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Top RFK Jr. MAHA Advisor Calley Means Quits Over Stalled Agenda
A senior advisor to RFK Jr. resigned this week over frustrations that the Make America Healthy Again crusade has hit a brick wall.
Calley Means was one of RFK Jr.’s top advisors and is generally credited with bringing Kennedy and Trump together during the 2024 election campaign.
His departure two weeks before the midterms is the most high-profile sign of growing disillusion within the movement.
In a prepared statement, however, Means praised President Trump and Secretary Kennedy for the progress they have made.
“I leave with tremendous respect for President Trump and RFK — two historic figures who are committed to confronting a corrupt DC bureaucracy that is doing everything possible to protect the status quo,” Means said.
“The past two years have seen historic policy and cultural change to confront the chronic disease crisis and healthcare incentives that profit from us being sick. This movement is in the first inning and just getting started.”
Two officials with the administration said Means was frustrated about “what he saw as a lack of progress on MAHA priorities.”
“The breaking point came this week. Means had been scheduled to meet with Kennedy and White House officials to discuss defining ultraprocessed foods,” Politico reports.
The meeting was postponed.
One of the officials described the postponed meeting as “the straw that broke the camel’s back.”
“Calley’s been pushing very, very hard for this, but it’s been a very opaque process and has been just continuously stonewalled.”
Means had been hoping an established definition for ultraprocessed foods would allow the eventual regulation of many food additives that are associated with the chronic disease epidemic in America.
Politico notes, “Means, who initially served as a White House adviser and later became a senior HHS adviser, was heavily involved in early Trump administration wins on food policy, including revamping the dietary guidelines, getting a smattering of big candy and food companies to voluntarily remove artificial dyes from their products and restricting unhealthy drinks from food stamp coverage in 17 states. He also worked on an executive order, signed by Trump in April, that directed federal agencies to boost research efforts into psychedelic medicine and on efforts to increase nutrition courses taught in medical schools.
“But many MAHA adherents felt the movement lost momentum in February when Trump signed an executive order to increase production of the herbicide glyphosate. MAHA activists have long argued that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is poisoning the food supply and driving increases in chronic diseases.”
Means, like Secretary Kennedy, was disappointed with President Trump’s glyphosate order.
In recent months, he apparently began to feel the MAHA movement was being “subverted by special interests.”
“There are a lot of presidential promises within the MAHA movement that have been pretty blatantly subverted by special interests, and that’s completely driving his decision to step to step aside and resign,” one of the officials said.
Read the original story on Alex Jones Live: https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/10/25/top-rfk-maha-advisor-quits-over-stalled-agenda/
Noncitizen Voting: DoJ Moves to Block 20,000 California Ballots
The Department of Justice (DoJ) has moved to prevent the state of California from counting 20,000 mail-in ballots it says may have been case by noncitizens.
The DoJ claims that once the ballots have been counted, there will be no way to separate them from the legitimate votes of US citizens.
First Assistant US Attorney Bill Essayli and Attorney General Todd Blanche are leading a motion before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that would force California to put aside the disputed ballots and verify the citizenship status of the voters before accepting them.
“Every minute that goes by, American citizen votes are being diluted in the state of California,” Essayli said.
“It’s an emergency, and we expect the courts to treat it as such.”
The DoJ identified around 20,000 probable noncitizens who received mail-in ballots in California and asked state officials to review the list of names within 48 hours.
When the state refused, the DoJ sued, in a bid to prevent the ballots being counted until the citizenship status of the voters could be confirmed.
“California election officials were given an opportunity to remove noncitizens from their voter rolls and to sequester ballots returned from suspected ineligible voters. They refused,” said Essayli.
The dispute with California is part of a wider Trump push to prevent noncitizens from voting in federal elections.
Recently, Alex Jones Live reported that a judge blocked the DoJ’s attempt to check voter rolls against a federal immigration database.
In a 78-page decision, Judge Sparkle Sooknanan—a Biden-appointee—said the DoJ had downplayed the risk that its attempts to combat voter fraud could disenfranchise US citizens.
“The challenged policy represents the federal government’s attempt to decide who gets to vote. But Congress has left that authority where our Constitution has always placed it: with the states,” she wrote.
The case concerns the so-called SAVE database, which contains details of the immigration status of individuals in the US.
In June, in a separate case, Judge Sooknanan blocked the Trump admin from using the database to check the accuracy of voter rolls.
That decision was temporarily paused by the Supreme Court last month.
The Trump administration has made voter fraud a key priority.
Last year, President Trump ordered the DoJ to crack down on voter fraud, which led the Department to demand unredacted voter rolls from almost all 50 states. Voter rolls include sensitive data like Social Security numbers.
Eighteen Republican-led states complied, and the voter-roll data was cross-checked with the SAVE database to allow ineligible voters to be removed.
The DoJ has sued 30 states that have so far refused to hand over their data. It has lost 26 cases so far without a single victory.
Read the original story on Alex Jones Live: https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/10/24/noncitizen-voting-doj-tries-to-block-20000-california-ballots-from-being-counted/
US Intelligence: Iranian Plots to Murder Americans Abroad at “Advanced Stages”
Iran has reached the “advanced stages” of plans to murder Americans abroad, according to US intelligence.
According to Axios , “U.S. intelligence finds Iran has ‘substantially increased’ its efforts to target American diplomats and officials in the Middle East and beyond.”
Axios claims to have seen a memo sent on Friday by Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The intelligence is claimed to be one reason the State Department has withdrawn personnel from American embassies across the Middle East.
Embassies in the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Qatar and Jordan have had staff recalled to the US.
Attacks on Americans could be launched by the Iran-backed Houthi Rebels in Yemen.
Says Axios, “In the one-page, unclassified memo obtained by Axios, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Rubio that intelligence about Iranian assassination plots needs to reach more U.S. personnel than are currently authorized to receive it.
“The memo does not identify specific targets, countries outside the Middle East or the nature of the plots, but says the underlying intelligence has already been shared with senior State Department officials.
“Clayton offered to downgrade as much of the sensitive intelligence as possible so Rubio could share it more widely with personnel potentially at risk.”
At a rally in Florida on Friday, President Trump said the US may resume strikes against Iran soon.
Addressing the crowd at Fort Myers, Florida, the President said Iran now has two options, and he believes the Islamic regime’s leaders will choose the hard one.
“We may do another little Epic Fury, or they’ll agree,” Trump said.
“If they’re smart, they’ll just say, ‘Let’s get down to business.’ But I doubt they’ll do that because perhaps they’re not smart.”
“Epic Fury” is the name of the initial operation against Iran that began on 28 February. Tens of thousands of US service members in the Middle East took part, and over 13,000 targets in Iran were hit.
Peace talks continue to stall, as the US maintains its economic and military blockade of Iran.
While the US has increased its sanctions, Iran has said sanctions need to be lifted before negotiations can resume.
In an interview this week, the US ambassador to Turkey said the US could “absolutely” strike Iran as soon as this weekend.
“The president is very clear. He’s open and available and accessible to a deal. And we’ve been at the table for months and months and months,” Tom Barrack said.
Barrack added that President Trump wants to “bring the temperature down,” but also warned that Iran would pay a price for threatening the US, its allies and the rest of the world.
The ambassador said Trump has no interest in “regime change,” but wants “rebalancing” so “there’s no hostages, there’s no threats, and the world can calm down.”
Read the original story on Alex Jones Live: https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/10/24/us-intelligence-iranian-plot-to-murder-americans-abroad-at-advanced-stages/
Trump Blasts Judge Over Delay in Tyler Robinson Trial
In a post on Truth Social, the President gave Judge Tony Graf both barrels ahead of a hearing concerning the trial date of Tyler Robinson.
“The judge in the Charlie Kirk case is doing a terrible job!” President Trump wrote.
“This case should be tried within a month, not three years — and it should be over with! The judge is desecrating the memory of the Great Charlie Kirk, while taking forever to ask questions that people already know the answer to. The whole Country is mocking him and our ‘Legal’ System. JUSTICE FOR CHARLIE!”
At the hearing on Friday, the judge decided he needed more time to set the date of the trial.
He set a new hearing for 9 November.
Robinson’s lawyers have asked for the trial to begin in the third quarter of 2029, in order to give them a chance to challenge the state of Utah’s request for the death penalty, gather further evidence and seek a change of venue.
Prosecutors want the trial to begin on 31 January 2028.
Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, said in a separate finding that the defense’s request was “grossly out of line with comparable cases,” and asked for the trial to begin no later than 4 October 2027.
Robinson, 23, has pled not guilty to seven counts including aggravated murder for the shooting of Charlie Kirk.
Read the original story on Alex Jones Live: https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/10/24/trump-tyler-robinson-should-be-tried-within-a-month-blasts-judge-for-delaying-trial/
Trump Vows to “Veto Everything” if Democrats Win the Midterms
President Trump has vowed to “veto everything” if the Democrats win the midterm elections.
“I think the Republicans are going to win—but if there was gridlock, what happens is I veto everything, and then the Democrats come and want to make a deal,” the President told reporters at the White House.
President has used his veto twice so far during his second term.
By comparison, in his first term he used it ten times.
President Biden vetoed 13 times.
So far, at least 22 million people have voted early in the midterms, according to Florida’s Election Lab.
Ten million have voted in-person, and 12 million have returned mail-in ballots.
A total of 59 million early ballots have been requested.
President Trump has promised to provide $5,000 dividends to Americans if Republicans retain control of the House and the Senate.
He has said the dividends will be payments from his flagship tariff policy as well as new investments in the US.
At the beginning of the month, President Trump also promised that further strikes against Iran would not take place until after the elections.
President Trump’s super PAC, MAGA Inc., has allocated around $500 million for the midterms.
In early September, Alex Jones Live reported that the Democrats are already laying the ground for post-midterm investigations into entities tied to Trump.
According to Reuters, “Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and committee aides have discussed using hearings, subpoenas and document requests to obtain records from entities tied to Trump’s political and business orbit, the sources said. It is a bet that investigating private companies and outside financial players will prove more fruitful than directly confronting a White House they expect to resist oversight, they said.”
Senior Democrats are planning to take a more cautious approach than during Trump’s first term, Reuters says, because they don’t want the President to be able to portray himself as a “victim.”
“We’re not going into this to impeach,” said a senior Democratic aide, describing the thinking among party leaders and committee staff.
“No one wants a failed vote on day one. The focus is on building a body of evidence through investigations that can hold Trump accountable.”
Regaining the House in November would allow the Democrats the ability to issue subpoenas, compel testimony and evidence, hold hearings and pursue proceedings for contempt.
Democrats expect attempts to compel the executive branch will fail.
Among the companies that have already been added to the list of targets are Apple, Alphabet, Palantir, Blackstone, BlackRock and companies owned by Elon Musk.
Reuters continues, “Democrats are expected to examine Department of Homeland Security contracts, financing for Trump’s planned White House ballroom, corporate donors and alleged pay-to-play arrangements, two sources said. They also plan a probe of Trump-linked financial vehicles including 1789 Capital—a venture capital firm where his son Donald Trump Jr. is a partner—and foreign sovereign wealth funds whose investments in Trump family-linked entities could raise questions about administration influence, the sources said.” Party leaders are already sending letters to “companies, contractors and other organizations connected to potential investigations,” as a prelude to subpoenas after the midterms.
Read the original story on Alex Jones Live: https://www.alexjoneslive.com/2026/10/25/trump-ill-veto-everything-if-dems-win-midterms/