Tracy Beanz - The HighWire

Nature’s Reset: Light, Sound, & Mushrooms Challenge Alzheimer’s Inevitability

Updated 12:57 PM EDT, Mon June 15, 2026

Watching a loved one suffer from Alzheimer’s disease is a fate so heartbreaking that it is impossible to adequately express. For decades, the standard method of care has been to oversee cognitive decline while bracing for the inevitable. The disease is widely regarded as a one-way door, and the drugs to slow it down are…Continue reading Nature’s Reset: Light, Sound, & Mushrooms Challenge Alzheimer’s Inevitability

Built on Your Dime: The Special District Scheme Sweeping the Nation

Updated 12:38 PM EDT, Thu June 11, 2026

You toured the home. You loved it. You bought it. The neighborhood looked pristine, the sales agent was friendly, and nothing about the closing table suggested what was coming next. Then the first property tax bill arrived. Buried inside was a charge that had nothing to do with schools, county services, police, or fire protection.…Continue reading Built on Your Dime: The Special District Scheme Sweeping the Nation

The $30 Billion Screen Experiment That Failed Our Children

Updated 5:02 AM EDT, Tue June 9, 2026

James Welsch teaches American politics at a high school in Maine. His classroom runs almost entirely on screens — students write blog posts, trade articles, pull up videos mid-discussion. A few years ago, he noticed something wrong with the writing. Essays submitted digitally had grown choppy. Whole passages looked copied. The fluency he expected wasn’t…Continue reading The $30 Billion Screen Experiment That Failed Our Children

Ticking Time Bomb: Microplastics Cross the Blood Brain Barrier

For the first time, microplastics have been found in the human brain. Specifically, researchers have discovered that these toxic, degraded plastic leftovers have reached the olfactory bulb—a part of the brain responsible for processing neural signals about smells detected by cells in the nasal cavity. This discovery amplifies our previous reporting on existing concerns about…Continue reading Ticking Time Bomb: Microplastics Cross the Blood Brain Barrier

Updated 7:43 AM EDT, Thu September 26, 2024

LANDMARK: Court Rules Fluoride Poses “unreasonable risk of injury to health of the public”

“The risk at issue [is] unreasonable; the exposure is continuous, and nearly all Americans are affected.” “The scientific literature in the record provides a high level of certainty that a hazard is present; fluoride is associated with reduced IQ.” “…there is a robust body of evidence finding a statistically significant adverse association between fluoride and…Continue reading LANDMARK: Court Rules Fluoride Poses “unreasonable risk of injury to health of the public”

Updated 10:10 AM EDT, Wed September 25, 2024

Were Billions Wasted to Fuel Intentional Merging of Students and Technology?

While the headlines have returned to the pre-pandemic propaganda-fueled norm—ignoring “the massive scale and enduring persistence of COVID-19 impact in education”—studies consistently warn that the pandemic’s negative impact on schools and children remains a harsh daily reality. Numerous reports in both the United States and abroad confirm that the damaging effects of the tyranny shrouding…Continue reading Were Billions Wasted to Fuel Intentional Merging of Students and Technology?

Updated 10:56 AM EDT, Thu March 20, 2025

Overuse of Antibiotics in US Livestock Fuels Antimicrobial Resistance

Society faces a surging resistance to leading antibiotics, antivirals, and antiparasitic drugs, collectively called antimicrobials. According to the CDC, every fifteen minutes, another person in the United States dies from a drug-resistant infection, often called superbugs. Many individuals have taken antibiotics and such, but, incredibly, more antimicrobials are sold each year for use in farm…Continue reading Overuse of Antibiotics in US Livestock Fuels Antimicrobial Resistance

Updated 4:49 AM EDT, Thu September 19, 2024

The Steady Poisoning of Our Children

None of the vaccine doses recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for routine injection into our nation’s children were licensed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) based on a long-term placebo-controlled trial. This troubling fact, which has been consistently pointed out by The Highwire host Del Bigtree, is…Continue reading The Steady Poisoning of Our Children

Updated 6:03 AM EDT, Tue September 17, 2024

70% of U.S. Troops Suffer from Obesity

Obesity in the United States Armed Forces costs the Pentagon more than $1 billion per year, with nearly 70 percent of U.S. troops being overweight or obese. And, across all armed services, that number is rising. A new study explains how our military faces an unprecedented challenge, with active-duty manpower at an all-time low. Obesity…Continue reading 70% of U.S. Troops Suffer from Obesity

Updated 4:34 AM EDT, Thu September 12, 2024