Laura Loomer's expanding influence within some of the most powerful perches of the federal government apparently blocked the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner, from a classified visit to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
From my colleague Julianne McShane:
The classified visit, planned for Friday, had not been publicized. It was intended to be an oversight visit to the agency, which works within the Department of Defense to provide intelligence through maps and satellites. But in a series of X posts on Sunday, Loomer called Warner a "Russia Hoaxer" and alleged the NGA “is infested with Trump haters” because Whitworth was appointed under former President Joe Biden.
Let's take a moment to consider how wild this is. An atrocious racist, with a long history of pushing nonsensical conspiracy theories, has the apparent power to prevent a US senator from a classified oversight visit. (Let's also recall that President Trump invited Loomer, a notorious 9/11 conspiracy theorist, to attend a 9/11 memorial event.)
Loomer, Warner later said on X, is "basically a Cabinet member at this point." I wish I could say that sounds like hyperbole. But everything we know about this administration indicates that it is not.
The Brain Rot Cabinet, indeed.
—Inae Oh
