Laura Loomer, a 31-year-old far-right internet personality, walked into the West Wing on April 4th armed with a sheaf of papers, and walked out with a bushel of national security scalps. At least five staffers, whom she alleged were disloyal neocons, were fired from the National Security Council based on her advice. General Timothy Haugh, a respected four star general serving as the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, was also fired at Loomer’s urging.⁠ ⁠ Loomer, a school-shooting and 9/11 truther who has described herself as a “proud Islamophobe” and “pro-white nationalist” (while also identifying as a “feisty Jewess”), has grown especially close to Trump over the past year. She’s traveled with him to multiple campaign events and openly angled for a job in the White House. ⁠ ⁠ “National security Washington has been trying to make sense of why Haugh got Loomered,” writes Puck’s Julia Ioffe. “The idea that an outsider could waltz into the Oval Office and reshape...