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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For every college Frat Row, universities need a security gate to warn any woman who wants to enter, there is a high probability they will be druged and raped... multiple times. I'm sure these top tier university have a legal dept ready to offer these girls NDA to sign to a avoid any unpleasantness.
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The Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For “not being a dictator”, he sure does a lot of things a dictator would do.
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You had me at fresh oregano and thyme.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our response to the State Department using Smokey last night.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I love that Senator Longhorn Foghorn is all in with this embarrassing GOP snafu. Once again, Republicans have reminded the world malfeasance and incompetence are not mutually exclusive.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
His over blown ego. (Sponsored by AIPAC) The other person that need to ride off into the sunset, never to be heard from again, other than Rahm Emmanuel, is James Carville.
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☆Jennїe S Jonzen☆ Is He Dead Yet?! 🖖LLAP🤟🍀✴️✳️🌟☘️🗽🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🌈🗿🌻💙💛⭐️ @astartiel.substack.com · 29/09/2026
Yes we are.
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAGA dirtbag Sen. Schmitt airballs a perjury accusation against Jack Smith, based on Schmitt's ignorance of the distinction between the NBA vs. NCAA, Atlanta Hawks vs. Iowa Hawkeyes. Sen. Klobuchar then spanks Schmitt for his malevolent idiocy. You can't get dumber than flying monkey MAGA pols.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s difficult to overstate how dangerous such a declaration would be for American democracy. It would mean a president is attempting to sidestep the Constitution, which empowers states to run elections, in order to prevent his party from losing. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Could Trump take over voting by declaring a ‘national emergency’?
Advocates agree such an attempt would be blatantly unconstitutional but still worry that such an emergency order could suppress voting nonetheless.
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Florida Phoenix @floridaphoenix.com · 29/09/2026
“I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump. I made those decisions without regard to President Trump’s political association, activities, beliefs, or candidacy in the 2024 presidential election.” floridaphoenix.com/2026/09/29/r...
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GOP senator bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing • Florida Phoenix
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to ...
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Pure gold
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NewPostNews @wabrahamwashington.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Court documents cast doubt on ICE claims in DoorDash driver shooting: ‘Trained to lie’
Court documents charging a DoorDash driver shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rely on a secondhand phone call
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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The "Broadview Six" are in with an "ICYMI" for Judge April Perry, making sure she's aware of ex-AUSA Sheri Mecklenburg's "widely published" retirement letter:
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) Plaintiff, )
v. ) ) MICHAEL RABBITT, ) KATHERINEMARIEABUGHAZALEH, ) ANDRE MARTIN, BRIAN STRAW, ) and CATHERINE SHARP )
Defendants. )
No. 25 CR 693
Judge April M. Perry
DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Defendants, by and through their respective counsel, respectfully seek to supplement the record with the attached resignation letter from the proposed intervenor, Sheri Mecklenburg, which has been widely published in the local and national news media (attached as Exhibit A).
Included in Ms. Mecklenburg’s resignation letter are additional facts that directly and materially implicate issues in the pending motions before the Court (Dkt. 225, 226, and 227). Specifically, the following factual disclosures made by Ms. Mecklenburg in her letter are of particular note:
• The Front Office threatened to discipline and/or terminate Ms. Mecklenburg, thereby resulting in a loss of healthcare benefits, if she attempted to file anything with the Court to provide her recollection of events. (Ex. A, AUSA Mecklenburg’s ForcedResignation Letter, at 1; id. at 2 (“you [U.S. Attorney Boutros] have threatened to terminate me if I attempt to rebut the false allegations and bring additional matters to the Court’s attention.”).
• Ms. Mecklenburg “repeatedly sought guidance from, kept informed, and followed the directions of the Front Office — including [U.S. Attorney Boutros] — at every consequential stage” of this failed prosecution. Id. at 2.
• U.S. Attorney Boutros “personally directed” a felony prosecution of the Defendants be pursued over Ms. Mecklenburg’s objection. Id.
• In May 2026, U.S. Attorney Boutros “placed [Ms. Mecklenburg] on leave and cut off [her] devices and credentials without any notice.” Id.
• Ms. Mecklenburg expresses her severe disappointment in the U.S. Attorney’s Office’s handling of the post-dismissal briefing to the Court because she expected that “the leaders who directed or approved the prosecution would accept responsibility for their own roles and decisions rather than assigning the consequences to me alone.” Id. at 3.
In response to Ms. Mecklenburg’s resignation letter which was published in the media, the Department of Justice in Washington D.C. (not the local U.S.Attorney’s Office) disputed one of Ms. Mecklenburg’s factual assertions about the involvement of U.S. Attorney Boutros (and perhaps other higher-ups in the DOJ) in the prosecutorial decisions and conduct here as flat-out “false,” based on what it claims is contained in Ms. Mecklenburg’s written recommendation on this case:
The claim that AUSA Mecklenburg proposed a misdemeanor and was told instead to file a felony charge is false. Mecklenburg’s recommendation in writing to the supervisory chain of the U.S. Attorney’s Office included the section 372 felony as the strongest charge.
Jason Meisner, ‘Broadview Six’ prosecutor pens fiery resignation letter saying US attorney pushed for felony charges, CHI. TRIBUNE, Sept. 25, 2026, available at: https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/25/broadview-six-prosecutor-resignation- letter-us-attorney/ (last visited Sept. 29, 2026).
The Defendants will be prepared to further discuss the materiality of the information contained in Ms. Mecklenburg’s “Forced Resignation letter,” which reinforces Defendants’ position that there are ripe factual disputes concerning positions taken by the U.S. Attorney’s Office before the Court at Thursday’s hearing or as directed by the Court in writing.
Respectfully submitted,
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
No lie is too contrived, absurd, fabricated that Republicans won't stand on a soapbox and declare it to the world
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The David Pakman Show @thedavidpakmanshow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is not how inflation and prices work.
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Aatos Lehtila @aatosl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The US is at a tipping point.
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Lyndon Johnson quote.
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David Leigh Roth @notonebit.com · 29/09/2026
Eric Schmitt earlier today trying to get Jack Smith to perjure himself
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Slamdunk Fail
ALT: Slamdunk Fail
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Two Schmitt staffers realizing this might be their last day.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Kimmel to Mamdani: "I live in Los Angeles and that is not the reception our mayor would get"
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Paul Barrett ❌👑 @paulthedogman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MORE masked storm trooper thugs terrorizing our neighbors?! VOTE! RESIST! If we regain control of Congress, the investigations begin, and the sand gets thrown in the Trump white supremacist gears. In 2028, we take back the White House and prosecute the thugs. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive
A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.
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☆Jennїe S Jonzen☆ Is He Dead Yet?! 🖖LLAP🤟🍀✴️✳️🌟☘️🗽🇺🇸🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🌈🗿🌻💙💛⭐️ @astartiel.substack.com · 29/09/2026
ICE Gestapo Criminals will use any excuse in the book to rationalize the crimes they commit.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It's often weakened by attacks on the institutions and the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Okay, class first assignment for the year is a 500 word essay on "What I did over my summer vacation"
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So KenPaxton is admitting he's completely on the take. Eager to take public office too do the bidding of corporations, well funded MAGA interest groups, and the broligarchs.
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🇺🇸𝕀𝕟𝕕𝕪 ℝ𝕖𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕖𝕖🇺🇸 ᵀʳᵘᵐᵖˡᵉˢˢ ᵁˢᴬ @indyrefugee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Supporting Netanyahu’s Israeli government is antisemitic.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS
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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We're suing Evolutions Festival after they canceled their music festival and failed to refund ticket holders and vendors. I won't allow unsavory promoters to take advantage of consumers or small business owners.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 29/09/2026
Sen. SCHMITT: We have texts saying you attended an Atlanta Hawks game in February 2024. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith: I believe it was a Maryland-Iowa game. Sen. KLOBUCHAR: The Iowa HAWKeyes. Perhaps the Senator from Missouri should have looked at these texts more carefully.
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Darline Graham should not be on a committee she knows NOTHING ABOUT. She was given the script to read. Jack Smith did his job. He is the only one in this stupid hearing telling the truth. Darline is getting hammered. She said he's trying to hurt 'my brother'. Jack Smith SAID LINDSEY WAS A HERO.
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Stealthgirl 🫘 @stealthgirl21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Once again, political cartoonists tell the truth by keeping things simple.
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”
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AgentJoeMcJoe 🇺🇸 @joemcjoe11.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JACK SMITH IS AN AMERICAN HERO AND SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED BY HIS BRAVERY. 100 YEAR OLD CHUCKY GRASSHOLE IS STILL AN ASSHOLE.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"
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Pocket News 📰 @jeanpocket.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today before Senate.
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the Trump effect. MAGA can be as rude, degrading, and insulting as you want. In fact, it's expected. It's a way to score points with Trump and his cabal. It gives 'em all a little chuckle.
Republican Congress insulting us and insulting our intelligence
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“When food prices go up because farm workers go missing, that’s the ICE Tax. When construction grinds to a halt because no one is left to build homes, that’s the ICE Tax. When our elders can’t get the care they deserve because their caretakers and nurses are gone, that’s the ICE Tax.” #EndtheICETax
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CHC Chair: ‘ICE Is Not Just Busting The Budget, It’s Wrecking Our Economy’
Congressional Hispanic Caucus members joined America’s Voice to call for an end to the ICE Tax that’s making the lives of all working families more expensive.
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capillariancrest.bsky.social @capillariancrest.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The tough times didn’t need to happen at all. If there had been a reasonable need for the tough times, sure, I’ll accept that. But we just created tough times so Donald Trump could swing his little dick around and pretend to be a tough guy. Fuck him.
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Elizabeth Pennysworth @epennysworth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Americans understand that it’s always dirty greedy hateful republicans who bring the “tough times” …the kind of “tough times” that end lives Vote republicans out 🗳️💙
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Stephen Bottomly @stephenbottomly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
MAGA Medieval Logic has always been the bent on the Christians notion that the key to salvation is suffering because Jesus did. It's a two millennia long guilt trip. The story is Jesus suffered for us. So why do we think we have to suffer. If Jesus picked up the tab keep your wallet in your pocket.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
Lahn claims Iowa is his primary residence and that he travels to Kansas to see family. 🤔 And he’s not the only Republican getting carpetbagger questions. Mike Rogers: Michigan, Florida ties. Roger Marshall: Kansas, Florida home. Tommy Tuberville: Alabama, Florida beach mansion.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026
IOWA FIRST… FROM KANSAS? Zach Lahn is running for governor of Iowa while maintaining a home in Wichita. He voted in Kansas in 2018, 2020 and 2022, then registered in Iowa in 2024. Flight records reviewed by the Des Moines Register showed his plane making frequent trips back to Wichita.
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✨𝕊𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 - Teh-REDACT-all✨📎 @samiamnurnot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Privacy for me, but not for thee." 🧐
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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