Throughline by Jill Filipovic

Throughline by Jill Filipovic

Is America Healthy Yet?

Taking stock of the Trump administration's record on healthy food, clean water, and breathable air.

Jill Filipovic
May 19, 2026
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Of all the constituencies making up Donald Trump’s 2024 voter base, I had the highest hopes for MAHA.

Not because I liked RFK Jr. or the anti-vaccine quackery, but because it seemed to me that the MAHA movement opened up the potential for narrow bipartisan consensus on some issues Democrats had long championed, and others …

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