A Very Special Message From President Trump

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Video: Watch Melania Light National Christmas Tree!

First Lady Melania Trump lights the National Christmas Tree! 🎄 pic.twitter.com/B3bel1hKYE

— FLOTUS Report (@MELANIAJTRUMP) December 4, 2025

Comedian Shawn Farash Really IS Donald Trump!

TRUMP DECLARES VICTORY OVER HURRICANE SEASON!

Zero hurricanes in the GULF OF AMERICA! pic.twitter.com/ft1JHHDNNu

— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) December 4, 2025

The Beautiful Italian Christmas Calendar

 

Is A Jersey Dem Dirty Trick Underway?

 

Cross- posted, with permission from Save Jersey:

By Matt Rooney

I obviously hope it doesn’t happen, Save Jerseyans, since I live and spend money here. But Sherrill voters would deserve every bit of it! Unfortunately, we would all suffer right alongside them. That’s how it works. The suck is shared.

Our friend Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia (R-24) dropped a bit of a bombshell on Tuesday on X, announcing that the Democrat Governor-elect is allegedly pushing the Democrat legislative leadership to enact a sales tax increase BEFORE she takes office in January.

Her rationale is obvious. It’s less clear why any Democrat Assembly or Senate member (who will be back on the ballot in 2027) would go along with it? Sherrill waffled on whether she’d raise taxes during the campaign but ultimately said she would NOT raise the sales tax.

“File this under “things everyone already knew”: the current governor’s dream was to return the sales tax to 7%. Gov. Murphy has tried to shove that little gem into his proposed budgets,” opined Fantasia. “When you’re drunk on spending and the federal COVID relief dollars dry up, they always run back to “old reliable.” Now, the same progressive groups that never missed a chance to promote bringing NJ’s sales tax back to 7% (policy outfits on the left that have publicly endorsed this hike for years) are now parked inside Gov-elect Sherrill’s transition.”

“No surprise that the 7% chatter is back during lame duck,” she continued. “This conversation should be had in the open, not behind closed doors.”

If true, Sherrill’s duplicity would truly have reached historic proportions. She won, in part, by faslely accusing GOP opponent Jack Ciattarelli of pushing a massive sales tax increase (to 10% from 6.625%). Jack never pitched a hike; she took him out of context during press conference remarks comparing other states’ approaches to taxation relative to New Jersey. Sherrill supposedly wants the sales tax to return to 7% where it was approximately a decade ago before Governor Christie cut a deal to lower it.

Sales tax collections are already up 5% in 2025 as New Jersey wrestle with stubborn Biden Era inflation.

Lying isn’t out of character for Sherrill, nor is avoiding taking stands on difficult issues (like the ongoing flap over the gutting of a state corruption watchdog). Sadly, even if she ultimately denies Fantasia’s claim, how can we believe her based upon a truly regrettable record of detachment from truth telling?

We’ll keep you in the loop…

This Man Foresaw Exactly What Was/Is Happening!

When the mother of morality remains silent in the face of evil, even the faithful will be attacked by society. May God be with him. pic.twitter.com/EqOnzjuWc4

— Sanoj Thomas (@Sanothomas) December 3, 2025

Now, THIS Looks Like A Fun Event!

 

Christmas At The White House, 2025: Dazzling!

First Lady Melania Trump’s 2025 White House Christmas theme, Home Is Where The Heart Is, illuminates the heartfelt character of America within the People’s House. The First Lady’s creative inspiration is drawn from the joys, challenges, and frequent motion derived from motherhood and business. “The constant movement has taught me that home is not merely a physical space; rather, it is the warmth and comfort I carry within, regardless of my surroundings,” America’s First Lady reflects. “This Christmas, let’s celebrate the love we hold within ourselves, and share it with the world around us.  After all, wherever we are, we can create a home filled with grace, radiance, and endless possibilities.” Fostering the Future Red Room First Lady Melania Trump appointed renowned designer, Hervé Pierre, to oversee the implementation of her creative vision. Blue butterflies illuminate the “Fostering the Future Red Room,” a transformational experience dedicated to the foster-care community, a cause the First Lady has championed since 2021. The striking color combination coupled with the butterflies symbolic meaning of transformation and renewal capture the essence of Christmas. Mr. Pierre also created a limited-edition tour booklet—an artful keepsake that captures the magic of this year’s White House’s holiday theme for guests to treasure. Time-Honored Tradition Honoring tradition, 75 of Mrs. Trump’s signature wreaths with classic red bows adorn the White House windows, and more than 50 Christmas trees, 700 feet of garland, 25,000 feet of ribbon, and 10,000 butterflies fill the halls with holiday warmth. Gold Star Families In the Blue Room, the official White House Christmas Tree, an 18-foot concolor fir from Sidney, Michigan, commemorates Gold Star Families with gold stars and ornaments representing the official bird and flower of every U.S. state and territory—a tribute to the resilience, bravery, and sacrifice of our military personnel and their families. 250th Anniversary Patriotic exhibits featuring America's signature red, white, and blue accentuate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Nation in the East Room, while two presidential portraits created from over 6,000 puzzle pieces are presented in the Green Room, offering families the chance to be challenged, have fun, and use their imagination together.   120 Pounds of Gingerbread The 2025 Gingerbread House is prominently displayed in the State Dining Room, highlighting the South Portico and offering a glimpse of the Yellow Oval Room—an artistic culinary triumph, boasting more than 120 pounds of gingerbread. The Grand Foyer features a section of the historic White House Crèche, which is currently undergoing meticulous restoration by the White House Curators. As Americans explore the historic rooms of the White House this holiday season, the 2025 Christmas decorations serve as a reminder that the strength of our Nation is found in its people—in our shared values, valued traditions, and the steadfast belief that home is where the heart is.

Official White House Photos: Andrea Hanks

Official White House Photos: Andrea Hanks

War Zone Progress On Child/Family Reunification

Seven additional children—six boys and one girl—have been reunited with their families in Ukraine. The following is a statement from the First Lady of the United States, Melania Trump, regarding the humanitarian efforts of all parties participating in this initiative.

“My dedication to guaranteeing the safe return of children to their families in this region is unwavering.

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“I commend the leadership and persistent diplomacy of Russia and Ukraine in the pursuit of the reunification of children and families. Their bridge-building has created a tangible collaborative environment—an anchor for optimism. This cooperation will continue to drive the process forward through the next phase.

“In close partnership, my representative and I have provided humanitarian support from the United States to enhance the reunification initiative’s outcome. My hope is that, ultimately, our collective efforts will lead to broader regional stability.”

New Jersey: An Emptiness Of Its Own Making?

It was Benjamin Franklin who famously described New Jersey as "a barrel open at both ends" -- those "ends" of course being New York and Philadelphia.

But where does that leave New Jersey? Are we a mere conduit -- a place where people come and go or, worse yet, simply pass through and nothing more? 

You have to wonder -- especially now.

Because New Jersey, this densely packed strand of exquisite contradictions that we call home has now elected its third non–native-born governor in just two decades. Jon Corzine came to us from Illinois (via Manhattan) with a Goldman-sized bankroll and a droll demeanor. Phil Murphy, dropped in from Massachusetts with a grin, a résumé, and a villa in Italy. And now Mikie Sherrill boastfully helicoptered in from Virginia with a Valley Girl cadence and absolutely not someone who grew up pumping gas off Route 22.

What’s going on here? What's wrong with New Jersey's voters? Why does one of the most populous, diverse, economically muscular, culturally explosive states in the country seem incapable of electing one of its own? 

I’ll tell you why: New Jersey has an inferiority complex the size of the Hindenburg blimp (and we all know how that ended).

For decades, New Jersey has been wedged between New York swagger and Philadelphia melodrama—the middle child forced to sit in the back seat while the two louder siblings argue over cheesesteaks and bagels. And in classic middle-child fashion, Jersey has internalized it. Hard.

It seems New Jersey simply doesn’t know who it is. Is it the gritty, blue-collar cradle of Springsteen, Sinatra, and the Sopranos? Is it the gleaming biotech-and-finance powerhouse that quietly fuels the northeast economy? Or is it, as too many late-night comedians insist, just the place where dreams go to sit in traffic and yell at someone?

The result: a chronic identity crisis. A statewide shrug. A belief that if you really want someone “leader-quality,” you’d better import them—preferably bearing Ivy League degrees and the ability to say “New Jersey” without sounding like they’re apologizing.

Too many New Jerseyans have come to believe their state is a punchline. Apparently, they assume people born here are too… Joizee. Too blunt. Too loud. Too suburban. Too diner-addicted. Too unapologetically real. 

So when the time comes to pick a governor, voters suddenly act like they need an outsider to “fix” things—someone untainted by Parkway rage or a childhood spent waiting for that dreamed of escape to somewhere else.

But let’s be real. As recently defeated, homegrown gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli would say: "What other state does this?" Only New Jersey looks at its vast supply of brilliant, diverse, ambitious residents and says, “Hmm. No thanks. Let’s see who’s parachuting in from out of state this season.”

It’s not because the state lacks talent. This is the home of scientists, CEOs, novelists, artists, entrepreneurs, medical researchers, and roughly seven million people who would gladly run the state better than half the legislatures in America—if they weren’t stuck on a Zoom call or caught in traffic near Exit 8A.

No, this is deeper. It’s cultural. And I'm beginning to think it's pathological. Which means it's . . . . JERSEY!

New Jersey voters are so used to outsiders mocking their state—its smells, its highways, its sports teams, its “characters”—that they’ve internalized the belief that only someone from elsewhere can possibly be respectable enough to run the place. How sad. And tragic, really. Because beneath all the self-deprecation, New Jersey is a national powerhouse wearing a “kick me” sign it forgot to take off in 1987.

I want to say to my fellow Jerseyans "Enough! Stop it! Basta! Stop outsourcing your governors and start believing in your own." But I doubt it would do any good. Because too many of us seem to prefer wallowing in our own angst.

Nonetheless, I'll pitch this plea: the next time someone from North Carolina or Oregon decides they’d like to lead the Garden State, maybe try saying what real New Jerseyans have always been good at saying: “No thanks. Go back where you came from.” And then elect someone from Edison, Paterson, Camden, Hoboken, Cherry Hill, Newark, or any of the dozens of places that built America while other states were busy bragging.

Because until New Jersey believes in itself, it’ll keep losing -- importing its leaders, and exporting its confidence.

12 Days Of Chistmas? PNC Calculates The Cost

The  PNC Christmas Price Index® annually calculates the current cost for one set of each of the gifts given in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas." This list is looked forward to each year at this time.

PNC explains it as follows: 

The list  is similar to the U.S. Consumer Price Index, which measures the changing prices of goods and services like housing, food, clothing, transportation and more that reflect the spending habits of the average American.

The goods and services in the PNC Christmas Price Index® are far more whimsical, of course. But most years, the price changes still closely mirror those in the U.S. Consumer Price Index.

The list is a fun way to measure consumer spending and trends in the economy. So, even if Pipers Piping or Geese-a-Laying didn’t make your gift list this year, you can still learn a lot by checking out why their prices have increased or decreased over the years. 

Here now is the cost of each item on the list this year and whether that item has gone up or down in price or stayed the same:

A Partridge in a Pear Tree $420.18 (+13.5%)

Two Turtle Doves $750.00 (0.0%)

Three French Hens $346.50 (0.0%)

Four Calling Birds $599.96 (0.0%)

Five Gold Rings $1,649.90 (+32.5%)

Six Geese-A-Laying $930.00 (+3.3%)

Seven Swans-A-Swimming $13,125.00 (0.0%)

Eight Maids-A-Milking $58.00 (0.0%)

Nine Ladies Dancing $8,856.88 (+3.5%)

Ten Lords-A-Leaping $16,836.14 (+8.1%)

Eleven Pipers Piping $3,797.48 (+2.2%)

Twelve Drummers Drumming $4,106.08 (+2.2%)

TOTAL COST: 

$51,476.12
(+4.5%)

Since the PNC CPI launched, the BLS CPI has increased 223%, while the PNC CPI increased 157%. According to PNC, "the methodology differences are obviously going to give distinct results, but the overall inflation trends have remained remarkably consistent over the years."

H/T: PNC

Biden VS Trump Border: Oh, The Contrast!

For six straight months ZERO illegals were released into our country.

They will never give Trump the proper credit he deserves for securing our border.

May: 0
June: 0
July: 0
August: 0
September: 0
October: 0

THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I VOTED FOR pic.twitter.com/rg1gjhoAHM

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 2, 2025

For 6 straight months ZERO illegals were released into our country.

Will They ever give Trump the proper credit he deserves for securing our border? May: 0 June: 0 July: 0 August: 0 September: 0 

October: 0 

Biden VS Trump; Christmas: Oh, The Contrast!

Biden's Christmas vs Trump's Christmas pic.twitter.com/Mjr7glXyqq

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 1, 2025

Dan Cirucci Blog Scores 20 MILLION Pageviews!

 Thanks, everybody as we set yet another record: 20 MILLION pageviews! Keep visiting, and tell your friends.

Blue Moon: 'A Broken Hart For Every Light . . . '

As those of you who follow this blog know, we are are huge Broadway fans So, we were were really looking forward to Richard Linklater's new movie Blue Moon about the last days of Rodgers and Hart and the first night of Rodgers and Hammerstein. We hoped to see it on the big screen but it didn't hang around long enough at a local theater for us to catch it. So, we paid $19.95 to watch it on Apple TV and we can say that it was absolutely worth it, and we're here to tell you why

Director Linklater’s Blue Moon is a moody, beautifully contained portrait of lyricist Lorenz Hart on the night Oklahoma! premieres — the moment Broadway shifts away from the world he once ruled. Ethan Hawke delivers a stunning, career-peak performance, capturing Hart’s quick wit, aching vulnerability, and corrosive self-doubt with a rawness that never feels theatrical, even when the film intentionally leans into stage-like visual devices.

It's a very tightly contained movie that details one night in the life of the principals and it all takes place within the confines of the legendary theatrical haunt, Sardi's in Manhattan. Because of this the movie can seem a bit claustrophobic at times and, we must warn you, it is very wordy. But the entire cast is so good and the performances are so polished that these limitations are easily overcome. 

And Blue Moon is a movie that naturally leans into conversation and memory, all propelled by Hawke’s merciless charisma. It’s the sort of intimate filmmaking that we don't find anymore and it's bound to please fans of actor-driven period pieces and anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes aches of creative life. Hawke, who's in every frame of this movie, is a near certain Oscar nominee and several members of the supporting cast could be in the running as well.

Margaret Qualley brings warmth and subtle tension as the young woman who becomes Hart’s accidental confessor, while Andrew Scott offers a cool, understated turn as Richard Rodgers, hinting at the creative and emotional struggles beneath their legendary partnership. As Hart's bartender and patient listener, Bobby Cannavale is a street smart counselor, best friend and willing one-man audience all rolled into one. 

There's an extended scene with Rodgers and Hart alone amidst a crowd of admirers where you get the sense that their's was a bromance that survived overwhelming early fame only to wither amidst the same ying and yang that brought them together in the first place. Rodgers was the deliberate, focused craftsman while Hart was the jittery, obsessive and ultimately self-destructive auteur who was nonetheless a lyrical genius. One can only imagine what might have been if they had more years together.

Linklater uses this intimate chamber piece to evoke the glittering Broadway of the 1920s–40s — a world shaped by Rodgers & Hart’s sophisticated, slangy, emotionally complex songs — and to show how that era gave way to the integrated, story-driven musicals of Rodgers & Hammerstein. In the process, Blue Moon becomes both an elegy for a vanished musical style and a bruising character study of a man who helped define it. 

For all its wit and polish, this is not a cheerful story. Hart was a tortured soul -- acerbic, alcoholic, sexually confused and lonely. But show business is a tough racket, darlings. And you know the old saw: there's a broken heart (or, in this case Hart) for every light on Broadway.

Quiet, smart, and unexpectedly haunting, Blue Moon lingers long after the final fade-out.

Sounds Just About Right To Us . . .

 

Former Hostage: Their Goal Is VERY Clear!

Israeli former hostage Omer Shem Tov: "They [Hamas] never mentioned the land for me. They always told me it's about religion. They always told me that their goal is to- after they kill Jews in Israel, they will go around to the entire world to kill the Jews and the Christians." pic.twitter.com/fXcuyy3dI5

— Jingoistic Pig (@jingoisticpig) November 30, 2025

WATCH AND LISTEN TO Israeli former hostage Omer Shem Tov: "They [Hamas] never mentioned the land for me. They always told me it's about religion. They always told me that their goal is to- after they kill Jews in Israel, they will go around to the entire world to kill the Jews and the Christians."

Message For Sherrill And NJ From Thatcher

Be very wary of high taxes. Any government that has high taxation is giving itself more powers and the people less.pic.twitter.com/OA4YF8VKxW

— Margaret Thatcher (@realmrsthatcher) November 30, 2025

We Need More Cardinals Like This Guy . . .

 

Kelly: If YOU Think It's Illegal, Then It's Illegal

🚨 HOLY CRAP! Seditious Sen. Mark Kelly is digging his hole EVEN DEEPER, saying the military rebellion MUST happen

Even Kristen Welker can't BELIEVE what he is saying right now.

KELLY: Just say I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT, it's against the law.

WELKER: That's a lot of burden on the… pic.twitter.com/IMyjNhzK54

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 30, 2025

Kelly is preaching a VERY dangerous (and kooky!) doctrine.

This Prophetic Saint Foresaw It All!

 

God Bless Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth!

🚨 JUST IN: While visiting troops for Thanksgiving, Sec. Pete Hegseth leads a prayer for Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe

“My wife and I had a chance to lay hands on and pray over Andrew last night, and I promised his mother one thing: that we would keep praying for him.”🙏🏻… pic.twitter.com/TYc393Nenp

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) November 28, 2025

Cogent Quotes? It All Starts With THIS Guy!

 

Another One Welcomed Into The USA By Biden!

🚨 INFURIATING: Another Afghan migrant was just arrested for plotting to BOMB Fort Worth, Texas, around the same time as the National Guard shooting.

Let in under Biden.

Biden and Mayorkas invited the invading force in. THIS IS A CRIME! Expel them all.pic.twitter.com/MjJstlCS6S

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 29, 2025

We Haven't Seen It Better Explained Anywhere!

From Deon Joseph on X (formerly twitter):

If you take away the rhetoric of people seeing everything the President does through an “F Trump” filter, at his core, here is what he’s actually trying to do: -Stop poison that has killed 100,000 Americans a year from coming into this country - Securing the border and removing those illegally in our nation that take away resources from those here legally as well as those respecting the immigration process. - Aggresively trying to stop or slow wars that unavoidably drain our resources - Stop other nations from taking advantage of us from unbalanced trade deals done by former administrations who don’t understand how business works. They only knew appeasement - Prove that effective and supported law enforcement can dramatically decrease crime in major cities. You don’t need more programs that only serve to create more of an industrial complex. You just need enforcement, accountability and justice. - Ensure like in other nations that Americans and Americans alone, dictate what happens in our nation through a fair and honest voting process. - Ensure no nation attacks us in our home soil or injures our interests globally - Get Americans back in the workforce by having other nations invest back in the US and getting the able bodied off government assistance is designed for those who truly need it. The other side is trying to stop him from doing it because it exposes how feckless they have been. Not because what he’s doing would be bad for the country. I get it. He’s a flawed man. He’s moving too quickly for some people’s tastes who are used to being strung along or watching Dems and republicans play kick the can down the road. Yet despite all of his imperfections and character shortcomings; when I take my emotions out of it, I objectively believe his desire is to move past distractions and put Americans first at home and abroad. Though I agree that he’s a lot of things I am not a fan of, he wants us to win. Because if we win, he wins. And the guy loves to win.