Happy New Year! A few satirical forecasts for ‘26

It’s predictions time so here go a few for your consideration:

1. The Beatles’s management company will release a new anthology.  It will include studio samples and a lost version of “Strawberry Fields Forever”.  I’m sure that you are ready to drop another $25 to hear a raw version of that song again.  It will include an affidavit signed by Lennon confirming that he did not say “I buried Paul” as the song fades away.
2. The LA Dodgers will win the NL West, but lose in the first round to the SF Giants.  It will convince team owners that money can’t buy pennants, so all of the talk about a “lockdown” will stop until the Dodgers win the World Series again.
3. MS Now, formerly MSNBC, will change its name to MS Used-to-be and disappear from our screen.  Rachel Maddow will show up on “The View” to provide some balance to that show.
4. Governor Newsom will announce that he is running for president.  He will have his time as governor of California magically deleted from his Wikipedia page.  His first speech will be in Texas, suggesting that The Golden State could learn a lesson or two about gas prices from The Lone Star State.  He will campaign to win back the “male vote,” indicating that his party has forgotten about men.  His campaign hat will say “Make America Male Again”.
5. Former VP Harris will write another book about the hardships facing a black woman writing a book.
6. We will see polls in April saying that the Democrats lead the famous generic poll by 11 points.  Another poll will come out the next day saying that the race is a dead heat.
7. A New York Times story based on “sources familiar with the situation” will say that President Trump is going for another term.  The Washington Post will run another story quoting VP Vance, saying that he didn’t hear anything about that the last time he visited with the president in the Oval Office.
8. Harvard will get into the college football business.  The head coach will say to an anonymous source that they need the money badly.
9. And on a serious note: The GOP will hold Maine and North Carolina, and pick up Michigan.  The Democrats will give it their best, but the GOP will hold the House by less than 10 districts.  The party promises to release an internal report explaining why they lost to Trump again.  They promise to really do it this time.

Happy New Year and enjoy writing some resolutions.  If I can do it you can do it.

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