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‘Loyalty Enforcer’ Laura Loomer Targets Additional Officials
The New York Times ^
| July 30, 2025, 6:38 p.m. ET
| Robert Draper, Julian E. Barnes and Christina Jewett
Posted on 07/30/2025 5:18:12 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The far-right activist is continuing to use her close association with President Trump to go after those she deems insufficiently loyal.
Laura Loomer, the far-right activist and self-described Trump administration “loyalty enforcer,” has had another busy stretch.
Then the Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official, Dr. Vinay Prasad,
resigned on Tuesday after a post by Ms. Loomer on social media, in which she pointed out his past statements disparaging President Trump and describing his following as a “cult.”
On Wednesday, the Army secretary, Daniel Driscoll, ordered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point
to rescind the employment offer it made to a cybersecurity expert and Army veteran, Jen Easterly. Ms. Easterly, who has worked for both Republican and Democratic administrations, had drawn Ms. Loomer’s ire for serving as the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
They are the most recent examples of government officials being “Loomered,” in Ms. Loomer’s own parlance. A podcaster and influencer who expresses fierce fidelity to Mr. Trump, Ms. Loomer has
flexed the power of her broad social media following and her access to the White House to target those whom she views as insufficiently loyal.
While it is difficult to know the extent of her reach, multiple officials across the administration have been pushed out after ending up in Ms. Loomer’s sights. This year, she called for
a purge of the National Security Council,
targeted top officials at the National Security Agency and
even went after a career...
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aprilfalcondoss; drvinayprasad; jeneasterly; lauraloomer; loomered; loonyloomer; loopylaura; nsa; vinayprasad
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
NYTimes finally weighs in on Loomer after she exposes a high-caste leftist Indian. Hmmm.
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posted on
07/30/2025 5:24:41 PM PDT
by
montag813
To: E. Pluribus Unum
All I can say is, “You go, girl!”
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
07/30/2025 5:37:29 PM PDT
by
clee1
(We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and don't wish to smile.)
To: SamuraiScot
LL seems to very yugely get it right.
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posted on
07/30/2025 5:45:46 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(YMMV)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I have no use for her and I really believe Trump’s reliance on her opinion does not bode well for his administration.
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posted on
07/30/2025 5:54:14 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
To: lastchance
To: montag813
You have no idea whatsoever what you are opining on. Vinay Prasad, M.D. is certainly not far left. One of his strongest criticisms was against the medical establishment and others who condemned any of Trump’s policies on COVID and the vaccine just because those policies came from his administration.
Prasad was one of the first to point out the sound research showing the connection between the vaccine and heart troubles in young men. He also consistently objected to the unnecessary masking (let alone COVID vaccinations) of children.
He is a strong advocate for patients and one of his best YouTube videos takes to task doctors who have an attitude of “That’s not my job.” if a patient has a simple request such as asking for a drink of water during a hospital consult.
If Dr Prasad is a Leftist he certainly has not held back from being critical of other Leftists. It also in no way has any bearing on his qualifications as a medical doctor, researcher and patient advocate. I would love to compare Laure Loomer’s C.V. against his.
His leaving is a loss to the administration.
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:09:08 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
To: lastchance
I have no use for her and I really believe Trump’s reliance on her opinion does not bode well for his administration.Which of those named individuals would you advocate for keeping the jobs they had?
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:10:47 PM PDT
by
Migraine
To: lastchance
She does the work “respectable” people refuse to do.
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:13:29 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(It was not us. It was them--all along.)
To: Migraine
Ooops! last chance answered for one while I was typing my question.
But if he called Trump voters a cult, then I’m not in his corner at all.
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:13:34 PM PDT
by
Migraine
To: traderrob6
I get the impression she wants to make sure that Trump only has those in his administration that would never dream of disagreeing or even when in agreement might differ on how to reach shared goals. I could be wrong. I think it important that Trump not surround himself with sycophants but listens to different views so that he has a better chance of making decisions based on facts (even unpleasant ones). Those offering a different opinion must understand the final decision is of course up to Trump and not oppose him once that decision is made.
I have great respect for Dr. Prasad after following his YouTube channel and sometimes his substack. I was very glad he was going to be part of the administration.
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:14:40 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
To: Migraine
The only one I know of would be Prasad. I am not familiar with the others.
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:16:08 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
To: cgbg
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:16:31 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
To: lastchance
Somebody needs to dig through the sludge of DC and get dirty.
Too bad if they offend you in the process.
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:25:19 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(It was not us. It was them--all along.)
To: lastchance
From everything I’ve seen to date, she has pretty much used her ammunition on those that are demonstrably not loyal to Trump, are opposed to specific policies of his to a degree that endangers one or more of them, has proven to be more interested in there own career advancement than pursuing Trumps agenda or some of all of the above.
Personally I have absolutely zero problem with that.
To: cgbg
I wonder who is feeding her the info?
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:38:00 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
To: TheDon
Great question—she must have some good sources throughout .gov.
That is what hard work will do.
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posted on
07/30/2025 6:48:03 PM PDT
by
cgbg
(It was not us. It was them--all along.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
07/30/2025 7:36:20 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
To: lastchance
She’s weird, but almost always right.
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posted on
07/30/2025 8:01:22 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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