It has become somewhat of a tradition on the Greenbean blog to post predictions for the coming year. Some years, I am really good and can get like, half right. Last year I got thirty percent, but came forty-four electoral votes from hitting a major prediction. What do I see this year?

I am neither prophet nor seer, just playing around. These are guesses, and they don’t necessarily reflect what I want to happen. These predictions are what I think may happen. I try to cover a variety of topics.

You’ve been warned. Here we go.

1. Tik-Tok will not be banned in the United States. That is the easy one.

2. There will be a severe constitutional crisis before Thanksgiving. This too, feels like an easy one. I feel like it will involve the Senate in some way.

3. Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s ‘Bromance’ Will collapse before Valentine’s Day. Those egos just can’t coexist. The resulting tweet and insult war will be fabulous, one for the ages.

4. Vladimir Putin will survive yet another near overthrow of his government.

5. The price of milk and eggs will not go down significantly, but the price of gasoline will go up.

6. Cynthia Erivo will win an Oscar for Wicked. Wicked will win big at the Oscars with more than four awards.

7. The Detroit Lions will win the Super Bowl. I can’t believe I actually typed that line.

8. As I predicted last year, the war in Gaza did spread to engagement with Iran. 2025 will see this intensify into ground troops invading/attacking directly into the sovereign territory of Israel and Iran.

9. There will be copycat murders of healthcare CEOs and eventually other leaders from demonized industry.

10. Mike Johnson will not last long as house speaker.

11. Pope Francis will die this year of natural causes, and as a reaction to the liberalism of the last decade, the College of Cardinals will elect a very conservative pope. It’ll be like the movie Conclave, except without Tucci and Fiennes and Rossellini and the surprise ending that we all kinda saw coming.