MAGA activist Laura Loomer received thousands for covert political posts — The Washington Post

Alex Bruesewitz, a prominent political consultant who worked on Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, went on the record with the newspaper alongside three additional sources who requested anonymity. Two of the sources stated that they had paid Loomer directly to disseminate specific political posts on her X account, which commands an audience of nearly two million followers. The third individual confirmed observing private clients transferring payments to Loomer.

Banking transaction records and wire transfer receipts reviewed by The Washington Post document four separate payments totaling more than $60k transferred in May 2025 to Loomer and her registered corporate entity, King Breaker Media.

While the financial wire summaries do not specify line-item project descriptions, two individuals with direct knowledge confirmed that the sums were disbursed explicitly to purchase political posts on her feed.

Bruesewitz stated in an interview that he paid Loomer throughout 2025 to run posts on X. He explained that the funds were routed through his political consulting agency, X Strategies, though he declined to name the end clients who financed the arrangements.

Bruesewitz publicly leveled the allegations earlier that week in a series of posts on X.

Loomer denied accepting money to run sponsored social media posts. Addressing Bruesewitz's claims, she asserted that he had retained her services to "author a one-page research briefing" and disseminate that research as an X post "or perhaps as an article."

Two individuals familiar with her rates stated that Loomer charged between $3k and $5k per post on X, "and occasionally more." The blogger rejected that characterization as well, stating that she maintains no standardized rate schedule for consulting services.

On July 20, 2026, Loomer — earlier known for hard-right polemics and echoing Russian talking points — posted a video documenting her arrival in Kyiv, captioning it: "I'm not in Russia because I'm not a propagandist."

Loomer later acknowledged publicly that she spent years under the influence of Russian state propaganda concerning Moscow's war against Ukraine.

On July 23, 2026, Loomer conducted a sit-down interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Mariinskyi Palace in Kyiv.

By July 27, Loomer publicly urged Washington to supply Ukraine with Patriot air defense missiles, recounting in an X post how her time in Ukraine forced her into bomb shelters during Russian ballistic missile strikes and interrupted her sleep with nightly air raid sirens.

In an interview published by Ukrainska Pravda on July 28, Loomer explained that her stance on the war shifted after her personal visit, emphasizing that witnessing Russian missile bombardments firsthand fundamentally reshaped her geopolitical perspective.