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How Former OL Richie Incognito Buried Raiders Leadership https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-how-former-richie-incognito-buried-leadership

EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/eu-touts-climate-leadership-while-undermining-antideforestation-rules-critics-say/

EU touts climate leadership while undermining antideforestation rules, critics say
BELÉM, Brazil — At a Nov. 19 press conference at the U.N. climate summit currently underway in Brazil, European Union officials spoke for half an hour without a single mention of forests or efforts to halt deforestation — even though COP30 is taking place in a city dubbed the “gateway to the Amazon.” For Boris […]

Tom Brady explains Patriots QB Drake Maye's best quality ahead of AFC Championship: 'Leadership is humility'

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/tom-brady-drake…

Trump’s friends controlling TikTok is maybe bad news for the US and US democracy? 🤔
#tiktok

The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed
The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump for the app’s US assets to be spun off by Chinese parent company ByteDance.

👍 Sanders, Warren Help Form Senate Democratic ‘Fight Club’ Challenging Schumer’s Leadership | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-warren-senate-fight-club

"Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says"
#FossilFuels #Brazil #Climate

Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says
This November, as Brazil opened the curtains to host the UN Climate Conference (COP30), in its Pará state capital, Belém, the troubles orbiting the country’s environmental agenda were featured in a new report by U.S.-based conservation technology nonprofit SkyTruth, which is dedicated to satellite-based environmental monitoring. In the run-up to the climate summit, the study […]

The Starmer control freaks shoot selves in the foot. Again!
Andy Burnham's bid to return as MP blocked by Labour ruling body - BBC News
#UKPol

Andy Burnham's bid to return as MP blocked by Labour ruling body
Allies of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer feared he could mount a leadership challenge.

Exclusive: Resignations Continue at Heritage Foundation amid Frustrations with Leadership (Audrey Fahlberg/National Review)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/exclusive-more-staffing-resignations-at-heritage-foundation-amid-continued-frustrations-with-organizations-leadership/amp/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251222/p40#a251222p40

Microsoft’s aiding of Israel’s genocide against Palestinians exposes company and its leadership to legal liability
https://glanlaw.org/news/microsofts-aiding-o…

Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/offshore-fossil-fuel-exploration-jeopardizes-brazils-climate-leadership-study-says/

Offshore fossil fuel exploration jeopardizes Brazil’s climate leadership, study says
This November, as Brazil opened the curtains to host the UN Climate Conference (COP30), in its Pará state capital, Belém, the troubles orbiting the country’s environmental agenda were featured in a new report by U.S.-based conservation technology nonprofit SkyTruth, which is dedicated to satellite-based environmental monitoring. In the run-up to the climate summit, the study […]

We asked Ndamukong Suh to read the best stories about himself. Watch him react https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6911497/2025/12/23/ndamukong-suh-nfl-leadership-stories-teammates/

Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors
The Trump administration has recalled more than two dozen
career diplomats from ambassador positions and other senior posts around the world
as it works to enforce adherence with Donald Trump’s “America First” agenda.

The directive has infuriated State Department personnel
who say it will leave key embassies without critical leadership
and may effectively end the careers of many ambass…

Trump administration abruptly recalls over two dozen career ambassadors
A senior State Department official called it a bid to ensure adherence to the “America First” agenda while others called it a devastating blow to America’s diplomatic corps.

Full disclosure for Canadian folks.
Yes I am an #NDP member.
I have also been a Green Party (Federal) member. #gpc
I have always been on the orange/green fence. This post explains my history and current thinking about parties and this moment in Canada.
I had never been a member of any party, then I voted in the GPC leadership race with Annamie Paul and Dimitri Lascarsis because I wanted to make a difference more than just talking online…
When that party disintegrated, I left, but had got the taste… so then I joined the BCNDP to participate in their leadership campaign after Horgan. I supported the upstart Appadurai who got disqualified… but she made a splash and a very very important point!
So I stuck around… and now I am going to vote in the Federal NDP leadership because I see a couple really good candidates that could push Canada in a #democraticSocialist direction.
I encourage others to do the same. Canada and Canadians need real options right now. Liberal, NDP, and others. Be involved. Become a member even if you don’t think you’ll stick. Be involved.
After the leadership vote I will likely let my membership lapse and go back to being a free agent… towing a party line is not my style…
But it is important in this moment in the world to fight for what you believe in, so that’s why I am voting in the NDP leadership.
I know I will be voting for one or more of these depending how the voting works.
@…
@…
@…
#canpoli #cdnpoli #canada #liberalparty #democracy #beinvolved

Friday Links 26-03
This week I enjoyed the podcast about Venezuela, the blog post about asking, and the one from Lara Hogan about employees getting stuck.
https://christof.damian.net/2026/01/fr

“People want software that is fast, modern, but also honest about what it does.”
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/
No, you muppet, people want tools that do what…

Mozilla’s Next Chapter: Building the World’s Most Trusted Software Company | The Mozilla Blog
Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and buil

The SEC's decision to dismiss its lawsuit against SolarWinds and its CISO, Tim Brown, was met with immediate and widespread joy across the cybersecurity leadership community.
But experts say CISOs should start shoring up their internal defenses in case the policy or legal winds shift again.
Check out my latest CSO piece on what the decision means for CISOs. Many thanks to Joe Sullivan, Gadi Evron, Diana Kelley and Cara Peterman for their insights.
What CISOs should know…

What CISOs should know about the SolarWinds lawsuit dismissal
The SEC’s dismissal of its lawsuit against SolarWinds and its CISO brought widespread relief to cybersecurity leaders and potentially marks a turning point for how regulators, boards, and executives think about cybersecurity accountability.

Adapting to change is a crucial skill for any leader.
This involves recognizing what the system needs in each situation, and meeting that need whether or not your authority is formally acknowledged.
How do you adapt your leadership style?
https://www.brichapman.com/p/leading-by-co

10 Leadership Styles for Changemakers: How to Lead Wisely in Any Situation
Every movement, team, or community is a living ecosystem. This guide helps changemakers sense what’s needed—whether it’s calm in crisis, rest in burnout, or courage in resistance—and lead effectively, with or without formal authority.

If you missed it, here's last night's federal NDP leadership debate on Palestine organized by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East.
#cdnpoli

Carney's speech at Davos yesterday is an entire graduate class in geopolitics. This should be required study for everyone in leadership in every country right now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStuQ-TbL9k

Hubris much?
#AusPol

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley guarantees she will remain leader until next election
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley may be under siege, but says she has no doubts she will remain party leader until the next federal election.

Pretty interesting read on MTG. She's running for president?
BOMBSHELL: MTG’s Sudden Exit Blindsides GOP Leadership
#uspol

Q&A with Blizzard President Johanna Faries on company staff bonus transparency, working under Xbox leadership, restoring the NetEase partnership, and more (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg)

Cowboys' Stephen Jones praises Brian Schottenheimer for leadership during tragedy https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowbohowboys-stephen-jones-praises-brian-schottenheimer-for-leadership-during-…

Managers vs Leaders.
#leadership

Such an important insight:
✅ Machines get smarter by moving faster
✅ Humans get wiser by slowing down
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sometimes-most-radical-act-leadership-doing-nothing-all-murgatroyd-qq1fc

Sometimes... The Most Radical Act of Leadership is Doing Nothing at All!
Recently, I watched an entire leadership team struggle to sit in silence for sixty seconds. It wasn’t a gimmick.

Kyiv's mismanaged winter: Energy crisis, icy streets expose city leadership failures: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/21/kyivs-mismanaged-winter-energy-crisis.html

Here’s roughly what I told my US Senators:
“I am a resident of Minneapolis, which for the last 6 weeks has been a kind of hell. I am begging you, begging you, to do everything in your power to •stop funding this hell•.
The Department of Homeland Security has become a dangerous rogue organization. Dangerous! The correct amount of funding for the DHS under its current leadership — yes, you heard me, the •entire• DHS — is zero. ZERO.
I consider every dollar above that to be a concession. Fight.”

European Women’s International Leadership Award 2025
https://europa.blog/de/european-womens-international-leadership-award-2025/

European Women’s International Leadership Award 2025 - Europa Blog
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First this...
"AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off."
And then this...
"Firefox will [...] evolve into a modern AI browser."
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/m…

Mozilla’s Next Chapter: Building the World’s Most Trusted Software Company | The Mozilla Blog
Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and buil

I just opened the #Xbox app on my tablet and was stopped by a full-screen notification about CoPilot for gaming being in there. I'm sure that will divert attention from how leadership completely bungled the last couple of generations and current slow strangulation of the platform.
I just realized today that if I wanted to play Mass Effect Legendary Edition I could either play on Game …

NATO SG Rutte*: "We should be grateful for Trump's leadership"
Sorry, Mark, but no.
*) known for calling Trump 'daddy'

'Terrifying abuses of power': Judge hears arguments over leadership arrangement at New Jersey prosecutor's office (Ry Rivard/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/abuse-of-power-new-jersey-prosecutors-office-00745493
http://www.memeorandum.com/260123/p121#a260123p121

Bills leadership roundtable: How coaching and front office changes will impact the team's future https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6984517/2026/01/20/nfl-bills-coach-leadership-gm-changes-future/

"What Mozilla leadership has continually demonstrated for the last several years is that they not only fail to understand the values of those who believe in and use the product, but they also have no intention of figuring out a non-parasitic financial basis for the organization to operate."
https://blo…

One of the world’s premier security organizations has canceled the results of its annual leadership election
-- after an official lost an encryption key needed to unlock results stored in a verifiable and privacy-preserving voting system.
The International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR) said Friday that the votes were submitted and tallied using Helios,
an open source voting system that uses peer-reviewed cryptography to cast and count votes in a verifiable, con…

Oops. Cryptographers cancel election results after losing decryption key.
Voting system required three keys. One of them has been “irretrievably lost.”…

The inside beef on how and why the US (a developing gangster state on this evidence) managed to delay Shipping's Big Plan for Decarbonization, What Now? Tristan Smith
#GreenTransition
Episode webpage: https://cleaning-up-leadership-in-the-age-of-climate-change.simplecast.com/episodes/e229-tristan-smith-1JfVRjj3

NSA cyber directorate gets new acting leadership
https://therecord.media/nsa-cyber-directorate-new-acting-leadership

NSA cyber directorate gets new acting leadership
David Imbordino, a NSA senior executive who is currently serving as the directorate’s deputy chief, will take the reins in an acting capacity at the end of the month.

We need our military leaders to show their moral courage | Cognoscenti https://www.wbur.org/cognoscenti/2026/01/20/minneapolis-ice-insurrection-act-trump-amerian-soldiers-andrew-carleen?linkId=900232191 …

We need our military leaders to show their moral courage
"It seems it’s only a matter of time before U.S. soldiers are deployed against the American people," writes Navy veteran Andrew Carleen. "When that moment comes, I wonder what kind of moral courage will we see from uniformed leadership?"

Avi Lewis, a candidate for leadership of the Federal NDP, is hosting an Ask Me Anything event on Reddit. I would have tagged his #Mastodon account but he doesn't have one. Might be a good opportunity to join his AMA and ask him if he supports Digital Sovereignty and, at the very least, why doesn't he have a presence on an open source social media platform that is not controlled by the U.S. tech industry.
Please boost for reach, thanks.
#DigitalSovereignty #MastoCanadaGOV
https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/comments/1qh9no6/im_avi_lewis_running_for_leader_of_the_ndp_ask_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Leadership Spotlight By Tradewind Australia
We know that the strength of the social services sector lies in its people - not only the dedicated professionals on the frontline, but also the leaders who guide organisations with vision, empathy, and determination...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.

leadership wants an everything app
users want an everything bagel

An interview with Semafor's Justin Smith on growing its events business around tentpoles and how DC-focused media benefits from the corporate affairs market (Peter Kafka/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/semafor-ju…

Media startups are hard. Semafor says it's working by targeting politicians, CEOs, and advertisers who want to reach them.
Semafor CEO Justin Smith explains how his company bucked industry trends by focusing on Washington, DC, and the "global leadership class."

It's fascinating that Apple's leadership now doesn't include design or product people https://www.apple.com/leadership/

Och FFS.
"#Firefox will grow from a browser into a broader ecosystem of trusted software."
"It will evolve into a modern AI #browser and support a portfolio of new and trusted software additions."
One job. A browser has ONE. SINGLE. JOB.

This week, our CEO Lise Fuhr was in New York at the UN General Assembly for the WSIS20 meeting, joining discussions on building a digital ecosystem that is people-centered, inclusive, & development-focused.
She took part in several side events covering different perspectives, and addressed the General Assembly on behalf of the IGF Leadership Panel.
One message was clear: inclusive and strong digital governance doesn’t happen behind closed doors. It works best when it’s built …

European Women’s International Leadership Award 2025
https://europa.blog/de/european-womens-international-leadership-award-2025/

Pollinators of Privilege — https://www.brichapman.com/p/pollinators-of-privilege?utm_source=bri-mastodon&utm_medium=social&src=mstdn

Privilege as Pollination: Rethinking Power, Responsibility, and Leadership
Privilege isn’t a problem to erase—it’s a resource to redistribute. This essay explores how to turn privilege into pollination, and power into connection.

I appreciate the NDP leadership debate on Palestine, organized by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, happening now.
https://www.cjpme.org/pr_2026_01_19_ndp

Internal memo: Hark, the new AI lab from Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock, backed by $100M of his own capital, has hired 30 engineers from Apple, Meta, and others (Rocket Drew/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/hark-hires-leadership-apple-meta

Hark Hires Leadership from Apple, Meta
Hark, the AI lab that Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock recently founded, has hired over 30 engineers, including Head of Design Abidur Chowdhury, who previously designed phones and laptops for Apple, according to a copy of a memo Adcock sent to senior Figure employees and investors on Tuesday seen by The Information. Chowdhury’s hire is a sign that Hark plans to differentiate itself from other AI

European Women’s International Leadership Award 2025
#brussels

European Women’s International Leadership Award 2025 - Europa Blog
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Radoslaw Sikorski, vice-premier ministre de Pologne : « Le défi de l’UE consiste Š traduire son poids économique en influence et en leadership mondiaux »
https://www.

Radoslaw Sikorski, vice-premier ministre de Pologne : « Le défi de l’UE consiste à traduire son poids économique en influence et en leadership mondiaux »
Le ministre des affaires étrangères polonais appelle, dans une tribune au « Monde », au renfort de la coopération européenne en matière de sécurité, de migration, de technologie et de politique étrangère et à une alliance occidentale accrue avec les Etats-Unis.

This is how superficial one needs to get to justify an argument of US global supremacy. Arthur Herman and WSJ deliberately choose to ignore Taiwan's unmatched leadership in superconductors and China's in energy. Instead, they turn to Soviet-style resources and headcount arguments. Apparently there is a force driving them to sacrifice whatever authority they might still have.
"China remains formidable. But from Europe and the Middle East to South America and Southeast Asia, …

Volodymyr Zelenskyy cautioned Europe in a speech at Davos,
accusing leaders of being in “Greenland mode”
as they waited for leadership from Donald Trump on Ukraine and other geopolitical crises
rather than taking action themselves.
“Just last year, here in Davos, I ended my speech with the words
-- Europe needs to know how to defend itself,”
Zelenskyy said in a speech at the World Economic Forum.
“A year has passed, and nothing has changed.”
He…

fyi: 82% of the #bcndp delegates (740 valid votes cast)
voted against having a leadership convention!
iow: Premier Eby's leadership is solid and safe.
#bcpoli

Adrian Newey to be team principal (!) at Aston Martin
https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/news/announcement/aston-martin-aramco-announces-changes-to-leadership-structure

Trump is showing the world the U.S. is 'back,' Scott Bessent tells CNBC as Greenland tensions ratchet up (Lucy Handley/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/20/trump-greenland-bessent-leadership-denmark-davos.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p42#a260120p42

Syndicalist unions are fundamentally different from the bureaucratic trade unions that dominate today. Modern unions function as institutional frameworks that negotiate within capitalism, often acting to preserve the system rather than challenge it. They centralize power in hierarchical leadership, limit direct worker control, and prioritize legal contracts and state approval over genuine worker autonomy.
Syndicalism rejects this institutionalized framework. It refuses collective barga…

Well it sure does sound like Eugen exited for a measly €1M and Mastodon is left with the co-founder of Twitter in a leadership position. I mean, is it too much to ask for for the alternatives to not be run by the same people who built the things they purport to be an alternative to? I guess we should count ourselves lucky it’s not Elon Musk. 🤷‍♂️ http…

Friday Links 25-27
This week, I enjoyed the blog about chat programming, and coding at work, which is probably related.
https://christof.damian.net/2025/11/friday-links-25-27.html

Friday Links 25-27
This week, I enjoyed the blog about chat programming, and coding at work, which is probably related.  Leadership Hybrid workers are putting ...

What @… says is what a lot of us have been lamenting since the ICE invasion started. Shouldn’t local police protect citizens from ICE?? Why this hasn’t happened is a really good question. Factors to consider:
- “Obstructing a federal agent” is illegal, and local police / politicians feel constrained by that (even if the agents themselves don’t seem constrained by the actual law at all, only by what they think they can get away with)
- Police can in theory cite federal agents for e.g. traffic violations or illegal plate swapping after the fact, as long as they’re not “obstructing” the agents — but how do you cite a masked person with fake plates who refuses to give ID?
- Some police are visibly supportive of ICE, chumming it up with them and giving literal fist bumps; a nontrivial subset are outright closet Nazis. A lot of people don’t really see any need to go past “ACAB” as a full explanation for all of this — and certainly The ACAB Hypothesis is…um, not really being proved false right now in Minneapolis.
- I think some police quietly resent ICE for stepping on their turf, but that does not seem to have boiled up into actual confrontation in MSP. One police leader here painted it in early Dec as “some people want to instigate a confrontation between Minneapolis Police, and that’s not going to happen.” Police culture says that police should be a neutral party in a dispute between ICE and residents, and actually protecting residents would be taking sides. (Duh, yes, taking sides that way is your literal job, you dumbasses…but I digress.)
- Some police (especially leadership) really want to get on the community’s good side after the murder of George Floyd, and see this as an opportunity, but unfortunately this has materialized entirely as non-interventionist support: “We responded to a 911 call and help a distressed resident after her husband was abducted!” “We transported children left parentless on the streets by ICE safely back to their home!” “Our officers volunteered at the food shelf!” OK, nice, good for you buddy.
So yeah, I’m wondering this too, and am bitter about it. https://tilde.zone/@n1xnx/115928447564126393

The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, which oversees public buildings,
is investigating leadership at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for what he says are
"millions in lost revenue, luxury spending, and preferential treatment for Trump allies."
The committee's ranking member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) sent a letter outlining the claims to Kennedy Center president, Richard Grenell.
Gre…

the future is not a countdown — #climate

Chronos vs Kairos: Rethinking Time, Change, and Leadership in a World of Uncertainty
We’ve been taught to see time as running out — every crisis a countdown. This essay reimagines time through Chronos and Kairos, exploring impermanence, systems thinking, and ethical leadership. The future isn’t a deadline — it’s a field of possibility we can participate in.

Sources detail a leadership vacuum and staff cuts at the NSA, eroding morale among its analysts and weakening the agency's long-term cyber capabilities (David DiMolfetta/Nextgov/FCW)
https://www.nextgov.com/people/2025/11/lea

A leadership vacuum and staff cuts threaten NSA morale, operational strength
The signals intelligence giant has halted recruitment for its Legal Honors Program, two people familiar say, slowing inflow of top legal talent. Other long-term capabilities are at risk.

Greening school playgrounds can improve quality of life in cities and help deal with climate change https://phys.org/news/2026-01-greening-school-playgrounds-quality-life.html

Greening school playgrounds can improve quality of life in cities and help deal with climate change
Adapting urban spaces to tackle climate change through nature-based solutions, especially in school playgrounds and environments, benefits both children and society as a whole. This is one of the main findings of a three-year study conducted by a group of experts at European universities and research centers under the leadership of a team of researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya—BarcelonaTech (UPC). The study is an interdisciplinary…

Trump to POLITICO: 'It's time to look for new leadership in Iran' (Sophia Cai/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/17/trump-to-politico-its-time-to-look-for-new-leadership-in-iran-00735528
http://www.memeorandum.com/260117/p26#a260117p26

first ballot vote! (required at all non leadership conventions)
"should a leadership election be called"
I sense a positively negative response ;)
#bcndp #bcpoli

Palantir Co-Founder Joe Lonsdale Calls For Return To Public Hangings: "Bring Back Masculine Leadership" - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2025/12/palantir-co-founder-joe-lonsdale-calls-for-return-to-public-hangings-bring-back-masculine-leadership/

Wes Phillips on Run Game vs. Commanders, J.J. McCarthy's Performance, Brian O'Neill's Leadership https://www.vikings.com/video/wes-phillips-on-run-game-vs-commanders-j-j-mccarthy-s-performance-brian-o-neill-s-le…

Not Just Leadership
Honest conversations with guests from Australia, the Pacific and Latin America, looking at the personal side of leadership: identity, values, challenges and growth...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/not-just-l…

Elected leaders can tackle some of the biggest problems facing the nation
— energy supply in the age of artificial intelligence and affordable health care amid surging prices
— despite the partisan dysfunction stalling governance at the federal level.
As chairman of the Western Governors' Association, Utah governor Spencer Cox and governors from Arizona, Idaho, Hawaii and Montana explored solutions to these challenges during discussions withq Donald Trump's top advi…

Why Cox, Burgum and RFK Jr. think governors will save America
Three Republican and two Democratic governors gathered on Thursday under the leadership of Utah Gov. Spencer Cox to send what he said was a vital message to the rest of the country.

Sources: Atlas Obscura's co-founders were pushed out of the company amid clashes with CEO Louise Story, who has trimmed staff and changed editorial strategy (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/04/2025/staff-cut…

Exclusive: Staff cuts and strategy squabbles split Atlas Obscura leadership
The relationship between the company’s founders and some of its investors appears to have soured.

Why a simple act of appreciation explains Mike Vrabel’s leadership style https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6879941/2025/12/12/mike-vrabel-patriots-hugs-leadership/

https://www.wsj.com/tech/israeli-spyware-maker-nso-gets-new-owners-leadership-and-seeks-to-mend-reputation-166ac50e
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation

Backbone test. 
(They have the votes; do they have the spine? Pressure from us helps strengthen theirs.)
"Senate Democrats alone can halt funding for ICE. So far, the Democratic leadership has not stepped up. Only enormous pressure from their constituents will force them to show any backbone."

Executive presence is not about how you stand or what you wear.
It comes from four qualities you build from the inside out: care, clarity, curiosity, and courage.
The leaders who inspire others stop performing and start living these qualities.
What would change if you focused on these instead of trying to project confidence?
Read more: [link]

What Executive Presence Really Is: The Four Qualities That Create Magnetic Leaders
Most advice about executive presence gets it wrong. Discover how care, clarity, curiosity, and courage—not performance—create authentic, magnetic leadership.

Opinion: The events of 2025 exposed the enemy within our own borders - El Paso Matters https://elpasomatters.org/2025/12/29/opinion-2025-america-democracy-moral-collapse/

Opinion: After 2025, Americans must confront the cost of failed leadership and moral collapse
The events of 2025 revealed profound failures in American leadership and institutions, exposing how racism, bigotry and political complicity have weakened democracy and eroded the nation’s moral standing.

Zelensky pledges rapid reform of state energy firms amid major government scandal, calls for new leadership: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/16/zelensky-pledges-rapid-reform-of.html

The Avi Lewis AMA on Reddit this afternoon was interesting. He didn't answer my question, and I'll eventually get over it, but he was swinging for the fences with his ideas. His responses would resonate I think with MastoCanucks as they pretty much call for the government to get more involved in providing real solutions. Including building 1M public homes, tackling U.S. ownership of our media, getting rid of FPTP with electoral reform, guaranteed income programs, publicly owned options for major business categories (banks, grocery, phones, etc). Those big ideas could wake up and excite voters while at the same time facing huge opposition from big businesses and wealthy Canadians who would face a new wealth tax.
I hope he wins the leadership. At the very least he'll push the Liberals to be bolder, and maybe even lead a minority government that could bring some of his ideas to fruition.
#CanPoli #NDP
https://www.reddit.com/r/onguardforthee/s/fwKRmDPSvd

Ecuadorian people, in a referendum, reject the right wing president's proposal to allow US military bases and to replace the 2008 constitution, the progressive one written by a constituent assembly under the leadership of Alberto Acosta.
Ecuador impide en las urnas que Noboa instale bases de EE UU y cambie la Constitución progresista de 2008

Ecuador impide en las urnas que Noboa instale bases de EE UU y cambie la Constitución progresista de 2008
La población ecuatoriana rechaza todas las preguntas de una consulta que pretendía reinstalar bases de EEUU en el país y acabar con la Constitución de 2008, aprobada bajo la gestión de Correa.

The White House on Thursday emailed HHS leadership asking for the resignation of a top aide to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary whom he had sought to promote, according to two administration officials granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive personnel matter.
Makary pushed back on the request to force policy and research staffer Sanjula Jain-Nagpal out of the agency, officials told POLITICO.
“She is an employee at the FDA, and that has not changed,” HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon sai…

'There's an energy and a competitive spirit to Stef': Why Diggs has boosted Patriots https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46886093/new-england-patriots-stefon-diggs-leadership

Poillievre's shrinking caucus made it to the BBC. It might be an interesting leadership review in January, but I honestly don’t see anyone else ready to step into his position if he was forced into a leadership race.
"Polling shows Poilievre remains popular with the majority of Conservatives, though that margin is shrinking. An Angus Reid poll released on Thursday revealed 58% of recent Conservative voters back Poilievre, down from 68% in August.”
#CanPoli #CPC #CdnPoli

Meta Chief Revenue Officer John Hegeman is leaving, after 17 years at Meta; Clara Shih, who joined in November 2024 to lead its Business AI unit, is exiting (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202…

Exclusive: Justice Department leadership pushed FBI to investigate campaign contributions to Minnesota officials (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/20/politics/justice-department-presses-fbi-investigate-minnesota-democrats
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p114#a260120p114

Arthur Blank addresses regime change, aims for 'leadership' that gets Falcons to 'next level' https://www.nfl.com/news/arthur-blank-addresses-regime-change-aims-for-leadership-that-gets-falcons-to-next-level

Ex-teammate of new Cowboys LB Logan Wilson praises his leadership, character https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/teammate-new-dallas-cowboys-logan-wilson-praises-leadership-character

Omfg
"NSO’s new executive chairman, David Friedman, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel and onetime bankruptcy lawyer for President Trump, said he wants to use his ties to the Trump administration to help rebuild the company’s spyware business in the U.S."
Israeli Spyware Maker NSO Gets New Owners, Leadership and Seeks to Mend Reputation

JOINT LEADERSHIP STATEMENT ON MOTION TO TABLE H.RES.939 (Julius Washington/Congressman Hakeem Jeffries)
https://jeffries.house.gov/2025/12/11/joint-leadership-statement-on-motion-to-table-h-res-939/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251211/p92#a251211p92

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Indicted House Dem will step down from committee leadership position (Nicholas Wu/Politico)
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/jeffries-on-cherfilus-mccormick-00661418
http://www.memeorandum.com/251120/p53#a251120p53

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Randy is refusing corporate PAC money and running to represent working families in the Central Valley -- not billionaires.
But now, national Republicans are pouring dark money into this race to protect GOP Rep. David Valadao.
Bernie said it best:
We need more working-class people in Congress who aren’t beholden to special interests.
This …

13 Republicans defy GOP leadership, vote with Dems to advance repeal of Trump order on federal unions (Elizabeth Elkind/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/13-republicans-defy-gop-leadership-vote-dems-advance-repeal-trump-order-federal-unions
http://www.memeorandum.com/251210/p131#a251210p131

Mastodon’s creator, Eugen Rochko,
is stepping down as CEO of the open source, decentralized social network and X riva
as part of the organization’s transition to a nonprofit structure,
announced at the beginning of the year.
The change is Mastodon’s most significant leadership overhaul to date, and one designed to ensure Mastodon’s longevity

Mastodon CEO steps down as the social network restructures | TechCrunch
Eugen Rochko is stepping down as CEO of decentralized social network Mastodon. Felix Hlatky will now become the Executive Director as the company become structured as a nonprofit government by a board.

Democratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign
as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown during a heated House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday.
Congressmember Delia Ramirez, announced that she would begin taking steps for her impeachment.
The Department of Homeland Securityis “operating as a criminal organization” under Noem’s leadership, Ramirez tells Democracy Now!
“She thinks that she is above…

“A Force of Terror”: Rep. Delia Ramirez on ICE Abuses & Her Push to Impeach DHS Chief Kristi Noem
Democratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown during a heated House Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday. We speak with Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who reiterated her call during the hearing for Noem to resign and announced that she would begin taking steps for her impeachment. The Department of Homeland Security is “operating as a criminal organization” under Noem’s leadershi…

Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza deleted every app but LinkedIn — and it might explain everything https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6980686/2026/01/19/fernando-mendoza-bio-wiki/

Bernie Sanders crashes Schumer news conference, criticizes Democratic Party leadership (Alexandra Koch/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bernie-sanders-crashes-schumer-news-conference-criticizes-democratic-party-leadership
http://www.memeorandum.com/251105/p128#a251105p128

Progressive lawmakers are demanding that the Democrats use the upcoming government funding deadline to reduce DHS’s ability to wreak further havoc.
“I just don’t understand how we provide votes for a bill that funds the extent of the depravity,”
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told CNN Thursday.
#DefundICE #Make5Calls

Schumer, Jeffries Refuse to Join Democrats' Growing Calls to Slash ICE Spending | Common Dreams
The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent sparks outrage as Democrats debate funding for the agency. Should they use their power to rein in ICE's violence? Progressive lawmakers demand action, but top Democrats seem hesitant. Is it time for a change in leadership to hold ICE accountable? #ReinInICE #EndViolence

3 lessons from Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6980686/2026/01/19/3-things-anyone-can-learn-from-indiana-qb-fernando-mendozas-stoic-mindset/

Dr. Ralph Abraham has spoken against Covid shots and ended mass vaccination campaigns.
Now he's in a position to make national health decisions.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/controversial-louisi…

Controversial Louisiana surgeon general tapped for CDC leadership role
Louisiana Surgeon General Ralph Abraham — a vocal supporter of the "Make America Healthy Again" movement and a harsh critic of Covid shots — has been named principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention