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First, some related news about Laura Loomer: Laura Loomer, a far-right Republican activist infamously banned from numerous social media and tech platforms, is running for Congress again, but this time for a Central Florida district held by GOP Rep. Dan Webster. Loomer had previously planned to run in a South Florida district against Democrat Rep. Lois Frankel for the second …

Law & Crime reports: A federal magistrate judge in Florida ordered far-right conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer and her company Illoominate Media to pay a Muslim civil rights advocacy group nearly $125,000 in attorney’s fees and costs stemming from a lawsuit claiming the group colluded with Twitter to have her banned from the social media platform. After she was permanently suspended …

Mediaite reports: Laura Loomer crashed an annual bitcoin conference on Friday to heckle Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Dorsey was attempting to speak at the Bitcoin 2021 soiree in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood when Loomer tried to crash the stage, where footage captured her shouting that Dorsey had engaged in a “human rights violation.”  In a statement, Loomer informed Mediaite that she …

Kyle Mantyla reports at Right Wing Watch: On Monday morning, the Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit brought by anti-Islam extremist Laura Loomer against Twitter, Google, Apple, and Facebook after being banned from their social media platforms, claiming they had violated her First Amendment rights. On Tuesday, the far-right provocateur and her conspiracy theorist attorney Larry Klayman appeared on …

Newsweek reports: Laura Loomer, a self-described “proud Islamophobe,” is making another bid for Congress, and she’s already gained support from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a freshman Republican who’s garnered national attention for her own controversial comments. Loomer filed to run for Congress on Wednesday and is looking to unseat Democratic Representative Lois Frankel, to whom she lost in 2020 by …

CBS News reports: A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a district judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Florida conservative political activist and media figure Laura Loomer, who alleged a Muslim civil-rights organization helped engineer her removal from Twitter. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals backed a November 2019 decision by U.S. District Judge …

Florida Politics reports: Rep. Lois Frankel swatted off a challenge from internet provocateur Laura Loomer. The West Palm Beach Democrat easily defeated her challenger in a race that drew national attention mostly thanks to the Republican candidate’s history of hateful commentary. Voters followed Twitter, Facebook and Uber in denying Loomer a platform for her rhetoric. With all early and vote-by-mail …

The Associated Press reports: President Donald Trump says he voted “straight Republican” when he voted early in Florida on Saturday. Trump had been asked whether he voted for House nominee Laura Loomer, a far-right Republican candidate who has been banned from social media sites because of her racist and anti-Muslim speech. She is facing incumbent congresswoman Lois Frankel, who has …

Florida Politics reports: Republican congressional candidate Laura Loomer has gathered a lot of attention in her challenge against Democratic Rep. Lois Frankel. But a new St. Pete Polls survey shows she’s not gathering a lot of support from voters. The poll puts Frankel ahead by a 61%-33% margin in the race for Florida’s 21st District. Those results are in many …

The Jerusalem Post reports: A new political advertisement for Jewish Republican congressional candidate Laura Loomer uses Holocaust imagery to attack her Jewish opponent, Democrat Lois Frankel, and calls Frankel “meshuggah,” Hebrew for crazy. Mark Mellman, CEO of the Democratic Majority for Israel, which supports Frankel, said the Loomer ad was “wholly and completely dishonest” and called Frankel “a key advocate …

The Times of Israel reports: Laura Loomer, a Jewish Republican congressional candidate in Florida with a history of bigoted statements, got a friendly visit on the campaign trail from Lara Trump, the US president’s daughter-in-law. In 2017, before she was banned from Twitter, she tweeted, “Good. Here’s to 2,000 more,” in response to news that more than 2,000 migrants had …

From GOP House nominee Laura Loomer: My name is Laura Loomer. I’m a Republican running for Congress in Florida’s 21st Congressional District, home to President and Mrs. Trump. Since September of 2019, the media has been all but silent about my run for Congress. It was an intentional tactic to ignore me and hope that by silencing me on social …

Politico reports: Laura Loomer won’t be getting her Twitter account reinstated despite winning the Republican primary Tuesday in her bid to represent Florida’s 21st Congressional District. “The account owner you referenced was permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules, and we do not plan to reverse that enforcement action,” the company said in a statement. Loomer was banned …

Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch: A cast of far-right figures joined anti-Muslim provocateur and self-proclaimed “Islamophobe” Laura Loomer at a party celebrating her win of the Republican nomination to represent Florida’s 21st Congressional District in the U.S. House last night. Although Loomer faces a difficult challenge against incumbent Democrat Rep. Lois Frankel in a solidly blue district, her …

The Washington Post reports: Laura Loomer, a right-wing activist known for headline-grabbing stunts after getting kicked off social media platforms, won a Florida GOP primary on Tuesday — and then was quickly congratulated by her district’s most famous official resident. President Trump, whose Mar-a-Lago estate is in Loomer’s district, retweeted at least four posts about her win and tweeted himself, …

The Floridian reports: With the August 18th primary election in Florida less than two weeks away, Republican congressional candidate Laura Loomer has scored the endorsements of veteran political consultant and former advisor to President Donald Trump, Roger Stone, and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R). The show of support for Loomer came during the annual Palm Beach Republican Party’s “Lobsterfest” fundraising gala …

Law & Crime reports: A federal court dismissed activist Laura Loomer’s lawsuit against several tech platforms on Wednesday. The complaint alleged a far-flung conspiracy to censor conservative speech. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit added insult to injury by cavalierly noting at the outset that “the issues” at stake in the original lawsuit “do not warrant a …

From the story just retweeted by Trump: A Florida hurricane may be about to hit Washington, DC. Laura Loomer, a 26-year-old conservative provocateur running for Congress in the Sunshine State, is gaining strength with activists and donors buzzing about the possibility she is the conservative answer to New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. “She’s the Republican’s AOC,” longtime GOP strategist Roger …

From the far-right site Culttture: Judge Jeanine Pirro endorsed Laura Loomer for Congress at her book signing on December 10. Pirro, the host of Justice with Judge Jeanine on Fox News, and author of Radicals, Resistance, and Revenge, endorsed Loomer at two of her private book signings in Boca Raton and West Palm Beach. She told audience members, “You must …

Jared Holt reports at Right Wing Watch: Anti-Muslim activist Laura Loomer, who is currently pursuing elected office in Florida, utterly failed in her attempt to sue the Council on American-Islamic Relations. On Monday, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida dismissed the remainder of Loomer’s lawsuit against the organization on the basis that it “fail[ed] as …