Space cadet Katy Perry claims California belongs to Mexico



Celebrities have always been the voice of reason when it comes to political issues abroad and at home, and Katy Perry is no exception.

The pop star, who recently made headlines for feeling “battered and bruised” after being mocked for her flight to space, decided to take a stand on social media for the people of Mexico.

"Los Angeles has lived under three flags: Spain, Mexico, and the United States. That land has seen borders shift, power change hands, and yet the people, especially the brown and indigenous people, have always been there. Planting roots, building lives, raising families,” Perry said in a post on social media.

“And now, in 2025 the descendants of those same communities are being hunted, like criminals in their own ancestral home,” the pop star added.


“She talked about the original name of the city of Los Angeles to suggest that the protests were all justified,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

Perry also claimed Los Angeles was “founded by Mexican settlers in 1781” and that the city was built on “Mexican labor, Mexican history, and Mexican culture.”

“That’s not what happened there, pudding,” Gray laughs. “That’s not history. What is history, of course, is that not only was Mexico Spanish territory for almost 400 years, but in the case of Texas, it was only ever Mexican territory for 15 years.”

“In California, it was under 30 years of Mexican rule. Spain had it before that. Second, not only did we gain that territory through a very legitimate war, the way virtually every nation on this planet has gained the territory they have now, but they attacked us, repeatedly, across the Texas border, until President Polk finally said, ‘Okay let’s end this nonsense. Send the troops in,’” he continues.

“And when that happened, we routed their military so completely that we pushed them all the way back past Mexico City, we drove all the way through their nation, and took their capital city. And then, of course, out of the goodness of our American hearts, we gave them back all the Mexican territory from Mexico City, all the way to the border, the current border, with the United States,” he says, adding, “and we threw in an extra $15 million for land on top of it. We didn’t have to do that.”

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Out of touch and out of orbit: Hollywood’s hypocrisy hits new heights



It’s a familiar pattern. Wealthy, self-righteous elites who crisscross the globe by private jet turn around and shame others for doing the same — so long as it’s done with less glamor and more purpose. The latest target of their selective outrage? Six women who took a private spaceflight last week aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket.

You’d think such a moment — an aerospace engineer, an entrepreneur, and other accomplished women making history on a suborbital mission — might warrant celebration. Instead, it drew scorn. According to Hollywood’s self-appointed moral authorities and their Instagram followers, this was a grave offense against the planet and the poor.

These flights are more than joyrides. They’re test beds for innovation, job creation, and future scientific breakthroughs.

What the climate elites ignore — again — is that progress for women, on Earth or in space, depends on one thing they take for granted: energy.

Access to reliable, affordable energy is the cornerstone of women’s liberation in the developing world. It means light to study at night, clean water, safer childbirth, personal security, and a future that doesn’t begin and end with gathering firewood. The freedom to dream big, like flying to space, starts with the freedom to flip a switch.

Classic virtue-signaling

Gayle King, one of the passengers and a trailblazer in journalism, rightly called the backlash “elitist and sexist.” But she left something out: it’s not just sexist. It’s sanctimonious, selective, and suffocating. These are the trademarks of climate virtue-signaling.

Here’s how the game works in today’s inverted moral order: Jet to Davos or Cannes to lecture the public on climate change and you’re hailed as enlightened. Board a rocket as a civilian scientist or entrepreneur, and suddenly you’re a villain — a carbon criminal with the wrong pedigree.

Leonardo DiCaprio can bounce between islands on a yacht to “save the seas,” and no one complains. John Kerry can cross the Atlantic alone in a jet to accept a climate award, and the hypocrisy goes unmentioned. But let six women go to space without the blessing of the green aristocracy, and the mob lights its torches.

Companies like Blue Origin and SpaceX aren’t just about space tourism. They’re pushing technological boundaries that benefit everyone — from global internet access to environmental monitoring. These flights are more than joyrides. They’re test beds for innovation, job creation, and future scientific breakthroughs.

And here’s the larger truth: Abundant, affordable energy is the single most powerful engine of human progress. Societies with the highest energy access are the ones where women thrive. Education, health care, and economic opportunity all expand when energy is plentiful. When the climate movement demonizes innovation and blocks energy development, it’s not saving the planet — it’s stunting the dreams of billions, especially women and girls.

But the climate elites aren’t interested in nuance. Their worldview leaves no room for liberty or aspiration — only guilt, rules, and control.

No apologies

What makes this worse is their arrogance. As if launching six women into space is somehow a threat to “equity.” These women didn’t beg permission from the climate commissars. They didn’t issue carbon apologies. They didn’t buy indulgences from Greenpeace. They flew — because they could. That’s what really infuriates their critics.

The same people who shame Americans for driving pickups or heating their homes sip imported oat milk and scold others from first-class lounges. They claim to speak for justice, but their double standards always circle back to their own comfort.

Instead of condemning these women, we should be applauding them. In an age where pessimism is the norm and grievance is currency, their boldness reminds us of what ambition without apology looks like.

We should be asking: How can we empower more women — not just to fly to space, but to lead in science, business, and technology? The answer is energy. The free market — not fearmongering — will launch the next generation of pioneers.

This was a win for human achievement. No amount of Hollywood hand-wringing can diminish it.

To the ladies of Blue Origin: Don’t let the sanctimonious elites pull you down. While they stare at the sky, you’ve already touched it.

‘Kumbaya bulls**t’: Katy Perry’s post-space flight comments will make you CRINGE



Apparently, we’re supposed to jump and cheer because an all-female flight crew went to space for 11 whole minutes, supposedly proving that girls can do anything.

Maybe some of the world is celebrating. But those of us who know that this so-called gender gap is largely made up by radical left feminists — we’re all rolling our eyes.

That includes Sara Gonzales, who knows that this little stunt wasn’t some huge win for women. All that happened was “a bunch of chicks went to space.”

The flight crew included six women — Lauren Sánchez, fiancée to Jeff Bezos; pop star Katy Perry; Gayle King, co-host of "CBS Mornings" and editor at large at Oprah Daily; Kerianne Flynn, film producer and documentarian; Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist; and Amanda Nguyen, a bioastronautics research scientist.

Upon landing, Katy Perry described the flight as “the highest high” and “surrender to the unknown — trust.”

She also said that the journey made her feel “super connected to love.”

“You never know how much love is inside of you, like how much love you have to give,” she said, claiming the mission was “all for the benefit of Earth” and that she had to “trust that the universe was gonna take care of [her].”

“You’ve got to trust in yourself on this journey, and then you feel in love when you come down for sure. And you’re feeling that strength, so I feel really connected to that divine feminine right now,” she continued.

“Trust in yourself? You didn’t do anything,” scoffs Sara.

BlazeTV contributor Matthew Marsden calls Perry’s comments “a whole collection of Kumbaya bulls**t.”

“This is what happens when you come away from real faith. ... You have to come up with some mumbo jumbo to connect to something bigger than you,” he says, alluding to Perry’s forsaken Christian upbringing.

“It's all about the all-female flight crew; it's all about what race people are. We've got to play the intersectionality wars, and, ‘Oh wow, an all-female space crew!’” derides Sara. “Remind me to never sign up for that ever if it's anything like what I just watched.”

To see the footage of Katy Perry’s insufferable speech and hear more of the panel’s commentary, watch the clip above.

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Model Emily Ratajkowski is 'disgusted literally' with all-female space flight



While many were praising the all-female space flight on Monday, supermodel Emily Ratajkowski said she was "disgusted" by the event.

The flight by the Blue Origin NS-31 lasted 11 minutes and flew up to 60 miles above the surface of the Earth. On the flight were Lauren Sanchez, the fiancée of Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos, journalist Gayle King, singer Katy Perry, and several others.

'I am disgusted, literally; I am disgusted.'

Ratajkowski blasted the flight as wasteful and pointless in a video on her TikTok account.

"That space mission this morning, that is end-times s**t. That is beyond parody," said Ratajkowski.

"And you say you care about Mother Earth and it's about Mother Earth, and you're going up in a spaceship that is built and paid for by a company that's single-handedly destroying the planet?" she added.

"Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women into space," Ratajkowski continued. "For what? What was the marketing there? ... I am disgusted, literally; I am disgusted."

Sanchez called the experience on the spaceflight "profound" after coming back down to Earth.

"I was up there and you see Earth and then you know it's completely black," she said, "but ... we got to see the moon, and it was in complete and utter darkness, and then you look back at Earth and it's like this jewel."

Some noted a funny moment when Bezos tripped and fell on his way to greeting the returned space travelers.

Ratajkowski has made headlines previously when she partnered with Planned Parenthood to promote its abortion provider services.

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