It’s once again time for this week’s episode of Schauer Thoughts and the bad news keeps coming. Join us in the communal Schauer for another deep dive on the MAHA Strategy as we’ll be going over the “data” and “sources” they provide for their supposed “health initiatives” with a fine-tooth comb. If you find yourself missing any context, please feel free to listen to Part 1! With all that said, I hope you enjoy this episode or at least learn something new - I know I definitely did.
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Books:
Expecting Inequity: How the Maternal Health Crisis Affects Even the Wealthiest Black Americans - Khiara M. Bridges
Rebel Health: A Field Guide to the Patient-Led Revolution in Medical Care - Susannah Fox
Fragmented: A Doctor’s Guide to Piece Together American Health Care - Ilana Yurkiewicz, MD
How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence - Michael Pollan
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution - Paul Hawkes, Amory Loving, L. Hunter Lovins
MAHA Information:
For all the “sources” I review during this episode you can find them on the page I mention in the MAHA Strategy & Report
MAHA Strategy
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/The-MAHA-Strategy-WH.pdf
MAHA Report
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MAHA-Report-The-White-House.pdf
Resources:
Cleaver among legislators introducing bill to guarantee minimum wage to incarcerated workers
https://www.kctv5.com/2026/03/19/cleaver-among-legislators-introducing-bill-guarantee-minimum-wage-incarcerated-workers/
For the people of Missouri and others who want to help further the efforts to get prisoners paid for their labor.
Running Behind the DDT Truck: Growing up in the 1950s
https://cospringsrealestatenews.com/running-behind-the-ddt-truck/
SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth
https://www.searchfordiabetes.org/dspHome.cfm
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/
Census Information - US States & Territories by Historical Population
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_historical_population
What is Ag-Gag Legislation?
https://www.aspca.org/improving-laws-animals/public-policy/what-ag-gag-legislation
Ag-Gag Across America
https://ccrjustice.org/sites/default/files/attach/2017/09/Ag-GagAcrossAmerica.pdf
IQ: Can Intelligence Really Be Measured?
https://www.polytechnique-insights.com/en/columns/neuroscience/iq-can-intelligence-really-be-measured/
WTAS: Secretary Kennedy Celebrates Hospital Nutrition Commitments, Florida Farm Partnership During Take Back Your Health Tour in Miami
https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/wtas-sec-kennedy-celebrates-hospital-nutrition-commitments-florida-farm-partnership-during-take-back-your-health-tour-miami.html
RFK Jr. is shrinking the agency that works on mental health and addiction
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/06/06/nx-s1-5424670/rfk-jr-samhsa-mental-health-addiction-overdose-trump-budget-cuts
Prison Labor Information:
Prison Farms: Former Plantations, Dangerous Conditions, and No Pay
https://worthrises.org/blogpost/2025/6/18/prison-labor-in-agriculture-people-in-prison-are-picking-cotton-on-former-plantations-in-dangerous-conditions-for-no-pay
The Convict Leasing System: Slavery in its Worst Aspects
https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2021/06/convict-leasing-system/
Prisoners in the US are part of a hidden workforce linked to hundreds of popular food brands
https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
Locked Up: The Prison Labor That Built Business Empires
https://revealnews.org/podcast/locked-up-the-prison-labor-that-built-business-empires-update-2023/
Prison Labor is Remarkably Common Within the Food System
http://nycfoodpolicy.org/prison-labor-is-remarkably-common-within-the-food-system/
Force prison labor in the “Land of the Free” Rooted in Racism and Economic Exploitation: Spotlight
https://www.epi.org/publication/rooted-racism-prison-labor/
Mental Health Services for Farmers:
Rural Minds
https://www.ruralminds.org/farmerresilience
Farm Credit East
https://www.farmcrediteast.com/en/resources/todays-harvest-Blog/260512MentalHealthResourcesforAgriculture
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