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Laura Loomer insists she and Donald Trump are very close.

While Donald Trump’s allies have tried to create the illusion of distance between the Republican presidential nominee and Laura Loomer, the alt-right conspiracy theorist has continued to cozy up to him, going so far as to brag over the weekend that Trump “likes” and “trusts” her.

“The media is full of shit. OK?” Loomer said on her podcast, ​​Loomer Unleashed, on Saturday. “These people are liars. They are con artists, and all they do is lie. They are running a coordinated smear campaign because I am effective. Donald Trump likes me. Donald Trump trusts me. OK?


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[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 110 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I think that it's about 50 or so days till the election. I'm not even American and it's so goddamned exhausting.

[–] Catma@lemmy.world 93 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Good news. Its not going to be over on election day. After that we get something like 70 more days until innaguration where god knows what will happen. Time to strap in

[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago

Time to strap in

Time to stock up on 1:1 CBD:THC edibles and renew the xanax prescription. Otherwise, my liver will never survive the next 4-5 months...

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 11 points 2 months ago

Immediately after that, we have the mid-term elections in two years!

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why the fuck do we even still have lame duck sessions after presidential elections anyway? I imagine any reason we initially had a delay between election and inauguration has been mitigated through technology. Maybe it doesn't need to happen immediately, but ~3 months is completely unnecessary.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There is supposed to be communication and coordination between the outgoing administration and incoming one. Since they don't know if they are going to be elected they can't really have the structure drawn up as it does depend on availability and such. Unfortunately one party does not like the whole communication and coordination thing going bothways and often stymies it.

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

It's also enshrined in the Constitution. It takes an ammendment to change.

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 30 points 2 months ago

In a few short weeks, we will remember this week fondly as a 'simpler time'.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just imagine how exhausting it will be if the orange monster wins again.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That actually won't be exhausting, it'll just be the end.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago

Not for some of us.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I usually just go camping and ignore it all. Nothing that happens before like October 15th is that important.

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[–] Today@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Incredibly exhausting!

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 94 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

I didn’t know who this person was two weeks ago and I still don’t want to know. We can just all ignore her forever if we want.

Edit: to be clear, I said I don’t want to know who she is. Do not tell me who this person is. I don’t care if she’s challenging Nancy Reagan for the throat GOAT title. Not interested.

[–] Plum@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Remember like five years ago when some loudmouth idiot got banned from every ridesharing app for complaining on twitter that there weren't any white drivers in New York?

Pretty sure that was her.

Then she chained herself to twitter hq when they blocked her account. She only blocked one door, so her protest didn't work. Then she pissed herself, and the cops had to cut her free.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This explains how she can tolerate trump’s diaper smell.

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Ignoring a boil can have dire consequences like where we find or selves now. Best to lance this now before it gets worse.

I was going to say Vance it but couldn't figure out how sucking all the air out if the room would be effective in treating a boil?...

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

He likes to stick his needle dick in squishy cushy things.

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[–] NotSure@lemmy.cafe 11 points 2 months ago

You have to know who your enemies are. You ignore her at your own peril. She's a fascist trump cultist who has been a joke for the past 10 years but she's currently sucking his dick so her position has been elevated. In any sane universe this hurts him more than it helps him, but we don't live in a sane universe.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Laura Loomer is a cheesy superhero name.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 84 points 2 months ago (3 children)

She's 31 years old.

Hate ages you.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

lol wait what. No fucking way.

Edit: oh my fucking god she was born in 93 what the actual fuck happened to her in childhood such that she turned into this so quickly

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

holy fuck you mean she's younger than me? I call myself an old man all the time but I don't look quite as old as she does yet.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Same - I was floored. I thought she was like 50something at least if the was enthusiastically shagging Trump.

[–] StupidBrotherInLaw@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And then there's his smell. I've heard about how terrible he smells clothed, imagine it once the clothes come off.

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Maybe during the rhinoplasty, she asked for those smelly bits to be snipped/disconnected? /S?

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[–] shuzuko@midwest.social 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Holy shit I definitely thought she was late 40s, I can't believe she's younger than me

[–] dirthawker0@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, and I think she's had plastic surgery to fit herself into that weird mold of Melania and Kim Guilfoyle, dark hair, wide cheekbones and squinty eyes covered in heavy eyeliner and mascara. She was actually kind of cute looking before that (though still ugly in her views).

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[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Learned this yesterday.

Thoughts that came to mind:

  1. She is 100% not human
  2. EWWWW TRUMP IS FUCKING HER
  3. EWWWW SHES FUCKING TRUMP
  4. This election is a shit show for the GOP lol
[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

'member when your dad/friends/strangers told you "don't put your dick in crazy"? (for those of us with)

there is way too much crazy in this scenario to even begin sorting it out. its literally a null in the universe. a divide by zero, if you will. shits so weird now we need an event horizon to hide this naked singularity.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Ooo storytime: See I had been told it. The problem was I was young and didn't know what crazy was.

I didn't recognize that having a father who wasnt home until after you went to bed, drank heavily, and didn't do much but listen to music and watch TV was a very bad thing. I also apparently didn't realize that "daddy issues" means "seeking a replacement father in someone significant and confusing my attachment with them and a parental figure."

Let this be a warning to all men: Never stick your dick in crazy.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago
  1. This election is a shit show for the GOP lol
  1. Trump is still polling at 47%
  2. The entire country is a shit show.
[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

10 pounds of heavy duty makeup since you were 12 years old also ages you

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 67 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Her plastic surgeon billed himself as "the pro-Trump plastic surgeon", which explains how she looks like she does. No lie, he later lost his NY medical license.

[–] thebigslime@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

She looks like she's trying to take up the mantle of those French astrophysicist twins that swore up and down that they never had cosmetic surgery.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

Wow they both died from covid

[–] Maruki_Hurakami@lemm.ee 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff?

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[–] adam_y@lemmy.world 49 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Gross... Think of the smell. You didn't think of the smell, you bitch!

[–] GroundedGator@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I can only assume she has some kinks that make this a non issue. Or her ~~link~~ kink for power overrides her other senses.

She doesn't seem to fit his type though. She'd probably do better with junior.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I kinda assumed that one of the plastic surgeries "disabled" her sense of smell, so she doesn't notice. That's not the first nose that she's been on TV with.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7pfvUvZLgFs

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've worked at a palliative care/care home and I know the smell of Trump exactly.

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Hot stale piss in a diaper

[–] Breve@pawb.social 13 points 2 months ago

Oh hey look, we have the real world Firecracker!

[–] hohoho@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

“Donnie, it’s yo baby.”

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 months ago

“The media is full of shit. OK?” Loomer said

Given the stories about what Trump's staffers say about his BO, she knows shit. Up close and personal.

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