He struck me as sincere, Shumway said. - 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. Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com. If something strikes him as wrong, he feels obligated to fix it. =And then also the kids in schools and keeping them out of school= If the blackout lasts into the regular season, Comcast subscribers also wouldnt have access to NFL Red Zone. - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:24 pm: That would be a far better use of resources and messaging, but egos and this needed want to steal valor to gun up I dont know its poor by a campaign and its crew that makes this whole thing performance art for cryptocurrency. Is that right? The Silicon Valley angle took hold in segments of the mainstream media. She scoured Foleys social-media accounts, trying to find other holes in his story. He also stated that he was a military veteran that was shot while serving his country., In response, Jowers posted an image of his DD 214, but it was oddly cropped, with key information outside the frame. It wasnt illegal to lie about a medalit was only when you pinned it on your lapel that you broke the law. 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. Griffin should just buy another penthouse. Traditionally many are local and state cops in their day jobs so Sullies deployment takes real cops off their street to do his manhunt. 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. Ill look around to see if its elsewhere. And I mean- with his money, he still absolutely has plenty of time to get the signaturesfor now. The work sometimes made him uncomfortable. . 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. After weeks of polling at third place, Sullivan this week released apolling memoshowing him tied in the lead with Bailey. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. - Frank talks - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 5:02 pm: Jesse should stop talking and get a running mate. He kept having odd interactions with strangers. He once again omitted details about his defense of violent criminals, his own record of tax hikes, and big-government expansion in Aurora. 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. If a candidate hedges, theyll lose evangelicals and a bunch more of the base and ultimately lose. ===. Otherwise, he should correct the misleading language on his website.. The better move would be to change the subject. - Friendly Bob Adams - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:26 pm: I put the over/under for Sullivans vote percent at 15 for the primary election. On the Reddit boards, people will talk about what makes them suspicious that someone is not a real vet, Kristiana Willsey, a folklorist at the University of Southern California who studies military narratives, said. Then people started bringing up the comments that Jowers had made during a debate with Foley. - Red Ketcher - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:34 am: 1969 Ft. Citizens leave. - Pot calling kettle - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:18 pm: Come on down to Sullivans. Thats poor messaging. /s. These are just as good as, if not better than, jelly beans., Dear Deborah, Ive lost my phone and we need to talk., Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History, Restoring Valor: One Couples Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect Americas Military Awards System. - Buford - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:14 am: Seeing as they already removed it, must of not been great. But, how much will that really matter? Foley repeatedly invoked his time in the Army. Hes a young, handsome made-for-TV candidate and already has way more money than any of his opponents could ever likely hope to raise. If you want to keep peoples attention, you start cursing., When the phone calls became routine, he and Diane travelled to a half-dozen states, sometimes staking out phonies houses and confronting them on camera. We have to do something and have urgency. - Proud Sucker - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:11 am: Not sure it directly applies to Sheriffs who are elected. - 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. Or maybe hes doing the rounds so he can drop a quick poll to show potential LTs he has a chance and some name ID? The Sterners timing was fortuitous. - Retired and Still in Illinois - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:48 am: The idea of using the NG in this manner is ludicrous. If you cant answer Did you serve? The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, written in part by Pam Sterner, was introduced the year that millions of filmgoers watched Wedding Crashers, in which Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilsons characters lie about being Purple Heart recipients. People lie about their service in YouTube clips, Facebook posts, and text messages; researchers have exposed a man who claimed on a dating site to have been on the SEAL team that took out Osama bin Laden, and another who posted photographs of himself wearing a Green Beret uniform on his wedding day. And which side best fits the need for human sacrifice. Most stolen-valor cases dont involve master criminals but, rather, average men who want to be treated as if they were extraordinary. Even so, there were only a handful of people regularly investigating false military claims. Sullivan: Absolutely not. The average game times of 2 hours, 36 minutes are down from 3:03 in 2022. 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. Sullivan has managed to make a big splash in the Republican primary. He wrote that an official at the National Archives told him that he was probably the Archives number one individual FOIA user.. When Sterner learned of a fraudulent Medal of Honor claim, hed pass the information along to Cottone. At a gathering for honorees, in the nineties, a short man approached Sterner, holding a photograph of a man wearing a medal. I came out swinging so hard at these guys on the Internet that I brought on flocks of these junior G-men who have nothing to do but patrol Walmart and accost people, he said. 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. To the issue of calling out the National Guard to help fight crime - Ill take a hard pass on that one. To Bart, it seemed obvious that Foley didnt live there but was merely using it as a place to switch out his vehicle after work. A tall man with a square jaw and closely cropped hair, he touted his eleven years as a member of the 75th Ranger Regiment, an lite special-operations Army unit. So clueless, its offensive. 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. Ill say anything to get yer vote. Hope leaves. Welp, if youre pulling it, thats not playing anywhere? I briefly embedded with some in Iraq. - LakeCo - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:24 pm: =Theyre hurting our children.= I could be misreading the Statute though. - 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. I was raised in the church, as a person of deep faith. People who lie about having served often seem less interested in money than in belonging to an esteemed group. Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. - Red Ketcher - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:56 am: 47th Ward at 10:08 above Says It All,Says it Well. Msg&Data rates may apply. Did Sullivan really live in downstate Petersburg, as he claimed, or did he live in the San Francisco area? Jesse talks about Donald Trump's speech to Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit, where he veered off into bizarre territory when he announced that he tr. The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame. There are real peoples lives behind these stats. While Sterner and other early stolen-valor researchers worked largely behind the scenes, Shipleys videos were as much about his life as about the men he exposed. (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.) Between Sullivan's mission in Iraq and Irvin's calling in the Guard, the stolen valor primary is officially underway. You want to pair that with his hollow words on public safety, you might have something. He lied till the end, Shumway said. I was born a protector and an overwatcher, he told a local television station. There once was a MP battalion in Chicago (right behind Watertower. You always want to put a pretty young lady in a video if you can swing it. He started telephoning suspected liars, baiting them into telling ridiculous stories, and exposing them. In Foleys public filings, he listed the neighboring house as his residence. - sal-says - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:25 pm: Seems to be a LOT of wrong-headed thinking in politics these days. 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. On day one, I would end those. 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. /s. Hed be enjoying an All-Star Special at Waffle House, where veterans can get a ten-per-cent discount, when a man would start asking questions about his military service. - well - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:48 am: Its a decent message for the primary, but it loses a lot of points because of how illegal the ad is. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed. After claiming in his campaign launch that he led combat patrols in Afghanistan, it was revealed thathe was a civilian contractor, never active duty, and not a veteran. 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. 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. A short list of Lt. Gov candidates will appear soon or has everyone said, Thanks for asking but no.. 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. So are singles, batting average and stolen bases. 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. Has anyone looked into Chief Deputy Rick Jowers past? someone asked on Facebook. It doesnt make sense.. When the Culture Wars Come for the Public Library. will run this same ad with different faces. Thats why Republicans are fighting for the chance to finish second in the general election, and why 47ths proposed ad for Jesse is the right call. Also, comparing soldier combat deaths to civilian murder deaths is not even apples to oranges. *** UPDATE *** Another Sullivan press release. 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. - Arsenal - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 11:48 am: The thing is, the anti-Irvin language is strong. - Lincoln Lad - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:05 pm: The GOP pool of candidates will make this easy for JB. This was pre-social media, and it started going kind of viral, Whitley said. He requested the records of a Green Beret who signed autographs for kids at parades: faker. It turned out that Williams had fabricated his service, and that the second-longest-surviving Confederate soldier probably had, too. - wowie - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:39 am: Jesse Sullivan campaign slogan: Hey, guys look at me - Im still here. - Micky Finn - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 9:13 am: I used to think Rezin was a moderate. - The Dude Abides - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:07 pm: As a previous poster mentioned in his comment its red meat for the GOP base. Some Callahan County residents were ready to forgive him. I think theyre unAmerican. I am concerned that he may not have received [the medals] but is implying that he has, she wrote. - Steve - Tuesday, Jan 25, 22 @ 9:03 am: C-. Sullivan is woefully unqualified to be Governor. - Lt Guv - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:26 pm: My phrase of the day describes Sullivan to a T. Not ready for prime time.. Documenting and debunking fakers has become easier as more of our lives have moved online. No money down, no payments until next year. Instead, people called Bart a stalker. - Grandson of Man - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:12 am: Rated A- - 47th Ward - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 1:41 pm: ===an attack like this from an opponent with the credentials to make it.===. That is a crisis that is 750, was the most lives we lost of our soldiers over in Afghanistan was the worst year of the war over there. He added that he, like Foley, was an Airborne Ranger with combat wounds: I served my country, I took a bullet for my country. I am 100% Pro Life and I will be the strongest Pro Life governor in Illinois history. A flashy memo isnt enough to hide Sullivans baggage in the home stretch, no matter how hard he tries. - Steve Polite - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:00 pm: For a pretend soldier he doesnt know his history very well.. This primary is fascinating because the real story is the difference in staffing. 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. Justwhat? - Grandson of Man - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:48 pm: Sullivan is throwing down a strong marker for other GOP candidates. When I joined the military decades ago, I was required to get a regimen of vaccines, more when deploying overseas. 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. - Arsenal - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 11:41 am: D. Dont continue to talk about your opponents attack. Open the bag the first one out would be the candidate would save a lot of money not to mention popcorn. 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. 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. 2019 valor thieves; Ken Woerheide . Got it. Its a really bad habit and Ive seen it fatally backfire more than once. and Sullivans former supervisor emphasized the personal risk Jesse faced, saying: The location the HTS team (and Jesse) was assigned to in 2012 was extremely hostile and volatile the patrols the HTS team participated in were often targeted by insurgents with improvised explosive devices, rifle fires, and mortars., Lt. Gen. H.R. Veterans from across the state also published an open letter this morning, saying, Every veteran who served in combat served alongside Department of Defense civilians. For a pretend soldier he doesnt know his history very well. He was just a good old country boy who wanted to help you. He should find a career where they can be put to use. Is that a lie somehow? Nobody's talking about the Sgt. We are back with Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan. 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. Larry Mitchell Hopkins . - Downstate Dem - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 10:14 am: From the 2022 Illinois Candidates Guide: INFLUENCING VOTERS WITH PUBLIC FUNDS I spent 30 years in civilian law enforcement and 8 years in a military police guard unit in Illinois. 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. Somebody who was rational. 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. And he said, There are places out there that will research things like this., On January 13th, Amber filled out a form on Military Phonies, one of a number of Web sites dedicated to exposing people who invent or inflate their military service. ==. Williams: Do you support the mask mandates and the vaccine mandates? Ill match any offer, do whatever it takes to get yer vote. Lets go save Illinois. I would give it a A, in that if is very focused on a key element of Republican Politics, and tugs at the hearts of the fearful. Instead, the campaign claimed, Sullivan led a small team consisting usually of another human terrain analyst, possibly a social scientist depending on the mission, and an interpreter, which would, embed with a military unit. Sullivan, was responsible for translating military objectives into collection priorities, executing the collection mission, reporting back, and advising the military decision-making process.. There is a saying in the Theater, Will it play in Peoria?. - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:11 pm: - lenoard - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:22 pm: I have an idea take all the republican candidates fo r Governor put them in a sack shake it up really good. As to unAmerican, chomping at the bit to use military force against American citizens is unAmerican. D for the ad because the message wont move the needle positively for Sullivan. I also view the ad as reinforcing the stolen valor issue. I did listen to the ten minute interview Mr. Sullivan did with WGN. In 2015, Eric Lindinger, a Gulf War veteran, had a job that involved a lot of cross-country driving. - Back to the Future - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:51 pm: The downside to being a woefully unprepared and woefully unqualified candidate- - -. Jowers withdrew from the race and resigned his job with the sheriffs department. The Stolen Valor Act of 2005, signed into law by President George W. Bush on December 20, 2006, [1] was a U.S. law that broadened the provisions of previous U.S. law addressing the unauthorized wear, manufacture, or sale of any military decorations and medals. In the morning, a pickup truck was parked in front of the garage. - City Guy - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 12:16 pm: F for the potential fall out. The Facebook page for the Clyde Police Department was soon flooded with comments from angry people across the country: Hey Clyde PD, you have a POS Poser in your midst; Leroy Grant Foley those brand new cuff links will look good on you. Foley was placed on administrative leave. - Steve Rogers - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:20 am: When it takes 200 words to say something you could say in 20 words, you really have a communication problem. My father served 30 years in the Air Force and I have regard for servicemen. Units being trained to respond to riots in the Cities. I hear youre something of a Medal of Honor historian, he said. - 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. Upon being shot at there was always someone back from Overseas who immediately opened up. Kevin Mays. An Iraq War veteran was jumped and had his leg broken outside a Sacramento bar by two men who thought he was lying about being a marine. 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. Vaccines have been required for schools, the military, and some employers for a long time. Great agenda, have the guard do something theyre not trained to do and let Americans die during a pandemic. I think Id prefer he just yada, yada, yada me and tell me he likes the lobster bisque. I cant think of anyone using that phrase other than in context of being a police officer. Everything else? 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. - The Fellow Edgar - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:48 am: What is Sullivan doing in this race exactly? And, obviously, guard members who are not from an area would have limited abilities as crime detectives. Yeah, I was wondering about that. - Henry Francis - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 11:07 am: I was not dismissing those 6 counties. 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 liar inevitably starts calling him sir. I took lessons from Patton, Shipley said. Many years ago, I worked for an employer in a congregate setting that required certain vaccines as a condition of employment. Perhaps some joint training with CPD would help the CPD deal with these kinds of situations in the future. Joey Gibson. - SWSider - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:21 pm: Lol. 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? 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.
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