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https://slaynews.com/news/trump-celebrates-america-saying-merry-christmas-again/

President Donald Trump ushered in the Christmas season on Monday with a message his supporters have been waiting to hear for years, with a full return to traditional holiday celebration inside the White House.

The celebration was restored under Trump’s leadership after years of cultural pressure campaigns that pushed “inclusive” greetings and downplayed Christmas itself.

The White House released a photo of the president standing beside a towering Christmas tree decorated with classic red ornaments, gold ribbons, and traditional trimmings.

Portraits of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and other American leaders hang behind him, underscoring a renewed emphasis on heritage, faith, and national identity.

Trump reshared the photo with a message that instantly electrified supporters:

“We’re saying MERRY CHRISTMAS again!”

What’s the over/under on a democrat president in 28’?

I love it when Trump points to things.

Ceffer says

I love it when Trump points to things.

🇫🇷 Le Monde: French press says the UK is now paying America’s pharma bill.

France’s Le Monde reports the deal in devastating clarity.
Britain will raise NHS drug prices by 25% in exchange for tariff relief.
Their framing:
🇺🇸 The US wins
🇬🇧 The UK pays
🇪🇺 The EU is next

Le Monde bluntly describes the dynamic:
“American patients have been forced to subsidise drugs in Europe.”
Trump wants Europe to pay more.
The UK just became the test case.

France sees exactly what this means:
Britain abandoned EU pricing norms in favour of US demands.

This destroys the pathway to EU realignment.

The tariffs weren’t hypothetical.
Trump already applied them.
The UK conceded after pressure.
Le Monde frames this as a capitulation.

Their final warning: The US will now pressure EU countries to follow the UK’s example.

Britain has weakened Europe as well as itself.

The French press has done what the British press refuses to do:
Name this deal for what it is - a geopolitical submission.

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2025/12/01/uk-and-us-reveal-zero-tariff-deal-on-pharmaceuticals_6748033_19.html

The propagandists are back to the 'Trump is Crazy' song. It's the same song they started out with when he announced his candidacy way back when. MSM liars pounced on the theme.

Trump on Somalians:

Wonder if this is true. Maybe a Dr. Strange Trump trolling? Shaking up Maduro's administration?

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/coon-capers-wednesday-december-3

Yesterday, The Hill ran a fabulous story headlined, “Gaetz, Loomer join new Pentagon press corps for rare briefing.” And if you haven’t seen the clips yet, brace yourself — former Project Veritas chief James O’Keefe, Human Events’ Jack Posobiec, and conservative wrecking ball Laura Loomer sitting smugly inside the Pentagon Press Pool, wearing corporate media’s official credential badges and occupying their surrendered seats...

Regular liberal reporters are bad enough. But if you wanted to find a real mean-girls clique, you should start with the Pentagon Press Corps. For decades, journalists with Pentagon access were some of the most Swamp-connected, arrogant, and entitled reporters in the business. The Pentagon Press Corps claimed they were ‘protecting democracy,’ which is simply adorable, like watching raccoons claim they’re ‘protecting the trash.’

Then, earlier this fall, the Pentagon announced a major revamp of operating procedures for press covering the department. Trump’s War Department asked reporters to sign a detailed press policy contract that restricted where they could wander in the Pentagon, and that banned publication of any unapproved material (in other words, any leaked or anonymously sourced material, especially classified stuff).

The War Department wasn’t saying reporters can’t publish unflattering stories; they just can’t source those stories from the Pentagon’s own employees. Do some work, for Pete’s sake. Get out of the office.

Corporate media reacted with all the dignity of a piñata at a toddler’s birthday party — but without the piñata’s integrity. A mass exodus of corporate media types rage-quit, shredding their Pentagon press badges in synchronized unison, to teach President Trump a lesson. Fine! We just won’t cover you at all then!

They expected the Pentagon to back down, since it historically has fawned over the intimate cadre of corporate media’s military reporters, who under Democrat Administrations always swallow its propaganda without spitting, but under Republican Administrations, leak intel like a giant war bucket with a thousand pinholes.

But instead of caving to the rage-quitting ninnies, the Trump Administration responded by handing fresh media credentials to independent, populist, MAGA, and generally non-approved voices— some of whom have never before covered a Pentagon press briefing or, frankly, any briefing at all.

Corporate media fainted on their velvet audition couches. How dare they? ...

What makes this story absolutely historic isn’t corporate media’s temper tantrum (that’s just background noise), but the Trump Pentagon’s decision to stand its ground and replace them outright. It reminds me of Reagan firing the striking air traffic controllers. For the first time in living memory, a presidential administration didn’t cower, appease, or issue the ritual apology to the credentialed elites; it executed a clean swap.

That took real institutional courage. It broke a decades-old cartel. And it fired off a warning shot: press access belongs to the public, not to a hereditary guild of narrative curators.

Trump has aired out one of the media’s most cherished insiders’ clubs, the smoky backroom where career Pentagon reporters spent decades trading flattering coverage for access, favors, and who-knows-what other unsavory bargains. Instead of appeasing the cartel after it staged its high-drama walkout, the administration cracked open the windows, rolled up its sleeves, and replaced them.

That’s the historic part: breaking one of the most protected guilds around, which thought it owned the briefing room. It took nerve and conviction. And it marked the first time in a generation that the War Department told the corporate press, politely but unmistakably, that its gravy train had reached its final destination. Buh bye.

https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1995965410433438085

Dept of War reveals "Double Tap" was because crewmembers reboarded the vessel after the original strike to save the drug shipment, and had re-established communication with cartels back on land.

Media made to look buffoonish again.

Sec Treasury Bessant smokes the NYT regarding their coverup of Biden's decrepitude for 10 months, while insinuating Trump who just held a 3 hour Cabinet Meeting in the past day was somehow incompetent because he appeared drowsy in parts.

Over two hours of Trump's cabinet meeting open to the Public.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZSd7jn9CSc

(Updated to link directly from WH account)

Does the MSM really think that through gaslighting they can rally sympathy for drug dealers?

Ceffer says

Does the MSM really think that through gaslighting they can rally sympathy for drug dealers?

Of course, it never occurs to the journalists just to go back to being newsmen and reporting the truth. That would mean they would lose their jobs.

Just heard that Admiral Holsey, Biden's eleventh hour DEI subversive fecal implant who resigned in October, was court martialed at GITMO for treason (tribunal) for refusing to follow the legal orders to blow up an enemy combatant drug boat.

Notice the raw speed of the tribunal. No Inns of Court psycho fecal impaction maritime judge administrators gumming up the system with lawfare, expense, abuse of process and endless delays.

Trump's FDA considering a "Black Box" warning on mRNA shots for kids and teens.

This would prevent any mandatory COVID shots for minors.

The new Bolshevik mayor won't be able to stop them.

Looks like a few of the undeclared non-uniformed enemy combatants aren't going to have a Merry Christmas.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-roll-back-biden-era-vehicle-fuel-efficiency/story?id=128080691

Trump announces roll back of Biden-era vehicle fuel efficiency rules

This means we can get reliable vehicles again!

BREAKING: Appeals court rules Trump can continue National Guard deployment in D.C.
https://x.com/Breaking911/status/1996695538394157455?s=20

Also:
https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/12/04/appeals-court-upholds-trumps-national-guard-deployment-in-d-c/?feed_id=77103&_unique_id=69320bd857e20

COURT UPHOLDS TEXAS REDSTRICTING!


Too Much Winning!

Grok:

Official DOJ JustificationPreserving System Integrity: The EOIR states that judges must remain "impartial and neutral." Firings address "systematic bias" favoring immigrants (e.g., granting too many continuances or asylum claims), which allegedly undermines deportation efficiency.

At-Will Employment: As "inferior officers," judges serve at the president's pleasure, allowing removals without cause, especially for probationary hires (2-year term).

Workforce Restructuring: To clear a 3.5M+ case backlog, the administration fires "lenient" judges while hiring ~36 new ones (25 temporary "deportation judges," often military lawyers without immigration experience).

Military lawyers seem appropriate in this case, because the US has been invaded by hostile foreigners.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/12/05/u-s-military-strike-kills-four-narco%e2%80%91terrorists-destroys-drug-vessel-in-eastern-pacific/

U.S. Southern Command announced Thursday that American forces carried out a lethal kinetic strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing four suspected narco‑terrorists and destroying their heavily laden smuggling vessel. The attack, directed by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth under Operation Southern Spear, marks the 22nd strike against cartel‑linked traffickers in international waters and brings the total number of narco‑terrorists killed to nearly 90. The strikes continue despite harsh criticism from some lawmakers in Congress.

The American People Deserve the Full Truth About What Happened Today

Let me lay this out clearly because the public is only getting scattered pieces and political spin. Today was one of the most significant policy days of the Trump administration, and most people do not realize what shifted.

Here is the full picture.

1. Trump Accounts. A Real Generational Wealth Shift

The administration officially launched the Trump Accounts program to give every child in America a stronger financial start.
Every newborn that qualifies gets a 1,000 dollar deposit. Parents can contribute up to 5,000 dollars per year.

Then came the major news.
Michael and Susan Dell committed 6.25 billion dollars to expand access with 250 dollar seed deposits for millions of children nationwide.
This is a serious move toward long-term family stability rather than long-term government dependence.

2. All New Asylum Claims Are Now Suspended

This is not symbolic. This is a hard reset.
The asylum system is broken, overwhelmed with fraud, and exploited by bad actors. The administration froze all new claims until the system is rebuilt with national security as the priority.

3. Identity Verification Crackdown and Account Freezes

Banks and benefit systems have been instructed to freeze accounts where identity or lawful presence cannot be verified.
This covers:
• Government benefit cards
• Wire transfer accounts
• App-based financial platforms
• High-risk money corridors

Nothing is unfrozen until identity and lawful status are verified.
This targets traffickers, cartel money, fraud rings, and individuals using false identities to access federal resources.

4. High-Risk Region Screening Including Somalia

Certain regions have extremely high rates of document fraud, extremist infiltration, and unverifiable identity chains. Somalia is one of those regions.
This is not about race or religion. It is about national security and documented federal threat profiles.

Individuals from these regions who cannot verify identity or immigration status will lose federal benefits and may face removal review.

5. SNAP Data Fight Escalates

The administration notified states that SNAP management funds may be withheld if they refuse to provide full eligibility and verification data.
This is the first real welfare accountability move in years and will expose large-scale misuse once audits begin.

6. The Drug-Smuggling Boat Strike and My Support for Pete Hegseth

The administration continues to defend the follow-on military strike against a suspected drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean.
Critics are trying to turn this into a scandal, but here is the truth. Drug cartels kill tens of thousands of Americans. They use the oceans as their highways. They do not play by rules.

Pete Hegseth stood up today and told the truth. He said what others are afraid to say. He explained the reality of the fog of war and defended the men on the ground who must make split-second life or death decisions.
I stand strongly in support of Pete. He understands what real combat looks like, he understands what defending America requires, and he has never backed down from telling the truth, even when the media attacks him for it.

When America hits cartels, pirates, or traffickers, we should not apologize for it. We should finish the job and protect our people.

7. The Real Story

Today was not routine.
It was a coordinated shift in America’s posture on:
• Immigration
• Financial enforcement
• Welfare accountability
• National security
• Generational opportunity

The United States is tightening every system that has been abused for years.
It is restoring order where there has been chaos.
It is prioritizing American citizens and legal residents first.

The media will report pieces of this. They will bury the rest.

Bottom Line

America is moving from passive enforcement to active protection.
Weakness invites danger.
Strength creates safety.

By:Dennis W. Futch
https://x.com/MichelleMaxwell/status/1996629581659361566?s=20

That freezing of SNAP and other Benefits being frozen until status is verified is YUGE. Gonna push some serious self-deport.

I wonder if my wife will get deported. She haunts all of the free food venues in Santa Cruz out of cheapskate defiance. She even has buddies. She might get swept up in a raid.

Nothing worse than bailing your wife out of an El Salvadoran prison.