The new-look Department of Defense press corp just got even wilder.
Pete Hegseth’s new policy to fill the Pentagon press corps with conservative influencers and conspiracy theorists to control media coverage has now reached peak MAGA. Far-right activist and social media influencer Laura Loomer has reportedly been credentialed to cover the Pentagon as part of their hand-picked press corps.
Loomer, who has repeatedly expressed her unflinching loyalty to Donald Trump, has 1.8 million followers on X and hosts her own show, Loomer Unleashed, on Rumble.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imagin September about the fitness of military members. “He says being a fat soldier is ‘unacceptable’. He’s correct,” Loomer wrote.the White House had not approved her request for media credentials. However she has visited the White House several times at the personal invitation of Trump. In October, Hegseth announced that any media outlets who refused to sign the Pentagon’s new press corps policy, which prevented them from reporting any information that hasn’t been approved for release, would have to turn in their credentials.Jared Szuba of the Al-Monitor carries a box as reporters walk out together after turning in their credentials for refusing to sign new reporting limits dictated by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, at the Pentagon on Wednesday, Oct 15, 2025 in Arlington, VA.that over 60 “journalists, representing a broad spectrum of new media outlets and independent journalists,” signed the Pentagon’s new access policy. Parnell defended filling the press corp with Trump-friendly influencers and reporters, some of whom have never regularly covered the Pentagon. “New media outlets and independent journalists have created the formula to circumvent the lies of the mainstream media and get real news directly to the American people,” Parnell claimed.“Their reach and impact collectively are far more effective and balanced than the self-righteous media who chose to self-deport from the Pentagon.”to hunting out members of the Trump administration she believes are not loyal to Trump and campaigning for them to lose their jobs. In a process she called being “Loomered”, her scalps included Assistant U.S Attorney Adam Schleifer, Trump’s national security adviser, Mike Waltz, FDA Vaccine Chief Dr. Vinay Prasad and Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey, daughter of Trump nemesis James Comey. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a law enforcement roundtable in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC.Trump, 79, expressed his support for Loomer in August, with the conspiracy theorist understood to have a direct line to the president. “I know she’s known as a ‘radical right,’ but I think Laura Loomer is a very nice person,” Trump said. “I think she’s a patriot, and she gets excited because of the fact she’s a patriot, and she doesn’t like things going on that she thinks are bad for the country. I like her.”after signing Hegseth’s new policy. “This new chapter reaffirms that commitment and expands our ability to bring vital coverage from the Pentagon straight to the American people—without censorship, without spin.” Right-wing political commentator Tim Pool has also signed Hegseth’s new agreement, covering the Pentagon as host of Timcast. “We aim to conduct podcast interviews whenever possible but do not intend to maintain a significant presence at the Pentagon or engage in in-depth investigative reporting, as specialized outlets do,” Pool
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