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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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
Example of why we really need
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
To find the information I was discussing go to page 74.
Defects Found in Drafted Men (1919)
https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-9502639-bk
To find the information I was discussing, go to page 49.
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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