Well, he doesnt, I would end those on day one. Kevin Prohaska. I was born a protector and an overwatcher, he told a local television station. - Ron Burgundy - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 1:33 pm: To add, of course Sullivans attempt to introduce himself - and overplaying it - left him wide open for an attack like this from an opponent with the credentials to make it. This is awful. 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. No other GOP candidates were mentioned. 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? - Amalia - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 1:09 pm: - Carlos Danger - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 2:08 pm: Sorry, comments for this post are now closed. And I mean- with his money, he still absolutely has plenty of time to get the signaturesfor now. Who is his running mate? 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. On his campaign Facebook page, he displayed his medals: a Silver Star, for valor in combat, and a Purple Heart. Veterans are responding to Richard Irvins latest attack ad on Jesse Sullivan, calling on Irvins campaign to pull the ad and apologize to families who have lost loved ones serving in military or civilian roles abroad. /s. Between Sullivan's mission in Iraq and Irvin's calling in the Guard, the stolen valor primary is officially underway. 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. After Bart buried her, he reviewed his security-camera footage to identify the culprit, then spent several nights perched in a tree with a pistol until he got his revenge. Call this coward Richard Irvin, at (630) 555-1212, and demand him to be straight with Illinois Republicans.. - Mcin33 - Wednesday, May 18, 22 @ 9:31 pm: My lord. When Walter Washington Williams, thought to be the last surviving veteran of the Confederate Army, died, in 1959, President Eisenhower called for a national day of mourning. Kinda awkward that his LG running mate hasnt commented yet. - Rudys teeth - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:35 pm: Since Jesse spent time in Afghanistan, he should have no problem riding the Red Line from 95th Street to Rogers Park to meet and greet the voters. In-depth political coverage, sports analysis, entertainment reviews and cultural commentary. - 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. Dr. Anthony Fauci on Becoming an Activist Within Government. Vaccines have been required for schools, the military, and some employers for a long time. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Very good ad for stoking GOP base obsession with police and crime. The only winner in this ad is the media folks making cash off of Sullivan. I guess its good that they managed to avoid repeating the stolen valor charge, but if the race becomes about Sullivans resume, Irvin is plenty happy with that. There once was a MP battalion in Chicago (right behind Watertower. He photographed the trash can by the road to show that its contents never changed. Be sure to wear a mask on public transportation. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:14 am: Its again pinging the stolen valor want, someone who has this idea hes been called to protect and serve, when in actuality a commercial with a highlighting a candidate at night with police vehicles, Sullivan should run for sheriff somewhere or ask Bailey, Irvin, Rabine, or Schimpf to appoint him director of ISP. Do County Sheriffs police vehicles not count for some reason? Try reading a little about history, maybe google Kent State massacre. He set up Google news alerts for key phrases: prisoner of war, Navy Cross. I started coming across these guys putting themselves in local media as heroes, Caffrey told me. The hard part, Shipley said, is that nobody believes anybody anymore.. Through games of Sunday, scoring is up when compared to March and April of 2022. - Dotnonymous - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:18 pm: Jesse Sullivan declares American cities War Zones requiring National Guard soldiers to hunt down criminals. and then talking up Jesse Sullivan, who says, Im an outsider and a man of faith called to protect and serve. He was just a good old country boy who wanted to help you. Ill match any offer, do whatever it takes to get yer vote. 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. ), Sterner had never intended to expose fakershe was more interested in the real heroesbut he kept running across them. Bart Kendrick, whose family has lived in the county since the nineteenth century, takes particular notice of vehicles. Id have to check the laws, but it certainly seems like Mr. Government Ethics is using local government resources for political purposes. Meh. 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. Hes trying everything to bury the baggage thats exposed serious contradictions about his past and his record,said DGA Illinois Press Secretary Yael Sheinfeld. The Irvin lies/cant be trusted line could work, if he had about $10-$15 million to burn it home, although that would likely just benefit Bailey. - Ron Burgundy - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:15 am: Given his extensive military background, I am shocked that he doesnt even have a basic understanding of what the Guard does and what they are trained to do, and is instead opting for mindless rhetoric. they ran a very similar TV ad during that race, Multiple dead, more than 30 hospitalized after blowing dust leads to accidents on I-55. Researching potential phonies was once a lonely enterprise; now there are a dozen Web sites, message boards, and Facebook groups that provide instruction and crowdsource the work. Not the job of the guard to be our daily police force. It turned out that Williams had fabricated his service, and that the second-longest-surviving Confederate soldier probably had, too. It doesnt make sense.. It included two potentially positive statements about an unknown candidate to test their appeal, then revealed that they were both about Jesse Sullivan. Huh? - Just Me 2 - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:24 am: What if my local school district actually cares about the health of the kids, their teachers, and their families (such as grandparents) and decided to require masks locally? We have to do something and have urgency. 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. Grifters lie about being war heroes, then steal money from women they meet on dating sites. McMaster, US Army (ret.) So what sets these two apart on crime? Adding Welp, they removed the ad. The guy would usually be polite, but the interactions felt more like interrogations than like conversations. - Proud Papa Bear - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:17 am: C. Its hard to spice up bland. You want to pair that with his hollow words on public safety, you might have something. Documenting and debunking fakers has become easier as more of our lives have moved online. Im no fan of Sullivan, or any of the Rs running, but theres no need to be dismissive. (It doesn't help, though that, even then, he would make the distinction to reporters that he was a "real Marine," like in a March 1981 Washington Evening Star . - Ryan - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 12:16 pm: Campaigning in a publicly funded police car? I stole valor. I felt I was doing something really pretty dirtyleading this woman on to help her incriminate her husband so the F.B.I. - Red Ketcher - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:56 am: 47th Ward at 10:08 above Says It All,Says it Well. In his ad, Sullivan compares Chicago to. But, six years later, in United States v. Alvarez, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Xavier Alvarez, a water-district official in Southern California, who had been convicted of lying about receiving the Medal of Honor. Not even sure they have any training for that sort of mission. 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. 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. It was a venting session that at times became very loud, earnest, and hard to ignore, Sterner wrote in Restoring Valor: One Couples Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect Americas Military Awards System. His vehemence at first irritated Pam, who had gone back to school to study political science and had an assignment due the next day; then it inspired her. If he wont stand with us, we cant allow him to be our next governor? 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. That evening, Jowers, on a call with his supporter Paul Shumway, started weeping. Thereve only been thirteen Medals of Honor awarded by the Air Force in history. 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. Stolen Valor Valor Thieves' Gallery. Its like cancelling someone onlineyou cant fix the bigger problem, so you just attack this stranger., Shipley partly blames himself for seeding these confrontations. He lied till the end, Shumway said. Upon being shot at there was always someone back from Overseas who immediately opened up. The interviews present a satisfying moral clarity: Shipley, a broad, deep-voiced man with lush hair, plays the role of the good soldier, confidently asserting his dominance over the dissembling faker. (Phillips has claimed that he served during Vietnam times, but he was actually a reservist who never served in Vietnam; he also went AWOL a number of times.) Last night I got a robo-poll that I would presume was commissioned by the Sullivan campaign. He found that the actor Brian Dennehy, famous for playing Rambos law-enforcement antagonist in First Blood, had lied about suffering combat wounds in Vietnam. 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. Fire up the bluesmobile, Jake. I dont want anyone near any levers of power who refuses to protect their citizens during a pandemic. - girl in the woods - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 4:06 pm: This is a crazy word salad- sounds like Trumps speeches. Albert Brum. After Leroy Foleys lies about his military service were exposed, Rick Jowers seemed certain to win the Republican primary and therefore become Callahan Countys next sheriff, since no one was running as a Democrat. Some of the so-called valor thieves busted by Shipley and others fit Tom Cottones descriptiontheir lies about their military service are part of a larger pattern of deception. Support Renewable Energy Credits. He kept having odd interactions with strangers. The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame. Its clear this is about way more than just stolen valor, the comedian Ian Fidance, who has made a series of parody stolen-valor videos, told me. However, they are answerable to their constituents. - 47th Ward - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:25 pm: Im looking forward to seeing Governor Sullivan riding the CTA after he ends the mask mandate. According to DOD records, Sullivan was a Human Terrain Analyst under US Army TRADOC G2, who led. 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. Shipley is one of the most prominent figures in the field, the closest thing it has to an influencer. He presented no ideas or solutions for the state of Illinois, which is more of the same for a campaign that seems to have no relationship whatsoever with the truth. IRVIN LIE: [Sullivan] says that he wore, you know, he served in uniform. 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. -. - Steve Polite - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:00 pm: For a pretend soldier he doesnt know his history very well.. Hood Texas - 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. Lets go save Illinois. - 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. Foley promised to professionalize the sheriffs department. Shipleys videos belong to a genre known as justice porn, which Urban Dictionary defines as getting off on watching someone get their due for being a scumbag piece of shit. Justice porn allows us to indulge our baser instincts, ostensibly in the service of righteousness. Speak much Jesse? Schimpf was born on an Air Force base in the Metro East, graduated from Annapolis Naval Academy, then graduated from law school and served 20 years in the US Marines, serving as the chief American adviser to prosecutors in Saddam Husseins trial. - walker - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:07 pm: This guy might have some talents. He should find a career where they can be put to use. Nobody's talking about the Sgt. - Langhorne - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:15 am: === Im an outsider and a man of faith called to protect and serve.===. In 1782, when George Washington awarded ribbons and badges to valorous Revolutionary War troops, he was already worrying about pretenders. If you bought season tickets to see a team and thought that the team would make your dreams come true because of your investment or that the players would be there forever, sorry. - vern - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:51 am: At this point hes gonna need the National Guard to get his petitions done. - LakeCo - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:24 pm: =Theyre hurting our children.= 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. Someone you could actually call and feel comfortable about it, said Marcia Shumway, a local stay-at-home mom and home-school teacher, who, with her husband, Paul, supported Jowers in the race. This was pre-social media, and it started going kind of viral, Whitley said. Follow up question: How are vaccines hurting our children, Mr. Sullivan? What would Sullivan do to get his agenda adopted in Illinois where Democrats are likely to still control the. As to unAmerican, chomping at the bit to use military force against American citizens is unAmerican. Umm, Jesse, I hate to be the one to tell you but we lost in Afghanistan. The interview is linked, Jesse did not claim to be a veteran. John Williams: You, on your website, use the National Guard a lot. - Three Dimensional Checkers - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:55 am: ===You cant use law enforcement officers in their uniforms, in their cars, in a political campaign ad.===. Should any who are not entitled to these honors have the insolence to assume the badges of them they shall be severely punished, he wrote. I mean when PQ won his election, didnt he lose just about all the states counties (except for a couple)? And as far back as 2007, when Jowers applied to work at the Taylor County jail, he claimed to have been an Airborne Ranger. I just need help in finding out if he does indeed have these medals.. James Blanton (no photo) Anthony Colombo. Im lethal with a keyboardyou cant lie to me, he has said. I briefly embedded with some in Iraq. And then also the kids in schools and keeping them out of school, they put all the focus and energy on COVID. They would send them harassing e-mails, or theyd get a phone number and post that up on YouTube, and people would be calling it really late.. There is now a company based in SPI. We do have some military police in the Illinois National Guard. In the online age, lies about service are harder to sustainand easier to punish. - DuPage Dad - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:13 am: You know youre watching a Republican primary when you tout the Piatt County Sheriff as a feature of a television spot. United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709 (2012), is a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 was unconstitutional. - The Dude Abides - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:15 am: Ill give it a C-. He once again omitted details about his defense of violent criminals, his own record of tax hikes, and big-government expansion in Aurora. In the morning, a pickup truck was parked in front of the garage. Is Irvin also this strongly opposed to pandemic mandates? What Mr. Sullivan is describing is treating the City of Chicago a foreign country to be occupied by military forces under the direct control of his administration. - wowie - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:39 am: Jesse Sullivan campaign slogan: Hey, guys look at me - Im still here. With the US Supreme Court about to finally rule against abortion, Illinois voters need to know where their politicians stand on the most important issue of our lives. Also, ibid on the whole ethics of cops play-acting in uniform in a political ad. Sullivans campaign pushed back hard on the out-of-state angle, insisting he was a Petersburg guy who had made lots of influential business friends in California and other states. The Sterners timing was fortuitous. but were not going to try to run our sheriffs department like the military., Around Christmas, Bart Kendrick went public on Facebook with his accusation about Foleys residency, sure that it would tank his candidacy. Only five of them are still living, and hes not one of them, so this guys a phony. And he stuck his hand out and said, Glad to meet you, Im Tom Cottone with the F.B.I. And that started our friendship.. - Downstate Dem - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:14 am: From the 2022 Illinois Candidates Guide: INFLUENCING VOTERS WITH PUBLIC FUNDS - Trolling Troll - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:30 am: Wasnt one Carhartt Billionaire enough for Illinois? It went big really kinda quick, he said. Its very weird that Baileys home-grown true believers and Sullivans glitzy national consultants have both decided to let Irvin define the issues in this race. One of the appeals of patienthood is the special dispensationwe reduce our expectations of that person, we give them attention. The role of veteran, which comes freighted with its own set of expectations and benefits, is similarly alluring.

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