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WHO'S IN THE NEWS: ▫️Navy officer arrested by NCIS following online child sex sting SUFFOLK, Va. — Christopher Paul Hetherington, a 33-year-old Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, was taken into custody on Dec. 21 after investigators say he tried to meet with what he thought was a 14-year-old girl. A complaint filed against Hetherington cites two counts: attempted coercion and enticement of a minor and attempted production of child pornography. » https://www.wtkr.com/news/affidavit-navy-officer-arrested-by-ncis-following-online-child-sex-sting ▫️Two charged in alleged juvenile sex trafficking case in Norwalk Teresa Martinez, 36, and Eugene Luini, 60, were arrested by members of the Norwalk Police Department’s Special Victims Unit on Monday. Detectives have identified multiple victims affected by Martinez and Luini’s alleged sex trafficking. Martinez and Luini were each charged with commercial sex abuse of a minor and risk of injury to a minor. Norwalk police ask that anyone with information regarding these alleged crimes to contact the Norwalk Police Department Special Victims Unit at 203-854-3043. » https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Two-charged-in-alleged-juvenile-sex-trafficking-17678410.php » https://www.fox61.com/article/news/crime/norwalk-police-make-sex-trafficking-arrests/520-dfe39684-c506-4f60-83cd-f1b1ebf068aa ▫️Human Trafficking Task Force conducts Dual Operation in Clay County, Missouri Three men were arrested for and have since been charged with Patronizing prostitution. When the sex workers (many of whom are trafficked by pimps) arrived, they were offered services to help the escape the cycle of prostitution and addiction. https://www.clayconews.com/news/21134-human-trafficking-task-force-conducts-dual-operation-in-clay-county-missouri ▫️Salem man charged with child enticement SALEM — A 28-year-old Salem man is facing charges of enticing a child under 16 and disseminating obscene material to a minor, following an online sting by police. Sean Bixby, of 18 Shillaber St., was arrested and charged on Thursday, according to a press statement from Salem police. https://www.salemnews.com/news/salem-man-charged-with-child-enticement/article_034adf4e-8461-11ed-9f36-af438eafc2aa.html ▫️More than 1,000 Northern California clergy abuse cases in the works during last-chance window for older cases https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/more-than-a-thousand-northern-california-clergy-abuse-cases-in-the-works-du/ ▫️Former West Virginia man sentenced for operating sex trafficking ring in Michigan OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. - Jordan-King was accused of operating a prostitution and sex trafficking “criminal enterprise” that involved at least nine victims from July 2018 through October 2019. https://wchstv.com/news/local/former-west-virginia-man-sentenced-for-role-in-sex-trafficking-ring-in-michigan ▫️Man gets 20 years in prison for sex assaults WAILUKU – A Kihei man is serving prison terms totaling 20 years for sexually assaulting four women and arranging to meet someone posing as an underage girl for sex. Abiola Oluwatimilehin, 24, who is also known as David Abiola, faced additional charges after victims came forward to report earlier sexual assaults following his arrest March 12, 2021, in Operation Keiki Shield, an undercover law enforcement operation targeting child sexual predators. https://www.mauinews.com/news/local-news/2022/12/man-gets-20-years-in-prison-for-sex-assaults/ _____________________

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William L. Wachob, age 75 of Luthersburg, PA, died Monday, December 26, 2022 at Penn Highlands DuBois Hospital. Born on January 16, 1947 in DuBois, PA, he was the son of Lester G. Wachob who survives and lives in Luthersburg, and the late Esther E. (Thompson) Wachob. On January 16, 1965 he married his wife of 57 years Martha J. (Muth) Wachob. She survives. Bill retired from Consolidated Natural Gas Company after 23 years of service. After his retirement from the gas company, he became a self-employed dairy farmer. He was a life member of Brady Township Fire, Rescue, and Ambulance Inc. where he served as Fire Chief from 1974 until 1978. Bill also enjoyed hunting. Bill is survived by his children Michael L. Wachob (Joseph A. Lansberry), and Scott Wachob, both of Luthersburg, PA, two grandchildren; Chicgo Callender and Matthew Wachob, one great grandchild, Takoda Callender, two brothers; Thomas D. Wachob and his wife Colleen and Robert G. Wachob and his wife Judy, both of Luthersburg, PA and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 29, 2022 from 4 – 7 PM and Friday, December 30, 2022 from 10 – 11 AM at the Baronick Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc. A funeral service will be held on Friday at 11 AM from the funeral home with Pastor Rick Howe officiating. Burial will follow in Luthersburg Union Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to Brady Township Fire, Rescue and Ambulance, Inc., PO Box 157, Luthersburg, PA 15848. Online condolences can be sent to http://baronickfuneralhome.com/condolence

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DOWNLOAD AND VIEW Twitter Files, Release 1 1.93MB · PDF File The Twitter Files • Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) • Dec 2 • 40 tweets • 9 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/ad8cfc89-8fca-40c5-9c70-050d0e1f8081.pdf Twitter Files, Release 2 5.42MB · PDF File Twitter’s Secret Blacklist • Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) • Dec 8 • 31 tweets • 8 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/31106771-2df1-4d6e-ba76-36c8f66e733d.pdf Twitter Files, Release 3 14.7MB · PDF File The Removal Of Donald Trump - Part 1 • Matt Taibbi • (@mtaibbi) • Dec 9 • 65 tweets • 73 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/2f66122a-df7a-40f9-a608-2201b5adb6ff.pdf Twitter Files, Release 4 5.24MB · PDF File The Removal Of Donald Trump - Part 2 • Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) • Dec 10 • 40 tweets • 19 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/ad4d27a5-0423-4361-8eb1-2f39a898b36f.pdf Twitter Files, Release 5 5.32MB · PDF File The Removal Of Donald Trump - Part 3 • Bari Weiss • (@bariweiss) • Dec 12 • 47 tweets • 13 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/decb7fc1-1a79-4ca5-9625-0aa8781ed811.pdf Twitter Files, Release 6 4.72MB · PDF File Twitter, The FBI Subsidiary • Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) • Dec 16 • 45 tweets • 14 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/b2e13a91-02d6-4765-aae4-c1d1f4cc2de9.pdf Twitter Files, Release 7 8.69MB · PDF File The FBI & The Hunter Biden Laptop • Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD) • Dec 19 • 49 tweets • 24 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/aaa69c60-849b-4b81-b960-8139832a2a8b.pdf Twitter Files, Release 8 2.3MB · PDF File How Twitter Quietly Aided The Pentagon’s Covert Online Psyop • Lee Fang (@Ihfang) • Dec 20 • 22 tweets • 7 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/a5978114-dc33-4921-a951-8d5b0a1ccfa7.pdf Twitter Files, Release 9 894KB · PDF File Twitter Files Supplemental • Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) • Dec 18 • 14 tweets • 4 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/4d7f55ea-1d4a-48dc-bda4-8198f5bf7c13.pdf Twitter Files, Release 10 6.82MB · PDF File Twitter And “Other Government Agencies” • Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) • Dec 24 • 58 tweets • 15 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/d31b8562-6c6e-4eea-8dc5-97a3a18f8b04.pdf Twitter Files, Release 11 5.15MB · PDF File How Twitter Rigged The Covid Debate • David Zweig (@davidzweig) • Dec 25 • 41 tweets • 12 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/4c875e59-8897-4a85-838c-966698741f62.pdf Twitter Files, Release 12 4.94MB ∙ PDF File Why Twitter Let The Intelligence Community In • Matt Taibbi • @mtaibbl • 34 tweets • 13 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/fbfa4086-bc79-43da-b4ff-8ebffb19049a.pdf Twitter Files, Release 13 6.38MB ∙ PDF File Twitter And The FBI “belly Button” • Matt Taibbi • @mtalbbi • 40 tweets • 19 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/5a32c966-cfc2-45ed-96b7-aca25c407dc9.pdf Twitter Files, Release 14 25.8MB ∙ PDF File The Russiagate Lies • Matt Taibbi • @mtaibbi • 40 tweets • 17 min read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/cea6e24a-d740-4b6a-bcd1-6dea4121ba43.pdf Twitter Files, Release 15 32.9MB ∙ PDF File Move Over, Jayson Blair- Twitter Files Expose Next Great Media Fraud • Matt Taibbi • @mtaibbi • 43 tweets • 10 min Read https://unga.substack.com/api/v1/file/32003728-a122-43c7-a976-72a252293311.pdf

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Is there anything better than seeing a smile on a child’s face, especially during the holidays? Throughout the last few weeks, state game wardens from across the state joined other law enforcement officers for the “Shop with a Cop” program. This program pairs law enforcement officers with a child to shop for presents. The kids can purchase almost anything on their Christmas lists, within their given budgets, for family members, friends, or even a little special something for themselves. These events promote positive relationships between children and law enforcement. We can assure you the game wardens had just as much fun as the children they were paired with. THANK YOU to all who donated or participated in some way with the “Shop with a Cop” program and brought smiles to all!

WHO'S IN THE NEWS: ▫️Former Big Rock lay pastor found guilty of child sexual assault A former Big Rock lay pastor has been found guilty of child sexual assault and abuse, according to the Kane County state’s attorney’s office. Mark Rivera, 49, of the zero to 100 block of East Street, Winfield, has been found guilty of two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse. » https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/news/2022/12/23/former-big-rock-lay-pastor-found-guilty-of-child-sexual-assault/ » https://www.dailyherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?avis=da&date=20221223&category=news&lopenr=221229647&ref=ar&nocache=1 ▫️Affidavit: Religious elder abused, raped children for decades Shawn Lance Swisher, 60, was arrested at his home in Teller County on Tuesday, Dec. 20. He is known as a “highly respected” and trusted elder at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness located at 1035 Woodland Avenue in Woodland Park, according to the affidavit. The affidavit lists eight victims and numerous witnesses in the case against Swisher. https://kdvr.com/news/local/affidavit-religious-elder-abused-raped-children-for-decades/amp/ ▫️Salem Man Charged With Enticing A Child Using Obscene Materials SALEM, MA — Salem police said one of their detectives trained in identifying online predators posed as a minor and conducted the investigation that led to the arrest of Sean Bixby, 28, of Shillaber Street. Police said Bixby was charged with enticing a child under 16 years old and disseminating obscene material to a minor. https://patch.com/massachusetts/salem/salem-man-charged-enticing-child-using-obscene-materials ▫️Former Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Emergency Dispatcher Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison For Producing And Distributing Photos And A Video Of Himself Sexually Abusing Two Young Children Jacksonville, Florida – United States District Judge Marcia Morales Howard has sentenced Scott Matthew Yotka (48, Jacksonville) to 60 years in federal prison for producing and distributing photos and a video depicting himself as he sexually abused two young children. https://www.realdarknews.com/former-jacksonville-sheriffs-office-emergency-dispatcher-sentenced-to-60-years-in-federal-prison-for-producing-and-distributing-photos-and-a-video-of-himself-sexually-abusing-two-young-childr/ ▫️Former Mid-Del educator sentenced to 45 years in prison on child pornography convictions A former elementary school educator in the Midwest City-Del City school district was given a 45-year prison sentence this week after he pleaded guilty to producing and possessing child pornography. Greg Allen Henke, 43, of Oklahoma City, also must pay $87,000 in victims' restitution, the judge ruled. https://news.yahoo.com/former-mid-del-educator-sentenced-220656680.html _____________________

Carmen A. Pape, age 92 of DuBois, PA died Saturday, December 24, 2022 at his home. Born on December 9, 1930 in Punxsutawney, PA, he was the son of the late Louis M. & Anna Galletta Pape. On May 12, 1956 in Punxsutawney, PA he married his wife of 66 years, Patricia A. (Burley) Pape. She preceded him in death on September 8, 2022. Carmen was a veteran of the United States Army having served in the Korean War. In 1988, Carmen retired after 28 yeas of service from Ward Trucking as a driver. He was a member of St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church and was a life member of the DuBois Volunteer Fire Department’s J.E. DuBois Hose Company # 3 and the Disabled American Veterans. He was also a member of the James J. Patterson Post 813 Veterans of Foreign Wars for over 65 years. Carmen was an avid fisherman, enjoyed taking cruises with his wife and spending the winter months in Florida. Carmen is survived by his children (Debra Jiamachello and her husband Joseph of Broadview Heights, OH, Diane Zack and her husband James of Greensburg, PA, Darlene McFate and her husband Okie of St. Augustine, FL, Karen Haky and her husband Michael of Cranberry Township, PA and Rick Pape and his wife JoEllen of DuBois, PA), eleven grandchildren (Shannon, Matthew, Kacie, Lyndi, Isaac, Megan, Sarah, Ryan, Anthony, Corinne and Ashlynn), eight great grandchildren and a brother (Peter Pape and his wife Elaine of Punxsutawney, PA). He was preceded in death by a brother (Rocco Pape) and two sisters (Frances Stojek & Concetta Pape) Visitation will be held on Wednesday, December 28, 2022 from 2-4 & 6-8 p.m. at the Baronick Funeral Home & Crematorium, Inc. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 10 a.m. from St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church with Msgr. Richard Siefer as celebrant. Full military honors will be accorded by the members of the DuBois Area Honor Guard from the church. Burial will follow in St. Catherine Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the J.E. DuBois Hose Company #3, 301 First St., and/or St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church, 116 South State St., and/or Penn Highlands Hospice, 100 Hospital Avenue, all of DuBois, PA 15801. Online condolences may be made to http://baronickfuneralhome.com/condolence

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1. THREAD: THE TWITTER FILES: HOW TWITTER RIGGED THE COVID DEBATE – By censoring info that was true but inconvenient to U.S. govt. policy – By discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed – By suppressing ordinary users, including some sharing the CDC’s *own data* 2. So far the Twitter Files have focused on evidence of Twitter’s secret blacklists; how the company functioned as a kind of subsidiary of the FBI; and how execs rewrote the platform’s rules to accommodate their own political desires. 3. What we have yet to cover is Covid. This reporting, for The Free Press, @TheFP, is one piece of that important story. 4. The United States government pressured Twitter and other social media platforms to elevate certain content and suppress other content about Covid-19. 5. Internal files at Twitter that I viewed while on assignment for @TheFP showed that both the Trump and Biden administrations directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s pandemic content according to their wishes. 6. At the onset of the pandemic, according to meeting notes, the Trump admin was especially concerned about panic buying. They came looking for “help from the tech companies to combat misinformation” about “runs on grocery stores.” But . . . there were runs on grocery stores. 7. It wasn’t just Twitter. The meetings with the Trump White House were also attended by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others. 8. When the Biden admin took over, one of their first meeting requests with Twitter executives was on Covid. The focus was on “anti-vaxxer accounts.” Especially Alex Berenson: 9. In the summer of 2021, president Biden said social media companies were “killing people” for allowing vaccine misinformation. Berenson was suspended hours after Biden’s comments, and kicked off the platform the following month. 10. Berenson sued (and then settled with) Twitter. In the legal process Twitter was compelled to release certain internal communications, which showed direct White House pressure on the company to take action on Berenson. alexberenson.substack.com/p/jesse-jackso… Jesse Jackson can't swim**Don't shoot me, it's the punchline to an old (and not racist) jokehttps://alexberenson.substack.com/p/jesse-jackson-cant-swim 11. A December 2022 summary of meetings with the White House by Lauren Culbertson, Twitter’s Head of U.S. Public Policy, adds new evidence of the White House’s pressure campaign, and cements that it repeatedly attempted to directly influence the platform. 12. Culbertson wrote that the Biden team was “very angry” that Twitter had not been more aggressive in deplatforming multiple accounts. They wanted Twitter to do more. 13. Twitter executives did not fully capitulate to the Biden team’s wishes. An extensive review of internal communications at the company revealed employees often debating moderation cases in great detail, and with more care than was shown by the government toward free speech. 14. But Twitter did suppress views—many from doctors and scientific experts—that conflicted with the official positions of the White House. As a result, legitimate findings and questions that would have expanded the public debate went missing. 15. There were three serious problems with Twitter’s process: First, much of the content moderation was conducted by bots, trained on machine learning and AI – impressive in their engineering, yet still too crude for such nuanced work. 16. Second, contractors, in places like the Philippines, also moderated content. They were given decision trees to aid in the process, but tasking non experts to adjudicate tweets on complex topics like myocarditis and mask efficacy data was destined for a significant error rate 17 Third, most importantly, the buck stopped with higher level employees at Twitter who chose the inputs for the bots and decision trees, and subjectively decided escalated cases and suspensions. As it is with all people and institutions, there was individual and collective bias 18. With Covid, this bias bent heavily toward establishment dogmas. 19. Inevitably, dissident yet legitimate content was labeled as misinformation, and the accounts of doctors and others were suspended both for tweeting opinions and demonstrably true information. 20. Exhibit A: Dr. Martin Kulldorff, an epidemiologist at Harvard Medical School, tweeted views at odds with US public health authorities and the American left, the political affiliation of nearly the entire staff at Twitter. 21. Internal emails show an “intent to action” by a moderator, saying Kulldorff’s tweet violated the company’s Covid-19 misinformation policy and claimed he shared “false information.” 22. But Kulldorff’s statement was an expert’s opinion—one which also happened to be in line with vaccine policies in numerous other countries. Yet it was deemed “false information” by Twitter moderators merely because it differed from CDC guidelines. 23. After Twitter took action, Kulldorff’s tweet was slapped with a “Misleading” label and all replies and likes were shut off, throttling the tweet’s ability to be seen and shared by many people, the ostensible core function of the platform: 24. In my review of internal files, I found countless instances of tweets labeled as “misleading” or taken down entirely, sometimes triggering account suspensions, simply because they veered from CDC guidance or differed from establishment views. 25. A tweet by @KelleyKga, a self-proclaimed public health fact checker, with 18K followers, was flagged as “Misleading,” and replies and likes disabled, even though it displayed the CDC’s *own data.* 26. Internal records showed that a bot had flagged the tweet, and that it received many “tattles” (what the system amusingly called reports from users). That triggered a manual review by a human who– despite the tweet showing actual CDC data–nevertheless labeled it “Misleading” 27. Tellingly, the tweet by @KelleyKga that was labeled “Misleading” was a reply to a tweet that contained actual misinformation. Covid has never been the leading cause of death from disease in children. Yet that tweet remains on the platform, and without a “misleading” label. 28. Whether by humans or algorithms, content that was contrarian but true was still subject to getting flagged or suppressed This tweet was labeled “Misleading,” even though the owner of this account, @_euzebiusz_, a physician, was referring to the results of a published study 29. Andrew Bostom, a Rhode Island physician, was permanently suspended from Twitter after receiving multiple strikes for misinformation. One of his strikes was for a tweet referring to the results from a peer reviewed study on mRNA vaccines. 30. A review of Twitter log files revealed that an internal audit, conducted after Bostom’s attorney contacted Twitter, found that only 1 of Bostom’s 5 violations were valid. 31. The one Bostom tweet found to still be in violation cited data that was legitimate but inconvenient to the public health establishment’s narrative about the risks of flu versus Covid in children. 32. That this tweet was not only flagged by a bot, but its violation manually affirmed by a staff member is telling of both the algorithmic and human bias at play. Bostom’s account was suspended for months and was finally restored on Christmas Day. 33. Another example of human bias run amok was the reaction to this tweet by Trump. Many Trump tweets led to extensive internal debates, and this one was no different. 34. In a surreal exchange, Jim Baker, at the time Twitter’s Deputy General Counsel, asks why telling people to not be afraid wasn’t a violation of Twitter’s Covid-19 misinformation policy. 35. Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of Trust & Safety, had to explain that optimism wasn’t misinformation. 36. Remember @KelleyKga with the CDC data tweet? Twitter’s response to her is clarifying: “we will prioritize review and labeling of content that could lead to increased exposure or transmission.” 37. Twitter made a decision, via the political leanings of senior staff, and govt pressure, that the public health authorities’ approach to the pandemic – prioritizing mitigation over other concerns – was “The Science” . . . 38. Information that challenged that view, such as showing harms of vaccines, or that could be perceived as downplaying the risks of Covid, especially to children, was subject to moderation, and even suppression. No matter whether such views were correct or adopted abroad. 39. What might this pandemic and its aftermath have looked like if there had been a more open debate on Twitter and other social media platforms—not to mention the mainstream press—about the origins of Covid, about lockdowns, about the true risks of Covid in kids, and much more? 40. Thanks to @ShellenbergerMD, @lwoodhouse, @lhfang and the team @TheFP for their help reporting this story. • • •

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