrowed everything I can. Nobody will lend me any money anymore," Lindell claimed. "I can't turn back time ... but I will tell you, I don't have any money."

Lindell claimed he was recently forced to lay off hundreds of MyPillow employees, lost multiple MyPillow warehouse units over the past two years and even owes millions of dollars to the IRS for what he described as a COVID-era employee retention credit.

He claimed he has "nothing" except for two houses, which he claimed are in the process of being liquidated, and a truck.

He even claimed he can no longer adhere to a previously proposed plan of making monthly installments of $5,000.

After listening through Lindell's plight, Nichols acknowledged that these claims are "non-verifiable representation" at the moment and gave Lindell until Friday to file under seal financial statements and other documents to prove his claims.

"I have nothing to hide," Lindell said as he agreed to do so and added he wants Smartmatic to see the financial situation he's in as well.

Smartmatic's attorney said his client would prefer to see the payment made in a lump sum as soon as possible but acknowledged he would respect the judge's ruling.

Karma in Action: MyPillow auctions off equipment amid ‘massive cancellation'

Karma is what comes back to you after you do something good or bad, or in this case - stupid. Mike Lindell, owner of "My Pillow" has been touting and supporting Trump's election lies, causing more discord and division in the U.S. As a result of his stupidity, many companies have dropped his product (Bravo to them!), and now he's paying for his stupidity financially.  Here's the story from the non-partisan Hill dot com:

 

MyPillow auctions off equipment amid ‘massive cancellation,’ CEO Lindell says 

 BY MIRANDA NAZZARO - 07/11/23 The Hill

MyPillow is auctioning off hundreds of pieces of equipment and subleasing some manufacturing spaces amid what founder and CEO Mike Lindell calls “a massive, massive cancellation.”

Lindell, in an interview with the (Minneapolis) Star Tribune, said MyPillow lost $100 million from “attacks by box stores, the shopping networks, the shopping channels, all of them did cancel culture on us.”

Several retailers, including Walmart, Bed Bath & Beyond and Kohl’s, pulled MyPillow products from their shelves after Lindell continued to claim the 2020 presidential election was stolen from former President Trump.

The Minnesota-based manufacturing company appears to be using the website K-BID Online Auctions to sell items including forklifts, conveyors belts, printers, electronics and commercial supplies.

Lindell is currently facing a $1.3 billion defamation suit from Dominion Voting Systems, which claims Lindell’s accusations of fraud, election rigging and conspiracy have hurt the company’s brand.

Lindell was ordered in April to pay $5 million to a software developer who debunked Lindell’s data about the election after the MyPillow CEO vowed to pay that amount to anyone who could debunk his data allegedly proving election fraud. An arbitration panel ruled that software expert Robert Zeidman successfully disproved Lindell’s claims and ordered the payment within 30 days.

Lindell refused to pay and filed a motion in May to have the ruling tossed out. Zeidman responded and filed a petition in a federal court in Minnesota to get Lindell to pay the $5 million plus 10 percent interest per year until it’s paid.

According to reporting from The Washington Post, vacating the award would require the court to determine the panel committed misconduct, exceeded its powers or that the process was corrupt.