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@OccupyDemocrats How and why do we know this? We know this and believe it because the New York Times reported it. Professional journalism. @nytimes When the orthopedist reports you have a distal radius fracture, it is virtually certain have a broken arm.

BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV triumphs over Donald Trump as the Catholic Church sees a MASSIVE surge in converts as his anti-MAGA message spreads like wildfire around the world. It turns out that love and compassion are popular... According to a new report in The New York Times, people are joining the Church in "surprising numbers." They discovered that the Archdiocese of Detroit will welcome 1,428 new Catholics this Easter Vigil — the annual night before Easter on which coverts enter the church — marking its highest numbers in 21 years. The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston will see its highest number in 15 years while the Diocese of Des Moines is experiencing a 51% jump from last year, an increase from 265 people to 400. “Of course we think the Holy Spirit is [behind this]. But we are kind of stymied," said Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington. His diocese will receive 1,755 new converts, up from 1,566 last year which had been a 15-year record. “‘What is your number? What is your number?’” McElroy said a group of bishops were asking each other at a recent conference. The Times checked conversion data at two dozen dioceses including massive ones like Los Angeles and Phoenix as well as substantially smaller ones like Allentown, Pennsylvania. In each location, they discovered a "significant jump." “In our age of uncertainty, and in our age of great anxiety, is a thirst and hunger for God and stability that faith brings to people’s lives,” said Archbishop Mitchell Thomas Rozanski of St. Louis. His diocese is seeing record high numbers since 2016. “I think technology has isolated us from one other. I think that Covid just really magnified that isolation,” he added. “We are realizing many of the ills of our society, particularly anxiety and depression, come about from that isolation.” But you cannot rule out the role of the papacy in this trend. And while it certainly helps that Leo is the first American pope, more importantly his message of kindness towards migrants and opposition to war has gone out to a world in desperate need of hope. He has labeled Trump's Iran War a “scandal to the whole human family” and called for a total ban on aerial bombardments. That opposition to the relentless cruelty of the Republican Party under its current cult leader has led to a massive backlash against Leo from the MAGA base, who now regularly smear him as a "communist" and "demonic." Yet he is undeterred in his message. At a time when the so-called "Christians" that make up Trump's Evangelical base are salivating for death — and even calling for a reinstatement of biblical slavery in some cases — Leo is echoing the simple, true message of Christ: Love thy neighbor. Please ❤️ and share if you're a fan of Pope Leo!

Notre Dame can outbid the WNBA for Hildago next year, right? Does it make sense in the overall $30 million budget to simply get her informed by her agent on NBA #1/#2 packages than show her why she should stay? Would need to acquire 2-3 portal transfers at $600,000 each (?). Who has an informed view?

The most successful season in Niele Ivey’s head coaching career in terms of NCAA Tournament advancement has also been the most rewarding. She says this Notre Dame team has made her a better coach, person and mom. No small statements. What a special run.

@MalikZaire8 CJ Carr: "Leave no doubt."

DJ Lagway does the same thing but said it made him depressed. imo i think winning impacts the process.

Hannah Hidalgo looking like the Jumpman logo 🏀

Heisman co-leader. You can bet on it. ☘️

@itspikaaa She will get better visibility at UCONN and maybe ND than any team in the WNBA

Man they gotta change the WNBA draft requirements because this girl needs to be in the league😤😤

@itspikaaa Will be interesting to see whether the WNBA can outbid Notre Dame and Connecticut. ND will arrange all kinds of legit NIL deals to keep her. (So will UConn. Jersey girl. $$$)

@CF_Budge No Mike Denbrock? Are spots on your list for sale? @JBudDavis. Adjusted full-season EPA

Here are the Top 10 Coordinators in College Football. Which of these guys will have the biggest impact on their team this year?

@CigNatty25 @CFBGuy999 That's not the way MVP works, right? "Herbstreit therefore chose to give the award to center Pat Coogan, who he considered to be representative of "kind of the anchor of the unit."

@murphy324 @CFBGuy999 Rose bowl* and that was a whole oline award

Was Indiana one of the worst National Champions of all time? To me, it is between 2025 Indiana and 2023 Michigan Who was worse?

Is @HunterYurachek on the Naismith Committee? ☘️

Over the last 30 seasons, there have been two NCAA Tournament (women's or men's) or NBA/WNBA playoff games in which a player recorded at least 20 points, eight rebounds and eight steals. They were both by Hannah Hidalgo in this year’s NCAA Tournament.

THE STEALS QUEEN 👑 Hannah Hidalgo breaks the D-I single-season steals record, passing the 2018-19 record set by Lamar’s Chastadie Barrs.

You must see this girl play. ☘️

Indiana lost 27-3 in 2024 at garbage time with 6:12 left in 4Q. Total offense of exactly 152 yards. Notre Dame fielded a more efficient and explosive offense and better defense than Indiana in 2025 regular season. The facts do diminish the theater a bit when it comes to Indiana football. That adjusted EPA difference is used by Vegas to set spreads, and equates to 4-6 points.

@crazyunclelou IU last beat ND 76 years ago. ( 1950). Lost 20 of last 21. Lost by two scores 15 months ago. I wish every team dominated ND like that.

They dont even run their own state.

Are you a Bloomington native? Is there something you didn't like about Notre Dame's thrashing of Indiana 27-3 at garbage time? Do you doubt Notre Dame would have sent Indiana home in the playoffs? Look at the season long opponent adjusted EPA data. Indiana is not in Notre Dame's neighborhood.

Notre Dame isn’t even the best team in their state

@CFBGuy999 They have 5 linebackers for two positions who can play championship football. This is a 15 pt ppg defense. Leave no doubt. ☘️

Does Notre Dame have the best linebacker rotation in the country? Kyngstonn Viliamu-Asa Drayk Bowen Jaylen Sneed Jaiden Ausberry Madden Faraimo

@SenTedCruz There is no solution without financial regulation and the prohibition of collectives. This weeks' proposal is incremental SEC positioning BS and dead on arrival. No pulse.

College sports are losing what made them special. Cinderella runs don’t last when the biggest programs raid mid-majors' rosters each season. Congress has to fix the legal mess here before college sports as we know it turns into a pumpkin. sports.yahoo.com/mens-college-b…

@Aaron_Torres Some billionaire chicken fast food guy agreed to pick up most of Kelly's buyout

LSU spending last 6 months: * Lane Kiffin contract: $91 million * Brian Kelly: $54 million buyout * Reported 2026 football roster: $40 million * Matt McMahon buyout: $8 million * Will Wade buyout: $3 million Would love to know where the money is ACTUALLY coming from in BR 😏