Business leaders now have ‘permission to be the assholes they are’, says Brené Brown Researcher warns political climate is ‘sinister’ and ‘anti-empathy’

For Brené Brown, the researcher who has made her name and career out of embracing empathy and vulnerability, the new Trump era of confrontational language and macho posturing is a source of personal sorrow.

But is it also bad for business? ft.trib.al/MtNsngA

Thursday Noontime Concerts

4-2: Piano Extravaganza I
The students from the studios of Profs Marina Lomazov & Joseph Rackers will dazzle you with piano masterpieces.

4-9: Piano Extravaganza II
Students from the studios of Prof Marina Lomazov & Joseph Rackers will dazzle you with piano masterpieces.

Great day at the @seneca park zoo visiting the snow leopards. Kama (Snow) and Tamila (Goddess of the Moon) @ugogrl2.bsky.social

The sun tried to break through! Stay warm peeps! @thisisroc.bsky.social

Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In "Chapter 2: Stop the Steal," we look at how false claims of a stolen election mobilized Trump supporters.

Here are the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against King George III. Many apply to Trump. It's uncanny.

About half of the Declaration is a list of 27 specific grievances lodged against King George III and his regime.

Nearly 250 years later, many of these grievances apply to the reign of Donald Trump. Here’s a look at how Trump stacks up against the Mad King.

Forbes World’s Most Powerful Women of 2025 Here are the most powerful and influential women in the world. These remarkable leaders are shaping industries, economies, and communities--across commerce, education, and artificial intelligence.

For all the setbacks for the world’s women in 2025, the leaders and vanguards on the 2025 Forbes Power Women list stood as examples of resilience in turbulent times.

Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors Classification plan will create basis for ‘significantly stricter’ prosecutions, says interior minister Germany plans to treat the use of date rape drugs like the use of weapons in prosecutions as part of measures to ensure justice for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. “We classify date rape drugs, which are increasingly used as a widespread tool in crimes, as weapons. This creates the basis for significantly stricter prosecutions,” Alexander Dobrindt, the interior minister, said on Friday. “We are committed to clear consequences and consistent enforcement. Women should feel safe and be able to move freely everywhere.” Continue reading...

Germany to classify date rape drugs as weapons to ensure justice for survivors

Donald Trump said Mark Kelly and other Dem lawmakers are 'traitors' who should be executed | Arizona Mirror Trump threatened Democrats in Congress with death penalty over video urging military to refuse illegal orders

"I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution," Mark Kelly said

Noem at odds with Trump-appointed panel over future of FEMA Instead of further shrinking and dismantling FEMA, the FEMA Review Council wants to make it more independent.

Breaking news: A panel appointed by President Trump to review whether to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has instead concluded that the agency should be more powerful and autonomous.

Abbott Releases—and Blacks Out—1,400 Pages of Emails With Elon Musk Texas Governor Greg Abbott was forced to reveal his emails with Musk. He didn’t totally comply.

After Texas news outlets made a public records request to see emails Gov. Abbott and Musk’s companies, state officials took months fighting and delaying their release.

Then, they released 1,374 pages with all but 200 of those pages entirely blacked out. trib.al/gAr6UQy

This Week at Democracy Docket: The GOP Wants One-Day Elections, and Setbacks for Trump’s Gerrymander Scheme Read more here.

NEW: We’ve been warning for months that Trump and the GOP are coming hard for mail voting — and this week saw a major development in the campaign. Plus, this week saw setbacks for Trump’s gerrymander scheme.

Read our exclusive reporting from this week 👇

'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking' Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.

Arizona teachers' costumes weren't about Charlie Kirk. They're facing death threats anyway Math teachers at Cienega High School in southern Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of the organization’s co-founder, Charlie Kirk.

Math teachers at Cienega High School in Arizona are facing death threats and calls that they be fired after a Turning Point USA employee falsely accused them of wearing Halloween costumes mocking the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

#NoKings Miami!

Russia gives Ukrainian kids military training and reeducation, Yale researchers find The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab says Russia's network of sites for Ukrainian children is larger than previously thought, and programs includes military training for children as young as 8.

The Yale Humanitarian Research Lab says Russia's network of sites for Ukrainian children is larger than previously thought, and programs includes military training for children as young as 8.

Classified Navy Files Were Left On The Curb. A Dumpster Diver Found Them. Hundreds of pages in classified NCIS files were left out for the trash collectors, a search warrant reveals.

Hundreds of pages in classified NCIS files were left out for the trash collectors, a search warrant reveals.

Republicans embrace speech limits after Charlie Kirk assassination Any person who celebrates or mocks Kirk's death is being cast as complicit in political violence.

President Trump and MAGA spent years lampooning censorship and discrimination against conservatives.

Now in power — and riding an outpouring of grief and fury over Charlie Kirk's killing — they're enforcing speech codes to punish ideological opponents.

Russia has network of 200 camps for ‘brainwashing’ Ukrainian children – report Investigation uncovers documents and satellite imagery that confirm children being taken to sites for patriotic indoctrination, weapons training and combat drills Russia is running an extensive network of more than 200 camps to re-educate, Russify and militarise Ukrainian children, a new investigation has found. The facilities, across Russia and occupied Ukraine, include camps as well as schools, military bases, medical facilities, religious sites and universities. Continue reading...

Russia has network of 200 camps for ‘brainwashing’ Ukrainian children – report

On 9/16/25, celebrate a date of mathematical beauty Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

Pythagorean Triple Square Day, as one man affectionately calls 9/16/25, is a day like no other this century.

The Supreme Court says colleges can’t consider race. But ICE can. So much for the justices' promise of a "colorblind Constitution."

The Supreme Court is forging an America where weighing race can be used to harm minorities, but not to protect them.

It’s disturbing how the details keep changing. trib.al/c21gzG8

And even if the 11 crew members were supposed “narco terrorists,” such a designation does not serve as any legal basis for a combat strike.

Which means elderly voters have been disenfranchised.

View from Metropolitan

Huge fire on Dewey and Lyle

Nice music at St Joseph’s Park. Curtesy of the Landmark Society of Western NY

Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.

A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.

Two senior NOAA officials were just placed on leave. Both led ‘Sharpiegate’ inquiry While the reasoning behind the move is not clear, the two officials affected led the investigation into whether NOAA’s scientific integrity policies were violated during the so-called Sharpiegate scan...

@facethenation.bsky.social please highlight what is being done to our government scientific community. Eg www.aol.com/two-senior-n...

His Former Company Got Caught Employing Undocumented Workers. Now He’s Profiting Off an Immigrant Detention Camp. Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss. It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to…

Disaster Management Group is one contractor behind the nation’s largest detention camp, to be built at Fort Bliss.

It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a scheme to hire and conceal undocumented workers.