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COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Kermit the Frog knows it's not easy being green — or graduating from college and entering the real world, especially during a time of economic uncertainty and political turmoil. Members of the University of Maryland's class of 2025 received their diplomas Thursday evening with sage advice from the amphibious Muppet ringing in their ears.

The Seventh-day Adventist Church has released the advance edition of its 2025 Annual Statistical Report, detailing 2024 membership reports. Published by the General Conference’s (GC) Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research, the report presents division-level data on baptisms, attendance, and overall membership. As of December 31, 2024, global church membership reached 23,684,237—an increase from 22,785,195 in 2023, representing a net gain of 899,042 members. The East-Central Africa Division reported the greatest increase with over 446,000 baptisms and professions of faith, pushing its membership to more than 5.7 million. The Southern Asia Division and Inter-American Division also posted strong numbers, with...

Jubilee 2025: Luce, Tokidoki, & Brand ManagementArchbishop Fisichella, lead director of Jubilee 2025, chose not to launch Luce, the Vatican’s first-ever mascot, from the Vatican. Instead, he unveiled it at Lucca Comics & Games, an annual comic book convention in Lucca. Dedicated to comics, video games, animation, science fiction and fantasy novels, this is the largest comics festival in Italy, and the second largest in the world. A three-storey high inflatable Luce floated over the exhibition space set aside for Luce and Friends.Image uploaded to YouTube by @GreenErik14, the boy at the foot of the float.Catholic media underplayed Fisichella’s move...

The tyrant managed to avoid several looming questions on Assad's ouster and the deaths of North Korean troops. A CHILDISH Vladimir Putin has offered out the US to a bizarre "missile duel" involving his Orshenik rockets during his annual strange call-in. The Russian dictator lived up to his typical boastful nature as he rambled on about Donald Trump and even claimed Russia hasn't lost in Syria despite the embarrassing rebel siege on his pal Assad. -snip- The weird address saw Putin try to flex his muscles towards the West as he spoke on his self-proclaimed unbeatable Oreshnik missile. Western scepticism...

President Biden has expressed growing frustrations behind closed doors over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his refusal to scale back Israel’s military ambitions in Gaza, according to a NBC News report. Biden, in private conversations, has said Netanyahu is “giving him hell” as the White House seeks to broker a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas and negotiate a longer-term plan for peace in the Gaza Strip, NBC News reported Monday, citing five people “directly familiar” with the president’s comments. Biden reportedly said Netanyahu is impossible to work with and called the Israeli leader an “&&&—-” on at...

The 2024 hopeful told podcaster Patrick Bet-David that his cowboy boots were 'just standard, off the rack Lucchese' and that he stood at 5'11'' But a trio of expert shoemakers have come forward to say he is using lifts to make himself look taller. Politico Magazine on Tuesday gave what had been merely online speculation some legitimacy, with all three boot and shoemakers pointing out how the odd fit of the candidate's boots likely means he's getting a boost. (comments by 3 boot makers/experts) DeSantis' spokesman Bryan Griffin did not appreciate Politico Magazine's investigation. Griffin said. 'The governor doesn't pad...

DeSantis is below 20%, a drop-off from summer polling in the state. In yet another early state in the Republican presidential race, Ron DeSantis is in a deep hole. A new poll of 650 likely Nevada Republican caucusgoers from CNN shows the Florida Governor with 13% support, which is just 1/5 of Donald Trump’s 65%. This number is well outside the margin of error of +/- 5.3 percentage points, and represents a drop-off from polls this summer that showed DeSantis over 20% in the state. DeSantis is stronger with some voters than others. He boasts support from 36% of “non-Trump...

Former President Donald Trump anticipates Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) campaign will soon run out of funds and the Florida governor will exit the presidential race. Trump took to Truth Social on Tuesday to share his prediction, likening his foe to “a wounded bird falling from the sky.” “He has proven to be a terrible and inept candidate who even fought Social Security and MediCare,” Trump wrote before calling DeSantis’s struggles a “beautiful thing to watch.” “He will SOON be out of money and dropping out of the race for President,” Trump said. “After having single handidly gotten him elected Governor,...

Russia’s parliamentary leaders plan to consider exiting an international treaty banning nuclear tests as a means of retaliation against Western support for Ukraine. “We are talking about the withdrawal of ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty,” State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin wrote Friday on social media. “The situation in the world has changed. Washington and Brussels have launched a war against our country. Today's challenges require new solutions.” Volodin embraced the idea after Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled his interest in the exit during his address to the Valdai Discussion Club. The Kremlin chief also positioned the withdrawal...

Former President Donald Trump shifted his line of attack to focus on former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, one of his Republican primary opponents in 2024, in a number of posts to Truth Social as she rises in the polls. Trump, who leads his opponents by double digits and boasts the support of more than half of likely Republican primary voters, has mostly limited his criticisms to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who initially showed donors the most promise in challenging him for the nomination. But now, as DeSantis struggles to recoup support in the polls and Haley is on the...

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was outshined by former President Donald Trump and was heckled by MAGA Republicans at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday.Washington Post reporter Joyce Koh posted a video to X, formerly Twitter, of spectators being drawn away from DeSantis to watch former President Donald Trump fly over the event in Des Moines. She wrote that Trump was “already overshadowing DeSantis” even before his arrival. Trump already overshadowing DeSantis at the Iowa state fair, as the crowd turns away from DeSantis event to watch Trump’s plane encircle overhead pic.twitter.com/nsMo3WpKZO— Joyce Koh (@JoyceKohTV) August 12, 2023Happening Now—Trump Force One...

Former President Donald Trump dubbed his former running mate turned campaign rival “Liddle Mike Pence” over the weekend and contended he never directed Pence to put him “above the Constitution” as the former vice president has claimed. Trump referred to Pence with the newly-minted “Liddle” moniker in multiple Truth Social posts, with the first coming Saturday after Pence was critical of Trump following his latest indictment in connection to the January 6 Capitol riot: WOW, it’s finally happened! Liddle’ Mike Pence, a man who was about to be ousted as Governor Indiana until I came along and made him V.P.,...

WATCH: Trump makes fun of crowd size at DeSantis' law enforcement speeches"Ron DeSanctimonious had a crowd in Staten Island today - 139 people in Staten Island [...] We got a lot of people here [...] I always say, hit your enemy a little bit early." pic.twitter.com/MUPrXEPNAI— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) February 21, 2023

Because the USSC wanted this case, it bypassed the lower courts. The filing attorney believes that the date January 6th was chosen as a signal of what the result is going to be.Brunson v. Alma S. Adams; et al., (Biden, Harris, Pence & 385 Members of Congress) Currently, there are two lawsuits identical to each other. The first One, filed by Loy Brunson is still held up in the Utah Federal Court. The second one, filed by Raland J. Brunson has made it to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), Docket #22-380, where 9 Justices in conference will...

Allan Alcorn was desperate when he hired a young college dropout named Steve Jobs. Atari, the fledgling computer games company he worked for, was scrambling to staff up after the sudden success of its first game, Pong. Now, here was a young hippie in sandals, waiting in reception and asking for a job as a technician. “It was 1973 and there was this kid, maybe 18, who was just so passionate about technology – said his name was Steve Jobs,” Alcorn told The Post “So I hired him.” “He was kind of a pain to work with and he had...

humblegunnerSince Jan 23, 2001

You know Rand Paul probably sang this in his head … lol. Full transparency, in this editor’s mind Neil Young has never really been all that relevant so the entire argument and news cycle has seemed silly. Aging, whiny musician attacks youngish, relevant podcaster for saying things he doesn’t like. This is truly the epitome of the old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn. Rand’s take was great: @RandPaul Bye Bye, Hey Hey Neil Young is gone today It’s better to boycott Than to just obey Bye Bye, Hey Hey Seeya @Neilyoung Even though Ohio is one...

[3:41 video clip] "Owens discusses Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claiming Republicans want to ‘date’ her after being criticized for Florida trip on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight."

Intelli Times (@IntelliTimes) Tweeted: https://t.co/ZfDpfzZtay The childish encounter between the Taliban fighters and the gym left by the U.S. military demonstrates exactly the naïveness of the Afghans in a way they sought to capture a "ride" between parts of the U.S. military's giant aircraft...