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October 17, 2023
Nothing Under the Pillow
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell arrives at a gathering of supporters of former US president Donald Trump. (Octavio Jones / Getty)
This article appears in the October 30/November 6, 2023 issue.
The My Pillow guy and election denier confirms he’s out of money for lawyers defending him in defamation suits.—News sources
His pillow talk at first seemed what
The MAGA wackos needed, but
By circulating lies by Trump, he
Is finding public life quite lumpy.
Calvin Trillin
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