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MAGA is at each other’s throats in the aftermath of the brutal blue tsunami that washed Republicans out to sea, and Bulwark editors Sam Stein and Will Sommer are apparently here for it.
“You it’s getting rough when they’re on like the fourth quote tweet, where it’s like “I’ll tell you what I think,” said Sommer, reading vicious exchanges between MAGA pundits on X.
“Mark Levin is a moron. And heavily contributed to the devastating losses suffered last night by republicans,” posted Rep. Nancy Mace on Z, speaking of the MAGA podcaster.
“S--- you washed up political loser,” posted Levin in response on X. “You’re angry because you’ll actually have to now work for a living. You’re one of the most mentally unhinged POS to ever be in Congress. We lost last night for many reasons, including because of useless, self-promoting, do-nothings like you. Good riddance, crackpot.”
“You know, Etiquette would be just to reply. You don’t want everyone to see [post quotes],” advised Stein. “Just reply. It’s easier to consume that way. These are all adults, presumably, and they’re just out there throwing as many haymakers as they can, calling each other [names] and wishing they’d die. You wouldn’t talk like this to anyone in real life.”
The two then turned to the online lamentation of MAGA influencer likes Laura Loomer, who critics say holds undo influence in the White House, sometimes ending whole political White House careers by whispering into President Donald Trump’s ear.
“Sadly now, it’s too late and America is over,” posted Loomer on X the day after the Democrat wave. “Plan for your survival. Stock up on supplies, finalize your will in case massive political violence erupts, and temper the expectations of your children and grandchildren who will never know the American Dream. Make sure your children have food and shelter, but aside from that, most people’s kids are not going to have a future full of aspirations.”
“We are going to watch our country implode in the next five years,” she continued. “Eight jihadi candidates will now be headed to Congress after last night’s election. They will take their oath of office on the Quran, which explicitly causes for the killing of non-Muslims. They will have access to classified information and they will leak that information to America’s enemies and sleeper cells in our country who will without a doubt work to kill Americans. I’m glad that I was able to predict America’s future because it gave me time to plan. But aside from just trying to stay alive every single day, most Americans will not be experiencing much joy in the coming future. If you think things are bad now because gas is a dollar more expensive, you are in for a serious rude awakening.”
“Oh, my God. ‘Just Let me die,’ basically,” said Stein, describing her post. “Are people trying to talk her off the ledge? This kind of looks like a cry for help.”
“She tends to go to a dark place anyhow,” said Sommer. “She made statements during past Republican defeats where she’s said, ‘I can’t have a family. I’ve destroyed my life for Donald Trump’ …. So, she’s one who kind of puts the pathos out there a little more than most.”
“It makes sense that she’s out of reach, but she’s not the only one,” said Stein, who then quickly added that her “foe, Marjorie Taylor Greene, is clearly having the time of her life because she gets to say ‘I told you so.”
And MTG did just that, posting an AI image of herself holding court as a queen while Loomer bawls her eyes out behind her.
“Good morning, everyone. Except Laura Loomer,” posted MTG on X. “An insane woman, two-time congressional loser, who has zero real life experience. Yet Natalie Harp somehow helped Laura become Trump’s crazy train late-night advisor. Make her the press secretary! Make her chief of staff! Give Laura something! Please entertain me!”
Other MAGA entertainers, however, like far-right influencer Nick Fuentes, appeared to cry into their beers.
“I love winning,” Fuentes, mewled on X, Tuesday night as results began rolling in of Republican defeat after another.
“The knives are out on the right and It’s all out pleasure to look at it,” said Sommer.
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Benny Johnson: “Islam is here to kill us and convert us”
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Right-wing media's crusade against diverse judges: racist attacks, calls for banning, and even calls for deportation
Right-wing media have accused naturalized judges of having “obvious loyalties outside of this country,” Muslim judges of having “terrorist buddies,” and Black judges of being “dumb” “DEI judges”
Written by Torri Lonergan
Published 07/29/26
Right-wing media figures have spent years lobbing racist insults at judges who are naturalized U.S. citizens or people of color — mocking their names, questioning their loyalties, and falsely identifying American-born judges as immigrants. Some have gone so far as to demand that immigrants and Muslim Americans be barred from serving as judges, while others have pushed for naturalized and even some American-born judges to be stripped of their citizenship and deported.
Right-wing media’s yearslong campaign has now gained support from some congressional Republicans, who recently introduced both a bill and a constitutional amendment that would require all American judges “to be natural-born citizens.”
Republican elected officials are supporting efforts to prohibit naturalized US citizens from serving as judges
In May, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) introduced a constitutional amendment that would require “members of Congress, federal judges and Senate-confirmed officers to be natural-born citizens of the United States.” In a July 4 Newsweek op-ed attacking D.C. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago, Mace fearmongered about “foreign-born officials holding power in this government who have proven time and again their loyalty is not to America.” Mace asked, “How did we get here? To a place where foreign-born officials get to decide the laws Americans live under?” [U.S. House of Representatives, office of Rep. Nancy Mace, 5/20/26; Newsweek, 7/4/26]
In February, Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) introduced a bill that would “require all American judges to be natural-born citizens.” He argued that the legislation would safeguard the United States “against potential foreign influence in judicial decisions.” [U.S. House of Representatives, office of Rep. Pete Stauber, 2/20/26]
In April, Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) called to “put more teeth in the denaturalization process” and said he would “absolutely” support banning immigrants from serving as judges or members of Congress. Appearing on The Benny Show, he said, “I don’t think our Founding Fathers ever intended for individuals from hostile nations serving and leading the nation.” [YouTube, The Benny Show, 4/13/26]
Criticizing a ruling by Sooknanan in June, Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) posted, “If judges can stop Presidents, they should not also be citizens of foreign nations.” [Democracy Docket, 6/23/26]
Right-wing media figures have called to bar naturalized citizens and Muslims from serving as judges, and even pushed to deport judges who are immigrants or American-born people of color
MAGA podcaster Laura Loomer called for President Donald Trump to sign an executive order “banning judges who were not born in this country,” saying, “If you want to be a judge in this country, you should come from the blood and soil of this country.” She asked, “Isn't it crazy too how we have so many foreign judges?” and insisted, “It's an abomination. I just think it's a total disgrace on our country.” [Rumble, Loomer Unleashed, 5/27/25]
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From the May 27, 2025, edition of Loomer Unleashed, streamed on Rumble
Loomer also insisted that “Muslims need to be prohibited from holding positions of power” and demanded that an American-born Muslim judge be deported. Referring to D.C. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui — who was born in the United States — Loomer said, “We don't need to be having debates about whether this judge is right or whether he's wrong. He's a Muslim. He shouldn't be a judge in America. He's from Pakistan.” She added, “Denaturalize him, denaturalize his family members, and send him back to the sharia shithole.” [Media Matters, 5/8/26]
Right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson said the Founding Fathers should have specified that “you have to be a native-born American in order to hold a judgeship or be in Congress or serve in a federal capacity.” He said “it would’ve been smart” to apply to the judiciary the same “rules that were put upon our president, meaning you had to be born rightwise in the United States of America to rule over us as Americans.” Johnson added, “Nine out of the 13 colonies said you must be a Bible-believing, Christ-professing Christian to serve in any office anywhere, including, of course, being a judge.” [YouTube, The Benny Show, 6/23/26, 6/23/26]
On The Benny Show, Article III Project founder Mike Davis said of New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan: “I want to throw his Third World, Marxist trash ass in prison and then revoke his citizenship and send him back” to Colombia. Laura Loomer also called on Trump to “strip Juan Merchan of his citizenship and deport him back to the Third World hellhole he came from.” Merchan has lived in the United States since he was 6 years old. [YouTube, The Benny Show, 1/10/25; Rumble, Loomer Unleashed, 6/4/24; CNN, 4/15/24]
The Millstone Report host Paul Harrell insisted that “foreign-born” judges “need to recuse themselves” from cases related to immigration and the U.S. military “at the bare minimum, if not step down altogether.” [Rumble, The Millstone Report with Paul Harrell, 3/26/25]
Right-wing media figures have long hurled racist insults at judges they think are immigrants, Muslim, or people of color
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
Fox host Tomi Lahren said Jackson “may be the worst DEI hire of all time.” [Fox News, Jesse Watters Primetime, 7/8/25]
Daily Wire host Matt Walsh claimed that Jackson is the “perfect illustration of the Black woman privilege,” because “Black women who can barely read or speak — like Ketanji Brown Jackson — are elevated to the most prestigious positions solely because they are Black women.” He argued, “There's really no group in the country more privileged now than Black women” and insisted, “Ketanji Brown Jackson is not qualified to be, like, a high school principal, let alone a Supreme Court justice.” [The Daily Wire, The Matt Walsh Show, 1/14/26]
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From the January 14, 2026, edition of The Daily Wire's The Matt Walsh Show
Benny Johnson accused Jackson of “getting totally nominated because of your skin color” and “proving again and again that you're too dumb to be on the Supreme Court, that you're too dumb to probably navigate the subway, to parallel park, to get Uber Eats.” He also claimed Jackson's “not a real Supreme Court justice — I don’t believe that she is actually lawfully on the Supreme Court.” [YouTube, The Benny Show, 4/2/26]
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From the April 2, 2026, edition of The Benny Show, uploaded to YouTube
Johnson later claimed Jackson “has most likely a functionally retarded, like, 70 IQ,” calling her “the single dumbest person to ever hold any office anywhere at any time.” [YouTube, The Benny Show, 5/28/26]
US District Judge Amir Ali
On War Room, Mike Davis claimed that “Judge Ali apparently wants the president to fund Ali’s Hamas buddies, his terrorist buddies, so they can kill Americans.” [Real America’s Voice, War Room, 3/19/25]
On Infowars, attorney Andrew Branca described Ali as “culturally Egyptian” and insisted that “he's barely an American citizen — he’s certainly not culturally an American citizen,” saying, “There's a difference between a cultural American citizen and a technical, naturalized American citizen who's still culturally a member of his own, you know, foreign nationality.” Branca complained, “He wasn’t born in America. He was born in Canada. He was born in Canada to Egyptian migrant parents.” [Infowars, War Room, 12/16/25]
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan
Laura Loomer complained that Chutkan “is an immigrant. She's an immigrant! Here we have an immigrant imposing a gag order. She's not even from this country!” She continued, “This is how backward things are in our country. You have immigrants who are now imposing gag orders on presidents of the United States of America, OK? She is the poster child for why we need an immigration moratorium.” [Rumble, Loomer Unleashed, 10/26/23]
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US District Judge Melissa DuBose
Fox host Laura Ingraham described DuBose as “a classic far-left pick who satisfied the racial bean counters.” Ingraham called DuBose an “unmitigated disaster” and dismissed her qualifications as “total hogwash.” [Fox News, The Ingraham Angle, 5/1/26]
Conservative radio host Howie Carr repeatedly described DuBose as “a lesbian, Black judge,” saying, “She’s one of the last judges that Biden slithered in. He wanted to get one more Black lesbian in.” He reiterated, “She’s a lesbian. She’s Black. She’s written about her Marxist phase — sounds like the Marxist phase never ended.” He added, “She made it on a 51-48 vote. Fifty-one — all these terrible, atrocious DEI judges and U.S. attorneys under Biden, they were all approved narrowly like that.” [Rumble, The Howie Carr Show, 5/1/26]
US District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong
Criticizing Frimpong — who was born in Los Angeles — Matt Walsh claimed, “Watching all this domestic terrorism, judges with foreign names are of course taking the side of the terrorists.” [The Daily Wire, The Matt Walsh Show, 7/15/25; CA.gov, 11/17/25]
Former Infowars host David Knight mocked Frimpong’s name, saying, “Oh, yes, a good classic American name. Just the type of person who I would want sitting as a judge. I'm sure they can be trusted.” [Rumble, The David Knight Show, 7/15/25]
US District Judge Myong J. Joun
Laura Loomer mocked Joun’s name, saying, “Can't have a normal name, right? Got to be a foreigner.” Loomer said the judge’s name “sounds like some kind of an electrical technical glitch” or “maybe like a noise my dog would make if she was super hyperactive.” She complained, “Where do they come up with these names? I'm sure Media Matters is going to clip this and say that I'm being racist toward Asians. Whatever. I don't care.” [Rumble, Loomer Unleashed, 5/27/25]
US District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai
While criticizing Kasubhai’s ruling on gender-affirming care for minors, X22 Report host David Marc Fishman noted the judge’s Muslim background and claimed that “very strict Muslim countries” are “very much in line with the trans groups,” saying, “The trans groups go after children to have sex, and when you look at a lot of the Muslim nations, they allow sex with children.” Fishman read a Libs of TikTok post complaining that “Biden-appointed Muslim Judge Mustafa D. Kasubhai struck down HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s directive to stop taxpayer-funded sex change surgeries for kids.” [YouTube, X22 Report, 4/22/26; Media Matters, 6/25/24]
US District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan
Speaking to The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro, Newsmax host Rob Schmitt accused Sooknanan of having “obvious loyalties outside of this country.” He complained that judges like Sooknanan “see this as just a wealthy land that should be pillaged by the rest of the world. That's how they feel about the United States, because I don't think they have America's best interests at heart.” [Newsmax, Rob Schmitt Tonight, 9/3/25]
War Room host Harrison Smith said Sooknanan “shouldn't even be in this country.” Smith complained that “we have foreign judges named Sparkle deciding that the law is whatever she feels like it should be, not what is actually the law,” arguing, “That’s obviously a major problem we have in our country.” He added, “These are people that do not love America. They don't even like America. They constantly organize against America. They do not renounce their old countries. They do not drop their loyalty to their former countries. So why do we take them in? Why are we obligated to give them any benefit of the doubt? Because the likes of Ben Shapiro don't give a damn about the browning of our country.” [Infowars, War Room, 6/24/26]
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From the June 24, 2026, edition of Infowars' War Room
The Charlie Kirk Show co-host Andrew Kolvet complained that Sooknanan is a “foreigner” from “Trinidad, a country known to be the most wonderful representative of democracy in the world.” [Rumble, The Charlie Kirk Show, 6/23/26]
US District Judge Indira Talwani
Rob Schmitt said Talwani “is the daughter of two immigrants, which is a very American story, but in this case it’s very obvious this judge’s loyalties do not lie here.” He complained that one-third of district court judges in Washington, D.C., “were born outside of this country” and claimed, “They all have the same politics — disciples of the left-wing crusade to open up the United States for global looting.” [Newsmax, Rob Schmitt Tonight, 4/15/25]
Referring to Talwani, former Infowars host Owen Shroyer asked, “You think she was born here?” then told his viewers, “Place your bets now where she was born.” After looking it up, Shroyer read that Talwani was born in New Jersey but specified: “Well, her parents are from Punjab, India.” [WIN Network, Owen Report, 10/31/25]
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Haaris Syed
Newsmax host Carl Higbie reacted to Syed’s appointment by saying, “Islam — I’m always warning people that it could take a hold, especially in our legal system.” He continued, “We have seen some stuff from guys like this. What happens when you start seeing, I don’t know, a sharia-style viewpoint incorporate itself into U.S. law that is not in favor of our Constitution?” Former Assistant Attorney General Theo Wold agreed with Higbie and claimed that in Great Britain, “One of the reasons why the rape gangs were able to do what they did and proliferate like that [is] because a lot of Islamic judges control the local family courts in that country.” [Newsmax, Carl Higbie Frontline, 7/6/26]
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LAURA LOOMER CALLS FOR THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO INVESTIGATE TUCKER CARLSON AND CANDACE OWENS
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The names Pulte, Loomer, and Roger Stone are deeply intertwined in a bitter and complex political rivalry within the MAGA inner circle. The dynamic between the three figures involves high-level administration maneuvering and very public feuding. [1, 2, 3]
The Key Connections
- Bill Pulte's Intelligence Appointment: President Donald Trump installed Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte to take on a top intelligence advisory role. This decision was heavily backed by Roger Stone and other allies who saw Pulte as an "attack-dog" who would aggressively force the declassification of sensitive documents. [1, 2, 3]
- The Push to Fire Gabbard: Far-right activist Laura Loomer reportedly spearheaded an aggressive effort to get Trump to fire Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard. Roger Stone strongly opposed this move, calling it a "dirty trick" designed to push the president into an unneeded national security crisis. [1, 2]
- The Resulting MAGA Feud: Stone's intervention led to an explosive public feud between him and Loomer. Stone aggressively attacked Loomer on social media, mocking her and accusing her of lacking loyalty, while Loomer claimed that Stone had turned on her. [1, 2]
Related Source Materials
- To dive deeper into the fallout between Stone and Loomer, read The tragedy of Laura Loomer | The Spectator.
- For more on the internal power struggles involving Pulte's role, review the reporting by Semafor.
- Read how the conflict played out on the Newsweek coverage of the pair.
- See the direct clash between the two confidants detailed by Yahoo News. [1, 2]
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The tragedy of Laura Loomer | The Spectator
I first met Laura Loomer in the New York office of Project Veritas. She was blonde then, feisty, smart and ambitious. She was also fearless. Because of her outspoken views regarding the dangers of radical Islam – views that I largely share – her career as an investigative journalist and advocate was severely hampered. She became possibly the most censored woman on the planet; forbidden from placing her warnings about Sharia law and radical Islam on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Even Uber banned her.
In 2020, Loomer decided to make a valiant race for Congress against Democrat incumbent Lois Frankel in an overwhelmingly blue Florida district, which happened to include Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s club and winter residence. She campaigned hard, but the presidential endorsement that she richly deserved never came.....
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Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) recently found himself under fire by President Donald Trump’s supporters for posting a physically affectionate photograph on X. They demanded to know the identity of the woman in the picture… but were not prepared for the answer.
“For Republicans, the real soccer scandal of the weekend had nothing to do with Trump at all,” wrote The Bulwark’s Will Sommer on Tuesday. Sommer referred to Trump because the president controversially contacted the head of FIFA to reverse a ban on one of America’s star soccer players as they prepared to face Belgium, a game they ultimately lost.
“They were fuming about Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) wearing a Mexico jersey to watch the England-Mexico game with Mexico fans at a Tucson watch party,” Sommer added.
In addition to complaining that Kelly sided with Mexico over England in the World Cup, pro-Trump influencer Laura Loomer tried to sic the MAGA movement against Kelly by asking why he had his arm affectionately draped around a slender blonde woman.
“A US Senator who represents a BORDER STATE wearing Mexico’s jersey is bad enough, but I thought he was ‘super loyal’ to his medically brain dead wife who was shot in the head?” Loomer wrote on X, referring to how Kelly’s wife — the former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) — nearly died in a 2011 assassination attempt.
Loomer’s post, which has been viewed 1.8 million times as of this writing, was quickly rebutted by Giffords herself.
“Well, she looks pretty great to me @captmarkkelly 😘” Giffords posted, confirming that she is the woman in the picture.
Kelly has found himself in the Trump movement’s crosshairs before. When he joined a number of other Democratic lawmakers in urging members of the military to not follow illegal or unconstitutional orders, Trump accused Kelly of “sedition” that is “punishable by death.” Similarly, while delivering a special address to Congress in February, the president engaged in a stare down with the senator after demanding lawmakers stand up to express their support for his immigration agenda… and Kelly remained seated.
Speaking to NOTUS in June, Kelly said that Trump’s ire does not phase him personally.
“I don’t get angry about it; I don’t lose any sleep,” Kelly told NOTUS. “They’re going to do s—— like this. They’re flailing. They know the law’s on my side, and they want to shut people up. This is a corrupt administration, and it’s clear to everybody."
He added, “If they’re going to go after the rights of 2 million retired service members, it might as well be me.”
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Fox Business guests ridicule the network’s fantasy of 4-5% economic growth this year: “Dream on”
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Benny Johnson: “Netanyahu should be banned from the White House as far as I'm concerned”
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Laura Loomer takes credit for Trump's attacks on Tucker Carlson: “I'm the one who sent the president all your shit, Tucker”
04/10/26 12:08 PM EDT
“Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander: Trump “has got to be ripped politically, peacefully, legally, from the Oval Office”
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Tim Pool on Trump's post attacking right-wing pundits: “I don't know that this post was necessary. What is to be gained by attacking these individuals?”
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Alex Jones responds to Trump's attack on him: “I will now stand against this new Trump who by the day becomes more demonic, more twisted, and more sick”
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March 24, 2026, edition of Loomer Unleashed streamed on Rumble
LAURA LOOMER (HOST): It's time for President Trump and the Trump administration to, you know, put the moral clarity hammer down and reassert, as you said, who's the boss. And sometimes when you have to reassert who's the boss, people get fired. And I personally think it's a moral abomination that Tulsi Gabbard has not issued a statement condemning Joe Kent leaking to Max Blumenthal, leaking to Tucker Carlson, leaking to Candace Owens.
And it's an abomination that Tulsi Gabbard, who had the audacity to speak at Charlie Kirk's memorial, has not condemned Joe Kent, her interim chief of staff, saying that he will testify to aid the assassin of Charlie Kirk. So, I don't even think President Trump should give her the dignity of a resignation. I think that Tulsi Gabbard should be fired. And that's my position tonight, through this interview. I'll say it live on air, I think that President Trump should fire Tulsi Gabbard. She has not shown that she has moral clarity. She is not fit to be producing intelligence reports for the President of the United States.
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- Julian E. Barnes, Robert Draper, and Luke Broadwater @ The New York Times: Joe Kent, a Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official, Resigns Over the Iran War
Mr. Kent is the highest-ranking Trump administration official to quit in opposition to the conflict. He is also known for his support of conspiracy theories.
- Erkki Forster @ The Daily Beast: Power-Hungry Trump Thirsts Over ‘Taking’ Another Country
“Whether I free it, take it—I can do anything I want with it,” the president said.
- Jeff Brumley @ Baptist Press: Sean Feucht partners with Trump admin for ‘Roots of Revival’ tour
Christian nationalist revival leader and Trump loyalist Sean Feucht announced he is partnering with the federal government on a worship tour that will coincide with the nation’s 250th anniversary. The “Roots of Revival” tour will include 20 stops from March to September in locations ranging from Sante Fe, N.M., and Washington, D.C., to Gettysburg, Penn., to Nashville, Tenn.
- Susan Svrluga @ The Washington Post: College Republicans group disbanded after students allegedly give Nazi salute
The University of Florida’s chapter accused the Florida Federation of College Republicans of lying “to silence christian conservative groups on campus.”
- Jay Michaelson @ Forward: Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left
Obsessed with Israel, the anti-antisemitism industry is failing to confront the threat of right-wing nationalism — and, in some cases, making it worse.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: Laura Loomer Gets Roasted on Trip to India
FAR-RIGHT ACTIVIST AND DONALD TRUMP ADVISER Laura Loomer has hit the global stage. Over the weekend, she traveled to New Delhi with her new fiancé to relay a message from Trump to India’s 1.43 billion people. “I love India! Please let them know I love India,” Loomer said on stage at the India Today Conclave, reading a message she said the president had given to her. Unfortunately, many of those in attendance did not seem to reciprocate the sentiment—at least not toward Loomer. That’s because they have access to the internet, and could easily look up the speaker’s many attacks on their country and its people, like the time she said Kamala Harris would make the White House smell like curry.
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President Donald Trump is struggling to contain a civil war within his MAGA movement over the role of far right commentator Tucker Carlson — particularly when it comes to the issue of US support for Israel.
“Ultimately, Carlson’s perseverance in Trump’s orbit is a remarkable testament to his staying power,” wrote Will Sommer of the conservative publication The Bulwark. “Lesser media luminaries would have been pushed to the outskirts of punditry. The question now is how long the alliance between the administration and Carlson can hold.”
With Carlson and other alt-right leaders like commentator Nick Fuentes clashing with pro-Israel Trump supporters like influencer Laura Loomer and The Daily Wire head Ben Shapiro, The Bulwark observed that the MAGA coalition is straining because of its internal tensions.
“With the United States possibly on the verge of war with Iran, Israel’s greatest enemy, you’d think Carlson—a staunch critic of American support for Israel—would be on the outs with the administration,” Sommer wrote. “Instead, on Monday, he was reportedly back in the White House, a month after he visited to have lunch with Trump and attended a meeting with oil company CEOs.”
Carlson has a long history of parting ways with Trump on important issues. In December, Carlson told CNN anchor Anderson Cooper that Trump is wrong to ignore the ongoing issues in the American economy.
“The one thing that doesn't lie is the economy,” Carlson said. “I mean, it's one of these things that Trump just can't lie his way out of or talk his way out of. And that is extremely problematic because when people go to the polls for the midterm elections, which are going to be here before we know it, they're going to be voting on how they feel on that particular day. And the economy is an incredibly emotional feeling.”
Speaking with this author for Salon as far back as 2019, Carlson criticized Trump’s handling of the economy.
“I don’t think the obvious lesson of the 2016 election was you hire Steve Mnuchin as Treasury Secretary, you know,” Carlson said. “I can’t just put it into one sentence. As I sort of read through the exit polling in November of 2016, my first thought wasn’t, ‘You know, they really should hire some more Goldman Sachs people to oversee our economy.’ That didn’t flow naturally from the trends I was watching.”
Loomer, a right-wing activist and passionate Trump supporter, recently attacked Carlson’s influence within Trump’s orbit.
“I’m sick of Tucker attacking Trump and then running to the White House to pretend he hasn’t been bashing Trump for years!” Loomer declared on Monday. “I’m so f------ over it!”
She added, “He called the President yesterday and begged him to be put on his schedule.He was manic on the phone, I’m told, completely belligerent begging to come to the White House today.” Loomer went on to call him “Tucker Qatarlson” and a “neo Nazi Islamic agent.”
Also on Monday, Loomer urged on social media for Trump to “condemn” Carlson.
"Everybody needs to be pressuring the White House to issue a statement condemning Tucker Carlson this week," Loomer said. "His efforts to derail the GOP and his nonstop sabotage of President Trump must end."
Another pro-Trump and pro-Israel commentator, Dave Rubin, claimed that Carlson’s presence in the White House shows Trump sees “that Tucker is obviously trying to destroy MAGA and it appears he’s finally had enough . . .”
In a November article published by the Washington Post, journalist/author Jamie Kirchick unpacked Carlson's friendly relationship with Fuentes, noting that it could create an awkward predicament for Trump’s logical successor for president in 2028, Vice President JD Vance.
"Ironically, the politician Carlson is harming most with his antics is the person he wants to succeed Trump: Vice President JD Vance," Kirchick wrote. "Carlson, who praised Vance in his discussion with Fuentes as one of the very few people on the right who shares his foreign policy views, reportedly played a decisive role in convincing Trump to name Vance as his running mate. Vance, who has since employed Carlson's son as his deputy press secretary, invited Carlson to the White House when he guest-hosted the 'Charlie Kirk Show' following the assassination of its eponymous host. Having benefited from Carlson's scorched-earth campaign against 'the neoconservatives,' Vance now appears stuck with Carlson's antisemitic, conspiratorial, anti-American baggage whether he likes it or not."
Kirchick concluded, "Thus far, Vance has done nothing to distance himself from this kind of politics. When Politico exposed racist and antisemitic text messages sent by members of Young Republican clubs last month, the vice president forgivingly characterized the appalling behavior of these 20- and 30-somethings as ‘what kids do.’”
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Laura Loomer advises JD Vance to distance himself from Tucker Carlson
Loomer: Vance “definitely has a Tucker Carlson problem” and has to understand “that a large portion of the MAGA base doesn't like Tucker Carlson”
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From the January 14, 2026, edition of Loomer Unleashed streamed on Rumble
LAURA LOOMER (HOST): Our country is suffering because, unfortunately, our vice president is friends with Tucker Carlson, and Tucker Carlson has unfettered access to the White House. Right? That's crazy. I mean, it's crazy how you can be a simp for Islam and a simp for Islamic terrorism and then just be friends with the vice president and get to crash the oil executive meeting because the vice president invites you to lunch. Right? That's what's unfortunate.
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LOOMER: I like JD Vance. I respect JD Vance. I get along with JD Vance, but enough is enough, okay? You know, as somebody who wants to be president of the United States, I would hope, and I would actually expect JD Vance to have the moral clarity to tell Tucker Carlson that he's not allowed to come back to the White House, right? This is the type of moral clarity we expect to see from people who want to be president of the United States, and that's not an attack on JD Vance. But eventually, he has to decide what he cares about more: his friendship with an unhinged, lunatic mouthpiece for Qatar or being president of the United States. Because we all know he wants to run for president in 2028. And that's great, that's fine, right? Go ahead, run for president.
But I need to know, and I think a lot of people want to know if Tucker Carlson's going to be some kind of advisor to him, why he keeps on having Tucker Carlson come to the White House for these lunch dates, whatever they are. I don't know. Blaming it on Donald Trump, saying that it's Donald Trump meeting with Tucker Carlson. It's not. It's the vice president. I got the White House to confirm that to me as well. So, definitely has a Tucker Carlson problem. And look, he can run for president. That's fine. You know, we have primaries in this country. It's great. We're gonna have a primary, JD Vance is gonna run for president. Okay, great. But, you know, you want to run for president, you have to also understand that a large portion of the MAGA base doesn't like Tucker Carlson. And we don't wanna see Tucker Carlson on the campaign trail. We definitely don't wanna see Tucker Qatarlson in the White House.
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The National Security Agency (NSA) has ended "months of ongoing leadership vacuums" with the appointment of a new deputy director after Laura Loomer, a far-right activist seen by many as a "Trump whisperer," managed to get a previous nominee thrown out.
Government Executive reported that Tom Kosiba, who has prior experience with both the NSA and the FBI, had been named deputy director at the NSA, filling the agency's second-highest-ranked leadership position. As the outlet noted, he "will likely have to contend with declining morale inside the spy agency, as well as significant workforce cuts that were influenced by Trump 2.0 efforts to reduce government bloat and spending waste."
Kosiba's appointment also comes after significant interference in filling the position from Loomer. Joe Francescon, who was on the National Security Council during Donald Trump’s first term as president, was previously set to be nominated to the position, but Loomer voiced opposition to his appointment due to past donations to a Democratic candidate who was involved in one of Trump's impeachment trials. She also alleged that Francescon's wife had ties to China.
"FEC records reveal that Francescon donated to an anti-Trump Democrat Congressman named [Jason Crow of Wisconsin]," Loomer posted to X in August. "During his first term in Congress, Crow was an impeachment manager for President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial. Concerning."
Loomer has been widely noted for her close access to the president and influence over his decision-making, especially as it concerns appointments. Following her criticisms of National Security Adviser Mike Waltz and his deputies, he was gone from the office. Government Executive also previously reported that she was believed to have been involved in the firing of former NSA and Cyber Command leader Gen. Timothy Haugh, taking a meeting with Trump at the White House shortly before he was fired. An anonymous source told the outlet that the timing "couldn’t be coincidental."
Sources inside the Trump administration have expressed frustration over her continued influence over Trump, with some alleging that she has become motivated by outside interests as opposed to MAGA loyalty.
"She used to pretty much just amplify the MAGA line, but now it’s pretty clear that she has her own agenda," one source told the Free Press.
“There is widespread understanding here that she’s not guided entirely by loyalties to the president, but external business interests," another source added.
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Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
By Antonia Hitchens
November 10, 2025
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“Laura isn’t just this wild attack dog,” a strategist with ties to the Administration says. “Those who know how to spot it can see where she’s being influenced.”Photographs by Philip Montgomery for The New Yorker
Laura Loomer has long believed that she is some sort of modern-day oracle. For years, she would scream in public places, trying to get people to listen to what she knew. Usually they would send in security to remove her. One afternoon in 2018, she was crying in a bathroom at the U.S. Capitol after being hustled out of a hearing room, where she had interrupted a meeting of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to warn its members about a conspiracy to steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump. Her dress had ripped in the scuffle, and her underwear was showing. “Like Cassandra, the Trojan priestess of Apollo in Greek mythology who was cursed to utter true prophecies, I have been given the gift of prophecy,” she later wrote. “But I am a prophet of doom whose warnings of disaster are condemned and ignored.”
:{:{As Loomer saw it, civil disobedience was the only tool she had left to save Western civilization from the menaces of immigration, Antifa, feminism, liberalism, Islamic terrorism, the Chinese, wokeness. She had already been kicked off most mainstream social-media platforms for things like “hateful conduct” and being a “dangerous individual.” She took to carrying a bullhorn around and contemplated driving her car off a cliff. In 2020, she ran for Congress, in the Florida district that included Mar-a-Lago, but she couldn’t make a candidate Facebook account or use PayPal to raise money.}:
Her Democratic opponent refused to say her name, instead referring to her as a woman with the darkest heart she had ever known. Loomer lost the election by twenty points. She descended even further into what she called her “oubliette.” Increasingly, she had the sense that she was taking part in an ongoing conversation with Trump, almost like a shared inner monologue. “I don’t want to say, ‘Oh, President Trump is me,’ or, ‘I see myself in Trump.’ But I do. I mean, I do,” she told me recently. “Every time I listen to him speak, I feel like I’m listening to myself speak to myself. Does that make sense?”}:
We were at the memorial service for Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist, at a football stadium in Glendale, Arizona. (Kirk, who founded the youth organization Turning Point USA, had just been assassinated while speaking at a campus event in Utah.) The service, which was attended by nearly a hundred thousand mourners, began with three hours of live Christian rock. A man dragged a large wooden cross around the arena; babies wore noise-cancelling headphones while their parents swayed to the music. Loomer, who is thirty-two, casts herself as the President’s chief loyalty enforcer. She lives her life largely online—her Twitter account was reinstated in 2022, after Elon Musk purchased the company—where she posts long threads questioning the credentials and allegiances of Trump Administration officials, among other suspects. It’s always a bit disorienting to see her in person. She is slight and fairly sedate. At the memorial service, she wore a blue blouse, black slacks, and white loafers. “Since they tried killing Trump, I try not to go to events,” she said. “I’ve just been hiding in my hotel room.”
:{:{For twenty hours a day, from about 5 a.m. to 1 a.m., Loomer releases torrents of accusations and invective, an infinite scroll of alleged misdeeds and nefarious connections. She writes with the urgency of an Amber Alert, or of an incensed traveller tweeting at United Airlines in the middle of a flight delay. (“NEW: Anti-Trump, Islamist, Pakistani Immigrant State Department Employee Who Attacked Trump’s Islamic Travel Ban And Advocated For Islamic Foot Washing Stations At @StateDept Still Employed At US State Department Under Trump’s Administration. SHE JUST DELETED HER LINKEDIN!”) Though many of Loomer’s posts read like empty threats being pushed out into the void, they often reach more than a million people.}:
She has credited herself with purging dozens of people from both the Administration and high-ranking roles in the private sector. Her motives apparently range from a desire to save the country to unabashed, petty vindictiveness; the two often overlap. She has a receptive ear in the White House. Despite never working for Trump in an official capacity—a job offer was rescinded after staffers opposed bringing her on—he has, since retaking the Presidency, allowed her to “come and visit occasionally,” Loomer told me. Trump, she insisted, is the only “other person on this planet who I think can actually empathize with me and who I can actually empathize with. I really do believe that.” He recently told her, “You’re great, and you’re difficult.”}:
On the floor of the stadium, the music was so loud that it was almost impossible to hear anything. I stood behind a woman who was swirling her white dress around before falling to her knees to pray. Above, I could see Trump in his glass-encased skybox. Two planes full of Administration officials, practically the entire Cabinet, had come from Washington for the funeral, as had a cross-section of the wider MAGA universe—from Tucker Carlson to the guy who shows up at rallies dressed as the border wall. Near the stage, where V.I.P. guests were filtering through the crowd to take their seats in a roped-off section, a woman on a motorized scooter backed up to hug Loomer and congratulate her on her work. Two teen-agers in Trump hats asked her for selfies. “I love when you drop the teasers and it’s, like, ‘I’m going to kill you later!’ ” one said. (Loomer will often post a red siren emoji with a directive to keep watching her account for a bombshell reveal.) Jacob Wells, a founder of GiveSendGo, an online fund-raising platform that Loomer has used to solicit donations for her “lawfare fund,” came up to shake her hand.
Sean Curran, the director of the Secret Service, approached the V.I.P. area, flanked by a coterie of other agents. Loomer recognized him immediately; Curran had jumped on Trump during the attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“Oh, my God, that’s the hero that saved President Trump!” Loomer said.
She went up to say hello. They, too, hugged and took a photo together.
“I’d love to talk to you sometime,” Curran said. “I’ll give you my contact.” He pressed a Secret Service commemorative coin into her palm.
Loomer has described her work by quoting Plato: “No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth.” At the memorial, at least in some corners, she was being received with reverence. “People who are entrusted with the life of the President value the work that I’m doing,” she told me. She radiated a sense of weariness that this grand task, of being Trump’s protector and soothsayer, fell to her. “Why is it that I’m the one that has to identify people who are actively working against him?”
One afternoon in September, Mark Warner, the Democratic senator from Virginia, was scheduled to visit the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency for a classified oversight briefing and a meeting with Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth, the agency’s head. “Why are the Pentagon and IC”—intelligence community—“allowing for the Director of an Intel agency to host a rabid ANTI-TRUMP DEMOCRAT SENATOR,” Loomer posted in advance of the visit. “Clearly, a lot of Deep State actors are being given a pass in the Intel community to continue their efforts to sabotage Trump.” Warner’s meeting was abruptly cancelled. “I was in disbelief,” Warner, who is the ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told me. “You’ve got an individual that the Trump Administration was reluctant to hire because she was so far out, yet seems to have unbelievable access to call the shots and then brag about it on her social-media feed.” (Loomer told Warner to “cry more, bitch!”)
Loomer had started to attack Warner the previous week, after he visited an ICE detention center. (Members of Congress are allowed to conduct such visits for oversight purposes, but many have been turned away or arrested.) “I don’t follow Ms. Loomer’s tweeting,” Warner told me. “But I was told that she’d gone on a screech for some time, calling me out.” He wasn’t sure whether to categorize her as a “trolling blogger” or a shadow member of the Administration. “When Laura Loomer tweets, Trump’s Cabinet jumps,” he said. Some of Warner’s Republican friends on the Hill had been attacked by her, too. Warner went on, “She’s an equal-opportunity offender.”
By then, Loomer’s interference in government matters had become a regular occurrence. In early April, Mike Waltz, then the national-security adviser, walked into the Oval Office to find Loomer sitting across from the President, in the midst of a presentation that questioned the allegiances of a number of members of his National Security Council. After the meeting, Trump hugged Loomer, then promptly fired six members of the N.S.C. He also fired General Timothy Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and of U.S. Cyber Command. According to Loomer, Haugh, a thirty-three-year veteran of the Air Force, was close with General Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whom Trump had appointed and then clashed with during his first term. Wendy Noble, Haugh’s deputy, was also fired; she was apparently connected to another Trump critic, James Clapper, Barack Obama’s director of National Intelligence.
Loomer wanted Waltz gone, too—he had been tagged as a neocon who, in her estimation, was contravening Trump’s desires. She was also concerned about his judgment: his deputy, Alex Wong, was married to a career prosecutor who had worked at the Department of Justice during the Biden Administration. A few weeks later, they both departed. Loomer posted, “SCALP.”
:{:{According to three people with direct knowledge of Waltz’s ouster, Loomer had nothing to do with it. “It wasn’t working out with him,” someone with close ties to the White House told me. “She ends up getting the credit for it because she’s the one out there talking.” (Weeks before, Waltz had inadvertently added Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic, to a Signal chat in which members of the Administration were discussing plans to bomb Yemen.) Still, White House officials—and operatives across Washington—have no choice but to deal with her.}:
“I was on an hour-long Zoom call, which probably cost, when you think of how much everyone was getting paid, at least fifty thousand dollars, to talk about what to do about Loomer,” a consultant who works with the Administration told me. Her screeds are routinely cited in major newspapers and footnoted in lawsuits; her targets range from low-level government employees to the Pope. Recently, Loomer posted that an official at Customs and Border Protection was “Anti-Trump, pro-Open Borders, and Pro-DEI.” Three days later: “Now he’s FIRED.” She described Lisa Monaco, Microsoft’s new head of global affairs—and Joe Biden’s Deputy Attorney General—as a “rabid Trump hater,” and demanded that the company’s government contracts, which total billions of dollars, be revoked. “Wait till President Trump sees this,” she wrote. Not long afterward, Trump called for Monaco to be fired. Loomer picked up the baton, tagging Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s C.E.O. “Are you going to comply? Or continue to be two-faced?” she wrote. “How dare you.”}:
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There’s a term to describe the now startlingly porous barrier between the internet and the government: “posters in control.”
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Loomer got her start making sting videos that involved the “ritual public humiliation” of politicians and celebrities. The Clintons were a favored target.
:{:{Loomer’s influence extends beyond the realm of personnel. In August, a group of Palestinian children who had been severely injured in the war in Gaza arrived in San Francisco after the State Department issued around two hundred temporary visas for medical treatment. Loomer posted a video of the children being received with flowers at the airport. “Why are any Islamic invaders coming into the US under the Trump admin?” she wrote. “Who signed off on these visas? They should be fired.” She tagged Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, who was with Trump on Air Force One, having just met with Vladimir Putin in Alaska to try to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.}:
“Look, President Trump has said he wants to crack down on Islamic terror, that he wants to crack down on Hamas,” Loomer told me. “I’ll tag whoever’s in charge of the agency, the offending agency, and I’ll say, ‘Are you going to be prepared to tell President Trump how this is in compliance with his agenda?’ ” She and Rubio spoke that evening. “He took a hands-on approach,” Loomer told me. The next day, the Administration suspended all visitor visas for anyone from Gaza. Republican lawmakers celebrated online. “I’m not saying Rubio is trying to run a fast one on Trump, but obviously there’s a lot of people at the State Department who shouldn’t be working there,” she said. “Bad actors.”}:
During Trump’s first term, his agenda was frequently stymied by what maga acolytes consider disloyal political appointees and deep-state bureaucrats. “Trump One was a disappointment in a lot of ways,” a strategist with close ties to the Administration told me. “People got let in that were not aligned. Everybody is super psycho afraid of being screwed over again.” This time, rooting out perceived internal enemies has become an obsession. Cabinet secretaries have required staff members to take random polygraph tests. A high-level Administration official told me that, during one of the interviews for her position, her interlocutor opened his mouth to reveal that he had a maga tattoo on the underside of his lower lip. “It’s over the top, but it’s the currency of the realm,” the high-level official said. As the strategist put it, “We’ve fought too hard to get here—that’s just the feeling that permeates everything.” At dinner one night, a lawyer with ties to the Administration told me, “We took power, but we’re in a cold war, and we may not win.”
Loomer thrives in this paranoid ambience. “I am screenshotting everyone’s posts and I’m going to deliver them in a package to President Trump so he sees who is truly with him and who isn’t,” she wrote recently. (Like Trump, she prints everything out.) Her vetting crusades have brought about a new Washington colloquialism. “Bro, I got Loomered,” a current Administration official said over drinks. David Sacks, Trump’s A.I. czar, mentioned on a podcast that A.I. critics ought to be “Loomered.” Trump himself has said, “If you’re Loomered, you’re in deep trouble. That’s the end of your career, in a sense.” Loomer describes her project as a constant purge. “Every day, I find a new one,” she told me. “It’s never going to end.”
Loomer was born in 1993 in Tucson, Arizona. Her father worked as a rheumatologist; her mother was a nurse. In her memoir, “Loomered: How I Became the Most Banned Woman in the World,” she says that she has worried about threats to the country since 9/11, when she was eight years old. In the aftermath of the attacks, she tried to see “the equal value in every person, regardless of skin color or faith,” but found that the inclusive premises she was taught in school rang false. (Muslims: “They don’t make it easy!” she wrote.)
:{:{Growing up, her household was generally conservative. Loomer has two brothers, one of whom suffers from schizophrenia, and when she was twelve her father enrolled her and the other brother in a private boarding school to keep them away from what could be a violent home environment. The school, on a ranch in the Arizona desert, was selective and remote. (Ronald Reagan and James Stewart sent their children there.) It had an internet curfew and almost no cell service. “Fear of being cut off from the world has stayed with me my whole life,” Loomer wrote. She moved across the country to attend Mount Holyoke College, a women’s liberal-arts school in Massachusetts.}:
It was not a good fit. “Militant Marxist lesbians who, as soon as they got wind of my politics, wanted my head on a pike,” she wrote. She transferred to Barry University, a Catholic college in Miami. It wasn’t much better: “An impossible nightmare of woke from which I barely escaped without having my life ruined and almost going to jail.” In her senior year, she vehemently protested an interfaith 9/11 memorial service that included Muslim prayers, which she found deeply offensive. “The administration feared that I was either mentally ill or that I was in need of an urgent spiritual intervention,” she wrote.}:
Loomer’s outburst garnered enough attention that, in 2014, she was invited to a yearly retreat hosted by the late conservative writer David Horowitz, whose organization centers on opposing “efforts of the radical left and its Islamist allies to destroy American values and disarm this country.” Candace Owens was among the other aspirational activists who got their start there. Horowitz also mentored Stephen Miller, now a deputy chief of staff in the White House, whom he met when Miller was a teen-ager in Santa Monica. (Later, under Horowitz’s supervision, Miller set up an “Islamo-fascism awareness week” at Duke.)
At the conference, which was held at the Breakers hotel, in Palm Beach, Loomer saw a presentation by James O’Keefe, the founder of the undercover-sting outfit Project Veritas. “I loved his videos, especially the video where he dressed up like Osama bin Laden and crossed America’s southern border with Mexico to emphasize our lack of border security,” Loomer wrote. After the talk, she approached O’Keefe and told him that she would do anything to work at Project Veritas. She was so persistent that he was initially a little disturbed, thinking she was a mole who’d infiltrated the conference. “She appears to be functionally immune to fear, to shame, and to embarrassment,” O’Keefe later wrote.
A month later, he summoned her to New York for a trial run. It was winter, and Loomer had bronchitis and no warm clothes. O’Keefe’s team gave her a script and a long-sleeved shirt fitted with a hidden camera. The target was Black Lives Matter activists—that summer, a Black man named Eric Garner had died after being put in a chokehold by an N.Y.P.D. officer, leading to protests around the city. Loomer managed to share a cab with Erica Garner, one of Eric’s daughters, and secretly recorded her talking about Al Sharpton, who was organizing demonstrations on behalf of the family.
“So, what, you think Al Sharpton is kind of, like, a crook, in a sense?” Loomer asks.
“He’s about this,” Erica replies, rubbing her fingers together.
“He’s about his money with you?”
“Yeah.”
:{:{The cover of the New York Post read “ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.” Loomer was hired. Soon she was baiting her own university by trying to start an “ISIS club”—Sympathetic Students in Support of the Islamic State—and recording her interactions with school administrators using her hidden camera. (The school was open to the idea, but tried to steer her away from putting Isis in the name.) After her “exposé” was published, she was expelled and banned from campus. But Project Veritas implemented versions of her “ISIS club” script at colleges around the country. Trump, who was a few months away from announcing his run for President, heard about the videos on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show and faxed a message to O’Keefe, asking him to come to Trump Tower.}:
Loomer was in Florida dealing with her expulsion and had to miss the meeting. “I certainly couldn’t have predicted how intertwined Donald J. Trump would later become in my life,” she wrote. Her father, meanwhile, was crestfallen that there would be no college graduation for him to attend. (He could not be reached for comment.) “This won’t matter,” she told him. “You’ll see. By the time I am twenty-eight, I will be in the Oval Office some way or another. I’m doing things my way.”}:
After college, Loomer moved to New York to keep working with Project Veritas, and began to carry out political stunts full time. She defined her remit as “the legalized, livestreamed torture and ritual public humiliation of hypocritical elitist politicians and celebrities.”
In the run-up to the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton became a favored target. Loomer started sneaking into her fund-raisers. “People think political royalty like the Clintons and the Trumps are untouchable and impossible to reach,” she wrote. “That’s where most people are wrong.” Her advice: act confident, use hair dye and glasses if you need to disguise your appearance, and go for the “ninja aesthetic.” Don’t worry about the Secret Service. At one event, Loomer, with her hidden camera, filmed Huma Abedin, a longtime Clinton aide, talking about Clinton’s commitment to admitting refugees fleeing the Syrian civil war. Two weeks before the election, Trump tweeted, “Wow, just came out on secret tape that Crooked Hillary wants to take in as many Syrians as possible. We cannot let this happen.” (Loomer has maintained that it was her video that “undeniably shaped the outcome of the Presidential election.”)
In 2017, Loomer confronted Clinton at a launch event for her book “What Happened,” Clinton’s election postmortem. Loomer was recovering from a nose job and was still meant to be wearing a cast on her face; she asked her plastic surgeon to take it off early, covered her bruises in layers of concealer, and headed to the Barnes & Noble in Union Square. At the book-signing table, she grilled Clinton on Benghazi, the “missing e-mails,” and a former staff member whose death has been the subject of various conspiracy theories. “You know what, I’m so sorry you believe things that are untrue,” Clinton responded, before Loomer was removed by security.
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Her show streams twice weekly, but she is online for something like twenty hours a day, posting torrents of accusations and invective.
The next year, during the midterms, Loomer, who identifies as a “proud Islamophobe,” travelled the country “investigating jihadi candidates.” After the election, she was banned from Twitter for posting that Ilhan Omar, the Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, was “anti Jewish” and “pro Sharia,” which the site labelled as hate speech. Loomer was twenty-five. “I will never truly recover,” she wrote. Her life’s work had been “incinerated by gleeful vandals.” She went to dinner in Fort Lauderdale with Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone, who had become one of her mentors. He told her that she had to carry on. A few days after the dinner, while live-streaming, she handcuffed herself to the front door of Twitter’s New York headquarters, wearing a Star of David to convey, as she put it, “the fact that Jack Dorsey and Big Tech were behaving like Nazis with the same type of censorship tactics Hitler and the Gestapo utilized in 1930s Germany.” She threw the key to the handcuffs down a storm drain and yelled into a megaphone. (After several hours, police used a bolt cutter to free her.)
Other bans followed: Facebook, Instagram, PayPal, Venmo, GoFundMe. (She’d already been kicked off Lyft, Uber, and Uber Eats.) Loomer entered what she described as a “deep dark pit of depression and anxiety.” She asked a prominent maga lawyer to help her sue various tech platforms. “This was right after a woman had gone to YouTube and shot it up,” the lawyer told me. “Laura was, like, ‘I’m going to be like that woman!’ She was threatening to murder everyone, and then commit suicide. She was insane.” (Loomer told me that she would never “incite violence” and that she brought up the YouTube shooting to illustrate how deplatforming could cause someone to “snap.”) She felt like she was enduring a form of drug withdrawal. “Sometimes I worry that I will be alone forever as a result of being digitally erased in a world where all aspects of life seem to take place online,” she wrote.
Loomer soon figured out a way to get herself back into the conversation. One night in 2019, furious that she couldn’t post about “selfish open-borders Democrats,” she decided to pull another stunt. The next morning, she drove from Tucson to Napa Valley, hired several day laborers, and instructed them to set up a tent in the front yard of Nancy Pelosi’s vacation home. She used zip ties to hang up pictures of Americans who had allegedly been murdered by immigrants. (The presentation looked quite a lot like the mug shots of “illegals” that Trump subsequently displayed at his rallies, and then, earlier this year, on the White House lawn.) Infowars broadcast her stunt, which went viral. “There is no feeling more exhilarating than seeing your name trend as the number one topic in the world on a site you’re banned from,” Loomer wrote. “It makes you feel supernatural, like you’re coming back from the dead.” She claims that Trump saw and “loved” the video, and that he was inspired to replicate it on a larger scale by having ice deposit immigrant detainees in sanctuary cities. (This plan never came to fruition, though Republican governors later picked it up during the Biden Administration.) “That’s when I realized, Donald J. Trump wasn’t just my president, he was also a fan!” Loomer wrote.
Stone had identified Loomer as a “young person who would say and do these wild things,” a Trump official told me. “When Trump needed to build kind of an untraditional cadre outside of the establishment Party, we leaned on people like her.” In 2020, Karen Giorno, a former Trump adviser who ran his Florida operation through the 2016 primary, was tapped to put together a congressional campaign for Loomer. Giorno imposed some conditions: don’t lie about other candidates, and prioritize your mental health. (Loomer had been in therapy for what she described as “PTSD I have developed as a result of being silenced.”) Giorno bought her an English bulldog, which Loomer named Loomer.
Doug Dechert, a conservative writer and consultant, met Loomer at a restaurant in Palm Beach at the start of her campaign. “We agreed intensely on the issue of the Muslim invasion,” he told me. “I opened my Rolodex to her.” Loomer courted wealthy patrons, including Julie Fancelli, the heir to the Publix grocery-store fortune, who was a main financial backer of the Stop the Steal rally that preceded the January 6th Capitol riot. Caroline Wren, Trump’s former campaign-finance director, said, of Loomer, “The MAGA donors love her.”
Loomer lost the election. Two years later, she ran again. Trump declined to endorse her; he told Giorno that she was too controversial. Loomer picked fights with Trump-backed candidates in Florida and alienated several political operatives, some of whom went on to work in the White House. “Her ability to shoot at her own team gets tiresome,” the Trump official told me. She started to say that she planned to lead a hostile takeover of the G.O.P. When she lost the second race, she declared victory anyway, claiming voter fraud and election interference. (“YOU DO NOT CONCEDE WHEN THERE IS THEFT INVOLVED!”)
This was one of several issues on which she aligned with Trump. Loomer had felt a kinship with him since high school, when she watched him on Fox News. Back then, she relished that “he was one of the first people that had the courage to speak the truth about Barack Hussein Obama being a Muslim with a fake birth certificate.” Now she was convinced that their desires and struggles—the stolen elections, the deplatforming—were intertwined. “I see my fight as his fight,” she told me. “They did to Trump what they did to me. And they did it to me first.” In March, 2023, Trump invited Loomer to Mar-a-Lago. (She had just Loomered a book event for Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor who was emerging as a challenger to Trump in the upcoming Republican Presidential primary.) Trump had occasionally reposted her content on Truth Social, and she had screamed at him from rope lines to get his attention, but this was the first time that they met formally. “He’s my favorite person in the world,” Loomer told me.
I first encountered Loomer in real life in Iowa, in the snowy week leading up to the 2024 Presidential caucuses. I was at the restaurant in the Hotel Fort Des Moines when she stormed in to film DeSantis’s campaign spokeswoman, Christina Pushaw—“Are you excited to lose?”—who was eating dinner. People glanced over but mostly carried on with their meals. When DeSantis still looked like a viable alternative to Trump, Loomer was at work on projects such as accusing his wife of “exaggerating” her breast-cancer diagnosis to generate sympathy for his candidacy. “Even people who supported Trump were not being vindictive to DeSantis supporters, but she was, and that got her extra points with Trump,” the consultant who works with the Administration told me. “She was fanatically loyal.” She flew on Trump Force One from Florida to Iowa, and then followed the campaign to New Hampshire. After DeSantis dropped out, Trump called Loomer to thank her.
That fall, she accompanied Trump to Philadelphia for his debate with Kamala Harris, in which he claimed that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating their neighbors’ cats and dogs. In the previous weeks, Loomer had already been, as she put it to me, “holding people accountable” for the alleged pet-eating on her show, “Loomer Unleashed!,” which streams twice weekly on Rumble. When I talked to her after the debate, she was cagey about confirming whether she and Trump had spoken about the matter. “Whether or not we did, didn’t it work?” she asked. The Trump official told me, “There were moments where you could see ‘Laura could help with this.’ ”
Still, in the final months of Trump’s campaign, seemingly everyone in maga world, even those on the furthest fringes, acknowledged that Loomer felt like a liability. Reporters started to ask Trump whether he was going to distance himself from her. That autumn, when I saw him at a campaign event on one of his golf courses, outside Los Angeles, he said, “Laura has to say what she wants. She’s a free spirit.”
A panic button
Loomer keeps a panic button in her studio.
:{:{This June, I ran into her in Washington, D.C., at the Waldorf Astoria, the former Trump Hotel. Though she comes to D.C. on occasion, she mostly stays home, in Pensacola, Florida, with her live-in boyfriend and her four dogs. (Loomer, the gift from Giorno, is now six years old. When we spoke on the phone, I often heard Loomer saying “Loomer, stop that” or “Loomer, come here.”) As we said hello to each other on the hotel’s stairs, Jacob Helberg, an Under-Secretary of State, walked by. “Your stuff has been great,” he said. Since Trump took office, her “scalps” had been steadily accumulating. “I think that President Trump knows who’s been for him and who has been against him,” she told me. “I mean, I would hope, right? I think there’s some cases where maybe he isn’t as aware as one would think.”}:
Loomer is deeply aware. On the phone with me one afternoon, she offhandedly listed a number of people she was keeping on her radar. An Arizona politician whom Trump “half endorsed” had at one point donated to Chris Christie. Dusty Johnson, a Republican congressman from South Dakota, was only proposing legislation about the U.S. taking control of the Panama Canal, she said, because he wanted to paper over the fact that “he’s a strong ally of Liz Cheney.” They were all compromised, guilty by association. “Kevin McCarthy’s son worked with a venture capitalist who was holding fund-raisers for Ron DeSantis,” she went on. “From what I’ve seen, there really isn’t much vetting going on.”}:
Loomer sometimes casts her self-created role of “accountability enforcer” as no different from an investigative reporter informing the public. “I get demonized for it, which is kind of crazy,” she told me. “They don’t say Maggie Haberman is a national-security threat.” Recently, the editor of a conservative magazine asked me, “What is Laura Loomer?” He knew who she was. “But is she a journalist? A company? A grifter? Can you be all?”
Around D.C., analogies abound—she was everything from Trump’s Rasputin to the “MAGA Grand Inquisitor.” A prominent D.C. lobbyist called her a “one-person Washington Times”; no, said a nominee for a senior Administration post, she was a “one-person wrecking crew.” The nominee went on, “She’s part loyal bagman, part Roy Cohn figure,” referring to Trump’s ruthless New York lawyer. (“I’m just a professional woman who supports President Trump,” she told me. “And he’s a very hospitable person.”) Tucker Carlson told me that Loomer was “so poisonous, I don’t like to speak her name.” A former N.S.C. official compared her to Jiang Qing, a wife of Mao Zedong and his partner in enforcing the Cultural Revolution. “This histrionic, conspiratorial, and aggressive woman was the keeper of a list of those to be purged,” he said. “She used her power to rain hell on her enemies, while also carrying out her fair share of personal vendettas.” He went on, “She described herself as Mao’s dog—absolute subservient loyalty, and of course she bit when he wanted her to.”
Loomer thinks the most apt comparison is to Joseph McCarthy, a parallel she finds flattering. “I think people now realize he wasn’t as crazy as they thought he was,” she told me. “He’s one of the most underrated and underappreciated political figures in history. He was trying to warn us about the rot and the infestation in our government and within our educational institutions. People acted like he was un-American for simply trying to protect America. Everything he said turned out to be true.”
In September, at the Kirk memorial, Erika Kirk, Charlie’s widow, said that she had forgiven the man who killed her husband. The crowd stood to applaud her, many in tears. “I could never feel that,” Loomer told me. Kirk’s assassin, she added, “deserves a bullet to the head.” She preferred Trump’s line: “I hate my opponent.” Loomer told me that she had already been saying those words to herself before Trump took the stage. “I don’t believe in kumbaya,” she said. After Kirk was killed, Trump spoke with more frequency about “the enemy from within”; Loomer appreciated the renewed focus. “I have to say, I do want President Trump to be the ‘dictator’ the Left thinks he is, and I want the right to be as devoted to locking up and silencing our violent political enemies as they pretend we are,” she wrote. She was offering cash donations to anyone who gave her the names of pro-Palestine protesters, and began encouraging her followers to start Loomering people who’d made disparaging comments about Kirk, with the aim of getting them fired.
Whenever I pressed Loomer on how exactly she conducts her work, and what she can take credit for, the conversation veered into the woo-woo zone. “I’m manifesting my role,” she told me. “You have to manifest what you want. My hope is to continue using my large platform to develop policy, but I don’t want to say I’m actually developing policy.” It was late at night, and we were walking around outside the Turning Point headquarters after the memorial. Loomer kept looking back to make sure nobody was following us. Flowers and crosses had been laid on the ground in the parking lot. “I’m not saying that I’m an adviser, but I can manifest it,” she said. “Do you understand what I’m saying? I’m manifesting it.” I was reminded of an early conversation I had with the strategist who is close to the Trump Administration. “Influence is perceived power,” he told me. “That’s what it is with Laura. If people think you have power, then you do.”
Though Loomer’s stated mission is loyalty enforcement, many in D.C. chalk up instances of Loomering to other motives. She has long operated a tip line so that supporters can alert her to matters of interest; these days, she’s often provided with the information she uses by parties inside or close to the Administration who are advancing their own agendas. “I guess you could say that my tip line has come to serve as a form of therapy for Trump Administration officials who want to expose their colleagues who should not be in the positions that they’re in,” she told Politico.
The strategist close to the Administration described Loomer as a “tool of people who have factional intentions.” At the State Department, for example, there is a “very zealous maga crowd who don’t like Rubio’s people. So they use Laura Loomer to say, ‘Those guys aren’t maga, these guys aren’t America First. They’re coming from Swampland.’ ” The consultant who works with the Administration told me that, whenever Loomer launches a new campaign against someone, there’s an “immediate witch hunt” at the White House “to see who told her to post.” Loomer told me that her targets sometimes call her to defend themselves, or go to Trump to ask if he can get her to stop. She is largely despised by people who work in the West Wing, aside from the President. “She has this itchy trigger finger,” the strategist said. “Sometimes she pulls the trigger and you’re, like, Oh, look, So-and-So is dead now. Isn’t that nice?” He went on, “But sometimes it’s, like, That is friendly fire, Laura, that is friendly fire. What are you doing?”
Loyalty enforcement can also provide cover to obscure something else. One afternoon in March, Loomer posted about Adam Schleifer, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles. “Fire him,” she wrote. “He supported the impeachment of President Trump and said he wanted to repeal Trump’s tax plan. We need to purge the US Attorney’s office of all leftist Trump haters.” About an hour after Loomer’s post, the Presidential Personnel Office e-mailed Schleifer to say that he had been terminated. It’s very unusual for the White House to directly fire a career prosecutor. Schleifer happened to be at work on a case against a Trump donor, Andrew Wiederhorn, a food-industry executive who was indicted for fraud last spring. (Wiederhorn pleaded not guilty.) Wiederhorn’s lawyers had been urging the Justice Department to remove Schleifer from the case; a new attorney handpicked by Trump soon dropped it entirely.
David Feith, one of the N.S.C. officials Loomer was credited with removing, was on her target list because his father, Douglas Feith, had served in the George W. Bush Administration. Feith’s removal, however, appeared to be about more than familial association. The N.S.C. had been split over whether to end a Biden-era restriction on the sale of A.I. chips to the United Arab Emirates. Feith wanted to keep export controls in place, on national-security grounds. A faction within the Administration wanted to remove them, as did the U.A.E. and Nvidia. “Loomer did hit jobs on people who were inconvenient to very powerful interests, inside and outside the Administration,” the former N.S.C. official told me. The strategist said, “Laura isn’t just this wild attack dog. Those who know how to spot it can see where she’s being influenced.”
Loomer has told me that she would never “make the sacrifices” she’s made for Trump for someone else. Yet many people in Washington who are familiar with her work have started to wonder whether she is being compensated for what she portrays as a selfless mission. Earlier this fall, at a cocktail party convened around the National Conservatism Conference, I joined a group debating that question in a hotel basement. The pace of Loomer’s posts had been consistent, but some of her attacks were becoming impenetrable. When did the original Loomer transform into the Loomer who cared so much about, say, Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s acquisition of Juniper Networks? Someone pointed out that this wasn’t front-page news, or even news you’d follow at all if you weren’t a shareholder. Loomer’s Rumble show has included branded partnerships—she has, for example, posted ads to promote investing in gold, and has eaten dog food live on camera to plug a particularly high-end pet product. But the diatribes have generally been assumed to be her own, not sponsored content.
The consultant who works with the Administration, however, told me that some of his clients have hired Loomer to post. He took out his phone to show me a screenshot of a message exchange on Signal. “We’re already ginning up a Loomer tweet,” read one. (He covered the contact’s name with his hand.) “I honestly tell my clients not to,” the consultant said, of partnering with Loomer. “It works, like, one in a hundred times.” Still, he added, they see her “get a couple people fired, so they’re, like, If someone is doing something in the Administration that’s harmful to my interests, this will do it.” At minimum, he went on, “you scare them into changing their policies. They don’t want to be on the wrong side of Loomer.”
This summer, Vinay Prasad, a top scientist at the Food and Drug Administration, was working to place a regulatory hold on a muscular-dystrophy drug, owing to safety concerns. Soon after the hold went into effect, Loomer started criticizing him in a series of posts, writing that he had “infiltrated” the Administration as a “Marxist Trojan Horse.” Prasad resigned, under pressure, the following week. Sarepta Therapeutics, the drug’s manufacturer, stood to lose millions of dollars; to Loomer’s critics, the timing and intensity of her campaign against Prasad seemed like a form of lobbying. Ned Ryun, a conservative activist, summed up the sentiment on X: “The fact of the matter is you got funded by Sarepta Therapeutics to take Vinay out; probably thru a middle man for deniability but still pharma money funding it all.” (Loomer maintains that the timing of her tirade was a coincidence.) The current Administration official told me that “the consensus among political leadership was that this was a directed assault by corporate forces.” Prasad was reinstated less than two weeks later.
One night at Ned’s Club, a members-only lounge with views of the White House, Nigel Farage, the British politician who heads the populist Reform Party, was hosting a bash for the right-wing television channel GB News, which was opening a bureau in D.C. Several members of Trump’s Cabinet were there; Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, gave a toast. Loomer was at home in Florida, but longtime lobbyists and consultants were discussing her activities on two separate floors of the club. “It’s like this pay-to-play Tasmanian devil,” one veteran political operative told me. “You just feed her any sort of D.E.I. comment that some executive made over the last twelve years—then you just expect total anarchy and a wide blast zone.” On a lower floor, a prominent lobbyist said, “She doesn’t want to be seen as a hired gun because that would undermine her credibility with her base. She’s saying, ‘I just believe in the President and maga!’ But in certain instances, when she starts opining about public-policy issues, it raises questions.” He drew a comparison to his own work on the Hill: “I would call the Wall Street Journal editorial board, and then Larry Kudlow, who had a CNBC show, and tell them a few things to say. Laura’s doing her own version of Larry.”
The next morning, I met a popular Trump-connected lobbyist at his office downtown. He put chewing tobacco in his mouth, and some of it scattered down the front of his shirt as he described the stance on Venezuela he was pushing—that the U.S. should buy Venezuelan oil, which was currently sanctioned, because otherwise China would. Loomer had been posting about Venezuela, advocating for lifting sanctions on its oil sector and allowing American companies to operate there. “Hell, yeah, she’s getting paid!” the lobbyist said. “It’s just not a thing someone’s really passionate about—oil licenses in Venezuela. That’s not anyone’s natural position. It’s my position, and it’s the right position, but not because I just woke up one morning and was, like, ‘I’m going to get really involved in Venezuela.’ No, it was, like, ‘I have clients.’ ” Loomer sometimes corresponds with Harry Sargeant, a Florida oil magnate and a Trump ally who had several licenses to operate in Venezuela. When I asked her about the origins of a long and very technically detailed post she wrote just after the Administration revoked Sargeant’s licenses, among others, she told me, “I am actually very qualified, and I’m highly accomplished. These people constantly disparage me like I’m some kind of no-name floozy.”
The person with close ties to the White House said, “Do you really think Laura Loomer has an organic interest in the intricacies of Venezuelan oil leases? Give me a fucking break. Someone’s paying her to put out those tweets. Ditto with her interest in the Puerto Rican issue.” This summer, Loomer started weighing in on Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy crisis, calling on Trump to fire the island’s financial-oversight management board, which, among other things, oversees public-utility contracts. Trump dismissed the majority of the board members. Various companies and financial institutions promoted new ones who were friendlier to their interests. “She tweets about the most obscure things that only a lobbyist would care about,” the person with close ties to the White House said. “She’s a P.R. firm that the press likes to write about as if she’s the maga vanguard, like she’s there to police the movement. It’s horseshit.” The Trump-connected lobbyist told me, “Her whole shtick is purity, and so she believes getting paid is a dirty word—that it takes away her purity.”
I’d heard from several people that various middlemen were used to set up payments to Loomer, in some cases using a maneuver called the “Loomer two-step.” I called a D.C. operative to ask him about it. “What is that, a dance move?” he said, before speaking energetically about the practice for fifteen minutes. “I mean, I would assume, like, whatever major investment firm isn’t going to pay DC Draino directly,” he said, referencing a popular MAGA social-media account. “In the past, you would do a Fox banner, but now it’s moved toward this ecosystem of paying people who tweet about Trump all the time.”
A photograph of a woman posing with President Donald Trump
Loomer is convinced that her desires and struggles are intertwined with Trump’s. “I see my fight as his fight,” she says.
Of course, plenty of people are compensated for posts in Washington’s influence ecosystem. One afternoon not long ago, I met up with a source who had just taken out cash to pay a right-wing outlet to write an article. “DC Draino and Libs of TikTok take thousands of bucks per post for this stuff,” the strategist who works with the Administration told me. (Neither account responded to a request for comment.) The Trump-connected lobbyist said, “I literally just ran two campaigns with MAGA influencers—by paying them to tweet.”
It is an ascendant model. Although lobbyists are required to register with the government and disclose their funding, influencers operate in a gray zone. “If Laura is taking meetings on the Hill with members of Congress and asking them to change a policy position, that’s lobbying,” another Trump-connected lobbyist said. “But if Laura is posting something on her Twitter to her almost two million followers—just because the U.S. government sees it and then decides to change their position, it doesn’t mean that’s lobbying.”
This gray zone extends beyond Loomer, and beyond domestic politics. In September, as Israel’s increasingly unpopular war in Gaza ground on, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with a cohort of influencers on a visit to New York; his government has reportedly started paying accounts in the U.S. to post pro-Israel content. (A spokesperson for the Israeli government said no payments were made.) Last year, a federal indictment alleged that Russia funnelled almost ten million dollars to a number of pro-Trump influencers, including Benny Johnson and Tim Pool, to push Kremlin-backed messages. (The influencers claimed they hadn’t known the funders were linked to Russia.) Popular online activists can be useful tools. As the high-level Administration official told me, “People start out as zealots—then they realize everything is for sale, even zealotry.”
In this new paradigm, there’s a term to describe the startlingly porous barrier between the internet and the government: “posters in control.” “Really a huge amount of policy is being driven from my group chats,” the nominee for a senior Administration post told me. “If we have something that’s popular in right-wing Twitter, the White House is acting on it ninety-plus per cent of the time. I mean, it’s really kind of amazing. Say someone is writing a speech, and he’s this totally online guy who puts what he sees into the mouth of a senior official. All of a sudden that’s policy, and that’s the message that people are talking about.”
Loomer still presents her social-media posts as a public service supported by a ragtag group of fans and concerned citizens who send her small donations via the grassroots platform Buy Me a Coffee. In addition to the income from her Rumble show, which she says earns her around a hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year, she now takes on paid business at Loomered Strategies, where she does opposition research. (Tagline: “Information is a weapon. Time to get armed.”) She told me that the services she provides range from background checks to “matrimonial due diligence” to determining whether “a judge is corrupt.”
Her activism has never been completely independent. Early in her career, she sold her sting videos to Infowars and to the Gateway Pundit. She has been funded by Robert Shillman, the billionaire founder of Cognex Corporation, an industrial-automation company. (Shillman declined to comment for this article.) A former board member of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, Shillman supports a variety of Zionist causes. “With this pen and my checkbook, I provide ammunition,” he has said.
Shillman paid for Loomer to attend Horowitz’s conference, and also underwrote the work she produced at Project Veritas. “They were ahead of the times,” Raheem Kassam, who runs the National Pulse (“Where ‘MAGA’ Goes To Know”) and also received funding for “anti-jihad” work from Shillman, told me. “It was proto-influencer culture.” Shillman has also reportedly financed the British anti-Islam influencer Tommy Robinson and the far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders. (Shillman was a major donor to Turning Point USA, though he recently withdrew funding when its conferences hosted guests, such as Tucker Carlson, who weren’t seen as reliably pro-Israel.) According to reporting in the Wall Street Journal, Yaacov Apelbaum, an Israeli American cyberintelligence analyst, has provided Loomer with some of the research behind her recent attacks. “I just say what I say,” she told me when I asked about these connections. “I’m not a puppet.”
In 2018, Shillman contemplated cutting Loomer off because she didn’t seem “trainable” enough. It’s true that her willingness to go scorched earth is unique, even among maga influencers. “I want to be friends with the people I influence and not have people hate me,” the consultant who works with the Administration said. “Using Loomer is vindictive—it’s seen as ‘I’m going to sic this psychotic, dishonest woman on you.’ It’s not honorable.” As the nominee for a senior Administration post put it, “She has power to the extent that she’s willing to transgress any normal boundary of human behavior.”
Still, the power she has is precarious. “She has no underlying coalition there to back her up if the President were to shift in his view of her value,” the former N.S.C. official said. “She’s one of those courtiers who are essentially useful megaphones, useful foils, and useful agents, but disposable.” It’s not clear what her future with Trump would be if the appearance of pure loyalty were stripped away. Trump doesn’t like when people seem to be making money off him. “If he hears, you know, she just put down a hundred eighty thousand dollars for a new Land Rover, that would make him bananas,” the veteran political operative said. “It’d be the kiss of death for her.”
Recently, I went to see Loomer in Florida. As I drove toward her house, stray dogs roamed in overgrown grass near a gas station that advertised “LOWEST CIGARETTE CARTON PRICES.” Her boyfriend met me at the door, collecting a few Amazon packages as he led me inside. The dogs barked from the kitchen. Loomer called out that she was almost ready. On my way over, I’d wondered for a moment if everything I had heard in Washington about her web of influence was somehow distorted. “The beauty of today’s world—you don’t need to be in the White House,” she said, emerging from the bedroom in TV makeup and a blazer. “I can break my stories from here with four dogs licking my face. I can call the President from here.”
She led me to a converted bedroom where she films her show. Studio lights illuminated her version of a contemporary podcasting backdrop: potted plants, signed MAGA hats arranged on a shelf, an alligator skull. On the wall hung framed photos of Loomer with Roger Stone, Alex Jones, Trump—and the Clintons, from times when she Loomered them. I joined her as she listened to a roundup of the day’s TV news clips about her, which her producer compiles each night. “Laura Loomer, the conspiracy theorist . . .” She petted Mecca, one of her dogs, whom she says she rescued from a meat market in China. Mecca was seated atop a desk, paws on a yellow pad. “Laura Loomer takes responsibility for the deportation . . .” Loomer keeps a panic button, which automatically dials 911, in the studio, and in every other room in the house. The police recently arrested a man who had threatened her online, accusing her, in part, of secretly working on behalf of Israel. “I’m not a foreign agent,” she repeatedly told me, unbidden, throughout the evening. “I don’t even think these other people believe what they post about—they just do it because they get paid. They’re all Larping, like, ‘We’re Hitler Youth now that it’s cool. Oh, we’re Nazis now.’ It’s just this performative circle of content and rage bait. I have actually had strong views for years.”
:{:{At sunset, Loomer drove us to a seafood restaurant for dinner. As we waited for a table, she started fighting with a State Department spokesman on X. It is difficult to hold her attention. Over oysters, when my questions were met with silence as she typed on her phone, her boyfriend said, “She can’t hear you—she’s locked in.” (He and Loomer met on a plane to Belize. “I liked the abrasiveness,” he told me. Loomer occasionally shows him drafts of her posts. “She’s about to eviscerate someone, and I’m, like, Maybe leave a body part for their family?” He paused. “She doesn’t listen.”) Loomer read us a draft of a tweet thread about Elaine Chao, Mitch McConnell’s wife, attending a party at the Qatari Embassy. “This one’s ready to go,” she told me. She texted Andy Ogles, a maga congressman from Tennessee, to see if he could come on her show the next day. He called her. “You can talk about why you want to denaturalize Mamdani,” she told him, referring to the next mayor of New York City, who was born in Uganda.}:
“Are you free?” She disappeared into her phone again, until a video by Benny Johnson popped up on her feed. The right-wing media sphere is often a sensitive subject. She talked without interruption for the rest of the meal. “I hate conservative commentary,” she said. Her peers were too performative, too pliable. She went on, “They don’t want me on the plane with Trump. The President has to be diplomatic and whatnot, but I’m exposing how our country is playing footsie with the most brutal Islamic regimes. Everything I do is in support of helping his Administration, even the things that might hurt to hear. My life is like an episode of ‘Survivor.’ I’ve been crawling through the mud by myself for years, eating berries.” (Last week, Loomer, who has been repeatedly denied access to the White House press room, got credentialled to cover the Pentagon—as did Kassam and Pool—after dozens of mainstream outlets refused to sign on to farcically strict reporting restrictions imposed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.)}:
Loomer suggested that we head back to her house to “start breaking stories.” She said that she could lend me comfortable pants and a sweater—“Twitter clothes.” In the car on the way home, as her boyfriend tried to tell me what he liked about her documentary on the “great replacement” theory, she scrolled through loud videos on her phone, then took a call from a Politico reporter. (“That guy always wants to call me,” she said. He asked her who her “next target” was. “Sean Duffy,” she told him, the Secretary of Transportation.) Back inside, her boyfriend let the dogs out of their crates and brought tea and Diet Cokes for us. We set up with her phone, laptop, and iPad on a couch in the den, surrounded by dog fencing. The Real Disaster Channel was playing in the background, on mute, showing videos of plane crashes, until the TV eventually kicked into a screen saver of a fish tank. Loomer had entered a seemingly meditative state, tapping away frantically. “I’m pushing out this thing about Mitch McConnell’s wife,” she said a few minutes later, as if responding to a question.
Eventually, I moved to an office chair at her desk—her real one, not the one in the studio—where her boyfriend had set down my cup of tea. I glanced absentmindedly at some stacks of paperwork she had left out, pausing on a contract with a consulting firm whose name I recognized. “What are you looking at?” Loomer asked, suddenly focussed. She bustled over to clear the area, sweeping things into a drawer, handing files to her boyfriend, until only an asthma device with a mask attachment remained. “See, this is what my life is,” she said, gesturing at the couch, which was covered in a blanket for the dogs. “This is all it is. I’m going to do this until four in the morning.” She picked up the asthma mask. “Do you ever notice I’m out of breath on my show?” she asked. She put the mask over her face, paused, stared straight ahead, and inhaled the vapor. ♦
Published in the print edition of the November 17, 2025, issue, with the headline “Under the Influence.”
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November 14, 2025, edition of Real America's Voice's War Room
STEVE BANNON (HOST): There's a lot of criticism here of Trump and saying, hey, how weak is Trump's understanding of geopolitics or national security, he's got Laura Loomer coming in and telling him about the national security guys that are not really America first, they're neocons.
But when you went to Israel, you actually had senior-level people that took meetings? Why would they take a meeting with Laura Loomer? Why would they take a meeting with Laura Loomer and have Laura Loomer talk to them about what their sovereignty is? That's pretty — that's a scoop right there. Why would they do that?
LAURA LOOMER (GUEST): Well, look, I think that a lot of the lies that are pushed out against me, they're malicious. I think a lot of them are, you know, are spewed against me because I am Jewish and because I'm a woman. I mean, I'm not trying to parrot feminist talking points right now but there is this animosity towards outsiders. I mean, people have animosity towards you, Steve, and because I'm not an elected official and because I'm not an official adviser, people think that I shouldn't have a seat at the table or I shouldn't be able to share my opinion.
But, you know, I have nearly 2 million followers on X. I know that I've been doing this work for a very long time. I have earned the trust of the MAGA base and obviously the president takes into account what I have to say. Oftentimes the president will call me, ask me for my opinion, ask me for my advice. He's admitted this publicly when asked by reporters.
And so why wouldn't politicians in Israel and high-level officials in Israel want to take meetings with me? Why wouldn't they?
I mean, I am one of the most outspoken and well-known Jewish conservative leaders in America and I am approaching this from an America first perspective. I agree, we're $38 trillion dollars in debt. We need to have a conversation about cutting off aid, not just to Israel, but to all countries. We don't need to be the sugar daddy of every single country in the world when we really need to be advocating for countries to be truly sovereign.
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Laura Loomer pitches banning Muslims from running for office to members of Congress
Loomer also pressed representatives on her show about stripping Muslims of religious protections
Written by Reed McMaster
Published 11/07/25
Far-right influencer Laura Loomer has had an unusual amount of power over staffing and foreign policy decisions in the current Trump administration. Now, she is promoting anti-Muslim bills and pressuring congresspeople to strip Muslim people of their civil rights including the ability to hold office and religious protections.
Loomer has directly influenced the Trump administration's staffing and foreign policy decisions — now, she’s trying to do the same with Congress
- Loomer successfully advocated for U.S. foreign policy shifts, including the cancellation of visas for children seeking medical care. She called children from Gaza, some seeking prosthetic replacements for amputated limbs, “Islamic invaders.” Marco Rubio's State Department later announced, “All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process.” The Guardian, [8/16/25]
- :{:{Loomer reportedly met with President Donald Trump and pushed him to oust several national security officials.The next day, three members of the National Security Council were fired. Axios, [4/3/25]}:
- Sanctions were lifted on genocide-denying Bosnian politician Milorad Dodik after a push by Loomer and other conservative influencers. Loomer posted on social media, “Milorad Dodik @MiloradDodik of the Republika Srpska is enduring ruthless political attacks from a coalition of Muslims and globalists. These attacks are occurring as Dodik stands firm as a dedicated supporter of President Trump and as a defender of Western values.” New York Times, [10/29/25; Twitter/X, 10/23/25; NPR, 1/8/22]
- After interviewing Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), Loomer noted her plans to platform representatives that “are pushing back against Sharia law” and the “Islamification of America.” Adding, “I wanna be able to support Republicans and, you know, give them an audience and help support the campaigns of representatives that are actually fighting for America first, fighting to protect our country from an Islamic takeover.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/30/25]
- ## Loomer has a long history of anti-Muslim bigotry
- Loomer has described herself as a “proud islamophobe” and called Muslims “savages f**king everything up for everyone.” In just one among many moments of her anti-Muslim bigotry, Loomer suggested in a lengthy Twitter tirade following a 2017 terror attack in New York City that “we should never let another Muslim into the civilized world.” Right Wing Watch, [11/1/17; The New York Times, 10/31/17; Media Matters, 8/14/24]
- On her show, Loomer advocated for removing American citizenship from all Muslims who immigrated to the United States after 2008. She claimed, “I think that they need to denaturalize all the Muslims that came into our country under Obama and since Obama.” Loomer added, “Muslims. People who come to this country to become citizens to destroy it. Exactly. That's what they do.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/28/25]
- ## Loomer asked multiple members of Congress if they agreed with her view that Muslims should be barred from elected office
- Loomer asked Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) if he also believed that Muslims should not be allowed to hold elected office. She asked, “The only people who have refused to take their oath of office on the Bible and the Constitution is every single Muslim who has ever served in the United States Congress. Andre Carson, Keith Ellison, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, all of them have refused to take their oath of office on the Bible and The United States Constitution. So, do you agree with me that it should be illegal for Muslims to hold political office in our country?” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/18/25]
- Fine admitted he wasn't sure how you could “ban a religion” from office but suggested instead that only “natural born” citizens should be able to hold congressional office. ”I don't know how you can ban a religion," he stated, adding, “I think the solution to a lot of this is to consider whether you should have to be a natural born citizen in order to be elected to Congress.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/18/25]
- When Loomer pushed Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) about potentially banning Muslims from elected office, she said, “That's personally what I think needs to happen.” She asked Ogles, “Why is the Republican party not doing enough to signal to these Muslims who are now, all of a sudden, running for positions all across our country?” She added, “What can be done to stop this? I mean, do we need to ban Muslims from running for office in our country? That's personally what I think needs to happen.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/28/25]
- In response, Ogles noted that Republicans would run into problems with constitutional law if they attempted to ban Muslims from elected office. He stated, “I don't know that there's anything that we could do that wouldn't fly in the, kind of the face of constitutional law.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/28/25]
- Loomer asked Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) if he supported Muslims being allowed to serve in the United States Congress, saying, “I personally don't." She questioned, “Do you think that Muslims should be allowed to serve in the United States Congress, whether that be in the House of Representatives, in the Senate? Do you think that Muslims should be allowed to hold elected office in our country? I personally don't.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/21/25]
- Tuberville stated there's no reason to ban Muslims from elected office as long as they “assimilate.” He added, “If they do that, I don't think we have any right to say no. I really don't.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/21/25]
- ## Loomer pushed members of Congress to remove religious protections for Muslims and stop treating Islam as a religion
- Loomer told Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) that Republicans in Congress need to recognize that Islam is “not a religion.” She claimed, “You can't coexist with Islam, and it's time for lawmakers like yourself and others to recognize the fact that Islam is not a religion, right?” Loomer continued, “We have to recognize that Islam is not practiced as a religion in the 56 Muslim countries. It is practiced as a legal code and a political system.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/23/25]
- Loomer also asked Fine, “Do you think that it's time that we strip Muslims of their so-called religious identity and religious protection here in America?” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/18/25]
- Fine suggested the “No Sharia Act,” his legislation which “prohibits the application of Sharia in the United States where it would violate constitutional rights,” would effectively strip Muslims of their religious identity. He claimed, “I think that's part of the purpose of the No Sharia Act, and that's what it does. It says the political ideology part of Islam is not coming to our country.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/18/25; Office of Rep. Randy Fine, 9/25/25]
- ## Loomer wanted Rep. Chip Roy's (R-TX) proposed anti-Muslim bill to create a total Muslim travel ban
- Loomer asked Roy if his “Preserving A Sharia-Free America Act,” which would ban anyone who adheres to Sharia law from entering the country, would serve as a travel ban, accusing all Muslims of being “Sharia adherent.” She said, “Since it would be the duty of every devout practicing Muslim to be Sharia adherent, doesn't that then mean that your legislation is just a full blown Muslim travel ban? Which is, in my opinion, what we really need in this country.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/23/25; Office of Rep. Chip Roy, 10/8/25]
- Roy suggested that his “Preserving A Sharia-Free America Act” could hypothetically ban all Muslims from entering the country if all Muslims are “Sharia adherent” like Loomer claims. He stated, “I don't think we should import people who subscribe to that. And so to the extent that that's true for every single person who's adhering to Islam, then so be it.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/23/25]
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11/03/25 3:57 PM EST
10/24/25 1:56 PM EDT
10/23/25
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Right-wing media ramp up anti-Muslim attacks on Zohran Mamdani in the final days of the NYC mayoral election
Conservative media have claimed Mamdani “doesn’t give a shit that we were attacked by Muslim terrorists on 9/11,” and would be “cheering” on the attacks if they happened while he was mayor
Written by Gideon Taaffe & Reed McMaster
Published 10/23/25 mma
With less than two weeks until the New York City mayoral election, right-wing media have been lobbing anti-Muslim attacks at New York State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, baselessly saying his ideology is not socialism but “radical jihadist sharia supremacism,” accusing him of not giving a “shit that we were attacked by Muslim terrorists on 9/11,” and saying he would be “cheering” on the attacks if they happened while he was mayor.
If elected, Mamdani would be the first Muslim mayor of New York City. He won the Democratic primary with an agenda promising a rent freeze, free buses, universal childcare, and other progressive policies. However, some in right-wing media have continued to focus on Mamdani’s religion and ethnicity as main lines of attack.
For months, right-wing media have lobbed anti-Muslim attacks against Mamdani, who could become New York City’s first Muslim mayor
- Zohran Mamdani, a Muslim Democratic Socialist and member of the New York State Assembly, is the front-runner to win the New York City mayoral race. After winning the Democratic primary on a platform centered on progressive policy propositions including a rent freeze, free buses, and universal childcare, he currently has a polling lead over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa. If elected, Mamdani would be the first Muslim mayor of New York. The Associated Press, [7/1/25; The Guardian, 7/14/25; CBS News, 10/20/25]
- After Mamdani won the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York City, right-wing media weaponized Islamophobic tropes to attack him, including accusing him of supporting terrorism. Right-wing media personalities have called Mamdani a “social justice suicide” bomber, suggested he supports “blowing up cafes, buses, concerts,” and advocated for him to be denaturalized and deported. Media Matters, [7/3/25]
- ## Right-wing media figures continue to attack Mamdani, saying his ideology is “radical jihadist sharia supremacism,” claiming he is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and framing his Muslim identity as a major issue for New York
- Newsmax host Michael Savage: “I certainly don't have the proof, but the earmarks are there that this Mamdani is a front for the Muslim Brotherhood.” Newsmax, *Carl Higbie Frontline*, [10/20/25]
- War Roomhost Steve Bannon described Mamdani's ideology as “Marxism with radical jihadist sharia supremacism.” He stated, “This kid’s not some fluke” adding, “It's not socialism — please get that out of your lexicon. It's Marxism with radical jihadist sharia supremacism.” Real America’s Voice, *War Room*, [10/15/25]
- Podcaster Megyn Kelly said, “I actually believe” that Mamdani “doesn't give a shit that we were attacked by Muslim terrorists on 9/11.” Kelly also claimed, “Islam is not consistent with our Western lifestyle or values, and I am not in favor of all these hard-Muslim representatives taking over as mayors of our cities.” SiriusXM, *The Megyn Kelly Show*, [10/22/25]
- Podcaster Laura Loomer referred to Mamdani as a “jihadist” and said that after 9/11, “the entire country was united in a hatred, or at least an animosity, toward Islam” and “it's shocking to see how far we've come.”She argued, “It seemed like the country was united in calling out the threat for what it was. It was Islamic terrorism. And, you know, if you would have asked New Yorkers 24 years ago — especially at least when Rudy Giuliani was mayor — if you asked them 24 years ago, do you think that New York City will ever have a Muslim mayor? The answer would have been hell no. The answer would have been absolutely not. Because the entire country was united in a hatred, or at least an animosity, toward Islam. So it's shocking to see how far we've come, to the point where now we have a jihadist who literally has not even been a United States citizen longer than eight years. He's from Uganda. He's literally an African migrant. He's now going to be the next mayor of New York City.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/18/25]
- Loomer said the reason Mamdani is “such a bad candidate” is “precisely because he is a Muslim,” calling him “anti-American” and “pro-terror.”She claimed, “The reason why Mamdami is such a bad candidate in the sense that he's bad for our country, and he's anti-American, and he's pro-terror, and his policies are going to absolutely destroy New York City, it's not because he's a socialist, it's not because he's a communist, it's because he is a Muslim. It's because he's a Muslim jihadist, and he's totally incompatible with our values here, not because he's a socialist, but precisely because he is a Muslim.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [10/18/25]
- Loomer claimed, “Mamdani wants legalized prostitution to make it easier for Muslim men to rape non-Muslim women on the streets of NYC.” Twitter/X, [8/17/25]
- Fox News host Will Cain said Zohran Mamdani is “hiding the ball a little bit on how he feels about Islam and its relationship to government.” Fox News, *The Will Cain Show*, [10/21/25]
- Podcaster Tim Pool said Mamdani could win New York and then ultimately become president, saying it feels “like biblical end of days-type stuff.” “He wins in New York, then he runs for the Senate, then he's geared up in the 2030s to be president, and then, you know,” Pool said. He added, “I wonder what's gonna happen. I mean, it does feel like biblical end of days-type stuff.” YouTube,*The Rosanne Barr Podcast*, [10/10/25]
- Right-wing influencer Ian Miles Cheong claimed that it “wouldn’t be particularly shocking” if Mamdani “is an affiliate” of the Muslim Brotherhood. He posted, “These are all Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated individuals that Zohran Mamdani is friends with. It wouldn’t be particularly shocking if he himself is an affiliate. Reminder that the Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization intent on destroying the West by Any Means Necessary.” Twitter/X, [10/18/25]
- Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked conservative radio host Sid Rosenberg if he could imagine Mamdani as mayor during 9/11, and Rosenberg responded, “He’d be cheering.” Cuomo, who is running against Mamdani in the race, responded,“That’s another problem.” WABC, *Sid & Friends in the Morning*, [10/23/25]
- ## Right-wing media figures have also claimed Mamdani “hates Jews” and is a “proud” antisemite
- While discussing Mamdani’s Jewish support,Fox & Friendsco-host Brian Kilmeade said, “It seems like anybody who had … the best interest of the Jewish community in mind would run from this guy as fast as they can.”Fox News,*Fox & Friends*, [10/22/25]
- OnMornings with Maria, radio host John Catsimatidis claimed Mamdani “hates Jews.” “Don't forget, he hates gays,” Catsimatidis continued. “He hates the Italians.” Fox Business,*Mornings with Maria*, [10/21/25]
- Fox News’ Kellyanne Conway claimed Mamdani is “an antisemite and he’s a proud one.” Conway added, “He wants to defund and disarm our police but not Hamas. He wants to arrest and impeach Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump but not Hamas." Fox News *America’s Newsroom*, [10/16/25]
- Fox host and radio host Mark Levin said of Mamdani, “You hate Jews. You hate gays.”He continued, “You hate capitalism. You hate America. You hate cops. Let's be honest.” [Westwood One, The Mark Levin Show, 10/6/25]
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- Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo: The Trump Admin’s Mostly Unnoticed Move to Crack Down on the Opposition
Last month, the White House issued two executive orders that direct federal law enforcement to start cracking down on the political opposition. One of the two memos prompted some confusion and mockery for its attempt to designate “antifa” a terrorist organization. But the second has gone largely unnoticed in the mainstream press.
- Ann Marie Shambaugh @ The Roys Report: Son of Covenant Eyes Co-Founder Arrested after Planning Sexual Encounter with 14-Year-Old
Back in 2000, a Michigan entrepreneur named Ron DeHaas co-founded Covenant Eyes, an anti-porn internet accountability software program that has since grown to more than 2 million users. The idea, he said at the time, was to protect his teenage stepsons from sexual temptation online. Its effectiveness has been lauded by many, including Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson. But this past Aug. 13, one of those stepsons was arrested at a meeting spot in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he thought he would find a 14-year-old girl interested in having sex with him.
- Andrew Perez, Asawin Suebsaeng @ Rolling Stone: ‘They Need to Suffer’: Inside Trump’s War on Dissent
After Charlie Kirk’s murder, Trump expanded his war on free speech, the left, and ordinary Americans. It’s going to get worse.
- Jonathan Chait @ The Atlantic: Stephen Miller Is Going for Broke
The White House aide equates opposition to Trump’s agenda with terrorism—and pushes for the use of state power to suppress it.
- John Fea @ ARC: The Christian Nationalist Rewriting American History
Douglas Wilson’s rising influence shows how the past is at the center of today’s culture wars.
- Edith Olmstead @ The New Republic: Supreme Court Tells Laura Loomer to Shut Up Already
The Supreme Court refused to hear the far-right commentator’s censorship case.
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Far-right MAGA conspiracy theorist and self-described "proud Islamophobe" Laura Loomer was critical of Charlie Kirk near the end of his life. As Loomer saw it, the Turning Point USA founder wasn't pro-Donald Trump enough — even though Kirk was, in fact, an ardent Trump supporter.
In a July 13, 2025 post on X, formerly Twitter, Loomer wrote, "I don't ever want to hear @charliekirk11 claim he is pro-Trump ever again. After this weekend, I'd say he has revealed himself as political opportunist and I have had a front row seat to witness the mental gymnastics these last 10 years. Lately, Charlie has decided to behave like a charlatan, claiming to be pro-Trump one day while he stabs Trump in the back the next."
But after his fatal shooting, Loomer called for the imprisonment of anyone who criticizes Kirk — a proposal that former MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan is calling out as "fascism."
READ MORE:'Didn't work for you': CNN analyst confronts Trump's favorite pundit on political violence
In a September 13 post on X, Loomer wrote, "I have to say, I do want President Trump to be the 'dictator' the Left thinks he is, and I want the right to be as devoted to locking up and silencing our violent political enemies as they say we are. I've had enough of the Left only thinking we will defund them, prosecute them, lock them up and dismantle their power for generations to come. It just needs to happen."
Hasan gave a forceful response to that post on September 17, tweeting, "If this isn't a call for open, violent, unadulterated fascism and authoritarianism, from a top adviser to the president, then what is it? Seriously, what the hell is it?"
Hasan isn't the only one on X who is sounding the alarm about Loomer calling for Trump to act like a "dictator."
Journalist Bastian Brauns posted, "It's already well past 10 after 12. 'I do want President Trump to be the 'dictator' the Left thinks he is.' This is written by Laura Loomer, the woman who is allowed to personally whisper to Trump which 'traitors' he should fire from the government next."
READ MORE: 'I'm the one asking the questions': CNN host cuts off Ted Cruz after he shouts over her
Iowa-based writer Raymond Baker tweeted, "You know @LauraLoomer has never studied history nor does she understand what drives men like Stalin, Putin, Kim Jong II, Pol Pot, or Donald Trump. Authoritarian dictators are cruel and once they assume power, they no longer want or need supporters like Loomer."
Activist William Richards wrote, "Laura Loomer wants Trump to be a dictator? She wants to lock up the Left because she believes they are all violent. Mirror politics & projection is what Laura is up to! It's easily demonstrated that the Right are the purveyors of violence in our Country, not the Left.
READ MORE:'Undisputed idiot king': Former NBC journalist calls Eric Trump 'the epitome of stupidity'
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On the killing of Charlie Kirk, political violence, and the right’s response
Written by Matt Gertz
Published 09/12/25
Charlie Kirk, a powerful right-wing activist, popular podcaster, and close friend and ally to President Donald Trump, was shot and killed while speaking at a college in Utah on Wednesday. Politicians of both parties and commentators across the spectrum, including myself, have responded with condemnations of the act as both the tragic murder of a young husband and father and an act of political violence that must be anathema if we hope to preserve our country as a liberal democracy.
Rational people on all sides of the political spectrum abhor political violence and want to ratchet down the temperature, but this requires an honest assessment of what is happening: There have been far too many cases of political violence in recent years, and the targets are not limited by party, ideology, or creed.
Yet within the right-wing media bubble, long before there was even a suspect in custody, commentators cited Kirk’s killing as proof the left is at war with them. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Thursday called out right-wing pundits who took Kirk’s death “as an opportunity to say we're at war so that they could get some of our conservative followers lathered up over this.” He added: “It seems like a cheap, disgusting, awful way to pretend like you're a leader of a conservative movement.”
Tillis cited two commentators in particular, but such rhetoric has been a staple throughout the right-wing media ecosystem since news broke that Kirk had been shot. It is what right-wing audiences are hearing right now — and what they have been hearing, to one extent or another, for quite some time.
“They are at war with us!” Fox News star Jesse Watters said on The Five, his network’s most-watched show, shortly after Kirk’s passing was announced.
“Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us,” he continued. “And what are we gonna do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? And that’s the question we’re just gonna have to ask ourselves.”
“THIS IS WAR,” posted Libs of TikTok. “Civil war,” was Andrew Tate’s take. “This is war,” commented Ian Miles Cheong. “This is a war, this is a war, this is a war,” Alex Jones said on his livestream. According to Steve Bannon, “We are at war in this country.” “We’re not supposed to say this,” posted Shaun Maguire. “But the truth is we’re at War.”
Many on the right were Kirk’s friends and are mourning his death. Some of them may fear for their own safety. But the narrative they have constructed relies on ignoring the recent spate of attacks targeting Democrats, the gruesome contemporaneous response to those attacks from some of the most influential voices on the right, and the chorus of Democratic officials who have condemned Kirk’s assassination.
There is no war, no righteous, violent struggle between a “left” and a “right.” A man was killed. His killer deserves to be brought to justice. Turning that into a “war” can only make the situation worse.
Terrorists have targeted political leaders of both parties
It is not true, as Eric Trump and
both claimed in right-wing media interviews since Kirk’s slaying, that violence is “only going one way,” or, as right-wing radio host Dana Loesch put it on Watters’ prime-time show, that “it's not the right killing the left, it's the left killing the right.”
It seems both pointless and morally inappropriate to try to weigh attacks against one another to determine who has it “worse,” but it’s impossible to have a conversation if we can’t agree that political violence goes both ways.
The ideology of people who attack political figures doesn’t always map neatly onto a political party, in no small part because the assailant typically suffers from some form of mental illness. But Democrats have certainly been the targets of political violence in recent memory: In October 2022, a man broke into the home of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to kidnap her, and brutally assaulted her husband, Paul. In June, an assassin allegedly murdered a Democratic state legislator and her husband and wounded a second and his wife in Minnesota. Last month’s lethal attackon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by someone who authorities say “wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines” should also be placed in this category.
It’s worth revisiting how right-wing media covered those domestic terror attacks, as it speaks to how its audience likely interprets them in an increasingly fragmented media landscape in which people can pick and choose news sources that confirm their biases.
After a man broke into the Pelosi residence and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, MAGA influencers claimed based on effectively no evidence that the attacker, who turned out to be a deranged individual steeped in right-wing fever swamp conspiracy theories, had actually been let into the speaker’s house by her husband for the purposes of sex and subsequently attacked him as part of a lovers’ quarrel.
Donald Trump Jr. posted a photo of a pair of briefs and a hammer on a bed with the caption: “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.”
For months afterwards, Fox hosts including Watters alluded to such wild claims on their nationally broadcast programs, undeterred by body camera footage from the scene of the attack or basic human dignity.
Prominent MAGA social media influencers likewise responded to the Minnesota shootings by spinning up a false profile of the killer — in reality a Trump supporter who railed against abortion and the LGBTQ community — as a far-left supporter of Gov. Tim Walz. Laura Loomer and Mike Cernovich even suggested Walz might have orchestrated the attacks as political hits.
Fox’s right-wing propagandists, meanwhile, all but buried that story. There were no soul-searching reflections about political violence targeting the left on the programs of Watters, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, or Greg Gutfeld — instead, discussion on those shows the week after the attacks was limited to correspondent reports and headline reads. The week after the CDC shooting, those programs didn’t cover it at all.
Looking further back, the leading lights of the right-wing media aggressively sought to minimize and sanitize the Trump mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, and they alternatively blamed “incivility” from the left for a Trumpist sending mail bombs to a host of left-wing and Democratic targets and suggested those attacks were a “false flag.” And that’s to say nothing of other attacks apparently fueled by right-wing extremism that targeted Jewish, Latino, and Black Americans in Charleston, South Carolina; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Buffalo, New York; and El Paso, Texas.
If you downplay right-wing violence against left-wing targets, it’s much easier to convince your viewers that the violence is all going in the other direction.
- ### MAGA wants “the Left” to be “crushed with the power of the state”
While the repeated declarations that they are at “war” with a murderous left are obviously corrosive, there have not been widespread direct calls for retaliatory violence from prominent right-wing media figures. But many are urging President Donald Trump, his administration, and congressional Republicans to respond with widespread political repression of the left and the Democratic Party.
“We can honor him [Kirk] and honor his memory and make it a living thing that we use this to take down the apparatus that's well-funded that is at the core of this anti-Americanism,” Steve Bannon said on his streaming show Friday. “It has to be a all-of-government approach. ... Let's go kick down some doors and perp walk some folks today.”
Laura Loomer, a conspiracy theorist and streamer who has Trump’s ear and regularly gets federal officials fired for insufficient demonstrated fealty to the president, declared Wednesday, “It’s time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund, & prosecute every single Leftist organization.” She later added: “All of the Leftist groups that pay for these radical protests need to be prosecuted. … More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state.”
MAGA influencer Mike Cernovich demanded “congressional hearings now” on Wednesday, which he said should include “every billionaire funding far left wing extremism,” naming George Soros, Bill Gates, and Reid Hoffman. He also called for “massive RICO investigations now” to scrutinize “every dollar” and tagged Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.
Former GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters echoed Cernovich, adding, “Either we destroy the NGO/donor patronage network that enables and foments” violence, “or it will destroy us.”
Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, posted Wednesday that “the Democrat party is a domestic terrorist organization” and “terrorist Democrats will not stop. … And until they are stopped—until every single nutjob inciting this madness and cheering it on is held accountable and removed from civil society—it will not stop.” His outlet published a piece which declared that Democrats “need to be treated like the domestic terrorists they are.”
“The last time the radical Left orchestrated a wave of violence and terror, J. Edgar Hoover shut it all down within a few years,” Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo said. “It is time, within the confines of the law, to infiltrate, disrupt, arrest, and incarcerate all of those who are responsible for this chaos.”
YouTuber Benny Johnson claimed that “the modern Democrat party is a terrorist organization” and that the left-wing movement must be “ripped root and stem from our American republic and thrown into the fire where it belongs.”
Some are even suggesting that because the threat to the right is so clear, if Republican leaders don’t respond with such steps, the result will be some on the right taking matters into their own hands.
Davis posted on Thursday that if congressional Republicans don’t take “proper action” to protect “a population being hunted for sport,” then the result would be “improper reaction,” which he described as “a response that cannot be contained once it is out.”
Likewise, Cernovich wrote: “I’m choosing my words mindfully, don’t twist them. This is a prediction, not a preference. If Congressional GOP and Trump don’t act swiftly and ferociously, there will be retaliatory actions due to lawful means not being used. This is always what happens. RICO these fucks now!”
Trump appears to be responding to these demands for political retribution.
- ### The elephant in the room
It is impossible to have a rational conversation about topics like lowering the political temperature and pushing back against the spread of political violence when the president of the United States is interested in those issues only as a cudgel against his political opponents.
On Wednesday evening, the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal urged Trump, himself the victim of two assassination attempts, to take advantage of “an opportunity for leadership” by seeking to lower the tenor of political rhetoric.
Any other president would not need to hear such advice — but Trump’s previous responses to attacks on Democratic targets demonstrate his lack of interest in bringing the country together. He mocked the brutal assault against Pelosi, said following the Minnesota shooting that it would be a “waste of time” to call Gov. Tim Walz because he is “so whacked out,” and completely ignored the CDC attack.
In an Oval Office address a few hours after Kirk was killed, Trump characteristically ignored the Journal’s counsel. He offered a testament to Kirk’s life and promised that the shooter, who at that point had not been publicly identified or taken into custody, would be brought to justice.
But he also attributed blame far beyond the person who took Kirk’s life, saying that the “rhetoric” of “the radical left” was “directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today.” He went on to promise that his administration would go after the individuals and organizations he said “contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence,” adding that “radical-left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives.”
Trump did not name the targets of the action he promised to carry out. But a “straightforward reading of his rhetoric,” as The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait noted, is that “the president of the United States is treating the political opposition as accessories to murder and threatening to use the full power of the government to attack it.”
On Friday, Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt pointed to “radicals” on both the right and left and asked the president, “How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?”
Trump’s response made clear that he is uninterested in doing so. He excused “radicals on the right” as people who “don’t want to see crime,” saying, “They don't want these people coming in, we don't want you burning our shopping centers, we don’t want you shooting our people in the middle of the street.”
“The radicals on the left are the problem, and they are vicious and they are horrible and they are politically savvy,” he added, before running through a litany of grievances with his critics.
That message is echoing across MAGA media, a powerful information apparatus with a rare and unmediated grasp on its audience. It will fuel more vitriol, making it harder, not easier, to have honest conversations and reduce the threat of political violence in this country.
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On the killing of Charlie Kirk, political violence, and the right’s response
Written by Matt Gertz
Published 09/12/25
Charlie Kirk, a powerful right-wing activist, popular podcaster, and close friend and ally to President Donald Trump, was shot and killed while speaking at a college in Utah on Wednesday. Politicians of both parties and commentators across the spectrum, including myself, have responded with condemnations of the act as both the tragic murder of a young husband and father and an act of political violence that must be anathema if we hope to preserve our country as a liberal democracy.
Rational people on all sides of the political spectrum abhor political violence and want to ratchet down the temperature, but this requires an honest assessment of what is happening: There have been far too many cases of political violence in recent years, and the targets are not limited by party, ideology, or creed.
Yet within the right-wing media bubble, long before there was even a suspect in custody, commentators cited Kirk’s killing as proof the left is at war with them. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Thursday called out right-wing pundits who took Kirk’s death “as an opportunity to say we're at war so that they could get some of our conservative followers lathered up over this.” He added: “It seems like a cheap, disgusting, awful way to pretend like you're a leader of a conservative movement.”
Tillis cited two commentators in particular, but such rhetoric has been a staple throughout the right-wing media ecosystem since news broke that Kirk had been shot. It is what right-wing audiences are hearing right now — and what they have been hearing, to one extent or another, for quite some time.
“They are at war with us!” Fox News star Jesse Watters said on The Five, his network’s most-watched show, shortly after Kirk’s passing was announced.
“Whether we want to accept it or not, they are at war with us,” he continued. “And what are we gonna do about it? How much political violence are we going to tolerate? And that’s the question we’re just gonna have to ask ourselves.”
“THIS IS WAR,” posted Libs of TikTok. “Civil war,” was Andrew Tate’s take. “This is war,” commented Ian Miles Cheong. “This is a war, this is a war, this is a war,” Alex Jones said on his livestream. According to Steve Bannon, “We are at war in this country.” “We’re not supposed to say this,” posted Shaun Maguire. “But the truth is we’re at War.”
Many on the right were Kirk’s friends and are mourning his death. Some of them may fear for their own safety. But the narrative they have constructed relies on ignoring the recent spate of attacks targeting Democrats, the gruesome contemporaneous response to those attacks from some of the most influential voices on the right, and the chorus of Democratic officials who have condemned Kirk’s assassination.
There is no war, no righteous, violent struggle between a “left” and a “right.” A man was killed. His killer deserves to be brought to justice. Turning that into a “war” can only make the situation worse.
Terrorists have targeted political leaders of both parties
It is not true, as Eric Trump and both claimed in right-wing media interviews since Kirk’s slaying, that violence is “only going one way,” or, as right-wing radio host Dana Loesch put it on Watters’ prime-time show, that “it's not the right killing the left, it's the left killing the right.”
It seems both pointless and morally inappropriate to try to weigh attacks against one another to determine who has it “worse,” but it’s impossible to have a conversation if we can’t agree that political violence goes both ways.
The ideology of people who attack political figures doesn’t always map neatly onto a political party, in no small part because the assailant typically suffers from some form of mental illness. But Democrats have certainly been the targets of political violence in recent memory: In October 2022, a man broke into the home of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi seeking to kidnap her, and brutally assaulted her husband, Paul. In June, an assassin allegedly murdered a Democratic state legislator and her husband and wounded a second and his wife in Minnesota. Last month’s lethal attackon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by someone who authorities say “wanted to send a message against COVID-19 vaccines” should also be placed in this category.
It’s worth revisiting how right-wing media covered those domestic terror attacks, as it speaks to how its audience likely interprets them in an increasingly fragmented media landscape in which people can pick and choose news sources that confirm their biases.
After a man broke into the Pelosi residence and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer, MAGA influencers claimed based on effectively no evidence that the attacker, who turned out to be a deranged individual steeped in right-wing fever swamp conspiracy theories, had actually been let into the speaker’s house by her husband for the purposes of sex and subsequently attacked him as part of a lovers’ quarrel.
Donald Trump Jr. posted a photo of a pair of briefs and a hammer on a bed with the caption: “Got my Paul Pelosi Halloween costume ready.”
For months afterwards, Fox hosts including Watters alluded to such wild claims on their nationally broadcast programs, undeterred by body camera footage from the scene of the attack or basic human dignity.
Prominent MAGA social media influencers likewise responded to the Minnesota shootings by spinning up a false profile of the killer — in reality a Trump supporter who railed against abortion and the LGBTQ community — as a far-left supporter of Gov. Tim Walz. Laura Loomer and Mike Cernovich even suggested Walz might have orchestrated the attacks as political hits.
Fox’s right-wing propagandists, meanwhile, all but buried that story. There were no soul-searching reflections about political violence targeting the left on the programs of Watters, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, or Greg Gutfeld — instead, discussion on those shows the week after the attacks was limited to correspondent reports and headline reads. The week after the CDC shooting, those programs didn’t cover it at all.
Looking further back, the leading lights of the right-wing media aggressively sought to minimize and sanitize the Trump mob’s assault on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, and they alternatively blamed “incivility” from the left for a Trumpist sending mail bombs to a host of left-wing and Democratic targets and suggested those attacks were a “false flag.” And that’s to say nothing of other attacks apparently fueled by right-wing extremism that targeted Jewish, Latino, and Black Americans in Charleston, South Carolina; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Buffalo, New York; and El Paso, Texas.
If you downplay right-wing violence against left-wing targets, it’s much easier to convince your viewers that the violence is all going in the other direction.
- ### MAGA wants “the Left” to be “crushed with the power of the state”
While the repeated declarations that they are at “war” with a murderous left are obviously corrosive, there have not been widespread direct calls for retaliatory violence from prominent right-wing media figures. But many are urging President Donald Trump, his administration, and congressional Republicans to respond with widespread political repression of the left and the Democratic Party.
“We can honor him [Kirk] and honor his memory and make it a living thing that we use this to take down the apparatus that's well-funded that is at the core of this anti-Americanism,” Steve Bannon said on his streaming show Friday. “It has to be a all-of-government approach. ... Let's go kick down some doors and perp walk some folks today.”
Laura Loomer, a conspiracy theorist and streamer who has Trump’s ear and regularly gets federal officials fired for insufficient demonstrated fealty to the president, declared Wednesday, “It’s time for the Trump administration to shut down, defund, & prosecute every single Leftist organization.” She later added: “All of the Leftist groups that pay for these radical protests need to be prosecuted. … More people will be murdered if the Left isn’t crushed with the power of the state.”
MAGA influencer Mike Cernovich demanded “congressional hearings now” on Wednesday, which he said should include “every billionaire funding far left wing extremism,” naming George Soros, Bill Gates, and Reid Hoffman. He also called for “massive RICO investigations now” to scrutinize “every dollar” and tagged Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.
Former GOP Senate candidate Blake Masters echoed Cernovich, adding, “Either we destroy the NGO/donor patronage network that enables and foments” violence, “or it will destroy us.”
Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, posted Wednesday that “the Democrat party is a domestic terrorist organization” and “terrorist Democrats will not stop. … And until they are stopped—until every single nutjob inciting this madness and cheering it on is held accountable and removed from civil society—it will not stop.” His outlet published a piece which declared that Democrats “need to be treated like the domestic terrorists they are.”
“The last time the radical Left orchestrated a wave of violence and terror, J. Edgar Hoover shut it all down within a few years,” Manhattan Institute senior fellow Christopher Rufo said. “It is time, within the confines of the law, to infiltrate, disrupt, arrest, and incarcerate all of those who are responsible for this chaos.”
YouTuber Benny Johnson claimed that “the modern Democrat party is a terrorist organization” and that the left-wing movement must be “ripped root and stem from our American republic and thrown into the fire where it belongs.”
Some are even suggesting that because the threat to the right is so clear, if Republican leaders don’t respond with such steps, the result will be some on the right taking matters into their own hands.
Davis posted on Thursday that if congressional Republicans don’t take “proper action” to protect “a population being hunted for sport,” then the result would be “improper reaction,” which he described as “a response that cannot be contained once it is out.”
Likewise, Cernovich wrote: “I’m choosing my words mindfully, don’t twist them. This is a prediction, not a preference. If Congressional GOP and Trump don’t act swiftly and ferociously, there will be retaliatory actions due to lawful means not being used. This is always what happens. RICO these fucks now!”
Trump appears to be responding to these demands for political retribution.
- ### The elephant in the room
It is impossible to have a rational conversation about topics like lowering the political temperature and pushing back against the spread of political violence when the president of the United States is interested in those issues only as a cudgel against his political opponents.
On Wednesday evening, the editorial board of The Wall Street Journal urged Trump, himself the victim of two assassination attempts, to take advantage of “an opportunity for leadership” by seeking to lower the tenor of political rhetoric.
Any other president would not need to hear such advice — but Trump’s previous responses to attacks on Democratic targets demonstrate his lack of interest in bringing the country together. He mocked the brutal assault against Pelosi, said following the Minnesota shooting that it would be a “waste of time” to call Gov. Tim Walz because he is “so whacked out,” and completely ignored the CDC attack.
In an Oval Office address a few hours after Kirk was killed, Trump characteristically ignored the Journal’s counsel. He offered a testament to Kirk’s life and promised that the shooter, who at that point had not been publicly identified or taken into custody, would be brought to justice.
But he also attributed blame far beyond the person who took Kirk’s life, saying that the “rhetoric” of “the radical left” was “directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today.” He went on to promise that his administration would go after the individuals and organizations he said “contributed to this atrocity and to other political violence,” adding that “radical-left political violence has hurt too many innocent people and taken too many lives.”
Trump did not name the targets of the action he promised to carry out. But a “straightforward reading of his rhetoric,” as The Atlantic’s Jonathan Chait noted, is that “the president of the United States is treating the political opposition as accessories to murder and threatening to use the full power of the government to attack it.”
On Friday, Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt pointed to “radicals” on both the right and left and asked the president, “How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?”
Trump’s response made clear that he is uninterested in doing so. He excused “radicals on the right” as people who “don’t want to see crime,” saying, “They don't want these people coming in, we don't want you burning our shopping centers, we don’t want you shooting our people in the middle of the street.”
“The radicals on the left are the problem, and they are vicious and they are horrible and they are politically savvy,” he added, before running through a litany of grievances with his critics.
That message is echoing across MAGA media, a powerful information apparatus with a rare and unmediated grasp on its audience. It will fuel more vitriol, making it harder, not easier, to have honest conversations and reduce the threat of political violence in this country.
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the first thing Laura Loomer wanted to know when I called her earlier this month was whether this was going to be a “hit piece.” The self-described investigative journalist and unofficial adviser to President Donald Trump is familiar with the genre. She had just attacked the United States Army for praising a recipient of the Medal of Honor. She would soon claim without evidence that Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene—another person comfortable trafficking in unsubstantiated allegations—“gave blow jobs in the back rooms of CrossFit gyms.” Soon after that, she said that Palestinian children receiving medical care in the United States posed a “dangerous” threat to American national security.
You never know just how far she will go, but that’s the game she plays. I suggested at one point that her effort to get federal employees fired for supposed disloyalty to Trump recalled the Red Scare of the early 1950s, when Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin exploited the private musings and personal associations of alleged communist sympathizers to end their careers. She loved that.
“Joseph McCarthy was right,” Loomer responded without missing a beat. “We need to make McCarthy great again.”
She had toiled for a decade on the dark edges of relevance, pulling public pranks and getting chased off financial and social-media platforms for hate-speech violations. She was arrested after storming the stage at New York City’s Shakespeare in the Park to protest a Trump-inspired Julius Caesar and kicked off Uber and Lyft for saying that she did not want Muslim drivers. She also lost two bids for GOP congressional nominations in Florida, symbolically refusing to concede the second because of the “voter fraud” she says was caused by her inability to communicate on social media. She found out at the end of last year that she would not get the White House job she thought she was promised, and lost her ability to make money on X after violating the platform’s doxxing policies.
Yet, here we are. Loomer, the proud, defiant, extremist troll, is one of the most influential public figures in what is still the most important country on the planet—“back from the dead and rose from the ashes,” she told me. How did this come to pass? “I am a genuine person, and I speak my mind. I am not fake,” she offered. “It’s a story of persistence. As I like to say, persistence will beat the resistance.”
Another explanation has to do with her champion and enabler, the most powerful person in the country, who has stuck with her despite the warnings, sneers, and eye rolls of his own senior advisers. “I know she’s known as a radical right, but I think Laura Loomer is a very nice person,” Trump told reporters this month. His early mentor Roy Cohn had previously been an unapologetic adviser to McCarthy during his red-baiting Congressional hearings. Trump’s subsequent political adviser, Roger Stone, a friend and admirer of Cohn, has been a mentor to Loomer.
Whatever the reason, her private research and public X posts have destroyed careers, shaped news cycles, and moved financial markets. Quite often, Trump doesn’t just listen to Loomer—he does what she wants.
In just the first seven months of Trump’s second presidency, she successfully lobbied Trump to end Secret Service protection for Joe Biden’s children. She has pushed the president to fire six members of his National Security Council, remove three leaders at the National Security Agency, end an academic appointment at West Point, fire the director of the National Vetting Center at the Department of Homeland Security, dispatch an assistant U.S. attorney in California, and remove a federal prosecutor in Manhattan. After Trump’s intel chief stripped 37 current and former national-security officials of their security clearance Wednesday, she claimed credit for first labeling 29 of them as threats to Trump.
Every day was another opportunity to grab headlines, to protect the president, to expose another potential saboteur. This phone call, included.
“Why do we want to have a woman who is pregnant, who is going to have to take maternity leave as soon as she is confirmed?” Loomer asked me. “You should make a decision: Do you want to have a career, or do you want a family?”
She was referring to Casey Means, a Stanford-trained doctor turned wellness influencer Trump nominated to be surgeon general. Loomer believes that Means is part of an extortionist, Marxist vanguard—led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—that will ultimately sabotage the Trump administration and the Republican Party. In her rapid-fire staccato—always urgent, indignant, agrieved—Loomer rattled off facts that she had uncovered about Means’s metabolic-health company and her husband’s past sympathies for Black Lives Matter. (Means did not respond to a request for comment.)
I stopped Loomer and asked her to go back: Did she really believe that pregnant women should not have careers? “You can have a family, and you can have a career,” Loomer responded, beginning what sounded like a pivot toward acknowledging that Congress outlawed employment discrimination based on motherhood back in 1978.
But that was not her point. “If you are going to be working in the federal government, don’t you think it is a little abusive if you have a job where you can’t bring your baby every day?” she asked me. “Are my tax dollars supposed to go to her because she doesn’t use a condom? Is there not a man who is qualified?”
Read: Casey Means and the MAHA takeover
Not so long ago, people who spoke like Loomer were ostracized from political parties and mainstream conversations, cast as the fringe. Provocateurs once needed to find publishers to produce their pamphlets. Activists begged access from White House staff to get on the president’s schedule. Opposition researchers depended on journalists to launder their work. And those who called themselves journalists operated by codes: no undisclosed financial arrangements with political actors, no explicit political advocacy, and extensive editing and legal vetting to assure accuracy. The system minimized a certain type of toxicity, while giving those who already had power—the owners of media outlets, the leaders of government and industry—a gatekeeping role.
The 32-year-old Loomer belongs to a new era, when any thought can be instantly published everywhere and the president is easy to reach on his cellphone. Despite the loss of her accounts on Facebook and Instagram, she has a growing audience of 1.7 million followers on her fully reinstated X account (up by about 30 percent since last year), a sponsored podcast on Rumble, and—she claims—an expanding roster of private clients, including major political donors, whose names she declines to disclose.
Top Trump advisers, unable to cast her away, regularly work with her behind the scenes. In addition to having calls and meetings with the president, Loomer speaks regularly with White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Director of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel Sergio Gor, according to people familiar with the relationships. Loomer praises Wiles for being open to her work and has called Gor a friend. But she speaks of the White House overall as a self-dealing den of duplicity, where staff regularly conspire against the president she adores.
“Everyone is positioning themselves for a post-Trump GOP,” she told me, adding that Trump is often surprised by what she tells him about his own administration. “Every time I have these briefings, he looks at his staff and says, ‘How come you didn’t tell me this?’”
It is a high-stakes game that threatens to broaden distrust within Trump’s senior ranks. If isolated, once-anodyne facts from the past can sink careers; nearly anyone is suddenly vulnerable to exposure, setting Loomer up as a tip line for administration officials to inform on their office rivals, while potentially providing other powerful interests a lever to disappear their adversaries. “There are people who message me all the time,” Loomer boasted to me. “In every agency, I have sources.”
Read: “I run the country and the world.”
Last week, she got ahold of a video showing happy Palestinian refugees arriving in the San Francisco airport, owing to efforts by Heal Palestine, a group that provides treatment in the United States to children wounded in Gaza. The group says that the children and their families arrived on temporary visas and will return to the Middle East after treatment. She called the spectacle an “Islamic invasion” and asked the Trump administration to shut it down. A day later, the State Department announced a stop to “all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza” to review the situation. “It’s amazing how fast we can get results from the Trump administration,” Loomer posted on X.
Not all of her efforts succeed. I asked her about her unsuccessful attempt to stop Trump’s appointment of Colonel Earl G. Matthews as general counsel of the Department of Defense, making him one of the highest-ranking African Americans in the building. She had attacked Matthews for his past praise of former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a Biden appointee, and his work with former Trump advisers turned foes such as former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and National Security Adviser John Bolton. But she did not bring up those points with me. “He sounds like he is speaking Ebonics anytime he speaks,” she said. “I don’t take anything he says seriously.” (Matthews, in fact,
a [vid] U.S. Army colonel when he speaks. He did not respond to a request for comment.)
“I would rather be feared than loved,” Loomer added. “I don’t need to be loved by people who work in Washington, D.C.”
Earlier this summer, Loomer told The New York Times that she had five paying clients for her research-consulting firm, an unusual side business for someone who describes themselves as a journalist. Now she says she has more, but she will not give a number. “It is not policy matters,” she told me, adding that some are corporate clients who want her to do “executive-level vetting.” “There are several billionaires I work with, and they have retained me to do their political vetting.”
The foggy boundaries between her activism, so-called journalism, and client work have created widespread concern that she is surreptitiously passing on information to promote the agendas of powerful interests.
After she began posting about the Puerto Rican bankruptcy authority, Trump fired its whole board, immediately improving the stock value of a major natural-gas company that was seeking a contract with the island. After she began attacking Republicans who wanted a clean break between Chevron and the Venezuelan government, Trump’s team granted the company new sanctions carve-outs. After she resurfaced old political comments by Vinay Prasad, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration, he resigned his post, saying through a spokesperson that he “did not want to be a distraction to the great work of the FDA.”
Like many of Loomer’s crusades, her attacks on Prasad focused on facts that would not have been disqualifying in the previous age when technocrats were hired for their abilities, not their ideological purity. She called Prasad, a hematologist-oncologist at the University of San Francisco, who had long been a critic of the FDA, a “trojan horse” and “saboteur” because he called himself a “Bernie Sanders liberal” in 2022 and wrote on Twitter in 2020 that he wanted Joe Biden to win—facts that did not trouble Kennedy, who was himself a Democrat until 2023. (Loomer accused Kennedy last week of preparing for a 2028 presidential bid, prompting him to announce that he was not running.)
Loomer’s crusade against Prasad came soon after he decided to limit access to a Sarepta Therapeutics drug, following evidence that it causes severe liver damage; this led MAGA influencers to allege that Loomer was secretly working for the pharmaceutical company. Sarepta, through a spokesperson, said that it has not “engaged with nor associated with Laura Loomer.” She told me the same, even offering “to sign an affidavit” saying so. But the wholly unsubstantiated claims still played a role in undermining Loomer’s case against Prasad; two senior Trump advisers told me that, although they had seen no proof of a connection, they believed the rumors. After he resigned, the White House invited Prasad to rejoin the administration, which he did about two weeks after leaving.
Loomer also denies taking money from Chevron or those with interests before the bankruptcy board of Puerto Rico. Although the obscurity of her targets raises suspicions, she said she has always taken on niche issues. She told me that she has been discussing legal action with her attorney against her public critics who accuse her of engaging in pay-to-play, a path that some of her critics have welcomed because of the prospect of uncovering her financial arrangements during discovery.
Those who have known her for years speak of her zeal and commitment as the purest form of MAGA. “It may shock a lot of folks in politics, but some of us are actually involved for reasons other than power, money, and fame,” Ted Goodman, a MAGA-aligned political operative who works for former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, told me. “She can’t be bought and isn’t swayed by monetary gain.”
Brian Ballard, one of the most influential Trump-aligned lobbyists in Washington, told me that he has not worked with Loomer, but he had nothing but praise. “I think she is incredibly effective, and I understand why people would want to hire her,” he said.
Trump and Loomer agree that a failure to sift through appointees’ pasts in the first term undermined the president’s ambitions. “If there would have actually been proper vetting systems set up in the first Trump administration, the Russian-collusion hoax never would have happened, the first impeachment never would have happened, the second impeachment never would have happened,” she explained on a recent episode of her podcast. Trump seems to have taken this advice to heart. In his second go-round as president, his administration has taken several steps that appear designed to eliminate dissent or checks on his power.
The problem is that no one is clear on what constitutes a fireable offense. Trump’s top advisers, including Wiles, have been working intentionally, with Trump’s support, to expand the tent of Republican politics by embracing leaders such as Kennedy, a scion of the most famous Democratic family, and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, a former congresswoman who previously ran as a Democrat. Past liberal leanings, in this effort, are a benefit, not a liability. Trump has stocked his inner circle with people such as Vice President J. D. Vance, who once compared Trump to Adolf Hitler, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who once speculated mockingly about the size of Trump’s manhood.
Like Trump, Loomer says that Vance and Rubio earned forgiveness because they have made amends. But at other times, Loomer has found herself on the wrong side of Trump. Loomer defended Trump’s initial pick to lead NASA, Jared Isaacman, a friend of Elon Musk, even though Isaacman has given money to Democrats in the past. Others in the White House, including Gor, supported removing Isaacman amid Trump’s high-profile fallout with Musk, leading Trump to withdraw Isaacman’s name.
Read: The decline and fall of Elon Musk
Trump has ignored other Loomer recommendations, such as her demand to fire Attorney General Pam Bondi over her handling of Justice Department records on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. (Loomer says Trump is not implicated in any of Epstein’s crimes, and she encouraged him to sue The Wall Street Journal after it wrote about a bawdy letter reportedly from Trump that was found among Epstein’s possessions.) The president remains a strong supporter of Kennedy, who endorsed Trump last year after the president agreed to adopt much of his health agenda. }:}:
(Their agreement was the result of “extortion” on the part of Kennedy, Loomer argues.) The White House leadership is counting on the Make America Healthy Again coalition to help Republicans in the midterm elections. Trump also called Loomer and dressed her down after she criticized his decision to allow the Air Force to accept a commercial plane from the Qatari government. “I want to apologize to President Trump more than anyone because I am a loyal person,” she later posted.}:
The most jarring Loomer crusades challenge the central assumptions of the national project. On August 8, the U.S. Army retold the heroic story of Captain Florent Groberg, a Medal of Honor winner who had tackled a suicide bomber 12 years earlier in Afghanistan, saving the lives of other Americans while sustaining serious injuries to his brain, leg, and, ear. Loomer pounced, denouncing the Army secretary for praising someone like Groberg, who was born in France and had given a
supporting the presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
“Are we supposed to believe the Army couldn’t find a Republican and US born soldier?” she wrote on X. “They had to find an immigrant who voted for Hillary Clinton and spoke at the DNC as Obama’s guest?” The claim that foreign-born patriots are less worthy of praise than those who are native-born won Loomer articles in The Washington Post, the Daily Mail, and other publications, but no comment from the White House.
Among those who objected was Greene, the Trump-aligned representative from Georgia who has tangled with Loomer—and has directed her own opposition research. “Many people need to wake up about her reporting. Researching facts and then spinning them into lies to serve her agenda doesn’t make her good or trustworthy. It makes her a liar and it makes her dangerous,” Greene concluded in her own social-media post.
This, for Loomer, was an opportunity. She has no problem going after Republican targets. She has publicly accused Senator Lindsey Graham of being gay, which he denies, and called the podcaster Tucker Carlson a “fraud” and a “terrible person.” Loomer let loose on Greene, claiming without evidence that she committed obscene acts in CrossFit gyms. (She did link to a Daily Mail article that had suggested, based on anonymous sources, that the congresswoman had extramarital affairs with people she knew through her gym.)
“Can you call yourself a Christian when your mouth is full of other men’s cock?” read one Loomer zinger, a modern version of the archetypical prompt “When did you stop beating your wife?”
All of it generated headlines, attention, and reposts of her social-media accounts. In a world without gatekeepers, where the most powerful man in the country rewards such behavior, Loomer sees little downside. Out-of-bounds provocation drives attention. Attention increases influence. And the person who matters the most is almost certainly entertained.
“At the end of the day, it is called the Trump administration,” she told me on our phone call. “So the way I look at it, I play for an audience of one.”
*Vivian Salama contributed to this story.
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- Katie Francis @ The Daily Beast: Laura Loomer Stuns MAGA Vets With ‘Despicable’ Rant Against Medal of Honor Recipient
Republicans raged against the conspiracy theorist after she targeted a former U.S. Army captain.
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In June, Rep. Eric Burlison, a Missouri Republican serving on the House Oversight Committee, appeared on BlazeTV’s Prime Time with Alex Stein, where he discussed his belief that giants once existed. Burlison told Stein he was scheduled to be at “NephCon 2025,” a conference focused on fringe topics including the biblical Nephilim —figures in Genesis that some interpret as the giant offspring of angels and human women.
- Ian Word @ Politico: The Online Right’s Favorite Nativist Slogan Is Gaining Traction in the Real World
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- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: Trump to deploy the National Guard to D.C., place local police under federal control
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- David Edwards @ Raw Story: 'Roll in the tanks!' Charlie Kirk goes full fascist in support of Trump's DC takeover
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- Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling @ The New Republic: Trump Warns Fascist D.C. Takeover Is Just the Beginning
Donald Trump has seized control of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.
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Media Matters
- Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk called pictures of starving children in Gaza “propaganda” and “emotional, visual, optical warfare” and claimed the “lies against Israel are relentless,” showing The New York Times’ picture of the 18-month-old suffering from malnutrition and emphasizing his “muscular disorder.”Kirk’s guest Rabbi Pesach Wolicki also claimed Palestinians in Gaza are “not emaciated. They're not starving. The people of Gaza are not starving. But Hamas needs to perpetuate this narrative.” Real America’s Voice, *The Charlie Kirk Show*, [7/28/25]
- Right-wing podcaster and self-described “proud Islamophobe” Laura Loomer called claims of starvation in Gaza “insane Pallywood Propaganda,” adding, “There is no starvation in Gaza. It’s a big lie.”She posted: “When the leftists try to make you feel bad over fake starvation in Gaza, ask them if they also cry for the children of cops killed by free Palestine protestors. I’m kind of tired of seeing fake stories about starvation when my tax dollars are going toward feeding terrorists via the World Food Program which is managed by CINDY MCCAIN. … There is no starvation in Gaza. It’s a big lie. … This insane Pallywood Propaganda has to end. If it doesn’t end, Trump should shut down the World Food Program. Let’s see the audit. Penny for penny.” Twitter/X, [7/28/25; Media Matters, 7/29/25]
- Conservative personality Dinesh D’Souza commented, “Does this look like the behavior of people who are starving?” in response to a story about Palestinians speaking out about having to chase aid airdropped into Gaza. Twitter/X, [7/29/25]
- As a guest on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins*, Jewish News Syndicate’s Ruthie Blum said, “Let me just set the record straight — there is no famine in Gaza.”She continued, “The accusation that Israel is purposely starving people is absolutely outrageous. It's a lie. It's a blood libel, and Hamas spread it.” Twitter/X, [7/28/25]
- TheBlaze’s Glenn Beck asked, “Have you seen the pictures of mom or dad holding the babies that are supposedly starving and they seem perfectly healthy? Does that seem reasonable to you? There’s no critical thinking here at all.” Beck then went on to add, “I’m sure there’s hunger there, real hunger. … I’m not dismissing that there’s not real hunger there, and we should do everything that we can. But, you know, let’s put some of the onus on Hamas as well. And then, can we stop listening to the people of Hamas tell us by showing these babies, who now we know have problems from birth.” Twitter/X, [7/29/25]
- Right-wing podcaster Stephen L. Miller posted, “If Gaza wants to convince anyone other than Western media that we are truly at the brink of a genocidal famine, they should stop putting healthy well fed adults in front of cameras.”Twitter/X, [7/30/25]
- ## Many right-wing figures blamed Hamas or the UN, claiming they are “purposely starving the population as a PR strategy against Israel” and Hamas is “stealing the aid”
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On July 28, a shooter opened fire in a Manhattan office building that houses the NFL headquarters, killing four individuals including New York Police Department officer and Muslim immigrant Didarul Islam. Laura Loomer, an extremist with close ties to the Trump administration, immediately began pushing anti-Muslim lies about the suspected shooter, later identified as a former high school football player from Las Vegas who reportedly had a note mentioning the NFL and claiming he had a degenerative brain disease linked to concussions.
Loomer initially claimed the shooter was “described by witnesses as a Middle Eastern man with an AR-15 rifle.” She also claimed the shooter supported the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani, and the “Free Palestine movement.”
After the identity of the suspected shooter was released, Loomer doubled down on claims that he was a “Free Palestine” activist, writing, “So let me get this straight. A Free Palestine low IQ black jihadi killed a Muslim police officer in his rampage on a building in NYC with a Jewish CEO while he was screaming Free Palestine?”
Loomer then lashed out against the media for not pushing baseless claims about the shooter’s motives: “Now the media is running to cover up another act of Islamic terrorism by the FREE PALESTINE crowd.”
There appears to be no evidence that the shooter is connected to protests about Palestinians, but the New York Post did report that a protester outside the building yelled, “Free Palestine, I’m not the shooter,” and was arrested. Witness testimony Loomer cited included a witness saying police arrested the man saying “free Palestine.” The suspected shooter reportedly took his life in the building.
Loomer used her claims to push an Islamophobic agenda, repeatedly calling for Mamdani, who has been visiting Uganda, to be refused reentry to the country. She framed Mamdani as an “Islamic immigrant invader” and attacked Muslim politicians broadly, writing, “We need to have a serious conversation about banning Islamic immigrants from running for office in America.” Loomer also repeated her Islamophobic attacks while attempting to tie them to the shooter, writing: “I don’t feel safe with Muslims holding office in America. Mamdani inspires cop killers and Islamic terrorists to wage war on the streets of America while screaming ‘Free Palestine,’” and “This is why I will never care about Gaza.”
This is not Loomer’s first time pushing baseless claims in the aftermath of a shooting. Following the shooting of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers, Loomer claimed the shooter was an “ally” of Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and suggested Walz may have known about the shooting ahead of time.
Loomer is a self-described “proud Islamophobe” with a long history of making bigoted remarks about Muslims. Infamously in 2017, rideshare apps Uber and Lyft banned Loomer after she made multiple bigoted complaints that they hire Muslim drivers. During the 2024 election, Loomer argued that a Kamala Harris win would create an “Islamic caliphate in this country.” She also said China detains Uyghurs, a mostly Muslim group, because the country recognizes “the threat of Islam.”
Loomer is an influential figure in the MAGA world. She has repeatedly boasted that she has influence over the administration and often claims Trump “hired” her four times but his staff “did not listen to him.” She regularly brings up her communications with Trump, even noting that she spoke with the president shortly after he signed the “Big Beautiful Bill” into law. In April, Trump fired six national security officials after a meeting with Loomer. She also took credit for the firing of Mike Waltz from the National Security Council in early May and boasted that Trump “took my advice” on Panama Canal policies during the 2024 election.
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One prominent far-right social media personality sometimes seen in President Donald Trump's orbit has carved out a niche for herself as the president's "loyalty enforcer," according to the New York Times. But one attorney representing administration officials who have been fired is publicly condemning her influence.
The Times reported Wednesday on the growing power MAGA activist Laura Loomer has over personnel decisions in the executive branch. Loomer has already gotten Trump to fire several officials who were deemed insufficiently loyal over past social media posts criticizing the president and his base. However, Kevin Carroll — a former CIA official and lawyer who has been retained as counsel by some of those former employees — said that Loomer's attempts to ferret out anyone who has ever spoken negatively about the president could have significant blowback.
"You have a person, from outside of the government of no national security experience and with extreme views, having de facto hire and fire authority over some of the most senior and important positions in the United States government," Carroll told the Times.
READ MORE:(Opinion) Trump has only one way out of this mess
"Eventually, when all of the qualified people are driven out and only the people acceptable to Laura Loomer remain, there could be an extremely bad result for the United States in some international crisis," he continued.
Loomer has already claimed responsibility for driving out the top two officials at the National Security Agency (NSA) — former director Timothy Haugh (a four-star general), deputy director Wendy Noble and chief counsel April Falcon Doss — along with several others. This week, Dr. Vinay Prasad, who was the top vaccine official at the Food & Drug Administration, also resigned after Loomer discovered that he joked about using Trump as a voodoo doll in a 2020 podcast.
The Times reported that despite her devotion to Trump, Loomer wasn't given a job either in Trump's 2024 campaign or in the White House. But the social media personality indicated that she aimed to continue screening administration officials to ensure they were staunch Trump loyalists.
"I was raised to dress for the job you want, and even if you don’t have the job, pretend that you do,” Loomer said. “I want to do vetting, so I’m going to do the job I want.”
READ MORE:'Look stupid': Attorney reveals key sign that shows Trump nervous about Epstein questions
Click here to read the full Times report (subscription required).
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- James Risen @ The Guardian: Maga influencer and de facto national security adviser Laura Loomer holds outsized sway on Trump
The 32-year-old was instrumental in high-profile national security firings, and has cheerled the attacks on Iran.
- Media Matters: Laura Loomer says she spoke with Trump following the signing of the One Big Beautiful Bill
“Everybody knows that the president is fond of me, likes me. I often, you know, meet with the president, speak with the president. Just spoke with him the other day, following the signing of the Big Beautiful Bill.”
- Joe DePaolo @ Mediaite: ‘That’s It on Epstein!’ AG Pam Bondi Shuts Down Epstein Question Amid MAGA Outcry
Attorney General Pam Bondi sought to quickly shut down questioning on Jeffrey Epstein in a tense moment during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting.
- Will Sommer @ The Bulwark: MAGA World’s Mega Meltdown Over Latest Epstein Flop
The online right wants the attorney general fired after being told that the disgraced sex trafficker did not, in fact, have a client list.
- Katherine Stewart @ Religion News Service: How US Christian nationalists are exporting their agenda to Europe
A new report follows the money as it moves from reactionary advocacy groups and think tanks to groups waging war on women’s equality and related causes.
- Steve Benen @ The Maddow Blog: On the Jan. 6 attack, Republican leaders keep failing basic tests of self-awareness
Key GOP leaders keep making comments suggesting they’ve forgotten that the Jan. 6 attack happened.
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President Donald Trump appointed conspiracy-obsessed MAGA media favorites to the highest levels of federal law enforcement, and now those figures are coming under fire from the right-wing fever swamp for failing to confirm their bullshit.
Axios reported on Sunday night that the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation had concluded that there was no evidence convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “blackmailed powerful figures, kept a ‘client list’ or was murdered.” Those findings repudiated claims that had for years permeated the MAGA influencer ecosystem and been promoted by the stars of Fox News and the broader right-wing media.
The Trump-appointed leaders of both the FBI and DOJ had previously stoked the same conspiracy theories their agencies rejected. “As social media influencers and activists, Kash Patel (now the FBI's director) and Dan Bongino (now deputy director) were among those in MAGA world who questioned the official version of how Epstein died,” Axios noted. Moreover, Attorney General Pam Bondi had claimed in a February interview on Fox News that the purported “client list” was “sitting on my desk right now to review.”
While the Epstein saga is a bit of a sideshow in the grand scheme of things, what it highlights about the underlying dynamics of the MAGA movement is deeply unsettling. It demonstrates that the Trump administration is in hock to some of the most deranged conspiracy theorists imaginable, treating them as among its closest allies and devoting substantial resources to their care and feeding.
The White House brought 15 MAGA influencers in to meet with Bondi in February, sending them home with glossy binders labeled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.” When those binders did not satisfy the MAGA faithful, the attorney general reportedly tasked “hundreds of FBI employees” with reviewing Epstein investigation documents for release. In May, Patel and Bongino were sent to Fox to make the case, with the fervor of the converted, that Epstein had actually killed himself. And now the FBI and DOJ have produced a memo detailing their findings and released footage taken from outside Epstein’s cell in the hours surrounding his suicide.
The final result left Trump’s most zealous online allies with two options: They could finally acknowledge that they had been peddling nonsense for years — or they could insinuate that the Trump administration itself is part of the cover-up.
MAGA’s Epstein conspiracy theorists lash out at Bondi — and even Trump
In the hours after Axios’ story broke, several prominent MAGA influencers took the latter path, hammering the administration for failing to confirm their Epstein hypotheses.
“This new DOJ memo admits there are countless victims of Epstein on video but no client list or evidence of other rapists they can charge. Oh it claims Epstein wasn’t using videos as blackmail,” Robby Starbuck sneered on X. “NO ONE believes this for very good reason.”
Starbuck put the blame squarely on the attorney general.
“Bondi just made it all worse with this memo,” he wrote. “What a terrible, terrible idea it was to write this memo. It’s also incredibly insulting to our intelligence.”
Noting her prior claim on Fox that she was in possession of Epstein’s “client list,” he commented, “Was she lying then or is she lying now?”
Laura Loomer also blamed Bondi.
“Blondi lied,” she posted on X, using the nickname she typically utilizes for the attorney general. “She was always lying.”
Others were less specific about who was responsible for the cover-up.
“We were all told more was coming,” Jack Posobiec lamented. “That answers were out there and would be provided. Incredible how utterly mismanaged this Epstein mess has been. And it didn’t have to be.”
Tim Pool suggested that the administration was protecting “the adult child rapists who were blackmailed” and floated the possibility that they were protecting “shareholder value” from “the economic fallout if say, hypothetically, Bill Gates was revealed to have been flying around with Epstein and then we got videos of him abusing underage girls.”
And Mike Cernovich suggested that the buck stopped with the president.
“No one is believing the Epstein coverup, @realDonaldTrump,” he wrote. “This will be part of your legacy. There’s still time to change it!”
The right-wing media ecosystem is built to manufacture and distribute conspiracy theories to an audience trained to believe them. Under the incentive structure this ecosystem creates, it makes sense that the Trump campaign relied on conspiracy theorists to bolster its position, that Patel and Bongino boosted their standing within that ecosystem by echoing such claims, and that Bondi kept claiming an Epstein reckoning was imminent.
But eventually, the Trump administration trapped itself. Bondi, Patel, and Bongino were unable to produce the information that the MAGA faithful demanded, and they seem unable to convince them the information does not exist. It is the nature of conspiracy theorists to insist that anything which appears to rebut their claims actually confirms it. And now they’re turning on their erstwhile allies.
The truth about Epstein and Trump
One ironic aspect of the Epstein saga is that while MAGA influencers were apparently certain that the Trump administration was going to implicate a wave of prominent individuals in Epstein’s sex crimes and, perhaps, his death, there are few figures as prominent with ties as close to Epstein as Trump himself.
Consider:
Trump was quoted in a 2002 profile describing Epstein as a longtime friend and “terrific guy” about whom “it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
Trump was among the politicians and celebrities who hitched rides on Epstein’s private plane in the 1990s.
In 2019, shortly before Epstein’s arrest on sex charges, longtime Trump adviser Steve Bannon prepped Epstein for a potential interview.
Trump chose for labor secretary in his first term Alex Acosta, who as a U.S. attorney oversaw a sweetheart plea deal for Epstein that a judge later ruled illegal.
Alan Dershowitz, the Trump supporter who served on the president’s second Senate impeachment trial team, was one of the defense lawyers who helped Epstein secure that plea deal.
Epstein’s 2019 suicide occurred while he was in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, an agency overseen at the time by the Trump-appointed attorney general, William Barr.
After longtime Epstein associate Ghislane Maxwell was arrested on sex trafficking charges in 2020, Trump told reporters: “I’ve met her numerous times over the years, especially since I lived in Palm Beach, and I guess they lived in Palm Beach. But I wish her well, whatever it is.”
Trump waffled about whether he would “declassify the Epstein files” during a Fox interview — but the network edited out that portion of his answer.
Trump appointed as attorney general Bondi, who was “Florida's attorney general 2011-2109 -- a period of time when Jeffrey Epstein's plane records became public, victims' lawsuits were filed and a lot of new evidence against Epstein surfaced –” but she did not take action.
None of this is actually proof that Epstein was killed to cover up the fact that he had possessed evidence that he had sex-trafficked underage girls for Trump. He killed himself, and the idea of a “client list” was, as the reporter who exposed Epstein put it, “a figment of the internet's imagination -- and a means to just slander people.”
But if, say, a similar set of facts linked former President Joe Biden and his associates to Epstein, you can bet that MAGA’s conspiracy corps would treat them as clear evidence. And so it will be interesting to see, as they scrounge for an explanation for the Bondi/Patel/Bongino about-face, if any of them eventually land there.
Why the right’s conspiracy theory engine matters
The Epstein saga is ultimately a minor drama. It is embarrassing for the right that so many of its leading lights pushed the conspiracy theories for so long, and it’s unnerving that some of those conspiracy theorists now occupy the highest levels of government, but on its own terms, the stakes for the public are relatively low.
But this treatment of the Epstein saga is not an anomaly — the right responds in this same fashion to every news event. Its ecosystem is constantly pumping out new conspiracy theories intended to prove the perfidity of the left, its audience is trapped in a bubble in which it is constantly bombarded by such claims, and the consequences can be real and dire.
Following MAGA media’s fervid promotion in September 2024 of the racist, baseless lie that Haitians were stealing and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, local institutions received bomb threats and residents kept their children home from school out of fear for their safety.
Officials at all levels of government seeking to respond to a devastating hurricane in North Carolina the next month were forced to spend precious time debunking that ecosystem’s deranged lies because those were the sources some victims counted on for their information.
When the Epstein conspiracy theories are firmly in the rearview, everyone involved in propagating them will retain their influence over a Trump administration that is more concerned with placating them than in acting in the public interest. And that is truly dangerous.
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MAGA influencer Laura Loomer is promoting herself as President Donald Trump’s hatchet man.
Loomer claims she has been compiling a list of MAGA faithful who have been critical of Trump’s budget bill or his sudden un-MAGA interest in inserting the U.S. military into international politics, Daily Beast reports. Now she’s threatening to deliver that list to the White House.
Earlier, Loomer called on her followers to “Take screenshots of every single right winger who is s--- talking Trump.”
READ MORE: Trump is following in the footsteps of the worst traitor in US history
“I am screenshotting everyone’s posts and I’m going to deliver them in a package to President Trump so he sees who is truly with him and who isn’t,” sheposted on X. “I think by now everyone knows I mean it when I say I’m going to deliver something to Trump. ... I am the loyalty enforcer.”
Critics say Loomer, who is not a federal employees and has not been appointed to any division in Trump’s administration, already holds too much sway. Trump already fired Air Force U.S. Cyber Command head Gen. Timothy Haugh after Loomer accused him of not being loyal to the president and encouraged Trump to fire him in a private meeting. Five key National Security Council aides were also fired as part of the purge.
Daily Beast reports members of Trump’s inner circle have branded Loomer too extreme even by MAGA standards after she called 9/11 an “inside job” and posted racist attacks against former vice president Kamala Harris.
The White House, meanwhile, has been campaigning to extinguish the civil war inflaming MAGA isolationists and dedicated Trumpists over the president’s military support for Israel’s strikes on Iran. The Daily Best reports officials have been reaching out to rebellious right-wing influencers like Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones, and Candace Owens who have slammed the president for allying with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the attacks.
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Loomer attacked Owens for claiming to support Trump.
“I don’t recall her participating in any campaign events for Trump in 2024. So, what does she mean when she says ‘hold Trump accountable for the promises he made to us?'” Loomer posted.
Read the full Daily Beast report here.
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06/02/2025
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- Kim Roberts @ Ministry Watch: Sean Feucht Accused of Moral, Ethical, and Financial Failure by Former Leaders
Five former leaders of groups associated with Sean Feucht have issued a formal statement bringing to light what they call “longstanding and serious moral, ethical, financial, organizational and governance failures” by Feucht and calling for an independent investigation into possible fraud and embezzlement.
- David Edwards @ Raw Story: Mike Lindell claims 'Satan' controls voting machines ahead of defamation trial
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell said "Satan" was behind allegedly rigged voting machines ahead of his defamation trial.
- David Frum @ The Atlantic: The Trump Presidency’s World-Historical Heist
He is taking self-enrichment to a scale never seen before in America.
- Jake Lahut @ Wired: Trumpworld Is Getting Tired of Laura Loomer. They Hope the President Is Too
Trump advisers tell WIRED that their mutually beneficial arrangements with the notorious right wing influencer may be coming to an end.
- Will Neal @ The Daily Beast: Trump Official Backpedals as Wild ‘Trauma’ Plot Exposed
Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought had said he wants government employees “to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.”
- Tracy Simmons @ Religion News Service: With new campus, Pastor Doug Wilson's Christian Valhalla grows in Idaho
Wilson's expanding infrastructure puts him at the center of a larger debate about the role of faith in public life reaching from small-town Idaho to the highest levels of government.
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Trump is urging the small Republican majorities in Congress to pass a "big, beautiful bill" that will combine his legislative priorities — and he is hoping they will do it sooner rather than later. But GOP lawmakers are fighting over the specifics, including possible Medicaid cuts.
A group of House Republicans in swing districts are declaring that they won't vote for any Medicaid cuts, which some budget hawks in the House Freedom Caucus are pushing for. Now, far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer is weighing in on the Medicaid debate, and The Bulwark's Jonathan Cohn believes she may have an impact on this "fight for MAGA's soul."
In a Monday, May 5 post on X, formerly Twitter, Loomer wrote, "President Trump has repeatedly vowed to safeguard Medicaid, a promise that resonates with millions of hardworking Americans. Yet, so-called Republicans cozying up to this anti-Trump operative Brian Blase are risking it all…. Blasé's insidious push to eliminate provider taxes would gut Medicaid funding, hitting Americans the hardest in rural red states like Texas, Florida, and Louisiana."
Cohn, in an article published by the conservative Bulwark on May 6, notes that "the internal Republican fight over potential Medicaid cuts has gotten so intense that even Laura Loomer is getting involved."
Loomer is a very controversial figure in U.S. politics. Her attacks on then-Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential race, critics say, were so racist that even far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) was offended.
But Trump likes Loomer — which, Cohn notes in his article, means a lot in the MAGA movement.
"On Monday night," Cohn explains, "the MAGA influencer known for white nationalist rhetoric and conspiracy theories posted more than 400 words on X defending Medicaid, the government insurance program that pays medical bills for more than 70 million mostly low-income Americans. Medicaid's future has been a topic of debate for months, with Republican leaders in Congress proposing reductions to the program to offset the cost of tax cuts Trump wants to pass in his 'big, beautiful bill'…. In prior times, Loomer’s opinions would not carry much weight with congressional Republicans, especially on social welfare programs. But she's proven influential over the past few months, including when she evidently persuaded Trump to fire a half dozen National Security Council staffers last month."
READ MORE:'Muted for being a jerk': This Trump official seems obsessed with fighting online critics
Cohn continues, "And her decision to warn lawmakers against Medicaid cuts wasn't just an attempt to distill and explain Trumpism's appeal to voters. It was also a direct attack on a particular strand of conservative intellectualism — and a particular conservative intellectual named Brian Blase, who, as president of the right-wing Paragon Health Institute, has been making the case for big Medicaid cuts for years. In the tweet, Loomer called Blase a 'RINO Saboteur' and 'covert Never-Trumper masquerading as a MAGA loyalist.'"
READ MORE:Why a far-right activist even condemned by Marjorie Taylor Greene has influence with Trump
*Jonathan Cohn's full article for The Bulwark is available at this link.
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- Peter Wade @ Rolling Stone: Trump Says ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked if He Has to ‘Uphold the Constitution’
The president complained that due process rights are interfering with his mass deportations.
- Joe DePaolo @ Mediaite: Trump Tries to Have it Both Ways on Economy: The ‘Good Parts’ are Mine, The ‘Bad Parts’ are Biden’s
President Donald Trump attempted to take credit for parts of the economy which he considers “good,” while blaming former President Joe Biden for other parts he considers “bad.”
- Travis Gettys @ Raw Story: 'I love you guys': Trump greets convicted Proud Boys militant at Mar-a-Lago
President Donald Trump offered a message of support to the Jan. 6 insurrectionists when he met with a former Proud Boys militant in Mar-a-Lago over the weekend.
- Hemant Mehta @ Friendly Atheist: A curriculum coup: Oklahoma Republicans allow right-wing rewrite of history
State Superintendent Ryan Walters bypassed oversight to push Christian Nationalism and right-wing conspiracies into public classrooms.
- The Throckmorton Initiative: Charlie Kirk's Christian America, Part Two
In this segment, I examine the notion that there was something exceptionally Christian about America's founding era. Last week, I fact-checked Charlie Kirk's viral video defense of the belief that America was founded as a Christian nation in the legal sense. Most of what Kirk had to say was irrelevant or incorrect.
- Janna Brancolini @ The Daily Beast: Laura Loomer Sets to Work on New MAGA Civil War Over Trump Pick
The 9/11 truther denounced Trump’s nominee for U.S. surgeon general and claimed the COVID-19 vaccine is “killing millions of people.”
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Three months into Donald Trump's second presidency, his supporters in MAGA media are praising his "record of accomplishment" while pushing a "promises made, promises kept" message. But outside the MAGA bubble, many outlets are reporting on chaos within his administration — from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon to National Security Adviser Mike Waltz at the National Security Council (NSC).
The Atlantic's Issac Stanley-Becker discussed that chaos during a
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When host Wolf Blitzer noted the "chaos unfolding" at the NSC and asked Stanley-Becker how Waltz lost control over "his own National Security Council so quickly," the
, "Well, on both policy and personnel, he has really lost key authority. On policy, we've seen that be swept out from under him by the White House vetting operation, which is dismissing people for infractions related to loyalty and other causes. And then, an extraordinary Oval Office meeting with the far-right activist Laura Loomer — after which, a number of officials were dismissed. So we're seeing these decisions being made by people other than the person in charge of this staff."
READ MORE: These 'performative' GOP 'temper tantrums' are 'embarrassing' — but not to the 'MAGA base'
, "And then, importantly, on policy, according to people I spoke with, he has much less juice on fundamental geopolitical issues than the president's friend and special envoy, Steve Witkoff, who has been tasked with key hotspots Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Gaza. And then, on other important priorities, much less control and much less authority than Stephen Miller, the homeland security advisor and deputy White House chief of staff for policy, who is effectively using the NSC, according to my sources, as a kind of platform to implement his hardline immigration agenda."
s at the NSC that occurred after Loomer met with Trump in the White House Oval Office, saying that Waltz's authority is being usurped.
"What I would say is that the NSC does what it does for a reason,"
. "There's a process that involves senior advisers and Cabinet officials convening, considering options, coordinating across the interagency lawyers who vet significant foreign policy decisions. And what I found in my reporting is that that is not happening in many instances…. So, we're seeing a level of chaos that is really extraordinary."
When Blitzer asked Stanley-Becker where things "stand" with Waltz's relationship with Trump, the reporter responded, "I think he's on thin ice. And what the president ultimately decides to do remains in question."
READ MORE:'Was it?' Republican CNN analyst rendered speechless when challenged on Trump spending
*Watch the full video below or at this link.
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- Khaya Himmelman @ Talking Points Memo: Trump’s DOJ Is Taking Cues From MAGA Influencers And Conspiracy Theorists
President Trump’s nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, and Donald Trump’s Department of Justice more broadly, are taking cues from right-wing influencers — allowing some of the loudest media figures on the right to influence significant decisions, including who gets fired from the DOJ and who and what gets investigated.
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Trump’s nominee for D.C. U.S. Attorney Ed Martin, and Donald Trump’s Department of Justice more broadly, are taking cues from right-wing influencers — allowing some of the loudest media figures on the right to influence significant decisions, including who gets fired from the DOJ and who and what gets investigated.
It’s the latest way in which Trump’s DOJ has shirked its duty to uphold even the appearance of independence from the White House, and from Trump’s allies and friends in the right-wing social media sphere who have their own political agendas.
“It’s unprecedented for government officials to take direction or suggestions from highly polarized people and act on it within our government, especially when we’re talking about the DOJ,” Wendy Via, president and co-founder of The Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, said in an interview with TPM. “It eradicates all the DOJ is supposed to be — independent, for justice.”
Most recently, Martin — who has been serving in the role to which he was nominated in an acting capacity since January — targeted a former DOJ prosecutor who was a part of Special Counsel Robert Muller’s team, Aaron Zelinsky, with a letter alleging Zelinsky had somehow intentionally “sent an innocent man to jail.” The most striking part of the letter, though, was that a section of it was pulled directly, without attribution, from an old article on a website run by investigative journalist-turned-MAGA-aligned conspiracy theorist John Solomon.
As Mother Jones points out in a recent report on the letter of inquiry to Zelinsky, Martin’s letter includes a portion that appears to be fully lifted from a 2020 article from “Just the News,” a right-wing outlet started by Solomon.
Solomon started Just the News in 2020 after publishing a series of articles for The Hill highlighting claims by Trump allies who, at the time, were attempting to conjure up allegations of a corruption scheme involving Joe Biden and Ukraine — an effort that eventually led to Trump’s first impeachment in the House during his previous administration.
The April 14 letter accuses Zelinksky of making “false statements” that aided in sending “an innocent man to jail in an attempt to advance the false narrative that the campaign of a serving President had colluded with Russia to win the presidency,” according to Mother Jones‘ reporting. This is a reference to right-wing conspiracy theories that emerged around Trump ally George Papadopoulos’s prosecution.
Just The News did not respond to TPM’s request for comment.
Then in March, the White House appears to have taken a cue from right-wing political activist and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, firing a career federal prosecutor in Los Angeles without reason.
The prosecutor, Adam Schleifer, had been working on a case against the founder of Fatburger, Andrew Wiederhorn, who, according to the New York Times, was a donor to political action committees that have supported Trump.
Right before Schleifer’s dismissal, though, Loomer posted on X, sharing screenshots of old posts where Schleifer had been critical of Trump. “Why is Biden holdover @AdamSchleiferNY Adam Schleifer still working for the US Attorney’s office under the new Trump administration? He is a Trump hater who has been working at the US Attorney’s office since 2021,” she wrote. “Fire him. He supported the impeachment of President Trump and said he wanted to repeal Trump’s tax plan.”
And in February of this year, Denise Cheung, who was in charge of the criminal division of the Washington, D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office, resigned from her post after refusing to comply with an order from Martin to open a grand jury investigation into Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency grants. The only known evidence that Martin had to support this order for both an investigation and a potential asset freeze was a 5-minute video clip from a right-wing conspiracy theory website, Project Veritas.
The Project Veritas video clip purported to show a former Biden-era EPA employee talking about distributing climate specific funding to non-profit organizations ahead of the start of the Trump administration.
“When I explained that the quantum of evidence did not support that action, you stated that you believed that there was sufficient evidence,” wrote Cheung in her resignation letter to Martin. “As I shared with you, at this juncture, based upon the evidence I have reviewed, I still do not believe that there is sufficient evidence to issue the letter you described, including sufficient evidence to tell the bank that there is probable cause to seize the particular accounts identified.”
Via, from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, called the DOJ’s reliance on right-wing influencers and conspiracy theorists “incredibly bizarre.”
“Of all of our agencies, the DOJ, and then of course under that the FBI, are supposed to be the most independent, the least affected by politics,” she added. “When I say it’s unprecedented, I don’t even know what other words to use, because it is so antithetical to who America is.”
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Trump, met with far-right activist Laura Loomer in the Oval Office last week. Loomer is a figure so extreme that she is shunned by many, even in Trump’s “make America great again” (Maga) movement.
Hours after their meeting, Trump fired a string of national security officials, including General Timothy D. Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and US Cyber Command, apparently at Loomer’s request. Trump has said Loomer was not involved in the firings, but also praised her judgment.
Even for a president who has always listened to – and, indeed, echoed – fringe voices, the incident stood out. It served as a reminder that Trump is less constrained than ever before, and that his White House is responsive to his personal whims rather than any deliberative policy-making process.
Gone are the days of Trump’s first administration, when aides would at least try to block the most extreme conspiracy theorists from having access to the president. Now, apparently, even a four-star general (the highest officer rank) like Haugh serves only at the pleasure of figures such as Loomer.
So, who exactly is Loomer? She is, first and foremost, a media influencer – someone who made her name in far-right circles by spreading hate and conspiracy theories.
She calls herself a “proud Islamophobe” and “pro-white nationalism”. She has endorsed claims that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were an “inside job”, alleged that the “deep state” manipulates the weather to influence elections, and spread conspiracy theories implying that the FBI let school shootings happen in election years to help the Democrats push gun control.
Loomer’s claims, and her open racism, have sometimes proven too much even for other prominent Maga figures, who prefer to be slightly more subtle in their messaging.
When Loomer said in 2024 that if Kamala Harris won the election, the White House “will smell like curry” and speeches will be “facilitated via a call centre,” she drew push-back from the now vice-president, J.D. Vance, and far-right congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
But Trump seems to have appreciated Loomer’s commentary all the same. The president has repeatedly praised her in public and backed her unsuccessful run as a Republican candidate for a US House of Representatives seat in Florida in 2020.
Like many other Maga media figures, Loomer has realised that her antics give her direct exposure to a television-obsessed president, and that this exposure can be transformed into access and, ultimately, political power.
Loomer, who is only 31, is entirely a product of the Trump era. As an adult, practically the only conservatism she has known is the conservatism of Maga – openly prejudiced, vindictive, and more a stew of grievance and hatred than a coherent political platform.
Insofar as Loomer advocates for particular policies, they are a crude channeling of these impulses. She has campaigned for a ten-year immigration moratorium and has called for the death penalty for Democrats who oppose Trump.
On a podcast in June 2024 about whether Democrats should be prosecuted and jailed if Trump wins the election over alleged “unscrupulous behaviour,” Loomer said: “Not just jailed, they should get the death penalty. You know, we actually used to have the punishment for treason in this country.”
But the chief way in which Loomer personifies modern American conservatism is her single-minded loyalty to the president. Loyalty to Trump, and fury at the disloyalty of others, is the central component of her identity.
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This loyalty seems to be both a deeply felt emotion and also a shrewd way of recommending herself to the president. And, more than anything else, it was what landed her in the Oval Office last week.
Loomer’s apparent recommendation that Trump fire a slew of national security officials had its roots in this obsession with loyalty. Many people serving in national security positions in the Trump administration are not card-carrying members of the Maga movement.
This reflects the fact that such positions require deep expertise developed over long apolitical careers in the civil service or military. As the product of a movement that disdains expertise and rationality, few Maga die-hards have the requisite knowledge to do these jobs.
For Loomer, such figures pose a threat. It ought to be emphasised that this is not because people like General Haugh have ever shown open disloyalty to Trump. It is merely that they are not, like Loomer, his fanatical adherents. In her worldview, anything less is unacceptable.
Trump seems to agree, which opens the way to more firings in the future. Sensing her opening, Loomer has declared that she will establish an organisation dedicated to investigating executive branch officials for suspected disloyalty to the president.
Government officials will have to live in fear of being targeted, creating a chilling atmosphere in which pushing back against Trump’s whims becomes impossible.
Loomer’s growing influence also suggests that the Trump White House is becoming more chaotic and unpredictable.
The president’s aides have long claimed that the White House would be run in a controlled fashion this time around, with clear chains of command and questionable outsiders kept away. Loomer’s presence in the Oval Office – at Trump’s personal request – blows that story away.
For her part, Loomer seems to have what she has always wanted: the president’s attention. Where might she direct it next?
Andrew Gawthorpe, Lecturer in History and International Studies, *Leiden University
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Laura Loomer takes credit for Trump’s Panama policy
Loomer: Trump “called me” about Panama and he “took my advice, and now you see President Trump calling for the United States to take back the canal” and an “audit of all NGOs”
Written by Alex Kaplan
Published 02/11/25
Far-right activist Laura Loomer, a self-proclaimed “proud Islamaphobe” who has said she is “pro-white nationalism,” stated on her Rumble show that during the 2024 election, she consulted with President Donald Trump on the Panama Canal, migration in Panama’s Darién Gap, and non-governmental organizations. Loomer claimed that Trump then “took [her] advice” on those subjects.
Loomer has a history of promoting virulent xenophobia and anti-Black bigotry, conspiracy theories about mass shootings, and white nationalism. Despite this history, Trump has associated with Loomer, attempting to hire her for his 2024 presidential campaign and traveling with her to both his debate against then-Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and to a September 11 memorial ceremony. Trump has also repeatedly promoted Loomer’s content online, and Loomer has even claimed that Trump told her, “You’re so smart. ... I read your website every day.” (Trump’s campaign later tried to distance itself from Loomer, though Trump refused to denounce her, calling her a “free spirit” and a “supporter.”)
On her show, Loomer has repeatedly pushed claims that Panama, along with the Darién Gap, is a pipeline for an “invasion” of migrants to America that could lead to terrorism. According to The New York Times, Loomer also traveled to Panama — as did some other right-wing media entities — and she posted reportedly deceptively edited content from her travels, falsely suggesting that “Democrats are encouraging” migration “to create new, illegal voters” and casting international aid organizations as “profiteers making money off human misery.” Trump reportedly reposted one of her videos from the trip on Truth Social.
On February 7, Loomer claimed that Trump “actually called me one day, during the last election season, and was asking me about the Darién Gap, and he was asking me about my videos and my trip to Panama,” and she noted that she urged him to “make it a policy position to take back the Panama Canal” because “the CCP has an enormous presence in the Canal Zone and how they are facilitating illegal immigration, and that’s why we have such an influx of Chinese invaders coming into our country.”
She further elaborated that Trump told her that “he was going to be looking into it” and specifically wanted her “input on the issue of the Panama Canal” and “on the issue of the illegal alien invasion taking place in the Darién Gap and Panama.” She additionally claimed that she “had several conversations with President Trump and also Marco Rubio and other officials in the Trump administration about these NGOs and about the activities in Panama.”
Loomer then claimed that Trump “took my advice,” and boasted, “I’ve been told directly by people who work for President Trump that my videos have played a massive role in opening President Trump’s eyes to NGO corruption and the chaos that is happening down in the Panama Canal Zone.” Last year, Loomer claimed on her show that undocumented immigrants in Panama were being “supported” by NGOs and urged Trump to seize the Panama Canal as a supposed solution.
Ahead of Trump’s second inauguration, he threatened to take back the canal, and Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan said that the administration would “shut down” the Darién Gap. In early February, Trump also ordered an audit of federal funding to NGOs.
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LAURA LOOMER (HOST): Somebody said the Darién Gap story was only Laura. So on top of all the news with USAID tonight, I was mentioning in my monologue how the NGOs are directly tied to USAID because they’re getting their funding through USAID. Well, as many of you know, I’m close with President Trump. I do not work for President Trump. But when I traveled to the Darién Gap last year, and, of course, we crowdfunded all the expenses for that trip here on Loomer Unleashed, I went to the Darién Gap migrant camps, and I uncovered a lot of fraud and a lot of illegal activity by NGOs, including groups like HIAS, that were giving maps to illegal alien invaders who were coming into our country. And these videos ended up going viral.
And believe it or not, President Trump actually called me one day, during the last election season, and was asking me about the Darién Gap, and he was asking me about my videos and my trip to Panama. And I told the president, I said, “I really think that, in your second administration, you should make it a policy position to take back the Panama Canal.” And he was like, “Oh, well, you know, what makes you say that?” And I explained to him the CCP interference and how the CCP has an enormous presence in the Canal Zone and how they are facilitating illegal immigration, and that’s why we have such an influx of Chinese invaders coming into our country. You see they’re coming in through the Mexican border, but they’re getting to the Mexican border through the Darién Gap, and then they’re making their way up through Costa Rica through these buses.
And long story short, President Trump took my advice, and now you see President Trump calling for the United States to take back the canal. Senator Marco Rubio, who is now the secretary of state, has traveled to Panama and the Darién — and the Panama to have discussions about taking back the Panama Canal. And now President Trump yesterday signed an executive memo calling for an audit of all NGOs. And so it’s really amazing because you’re going to see groups like HIAS now get audited.
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And I received a phone call from President Trump who said that he was going to be looking into it and wanted my input on this. He wanted my input on the issue of the Panama Canal, and he wanted my input on the issue of the illegal alien invasion taking place in the Darién Gap and Panama. And so I’m proud that I have had several conversations with President Trump and also Marco Rubio and other officials in the Trump administration about these NGOs and about the activities in Panama. And so I was very excited yesterday to see President Trump sign this executive memo, calling for all of the NGOs to be audited. So this is really incredible and it’s exciting.
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During Donald Trump's 2024 campaign, billionaire Tesla/SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and far-right MAGA conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer were among his aggressive, outspoken supporters. Musk was a major donor, and Loomer traveled with Trump's campaign.
Trump has proposed a new advisory committee that would be called the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and he has chosen Musk and MAGA businessman Vivek Ramaswamy to lead it. But Loomer has been expressing her disdain for Musk and loudly questioning his MAGA credentials.
In a Christmas 2024 post on the Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, Loomer wrote, "Is DOGE real? Or is it a vanity project? Can we have this conversation without people crying?"
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The following day, Loomer tweeted, "Is DOGE a way to 'cut spending' or REDIRECT the spending toward the pet projects of tech bro billionaires? It's looking like the latter TBH. 'Hey let's convince the peasants that we are saving them money as we enrich ourselves! Then when they find out and speak out, we will have the Indian Mods Ban them!'"
Loomer, in a separate December 26 tweet, predicted that Trump and Musk will have a falling out.
The Florida-based conspiracy theorist posted, "Don't worry guys. The divorce is coming soon."
Musk was dismissive of Loomer's posts, tweeting, "Loomer is trolling for attention. Ignore."
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But Loomer has continued her attacks on Musk.
Loomer also tweeted, "The elephant in the room is that @elonmusk, who is not MAGA and never has been, is a total fucking drag on the Trump transition. @realDonaldTrump He's a stage 5 clinger who over stayed his welcome at Mar a Lago in an effort to become Trump's side piece and be the point man for all of his accomplices in big Tech to slither in to Mar a Lago."
The New Republic's Hafiz Rashid noted the "racism" that has been evident in Loomer's tweets.
Rashid, in an article published on December 26, wrote, "Loomer, renowned for her Islamophobia, racism, and conspiracy theories, appears to be opposing Musk for those very reasons, as her virulent racism drives her anti-immigration views. Her attacks on Musk are flavored with that racism, from her invoking of China to repeated attacks on people from India."
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Numerous conservative politicians and organizations have been “sponsors” of notorious bigot Laura Loomer’s newsletter, according to a Media Matters review. Those conservatives include The Heritage Foundation, Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), and a committee composed of Trump’s 2020 campaign and the Republican National Committee.
Loomer has had a long history of bigoted and horrific remarks. In 2017, she described herself as “pro-white nationalism” and a “proud islamophobe.” That year she also celebrated the death of over 2,000 migrants. Last year, she shared a video claiming that “9/11 was an inside job.” (This morning, Loomer was leaning further into 9/11 conspiracy theories, writing: “Whatever you do…. Do NOT google Building 7.”) And she recently claimed that “the White House will smell like curry & White House speeches will be facilitated via a call center” if Harris wins the presidency. (For more of Loomer’s history, go here.)
Trump is a big fan and promoter of Loomer, who recently traveled with the former president to Pennsylvania and New York.
In recent days, some Republicans have sought to distance their party from Loomer and call for the former president to cut ties to the far-right extremist.
But Loomer’s relationship with Republicans extends to the financial realm through sponsorships. A Media Matters-linked account subscribes to Loomer’s newsletter and has received numerous sponsored messages from prominent Republicans and Republican-aligned groups since 2020. Those messages asked Loomer’s readers for support through donations.
Here is a list of notable sponsors along with their mailings. The messages are sent from Loomer’s website and contain the text, “Please read the message below from our sponsor.”
- Trump Make America Great Again Committee, “a joint fundraising committee authorized by and composed of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. and the Republican National Committee.” February 2020
- Heritage Foundation. February 2020.
- PragerU. August 2020.
- House Freedom Fund. August 2021.
- Jim Jordan for Congress. September 2021.
- Greene for Congress (Marjorie Taylor Greene). September 2021.
- Senate Conservatives Fund. July 2022.
- Conservative Partnership Institute. July 2022.
- Matthew DePerno for Michigan. August 2022.
- American Commitment. September 2022.
- The Kash Foundation (Kash Patel). May 2023.
- O'Keefe Media Group (James O’Keefe). March 2024.
- National Constitutional Law Union. April 2024.
(In some cases, organizations sent multiple sponsored emails; in those cases only the most recent is listed.)
Three of those organizations — Conservative Partnership Institute, American Commitment, and The Heritage Foundation — are now partof Project 2025.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) appeared as a sponsor of Loomer’s newsletters. Greene was also the author of a 2021 fundraising email for the House Freedom Fund, the campaign arm of the House Freedom Caucus (Greene was kicked out of the caucus last year). The Republican member of Congress, who also has a history of bigoted and conspiratorial rhetoric, has been heavily criticizing Loomer over her recent remarks about Harris. Loomer has responded, in part, by attacking Greene by referencing a story first surfaced by Media Matters.
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Guest of Trump ally Laura Loomer: “Cancer is just an imbalance. Your body is out of balance. Something happened and the tumor is actually a blessing.”
Written by Media Matters Staff
Published 09/06/24 12:51 PM EDT
The Associated Press reported on Charlene and Ty Bollinger in 2021:
The Bollingers are part of an ecosystem of for-profit companies, nonprofit groups, YouTube channels and other social media accounts that stoke fear and distrust of COVID-19 vaccines, resorting to what medical experts say is often misleading and false information.
An investigation by The Associated Press has found that the couple work closely with others prominent in the anti-vaccine movement — including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his Children’s Health Defense — to drive sales through affiliate marketing relationships.
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Ty Bollinger began their business several years ago with books and DVDs such as “Cancer: Step Outside the Box” and “The Truth About Cancer,” which medical experts say included unproven information about alternatives to chemotherapy and cancer prevention. The company even sells a series that purports to show “the truth” about pet cancer.
Ty Bollinger describes himself as a “medical researcher” on bios posted on his website and in at least one book. He holds degrees in accounting and taxation from Baylor, but the AP could find no indication that he has any scientific or medical training, and he declined to answer questions about his credentials.
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CitationFrom the September 5, 2024, edition of Loomer Unleashedstreamed on Rumble
LAURA LOOMER (HOST): It's just incredible to see how these natural oils and these natural remedies in our own environment, nature, can help heal you regardless of whether you have money for treatment or whether you're homeless. And so, I started looking into how I could purchase some of these remedies because I can imagine that a lot of this can also be preventative as well. What can you speak to, the information in these nine episodes regarding the natural remedies and the essential oils and the juicing and the eating? And I'm just reading off the screen here, the detoxing and the light therapy and the sound therapy. Do you recommend these things for people as a preventative for cancer as well or just people who are currently dealing with cancer?
CHARLENE BOLLINGER (GUEST): Yeah. Well, you know, the — we all need to actively be working at preventing cancer because if we don't, we're gonna get cancer. That's the bottom line here. We're gonna get some type of degenerative disease if we're not detoxifying our bodies. So the — it goes through every goes through everything that you need to know on why your doctor doesn't know these things.
Why does the doctor not understand that chemotherapy is actually killing people? Radiation is actually killing people. It's causing more aggressive cancers. These shots, right now, we've got aggressive turbo cancers. So the film will go through the history behind the medical cartel that's in place, and then we're gonna get into the different types of cancer. Episode 2, we get into breast cancer. You're talking about breast cancer. We're talking about the hormones and also skin cancer and the essential oils that you can use to treat yourself. Fasting, juice fasting, all of these things can reboot your body. And when you stop taking in the toxins, Laura, you stop feeding cancer.
You stop causing and feeding cancer. Cancer is just an imbalance. Your body is out of balance. Something happened and the tumor is actually a blessing. What the tumor does is it keeps the cancer stem cells, which if they spread everywhere aggressively, could kill you fast. But the tumor keeps them inside. So when a surgeon comes in and cuts the tumor, they're seeding the cancer. So they cut the tumor, the stem cells come out, and now you're in trouble because the cancer is all over your body. So, every surgery that is performed, they're, they're seeding cancer. They go in there, they cut it out, but there's always stem cells that are seeding into the body. It's not the tumor that the problem is, it's what caused that tumor.
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guide to Laura Loomer, Trump ally and “pro-white nationalism” bigot
Loomer, a self-proclaimed “proud Islamophobe,” has called to execute “Democrats who are guilty of treason” while maintaining a close connection to the former president and his allies
Written by Noah Dowe & Gideon Taaffe
Research contributions from Reed McMaster & Casey Wexler
Published 08/14/24 mma
Laura Loomer has made a career in MAGA politics through attention-grabbing political stunts and extreme bigotry, blending her professed support for white nationalism and Islamophobia with obsessive defenses of former President Donald Trump.
She has been at the forefront of the MAGA movement’s focus on undermining the 2020 election, advocating for extreme immigration policies, pushing Islamophobic rhetoric, spreading far-right conspiracy theories, and – more recently – attacking Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, with sexist and racist remarks, falsely claiming she “is NOT black and never has been.”
Loomer’s endless pro-Trump stunts propelled her into the eyes of Trump’s inner circle, with the former president’s son even claiming he would “love to see” her as Trump’s press secretary. After Loomer’s failed runs for Congress in 2020 and 2022, Trump himself flirted with giving her a role in his 2024 campaign and has repeatedly praised Loomer and highlighted her attacks on his opponents, including Harris. Loomer’s rise through the ranks of right-wing media has been littered with caustic bigotry and extremist ideology.
* ## Loomer rose to prominence by collaborating with a variety of right-wing networks, often through attention-grabbing political stunts
- As an undergraduate at Barry University in 2014, Loomer “alerted the far-right political blog Gateway Pundit to the presence of an imam at a September 11 commemoration event on the university’s campus.” According to Georgetown University’s Bridge initiative, Loomer complained, “We live in a Judeo-Christian country, and they let the imam open up the ceremony… He was literally chanting ‘Allahu Akbar.’ That’s not cool, because that’s what the terrorists were chanting.” The Bridge Initiative, [10/31/19]
- The next year, Loomer partnered with Project Veritas to make an undercover video of her attempts to start a pro-ISIS student group at her college. She was suspended for causing “disruption of the University community and the creation of a hostile environment” for staff members, and school officials countered that “any paperwork submitted by the student contained no mention of ISIS.” WTVJ, [4/6/15]
* Loomer then worked for Project Veritas during the 2016 presidential campaign. According to The New Yorker, during her time with the organization, Loomer “performed various stunts—for example, on Election Day, she appeared at a polling station wearing a burqa and asked for a ballot under the name Huma Abedin.” The New Yorker, [6/20/17].
- While working with Rebel Media in 2017, Loomer again drew attention by interrupting a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar because the production’s Caesar was styled to look like Trump. She shouted, “Do you want Trump to be assassinated?” and was later arrested after being ejected from the play and charged with disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. Media Matters, [6/19/17]
- After a number of other political stunts, including repeatedly confronting Hillary Clinton during her book tour, Loomer left Rebel Media in September 2017. Canadaland, [9/26/17]
- Working with conspiracy theory network Infowars in 2018, Loomer accused then-Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL) of “lying” about the 1994 assault weapons ban at a gun safety meeting following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school shooting. Loomer has remained a frequent guest on the conspiracy theory network through the present. The Daily Beast, [2/22/18; Twitter/X, 2/19/24, 7/24/24].
- Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign used an email list connected to Loomer in order to fundraise. According to Mediaite, a Trump campaign fundraising email sent in January 2020 stated “that it was sent via ‘2020 Illoominate Media,’ which is a media firm owned by Loomer, that serves as the parent company to her news site, ‘LOOMERED.com.’” Mediaite, [2/4/20]
- Loomer unsuccessfully ran for a seat in Congress in 2020 and 2022, blaming her latter defeat on “the voter-fraud machine.” Though she lost the general election, her Republican primary victory party in 2020 was attended by numerous far-right media figures, including Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes, pro-Trump troll Jacob Wohl, longtime GOP operative Roger Stone, and “Stop the Steal” leader Ali Alexander. In a speech following her less successful 2022 run, which ended in a defeat in the primary election, Loomer refused to concede, citing baseless allegations of voter fraud. Right Wing Watch, [8/19/20; Business Insider, 8/24/22]
- ## Loomer maintains a close connection to prominent right-wing figures and Trump reportedly attempted to hire her to join his 2024 campaign
- Loomer's Twitter account was reinstated in December 2022, four years after she was banned from the platform for anti-Muslim attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Loomer, who has continually and publicly harassed Omar throughout her career, was suspended in 2018 for claiming the congresswoman was “pro Sharia” and “anti Jewish.” Media Matters, [12/8/22; HuffPost, 4/11/19; Business Insider, 11/29/18; The Daily Beast, 11/21/18]
- In 2023, Donald Trump Jr. said he would “love to see” Loomer appointed as his father’s press secretary in a second term “just to watch D.C. just explode.” On her Rumble show the next day, Loomer said she would “gladly accept,” adding that “nobody will fight for President Trump harder or defend him against the fake news media harder than I will.” Rumble, *Triggered with Donald Trump Jr.*, [11/9/23; Loomer Unleashed, 11/10/23]
- Trump himself reportedly attempted to hire Loomer for a role in his 2024 campaign, but after “a firestorm among some of Mr. Trump’s most vocal conservative supporters, … a high-ranking campaign official said Ms. Loomer was no longer going to be hired.” After The New York Times’ report on the potential hiring appeared to sink the possibility, Loomer complained to the outlet that Trump was “surrounded by some people that run to a publication that is notorious for attacking him in order to try to cut me at the knees instead of being loyal to President Trump and respecting their confidentiality agreements.” The New York Times, [4/7/23]
- Trump has continued to publicly praise Loomer, inviting her to high-profile events and promoting her work on Truth Social. Loomer has appeared with Trump or in his crowds at multiple events during the 2024 campaign cycle. In an April address delivered from Mar-a-Lago, Trump called Loomer “a woman with courage” and warned that “you don’t want to be Loomered.” NBC News, [1/14/24; Twitter/X, 8/13/23, 4/3/24]
- After Loomer attacked the daughter of the judge overseeing Trump’s hush money trial, the former president directly repeated her unverified claims on Truth Social. Loomer’s attacks, which centered on a social media account purportedly run by Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter, quickly spread to right-wing media outlets including One America News and Newsmax. Media Matters, [4/3/24]
- RNC co-chair Lara Trump praised Loomer, saying she “does a lot of great work online on behalf of my father-in-law and on behalf of our country.” YouTube, *Prime Time with Alex Stein*, [3/5/24]
- Loomer described herself as a “dear friend” of Arizona Republican Senate nominee Kari Lake, who has continually met with Loomer and praised her as “an incredible investigative journalist.”In May 2023, Lake promoted Loomer’s baseless claims that “a secret Elections summit” in Washington, D.C., was “a sign that the theft of the 2020 election is about to replicate itself as we head into the 2024 presidential election season.” Media Matters, [4/4/24]
- Loomer helped Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) raise funds while he appeared on her show in February, saying that “I really want people to donate and support you and your reelection efforts.” Vance also follows Loomer on Twitter/X. Media Matters, [7/29/24; The Independent, 7/20/24]
- ## Loomer has been a vector of electoral misinformation, pushing conspiracy theories about the 2020 election and preemptively undermining the 2024 election results
- During one of her failed congressional campaigns, Loomer blamed “the stolen election of 2020” for division in America.Loomer also pledged to “aggressively fight … the uniparty’s voter fraud machine.” Orange Observer, [8/18/22]
- Loomer described the January 6 riots as “an inside job” and praised protesters as “patriots” who “protested the 2020 stolen election.”“It was also used to set the ground for stealing all future elections,” Loomer added. Twitter/X, [1/6/24]
- Loomer suggested that “the Deep State” was using “weather manipulation” to rig the Iowa Republican caucuses against Trump. Loomer posted a video of a weather forecast in Des Moines, Iowa and added: “Is the Deep State using HAARP to rig the Iowa Caucus?” Media Matters, [1/12/24]
* Loomer called to imprison “all of these communist secretaries of state who try to rig our elections” against Trump, saying “they belong in jail for election interference.”Loomer added: “They attended these Soros Zoom calls together, Shenna Bellows and Jena Griswold.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [3/5/24]
- Loomer claimed a Dominion Voting Systems “lobbyist” was “originally put forward to be a Trump delegate” ahead of the Republican National Convention. Loomer claimed it was “another example of intentional sabotage of President Trump by paid staffers on his own campaign.” Twitter/X, [5/20/24]
- After CNN’s debate moderators asked Trump if he would accept the results of the 2024 election, Loomer tweeted: “No. We won’t accept the results of another stolen election.” CNN.com, [6/28/24; Twitter/X, 6/27/24]
- Loomer claimed that Kamala Harris “is already plotting on how she can murder as many Trump supporters as possible if she steals the election.” Reacting to a video described as showing Venezuelan security forces firing at “unarmed protesters,” Loomer declared, “Kamala Harris and @TheDemocrats will do the same thing to unarmed Americans if they steal the election this year.” Twitter/X, [7/29/24, 7/29/24]
- Loomer accused the Harris campaign of engaging in “psychological warfare and election interference” after a rally in Michigan, baselessly alleging that they used AI to “manipulate her campaign photos and videos” — a claim that Trump later echoed. According to Forbes, “Multiple media outlets—including the Detroit Free Press, MLive, the Detroit News, the AP and Getty Images—have shared photos or galleries from the Wednesday rally that depicted a large crowd,” and a number of outlets captured “video footage from multiple angles of Harris and Walz arriving at the rally and disembarking the plane before a cheering crowd.” Twitter/X, [8/9/24, 8/10/24; Forbes, 8/11/24]
- ## Loomer has long been a MAGA loyalist, defending Trump and his allies and calling for retaliation against his opponents.
- After Christine Blasey Ford testified that she was sexually assaulted by then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Loomer tweeted that she should be imprisoned “for life.”Loomer: “This lady should be imprisoned for lying to Congress. Seriously. Prison for life.” Media Matters, [9/27/18]
- After Trump was indicted for mishandling classified documents, Loomer said the United States had become “a giant, third world shit hole.” PBS.org, [6/9/23; Twitter/X, 6/9/23]
- Loomer: Jewish Democrats “might as well just go put yourself in a gas chamber yourself if this is how you're gonna behave."In the same interview Loomer also commented, “You are an enemy to this country if you do not vote for Donald Trump.” *The John Fredericks Show*, [4/24/24]
- Loomer suggested that “Democrats who are guilty of treason” should be executed: “If you are found guilty of treason, the punishment is death.”Loomer explained, “I know that you're gonna clip what I said tonight, and you're gonna say, ‘See, look. Laura Loomer did say she wants to execute Democrats.’ No. I said that we need to follow the Constitution, and the Constitution outlines that if you are found guilty of treason, the punishment is death. And there's a lot of people, a lot of your friends, Joe Biden, a lot of your associates who would qualify for the death penalty.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [6/4/24]
- Following Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts in his criminal hush money trial, Loomer called to “strip Juan Merchan of his citizenship and deport him back to the Third World hellhole he came from.” Loomer added, “He's from Colombia. Right? So he fled a Third World country in Latin America to turn our country into a Third World country.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [6/4/24]
- After Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential race, Loomer said he made the choice because “his administration plotted an assassination of Donald Trump and missed.” Loomer continued: “The cover up of the Biden admin’s and Deep State’s plot to assassinate Donald Trump is in full swing now. We can’t let them get away with this.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- After former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) tweeted in support of Kamala Harris’ campaign, Loomer said Giffords was “brain dead” and accused her husband, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, of “using [his] wife’s X account to appeal to” Harris.Giffords’ political efforts were limited after a 2011 assassination attempt, but AZCentral reports she “seems to be asserting herself more” lately, and in 2024, has “spent 120 days of the year’s 210 days on the road.” Twitter/X, [7/26/24; AZCentral, 8/1/24]
- ## Loomer recently made racist and sexist comments about Vice President Kamala Harris, even claiming Harris is not Black
- Loomer called Harris, Fani Willis, and District Attorney Letitia James “ghetto Black women” and “3 angry Black women who are clearly targeting successful white men.” Loomer’s guest, Peter Brimelow of the white nationalist group VDare, said, “There's a lot of angry Black women out there in positions of authority. And there's a real question for whether they can be trusted.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [3/28/24]
- Loomer called Harris “a brain-dead bimbo who sucked so much c**k in order to get to the political position that she's in today.”Loomer then falsely claimed that “nowhere does she ever identify as a woman of color until, right, until she is then selected as Joe Biden's vice presidential pick, and she wants to drive home this idea that she's a Black woman.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [7/23/24]
- Loomer used a photo of Harris’ birth certificate to claim that Harris “is NOT black and never has been,” a false claim which was reposted by Trump. Even though the certificate clearly showed that Harris’ father is from Jamaica, Loomer attempted to fault Harris by arguing that she is “the descendent of slave owners.” The Washington Post had previously reported that Harris’ great-grandmother “is thought to be both a descendant of [enslaver Hamilton] Brown and enslaved Jamaicans,” according to The Washington Post. Twitter/X, [7/31/24; Truth Social, 8/2/24; The Washington Post, 1/17/21]
- Loomer: “If Kamala Harris makes it to the White House, Ebonics will replace English as the language of our land.” Twitter/X, [7/31/24]
- ## Loomer's attacks on Harris fit into a pattern of her targeting Black Democrats with bigoted rhetoric
- After Trump was indicted in Georgia’s Fulton County for attempting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results, Loomer called District Attorney Fani Willis “a straight up THOT.” Loomer added, “Baby girl belongs in a Trap House. Not a court house.” Media Matters, [8/15/23]
- Loomer called Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) “GHETTO DEI SHANIQUA.” Twitter/X, [5/16/24]
- Loomer referred to Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) as a “ghetto black woman who can barely speak English.”Loomer added that she wished Bush and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) “would both leave my country.” Twitter/X, [5/27/24]
- Loomer attacked Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) with racist slurs, calling him a “ghetto-ass, you know, Ebonics-speaking, Jew-hating animal.”After Bowman was defeated in his district’s 2024 Democratic primary, Loomer said his constituents “just got tired of being represented by an animal.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [6/25/24; Twitter/X, 6/26/24]
- Loomer cheered the death of Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) in July, calling her “ghetto” and suggesting she would be “going to hell.”“Even on her death bed, this ghetto b**ch couldn’t keep President Trump’s name out of her disgusting mouth,” Loomer posted. The Daily Beast, [7/20/24]
- ## Loomer has called herself “pro-white nationalism,” associated with white nationalists, and pushed antisemitic rhetoric
- Loomer organized a 2018 anti-migrant protest with Faith Goldy, a self-declared white nationalist who publicly recited the white supremacist “14 words” slogan. Right Wing Watch, [10/2/18]
- Loomer handcuffed herself to Twitter’s headquarters while wearing a yellow Star of David in protest of her ban from the platform. NBC News, [11/29/18]
- Loomer described herself as “pro-white nationalism.” In a 2017 podcast appearance, Loomer said, “I totally support ethnonationalism. Someone asked me ‘Are you pro-white nationalism?’ Yes. I’m pro-white nationalism.” Angry White Men, [3/7/21]
- Loomer again compared her social media bans to the Holocaust, saying she wanted to get a “Holocaust-style tattoo” because of “massive digital extermination, which is a precursor to actual extermination.” Loomer added, “We are witnessing a digital Shoah, and this is digital extermination by these actual fascists and tyrants in Silicon Valley.” Right Wing Watch, [4/8/21]
- Loomer’s failed congressional campaigns were promoted by VDare, the recently closed anti-immigrant organization designated a white nationalist hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. VDare Editor Peter Brimelow explained that he “personally maxed out to Laura” because she “ran on the elemental issue of an immigration moratorium” and suggested that “mysterious last-minute vote dumps, reportedly of mail-in ballots” influenced her 2022 defeat. Right Wing Watch, [8/18/20; Twitter/X, 8/5/22, VDare, 8/24/22]
- Loomer spoke at a 2022 conference organized by American Renaissance, a “race-realist, white advocacy organization” designated as a hate group by the SPLC. Loomer responded to the SPLC’s reporting on Telegram, posting, “I will not apologize for being a pro -America, white advocate, and an outspoken critic of anti-white racism. SPLC can go to hell!” Southern Poverty Law Center, [7/6/22; Twitter, 7/6/22]
- After rapper Ye made a series of antisemitic posts blaming Jewish people for “cancel culture,” Loomer said that “Ye does have a point in his posts.” Media Matters, [10/10/22]
- Loomer claimed that “so many rich Jews have a fixation on trying to destroy America.”Loomer continued, “It's not an antisemitic statement to make. I say that as a Jew myself, OK?” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [1/26/24]
- Loomer accused a Jewish migrant aid organization of “FACILITATING THE INVASION OF AMERICA AND THE GREAT REPLACEMENT!” On her Rumble show, Loomer additionally advocated for “putting a name to the faces and faces to the names of these NGO officials who are doing this. I mean, we can make these people famous.” Media Matters, [2/28/24]
- ## Loomer has called Islam “a cancer on humanity,” demonized Muslim officials, and minimized the Christchurch mosque shootings, among a litany of other Islamophobic remarks.
- Loomer described herself as a “proud islamophobe” and called Muslims “savages f**king everything up for everyone.”In a lengthy Twitter tirade following a 2017 terror attack in New York, Loomer also suggested that “we should never let another Muslim into the civilized world.” Right Wing Watch, [11/1/17; The New York Times, 10/31/17]
- Loomer was banned from Uber and Lyft after a public tirade in which she called for the creation of “a non Islamic form of” the rideshare services “because I never want to support another Islamic immigrant driver.” According to NBC, Loomer “also posted a photo of two women wearing hijabs near the intersection where Tuesday's attacks occurred, writing ‘I bet they’re loving this.’” NBC News, [11/2/17]
- After the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings left 51 Muslim worshippers dead in New Zealand, Loomer posted on Telegram, “Nobody cares about Christchurch.” Loomer declared, “When every single Muslim on the Planet condemns terrorism, then maybe we can talk.” Reuters, [8/27/20; Twitter/X, 5/17/19]
- Loomer pushed the lie that Notre Dame catching on fire was related to a Muslim woman arrested for an attempted car bombing. Media Matters, [4/16/19]
- PayPal banned Loomer from their platform in 2019 after Right Wing Watch reported on her affiliation with United West, an “anti-Muslim hate group.” The Hill, [2/5/19; Right Wing Watch, 2/4/19; Southern Poverty Law Center, accessed 8/2/24]
- Loomer called Islam “a cancer on humanity” and argued that “Muslims should not be allowed to seek positions of political office in this country.”In an Islamophboic rant on Instagram, Loomer continually attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), who she accused of “pushing for another 9/11” and “being friends with the 19 hijackers responsible for the Sept. 11 terror attack.” Media Matters, [4/11/19; HuffPost, 4/11/19]
- Loomer repeatedly pushed a baseless smear accusing Omar of marrying her brother. Loomer went as far as to harass Omar in person, asking, “Why did you marry your brother?” at a campaign event in 2018. Media Matters, [7/25/19]
- Loomer has called to remove Palestinians from government positions and said “for the sake of humanity and what is righteous and good in the war on evil, Israel must level GAZA, flatten it into a parking lot, and then glass it.” Loomer attacked Maher Bitar, a Palestinian American in President Joe Biden’s National Security Council, calling him one of the “Islamic infiltrators in our government” and saying, “Do you think that it's acceptable to have a hostile Muslim in charge of our intel in this country? Absolutely not.” Media Matters, [11/15/23]
- Loomer went on a wildly racist rant in which she professed support for “IQ science” and called Omar a “black dog” and “jihadist infiltrator” whose “district is literally Somalia.” Loomer also referred to Omar’s constituents as “modern-day jihadi welfare queens.” Rumble, Loomer Unleashed, [1/31/24]
- Loomer again attacked Omar and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, calling them “jihadists.” Real America’s Voice, *War Room*, [2/29/24]
- Loomer said that “people like” Muslim reporter Medhi Hasan “need to be purged from this country” or else “we're gonna have another 9/11 on steroids.” Loomer also called Hasan a “terrorist sympathizer.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [2/1/24]
- On right-wing talk show Unleashed with Marc Morano, Loomer said Islam was “incompatible with our values here in America and also Western civilization.”Loomer argued, “I don't think that there's any such thing as Islamophobia because a phobia is an irrational fear.” TNT Radio, *Unleashed with Marc Morano*, [3/7/24]
- Loomer advised her viewers to “avoid public transportation” on Easter weekend because of “Islamic jihadists that are entering our country right now through the Southern border.”Loomer then baselessly suggested the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, attributed by the National Transportation Safety Board to “electrical failures” onboard the ship that crashed into the bridge, may have been due to a terror attack, adding, “You know, they're still doing an investigation, so who knows?” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [3/28/24; The New York Times, 3/26/24]
- Loomer: Muslims “want to dominate the United States of America, which involves … subverting our government, infiltrating our government, and ultimately taking over our government and installing an Islamic caliphate.” Loomer additionally claimed, “There is no such thing as Palestine.” Rumble, *Life of Loomer*, [6/21/24]
- Loomer later warned again of an alleged “Islamo-fascist communist takeover” of the West, predicting that “we are going to have an Islamic caliphate” if Kamala Harris wins the 2024 election.Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [8/6/24]
- ## Loomer has spread anti-migrant commentary, including the “great replacement” conspiracy theory
- In response to reporting that over 2,000 migrants had died crossing the Mediterranean Sea in 2017, Loomer tweeted, “Good. … Here’s to 2,000 more.” Someone replied “That’s not right,” and Loomer responded, “Coming into the western world illegally and spreading Islam like AIDS and refusing to assimilate and raping our women is ‘not right.’” Twitter/X, [7/25/17]
- Loomer said that the great replacement conspiracy theory is “very real.” Loomer: “We are being replaced in this country by third-world invaders, criminal, illegal alien invaders.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [1/12/24]
- Loomer warned that “Third Worlders from shitholes” would “try to replace us. They are replacing us.” “This is a replacement strategy,” Loomer continued, “not just to replace white Americans and replace the majority population in our country, but also to replace our votes as American voters.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [2/27/24]
- Speaking about the potential of anti-immigrant vigilante violence, Loomer said,“I'm not gonna care when it happens. ... They're pushing people to the brink.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [3/8/24]
- Loomer announced plans to raise $100,000 for a documentary titled “The Great Replacement,” claiming there is a “genocide” of “native white populations.” Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [3/12/24]
- Loomer called for a “full-blown immigration moratorium,” saying that “nationalism keeps you safe. Profiling keeps you safe. Discrimination keeps you safe.” Loomer explained, “I am against immigration. I don't want any more immigration in my country right now.” YouTube, *Pseudo-Intellectual Live*, [4/10/24]
- ## Loomer has repeatedly spread conspiracy theories about shootings and other tragedies, even attacking some survivors
- Loomer spread conspiracy theories about the 2018 Sante Fe High School mass shooting, sharing a fake photo of the shooter and baselessly suggesting he was a “radical leftist.” After learning that the school and local hospital had recently gone through training drills for active shooter and mass casualty events, Loomer appeared to suggest the shooting was a false flag, saying, “I’m sorry, but I can’t help but notice these ‘coincidences.’” Media Matters, [5/23/18, 5/18/18]
- After the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas, Loomer claimed that the “Federal Bureau of Islam” and “deep state” had covered up evidence that it was an ISIS-connected “terrorist attack.” Loomer further spread these claims on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars network, claiming without evidence that the shooter was a “hardcore leftist with Antifa connections who became radicalized through ISIS.” Media Matters, [10/4/17, Right Wing Watch, 10/3/17]
- Loomer attacked survivors of the 2018 Parkland shooting after they gave an interview to BuzzFeed, complaining that the media “aren’t talking to the pro gun ROTC students who actually saved lives, unlike these students.” Loomer also claimed, “It’s obvious these kids are reading a screen or notes someone else wrote for them.” Media Matters, [2/20/18]
- Loomer pushed a variety of conspiracy theories in the wake of the attempt to mail bombs to multiple Democratic figures in 2019, including claiming that the attack was a false flag. Media Matters, [10/26/18]
- Loomer baselessly suggested that a fatal car accident which caused an explosion at the U.S.-Canada border crossing had been a terror attack, tweeting, “JIHAD PLOT IN NYC! GET OUT!” Forbes, [11/22/23]
- Loomer suggested government agencies were behind the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, saying it felt like a “multi-agency plot to assassinate Donald Trump.”Rumble, *Loomer Unleashed*, [7/23/24]
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How Trump's infatuation with a racist conspiracy theorist is impacting the campaign
Judd Legum and Noel Sims
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Laura Loomer is a far-right internet personality and former Republican congressional candidate. She has said the United States should be a "white Judeo-Christian ethnostate," called for the creation of a ride-sharing app like Uber that bans "Islamic immigrant driver[s]," collaborated with Alex Jones to suggest mass shootings were staged by the government, celebrated the deaths of 2,000 refugees in the Mediterranean, and claimed January 6 should be a national holiday to "celebrate the bravery of American patriots who protested a stolen election."
Loomer also has a very prominent admirer: former President Donald Trump.
Trump palled around with Loomer at his New Jersey golf course last year. In a video Loomer posted on X, Trump lavished Loomer with praise. "It's great to have you, and you've been really very special," Trump said. "You work hard, and you are a very opinionated lady. I have to tell you that, and in my opinion, I like that. And I appreciate all of your support, and everybody appreciates your support."
The admiration is mutual. Loomer shared a video on Truth Social describing how she broke up with a man after he told her she was too focused on Trump. She told him that Trump was more important to her. “I have to say that was the end of that relationship," Loomer said. "President Trump’s my number-one priority right now." Trump promoted the video, commenting, "Thank you, Laura!"
This year, Loomer rode on Trump's plane to the Iowa Republican caucus. At a pre-caucus event, Trump gave Loomer an extended shoutout:
Also, a woman who's really talented, and she's been amazing. She just loves the campaign and loves the country… She's a very important person, politically, but she's actually free press in the true sense. She's free press. And she's really become a friend of a lot of great patriots in this country, Laura Loomer. Stand up, please, Laura. Great job. You do great job. You want to try and have her on your side, right? Much better. No. She's fantastic. Thank you, Laura.
In March 2024, Loomer visited with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort. According to reports, Trump wrapped his arm around her waist and said that Loomer is "softer than she looks." Loomer told the Washington Post that she doesn't "really have much of a life" and if Trump doesn't win another term in the White House, "I don’t have anything."
In April 2023, the New York Times, citing four sources, reported that Trump told aides to hire Loomer for a role on his campaign. The report sparked a backlash among other Trump supporters who view Loomer as a liability and she was not ultimately hired.
While some Trump advisers objected to Loomer working on the campaign, others close to him have embraced her. In 2024, at least ten people in Trump’s orbit — including former administration members, current advisers, congressional loyalists, and JD Vance — have appeared on Loomer’s podcast. Often, they sign off from the show with words of praise for Loomer. Lynne Patton, a senior advisor in the Department of Housing and Urban Development during Trump’s presidency and a current senior campaign advisor, told Loomer, “You’re the best, Laura. Keep fighting the good fight and keep Loomering everybody.” Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s first campaign manager in 2016 who was is currently a consultant for RNC, told Loomer that the information she publishes is "unassailable" and has "never been called into question."
Even outside the formal campaign apparatus, Loomer has played a key role in the 2024 election. Loomer frequently promotes bigoted and outrageous conspiracy theories. Often, these spurious claims are quickly adopted by Trump.
Trump adopts Loomer's racist attack on Harris
A self-proclaimed “investigative journalist,” Loomer issues frequent “reports” in support of Trump. One of Loomer’s recent “investigations” was a racist attack on Kamala Harris, reminiscent of Trump's attacks on Barack Obama.
Since at least December 2022, Loomer has repeatedly claimed that Harris is not Black. Harris is multiracial, born to a Black father from Jamaica and an Indian mother.
Loomer repeated the claim again on her podcast in March 2024 during an interview with Peter Brimelow, an anti-immigrant white supremacist with ties to close Trump associates and Rupert Murdoch. She said, “Well there’s a commonality between Letitia James, Kamala Harris, and Fani Willis. They’re all ghetto black women, I guess with the exception of Harris who is more Indian than Black.”
Loomer’s baseless claims about Harris intensified when Harris became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
On July 21, the same day Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the presidential race, Loomer posted a “reminder” that Harris only "pretends to be black."
Three days later, Trump posted Loomer’s graphic to his Truth Social account. (Loomer told the Washington Post that a friend made the graphic for her). Then on July 31, Trump reiterated the false claims about Harris’s race during an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) conference:
She was always of Indian heritage and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she turned Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?
The same day, at a rally in Pennsylvania, Trump displayed a similar headline to the one in Loomer’s graphic, describing Harris as the first Indian-American senator (which is accurate, but does not mean she is not also Black).
When Trump’s comments about Harris’s race on July 31 came under fire, Loomer quickly became his most vocal defender.
Shortly after the NABJ interview, Loomer tweeted that she had a copy of Harris’s birth certificate, alleging that the document proved that Harris is not Black because the race of her father was listed as “Jamaican” and not “Black” or “African.”
Despite their inaccuracy, Loomer’s claims were seen by millions of people across different social media platforms. One of her posts featuring Harris’s birth certificate was reposted on Truth Social by Donald Trump.
In addition to reposting Loomer’s claims, Trump also made his own posts claiming that Harris was a "stone cold phony" because she was lying about her "racial identity."
Trump repeats Loomer's false claim that Harris used AI to inflate crowd size
After a Harris rally in Detroit on August 7, talk began to circulate in right-wing media circles that photos of the crowd had been enhanced using AI to make an actually empty rally look fuller. This is false, as several videos and live newscasts show a large crowd.
Loomer was not the only one promoting false claims about the Harris campaign using AI to make its crowds seem larger. But she was one of the earliest and most strident, making her first post on X about the Detroit rally on August 9.
Over the next day, Loomer posted about the rally four more times on X. Her posts spread widely and were viewed over 6 million views. On August 11, after Loomer's posts went viral, Trump repeated her false claims on Truth Social.
Trump posts fake images, originally circulated by Loomer, attacking family members of judges presiding over his trials
In April 2024, the existing gag order placed on Trump during his trial over hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels was broadened after Trump began a social media attack on Judge Juan Merchan’s daughter, Loren.
Loomer began promoting a rumor that Loren Merchan had used an image of Trump behind bars as her X avatar. Merchan's daughter was the president of Authentic Campaigns, a firm that works with Democratic candidates. But the account that used the image cited by Loomer did not actually belong to Loren Merchan. Nevertheless, Trump seized on Loomer’s false claim as part of an extended attack on Merchan and his daughter.
A similar incident played out in another trial. During his 2023 fraud trial in New York, Trump posted images to Truth Social showing social media posts allegedly made by the wife of the judge overseeing the case that were disparaging to Trump and featured AI-generated images of him in prison. These images, which were not authentic, were originally circulated by Loomer.
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Biden suspended his campaign and right-wing media responded with conspiracy theories
Conservatives demanded proof the president was still alive, claimed Biden was a “hostage” in a “soft coup,” and even suggested his decision was part of an “inside job” to assassinate Trump
WRITTEN BY JACK WINSTANLEY
PUBLISHED 07/26/24
Following President Joe Biden’s announcement that he was suspending his 2024 reelection campaign, right-wing media figures pushed wild conspiracy theories alleging that the president did not make the decision himself or that it was a backup plan to defeat Donald Trump after the failed assassination attempt against the former president. Conservative media figures repeatedly asked for “proof of life,” claimed Biden was being held “hostage,” and even suggested that Biden's withdrawal letter was forged.
- ## President Joe Biden suspended his reelection campaign
- On June 21, Biden announced that he would no longer seek reelection and would serve out the remainder of his term. Shortly after sharing a letter announcing that he was dropping out of the race, Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee. NBC News, [7/21/24]
- Biden gave an Oval Office Address about his decision to end his reelection campaign on July 24 — his first public address since announcing the decision while recovering from COVID-19. Biden returned to the White House on July 23 after spending time recovering at his residence in Delaware. News of the president's illness added fuel to the ongoing conversation about his age and fitness for office. NPR, [7/24/24; The Associated Press, 7/22/24; CNN, 7/18/24]
- ## Right-wing media figures speculated that the withdrawal letter signaled that Biden had actually died
- On Infowars, Alex Jones asked, “Did they kill Biden?” after showing a printed copy of Biden's announcement letter. He added that “that’s a very serious question in this climate that you’ve got to ask,” then likened the situation to the movie Weekend at Bernie’s. Infowars, *The Alex Jones Show*, [7/22/24]
- The following day, Jones doubled down and claimed that Biden was “basically being held inside that Delaware encampment while the deep state goes around and secures who’ll be in what position.” He also stated that Biden “sounded like he’s on death’s doorstep, and/or it was AI or something,” while calling into an event after contracting COVID and that “most people think he’s dead.” Infowars, *The Alex Jones Show*, [7/23/24]
- Fox News anchor Dana Perino asked for “proof of life” while discussing Biden’s withdrawal. She explained, “You can forgive people for wondering if we are living Weekend at Bernie's right now.” Fox News, *Fox News Central*, [7/21/24]
- Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk asked, “Can we get a proof of life of Joe Biden?” while reacting to the announcement of his withdrawal. Kirk went on to imply that Biden was removed from the campaign, calling the situation a “soft coup.” Real America’s Voice, *The Charlie Kirk Show*, [7/22/24]
- Following Biden’s announcement, conspiracy theorist Stew Peters posted videos of the president at public events, adding, “The real question is how long has Joe Biden been dead?” Twitter/X, [7/22/24; Media Matters, 3/13/23]
* Sean Davis, CEO and co-founder of conservative outlet The Federalist, commented that Biden has “made no public appearance” since he dropped out of the race, adding, “Also: do we have any evidence Biden is even alive right now?” His post then claimed, “This is banana republic insanity.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- Former Trump lawyer and podcast host Jenna Ellis seemingly suggested that Biden had died, stating, “Americans deserve proof of life for our current President.” Twitter/X, [7/22/24]
- Pro-Trump lawyer Harmeet Dillon asked in a social media post, “Would anyone else here like to know the whereabouts and current health status of President Biden?” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- An article by The Federalist stated that Biden “is supposedly dealing with a Covid infection, has yet to be seen alive.” The article added, “If Joe Biden is coherent enough to govern a global superpower for another six months, he can tell Americans about his decision to their faces.” The Federalist, [7/22/24]
- ## Some right-wing media figures claimed that Biden's withdrawal letter was forged or even evidence of a “coup”
- Trump ally Laura Loomer claimed “Biden didn’t even write this letter” and postulated that “the signature is likely forged on the letter as well.” She also claimed that Democrats “are pretending to be Joe Biden whose corpse is literally rotting away inside the White House,” and that he “is too cognitively damaged to write a letter or comprehend what is going on.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24; Media Matters, 2/1/24]
- On his Rumble livestream, Donald Trump Jr. speculated that Biden had been pressured into dropping out of the race, asking, “What did they bribe him with? What did they promise? Or perhaps more likely, what did they threaten him with?” Rumble, *Triggered with Donald Trump Jr.*, [7/22/24]
- Right-wing podcast host Benny Johnson claimed that portions of the letter showed that Biden is “a hostage right now” and that he “did not want to write this.” YouTube, *The Benny Johnson Show*, [7/21/24]
- Right-wing commentator Mike Crispi claimed of the letter that Biden “didn’t write a word of it” and “doesn’t realize what was written for him.” Crispi also claimed that Biden did not get 81 million votes in 2020, saying, “The ‘81 million votes’ lie will be the greatest scam in the history of our country.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24; USA Today, 12/19/23]
- Right-wing personality Alex Lorusso (known online as ALX) shared Biden’s announcement and several pictures of Biden’s signature, asking, “Can anyone find another example of Joe Biden underlining his signature?” Twitter/X, [7/21/24; Media Matters, 11/22/22]
- Infowars host Owen Shroyer shared a graphic comparing Biden’s signature from the announcement with a number of executive orders, noting the announcement was “blatant criminal forgery.” Shroyer also claimed that the withdrawal announcement “was a legit coup” and asked “why no word from Biden himself?” Twitter/X, [7/22/24]
- John Sabal (known online as “QAnon John”) claimed in a social media post that “we IN FACT lived through a COUP” and that “NEVER before has there been a time where a Sitting President steps down & leaves nothing but a note.” He also shared a graphic comparing Biden’s signature from the announcement letter with several executive orders, adding, “One more thing…Biden did NOT sign that letter.” Gab, [7/22/24; Business Insider, 10/16/20]
- Right-wing social media personality Amuse also cast doubt on the authenticity of the announcement, asking, “Why didn’t Biden use official stationary? Why does Biden’s signature look forged? Where is Joe?” Twitter/X, [7/22/24]
- Former Fox News producer Kyle Becker said the signature was “suspect” because Biden’s name was underlined and said the “letter not on official letterhead.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- BlazeTV host Sara Gonzalez compared a previous signature from Biden with the signature on the announcement letter, adding, “Did Joe really sign this?” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- ## Some right-wing media figures speculated that the timing of Biden’s withdrawal indicated it was somehow connected to the attempted assassination of Trump
- The Federalist’s Sean Davis: “Biden didn’t drop out of the race until after the attempts to imprison and assassinate Donald Trump failed. Do you think that is coincidence?” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- Replying to Biden’s announcement, Trump ally Laura Loomer stated, “Now you all see why they tried to assassinate Donald Trump. This was all planned.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- Loomer also claimed, “The only reason @JoeBiden is dropping out today is because his administration plotted an assassination of Donald Trump and missed.” Loomer continued: “It’s a lot easier to drop out over ‘peer pressure’ and an illness than to be forced to resign once the American people learn all about how the Biden admin plotted to put a bullet in Donald Trump’s head. This is why he dropped out the day before the Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle was supposed to testify tomorrow in front of Congress. Now the media will be distracted. The cover up of the Biden admin’s and Deep State’s plot to assassinate Donald Trump is in full swing now. We can’t let them get away with this.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- Loomer also posted: “I said @JoeBiden would get diagnosed with an illness and then drop out right before @SecretService Director Kim Cheatle was set to testify before Congress about the inside job plot to assassinate President Trump.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
- Pro-Trump social media personality Phillip Buchanan, known online as Catturd: “Joe dropped out because Democrats were desperate to change the Trump surging news cycle and the truth coming out about the obvious inside job assassination attempt.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24; Daily Dot, 7/25/23]
- Right-wing commentator Bill Mitchell, who has repeatedly pushed conspiracy theories, posted, “Biden was waiting to see if the Trump assassination succeeded. When it failed, he was done.” Twitter/X, [7/21/24; Media Matters, 6/27/24]
- Right-wing figure Paul Ingrassia: “The Deep State’s agenda to stop Trump: 1. Beat him in the polls = failed. 2. Convict and jail him = failed. 3. Assassinate him = failed. 4. Replace Biden = about to fail. Crazy times we’re living in. There’s no stopping President Trump!”Twitter/X, [7/21/24]
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-vid?: Creeds and Candidates: Unraveling 2024.
Today, we’re having a special Action Fund edition of FFRF’s “Ask an Atheist.” FFRF Action Fund Director of Governmental Affairs Mark Dann and FFRF Action Fund Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor will talk with Peter Montgomery, a senior fellow and research director at the People for the American Way, who helps to run Right Wing Watch. They will discuss with him the role Christian nationalism will play in the 2024 election, and the Heritage’s Foundation’s Project 2025, which sets forth a blueprint for restructuring the U.S. government along extremist lines and clears the way to vastly increase presidential control of American life.
- Paul Blumenthal @ HuffPost: Marjorie Taylor Greene Wants To Censure Ilhan Omar Over Comments She Didn’t Make.
The censure resolution stems from a mistranslation of Omar’s speech circulated by conservative social media accounts.
- Media Matters: “I really do believe in IQ science”: Laura Loomer, Trump ally floated for a potential White House position, goes on wildly racist rant against Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Loomer says that it’s “inappropriate for Islamists to hold elected office in this country,” calling it “a national security risk.”
- R.G. Cravens @ Hatewatch: Mike Johnson Appears at Hate Group Summit With Pastor Who Suggests Demons Responsible for LGBTQ+ Pride .
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared Wednesday with pastor Jonathan Cahn – whose sermon highlighted three ancient deities which Cahn equated to demonic spirits that have now “come to America” – at the anti-LGBTQ+ hate group Family Research Council’s National Gathering for Prayer and Repentance.
- Jonathan Larsen @ Salon: Mark Pocan launches inquiry into secretive Christian group linked to Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” law.
Democrat launches the most aggressive official inquiry ever into The Family and the National Prayer breakfast.
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On January 8, former President Donald Trump shared a Gateway Pundit post on X falsely claiming that Trump’s former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is constitutionally disqualified from a “presidential or vice presidential candidacy.”
The false argument, which made its way to Trump through a far-right blog and a notoriously Islamophobic conspiracy theorist, follows a separate, simmering conservative media trend of calling Haley by her first name, Nimarata, rather than the middle name she goes by. Taken together, the two lines of commentary expose the racism behind some of pro-Trump media’s Haley coverage. This attack comes as Haley's polling numbers approach Trump's in New Hampshire.
The Gateway Pundit article the post is based on builds on a post from another pro-Trump blog, American Greatness, which itself pressed the same points as a blog from Rumble host and failed congressional candidate Laura Loomer: Since Haley’s parents weren’t U.S. citizens at the time of her birth, these conservative outlets argue, she is merely a birthright citizen, and not a “natural born citizen” as the Constitution requires for presidents and vice presidents.
This is simply not true: Haley is constitutionally eligible for either office, with her South Carolina birth qualifying her as a “natural born citizen.” The immigration status of her parents is legally irrelevant, despite right-wing media’s long-standing hatred for birthright citizenship and repeated attempts to use these arguments against enemy politicians.
On X (formerly Twitter), the author of the American Greatness piece credited Loomer’s “great investigative work” for having “uncovered” the fact of Haley’s parents’ citizenship -- a secret which Haley wrote about in her 2012 autobiography, and shared with a newspaper in 2015. Longtime Trump ally Roger Stone also promoted Loomer’s so-called investigative work before it ultimately reached the former president.
The racist claim notably echoes some falsehoods levied against former President Barack Obama who, among the many conspiracy theories about his birth, also faced incorrect allegations that he was ineligible for office because of his Kenyan father. (Right-wing influencers also made similar claims about Vice President Kamala Harris.)
But this is not the only commonality between right-wing media coverage of Obama, Harris, and Haley. During the Obama years, conservative media frequently referred to him by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama, in a racist attempt to otherize him for what he called his “funny-sounding name.” Again, similar things happened with Harris. And now, some pro-Trump voices are beginning to deploy a similar playbook against Haley and her birth name, Nimarata Nikki Randhawa.
Perhaps the most frequent example is Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, who seems to find a certain thrill in using Haley’s first name. “Yeah, that’s right. Her real name is Nimarata,” he once quipped. (Nikki, her middle name, is also her real name.)
Kirk does not exclusively or even mostly use her first name. But for months he has peppered in references to Haley as “Nimarata” while attacking her campaign, warning against her for vice president, or once as an aside while pushing restrictive immigration policy. During an interview with businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, he even corrected himself after calling her “Nikki” instead.
American Greatness also had a hand in this trend, with a November debate recap mentioning her squabble with Ramaswamy. The article, which refers to her as Nikki Haley elsewhere, reserves her full name for one brief paragraph that reveals the racist attitudes at the heart of this type of coverage:
Ramaswamy then said something, to which Nimarata Nikki Randhawa Haley replied, “You’re just scum.” She must be right: after all, Ramaswamy’s the child of people who immigrated from India. Scum indeed!
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far-right activist Laura Loomer declared herself “a full blown accelerationist”in a Monday night Twitter post.
Loomer is a twice failed congressional candidate, who in 2022 told white nationalist Jared Taylor that she thought her white nationalist views would get her elected to Congress. Despite being Jewish, she promised to champion Christian nationalists in Congress but failed to make it out of the 2022 GOP primary, narrowly losing to Rep. Daniel Webster in an election she falsely insisted was rigged.
This April, former President Donald Trump instructed his staff to hire Loomer to a role in his 2024 presidential campaign, but his plan was stymied when news of her impending employment broke andLoomer was widely condemned, including by other far-right politicians like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.
In her Monday night post, Loomer responded to a fan who admired her “patience” in responding to students protesting her appearance at a recent Uncensored America event at the University of South Carolina.
“I don’t have patience for anything or anyone anymore to be honest,” Loomer wrote. “I’m a full blown accelerationist now. I invite all of you to join me in admitting that our country is never going to ever again be what it used to be. We need a rapid & drastic change of scene in our country.”
Accelerationists believe that Western governments are irreparably corrupt and that they should be pushed to collapse by sowing chaos. As Zack Beauchamp wrote in Vox, “Accelerationists reject any effort to seize political power through the ballot box, dismissing the alt-right’s attempts to engage in mass politics as pointless.” If accelerationists vote, it’s for the most extreme candidate to foster political discord, Beauchamp writes. Their preferred tactic, however, is violence. Accelerationist ideas have been cited in numerous mass shooters’ manifestos, including that by the white supremacist who murdered more than 50 at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019. (Writing about that shooting, Loomer declared that she didn’t care; that followed previous statements in which she said that Islam is a “cancer.”)
This wasn’t the first time Loomer suggested she was an accelerationist. In a Jan. 6, 2023, Twitter post, Loomer joined the chorus of far-right voices calling for someone more extreme to replace Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House. If McCarthy won, she said, “Millions of Republicans will leave the party & some will never vote again.”
“I will personally lead the charge to make this happen in Florida if Kevin McCarthy is elected as Speaker of the House,” she continued. “I would rather be an accelerationist than be a part of a party that’s corrupt to its core & doesn’t even care to pretend to listen to the concerns of its base.”
On Jan. 21, 2023, Loomer again said in a Twitter post that she was an accelerationist.
“Elections in our country are an illusion,”she said. “Republicans screwed the pooch by advocating for diversity & amnesty.Open borders combined with voter fraud, and big tech election interference has ruined our country. I’m personally an accelerationist now. We live in hell.”
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10 Bigoted and Extremist Things Laura Loomer, Trump’s Expected Hire, Has Said
By Kristen Doerer | April 7, 2023
Laura Loomer poses with Roger Stone, a leader of the so-called "Stop the Steal" campaign. Photo from campaign Facebook page.]
Former President Donald Trump told aides to hire far-right activist Laura Loomer in a campaign role, according to a report Friday from the New York Times. Loomer is an anti-Muslim, white nationalist and Christian nationalist-supporting activist and failed congressional candidate.
The New York Times reports that Trump recently met with Loomer, and that it “is unclear whether she would serve on his campaign or the main super PAC backing his presidential bid.”
So who is Laura Loomer? Right Wing Watch gathered a list of the bigoted and far-right extremist things Loomer has said or done:
1. Loomer said her white nationalist viewswould help get her elected to Congress.
During her 2022 congressional campaign, Loomer told white nationalist Jared Taylor that she thought her white nationalist views would get her elected to Congress. She switched districts, she said, because Florida’s 11th District has more white people and she could be more honest about her extremist views.
“Citrus County, which is in my district, is also the whitest district in the entire state of Florida,” Loomer said. “And so these issues of CRT and anti-white racism and anti-white hatred, and this anti-American, anti-white Christian mentality that the Democrats are pushing—they’re trying to persecute white people, they’re trying to persecute Christians, the most persecuted people in the world—that’s on the radar of my constituency, and I look forward to being their advocate when I win my race and get elected as their next congresswoman.”
- Loomer promised to advance white nationalism and Christian nationalism if elected to Congress.
“I’m a really big supporter of the Christian nationalist movement,” Loomer told far-right podcaster Ethan Ralph. “I’m going to fight for Christians, I’m going to fight for white people, I’m going to fight for nationalist movements.”
“But there is clearly a war on white people, there is clearly a war on Christianity in this country,” Loomer said. “Now, even though I am Jewish, I am going to fight for Christian nationalists. And I find that most of my friends and most of my allies and most of the people I associate with these days are Christian nationalists.”
- Loomer spoke at a white nationalist conference.
Loomer spoke at the American Renaissance conference in November 2022. Speakers included an array of Klansmen, neo-Nazis, and other white supremacists.
4. Loomer has described herself as a “#proudIslamophobe.”
After identifying herself as a proud Islamophobe, Loomer stated that “Islam is cancer” and that “we should never let another Muslim into the civilized world.”
5. Loomer says she doesn’t care about Muslims being murdered.
After a white supremacist murdered more than 50 people at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019, Loomer said she didn’t care. “Nobody cares about [the] Christchurch [shooting]. I especially don’t. I care about my social media accounts and the fact that Americans are being silenced.” Likewise, in 2019, Loomer said she didn’t care about the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by the Saudi government because she claimed he was a Muslim Brotherhood operative and thus “an enemy of the state.”
6. Loomer has expressed her adoration for white nationalists, including Hitler-loving Nick Fuentes.
“I don’t care what anyone says,” Loomer wrote on Telegram. “I love Nick Fuentes.”
“I would like to reserve the title of #CongressionalGroyper,” she added. (The young white men who make up the white nationalist America First movement refer to themselves as “groypers.”)
- Loomer advocates for the hostile takeover of the Republican Party.
At what she had hoped to be a “victory party” for her 2022 congressional campaign, Loomer clinked glasses with Fuentes. “Here’s to the hostile takeover of the Republican Party,” she cheered.
8. Loomer predictably refused to concede her primary loss in 2022 and vowed to harass her Republican opponent.
“I actually am the Congresswoman in Florida’s 11th District, and everyone knows it,” Loomer said after her loss. She vowed to drive Rep. Dan Webster “into the ground every step of the way until he collapses in disgrace.”
- Loomer spread conspiracy theories that the government was behind mass shootings.
Loomer says she believes it’s “obvious” that “the FBI works with the Democrat Party to carry out mass shooting false flags so that they can actually push for gun control.”
10. Loomer wants Big Tech executives and employees to be punished for treason… that is, killed.
Loomer has said that conservatives “should be investing all of their energy into destroying big tech and giving their executives and employees the worst fate possible for the treason they have committed against our country. And yes, they committed treason. And yes, our country has an appropriate punishment for treason.”
While Trump has hired white nationalist-supporting activists before (Stephen Miller), it is somewhat surprising he is hiring Loomer considering Trump doesn’t take criticism lightly and Loomer was not a fan of his 2024 presidential announcement. Loomer and far-right activist Ali Alexander trashed it in fact, saying that the speech “sucked” and the “the invite list looked like grifter central.”
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A week after declaring he would grant “general amnesty” to previously suspended accounts, Twitter CEO Elon Musk is continuing to reinstate high-profile right-wing users. His latest move has brought back anti-Muslim extremist Laura Loomer and “Stop the Steal” organizer and longtime GOP operative Roger Stone to Twitter.
Shortly after Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was finalized on October 27, previously banned users — including Loomer and Stone — celebrated the completed deal. Musk initially promised civil rights organizations that there would be a “clear process” for reinstating previously suspended accounts but quickly went back on his word when he declared “Freedom Fridays” on November 18 and brought back Jordan Peterson and The Babylon Bee. He has since reinstated multiple other high-profile right-wing users, including former President Donald Trump, and granted “general amnesty” to include accounts that push misinformation and white nationalist rhetoric.
Now, Musk has reinstated two more high-profile far-right accounts: Laura Loomer and Roger Stone.
Loomer, a conspiracy theorist, has previously described herself as a “proud Islamophobe” who is “pro-white nationalism” and was banned from Twitter in 2018 after making anti-Muslim attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). After she was reinstated on December 8, Loomer tweeted that Musk “has finally unchained me from the doors of Twitter HQ,” referencing her bizarre 2018 protest over the suspension.
Trump ally and self-proclaimed dirty trickster Stone supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen, promoted violence ahead of the January 6 insurrection, and has spread conspiracy theories about 9/11. He was banned from Twitter in 2017 after threatening multiple CNN reporters. Stone tried to rejoin the platform in April 2022, when Musk was still in the process of buying Twitter, but was suspended again shortly after. On December 7, Stone was officially reinstated and thanked Musk for his “commitment to fairness and free speech.”
Other high-profile right-wing accounts that are being brought back to Twitter under Musk’s leadership include:
- Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA)
- Right-wing organization Project Veritas
- Right-wing personality Alex Lorusso
- Anti-LGBTQ figure James Lindsay
- Misogynist Andrew Tate
- Right-wing figure Juanita Broaddrick
- Anti-trans activist Meghan Murphy
- Antisemite E. Michael Jones
- British anti-feminist far-right personality Carl Benjamin
- Right-wing blogger David Vance
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