Devin Burghart
@dburghart
Executive Director, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights. Co-author, Breaching the Mainstream. Old school anti-fascist. Hockey fan. he/him.
MAHA epicenter Skyhorse Publishing is selling Alan Dershowitz’s book, Could President Trump Constitutionally Serve a Third Term.
MAHA leaning in on the idea of another Trump term. The MAHA Report fantasizes, “A third term for President Trump could provide valuable continuity for ambitious policy agendas, particularly in partnership with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services.”
Casey's announcement was met with enthusiasm by the Immigration Accountability Coalition.
Patrick Casey, the white nationalist who was a leader in Identity Evropa and the Groypers, announced he's joined the Federation for American Immigration Reform's (FAIR) Mass Deportation Coalition.
I thought this was a joke-tweet at first, but the far-rightists at The Blaze are actually pushing the absurdity that "Canada has become America's northern security threat." They're trying to South Park their base. (BTW, The Blaze paid money for people to have to see that trash.)
After resigning from FEMA following the whole WaffleHouse teleportation thingee, Gregg Phillips is back promoting election lies and conspiracies, just in time for True the Vote to release another propaganda piece for the midterms.
As if that weren't enough, they brought in Children's Health Defense Chief Scientific Officer Brian Hooker to further claim it was the vaccines that did it.
"There's not a lot of confusion around this case, and to hear that they're still under scrutiny or under suspicion...is absolutely absurd," added Kory.
"They were twins, how can you possibly explain that?" rhetorically asked Kory. According to Kory, "this is a vaccine-induced death."
CHD brought on anti-vaxxer Pierre Kory to back up the vaccines caused the death of these twins. According to Kory, "the data supporting this actual event is immense" and "this is absolutely typical of a death related to a vaccine."
Angela Wulbrecht of vacsafety.org even used the CHD program to demand, "If you have a baby that passes away, the first question you need to be asking in that investigation is when was their last immunization?"
Even after law enforcement flagged concerns about the incident last year, anti-vaxxers said, "I knew right away they were innocent" and "The minute I spoke with the family, I just knew this was truly a vaccine injury."
The anti-vaccine group Children's Health Defense (part of the MAHA core) rushed to blame vaccines for the death of Idaho twins last year. This is from their Good Morning CHD broadcast last year.
"We've got Children's Health Defense behind you. We've got the team behind you. We'll do everything we can to bring this to light." - Polly Tommey, CHD. When twin babies died suddenly, MAHA tried to make an Idaho mom an anti-vaccine cause celebre.
Lehrman appeared to be acting in some sort of official capacity, stating, "We're going to do everything we can, up to and including asylum if necessary, or other diplomatic interventions as necessary or desirable."
Leland Lehrman, a longtime promoter of antisemitic conspiracies, traveled to Germany to visit imprisoned COVID denier Reiner Fuellmich in prison. During the visit, Lehrman was billed as a "close associate of @SecKennedy," "consultant for #MAHA" and "the American Emissary."
The Center for Renewing America, the far-right group founded by OMB director Russ Vought, is calling for stepped-up repression after last night's protest. The group called the demonstration at Delaney Hall, "INSURGENCE, NOT PROTEST," adding "it demands a serious response."
You can see a daily updated list of MAHA endorsed candidates and MAHA federal campaign spending at mahatracker.com
At the state level, it’s also been mixed. In TX, MAHA had most success, with 5 wins, 1 unchallenged, 1 loss in GOP primaries. In OH, endorsed candidates won 5 GOP primaries (most incumbents) and lost 5 GOP primaries. Overall, they’ve had 12 wins, 9 losses, and 2 unchallenged. MAHAtracker.com
MAHA is flexing its political muscle, but the results are mixed at the federal level. On the one hand, one of their favs, Rep. Massie, was defeated in his primary after angering Trump over Epstein. On the other, MAHA PAC spent $500k to defeat Sen. Cassidy, a doctor critical of RFK Jr’s anti-vaxx.
IREHR’s new MAHA Tracker shows that the network of MAHA groups and PACs are controlled by a small number of individuals, virtually all with organizational ties to anti-vaccine groups. MAHAtracker.com
New IREHR resource. The MAHA Tracker. It's a daily-updated dashboard of important data related to the MAHA network, including its funding, social media presence, the legislation it supports/opposes, and the candidates it's endorsed. Check it out. Feedback appreciated! mahatracker.com
And here's repeat guest Bret Weinstein spinning conspiracies of "contagious vaccines" and invoking Nuremberg.
It's not just a fascination with Bigtree, comb through their catalog, you’ll find dozens of MAHA anti-vaxxers given unchallenged platforms. Here’s anti-vaxx Ivermectin pusher stripped of his medical license, Pierre Kory, going unchallenged about how the polio vaccine is a lie.
Here’s Adhikari telling Bigtree she can “live with” (curious choice of words) Bigtree’s lies that vaccines are dangerous, so long as you can have a choice. They allow him to go on unchallenged about vaccine injuries, agreeing with him.
Here's Adhikari acknowledging that MAHA is Del Bigtree’s anti-vaxxer “tent” and asking if she can come inside.
The podcast did not 1, but 3 episodes at the anti-vaxxer Children’s Health Defense Conference last fall. Brinda Adhikari, co-host of the podcast, in a conversation with anti-vaxx leader Del Bigtree and a MAHA Ohio leader, confessed that there is so much she likes about MAHA.
Here are just some of the Why Should I Trust You? Podcast titles. While it’s true they’ve had a pro-vaccine voice or two on the show, on balance it’s MAHA, MAHA, MAHA.
They’ve invited Jacqueline Capriotti. According to her bio, she is a proud MAHA mom and a healthcare policy strategist. She previously led projects on RFK Jr's presidential campaign. She’s also promoted anti-vaxxer arguments through her Health Revolution USA substack.