\u2022 Our political system is shaped by left versus right than by vested interests that capture whichever party holds power, which is why policies with overwhelming public support so rarely become law.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Republicans lost both chambers of Congress, as the strategy their leadership bet on largely failed. Notably, voters ranked government corruption as the most important factor in their vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Days later, Calley Means, who led MAHA implementation at the White House until October, went on Joe Rogan and laid out how a handful of former lobbyists who controlled the policy process blocked popular MAHA reforms while advancing the priorities of the industries paying their firms. Hours after it aired, Trump announced the chief of staff he named was out.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Much of what he described is in the public record: the executive order shielding glyphosate, the administration\u2019s brief that helped Bayer win immunity at the Supreme Court, the push for fruit-flavored vapes that preceded Marty Makary\u2019s exit, the reversal on \u201cgas station heroin,\u201d and the record revenues of the lobbying firms tied to the chief of staff.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Holding MAHA back \u201cuntil after the midterms\u201d was the same advice that cost Trump the 2020 election, when his advisers agreed the COVID policies were wrong but refused to \u201crock the boat\u201d before the vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 The internet has broken the top-down messaging that once let a small group decide what the public cared about. This election (along with the data center revolt) showed voters are increasingly identifying the problems they feel matter independent of media messaging<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 In this article, I will review what Calley revealed, why it reflects a structural problem in both parties rather than a single administration, and what I feel is the best path forward available to us now.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.midwesterndoctor.com\/p\/why-washington-ignores-what-90-of?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How a handful of insiders blocked the policies voters wanted, cost Republicans Congress, and are now moving back to financing the other party \u2022 Our political system is shaped by left versus right than by vested interests that capture whichever … Continue reading