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Investigative reporter for Dragline (powered by @ACLU_WV) Reach out via DMs or [email protected] Tweets = Personal views
Huntington, WV
Joined May 2019
BREAKING: A grand jury has indicted Joseph De Soto on not only terroristic threats, but on gross misrepresentations of his past. All of this information was sent to @WVGOP BEFORE they decided to help him get elected to the WV House of Delegates in 2024.
The Fantastic Life of Dr. Joseph De Soto: In my latest for @ACLU_WV, I teamed up w/ @AustinDizzy to dig into claims made by Dr. De Soto, the unopposed WV House of Delegates candidate for the 91st district. https://t.co/LLWn2DME6C Here are just some of the claims we dug in to. đ§”
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đš A Berkeley County Grand Jury has indicted Joseph De Soto. He was charged with: - Unlicensed Practice & Misrepresentation of Authorization to Practice Medicine - False Indication or Inducement of Authorization to Practice Medicine - Misrepresentation of Military Status or
A magistrate ruled probable cause was found to charge De Soto with terroristic acts.
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Myself and @AustinDizzy released a story on De Soto five months before voters elected him to the House of Delegates to represent Berkeley County. Link to the full story here:
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From claims about providing health care in West Virginia to saying heâs ânegotiated with ISISâ on behalf of US intelligence, De Soto appears to have campaigned on a largely fabricated picture of his...
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As House Judiciary debates HB4433 (making it illegal to give an undocumented person a ride), the topic of jail overcrowding was raised by @HansenForWV. As of 1/14/26, there were 336 ICE detainees being held in WV's still very overcrowded jails.
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UPDATE: Despite weeks of Gilmer County officials refusing to return calls/emails, I've been able to confirm with the state that the man who killed Tamir Rice was briefly hired to work there. Loehmann was employed there for 4 days before resigning in good standing.
UPDATE: The man who shot and killed twelve-year-old Tamir Rice just got rehired in West Virginia twice: once as a police officer at Snowshoe in June and once as a sheriff's deputy in Gilmer County in August. https://t.co/9DCEMey8lN
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BREAKING: The Snowshoe Resort Community District fired Timothy Loehmann today. The firing came during an emergency meeting the SRCD held to discuss his employment.
UPDATE: The man who shot and killed twelve-year-old Tamir Rice just got rehired in West Virginia twice: once as a police officer at Snowshoe in June and once as a sheriff's deputy in Gilmer County in August. https://t.co/9DCEMey8lN
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truly special, and we firmly believe that those trusted with its protection should be held to a high standard.â (3/3
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about SRCDâs recent hiring of Timothy Loehmann. We have requested that the SRCD Board promptly investigate this situation and review SRCDâs hiring practices for these roles moving forward. Our Snowshoe community isâŠ. (2/3
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Snowshoe Mountain Inc. sent the following response to this story, âSnowshoe Mountain Resort sent the following comment in response to this story, âToday, Snowshoe Mountain sent a letter to the SRCD Board of Directors expressing its concern⊠(1/3
UPDATE: The man who shot and killed twelve-year-old Tamir Rice just got rehired in West Virginia twice: once as a police officer at Snowshoe in June and once as a sheriff's deputy in Gilmer County in August. https://t.co/9DCEMey8lN
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Officer Who Killed 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice Just Got Two More Police Jobs in West Virginia â Black By God w/ âŠ@WilliamKyleVassâ©
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Update (12/19/25 11:48am): The Snowshoe Mountain Resort met in an emergency meeting of the board and unanimously decided to terminate Timothy Loehmann. The board also discussed revisiting hiring...
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UPDATE: The man who shot and killed twelve-year-old Tamir Rice just got rehired in West Virginia twice: once as a police officer at Snowshoe in June and once as a sheriff's deputy in Gilmer County in August. https://t.co/9DCEMey8lN
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Public outcry erupted last July when news broke that Timothy Loehmann â the man who killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in a Cleveland park in 2014 â was hired as a police officer by the City of White...
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WV House Republicans to Delegate Masters right now:
Latest in the controversy over alleged antisemitic instagram comments linked to an account for Del. Ian Masters, R-Berkeley. House Maj. Leader Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, now out with a statement defending Masters, who has denied authorship, and attacking state Democratic leaders.
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As originally reported in @WV_Watch, the accountâs recovery phone number (which only displays the last two digits) matches Mastersâ cell phone. It doesnât get more clear than that, @wvhouse. https://t.co/vy5T44yzH9
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This response from Speaker Hanshaw shows either a lack of knowledge on how the internet works or a willingness to turn a blind eye. The last two digits of account recovery phone number matching Mastersâ cell (as originally reported) shreds the âthatâs not my accountâ argument.
Alleged antisemitic comments made by a social media account linked to a recently appointed member of the West Virginia House of Delegates have brought on calls for an investigation by a Jewish lawmaker and leader of the state Democratic Party. https://t.co/Ht9vTMDCs7
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And while former House Minority Leader Doug Skaff was acting as the president of a newspaper (and not as a govt official), he made headlines in 2022 for firing four reporters critical of a coal baron and asked the paper's IT dept to delete content about him from their website.
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The @GrayMediaGTN affiliate is just the latest news organization in the state to make top-level decisions under pressure from a state government official. Notably, @wvpublic fired a reporter in 2023 after mounting pressure from then Governor Jim Justice's administration.
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Holman said the station "does not publicly discuss internal editorial decisions." However, Morrisey's complaint about the article (written on a former politician's Facebook share of the article) shows the governor acknowledging that the article had since been corrected.
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UDPATE: Sources at @WVVA say the station's GM Charity Holman made the decision to pull this article on Morrisey's comments about flooding after the governor complained on social media about his DIRECT QUOTE being misrepresented. When asked if Morrisey had reached out...
About a month after WVVA reported from a press conference that @wvgovernor Patrick Morrisey said "federal aid wasn't needed in the immediate aftermath of floods", the story has been removed from their website. Their video from the conference is still available on their site.
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Hey, can someone tell Caiden Cowger that he can be a part-time employee of the State Auditor's Office, or an unregistered lobbyist, or a publisher of an unethical news website, but he can't do all of those things at once? Thanks.
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Tell us more about these âbig spenders,â Pat
Donât let big spenders block the best opportunity West Virginia has had in years to establish a dedicated fund to wipe out our state income tax! Pass #HB 2014 in the Senate and put the people ahead of the big spenders! We finally have a chance to move the needle economically in
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