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Baitball Blogger

(51,308 posts)
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 01:23 PM Sunday

What is this? Johnson's wife has a hidden LLC and Johnson has been pushing UPDATE: Suspicious Fake News.

Last edited Mon Oct 27, 2025, 09:08 AM - Edit history (1)

bills that support contributors to the LLC?

UPDATE: It's been a day and I haven't found a valid clip to confirm this. Worse, on Facebook they are now attributing this to Rachel Maddow. So I am going to declare this Fake News.

https://viewfindernews.com/btvphuonganh2/shocking-rachel-maddow-shocked-the-nation-by-unveiling-top-secret-financial-documents-revealing-that-an-llc-registered-under-mike-johnsons-wifes-name-may-be-linked-to-a-shadowy-chai/

I haven't found the original video. Just a lot of narrated videos of what happened.

https://www.tiktok.com/@shiftwire247/video/7562358375825149198


https://www.facebook.com/reel/642058412171520

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What is this? Johnson's wife has a hidden LLC and Johnson has been pushing UPDATE: Suspicious Fake News. (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Sunday OP
This needs to be more visible ! Repost this folks vapor2 Sunday #1
Jesus, the organization?LLC provides "confidential, biblically-based individual, marriage and family counseling." Silent Type Sunday #2
Probably centered on so-called conversion therapy and abortion alternatives. Hugin Sunday #9
It didnt work, her husband is still on grindr. Volaris Sunday #11
HINO Mr.Bee Sunday #17
Sadly, there are organizations like this all over the country, especially in the south. ShazzieB Sunday #16
If the facebook post referenced in the op is correct questionseverything Sunday #19
Kick SheltieLover Sunday #3
As a precaution.... IjustDontlikeRepugs Sunday #4
The dates I found predate the shut down. Baitball Blogger Sunday #6
Did you try c-span? questionseverything Sunday #20
Have not searched their site. I assume Baitball Blogger Sunday #21
Sorry I don't know but I'm pretty sure every word is archived somewhere on the site questionseverything Sunday #26
Speaker Mike Johnson's Wife Runs Counseling Service That Compares Homosexuality to Beastiality cbabe Sunday #5
NONE of this is Jesus based. No part of it. ancianita Sunday #12
Right. Jesus never uttered one single word about abortion or homosexuality. MLWR Sunday #18
And for all the other sins & hell that He spoke of, you'd think He, Moses & the prophets would have said ancianita Sunday #23
It's about the Benjamin's. Nothing else. Captain Zero Sunday #27
By all the evidence, this is true. ancianita Monday #40
That sounds like the worst counseling service ever. LisaM Sunday #22
Politicians typically get their bribes via family members. Irish_Dem Sunday #7
K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Sunday #8
which bills? - which contributors? - how much contribution? stopdiggin Sunday #10
The Reich Wing Media spews unsubstantiated stories daily. Dr. T Sunday #24
well they sure as hell apply to me! (guess I can't speak for the whole of the collective 'left') stopdiggin Sunday #34
If innuendo, speculation, or rumors Dr. T Monday #39
Corruption is a requirement for all of TSF's people. milestogo Sunday #13
The only information on this is all AI generated and if you listen to what little the subjects say Bev54 Sunday #14
It is his wife's LLC. Baitball Blogger Sunday #15
Jasmine Crockett has some receipts so Captain Zero Sunday #28
She has receipts to something but didn't hear her say anything about it being his wife's LLC Bev54 Sunday #32
Little mikey , just your typical republican politician. republianmushroom Sunday #25
He's spending his share on Grindr Rentboys Captain Zero Sunday #29
I can't find a single legitimate source. It's just a lot of reposting of the same unsourced crap. IMO this is fake. chowder66 Sunday #30
Hopefully snope will pitch in on this soon. Baitball Blogger Sunday #31
Kelly Lary Johnson + "Husband" Mike... ultralite001 Sunday #33
the question seems to be - (as best I can determine) - are illegal funds stopdiggin Sunday #36
How is the Speaker being paid??? ultralite001 Monday #37
Is it crypto??? ultralite001 Monday #38
Moses wants to get in on the grift. spanone Sunday #35

Silent Type

(11,690 posts)
2. Jesus, the organization?LLC provides "confidential, biblically-based individual, marriage and family counseling."
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 01:30 PM
Sunday

Hugin

(37,035 posts)
9. Probably centered on so-called conversion therapy and abortion alternatives.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 02:07 PM
Sunday

If I were to take a wild guess.

ShazzieB

(21,882 posts)
16. Sadly, there are organizations like this all over the country, especially in the south.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 03:45 PM
Sunday

I imagine the biggest concentration is in southern states like Louisiana (where Johnson is from) and other red states. But they're everywhere, even in my area, which is in a blue state, in the suburbs of a large blue city (Chicago).

However any of us may feel about it, these places have a right to exist, because people have the right to hold whatever beliefs they want and seek this kind of counseling if they choose. It doesn't surprise me one bit that Mike J.and his wife would be associated with something like this, because I'm well aware of their ultra conservative views.

questionseverything

(11,393 posts)
19. If the facebook post referenced in the op is correct
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:13 PM
Sunday

The problem is the speaker’s wife’s income from these many llc s did not get declared as required

4. As a precaution....
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 01:48 PM
Sunday

That TikTok looked AI generated to me. And, when was this supposed to have happened on the House floor? Hasn’t it been a while since the House was in session?

Baitball Blogger

(51,308 posts)
6. The dates I found predate the shut down.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 01:56 PM
Sunday

I just find it weird how I can't come up with the original video,

but there is plenty of information out there in articles and videos that narrate the situation. So, if it's a deep fake, it's wide spread.

Baitball Blogger

(51,308 posts)
21. Have not searched their site. I assume
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:16 PM
Sunday

you mean that I can search by topic? Because I don't have a date.

questionseverything

(11,393 posts)
26. Sorry I don't know but I'm pretty sure every word is archived somewhere on the site
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:31 PM
Sunday

Hopefully someone else knows the “how “ of it

cbabe

(5,813 posts)
5. Speaker Mike Johnson's Wife Runs Counseling Service That Compares Homosexuality to Beastiality
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 01:54 PM
Sunday
https://www.advocate.com/politics/mike-johnson-wife-counseling-lgbtq

Speaker Mike Johnson’s Wife Runs Counseling Service That Compares Homosexuality to Beastiality

With Johnson's record on LGBTQ+ rights, is it a surprise?

CHRISTOPHER WIGGINS
OCTOBER 30 2023 5:00 PM EST

Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson, the newly elected Republican Speaker of the House, and his wife, Kelly Johnson, have come under scrutiny due to their shared ultra-conservative Christian beliefs, especially those regarding LGBTQ+ issues and the counseling service Kelly Johnson runs.

HuffPost reports that Kelly Johnson operates Onward Christian Counseling Services, a counseling firm that, in its operational documents, equates homosexuality with bestiality and incest.

… more …

ancianita

(42,424 posts)
23. And for all the other sins & hell that He spoke of, you'd think He, Moses & the prophets would have said
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:19 PM
Sunday
something over 2,000 years if they were truly sins.

Captain Zero

(8,578 posts)
27. It's about the Benjamin's. Nothing else.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:37 PM
Sunday

Every magat has a scam, unless he's the sucker for the scams.

LisaM

(29,389 posts)
22. That sounds like the worst counseling service ever.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:17 PM
Sunday

Counseling isn't supposed to be judgemental or nasty.

stopdiggin

(14,594 posts)
10. which bills? - which contributors? - how much contribution?
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 02:32 PM
Sunday

If we're going to do a story, shouldn't we really do a story .. ?

Dr. T

(448 posts)
24. The Reich Wing Media spews unsubstantiated stories daily.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:26 PM
Sunday

Their minions believe it and use it against us. Do different rules apply to the left?

stopdiggin

(14,594 posts)
34. well they sure as hell apply to me! (guess I can't speak for the whole of the collective 'left')
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 07:11 PM
Sunday

And I don't presume to speak for you ...

You will note that I did not discount this story ...
I just ask that if there is a story - then I would like to see the story provided.

If the question is whether I am in support of innuendo, speculation and rumor as general coin of the realm (and, again, lets be clear in that I did not tag this story with any such .. ) - then the answer would be a rather unequivocal, "NO" Hope that helps to clear things up - at least on my end.

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Dr. T

(448 posts)
39. If innuendo, speculation, or rumors
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 10:33 AM
Monday

cause a self-proclaimed swing voter to swing left, then I'm all for it. Get-out-the-vote sort of stuff. But I respect your need for authenticity.

Bev54

(12,995 posts)
14. The only information on this is all AI generated and if you listen to what little the subjects say
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 03:40 PM
Sunday

there is absolutely nothing that refers anything to an LLC of Johnson's. I am calling BS.

Bev54

(12,995 posts)
32. She has receipts to something but didn't hear her say anything about it being his wife's LLC
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:47 PM
Sunday

chowder66

(11,500 posts)
30. I can't find a single legitimate source. It's just a lot of reposting of the same unsourced crap. IMO this is fake.
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 04:42 PM
Sunday

Not a single thing to back it up.

ultralite001

(2,219 posts)
33. Kelly Lary Johnson + "Husband" Mike...
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 05:18 PM
Sunday
https://answersingenesis.org/bios/kelly-johnson/

https://answersingenesis.org/bios/mike-johnson/

https://answersingenesis.org/bios/mike-and-kelly-johnson/

https://web.archive.org/web/20231025191259/https://www.mikeandkellyjohnson.com/

The Johnson Family podcast "Truth Be Told" via Apple... Here's an example...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-14-post-roe-america-what-happens-now/id1613637836?i=1000568113099

This was an epic week in America--with a series of seismic court decisions that will change our legal lansdscape in profound ways. Mike and Kelly summarize the cases and discuss the immediate and long-term effects of the biggest one, Dobbs v. Jackson, which is the most significant, culture-changing court decision of the past 50 years.

Now that Roe v. Wade has finally been overturned, what happens now? This episode provides answers to the big questions that everyone is asking, and suggestions on steps that all of us should take today to operate in this new legal paradigm and restore a culture of life in our communities and our nation.


This was also fun:
https://www.alternet.org/mike-johnson-2666100043/

So many ??? So little time...

stopdiggin

(14,594 posts)
36. the question seems to be - (as best I can determine) - are illegal funds
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 07:28 PM
Sunday

being passed through these counseling services. By whom? And is there an anticipated or actual political return as a result? (quid quo pro)

ultralite001

(2,219 posts)
37. How is the Speaker being paid???
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 12:49 AM
Monday

No bank accounts...
No tangible / reportable assets... 4+ kids...

It doesn't add up...

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