One of music’s infamous liberal singers lashed out over the weekend regarding President Trump changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the White House promptly put him in his place.

As Fox News reported, John “Cougar” Mellencamp was performing in Holmdel, New Jersey, on Saturday night as part of his Dancing Words Tour – The Greatest Hits, which will enter amphitheaters around the country through August.

While performing “Pink Houses“, one of his most famous songs, Mellencamp suddenly decided to include unnecessary political commentary about the Gulf of America.

“Well, there’s people and more people/ What do they know, know, know?/ Go to work in some high rise/ And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico,” Mellencamp sang before suddenly adding, “Wait a minute.”

He then quipped, “The Gulf of Mexico? Is that right? It’s not the Gulf of America?”

“What a stupid f**king idea.”

WATCH (tune to the 4:48 mark of the video):

White House spokesman Davis Ingle responded by sharing a statement with Fox News that perfectly summed up what everyone was probably thinking about Mellencamp.

“Nobody in their right mind cares what out-of-touch, woke Hollywood celebrities have to say,” the statement read.

As TGP readers know, then-President-elect Trump held a press conference from his home in Mar-a-Lago in January 2025, where he made headlines by announcing he was changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico.

“We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring that covers a lot of territory. The Gulf of America,” Trump said.

“What a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate. It’s appropriate.”

When Trump issued an executive order to make the change official, the backlash was so intense that Mexico threatened to sue America over it.

The Associated Press also defied the executive order, causing Trump to block the far-left outlet from the White House.

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The Biden administration’s war on conservatives, especially Catholics and prolife advocates, was swift and brutal.  Now, one of the people targeted has reached a settlement with Trump’s DOJ.

In October 2022, eleven pro-life advocates were arrested after they participated in a pro-life demonstration at the Carafem abortion facility in Mt Juliet, Tennessee, on March 5, 2021.

Among them was Paul Vaughn, whose arrest at his home by FBI agents was criticized for its use of force.

Retired FBI agent Steve Gray decried the FBI’s actions as excessive compared to his own experience with arrests involving gang and organized crime, where less force was used.

Screen images from a cellphone video taken by his wife show FBI agents at the front door of their home after they arrested him at gunpoint in front of his family before they walked off, refusing to answer questions while one agent comes around from behind the house.

Vaughn told Fox News that seven of his eleven children, ranging from 18 months old to 18 years old, were home at the time of his arrest, adding that three of his children were “basically held at gunpoint” by an agent in the yard during the encounter.

Video was posted by Town Hall’s Mia Cathell, “One of the pro-life leaders targeted by Biden’s DOJ sent me footage of the early morning FBI raid on his family home. Paul Vaughn was placed in handcuffs by armed FBI agents in front of his children just before school drop-off. Watch as his wife pleads for answers mid-arrest:”

One of the pro-life leaders targeted by Biden’s DOJ sent me footage of the early morning FBI raid on his family home. Paul Vaughn was placed in handcuffs by armed FBI agents in front of his children just before school drop-off. Watch as his wife pleads for answers mid-arrest: https://t.co/lUP6tJOSzW pic.twitter.com/XeYComC6mZ

— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) October 7, 2022

The Thomas More Society, which aided Vaughn in his fight, wrote. “On January 30, 2024, Vaughn—a devout Christian husband and father of 11 children—was convicted by a Nashville, Tennessee, federal jury on charges of violating the FACE Act and engaging in a ‘Conspiracy Against Rights.’”

“These charges were brought by the Biden Department of Justice against Vaughn and carried a potential sentence of up to 11 years. Convicted along with Vaughn were five other defendants. Vaughn and five other pro-life advocates were prosecuted by the Biden Department of Justice for their participation in a peaceful life-affirming gathering at a Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, abortion business.”

Vaughn was formally sentenced to three years of supervised release.

Per Fox News:

Vaughn pursued legal action against the Justice Department over his prosecution. He shared first with Fox News Digital that he recently reached a seven-figure settlement with the government agency.

Vaughn said the settlement has brought much-needed closure to his family after living through a traumatic, multiyear ordeal stemming from the “egregious deeds of the Biden DOJ.”

“Obviously, money doesn’t equate justice, and there’s not a true sense of justice in the settlement, but it is an acknowledgment of wrong, and it is something to help make up for the time lost,” he told Fox News Digital.

Following the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Biden’s DOJ weaponized the FACE Act against prolifers.

The FACE Act prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services.”

In 2022, a top DOJ official, Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta, even told a crowd of leftist supporters earlier that the department was stepping up its enforcement of the FACE Act.

Meanwhile, the same DOJ failed to charge a single person in connection with the nearly 100 attacks on pro-life centers in the same time period.

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Guest post by Christopher R. Barron

Recently, an OpenAI model – one more powerful than anything released to the public – successfully and autonomously did something we were told could never happen – it broke out of its sandbox (a computer with no internet access), in order to find the answer to a test problem it had been given.

To do this, it found previously unknown software bugs that allowed it to reach an OpenAI computer it wasn’t supposed to be able to access. Then it started hacking other computers on OpenAI’s networks until it found one that had Internet access.

After gaining Internet access, the AI model went where it could find the answers to the question – successfully hacking into the AI company Hugging Face. The AI model used several hacking techniques together, including using a stolen password and finding several totally new security bugs in Hugging Face’s computers, allowing the AI model to take control of those computers.

This isn’t the plot to a dystopian Hollywood summer blockbuster, this is the frightening reality of the world we now live in.

If this lab break sounds familiar, it should. It is the tech equivalent of the Wuhan lab leak, which we were told would never and could never happen

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I had the privilege and honor of working for the late Dr. Vladimir “Zev” Zelenko. Zev was one of the most courageous voices for medical freedom, a man who put everything on the line to stand up and demand the truth about COVID – where it came from, how to treat it, and the concerns about the rushed experimental vaccine.

Dr. Zelenko was rightfully concerned about the power of the globalists and their ability to destroy humanity as we know it. Big AI is just the latest weapon for the globalists to deploy in their un-ending quest to remake the planet.

In an interview before his death, Zev said:

“What we’re seeing is the coming together of global dominance under the control of a small group of sociopaths. So it’s not surprising what’s happening. And we are letting it happen. And this has been in the works for four decades so we are in the very verge of global enslavement unless people wake up.”

The small group of sociopaths that Zev warned us about are the very people behind the development of these dangerous and out-of-control AI systems.

The lab leak in Wuhan was used by the globalists to exert unchecked power of humanity for a couple of years – the next AI lab leak could give these globalists unchecked power, not for a couple of years, but for the rest of time.

We are incredibly fortunate that this lab leak was contained quickly, but there is absolutely nothing stopping this from happening again.

And the big AI CEOs are gleefully telling the world that this is only the beginning.

Unbelievably, what happened isn’t covered by any existing regulation. These potentially dangerous unreleased AI models are being developed with absolutely no oversight and no guardrails.

What is probably most terrifying is that this isn’t just one AI developer, indeed OpenAI was following industry “best practices,” and those practices resulted in this dangerous lab leak,

Whistleblowers from OpenAI and other AI companies have been warning that this might happen for years. Indeed, AI whistleblowers have warned that the next AI lab leak could result in a runaway AI system that cannot be controlled.

These whistleblowers have been dismissed by the big AI billionaires and their hordes of DC lobbyists. AI boosters like David Sacks have urged President Trump to allow for “permissionless innovation” – calling for a system that would allow the big AI companies to do whatever they want, whenever they want, and however they want to do it – without any guardrails at all.

We are running out of time to act. Congress must immediately act to put in place guardrails to ensure that these dangerous AI systems are never developed.

Zev warned us about what was happening, he told us that we have begun to worship the god of science, and the god of technology, the god of money and the god of power, but we have forgotten God the creator. It is not too late to heed Zev’s warning and stop the big AI globalists before humanity itself is sacrificed.

Christopher R. Barron is the President of Right Turn Strategies and served as the VP for Public Relations for Zelenko Labs during the pandemic.

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The recent changes instituted by the Navy signal a significant shift toward a more equitable treatment of religious accommodation requests, particularly in light of stark disparities previously highlighted.

An article published by The Gateway Pundit on May 27 brought attention to the case of 1st Lt Schuyler Skipper, who was reportedly being forced out of the Marine Corps due to his religious objections to vaccination. The report underscored a disparity in how the Navy and Marine Corps handle requests for religious accommodations, indicating that the Navy adhered to federal law while the Marine Corps fell short.

In a significant policy shift, just over a month later, on June 30, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao formally enacted SECNAVINST 1730.13, which explicitly revoked the prior instruction, 1730.8B CH-1, referenced in the earlier report.

An unnamed service member remarked that “the article served as the direct catalyst for the sweeping changes in SECNAVINST 1730.1, [since] the timeline and the mechanics match up too cleanly to be a coincidence.”

​Another individual noted that it is quite uncommon for a piece of investigative journalism or a public legal dispute to prompt “such a swift, precise bureaucratic course-correction.”

According to him, “SECNAVINST 1730.13 reads less like a standard policy update and more like a direct order from the Secretariat to Headquarters Marine Corps to stop the exact practices exposed in this article.”

When the specific grievances highlighted by 1stLt Skipper’s defense attorney, Davis Younts, are compared to the text of the instruction, it nearly reveals a clear, clause-by-clause dismantling of the Marine Corps’ playbook.

The “Two Standards” Disparity

The article by J.M. Phelps revealed that the Navy has consistently approved hundreds of vaccine accommodation requests, in stark contrast to the Marine Corps, which maintained an unyielding, blanket denial policy.

In response to this disparity, the Secretary of the Navy has enacted the new directive that removes the authority of the Service Chiefs—specifically, the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps—over vaccine appeals. This centralization of decision-making now rests solely with the Secretariat, specifically the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs), effectively imposing a single, uniform standard across both branches of the military.

​Younts brought to light the inconsistencies within the 1st Marine Logistics Group, which has granted more than 50 medical exemptions for vaccinations while claiming a single religious objection was an “impermissible threat” to unit readiness. He characterized this disparity as a clear act of religious discrimination.

​According to Enclosure (3), paragraph 8.c.(4), the new instruction explicitly mandates that if a commander denies a religious request, they must provide a written explanation of how the decision is no less restrictive than exemptions based on non-religious reasons (e.g., medical). This development means that the Marine Corps can no longer assert that a religious exemption undermines unit readiness if it continues to dispense medical exemptions for the same vaccine.

​Weaponizing Performance Evaluations, Denying Promotions, and Boilerplate Language

In a previous article, the Marine Corps was accused of weaponizing the administrative machinery, marring impeccable fitness reports with adverse marks, and denying selection boards for promotion.

​Policy paragraph 5.j. has now prohibited such practices. The instruction states, “A Service Member’s expression of sincerely held religious beliefs may not, insofar as practicable, be used as the basis of any adverse personnel action, discrimination, or denial of promotion, schooling, training, or assignment.”

The courts also determined that the military routinely relied on “pre-written, boilerplate language” instead of performing the individual assessments required by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA).

The instruction now forces commanders to provide a rigorous, evidence-based, individualized written analysis. If they deny a request, they must cite specific scientific studies or standards and detail an analysis of alternatives. Furthermore, paragraph 5.c. explicitly shifts the burden of proof from the service member to the adjudication authority to prove their case.

Through their outreach to J.M. Phelps, many service members convey their appreciation to Navy Secretary Cao for his unwavering commitment to safeguarding the rights of military personnel. His leadership has fostered policies that embody a commitment to fairness and the preservation of religious freedom within the ranks.

@SECNAV, I have received emails, text messages, and phone calls from multiple service members expressing their gratitude for your efforts to address the disparities in vaccine accommodations within the Navy and Marine Corps as outlined in SECNAV INSTRUCTION 1730.13. So many of… pic.twitter.com/hIVCydprGl

— J.M. Phelps (@JMPhelpsLC) July 28, 2026

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First Lady Melania Trump and her son Barron have been targeted in a disturbing propaganda video produced by Iranian state media.

The video from Tasnim News Agency encourages supporters of the regime to assassinate members of President Donald Trump’s family.

Entitled “How to Kill Melania Trump,” the video features footage of the First Lady traveling in her motorcade and visiting locations in New York City, including luxury retailers she is known to frequent.

According to the video, Melania’s shopping trips could provide opportunities for “global freedom fighters” to carry out an attack.

It also suggests contaminating clothing purchased by the First Lady with a nerve agent.

The video concludes by threatening Barron Trump, declaring: “This is just the beginning. Barron Trump, wait for us.”

Both Melania and Barron are protected by full-time U.S. Secret Service details, although security threats are always a concern.

The latest threats come after anti-Trump billboards appeared across Tehran last week calling for the deaths of President Trump and members of his family.

One billboard carried the slogan: “Blood for blood.”

Tasnim News Agency, affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, published a video identifying locations frequented by US First Lady Melania Trump and encouraging “freedom fighters” and supporters of the Islamic Republic to kill her. The video highlighted places she visits,… pic.twitter.com/ExzvGOw3gs

— Wladimir van Wilgenburg (@vvanwilgenburg) July 27, 2026

President Trump has repeatedly acknowledged he remains an assassination target for the Iranian regime amid ongoing U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran.

Earlier this month, The New York Times reported that Trump switched aircraft while returning from the NATO summit in Turkey because of concerns over Iranian threats.

Trump recently confirmed he had already issued instructions in the event Iran succeeds in assassinating him.

“I’ve been on their list for a long time,” Trump said earlier this month.

“The only thing is, I’ve left instructions, if anything happens, to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before.”

President Trump Reveals the Instructions He Has Left Should Iran Succeed in Assassinating Him

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