RFK Jr. and the Credentialed Charlatans Who Broke American Public Life

How grifters used real credentials to sell fear, flatter ignorance, and hollow out public trust.

Illustration by Riley Levine

I woke up this morning not feeling great. That is pretty much par for the course when you have multiple sclerosis and are also a brain surgery survivor. Half the time when I feel like this, I am not even sure whether it is the MS messing with me or the aftereffects of the surgery I had in 2022. It is not exactly a fun guessin…