Welcome to Schauer Thoughts, this week we’ll be dissecting the “MAHA Report” as well as it’s strategy and “MAHA ELEVATE” proposal. Please know that there will be several more parts to this series so if there’s anything you think I didn’t get to or is worth emphasizing, I will absolutely be doing follow-ups and want you to hang tight - I very much hear and mirror your concern. Researching this episode has been heartbreaking like none other and I just appreciate you all taking the time to listen. Please review the sources below for all information, it is of the utmost importance right now that we all stay informed.

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I do also plan on searching for actionable items and ways to recognize front groups, but I do need some time to collect and format that information. Please know that hope is never lost. 

Nuance: I do apologize for my poor pronunciation of some medical conditions and other words, I am someone who loves to research outside of a school context so I don’t get to hear most of these words spoken out loud by others. I foresee some red-hat-supporters running with this point for “evidence” of me being unintelligent and I’m covering my bases for when that eventually happens. My main reason for pointing this out is not to prevent people making fun of my pronunciation but more of a demonstration on how predictable some people are.

Reminder: I love answering questions, if you have an assumption on any of my political stances, please just ask. *Spoiler* I am not a fan of the United States military and have very strong, informed opinions.

Edit for 31:50 - I accidentally referred to RFK Jr. as “JFK” - this was a mistake lol.

Books:

Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans - Khiara M. Bridges

Sweet and Deadly: How Coca-Cola Spreads Disinformation and Makes Us Sick - Murray Carpenter

A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States: From Margins to Mainstream - Carolyn Wolf-Gould, Dallas Denny, Jamison Green, Kyan Lynch, Editors

Enshitification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It - Cory Doctorow

Astroturfing: Manufacturing Fake Grassroots Campaigns - S Williams

Gifted Books:

Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma - Wednesdae Reim Ifrach REAT, ATR-BC, CLAT

Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are: How Indigenous Cultural Resistance Can Restore the Earth, Recover Community, and Create Sustainable Futures - Maceo Carrillo Martinet, PhD

Sleep and Its Meanings: Sociocultural Investigations from Critical Sleep Studies - Edited by Diletta De Cristofaro

Mad Eden - Morgan Thomas

MAHA Information:

The MAHA Report - https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MAHA-Report-The-White-House.pdf

The MAHA Strategy - https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-MAHA-Strategy-WH.pdf 

MAHA ELEVATE Model - https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovation-models/maha-elevate 

Resources:

US Science After a Year of Trump

 https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-026-00088-9/index.html 

Senior NIH official pushes MAHA strategy to skeptical ADA audience https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/05/ada-conference-new-orleans-richard-woychik-synergy-nih-maha/

List of Wars Involving the United States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_wars_involving_the_United_States 

Poisoning the Well: How Astroturfing Harms Trust in Advocacy Organizations

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23294965221123808

Psychiatrists say RFK Jr’s take on SSRIs is an ‘oversimplification’ of the problem

https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2026/05/07/psychiatrists-say-rfk-jr-s-take-on-ssris-is-an-oversimplification-of-the-problem

S&T Digital Forgeries Report

https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/23_0630_st_digital_forgeries_report_signed.pdf

Scientific American (2013) - Natural versus Synthetic Chemicals Is a Gray Matter 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/guest-blog/natural-vs-synthetic-chemicals-is-a-gray-matter/

RFK Jr. Parrots Pete Hegseth, Says America is Too Fat for War

https://newrepublic.com/post/205033/rfk-jr-parrots-pete-hegseth-says-america-fat-war-dietary-guidelines-hhs 

White House asks for $16B in cuts to HHS, more money for war

https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/healthcare-economics/white-house-asks-16b-cuts-hhs-more-money-war

World Ward Wednesday: Farm Cadets

https://www.thefoodhistorian.com/blog/world-war-wednesday-farm-cadets

RFK Jr. talked about ‘reparenting’ kids on wellness farms. We visit one that inspired him.

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/nx-s1-5798733/rfk-jr-addiction-treatment-centers

Up to 70% of Farmworkers Not Returning to California Farms following ICE Raids

https://www.thepacker.com/70-farmworkers-not-returning-california-farms-following-ice-raids 

ICE raids have deterred foreign farm workers, but farmers hope to make hiring easier

https://www.npr.org/2025/12/02/nx-s1-5604903/ice-raids-have-deterred-foreign-farm-workers-but-farmers-hope-to-make-hiring-easier

Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here’s how it would work

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/09/politics/us-military-draft-registration-2026

Selective Service - Who Must Register

https://www.sss.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/WhoMustRegisterChart_1-28-25-2.pdf  

Military Medical Information

Nuance Reminder: I am well aware that there are people in the US military that currently have these disorders/ diseases/ conditions, my *quite specific* emphasis is on the formal documentation and/or diagnosis (it’s been medically charted by a physician) of these conditions PRIOR to entering the United States military.

Apologies for the aggressive nuance, as someone raised around the military, I just know ~ deep in my soul ~ that someone is going to be so tempted to say “my boyfriends in the Army and he has ADHD!!”

I’m very happy for y’all, but again, documented and/or diagnosed before entering the United States military. 

Circular No. 100, War Department, Provost Marshal General’s Office, Washington, November 9, 1863 - Annual Report of the Secretary of War, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1856

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Report_of_the_Secretary_of_War_which_Acc/EMVOAQAAMAAJ?gbpv=1

Defects Found in Drafted Men (1919)

https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-9502639-bk

Unfit for Service: Physical Fitness and Civic Obligation in World War II

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/unfit-for-service-physical-fitness-and-civic-obligation-in-world-war-ii.htm 

Iraq War and Afghanistan 

https://dmna.ny.gov/hro/agr/army/files/1557332720--AR%2040-501%20Standard%20of%20Medical%20Fitness.pdf 

Current (2026) Disqualifying Conditions

https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodi/613003_vol1.PDF?ver=8i9QED7mH4XAA4zoSSIwZA%3D%3D 

Military Command Exception

https://www.health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Privacy-and-Civil-Liberties/HIPAA-Compliance-within-the-MHS/Military-Command-Exception 

Can You Join the Military with ADHD?

https://www.additudemag.com/can-you-join-the-military-with-adhd/

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