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In an incident last year that rankled some senior staff at the agency, Lewandowski made it known to top ICE officials that he wanted to be issued a law-enforcement badge and a federally issued gun, according to people familiar with his push. Officials are typically only issued a badge and a gun after undergoing law-enforcement training. The administration was preparing to bring on Tom Feeley, a former top ICE official in New York, as its new director when Lewandowski asked Feeley if he would be willing to issue him and several other political officials badges and guns. Feeley declined, and he was subsequently passed over for the top job at ICE.

Lewandowski next turned to ICE’s legal office for help writing him a legal justification to be issued the badge and gun. A top ICE lawyer, Ken Padilla, also declined to sign off, and days later he was placed on administrative leave. He was later demoted and moved to FEMA, the people said. Padilla declined to comment. Lewandowski eventually persuaded other lawyers to sign off. The ICE director’s autopen was used to sign the paperwork, the people said.

Each sentence is wilder than the last

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from identifying bird chirps ➡️ the nfc championship game 🔥 #nfl #samdarnold #seattleseahawks (via samdarnold/sc) TikTok video by NFL

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Seahawks fans for the last 4 months: Why won’t the national media talk about how good this team is?

All sports media the last two weeks: The Seahawks are favored to win the Super Bowl

Seahawks fans: SHUT THE FUCK UP, YOU’RE GOING TO JINX IT

cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual

My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. I’m also among 100’s of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valley’s political power

Congratulations!

Google’s Gemini thinks Geno Smith is still the Seahawks QB when asked who is favored to win the superbowl

Can’t believe that this is the technology propping up the entire U.S. economy

Two weeks ago this guy announced he was providing legal help to the agent who shot Renee Good. That's how quickly the winds are shifting.

Who would have thought that the most important Harbaugh of the season would be Seahawks special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh?

For a lot of this season the narrative has been about Seattle’s defense carrying Darnold. But this time it was the other way around.

Gov norm signs constitutional carry of concealed handguns without permits into law

This was the very first law Kristi Noem signed as Governor of South Dakota

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Gov norm signs constitutional carry of concealed handguns without permits into law

This was the very first law Kristi Noem signed as Governor of South Dakota

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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.

Hard to predict much in these times but seems like there’s a good chance we’re gonna get a Jesse Wells song soon that’s a play on Pretti Good ala John Prine

I think the qualification is “Trump’s ICE” unclear if that means total abolition or ending Trump-era policies/funding levels

JB Pritzker on MSNOW says we must “Abolish Trump’s ICE.” Unclear what that qualification means

ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but O’Hara refused, sources said. O’Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene. The BCA was enroute to the scene. All available MPD officers have been called into work, except dogwatch (overnight shift), and days off cancelled.

ICE attempted to order local police away from the scene, the Minneapolis police chief refused per @startribune.com

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Ok, but where are we on Iceland?

Did Puka Nacua just say “fuck” on the broadcast?

Seahawks-Pope trend, explained: Why Pope Leo XIV's election is good news for Seattle's Super Bowl 60 odds Is there a correlation between a new pope and the Seahawks' success?

There is no way Pope Leo will let this trend end now sports.yahoo.com/articles/sea...

The Bears will be avenged in Seattle

NYT: Mr. Trump also commuted the sentence of Jacob Deutsch, who had been sentenced to 62 months in prison in 2024 for mortgage fraud.

Does Bill Pulte have thoughts about this?

Has Will Lewis said anything publicly about the Trump admin searching the home of one of his reporters in the hunt for an alleged source?

Did you ask him about the Grand Army extension plan?

Just one day into his new administration Mamdani has already broken a major campaign promise

NYC tenants in unsafe apartments to get $10.8 million for fight against bad landlords New York City has more money for the fight against bad landlords thanks to $10.8 million from the Housing Preservation and Development department.

There are probably others but here’s one that I know of

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There are a few ways.
1. A preservation partner (non-profit who buys the building with the help of public or private financing or a mix of both)

2. City ownership

3. A community land trust

The new landlord has to honor the stabilized lease.
But buying distressed buildings in bankruptcy is usually only a money-making proposition for landlords whose plan is to push tenants out through harassment/neglect & destabilize. The current stalking-horse bidder is the city’s 6th worst landlord

Mayor Mamdani in a Pinnacle building with the Pinnacle Tenants Union

In his first post-inauguration appearance, Mayor Mamdani is standing with the Pinnacle Tenants Union in their fight for the future of their buildings.

93 Pinnacle rent-stabilized buildings up for auction in bankruptcy and tenants want a say in the future of their homes

Wife

The world may still be a dumpster fire, but excited to start a new year married to this one.