CENSORED Article RELEASED: Trump's Appointment of RFK Jr. To Head HHS Signals Serious Commitment To Health Policy Reform
The article they wouldn't publish because it went against the editorial board. This is after this magazine showed interested in it and we went back and forth with a few edits. Ideology > quality.
Hi everyone,
Last week I released my piece on how a top media outlet killed my article on the MAHA coalition because the editorial board came out vigorously opposing RFK Jr:
I’m now releasing the censored article below for everyone.
Decide for yourself if you find this so contentious to publish in a major media outlet (I’ll be reading all the comments!).
Trump's Appointment of RFK Jr. To Head HHS Signals Serious Commitment To Health Policy Reform, Gratifying Diverse MAHA Coalition
By: Rav Arora
Health has long been marginalized in American politics as a fringe issue with little political capital and viral attention. Since the 1960s – when the countercultural movements popularized healthy eating, environmental sustainability, herbal medicine, and criticism of the excesses of Big Pharma – mainstream political discourse has mostly ignored these concerns. Since RFK Jr.’s endorsement of Trump on August 23, excitement has brewed over the possibility of radical health policy reform, generating a new multi-faceted coalition of “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) followers demanding systemic change. Yesterday, health-conscious Americans celebrated in victory as Trump boldly appointed RFK Jr. as the head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), signaling a serious commitment to transformative health policy reform.
The MAHA coalition now represents a diverse group of Americans who prioritize health as a core political issue. From yoga moms and psychedelic hippies to podcast-listening gym bros and COVID dissidents, MAHA followers share a deep commitment to treating their bodies and minds as sacred, free from manipulation by government policies and corporate interests.
This emergent coalition grew during the pandemic, as government contradictions—from shifting mask mandates to vilifying dissenters—fueled deep cynicism about health regulations. Figures like Dr. Anthony Fauci became symbols of a medical establishment that many believed was failing the public, while independent voices like Joe Rogan became targets for questioning mainstream Big Pharma narratives.
The insistence by wealthy, out-of-touch Democratic elites that the system must be trusted has only emboldened the MAHA coalition’s resolve to dismantle the perverse influence of Big Food and Big Pharma. This sentiment was illustrated in my viral debate with Mark Cuban on X, spurred by Joe Rogan’s mention of our exchange on his podcast. Cuban pompously asserted, “Just my personal opinion, but when someone says that EVERYONE fell for misinformation from the government except them and their associates, I tend to be skeptical.”
The current system is indeed corrupted by corporate interests. For example, 95% of advisory committee members for the 2020-2025 U.S. Dietary Guidelines have financial ties to Big Pharma and Big Food companies like Kraft and Kellogg’s. Senior FDA officials have sounded alarms about the agency’s push for unproven medical products aimed at young people, with one insider describing it as a “a horror movie I’m being forced to watch, and I can’t close my eyes.”
The results of such policies are dire. Around 60% of U.S. adults live with at least one chronic disease, such as heart disease, cancer, or diabetes. Chronic diseases now account for seven out of ten deaths annually in the U.S., consuming 90% of the nation’s $4.5 trillion in healthcare spending. Calley Means, a key advisor to RFK Jr., recently revealed that 38% of U.S. teens have prediabetes—a disturbing indicator for future health trends.
Excitement abounds over health policy reforms RFK Jr. can implement. He has pledged to remove fluoride from U.S. water supplies, citing concerns over its links to IQ loss and arthritis. He has also promised to get “ultra-processed foods out of school lunches.” “The FDA’s war on public health is about to end,” he stated in a recent post on X, where he listed substances and therapies he aims to de-stigmatize, including psychedelics, raw milk, hyperbaric therapies, and ivermectin.
Following RFK Jr.’s appointment, I spoke to Dr. Aseem Malhotra, a world-leading British cardiologist now linked to a top advisory role in Trump’s administration, and he stated as a health policy advisor his top priority would be “treating ultra-processed food like the new tobacco.” “That means banning ultra-processed food advertising, raising their prices through taxation, and also a public health education campaign,” he added. Moreover, he said he would push to “remove all commercial conflicts of interest over health policy decisions including improved transparency in the pharma industry.” “Trump is, in many ways, exactly what America needs right now—a disruptor willing to take on a system that has strayed from its democratic roots,” he added.
As a journalist writing on Big Pharma over the past four years, issues like food safety, pharmaceutical ethics, and alternative medicine have been relegated to the fringes of political debate. But now, with the support of the MAHA coalition and RFK Jr.’s leadership at HHS, these issues are finally at the center of political discourse.
This resurgence of health as a political priority could address longstanding public health concerns. By challenging the monopolies of Big Food and Big Pharma, the MAHA coalition is shedding light on issues many Americans feel have been ignored for too long. With RFK Jr. at the helm of HHS and Trump’s commitment to reform, the chronic disease epidemic may finally be confronted with the seriousness it demands. This ought to be celebrated.
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Rejected the article? Well, and no wonder. It's utterly reprehensible of you to insist on continually pointing out the obvious and saying the quiet part out loud.
It's anathema, this habit of yours, and relegating you to the status of pariah is entirely understandable; The advertisers really dislike your contradicting their deceptive marketing in this fashion.
The editorial board must have conflicts of interest. Shame on them. Their time of irrelevance is coming anyway.