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Fast Forward Facebook Will Not Let Laura Loomer Back On Even Though She’s Running For Office
Far-right activist Laura Loomer will not be allowed to return to Facebook while running for Congress, according to CNN. “People who have been banned from our services aren’t able to set up a new account even if they’re running for office,” a spokesperson told the network’s Oliver Darcy. Loomer is banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,…
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Fast Forward Banned By Twitter, Others For Islamophobia, Laura Loomer’s Running For Office
Conservative provocateur Laura Loomer has raised more than $154,000 towards her congressional campaign in South Florida – more than $50,000 more than her opponent, incumbent Rep. Lois Frankel, The Palm Beach Post reported Thursday. Loomer, who has been banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Medium, Paypal, Venmo, GoFundMe, Uber and Lyft for Islamophobia or otherwise violating…
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Fast Forward Laura Loomer Sues Tlaib For $2 Million For Allegedly Grabbing Her Phone
Conservative provocateur Laura Loomer filed a lawsuit against Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Friday, seeking $2 million in damages related to a incident in which Tlaib allegedly grabbed Loomer’s cell phone when the activist tried to confront the politician at a campaign event. Loomer crashed a campaign event in Minneapolis in October for Tlaib and Rep….
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Fast Forward Laura Loomer Got Around Twitter Ban With Help From The Jewish Voice, Report Says
The far-right provocateur Laura Loomer evaded Twitter’s ban on her account by running the Twitter account for The Jewish Voice, a small conservative Jewish weekly, Right Wing Watch reported. Loomer has been banned from several services for her racist and Islamophobic tweets. In November, Uber and Lyft banned her from using their ride-hailing apps, and…
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Fast Forward Laura Loomer Wears Yellow Star And Handcuffs Herself To Twitter HQ In Protest
Laura Loomer reportedly donned a yellow star and handcuffed herself to a Twitter office building in New York to protest what she calls its discrimination against conservative figures. “Twitter is upholding sharia when they ban me for tweeting facts about sharia law,” Loomer shouted on a livestream of her protest, referring to Islamic law. The…
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Fast Forward Congressman Uses Auction Skills To Drown Out Laura Loomer’s Protest
The “alt-right” Jewish activist and self-proclaimed “citizen journalist” Laura Loomer interrupted Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s congressional testimony to protest losing her verification as part of the social media platform’s purge of hate figures. “You are a liar, Jack Dorsey,” she shouted, holding up her phone with a pink selfie stick as she called on President…
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Fast Forward Publishing Platform Medium Suspends ‘Alt-Right’ Accounts
The online publishing platform Medium suspended the accounts of multiple high-profile figures associated with the far-right and “alt-right,” including Mike Cernovich and Laura Loomer, as part of an update to its terms and conditions. Medium’s update, conducted earlier this month, stated that the platform does “not allow posts or accounts that engage in on-platform, off-platform,…
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Fast Forward Richard Spencer, Laura Loomer Unverified On Twitter For ‘Promoting Hate’
Laura Loomer and Richard Spencer are among a string of prominent far-right figures to have lost their verification badges on Twitter on Wednesday, Newsweek reported. Jason Kessler, the organizer of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and “Baked Alaska”, a prominent “alt-right” figure, also lost the site’s signature blue check marks. Twitter framed the…
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