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Moeskido Oct 22, 2025

In the world where Antonin Scalia dies six months earlier and RBG retires at some point before the third cancer diagnoses, a bankrupt Trump sits in a maximum security prison and costs us a single secret service patrol.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html

Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases

Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.

The New York Times

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jimray Oct 22, 2025

This could be us but y’all playin’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/22/nicolas-sarkozy-permanent-police-protection-in-prison-france

Nicolas Sarkozy to have permanent police protection in prison

French interior minister says former president will have two officers in nearby cells at all times after beginning five-year sentence for illegal campaign funding

The Guardian