Leftist Singer Katy Perry Gets Savagely ROASTED After Whining Over Trump WH Posting This Video of U.S. Striking Iran While One of Her Songs Plays (VIDEO)
July 25, 2026
Katy Perry during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Far-left singer Katy Perry is going viral after throwing a tantrum over the Trump White House using one of her songs in a TikTok video.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Trump White House on Thursday shared footage of CENTCOM launching strikes against Iran for the 13th consecutive night.
On TikTok, they posted a nine-second clip of Perry’s 2010 hit song “Firework” playing in the background while Iran is getting lit up.
“Iran has been warned,” the post description reads.
After seeing the footage, a livid Perry took to X and lashed out.
“I am deeply appalled and angry to see ‘Firework’ used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes,” she whined. “I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.”
“I wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and inner strength for people going through their darkest personal moments. To see a message of self-worth and upliftment weaponized to soundtrack destruction and violence is a complete violation of everything my song stands for.
“My music is for bringing people together, not celebrating warfare.”
I am deeply appalled and angry to see “Firework” used on the @WhiteHouse TikTok account as a backing track for video footage of military strikes. I did not approve this, I was not asked, and I absolutely do not condone it.
I wrote this song to be an anthem of hope, healing, and…
Katy Perry sold the rights to a significant portion of her music catalog for a reported $225 million.
In September 2023, she sold her stake in the master recording royalties and publishing rights for her five studio albums released between 2008 and 2020 (One of the Boys, Teenage…
You don’t even own your own music. Which makes this post even more pathetic. You’re a prisoner of the system getting mad that other ppl don’t want to be prisoners too.
I’m deeply disgusted that you released the song Watch It Burn. Is there anyway we can get that taken down off the platforms. It’s not problematic, it’s just a horrible song.
REPORT: Iran is Exploiting UK’s Small Boats Crisis to Smuggle Intelligent Agents Into Britain
July 25, 2026
Iran is exploiting illegal migrant routes across the English Channel to infiltrate Britain with intelligence operatives, according to a report by The Telegraph.
The newspaper reports that British authorities have disrupted multiple attempts by individuals linked to Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) to enter the UK by posing as illegal migrants crossing the Channel in small boats.
According to The Telegraph, the Home Office detected and blocked some of the suspected operatives using surveillance drones, watchtowers, and facial recognition technology deployed along the south coast.
The report raises fresh concerns over the national security implications of Britain’s ongoing small boats crisis.
More than 30,000 Iranian nationals are believed to have reached the UK via illegal Channel crossings, although it remains unclear how many suspected intelligence operatives may have entered successfully.
Iran has been caught sending suspected covert operatives across the English Channel into the UK, The Telegraph can reveal
The Telegraph also reports that additional individuals linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are believed to have entered Britain through conventional air travel.
An unnamed Iranian official told the newspaper that Tehran’s security apparatus exerts influence over many of the people-smuggling networks used by migrants attempting to reach Europe.
“These smuggling routes are more important and useful than the missiles for us,” the official reportedly said. “We do not need a missile to target London. It’s easier than that.”
The source also claimed Iran already has “revolutionary people” in London awaiting instructions and warned that the regime could “easily make London unsafe” if it chose to do so.
The revelations come amid growing concerns over Iranian activity inside the UK amid their ongoing conflict with the United States.
British security services have repeatedly warned of an increase in Iran-backed assassination plots, surveillance operations and other hostile state activity targeting individuals on British soil.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has previously warned that Iran would exploit Britain’s open borders.
Speaking earlier this year, he said a source within the Iranian-Persian community had told him that Iranian operatives were already crossing the English Channel in small boats.
“To put that in simple terms, we are importing terrorists into our country from across the English Channel,” Farage said.
Labour’s own MPs shouted “shame on you” when I warned about Iran.
The report is likely to heap further pressure on the government of new Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who has repeatedly made clear he has no real intention of stopping the small boats.
Worse Than Graham Platner? Troubling Personal Questions Emerge for Maine’s New Democrat Nominee for Senate – And He May Be Ineligible to Run
July 25, 2026
Troy Jackson Maine
The Maine Democratic Party may have just nominated a candidate who may be worse than the nominee previously forced out of the race, and there are even questions about whether he’s eligible to run.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Platner dropped out of the Maine Senate race earlier this month amid explosive r*pe allegations.
The Democrats in Maine overwhelmingly voted for Platner – knowing he had a Nazi tattoo – and knowing that he sexually assaulted women he dated.
Now, they have officially nominated Troy Jackson as Platner’s replacement during a convention. But if Democrats were expecting a smooth ride for their new would-be Collins conqueror, they were sorely mistaken.
First, Jackson may not be eligible to run to start with. As pointed out by GOP Rep. James White, Maine has a “sore loser” law that says a candidate who runs for one office and loses cannot run for another office in the same cycle.
Jackson previously ran for governor before dropping out.
Maine has a “sore loser” law that says a candidate that runs for one office and loses cannot run for another office in the same cycle. After Graham Platner dropped out, Maine Dems are poised to nominate Troy Jackson. But Jackson ran for Governor (and lost the primary). Eligible? https://t.co/UhhWoQwjEN
But that may not even be the least of Jackson’s troubles.
The Senate Leadership Fund, the GOP Senate’s SuperPAC, released an ad today noting Jackson’s violent behavior toward women and a volatile personality overall.
He even allegedly smacked a female colleague.
His behavior was so bad that Democrats raised alarm bells.
Jackson also has a history of mortgage fraud and unpaid taxes.
“Jackson is like Graham Platner, but worse,” the ad says.
WATCH:
Troy Jackson is a dangerous, scandal-plagued political insider with a history of berating his colleagues, conflict with women, and mortgage fraud.
It’s no wonder disgraced candidate Graham Platner ranked Jackson as his top choice to lead Maine.
Ayatollah Mohammad Mofatteh and Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini/This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
For forty-seven years, Iran’s ruling mullahs have pursued a relentless campaign to subjugate half their own population. Ever since Ayatollah Khomeini hijacked the 1979 revolution, misogyny has served as one of the cornerstones of the Islamic Republic. Every law, every decree and every instrument of repression has sought to reduce women to obedient subjects, stripped of equality, dignity and freedom.
Yet the clerical regime has committed one fatal miscalculation. Its greatest victims have become its greatest adversaries. Today, Iranian women lead the struggle for democratic change. Their courage has shaken one of the world’s most brutal dictatorships, exposing the moral bankruptcy of a regime whose survival depends upon fear, violence and systematic discrimination. From the very beginning, the mullahs understood that controlling women meant controlling society. The compulsory hijab became far more than a dress code. It evolved into a political weapon, a daily reminder that every woman’s body, voice and future belonged to the state rather than herself.
The regime’s legal system reinforces this institutional misogyny at every turn. Women remain second-class citizens before the law. Family legislation favors men. Inheritance laws discriminate against daughters and wives. Judicial procedures frequently assign greater weight to male testimony. Countless opportunities remain restricted simply because of gender. Every aspect of life reflects an ideology built upon female submission and male authority.
This discrimination extends well beyond the courtroom. Young women have endured arrest, imprisonment and flogging for singing, dancing or celebrating the completion of examinations. Joy itself has become a crime whenever young women refuse to conform to the regime’s suffocating vision of society. Social media videos showing students singing together after exams have triggered harsh punishment, revealing the extraordinary insecurity of rulers who fear even the laughter of young women.
Perhaps even more horrifying has been the acid attacks carried out against women whose clothing failed to satisfy religious extremists. Young women suffered catastrophic injuries after corrosive chemicals were thrown into their faces because they allegedly wore their headscarves “incorrectly.” Many lost their eyesight. Many endured lifelong disfigurements. The perpetrators have enjoyed virtual impunity.
Such barbarity could never flourish without an atmosphere created by decades of official incitement against women. Whenever authorities portray independent women as enemies of religion, violent extremists inevitably feel empowered to enforce ideological conformity through terror.
The death of Mahsa Amini in police custody awakened the conscience of the democratic world. Her only alleged offence involved the manner in which she wore her hijab. Her death ignited nationwide protests led overwhelmingly by young women chanting the unforgettable slogan: “Woman, Life, Freedom.” The regime responded in the only language it understands, live ammunition, mass arrests, torture and executions.
For countless women, the nightmare continued behind prison walls. Iran’s prisons represent the final stage of institutional misogyny. Facilities such as Evin, Qarchak, Ghezel Hesar and Vakilabad have become symbols of calculated cruelty. Political prisoners endure prolonged solitary confinement, psychological torture, physical abuse, denial of medical treatment and relentless intimidation. Healthcare has become another instrument of repression. Women suffering serious illnesses have faced delayed surgery, withheld medication and cancelled hospital transfers. Pain itself becomes part of the punishment.
Human rights organizations have also documented coercive prison labor imposed upon women compelled to work for negligible wages under conditions resembling modern slavery. International legal experts have warned that such practices may constitute grave violations of international law. Authorities increasingly isolate prisoners from their families, restricting telephone calls and visits in an obvious attempt to destroy morale. Even these measures have failed. Many women continue their resistance from prison cells, demonstrating extraordinary resilience despite unimaginable hardship.
Political prisoners associated with the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) face especially savage persecution. Support for the movement has increasingly attracted the harshest judicial penalties, including death sentences. The reported death sentence imposed for a second time upon 68-year-old engineer Zahra Tabari, simply because of her continued support for the PMOI, demonstrates the frightening direction of Iran’s judiciary. Another one, Arghavan Fallahi, 25, was sentenced to death in July.
Every act of repression reveals the regime’s deepest fear. It fears organized resistance. It fears educated women. It fears mothers who refuse silence after losing children to state violence. Above all, it fears women who refuse submission. That explains why women occupy so many leadership positions within the organized Iranian Resistance. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), led by its President-elect, Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, offers a vision diametrically opposed to the misogyny of the ruling theocracy. Her Ten-Point Plan calls for free elections, separation of religion and state, gender equality, an independent judiciary, abolition of the death penalty and full respect for fundamental human rights. These principles stand in stark contrast to the hatred and discrimination that have dominated Iran for almost five decades.
Far too many Western governments continue to pursue policies of accommodation and engagement with Tehran, hoping that concessions will somehow moderate a regime whose ideology rests upon repression. Experience tells a very different story. Every concession has emboldened the clerical rulers. Every failure to hold them accountable has encouraged fresh abuses against their own people.
The democratic world should stand openly alongside Iran’s women rather than alongside those who imprison, torture and execute them. History offers many examples of dictatorships brought down by those whom they believed they had crushed. The Shah underestimated the Iranian people. The Soviet Union underestimated the courage of dissidents. South Africa’s apartheid rulers underestimated the power of justice.
Iran’s mullahs have made the same mistake. For forty-seven years they have sought to silence women through discrimination, humiliation, imprisonment, flogging, torture and murder. Instead, they have created the most determined, disciplined and courageous opposition their regime has ever faced. Iran’s women have become the beating heart of the movement for freedom. Their struggle reaches far beyond compulsory veiling or equal rights. It concerns the future of an entire nation and the triumph of democracy over religious fascism. The mullahs built their regime upon the subjugation of women. Its downfall may well arrive at the hands of the very women they believed they could silence forever.
Struan Stevenson was a member of the European Parliament representing Scotland (1999-2014), president of the Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq (2009-14) and chairman of the Friends of a Free Iran Intergroup (2004-14). He is an author and international lecturer on the Middle East.
image: A woman walks past a mural depicting a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in the U.S. and Israel strike on Feb. 28, in downtown Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
This article was originally published by RealClearDefense and made available via RealClearWire.
‘No Kings’: Without Statewide Vote, Democrats Anoint Troy Jackson to Replace Graham Platner, Open Convention with Performative ‘Land Acknowledgment’
July 25, 2026
Screencap of YouTube video.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, Democrat Graham Platner was forced out of the Maine Senate race after he won over 70% of the vote in the state’s Democratic primary amid new allegations of rape.
For Democrats, not only was his Nazi tattoo not a dealbreaker, but neither were his questionable Reddit posts or concerns about his treatment of women.
In fact, Platner had the support of Democrat leadership, including Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who even appeared with him at multiple rallies and stood by him through earlier controversies, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who also campaigned with him, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), who is facing controversies of his own.
Now, a new candidate has been selected without a statewide vote by the ‘No Kings’ party.
Jackson is backed by radical socialist Senator Bernie Sanders and made an appearance on the “Fighting the Oligarchy” tour earlier this year.
Jackson, who will face incumbent Republican Susan Collins, supports abolishing ICE, Medicare for All, and expanding the Supreme Court.
Following Platner’s withdrawal, the Maine Democratic Party’s state committee held an emergency meeting and voted to use a special nominating convention (a process not previously used for this purpose), allowing Jackson’s anointing without a single Mainer voting for him.
There was a two-part selection process. First, county Democratic committees across the state held special meetings open to registered Democrats.
They elected 500 delegates (allocated proportionally by county population/registration) plus 101 state committee members, for a total of 601 voting delegates.
There was, of course, a diversity requirement, and a percentage had to be allocated to underrepresented groups.
The 601 delegates gathered in Bangor on Saturday, July 25, 2026, to select Jackson.
At the Maine Democratic convention as delegates *not voters choose the party’s new nominee to take on Sen. Susan Collins@foxandfriendspic.twitter.com/SjC6PNlXPe
And what Democrat event would be complete without a performative woke struggle session.
Charlie Dingman, the Maine Democratic Party Chair, opened with a land acknowledgment.
“I want to pause, first, to recognize that we are meeting today in the unceded homeland of the Penobscot Nation.”
“The Maine Democratic Party acknowledges the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribal nations have long been stewards of the places most of us live and work, and that they are entitled to recognition as distinct sovereign entities.”
Watch:
MAINE DEMOCRATS OPEN LEADERSHIP EVENT WITH LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: The Maine Democratic Party began its event to select Graham Platner’s replacement by recognizing the gathering as taking place on the unceded homeland of the Penobscot Nation and acknowledging the Maliseet, Mi’kmaq,… pic.twitter.com/A6vjMVDlK4
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