Laura Loomer's Rise To The Top

劳拉·卢默的崛起之路

What A Day

2025-09-09

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Say what you will about President Donald Trump’s first administration, but at least some of the people given top jobs had a morsel of experience doing those jobs. Now, the Trump administration is chock full of the weirdest people the MAGA world has to offer, united by their personal allegiance to one man – Donald J. Trump. From Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whose qualifications are “co-hosted the weekend edition of Fox and Friends” to Paul Ingrassia, the former podcaster nominated to run the Office of Special Counsel, who thinks the descendents of slaves should pay the descendants of slave-OWNERS reparations….to Laura Loomer, a Jewish, white nationalist, 9/11 truther, who made headlines in 2018 when she chained herself to the doors of Twitter’s office to protest getting banned from the platform.It’s a cavalcade of the worst people ever to be given a high-speed internet connection. Especially when they now have real power. So we spoke to Will Sommer, senior reporter at The Bulwark, to help us understand how the craziest people in America rose to the very top of the federal government. And in headlines: Trump goes to the Museum of the Bible to talk about how much he loves religion, Pete Hegseth hypes up the troops in Puerto Rico, and Democrats release a very NSFW birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein, allegedly signed by Trump himself. Show Notes: Check out Will's work – substack.com/@willsommerCall Congress – 202-224-3121Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday
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  • It's Tuesday, September 9th.

  • I'm Jane Costin, and this is What A Day.

  • The show congratulating Lachlan Murdoch on winning control of the Murdoch Empire,

  • which includes Fox News, The New York Post, and The Wall Street Journal.

  • I'm sure he will enjoy being loathed by one of this country's two main political factions for the rest of his life.

  • And honestly, it could be either faction at any time.

  • On today's show,

  • President Donald Trump goes to the Museum of the Bible to say we need religion to have a great nation.

  • And Secretary of Defense Pete Hegzeff goes to Puerto Rico to hype up our troops.

  • But let's start with, hmm, weirdos.

  • Say what you will about Trump's first administration, and believe me, I have.

  • But at least some of the people given top jobs had a more soul of actual experience doing those actual jobs.

  • Former National Security Advisor, H.R.

  • McMaster, for example, was a Lieutenant General in the United States Army,

  • and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley,

  • previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Army.

  • But that was then.

  • Now the Trump administration is chock full of the weirdest people the MAGA world has to offer,

  • united by their personal allegiance to one man, Donald J. Trump.

  • From Secretary of Defense, or is it Secretary of War now,