RFK Jr. is a cheat, a charlatan, a voodoo priest, a shaman, a quack not-even-a-doctor-or-a-scientist, an anti-vaccine spiritualist new-age crook whom the Supreme Moron has placed in charge of your health and that of your children.
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Secret AI Code Found in RFK Jr.’s Botched MAHA ‘Science’ Doc
Erkki Forster
Fri, May 30, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s error-laden Make America Healthy Again report may have been crafted with the help of artificial intelligence.
Some footnotes in Kennedy’s much-touted report on Americans’ health include URLs with the marker “oaicite,” The Washington Post reported, which indicates the use of OpenAI, the developer of ChatGPT.
The 73-page document cites over 500 works to support its assertions on issues ranging from vaccine safety to the dangers of ultra-processed foods, but a NOTUS report found that many of its citations misrepresented existing research or referenced studies that do not exist.
White House Christian Bimbo-in-Chief Press Karoline Leavitt says the shoddiness in RFK Jr.'s MAHA report is simply due to "formatting issues". Kinda like "my dog ate my homework"'s response from the dumb blonde (sois belle et tais toi, say the French, and that is no compliment).
Oren Etzioni, a University of Washington professor who studies AI, told the Post that he was shocked by the sloppiness of the MAHA report.
“Frankly, that’s shoddy work,” Etzioni said. “We deserve better.”
The White House has scrambled to revise the report since NOTUS published its findings Thursday, fixing broken links and deleting one of the “oaicite” markers, according to the Post.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt acknowledged “some formatting issues” with the report but maintained that they “do not negate the substance of the report” during her briefing Thursday.
She did not say whether the report was generated by AI, referring questions on the matter to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
After the Daily Beast inquired whether any part of the MAHA report was created or edited using AI tools, HHS Deputy Press Secretary Emily G. Hilliard said in a statement: “Minor citation and formatting errors have been corrected, but the substance of the MAHA report remains the same—a historic and transformative assessment by the federal government to understand the chronic disease epidemic afflicting our nation’s children.”
“Under President Trump and Secretary Kennedy, our federal government is no longer ignoring this crisis, and it’s time for the media to also focus on what matters,” she added.
But Georges Benjamin, the executive director of the American Public Health Association, said the flawed references in the report undermine its credibility.
“It should be junked at this point,” he told the Post. “It cannot be used for any policymaking. It cannot even be used for any serious discussion, because you can’t believe what’s in it.”
Laurel and Hardy are in charge of the country's health. Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS
Published on May 22, the document was written by a commission of Trump Cabinet officials and government scientific leaders to address a rise in chronic diseases among American children. However, Kennedy—an anti-vaccine activist and environmental lawyer—has refused to name specific authors.
The report, which calls for a reevaluation of the childhood vaccine schedule and claims that American children are overmedicated and undernourished, is intended to inform policy recommendations to be released later this year.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s predecessor has called him out for the bungled Make America Healthy Again report.
The MAHA report, which HHS released to much fanfare this week, was riddled with errors and cited nonexistent studies to back its claims. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt dismissed the mistakes as “formatting issues.”
“I understand there were some formatting issues with the MAHA report that are being addressed, and the report will be updated, but it does not negate the substance of the report,” Leavitt said Friday.
Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, who served under the Biden administration, was having none of it.
“This ‘formatting’ BS doesn’t sell,” Becerra told Mother Jones. “You’re supposed to do that checking before you publish, at least if you’re a rigorous publisher.”
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as he tries to puke the frog out of his throat. He released a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) report that included a slew of fake citations. / Samuel Corum / Samuel Corum/Getty Images
“We caught this one,” Becerra said of the faulty report. “Which ones didn’t we catch?”
Kennedy’s MAHA report included a slew of errors in its citations, and a portion of the more than 500 cited sources do not even exist, NOTUS found.
Becerra said Friday that he tried to hold back on criticizing the Trump administration until it got “a chance to settle in.” But at this point, “They got their chance.”
“I’m going to start talking,” said Becerra, who recently announced a run for California governor. “We have an obligation to protect the health of the American people, and to be silent is to acquiesce. There are too many people acquiescing to what’s going on right now.”
Becerra further denounced Kennedy’s longstanding refusal to promote the measles vaccine and his recent announcement that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend the COVID vaccine for children or pregnant women.
“Two young children died in Texas this year from measles,” Becerra said. “They should be alive today.”
Both NOTUS and The New York Times reported that at least nine citations found in the MAHA report so far were fake, and that it largely misrepresented the findings of other existing studies. Several experts have connected the errors to the use of artificial intelligence.
By the end of the day Thursday, the White House had updated the report and removed seven fake citations.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. still struggling with the frog in his throat (and the worm in his brain). He received backlash for reversing a recommendation for pregnant women and young children to get the COVID vaccine. / Win McNamee / Win McNamee/Getty Images
In the last few months, at least 20,000 people have left HHS, with half getting laid off and the other half taking buyouts. Many of the expelled staff were dedicated to monitoring pregnancy outcomes and preventing health crises like opioid addictions, gun injuries, and intimate partner violence.
Becerra slammed HHS for trying to “muzzle” researchers and the “folks that are underneath” Kennedy who are “allowing this to happen.”
“As dangerous as the guy in the Oval Office is,” Becerra added, “I think the big danger is those who enable him to do this, because that’s how you end up with tyranny and dictatorship—when others follow and let it happen.”
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