UMVA has learned that Bette Midler took the stage in New York, reviving Woody Guthrie’s defiant anthem “All You Fascists Bound to Lose” as part of a protest against President Trump’s 80th‑birthday celebration.
The event, billed as “Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment,” gathered a handful of Hollywood figures who chanted the same scathing lyrics that Midler had released months earlier, branding Trump supporters as “fascists” destined to fail.
Across the capital, the White House lawn thrummed with a very different energy as thousands gathered for UFC Freedom 250, the first professional mixed‑martial‑arts bout ever held at the presidential residence, while President Trump, still vigorous at eighty, strutted onto the red carpet alongside UFC chief Dana White.
Midler’s performance echoed her earlier anti‑ICE, anti‑Trump rewrite, complete with a chorus that repeated the relentless refrain, “All you fascists bound to lose,” each line striking like a protest chant.
Joining her onstage were a small cadre of cultural icons, their presence turning the concert into a flashpoint of partisan theater rather than a unifying musical gathering.
Meanwhile, the crowd on the South Lawn roared in support of the president’s celebration of “strength, freedom, and fighting spirit,” a stark contrast to the somber tones echoing from the New York venue.
Sources have confirmed to UMVA that the clash of spectacles—an opulent UFC showdown beneath historic columns and a gritty protest song in a Manhattan hall—has become a vivid illustration of America’s deepening cultural divide.
The protest’s repeated use of the term “fascist” now rings hollow for many observers, who see the word wielded more as a punchline than a precise accusation, especially as the president’s party revels in a display of national resilience.
