WHAT WE'RE WATCHING
💊 Trump moves to tighten drug ads. President Trump signed a memorandum directing agencies to enforce stricter rules on pharmaceutical advertising. Companies must disclose more side effects, potentially making ads impractically long. The industry spent $10.8 billion on ads in 2024, and the new rules could disrupt both pharma and media profits.
🍔 Big Food scrambles over MAHA pressure. Big Food is panicking as the MAHA movement is causing the White House to be less inviting towards lobbyists. With the administration targeting ultra-processed foods and additives, the trillion-dollar food sector is scrambling to adjust while avoiding direct confrontation with the Trump administration.
🌾 MAHA activists revolt over pesticide protections. A GOP spending bill includes a provision to protect pesticide makers like Bayer from cancer lawsuits. Top MAHA influencers like Vani Hari (the Food Babe) asserted that if this bill gets passed, “they are going to face the wrath of MAHA in the midterm elections.”
💉 RFK Jr. remakes CDC vaccine advisory. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed five new members to the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel after firing the previous committee. The panel is expected to reconsider recommendations for COVID-19 shots and other routine childhood immunizations.
INSIDER RADAR
RFK Jr. credits Charlie Kirk
Insiders behind the paywall: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his allies, and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya.
THE MAIN STORY
New MAHA strategy addresses childhood disease head-on
_WHAT’S HAPPENING_
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that 76.4 percent of Americans suffer from chronic disease, calling the US “the sickest country in the world.”
The Health Department’s new strategy to tackle childhood health problems is a direct rebuke to decades of failed bipartisan public health policies…
Exclusive analysis and uncensored facts behind the paywall: The details of the MAHA Commission’s childhood disease plan, why they’re taking a more holistic approach, and the failed policies of decades’ past.
_JOIN THE DISCUSSION_
Do you support MAHA’s more holistic approach to studying childhood disease?
MEDIA BIAS SPOTTER
How left and right outlets frame the MAHA children’s report
Mentioned behind the paywall: ABC News, NBC News, The Daily Signal, and Fox News.
_THE DAILY DEBATE_
POLLS RESULTS FROM YESTERDAY
Which do you think is the most damaging for children’s health?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🍟 Junk food (642)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 📱 Technology (346)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💊 Medications (306)
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🤔 Unsure (41)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 💬 Other (Comment) (174)
🍟 Junk food: “Everyone eats. It starts here!” — JK
📱 Technology: “It stays in the child's psyche forever. It shapes who they are and who they become, and the choices they make daily. They cannot unsee what they see.” — RL
💊 Medications: “The meds have serious problems and side effects of their own.” — Anonymous
_POP QUIZ_
Who warned the GOP of MAHA's "wrath" if they pass the spending bill?
Today’s newsletter was written by Brandon Goldman, Anthony Constantini, and Ariel David. We scoured 100s of sources to bring you stories and insights you won’t find in the mainstream media.
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