{
  "id": 7768474,
  "title": "Women Built MAHA. MAGA Bros Have Taken It Over.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/women-built-maha-maga-bros-have-taken-it-over",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/women-built-maha-maga-bros-calley-means-rfk-trump-alex-clark-glyphosate-girl-lee-zeldin/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. aligned with Donald Trump in the 2024 election, he brought along a dedicated group of health-conscious voters known as Make America Healthy Again (MAHA). These women had been passionate advocates for whole foods, raw milk, and opponents of food additives and chemicals like glyphosate. However, the MAHA-MAGA partnership seems to be faltering, as tensions over action and glyphosate regulation emerge. A notable moment was when Mike Tyson, a convicted rapist, appeared on TV promoting a health agenda, urging viewers to \"Eat Real Food.\" This ad, sponsored by the MAHA Center, represented a more masculine version of the original movement. While women have been the driving force behind MAHA, pushing for healthier food choices and protesting against harmful substances, men have increasingly taken on leadership roles, including positions in the White House, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and the Food and Drug Administration. The movement was built on a foundation of concerns about ultraprocessed foods, additives, chemicals, microplastics, and pesticides, but recent shifts in power dynamics raise questions about whether women who founded the movement will eventually challenge the male-dominated direction.",
  "summary": "Editor’s Note: When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. jumped on Donald Trump’s bandwagon in 2024, he brought with him the wellness-obsessed, vaccine-rejecting, food label-reading Make America Healthy Again voters who’ve been credited with helping Trump take back the White House. But there are signs that the MAHA–MAGA alliance is wearing thin, from squabbles over inaction to […]",
  "key_points": [
    "MAHA founded by women advocating for healthy foods.",
    "Men now leading MAHA, including White House roles.",
    "Concerns about glyphosate regulation and ultraprocessed foods."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}