When he shared his anxieties, Cottone told him that, if a person was lying about his service, he was often lying about more substantial things, too. There is now a company based in SPI. - Roadrager - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 11:44 am: Oh, Jesse, I dont thing you want to try playing this one up against the big boys. Your Illinois News Radar *** UPDATED x1 - Capitol Fax.com - Huh? 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. I cant answer why somebody would do those types of things. - Ryan - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 12:16 pm: Campaigning in a publicly funded police car? He has outlined the actions of a dictator. I feel like Bailey/Irvin/etc. There were other guys doing this before me, but Im the guy that took it to YouTube, he told me. When I think of the Guard I think of disaster response not vigilantism. 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. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 8:45 am: ===how are people in the National Guard supposed to do that? It had been passed by Congress as an effort to stem instances where people falsely claimed to have . Theres been some CW that Sullivan in the race hurts Bailey had helps Irvin, but I think youre right that it threatens to go the other way. Sullivan has managed to make a big splash in the Republican primary. We are back with Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Jesse Sullivan. 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. Hes been surprised by how many older women watch, too. Hes losing. Sterner helped expose him as a liar, but he was frustrated that there was no criminal penalty. - Arsenal - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:49 am: I gotta admit I find this guy interesting, but until he can actually put his petitions on the street, I feel like I should ignore him. 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. Thanks for telling us who you are Jesse. Theyve got your back, but whos got your video? Can you identify this man for me? Sterner peered at the image. Help Illinois Colleges And Universities Go Green. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. Doesnt seem legal to me. The hard part, Shipley said, is that nobody believes anybody anymore.. And they serve honorablyIrvins ad contains multiple falsehoods, most notably the dismissive comment that Jesse was a social worker. Irvins shameful use of veterans to dismiss this form of public service is a disgrace., Major Monte Montes, US Army (ret.) Somebody who was rational. His wife, Diane, a platinum-haired straight-talker, was a regular guest, as were the couples many dogs, ducks, and grandchildren. My military doesnt have nothing to do with what Im doing for the county right now, he said. Same can be said for his extensive experience in public health and mental health. Three weeks later, Military Phonies published the results of its investigation, concluding that Foley was indeed an Army veteran but that his career was much less lite than he had claimed. I note that several of the sheriffs do appear in street clothes, so maybe they checked it out and were warned beforehand. Speak much Jesse? That just adds to his pro-COVID views though. He said he served in Afghanistan. In 1782, when George Washington awarded ribbons and badges to valorous Revolutionary War troops, he was already worrying about pretenders. Sullivan on governor's race: 'It's not about left vs right, this race - SWSider - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:21 pm: Lol. You gotta be entertaining, you gotta be funny, he said. 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. This is awful. As Justice Kennedy predicted, public shaming has become the de-facto response to suspected stolen valor. Be sure to wear a mask on public transportation. Great agenda, have the guard do something theyre not trained to do and let Americans die during a pandemic. - Pundent - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:56 am: Wouldnt the first step be a fundamental shift in the Guards focus and training? I could be misreading the Statute though. ), Sterner had never intended to expose fakershe was more interested in the real heroesbut he kept running across them. That night, a representative from Military Phonies e-mailed Amber, saying that it usually took the group several weeks to put together a complete record, and pointing her to a list of Silver Star recipients compiled by a military historian named Doug Sterner. If something strikes him as wrong, he feels obligated to fix it. - Dotnonymous - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 2:18 pm: Jesse Sullivan declares American cities War Zones requiring National Guard soldiers to hunt down criminals. That sure looks like an official police plate to me. In the evening, the truck had been replaced by a patrol car. It's again pinging the stolen valor want, someone who has this idea he's been "called" to protect and serve, when in actuality a commercial with a highlighting a candidate "at night" with. Privacy Policy. Military Phonies gets more than a hundred thousand unique views on a good day, according to the Web sites administrator. Its mandatory. Republican gubernatorial candidate Paul Schimpf has mostly followed Ronald Reagans 11th Commandment and avoided speaking ill of his Republican opponents. When Sterner learned of a fraudulent Medal of Honor claim, hed pass the information along to Cottone. Then people started bringing up the comments that Jowers had made during a debate with Foley. In reality, hes an honorably discharged military veteran, Robert Dalton, the Clyde police chief, told me. Traditionally many are local and state cops in their day jobs so Sullies deployment takes real cops off their street to do his manhunt. He prides himself on being atrue conservativeand apolitical outsider,but hispast work for a Democratic candidateand aleaked photoof him wearing an Obama shirt years ago tells a different story. Military Phonies was already looking into Jowerss background. Spot pulled for typos because only the best people are working on this campaign. Fire up the bluesmobile, Jake. Bart and Amber Kendrick were taken aback. - 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. Last night I got a robo-poll that I would presume was commissioned by the Sullivan campaign. He made one little mistake and look what happened. But when Shumways wife, Marcia, Googled Jowerss siblings, she discovered that they had died more than a decade after his military service. People who lie about having served often seem less interested in money than in belonging to an esteemed group. 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. - 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. He was disheartened by the community response, but his wife was energized. Units being trained to respond to riots in the Cities. Hope leaves. - 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. (Dennehy served five years in the Marines, but never in Vietnam; he apologized after Burkett went public with his accusation.) At least Sullie is talkin as opposed to Team Riffie & RichieRich. - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 12:00 pm: Wasnt Sullivan a contractor, not a DoD civilian? When a liars story starts to spin wildly out of control, Shipley cocks an eyebrow. No public funds shall be used to urge any elector to vote for or against any candidate or proposition, or be appropriated I wonder if his campaign has reached out to Arthur Jones yet about being his running mate. Has anyone looked into Chief Deputy Rick Jowers past? someone asked on Facebook. A small amount of competition for Irvin, who has the advantage of Griffins millions, at least on paper. Stolen Valor Act of 2005 - Wikipedia Elsewhere in the news . (When I visited him, he greeted me by saying, Nice truck. Also, ibid on the whole ethics of cops play-acting in uniform in a political ad. Ive asked the campaign about the use of law enforcement vehicles in the campaign ad. Behind the Oklahoma City bombing and even the January 6th attack was a military-style assault in Texas that galvanized the far right. And it needs to be an all hands on deck situation, whereas the current governor wants to look the other way and make it a political football and all that. However, they are answerable to their constituents. - 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. *** UPDATE *** Another Sullivan press release. Marc Feldman, a psychiatrist who specializes in factitious disorder, a diagnosis that is given primarily to women who feign or produce illness or injury for emotional gratification, sees stolen valor as a less-studied offshoot of the same syndrome. - Retired and Still in Illinois - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:48 am: The idea of using the NG in this manner is ludicrous. *** 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. Adding The final version of the TV spot is here. Williams: Do you support the mask mandates and the vaccine mandates? This ad will play well in Peoria County and south. Con men posing as military heroes trade on the respect and deference granted to veterans, using claims of service to win investors confidence, receive veterans benefits, or secure government contracts. What would Sullivan do to get his agenda adopted in Illinois where Democrats are likely to still control the. Foley promised to professionalize the sheriffs department. Operation Stolen Valor | Northeastshooters.com Forums At a gathering for honorees, in the nineties, a short man approached Sterner, holding a photograph of a man wearing a medal. It has since been revealed that during his time as a student at St. Louis University back in 2006, he founded the magazine One World. To the issue of calling out the National Guard to help fight crime - Ill take a hard pass on that one. He lied till the end, Shumway said. I have always believed in the sanctity of life. In 1998, Burkett self-published Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History, which he wrote with the investigative journalist Glenna Whitley. Ryan vibes from this guy. In his ad, Sullivan compares Chicago to. So what sets these two apart on crime? 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. Capitol Fax.com - Your Illinois News Radar Rate Jesse Sullivan's new What? Were on a mission from God. Article: What is Stolen Valor? Last February, YouTube suspended Shipleys channel for harassment. Bart is a deliberate man with a long, wiry beard. - Micky Finn - Friday, Jan 28, 22 @ 9:13 am: I used to think Rezin was a moderate. The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame. - Red Ketcher - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 11:34 am: 1969 Ft. Ask active military, civilian DoD, and a contractor when all three are sitting at the same table. Jesse Sullivan: Yeah, absolutely. Is Irvin also this strongly opposed to pandemic mandates? Breaking Radical - Conservative Intelligence Briefing | Facebook I thought he came across much worse than the comments in the blog indicates. She got an A. There is a saying in the Theater, Will it play in Peoria?. This primary is fascinating because the real story is the difference in staffing. Made with by creatives with a conscience. Like Burkett, Sterner verged on the obsessive. He kept having odd interactions with strangers. 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. But Sullivan should probably stop digging holes that hell eventually have to fill himself. The phrase originated with B. G. (Jug) Burkett, a Texas stockbroker and a Vietnam veteran, whose attempts, in the nineteen-eighties, to raise funds for a memorial to Vietnam veterans from Texas were made difficult, he wrote, by the stereotype that soldiers who returned from the war were losers, bums, drug addicts, drunks, derelictssocietal offal who had come back from the war plagued by nightmares and flashbacks that left them with the potential to go berserk at any moment. In 1988, Burkett read a story in the Dallas Times Herald about Carl Dudley Williams, a homeless man who had shot and killed a police officer. Also, comparing soldier combat deaths to civilian murder deaths is not even apples to oranges. When Bart went to introduce himself to his new neighbors, no one answered the door. I also view the ad as reinforcing the stolen valor issue. Everything else? - 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. Thereve only been thirteen Medals of Honor awarded by the Air Force in history. - 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. IRVIN LIE: [Sullivan] says that he wore, you know, he served in uniform. I am not a veteran. - Chambananon - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:42 am: State law prohibits State employees from using State resources for political purposes. Vaccines have been required for schools, the military, and some employers for a long time. Stupid and illegal. Nice Irish ballot name, good hair and a nice jawline. Foleys apparent lie about his residence offended Bart. Grifters lie about being war heroes, then steal money from women they meet on dating sites. A Fire Started in Waco. 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 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. What year is it?) Last summer, Bart saw something odd at a nearby house. They deserve a leader who has theirs. A D, I guess? - Steve Rogers - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:55 am: =Other than showing that 6 sheriffs from counties most Illinoisans have never heard of=. The first one claimed he served in the unit from Band of Brothers and also stormed the beach at Normandyit just didnt make any sense.. 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. Is that right? Seems like we need an honest debate on which side of American best suits our group survival. ===. A great wat to connect with the constituents and experience the CTA. Shipley is one of the most prominent figures in the field, the closest thing it has to an influencer. It doesnt make sense.. 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. He requested the records of a Green Beret who signed autographs for kids at parades: faker. Thirty Years Later, Its Still Burning. There is good reason to believe that a similar fate would befall other false claimants.. In the morning, a pickup truck was parked in front of the garage. - vole - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:27 pm: unAmerican is getting to need some definition. - 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. - Back to the Future - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 1:51 pm: The downside to being a woefully unprepared and woefully unqualified candidate- - -. 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. I just need help in finding out if he does indeed have these medals.. John Howard. (His best-sellers are not about war, however. 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. GOP candidates for governor debut TV spots blaming Pritzker for crime rise When I was a child several decades ago, I had to get vaccinated to attend school. Hood Texas - 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. Spencer Sullivan. Either promote yourself up or attack the leading candidate to drive him down. On day one, I would end those. D for the ad because the message wont move the needle positively for Sullivan. Jesse Sullivan was an Army civilian, deployed by the Department of Defense to Afghanistan. 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). Jesse Sullivan said he would "absolutely" use the National Guard to hunt down violent criminals, calls pandemic mandates "unAmerican" Thursday, Jan 27, 2022 - Posted by Rich Miller * WGN. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Mar 29, 22 @ 9:21 am: ===This ad will play well in Peoria County and south.===. Well do a FOIA, and were very specific about the information we ask forwhat units they may have been in, what awards they couldve had, the time they served, what their discharge rank was, and their combat history., Ed Caffrey began following stolen-valor Web sites when he was on active duty in the Air Force. Since Shipley started his channel, confrontations between service members and potential impostors have become wildly popular on YouTube. Between Sullivan's mission in Iraq and Irvin's calling in the Guard, the stolen valor primary is officially underway. Is that a lie somehow? 2019 valor thieves; Ken Woerheide . How to Spot a Military Impostor | The New Yorker Adding Welp, they removed the ad. No money down, no payments until next year. 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. As soon as I watched that video of the debate, the Web sites administrator told me, I was, like, Lets FOIA both these guys.. He struck me as sincere, Shumway said. Sullivan was part of what was known as the Armys Human Terrain System, which recruited civilians with social science backgrounds to help military commanders understand the local populations. Over a 3 month +/- period Fire Control never worked. - 47th Ward - Monday, May 9, 22 @ 1:41 pm: ===an attack like this from an opponent with the credentials to make it.===. Accompanying that trust was mounting anxiety that it could be abused. 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. Paid for by the Democratic Governors Association. Nobody's talking about the Sgt. Republican candidate for governor Jesse Sullivan stands in a soybean field and points to his home in Petersburg, Illinois, in a campaign video. - 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. Its astonishing to me that the Republican Party as a whole really is not concerned about peoples health and that they might be killing people with their anti-vax, anit-mask stance. David Gentry. 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. Jim Calhoun. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. ==. Theyve got our backs. She scoured Foleys social-media accounts, trying to find other holes in his story. What he actually means: I think they are unRepublican.. Bob Ford, a former marine in his seventies, was harassed in front of a crowd by two men who were suspicious because his belt buckle appeared too ornate for his rank. As for the mask mandates, just add him to the long list of Republicans who are pro-COVID. 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. - northsider (the original) - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:01 pm: - Excitable Boy - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:02 pm: If Sullivan wants to play soldier so bad why doesnt he just join the military and spare us the theatrics? Sterner, who returned from Vietnam with two Bronze Stars, learned how to navigate the military-records system while compiling a database of people whod been given the Medal of Honor, the nations highest military award. - Brr Cold - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 3:26 pm: LOL. By last year, his videos had been viewed fifty million times. The yard was weedy; the windows were covered with aluminum foil. 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. - 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. For his work abroad, Sullivan received the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism, and the Department of the Army Commanders Award for Civilian Service. - Paddyrollingstone - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:09 pm: Getting some Jack! All that does is make me think the candidate wants me to be afraid. He has gone from being a joke to a dangerous joke. - Steve Polite - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:00 pm: For a pretend soldier he doesnt know his history very well.. Even the man of faith bit seemed forced. - Mcin33 - Wednesday, May 18, 22 @ 9:31 pm: My lord. 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. Dr. Anthony Fauci on Becoming an Activist Within Government. . 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. for political or campaign purposes to any candidate or political organization (10 ILCS 5/9-25.1(b)). was an overdiagnosed condition cooked up by antiwar leftists; that accusations of war crimes in Vietnam were overstatedbut what captured readers attention was his exposure of military fakers. The accused mumbles nonsensical answers before slinking off, exposed and humiliated. Open the bag the first one out would be the candidate would save a lot of money not to mention popcorn. They probably say it was posted as a CapFax rate the ad. A Montana countys battle shows how faith in public learning and public space is fraying. Politicians lie to get us into wars; generals lie about how well things are going; soldiers lie about what they did during their service. I am concerned that he may not have received [the medals] but is implying that he has, she wrote. (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.) - Grandson of Man - Thursday, Jan 27, 22 @ 12:48 pm: Sullivan is throwing down a strong marker for other GOP candidates. I am 100% Pro Life and I will be the strongest Pro Life governor in Illinois history. Not even sure they have any training for that sort of mission. Currently she is working to get Glenn Youngkin elected the next governor of Virginia this November, as well as with a number of stellar 2022 Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. Congress. It didnt for the Br!t!$h in the 20th century at various locations. 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. It wasnt illegal to lie about a medalit was only when you pinned it on your lapel that you broke the law. -. When I joined the military decades ago, I was required to get a regimen of vaccines, more when deploying overseas.