Who is MAHA’s Calley Means? His Ex Boss Reveals Origin Story

Did Calley Means and MAHA get caught with his hands in the cookie jar?On The Tara Palmeri Show, Tara and Steve Schmidt, Calley Means’ former boss, pull the wool off MAHA’s grifting empire. Schmidt, who helped Means enter Harvard Business School, exposes Means’ lies, revealing he was never a Big Food/Pharma lobbyist but a con artist peddling junk science for millions. Tara unpacks a Vanity Fair exposé, highlighting how Means’ fabricated whistleblower tale fuels MAHA’s takeover of health policy, swindling the public with dangerous falsehoods. Welcome to The Tara Palmeri Show!  Tara Palmeri is one of the most feared and fearless political journalists. As a deeply-sourced reporter, she brings her audience inside the machinations of the highest level of power. Her quick wit and unvarnished reporting goes beyond the headlines, offering a deeper understanding of the intrigues of the permanent political class. This show is not about platitudes. Rather it's about what’s really happening at the highest levels of power and the inside conversation. Tara has covered national politics and foreign affairs for fifteen years. She was formerly a White House Correspondent for ABC News, where she covered the first Trump administration. She was the Chief National Correspondent for POLITICO during the Biden administration. She has been a political analyst for CNBC, CBS and CNN. She’s also worked for the Washington Examiner, the New York Post, POLITICO Europe and Puck, and she hosted The Ringer's election podcast "Somebody's Gotta Win." Tara also hosted two acclaimed podcasts on Jeffrey Epstein called "Broken: Jeffrey Epstein" and "Power: The Maxwells." Subscribe to Tara’s weekly newsletter The Red Letter on Substack  Support her independent journalism on GoFundMe Visit her channel on YouTube Follow Tara on Social Media: Instagram X TikTok Got guest ideas or news tips? [e-mail] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices