In The Marketplace: Gifts for him, her, and the whole family

Editor’s note: The following is a message from The Marketplace by TheBlaze.

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FOR HIM

When it comes to choosing a man’s watch, elegance and style are only the first part of the equation. Other important factors include sturdiness, durability and long battery life. Tested to precision, you won’t find a better watch with more meaning than Minuteman. And with every watch purchase, 25 percent of all profits will be donated to charities supporting our nation’s veterans.

FOR HER

Shopping for a special lady in your life? Indulge her with a holiday spa treatment she can enjoy from the comfort of her own home.

FAMILY FUN

Looking for something for the whole family to enjoy together? Nothing beats Constitution Quest, the game that’s sweeping the nation with constitutional literacy. Have fun playing a board game like none other while learning about the U.S. Constitution at the same time.

Fragrance with a Meaning

Christmas isn’t all about the gifts, of course, but even the wise men gave gifts to baby Jesus. Inspire someone with the gift of authentic gold, frankincense and myrrh and provide a keepsake to last for generations.

Comfort is King

You may think you know what it means to have a good night’s sleep, but until you’ve slept on a PF Pillow, you don’t know what you’re missing. Give someone the gift of comfort with this handcrafted, made-in-America pillow complete with neck support and the softest duck feathers and down.

Reason for the Season

Give someone a different kind of wreath to hang on their door this Christmas to celebrate the holiday in a new and meaningful way. The ChristWreath combines the symbol of the cross with the holiday wreath as a reminder of what Christmas really means.

Stocking Stuffers (Literally!)

For the perfect stocking stuffers, look no further than to Solmate Mismatched Socks. You don’t have to worry about matching them, just toss two (or three) socks into everyone’s stockings for a fun surprise on Christmas morning.

Visit The Marketplace Christmas Catalog for more great gift ideas.

If you’d like to enter our sweepstakes to receive giveaways from amazing small businesses, enter The Marketplace Holiday Sweepstakes to win some amazing prizes, all provided by our incredible small business shop owners.

THE MARKETPLACE BY THEBLAZE HOLIDAY SWEEPSTAKES

No purchase is necessary to win a prize. Click here to view all of the prizes and enter to win!

What are the prizes?

  • Mrs. Cavanaugh’s Most Famous Chocolates 9 oz. Box (100 available)
  • Flex-Head Tees Player’s Pack (10 available)
  • Hank’s Classic Variety Pack 12-Pack (6 available)
  • Alabu Skin Care Goat Milk Soap 5-Pack (5 available)
  • All-Weather Navigator I Firestarter (5 available)
  • Heritage Jewelry Texas Tribute Bracelet
  • Reflections of Christ Resurrection Poster (50 available)
  • Paracord Paul Quattuor Keychain
  • Heritage Jewelry French Fluorite Necklace
  • The Constitution Quest Game (4 available)
  • Rinse Bath & Body Soap Tapas
  • Hank’s Harmony Crafted Black Tea with Lemon 12-Pack (3 available)
  • Nuts For You Six-Pocket Gift Tray, 1.5 lbs. (5 available)
  • NCCS American Classic Series
  • Heritage Jewelry Scottish Carnelian Necklace
  • Nebraska Star Beef Strip Steak 6-Pack + Seasoning (6 available)
  • Paracord Paul Double-Dipper Neck Lanyard
  • Founding Fathers Tea 4-Pack (10 available)
  • Softwater Soapworks Botanical Solid Perfume Trio + Lip Balm
  • Texas Brew Salsa Six-Pack (5 available)
  • Hank’s Harmony Crafted Half and Half: Lemonade-Tea 12-Pack (3 available)
  • Rinse Bath & Body Tis the Season Skin Stick Set
  • We the People Fight Tyranny Game
  • Abundance Soaps Three-Pack – Sassy, Pumpkin Pie, Winter Peace
  • Coconut Rain Laundry Powder Two-Pack
  • Library and Educational Services Tales of the R.A.F. Hardcover
  • Rinse Bath & Body Tis the Season Pucker Set
  • Heritage Jewelry Utah Copper Necklace and Earring Set
  • Heritage Jewelry One of a Kind Fordite Necklace
  • Royal Bobbles Tea Party Patriot Bobblehead
  • Heritage Jewelry Florida State Gemstone Moonstone
  • CWR Environmental Products Gravity Water Filtration Unit + Filter
  • Royal Bobbles George Washington Bobblehead
  • Heritage Jewelry South Dakota Rose Quartz Necklace
  • US Alpaca Co. Luxury His-Hers Alpaca Check Scarf
  • Royal Bobbles Ben Franklin Bobblehead
  • LPC Survival Royal Berkey Water Purification System
  • Charleston Soap Chef Sugah Scrub & Honey Butter Gift Set
  • NCCS The Miracle of America – Birth of a Nation
  • Minnestalgia Foods Holiday Box with Fudge
  • Rinse Bath & Body k9 Gift Set
  • Van Roehling 3-Sauce Gift Crate (2 available)
  • Heritage Jewelry South Carolina Amethyst Necklace and Earring Set
  • The Pillow Bag Barcelona Style
  • Gifts Catholic Gold, Frankincense & Myrrh Set (3 available)
  • Heritage Jewelry Pacific California Sand Dollar
  • Paracord Paul Monkey Fist Cobra Knot Keychain
  • Texas Brew Salsa Four-Pack (5 available)

Good luck to all entrants, happy shopping, and Merry Christmas!

Top FIVE takeaways from Glenn's EXCLUSIVE interview with Trump

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As President Trump approaches his 100th day in office, Glenn Beck joined him to evaluate his administration’s progress with a gripping new interview. April 30th is President Trump's 100th day in office, and what an eventful few months it has been. To commemorate this milestone, Glenn Beck was invited to the White House for an exclusive interview with the President.

Their conversation covered critical topics, including the border crisis, DOGE updates, the revival of the U.S. energy sector, AI advancements, and more. Trump remains energized, acutely aware of the nation’s challenges, and determined to address them.

Here are the top five takeaways from Glenn Beck’s one-on-one with President Trump:

Border Security and Cartels

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Early in the interview, Glenn asked if Trump views Mexico as a failed narco-state. While Trump avoided the term, he acknowledged that cartels effectively control Mexico. He noted that while not all Mexican officials are corrupt, those who are honest fear severe repercussions for opposing the cartels.

Trump was unsurprised when Glenn cited evidence that cartels are using Pentagon-supplied weapons intended for the Mexican military. He is also aware of the fentanyl influx from China through Mexico and is committed to stopping the torrent of the dangerous narcotic. Trump revealed that he has offered military aid to Mexico to combat the cartels, but these offers have been repeatedly declined. While significant progress has been made in securing the border, Trump emphasized that more must be done.

American Energy Revival

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Trump’s tariffs are driving jobs back to America, with the AI sector showing immense growth potential. He explained that future AI systems require massive, costly complexes with significant electricity demands. China is outpacing the U.S. in building power plants to support AI development, threatening America’s technological leadership.

To counter this, Trump is cutting bureaucratic red tape, allowing AI companies to construct their own power plants, potentially including nuclear facilities, to meet the energy needs of AI server farms. Glenn was thrilled to learn these plants could also serve as utilities, supplying excess power to homes and businesses. Trump is determined to ensure America remains the global leader in AI and energy.

Liberation Day Shakeup

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Glenn drew a parallel between Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs and the historical post-World War II Liberation Day. Trump confirmed the analogy, explaining that his policy aims to dismantle an outdated global economic order established to rebuild Europe and Asia after the wars of the 20th century. While beneficial decades ago, this system now disadvantages the U.S. through job outsourcing, unfair trade deals, and disproportionate NATO contributions.

Trump stressed that America’s economic survival is at stake. Without swift action, the U.S. risks collapse, potentially dragging the West down with it. He views his presidency as a critical opportunity to reverse this decline.

Trouble in Europe

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When Glenn pressed Trump on his tariff strategy and negotiations with Europe, Trump delivered a powerful statement: “I don’t have to negotiate.” Despite America’s challenges, it remains the world’s leading economy with the wealthiest consumer base, making it an indispensable trading partner for Europe. Trump wants to make equitable deals and is willing to negotiate with European leaders out of respect and desire for shared prosperity, he knows that they are dependent on U.S. dollars to keep the lights on.

Trump makes an analogy, comparing America to a big store. If Europe wants to shop at the store, they are going to have to pay an honest price. Or go home empty-handed.

Need for Peace

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Trump emphasized the need to end America’s involvement in endless wars, which have cost countless lives and billions of dollars without a clear purpose. He highlighted the staggering losses in Ukraine, where thousands of soldiers die weekly. Trump is committed to ending the conflict but noted that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has been a challenging partner, constantly demanding more U.S. support.

The ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East are unsustainable, and America’s excessive involvement has prolonged these conflicts, leading to further casualties. Trump aims to extricate the U.S. from these entanglements.

PHOTOS: Inside Glenn's private White House tour

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In honor of Trump's 100th day in office, Glenn was invited to the White House for an exclusive interview with the President.

Naturally, Glenn's visit wasn't solely confined to the interview, and before long, Glenn and Trump were strolling through the majestic halls of the White House, trading interesting historical anecdotes while touring the iconic home. Glenn was blown away by the renovations that Trump and his team have made to the presidential residence and enthralled by the history that practically oozed out of the gleaming walls.

Want to join Glenn on this magical tour? Fortunately, Trump's gracious White House staff was kind enough to provide Glenn with photos of his journey through the historic residence so that he might share the experience with you.

So join Glenn for a stroll through 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with the photo gallery below:

The Oval Office

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The Roosevelt Room

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The White House

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Trump branded a tyrant, but did Obama outdo him on deportations?

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MSNBC and CNN want you to think the president is a new Hitler launching another Holocaust. But the actual deportation numbers are nowhere near what they claim.

Former MSNBC host Chris Matthews, in an interview with CNN’s Jim Acosta, compared Trump’s immigration policies to Adolf Hitler’s Holocaust. He claimed that Hitler didn’t bother with German law — he just hauled people off to death camps in Poland and Hungary. Apparently, that’s what Trump is doing now by deporting MS-13 gang members to El Salvador.

Symone Sanders took it a step further. The MSNBC host suggested that deporting gang-affiliated noncitizens is simply the first step toward deporting black Americans. I’ll wait while you try to do that math.

The debate is about control — weaponizing the courts, twisting language, and using moral panic to silence dissent.

Media mouthpieces like Sanders and Matthews are just the latest examples of the left’s Pavlovian tribalism when it comes to Trump and immigration. Just say the word “Trump,” and people froth at the mouth before they even hear the sentence. While the media cries “Hitler,” the numbers say otherwise. And numbers don’t lie — the narrative does.

Numbers don’t lie

The real “deporter in chief” isn’t Trump. It was President Bill Clinton, who sent back 12.3 million people during his presidency — 11.4 million returns and nearly 900,000 formal removals. President George W. Bush, likewise, presided over 10.3 million deportations — 8.3 million returns and two million removals. Even President Barack Obama, the progressive darling, oversaw 5.5 million deportations, including more than three million formal removals.

So how does Donald Trump stack up? Between 2017 and 2021, Trump deported somewhere between 1.5 million and two million people — dramatically fewer than Obama, Bush, or Clinton. In his current term so far, Trump has deported between 100,000 and 138,000 people. Yes, that’s assertive for a first term — but it's still fewer than Biden was deporting toward the end of his presidency.

The numbers simply don’t support the hysteria.

Who's the “dictator” here? Trump is deporting fewer people, with more legal oversight, and still being compared to history’s most reviled tyrant. Apparently, sending MS-13 gang members — violent criminals — back to their country of origin is now equivalent to genocide.

It’s not about immigration

This debate stopped being about immigration a long time ago. It’s now about control — about weaponizing the courts, twisting language, and using moral panic to silence dissent. It’s about turning Donald Trump into the villain of every story, facts be damned.

If the numbers mattered, we’d be having a very different national conversation. We’d be asking why Bill Clinton deported six times as many people as Trump and never got labeled a fascist. We’d be questioning why Barack Obama’s record-setting removals didn’t spark cries of ethnic cleansing. And we’d be wondering why Trump, whose enforcement was relatively modest by comparison, triggered lawsuits, media hysteria, and endless Nazi analogies.

But facts don’t drive this narrative. The villain does. And in this script, Trump plays the villain — even when he does far less than the so-called heroes who came before him.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Can Trump stop the blackouts that threaten America's future?

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If America wants to remain a global leader in the coming decades, we need more energy fast.

It's no secret that Glenn is an advocate for the safe and ethical use of AI, not because he wants it, but because he knows it’s coming whether we like it or not. Our only option is to shape AI on our terms, not those of our adversaries. America has to win the AI Race if we want to maintain our stability and security, and to do that, we need more energy.

AI demands dozens—if not hundreds—of new server farms, each requiring vast amounts of electricity. The problem is, America lacks the power plants to generate the required electricity, nor do we have a power grid capable of handling the added load. We must overcome these hurdles quickly to outpace China and other foreign competitors.

Outdated Power Grid

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Our power grid is ancient, slowly buckling under the stress of our modern machines. AAI’s energy demands could collapse it without a major upgrade. The last significant overhaul occurred under FDR nearly a century ago, when he connected rural America to electricity. Since then, we’ve patched the system piecemeal, but it’s still the same grid from the 1930s. Over 70 percent of the powerlines are 30 years old or older, and circuit breakers and other vital components are in similar condition. Most people wouldn't trust a dishwasher that was 30 years old, and yet much of our grid relies on technology from the era of VHS tapes.

Upgrading the grid would prevent cascading failures, rolling blackouts, and even EMP attacks. It would also enable new AI server farms while ensuring reliable power for all.

A Need for Energy

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Earlier this month, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt appeared before Congress as part of an AI panel and claimed that by 2030, the U.S. will need to add 96 gigawatts to our national power production to meet AI-driven demand. While some experts question this figure, the message is clear: We must rapidly expand power production. But where will this energy come from?

As much as eco nuts would love to power the world with sunshine and rainbows, we need a much more reliable and significantly more efficient power source if we want to meet our electricity goals. Nuclear power—efficient, powerful, and clean—is the answer. It’s time to shed outdated fears of atomic energy and embrace the superior electricity source. Building and maintaining new nuclear plants, along with upgraded infrastructure, would create thousands of high-paying American jobs. Nuclear energy will fuel AI, boost the economy, and modernize America’s decaying infrastructure.

A Bold Step into the Future

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This is President Trump’s chance to leave a historic mark on America, restoring our role as global leaders and innovators. Just as FDR’s power grid and plants made America the dominant force of the 20th century, Trump could upgrade our infrastructure to secure dominance in the 21st century. Visionary leadership must cut red tape and spark excitement in the industry. This is how Trump can make America great again.