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- It begins: The Trump administration has called for proposals for a "physically imposing" border wall.
- A developer is being accused of bringing a fake INS agent with him to an apartment to try to scare away the tenants living there on a rent stabilized lease.
- What is going on with this FCC complaint about Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show.
- The countdown clocks at the Second Avenue subway stations don't work right. Give it a few years and the rest of the stations probably won't work right either.
- A Manhattan Assembly member wants the state to start fining New Yorkers $10 if they don't vote, despite the fact that there are much better ways to increase turnout.
- Uber couldn't sue away a Seattle law allowing their drivers to unionize in the city.
- In a move no one could have expected, Russian legislators have decided that if the U.S. wants to investigate RT that they want to investigate American media.
- Preet Bharara was allegedly investigating Tom Price for some sketchy stock trades at the time he was fired.
- And finally, here's two minutes of Phil Ken Sebben and his multiple entendres:
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