. There is good reason to believe that a similar fate would befall other false claimants.. - Manchester - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:04 pm: If anyone doubted it, its obvious Mr. Sullivan has drunk the far rights Kool-Aid. Why spend so much time defending Jesse and not attacking? Adding Sullivans consultant firm worked for Glenn Youngkins gubernatorial campaign and they ran a very similar TV ad during that race. Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Schimpf has mostly followed Ronald Reagans 11th Commandment and avoided speaking ill of his Republican opponents. Jim Calhoun. Meh. - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 4:48 pm: To seal the stolen valor/pro military bonafides, we need some icing on the cake, Sullivan riding in an M1 Abrams tank, ala Michael Dukakis, October 1988. Other than showing that 6 sheriffs from counties most Illinoisans have never heard of support him, dont know what the point of this commercial is. northwest crackdown on fake veterans in "operation stolen valor" Phony Vets Scam more than $1.4 Million and Damage Image of Honorable Veterans U.S. Attorney Jeffrey C. Sullivan today announced some of the results of "Operation Stolen Valor," a year long effort to investigate and prosecute those who lie about their military service for financial gain or other reasons. I did listen to the ten minute interview Mr. Sullivan did with WGN. The Sullivan campaign released a new ad, featuring veterans voicing their disgust with the shameful political attack that is riddled with falsehoods. Larry Mitchell Hopkins . They love our country. - Roadrager - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:12 am: - New Day - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:14 am: Oh my. In fact, according to the Civil War historian William Marvel, every one of the last dozen recognized Confederates was bogus. But its only recently that lying about military service has been considered a particularly heinous form of lying, one with its own name: stolen valor. Mocked up buildings and opposing forces. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. He requested the records of a Green Beret who signed autographs for kids at parades: faker. As to unAmerican, chomping at the bit to use military force against American citizens is unAmerican. Unfortunately for him, voters know the truth and theyll remember it at the ballot box next week., By providing your cell phone number you consent to receive recurring text message updates from the Democratic Governors Association, including by automated text messages. Its mandatory. We were so focussed on Foley, we didnt even think about Jowers, Bart said. Hood Texas - Not the job of the guard to be our daily police force. - walker - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:07 pm: This guy might have some talents. He was disheartened by the community response, but his wife was energized. - Fayette County - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:20 am: The ad will play well in this part of Illinois but Bailey has a lot of support locked up already around here. - Politix - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:04 pm: Always fun to hear overprivileged white men from downstate rattle on about violence prevention. Monday, May 9, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller, * Background is here if you need it. He should take pause to consider how many civilians the United States killed in Afghanistan and now many civilians were detained, imprisoned, and even tortured without due process by the United States during our occupation of Afghanistan. On September 7, 2006, the act, which made it a federal crime to falsely claim receipt of a military award or decoration, passed in the Senate by unanimous consent; President GeorgeW. Bush signed it into law soon afterward. Nice Irish ballot name, good hair and a nice jawline. The memo was produced by afirm founded bythe same consulting group working for Sullivans campaign and that late leadhasnt been confirmedby any other polling. More than a quarter of Pontiac's inmates are seriously mentally ill, Mississippi River flooding continues in Northwest Illinois, Pritzker says he doesn't expect major movement on Mayor-elect Johnson's tax ideas, *** UPDATED x1 *** Elections have consequences, *** UPDATED x1 *** Full Danville City Council votes Tuesday on ordinance to outlaw abortion medication, instruments. - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:07 am: I was not dismissing those 6 counties. So clueless, its offensive. So far, I am not impressed one bit. Very good ad for stoking GOP base obsession with police and crime. I have dishonored all veterans. Typically, though, punishment is meted out online. He wrote that an official at the National Archives told him that he was probably the Archives number one individual FOIA user.. Im no fan of Sullivan, or any of the Rs running, but theres no need to be dismissive. I do think there was a role for the NG and the State Police during the looting and riots that Chicago residents were facing. Is that right?===. To me, the long-winded explanation looked more like Sullivan had led a small group of advisers alongside soldiers in combat areas than actually leading what most would consider combat patrols. That still took courage, so why embellish it? When a woman wrote to Sterner insisting that her husband be added to his Medal of Honor database, Cottone asked Sterner to pretend to believe her. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 8:45 am: ===how are people in the National Guard supposed to do that? - Back to the Future - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:51 pm: The downside to being a woefully unprepared and woefully unqualified candidate- - -. Tuesday, Mar 29, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller, * The spot begins with county sheriffs complaining about anti-police rhetoric, career politicians, etc. - Da big bad wolf - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 8:42 am: If police who are trained have trouble finding the criminals how are people in the National Guard supposed to do that? *** UPDATED x1 *** Rate Jesse Sullivans response ad to Richard Irvins attack spot, Multiple dead, more than 30 hospitalized after blowing dust leads to accidents on I-55. However, they are answerable to their constituents. I thought I was going to have a heart attack on the spot, Ford told the podcast Reply All. Some of the most uncomfortable stolen-valor videos involve confrontations with people who appear to be confused, mentally ill, or homeless. He kept having odd interactions with strangers. Military Phonies was already looking into Jowerss background. - Retired and Still in Illinois - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:48 am: The idea of using the NG in this manner is ludicrous. There is a saying in the Theater, Will it play in Peoria?. In the evening, the truck had been replaced by a patrol car. - 47th Ward - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:08 am: It always creeps me out when evangelicals go into to politics to save us. Sad to see the crazies are out in force- again, still.. - Gdubya - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 4:29 pm: Williams: Do you support the mask mandates and the vaccine mandates? Spot pulled for typos because only the best people are working on this campaign. I could be misreading the Statute though. This is awful. Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. /s. Sullivan: Absolutely not. IRVIN LIE: [Sullivan] says that he wore, you know, he served in uniform. The Sterners timing was fortuitous. In her final paper, she proposed criminalizing false claims about the nations highest medals. - Paddyrollingstone - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:09 pm: Getting some Jack! My guard unit was about half civilian police officers and the other half was largely college students using the guard to afford college (aged 18-21). Shipley admits that he sometimes broke the platforms rules against releasing individuals personal information, but he contends that he was deplatformed for political reasons: he had been digging into the background of Nathan Phillips, a Native American veteran who appeared in a viral video with a student from Covington Catholic High School. ===. - Frank talks - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 5:02 pm: Jesse should stop talking and get a running mate. His service, to my knowledge, has not been questioned, but his ire was raised by some of Jesse Sullivans campaign claims. And I wouldnt call McLean a county nobody has ever heard of. My wife is a big fan of Fifty Shades of Grey, so I wrote some books in that vein for our fortieth anniversary, and they sell more than all my other books combined, he told me, sounding a little abashed. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed. Ad Choices. (When I visited him, he greeted me by saying, Nice truck. Elsewhere in the news . I have entire National Guard units that spend their weekends watching my videos on a big screen in an auditorium, seeing what Don is doing, Shipley said. Burkett began FOIA-ing with abandon. - Huh? The better move would be to change the subject. - JS Mill - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 1:17 pm: =I put the over/under for Sullivans vote percent at 15 for the primary election.=, =And it wont matter if they do, when you have folks like the Governor of Mississippi saying I dont know yet when it comes to potentially banning *contraceptives*.=. - Long Time Independent - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:43 am: Jesse should start running campaign commercials for a running mate and not worry about the Governors race yet. The videos, with their blend of vigilante justice and public callouts, hit several social-media sweet spots; watching them makes me feel both rapt and queasy, particularly when the accusers anger feels disproportionate to the situation. John Williams: You, on your website, use the National Guard a lot. - Norseman - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:54 pm: The National Guard is so omnipotent to these far right and far right wannabes for power politicians. The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame. I proudly served our nation in uniform doing counterinsurgency work in Helmand Afghanistan with the US Department of Defense, Sullivan declared in his campaign announcement speech near Petersburg. he was a civilian contractor, never active duty, and not a veteran. There were other guys doing this before me, but Im the guy that took it to YouTube, he told me. If a candidate hedges, theyll lose evangelicals and a bunch more of the base and ultimately lose. Theyve got your back, but whos got your video? Its a D, Sullivan is a phony to his want. - Ron Burgundy - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 12:13 pm: On the use of public resources (uniforms and marked vehicles) in the ad, I too find it distasteful and wonder if it might be unlawful. Republicans are the pro-life party. When a relative unknown named Jesse Sullivan jumped into the race earlier this month with a nearly $11 million out-of-state-funded campaign war chest, state Sen. Darren Bailey and businessperson Gary Rabine both called him a member of the San Francisco/Silicon Valley "elite" because that's where his business was located and where much of his Even so, there were only a handful of people regularly investigating false military claims. - Demoralized - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:18 am: Correction - We do have mandates for certain state workers in congregate care settings. Until then businesses leave. In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary. There once was a MP battalion in Chicago (right behind Watertower. Can you identify this man for me? Sterner peered at the image. - muon - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:05 pm: I think the Sullivan campaign is trying to find a lane. The Washington Free Beacon reported that Jesse Sullivan was running a non-profit in San Francisco, California before he threw his hat into the Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary back in September. - Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:12 am: Rated A- Ryan vibes from this guy. Foleys opponent in the Republican primary was Rick Jowers, a mild, approachable sheriffs deputy with a handlebar mustache. That means he doesnt really want there to be a United States., Adding Sullivans problem is that he hasnt addressed this line from his announcement speech. underscored the importance of DOD civilians to the overall effort, saying, Civilians who volunteered to serve at the front in Afghanistan were critical to protecting our nation from jihadist terrorists who use mass murder as their principal tactic in a war against all civilized people. An agent at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service told me that most cases of stolen valor dont involve career criminals. When a relative unknown named Jesse Sullivan jumped into the race earlier this month with a nearly $11 million out-of-state-funded campaign war chest, state Sen. Darren Bailey and businessperson Gary Rabine both called him a member of the San Francisco/Silicon Valley elite because thats where his business was located and where much of his campaign money came from. So, I asked, how could Sullivan have led combat patrols? While civilian contractors may be armed and act in defensive roles such as providing security, the use of contractors in contingency operations is specifically limited in DoD Instruction 3020.41 to support operations in a non-combat role. If Mr. Sullivan wants to claim unprecedented combat leadership experience as a civilian contractor, he should identify the officer that he directly reported to while in theater in order to verify this extraordinary assertion. Press release. Joey Gibson. Sullivans campaign responded with a 300-word background statement which claimed Sullivans Army team leader never left the base. - Joe Bidenopolous - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:58 pm: Everyone knows this, including Republicans, who will have no chance of claiming theyre anything other than pro-life for the general election. Article: What is Stolen Valor? No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated Operation Stolen Valor is a year-old federal law enforcement effort that has resulted in a dozen cases under investigation in the Pacific Northwest, with fraud totals of more than $1.4 million. Illinois needs a new Director at DCFS. Cmon. Huh? I dont like the man of faith being called to serve. D. - here we go - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:09 am: Sounds a lot like the Irvin Campaign commercials. The nearly seven-hundred-page book explored many of Burketts preoccupationsthat P.T.S.D. We have to do something and have urgency. There was no evidence that he was an Airborne Ranger or a sniper, that he had received a Purple Heart or a Silver Star, or that he had been wounded in combat. When I joined the military decades ago, I was required to get a regimen of vaccines, more when deploying overseas. Jowers released a statement, apologizing for misleading the community and claiming that he had distorted his record because he had been upset and angry at a certain personpresumably Foley. On Reddit, civilians share stories of getting called out for wearing military-themed hoodies, and worry about whether theyre stealing valor by wearing camouflage pants. Ill say anything to get yer vote. - Rudys teeth - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:08 pm: Can Jesse Sullivan buy a set of talented advisors who could direct his message? And I mean- with his money, he still absolutely has plenty of time to get the signaturesfor now. He was a darn good deputy, Terry Joy, who had been the sheriff of Callahan County since 2013, told me. That sure looks like an official police plate to me. What he actually means: I think they are unRepublican.. The activity has become a type of bonding exercise for former service members; some even seem to be reliving their war experience when hunting down phonies. Kevin Mays. Jowers knew that Military Phonies was about to release his military records, which would show that he was not an Airborne Ranger, and that he had not been wounded in combat. . Its like cancelling someone onlineyou cant fix the bigger problem, so you just attack this stranger., Shipley partly blames himself for seeding these confrontations. McMaster, US Army (ret.) Saying he was called to protect and serve in this context implies that he is/was a police officer. In Foleys public filings, he listed the neighboring house as his residence. I briefly embedded with some in Iraq. Hes been surprised by how many older women watch, too. The day Illinois voters quit voting for partys like your rooting for a baseball team is the day we will see true equality and economic growth. Traditionally many are local and state cops in their day jobs so Sullies deployment takes real cops off their street to do his manhunt. The role of patient is well defined in our society, he said. Ill match any offer, do whatever it takes to get yer vote. Open the bag the first one out would be the candidate would save a lot of money not to mention popcorn. With the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq came a surge in young men who said that they were lite commandos; in the weeks after the raid that killed bin Laden, phony SEAL claims doubled, according to one researcher. When Bart went to introduce himself to his new neighbors, no one answered the door. could go in and take his medal, Sterner said. In a press conference today, Richard Irvin yet again ducked important questions on abortion and his own Democrat voting record, distorted his own background, and blatantly lied about Jesse Sullivan. Notes: Prospects Ed Howard, Alexander Canario and James Triantos take steps in their rehab. Hes losing. So I guess he could get rid of those. At the time, wearing an unearned military medal was against the law, but there was no particular consideration given to lies about military service; the same chapter of the federal statute also made it illegal to proffer a fake police badge, pretend to be a member of 4-H, or misuse the likeness of Smokey Bear. Some Callahan County residents were ready to forgive him. - Trolling Troll - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:30 am: Wasnt one Carhartt Billionaire enough for Illinois? It turned out that Williams had fabricated his service, and that the second-longest-surviving Confederate soldier probably had, too. Burkett caught so many people distorting or inventing their military service that he wondered whether the dissemblers might be evidence of a national phenomenon, a weird ripple in the American psyche. By 1989, Burkett was averaging one FOIA request a day. Foley promised to professionalize the sheriffs department. Sounds to me like he needs to be a minister and not Governor. And finally, I proudly served our nation in uniform doing counterinsurgency work in Helmand Afghanistan with the US Department of Defense. Allegations that gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan's petitions contain hundreds of fake signatures are untrue and a "political stunt" by McHenry County businessman and Republican rival. Thereve only been thirteen Medals of Honor awarded by the Air Force in history. The 37-year-old Sullivan who made himself an instant contender in the four-man GOP gubernatorial primary with a $10.8 million campaign fund fueled by out-of-state donors said that's . *** UPDATE *** Another Sullivan press release. It is the 13th largest county in the state. If the blackout lasts into the regular season, Comcast subscribers also wouldnt have access to NFL Red Zone. You would call them out even to hunt down violent criminals. Yeah, I was wondering about that. Ive asked the campaign about the use of law enforcement vehicles in the campaign ad. America's top infectious-disease expert discusses how governments can respond to save lives in pandemics. - Red Ketcher - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:56 am: 47th Ward at 10:08 above Says It All,Says it Well. My father served 30 years in the Air Force and I have regard for servicemen. - Rudys teeth - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:26 am: Sullivan, as an outsider and a man of faith who wishes to protect and serve, is running for the wrong office. Ill look around to see if its elsewhere. All rights reserved. Support Renewable Energy Credits. Through games of Sunday, scoring is up when compared to March and April of 2022. - Brr Cold - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:26 pm: LOL. - Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:18 pm: Come on down to Sullivans. Speak much Jesse? Is the New York I used to know gone for good? I spent 30 years in civilian law enforcement and 8 years in a military police guard unit in Illinois. Theyre hurting our children. To the issue of calling out the National Guard to help fight crime - Ill take a hard pass on that one. Breaking Radical Globalist Jesse Sullivan's Stolen Valor Scandal And The Anti-Israeli Magazine He Founded Could Destroy His Candidacy For Illinois Governor:. Some guys were just really out for blood, he said. This pro-law enforcement ad might not be so, um, pro-legal. - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:00 pm: Wasnt Sullivan a contractor, not a DoD civilian? This was pre-social media, and it started going kind of viral, Whitley said. - Streator Curmudgeon - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:39 pm: Why do interviews with Republican candidates sound like 1980s exchanges between Gene Okerlund and Jesse The Body Ventura? Most stolen-valor cases dont involve master criminals but, rather, average men who want to be treated as if they were extraordinary. At a gathering for honorees, in the nineties, a short man approached Sterner, holding a photograph of a man wearing a medal. But, in his majority opinion in Alvarez, Justice Anthony Kennedy had suggested another way forward. Because I think most peoples first instinct is that calling into question someones service is rather icky. Shipley is one of the most prominent figures in the field, the closest thing it has to an influencer. He said, A Silver Starthats, like, never given out, Amber told me. So are singles, batting average and stolen bases. Well, prosecutors discretion is an age-old tradition, and frankly quite a bit of the Bill of Rights is aimed at limiting the states ability to jail its citizens, so despite the LOL and double question marks, Id suggest that the answer to your question isnt quite as clear cut as you think. Firing people who are not willing to get the vaccine, those frontline workers who have been taking on the burden of this crisis, and then youre going to fire them? The Times Herald reported that Williams was a Vietnam veteran; one of the papers columnists wondered whether Vietnam did that to him. On a whim, Burkett filed a Freedom of Information Act request to obtain Williamss military records and discovered that he had never served in Vietnam. - Big Mike - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:02 am: - Cheryl44 - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:05 am: Im a white person in my mid 60s and I dont 2ant to see cops in political ads. Is Irvin also this strongly opposed to pandemic mandates? Callahan County, an agricultural region outside Abilene, Texas, is a place where people pay attention to their neighbors. That just adds to his pro-COVID views though. Jesse Sullivan said he would absolutely use the National Guard to hunt down violent criminals, calls pandemic mandates unAmerican, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan, Multiple dead, more than 30 hospitalized after blowing dust leads to accidents on I-55. Bart Kendrick, whose family has lived in the county since the nineteenth century, takes particular notice of vehicles. Last year, a Montana judge required that, as a condition of their parole, two men who had falsely claimed veteran status must stand at the Montana Veterans Memorial with placards that read I am a liar. Dude, you should have spent some of that early money on message and media training. Adding Welp, they removed the ad. There is now a company based in SPI. A decade ago, Shipley began posting YouTube videos debunking false SEAL claims. I have always believed in the sanctity of life. On day one, I would end those. Got it. They served their country, now they have to get a normal job, maybe they have P.T.S.D., maybe theyre not getting help from the V.A. In December, Bart and his wife, Amber, read in the local paper that Leroy Foley, a police officer in the nearby town of Clyde, was running for sheriff of Callahan County. We all heard the same kinds of comments about Trump, Rauner and Pritzker and they all turned out- - opps- - never mind. Im respectful, like all military people are. Jowers seemed thrown by his opponents tough-guy posturing, and offered a different vision for law enforcement in the county. Shipley tried to keep things more or less professional, but his fans could be less scrupulous. Txt HELP for help, STOP to end. - Mcin33 - Wednesday, May 18, 22 @ 9:31 pm: My lord. On his campaign Facebook page, he displayed his medals: a Silver Star, for valor in combat, and a Purple Heart. I am hoping Pritzker is patient enough to let the gop nominee get into the small government shtick and then pound them into dust over the recent gop big government intrusion moves. Congress passed an amended statute, which made it illegal to fraudulently wear medals, embellish rank, or make false claims of service in order to obtain money or some other tangible benefit, making stolen valor an issue of fraud rather than of speech. - DuPage - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:15 am: Maybe all he could afford to pay for was one ad. This primary is fascinating because the real story is the difference in staffing. So, Sullivan has no control over that. What exactly does JB have to. Im laughing because it happened a lot, he said. Foley repeatedly invoked his time in the Army. For a pretend soldier he doesnt know his history very well.
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