"Transparency": The New Buzzword of Oklahoma's Political Con Artists
How a network of disbarred lawyers, convicted felons, and social media grifters weaponized accountability — and why voters should be wary of anyone who hitches their wagon.
There's a new currency in Oklahoma politics, and it isn't policy, experience, or even campaign contributions. It's a word: transparency.
Say it enough times on Facebook Live, attach it to your campaign page, make it your brand, and suddenly you're not just another candidate — you're an accountability crusader. A watchdog. A truth-teller standing up to the corrupt establishment.
The problem is that in Oklahoma right now, the loudest voices screaming about transparency are the least transparent people in the state. And the network they've built — a loose confederation of disbarred attorneys, convicted embezzlers, Senate candidates with unpaid child support, and local social media influencers chasing clicks — has turned "accountability" into a weapon, a shield, and a profitable grift all at once.
This is the story of how that network operates, who's behind it, and why every Oklahoma voter needs to understand what they're really looking at when someone wraps themselves in the flag of transparency.
THE NETWORK: A ROGUES' GALLERY
At the center of this web sits three primary figures, each bringing their own particular brand of dysfunction to the operation:
Ron Durbin: The Disbarred Attorney
Ronald Edward Durbin II was licensed to practice law in Oklahoma on September 22, 2009. By November 22, 2025, all nine justices of the Oklahoma Supreme Court unanimously agreed to disbar him.
The charges: 20 counts of alleged professional misconduct. The pattern: threatening litigation, filing frivolous lawsuits, making false statements to courts, and engaging in conduct that the state's highest court found posed an immediate threat to the public.
Durbin operated under the banner of "Guerrilla Publishing" — a name that should have been the first red flag. His modus operandi was simple: identify a controversy, livestream confrontations, threaten lawsuits, file complaints, burn through sources and allies, then move on when the backlash got too hot.
One of those burned sources was Bless Parker, a mayor who learned the hard way that allying with Ron Durbin means eventually becoming Ron Durbin's next target. The pattern is documented across multiple Oklahoma communities: Durbin arrives, promises to expose corruption, files lawsuits that get dismissed, threatens anyone who criticizes him, and leaves chaos in his wake.
Even after disbarment, Durbin continues to position himself as an accountability journalist and transparency advocate. The irony would be funny if it weren't so dangerous.
Sean Buckner: The Senate Candidate with Secrets
William Sean Buckner is running for the United States Senate in Oklahoma's 2026 Republican primary. He brands himself as a transparency advocate. He runs a Facebook page called "Sean Buckner Transparency." He wants to "audit the Senate."
But an extensive investigation by PublicCrime.com and citizen journalist Dustin Terry has revealed a public record that tells a very different story:
• A $15,384 child support judgment from Sequoyah County District Court that he owes to his daughter
• Ownership of Casino Pawn Shop in Van Buren, Arkansas — a business he initially kept "hush-hush" according to his own words, despite now claiming there was never anything hidden about it
• A 2015 federal bankruptcy filing in Arizona that appears to omit multiple business entities he owned at the time, according to Arizona Corporation Commission records
• A federal civil rights lawsuit against the City of Sallisaw that was found to be frivolous, resulting in nearly $50,000 in attorney fees ordered against him
• A role as the United States distributor for a Chinese technology company — while positioning himself as an American patriot and constitutional conservative
• A New Jersey criminal conviction for operating a pawn shop without a license
• Multiple business entities across multiple states with patterns of administrative dissolution, unfiled reports, and financial opacity
When confronted with this documented public record, Buckner's response was not to address the facts. Instead, he threatened the journalist who published them — threatening to expose private mental health information and claiming he had "contacts" who would make things "get real."
A United States Senate candidate publicly threatened a private citizen with exposure of medical records in response to accurate reporting on his public court record.
That is who Sean Buckner is when transparency comes to his front door.
Jade Tullis: The Federal Embezzler
And then there's Jade Tullis — formerly known as Jade LaRae Obregon.
In October 2016, Tullis was sentenced in federal court to 12 months and one day in prison. The charge: theft of federal program funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The restitution ordered: $574,385.94.
According to the United States Department of Justice, Eastern District of Oklahoma, Tullis was an agent of Sequoyah Memorial Hospital in Sallisaw. Between January 2012 and December 2013, she systematically stole diabetic test strips — medical supplies that diabetic patients depend on to manage a life-threatening condition — from a hospital that served a rural Oklahoma community and received federal health care funds.
The theft was substantial enough to warrant an FBI investigation, a federal indictment, a conviction, and over half a million dollars in court-ordered restitution.
Today, Jade Tullis serves as one of the administrators of Sean Buckner's "Sallisaw Transparency" Facebook page.
Let that sink in. A woman who stole over half a million dollars in medical supplies from a federally-funded rural hospital now helps manage the social media presence of a Senate candidate whose entire brand is built on the word "transparency."
You cannot make this up.
ENTER THE INFLUENCERS: MATT MUSKRAT AND MONDAY LIVE
Now we come to the newest players in this network: Matt Muskrat and Monday Live.
Matt Muskrat is running for Muskogee County Commissioner, District 1, in 2026. His campaign emphasizes transparency, accountability, and taking on the establishment. Standard populist rhetoric — except for the company he's keeping.
Monday Live is a Muskogee-based social media platform founded by Alan Thompson, described as a "powered media platform built in Muskogee, Oklahoma to inform, protect, and uplift everyday people." The page has built a following of approximately 18,000 people — nearly half the population of Muskogee — by covering local breaking news, crime, and community issues.
According to reporting by FOX23 News in February 2025, Thompson is a medically retired military veteran who started the page years ago and has built credibility by responding to breaking news scenes and developing relationships with local law enforcement. The platform expanded to help people in the community with finances, food, and motivation. It's genuine grassroots community journalism — exactly the kind of local accountability work that democracy needs.
Which is why what happened on March 26, 2026, is so concerning.
On that date, Monday Live posted a long message indicating that Ron Durbin and Sean Buckner were planning to come to Muskogee. The post revealed that Thompson's "phone went CRAZY" with messages from both supporters and critics of Durbin and Buckner.
The post read, in part:
Word got out that Ron Durbin (Guerrilla Publishing- Ron Durbin) and Sean Buckner Transparency might be pulling up to Muskogee to have lunch with me AND to look into some things that were brought to their attention by 'many' Muskogee folks. And Yall … when I tell you my phone went CRAZY… I mean CRAZY.
Thompson then described the divided response he received:
On one side: 'Monday, PLEASE connect me with them… there's stuff going on that needs to be exposed.' On the other side: 'If you mess around with them… you're gonna lose my support.'
The post continued with Thompson wrestling with this division, ultimately declaring:
Y'all want transparency... UNTIL transparency shows up at YOUR front door? Y'all want the truth... UNTIL it might make somebody uncomfortable?
And then came the critical lines:
MUSKOGEE — TALK TO ME. • Do you know who Ron Durbin and Sean Buckner are? • Do you rock with what they do — or not? • Would you welcome them here… or shut it down? No sugarcoating. No hiding. Say it with your chest because Ron and Sean both watch this page.
The post ended with hashtags: #MondayLive #Muskogee #PickASide #Transparency #CommunityVoice #SpeakTruth
Here's the problem: Monday Live appears to have stepped into something far more complicated and dangerous than a simple question of local accountability.
WHY THIS MATTERS: THE PLAYBOOK
The Durbin-Buckner network operates with a consistent playbook that has been documented across multiple Oklahoma communities:
1. IDENTIFY A CONTROVERSY — Find a legitimate local issue where people are genuinely frustrated with government, law enforcement, or public officials.
2. POSITION AS SAVIORS — Arrive with cameras, livestreams, and promises to "expose" the corruption and hold people accountable.
3. WEAPONIZE LAWFARE — File complaints, threaten litigation, create legal pressure designed to intimidate critics and silence opposition.
4. MONETIZE THE OUTRAGE — Build social media followings, drive engagement, generate attention that translates to influence and, eventually, campaign contributions or business opportunities.
5. BURN THE SOURCES — When allies start asking questions or the public record catches up with them, turn on those allies and make them the next target.
6. MOVE TO THE NEXT TOWN — Leave chaos behind and find a new community to "save."
We've seen this play out in Sallisaw. We've seen it in Fort Gibson. We've seen it in Tulsa County. We've seen it anywhere Ron Durbin and his associates have operated.
And now they're positioning to do it in Muskogee.
THE RED FLAGS MATT MUSKRAT AND MONDAY LIVE NEED TO SEE
Matt Muskrat is a candidate for County Commissioner. Monday Live is a legitimate community journalism platform that has built real credibility and trust. Both appear to be genuinely motivated by a desire to serve their community and hold power accountable.
Which is exactly why they need to understand who Ron Durbin and Sean Buckner really are before they get pulled into this network.
Consider what we know:
Ron Durbin was disbarred by a unanimous vote of the Oklahoma Supreme Court for conduct that posed "an immediate threat to the public." Twenty counts of professional misconduct. A pattern of threatening litigation, filing frivolous lawsuits, and making false statements to courts. Even after losing his law license, he continues to position himself as an accountability journalist while operating with the same tactics that got him disbarred.
Sean Buckner is running for U.S. Senate while owing over $15,000 in child support to his own daughter. He owns a pawn shop he initially kept hidden. He filed for bankruptcy while apparently omitting business entities from his disclosure. He was found to have filed a frivolous federal lawsuit. He worked as a U.S. distributor for a Chinese company while branding himself a patriot. When a journalist published his public court record, he threatened to expose private medical information.
Jade Tullis is a convicted federal embezzler who stole over half a million dollars in medical supplies from a rural hospital — and now administers the "transparency" Facebook page for a Senate candidate.
These are not accountability advocates. These are con artists who have weaponized the language of transparency to insulate themselves from scrutiny while they pursue power, influence, and profit.
THE REAL DANGER: LAWFARE AND INTIMIDATION
Here's what happens when you cross this network or write anything critical about them:
They threaten to sue you. They file complaints. They make public accusations. They try to dig up dirt on your personal life. They weaponize whatever information they can find — medical records, family situations, past mistakes — and threaten to make it public.
This is not journalism. This is not accountability. This is intimidation disguised as transparency.
When Sean Buckner was confronted with accurate reporting on his public court record, he didn't address the facts. He threatened the journalist. He said he had "contacts" who knew the journalist's personal history. He said things were going to "get real."
That is the playbook. And once you're in the network — once you've publicly associated with them, promoted them, given them a platform — it becomes very difficult to extricate yourself without becoming their next target.
Ask Mayor Bless Parker how that works.
A MESSAGE TO MATT MUSKRAT
Matt, you're running for County Commissioner on a platform of transparency and accountability. Those are good values. Muskogee County needs commissioners who will ask hard questions, demand answers, and work for the people rather than special interests.
But before you hitch your wagon to Ron Durbin and Sean Buckner, you need to ask yourself some very serious questions:
Do you want to be associated with a disbarred attorney who was found by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to pose an immediate threat to the public?
Do you want to campaign alongside a Senate candidate who owes $15,000 in child support to his own daughter while running on family values?
Do you want your name connected to a network that includes a federal embezzler who stole medical supplies from sick people in a rural hospital?
Do you want to adopt the tactics of people who threaten journalists, weaponize lawsuits, and burn through allies like disposable assets?
Because that's what you're stepping into. And once you're in, the damage to your credibility may be irreversible.
You're running for local office in Muskogee County. You don't need Ron Durbin's circus. You don't need Sean Buckner's baggage. You don't need to import the chaos that has followed these men across Oklahoma.
What you need is to focus on the issues that matter to Muskogee County voters — roads, budgets, services, economic development, good government. You need to build relationships with people who have real credibility and real track records of public service. You need to run a campaign based on your own ideas and your own character.
Don't let these grifters attach themselves to you like barnacles. You're better than that, and Muskogee deserves better than that.
A MESSAGE TO MONDAY LIVE
Alan Thompson has built something valuable in Muskogee. Monday Live has 18,000 followers because people trust it. Because it shows up to breaking news scenes. Because it asks questions. Because it helps people. Because it's real.
That trust is fragile. Once it's broken, it's almost impossible to rebuild.
Ron Durbin and Sean Buckner are not allies in the fight for transparency. They are exploiters of that fight. They use the language of accountability to pursue their own agendas, and they leave destruction in their wake.
If Monday Live becomes a platform for their network, it will damage everything Thompson has built. Because sooner or later — and it's always sooner — the public record catches up. The court documents surface. The pattern becomes clear. And the people who associated with them early have to answer for it.
Thompson served his country in the military. He came home and built a platform to serve his community. That service has meant something. It has made a difference.
Don't let Ron Durbin and Sean Buckner turn it into just another piece of their grift.
WHAT VOTERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND
Here's the bottom line for every Oklahoma voter:
When a candidate or a platform wraps itself in the flag of "transparency," your first question should be: transparent about what?
Because the people screaming loudest about transparency are often the ones with the most to hide.
Ron Durbin talks about accountability while hiding from his own disbarment and the wreckage of burned sources across Oklahoma.
Sean Buckner talks about auditing the Senate while hiding his unpaid child support, his undisclosed business entities, his Chinese company connection, and his pattern of frivolous litigation.
Jade Tullis helps run a transparency Facebook page after stealing over half a million dollars from a rural hospital.
These people are not reformers. They are con artists. And the con is working because they've figured out that if you say "transparency" enough times, people stop asking you to actually be transparent.
THE NETWORK WILL COME AFTER THIS ARTICLE
We know what happens next. This article will be published. Ron Durbin will threaten to sue. Sean Buckner will claim it's all lies and fake news. They'll try to dig up dirt on the author. They'll accuse PublicCrime.com of being part of the corrupt establishment. They'll rallying their social media followers to attack and discredit.
That's the playbook. We've seen it before. We're ready for it.
Because everything in this article is documented. Every fact is backed by public court records, government databases, corporate filings, Department of Justice press releases, Oklahoma Supreme Court rulings, and their own public statements.
We're not making accusations. We're reporting documentation.
And unlike Ron Durbin and Sean Buckner, we're willing to stand behind our work and let the public record speak for itself.
TRANSPARENCY REQUIRES TRANSPARENCY
Real accountability journalism is hard work. It requires documentation. It requires fact-checking. It requires fairness. It requires being willing to apply the same standards to yourself that you apply to others.
The Durbin-Buckner network doesn't do any of that. They perform accountability. They weaponize it. They profit from it. But they don't practice it.
And voters need to understand the difference.
If you're in Muskogee County and Matt Muskrat comes asking for your vote while standing next to Ron Durbin and Sean Buckner, you need to ask him why.
If you follow Monday Live and you start seeing these men promoted on that platform, you need to ask Alan Thompson what happened to the standards that made Monday Live worth following in the first place.
And if you're anywhere in Oklahoma and someone running for office starts talking about transparency, ask them three questions:
1. What's your relationship with Ron Durbin?
2. What's your relationship with Sean Buckner?
3. Are you willing to be as transparent about your own record as you're demanding others be about theirs?
Because in Oklahoma in 2026, "transparency" has become the calling card of people who have everything to hide.
And the voters who see through it — who demand actual accountability rather than performed outrage — are the only thing standing between Oklahoma and a political culture completely overrun by grifters.
The choice is yours. Choose wisely.
Dustin Terry is an investigative journalist, Air Force veteran, and former cyber intelligence analyst. He founded PublicCrime.com to provide accountability journalism focused on public officials and candidates for office. All reporting is based on public court records, government databases, and verifiable documentation.
This investigation is based entirely on public records including: Oklahoma Supreme Court disbarment rulings, Sequoyah County District Court judgments, United States Department of Justice press releases, Arizona bankruptcy court filings, federal civil rights case rulings, Arizona Corporation Commission business records, and the subjects' own public statements on social media.
Sean Buckner, Ron Durbin, Matt Muskrat, and Monday Live were all given the opportunity to respond to the specific facts in this article prior to publication. Any responses received will be published promptly and in full.
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