Targeting Our Children: Special Education Funding on the Chopping Block
The Darker Side of the Spectrum – Volume XII Another front in the dismantling project has just come into view. According to Disability Scoop, the U.S. Department of Education is preparing to cancel hundreds of special education grants under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) Part D. These grants fund parent training centers, technical […]
MAHA Is Starting to Crack
The Make America Healthy Again experiment was always a strange fusion: Trump’s MAGA base plus RFK Jr.’s wellness-skeptic “MAHA moms.” For a while, it worked — uniting vaccine distrust with organic-food activism under one banner. But now the cracks are showing. The White House’s draft MAHA Commission report largely protects the pesticide and food industries. […]
From Rhetoric to Radicalization: How the CDC Became a Target
The Darker Side of the Spectrum – Volume XI From Rhetoric to Radicalization: How the CDC Became a Target On August 8, 2025, a 30-year-old gunman opened fire on the CDC headquarters in Atlanta. He fired more than 180 rounds, piercing even blast-resistant windows. Officer David Rose, a member of the DeKalb County Police assigned […]
The MAHA Blueprint That Isn’t
The long-awaited Make Our Children Healthy Again draft strategy landed this week. This was supposed to be the moment: the major policy blueprint from RFK Jr.’s HHS, the bold plan to tackle childhood chronic disease. Instead, what we got was a document of avoidance. Heavy on rhetoric, light on action. And what it leaves out […]