April 14, 2025 • 13 mins
Mindf*ck Monday – April 14, 2025
Because the news should come with a trigger warning.
The economy’s spiraling, TikTok’s exploding, and somehow I’ve become the main character in a comment section full of delusion. My video on the SAVE Act hit 500K views, and let’s just say—it exposed more than voter suppression. It revealed the deep denial we’re living in.
We’re diving into shady tariffs, selective outrage, and who’s actually paying the price (hint: it’s not billionaires). Plus, I’m debuting my new segment “50 States of WTF”—because the courts are wild, and we need to talk about it.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mind Flick Monday, april 14th 2025.
Because the news should comewith a trigger warning.
I'm Christy Chanel and this isSassy Politics.
My TikTok has hit half amillion views since Thursday and
(00:25):
today's Saturday, and I've got700 brand new sassy disruptors
joining the party.
The Save Act breakdown blew upand let me just say some of the
comments were unhinged and somewere powerful and some were
magamath.
So today we're breaking downthe wild week, clapping back and
(00:47):
connecting the dots, so you'renot left asking what the fuck is
happening anymore.
Let's get into the headlinesfrom April 7th through April
12th.
Buckle up, it's a mess.
And here is the headlineroundup President Trump
announced a blanket 10 percenttariff on all imports yes, all
(01:11):
of them.
The Dow immediately dropped andeconomists warned this is a
direct tax on American families.
The goal Bringing jobs back.
The reality higher grocerybills, more inflation and zero
guarantees.
Market meltdown the S&P 500closed the week down 9.1 percent
(01:37):
.
Jerome Powell called theeconomic outlook highly
uncertain and the Dow had itsworst day since 2020, plummeting
2,231 points.
Happy Monday Coal comebackTrump signed executive orders to
(01:57):
revive the coal industry,extending the life of aging coal
plants and dodging EPA rulesfor the next two years.
Tariff fallout begins.
An educational toy companycalled Learning Resources
(02:17):
reported its tariff bill jumpingfrom $2.3 million to over $100
million.
Small and mid-sized businessesare sounding the alarm.
Ports across Europe areclogging thanks to the US-China
trade war.
Containers are stuck in limboat Antwerp and Rotterdam.
(02:38):
Delays are hitting everythingfrom text parts to textiles.
Federal buyouts Federal buyoutsannounced.
The Trump administrationannounced 77,000 federal buyouts
.
It's being spun as streamlining.
It's a strategic gutting of thekey government departments.
(03:01):
Tick tock and trade secrets.
Lawmakers allege tick tock isleaking us manufacturing secrets
through viral videos.
Warehouse workers unknowinglyexpose supply chains.
Bite dance has until may to ban.
(03:28):
China responded to Trump's 145percent tariffs by raising
theirs to 125 percent.
Beijing called the US strategya joke and promised to fight
till the end.
The global economy caught inthe crossfires.
Trump exempts tech giants fromtariffs.
(03:49):
In a plot twist, trump removestariffs from smartphones,
computers and semiconductors,essentially protecting Apple.
The rest of us still paying formore basic goods.
China's silent strike.
China begins using non-tariffbarriers to mess with the US
exports, especially goods tiedto MAGA states Think farming,
(04:12):
petroleum and auto parts.
Let's circle back to that viralTikTok because the comments a
whole mood.
You're just mad Trump's back.
I'm mad that democracy is onclearance at the MAGA gift shop.
But sure, there is about almost2,000 comments on my video that
(04:36):
went viral.
They've also filtered out a lotof comments that I don't even
look at like there's triggerwords where they totally filter
them out.
I figured we would read some ofthe comments together and you
could see what my daily life islike, except now.
Magnified koloka 73 put.
At this point, you should learnhow to operate various firearms
(04:57):
and learn and learn guerrillatactics.
This is not a fair fight andit's time to fix it.
Um, manager, mom put.
So people are freaking outbecause only us citizens are now
allowed to vote.
Don't see a problem.
Moon dreamer, said did want apassport.
Bougie dragonfly said this isso sad and it is.
(05:21):
Elizabeth, put.
Got married january 2024 andstill haven't changed my last
name legally.
Won't now recoveringchaoscovering Chaos, put.
Never been more happy that I'venever been married in my life.
Jokes on them.
This crazy cat lady can stillvote.
Cicely put.
I hate it here.
Doc put false.
(05:42):
Pam Bondi has already addressedthis.
They're trying to stop deadpeople and illegals from voting.
Fred Porter, 18, put.
I'm so proud of Trump.
He's doing such a great job.
Ms Lauren 95, put leftiesfreaking out for nothing.
Big J put great job.
(06:02):
No more voter fraud.
Jen put married women willstill be able to vote.
This has been debunked countlesstimes.
What I've learned is they don'treally pay attention.
They pick out what they want tohear and then they jump in and
just attack.
It's crazy how a viral videocan make you really learn about
(06:28):
people and see some ugly sidesto things.
Lily Hartman, this is going tosound totally out of touch.
I promise I'm not.
But what is the SAVE Act?
That's the people I do this for.
That's the people that I wantto inform so that they can be
prepared if some of theirpaperwork or documents don't
(06:48):
match, and they can be readybefore it's time to vote.
That's what this is all about.
It's over 2000 comments of thattype of stuff.
I honestly, the way that I'vegotten is I really engage the
first 24 hours and you know Imake sure I get in there.
I look at all the new peoplethat have joined my page and I
really I really give and then Igo and I follow back After that
(07:12):
first day.
It gets like there's like alayer of of safety that a
video's in.
So if a video for me is in thethousand anywhere from zero to a
thousand views, and I feel verysafe and I get really good
community and I get a lot ofconversation.
But once it hits outside thatbubble, there's a whole nother
(07:36):
layer to the people that you'regoing to reach and once it gets
to half a million, it's bonkerslike bonkers.
I was tagged in somebody else'svideo where she was definitely
transphobic and all of theseother things, and a commenter
from my, who saw my post, wentin and said at Christy Chanel,
(07:59):
maybe you should learn somethingby watching this video, and I'm
like I don't know you from Adam.
Ok, I don't need you to help mego watch videos that are
homophobic and racist.
Thank you, but no, thank you.
So obviously I blocked, but oneof the really cool things that
happened and it really touchedmy heart was somebody drew or
(08:20):
painted me.
They took my video and theypainted me and they used my
audio with it and it's meholding up a passport and then
she puts all the, she puts allthe information in the post and
I was just so beyond touched byit.
Amanda Delight decided to paintmy portrait of the video that I
(08:47):
posted the save act and it isone of the sweetest things I've
ever seen.
So go check outamandadelightcom and maybe she
can draw you or paint you.
I felt honored and touched andvery appreciated.
Thank you, amanda, for doingthat.
(09:08):
I'm going to give you a shoutout.
Maybe I'll clip this and tagyour page so that everybody can
go follow you.
You're appreciated and I cannotwait to see the new paintings
that you do.
So we're mutuals now we followeach other.
So I want to give AmandaDelight a shout out.
Thank you, I appreciate you.
You touched my heart.
(09:28):
Now let's go to a new segmentthat I have now implemented.
To every Mindfuck Monday, toevery Mindfuck Monday, we're
going to call this 50 States ofwhat the Fuck the Justice Watch.
Welcome to 50 States of whatthe Fuck, where I watch the
courts, so you don't have to.
(09:49):
From state bans to surprisewins this is your weekly
breakdown of who's protectingour rights and who's playing
fast and loose with theConstitution.
April 8th Montana Supreme Courtblocks ban on gender-affirming
care.
The court upheld a lowercourt's block citing likely
violations of the state's rightto privacy a win for trans
(10:10):
rights in Big Sky country.
April 11th Idaho expandsabortion exceptions.
April 11th Idaho expandsabortion exceptions.
A judge clarified thatabortions are permitted when
serious pregnancy complicationsarise, not just if death is
imminent.
A small but crucial win rulingallows exclusion of some
(10:35):
military and overseas ballotsover registration data issues.
Voting rights groups arefurious calling it a dangerous
precedent.
April 12th Wyoming SupremeCourt to hear abortion ban case.
Challenges are underway overthe state's medication abortion
ban.
Lower courts already said itviolates state health care
(10:57):
rights, but enforcement hasalready shut down clinics.
My comments and say these wordsto me, which prompted my next
segment Liberal okay, wildcatjumped in my viral post and said
(11:22):
this to me, which then promptedthe idea of the next segment
I'm about to read to you.
Liberals are not educated.
They live to make things upjust like fake news.
So I decided to add in top fiveTrump lies from 2025.
So far, china is paying thetariffs Spoiler.
We are at checkout.
(11:44):
Social security is strongerthan ever.
Meanwhile, ssa is slashingstaff and gutting services.
The SAVE Act defends democracybut by that logic, gatekeeping
voting is patriotic.
We're creating jobs and yet77,000 federal buyouts just
(12:08):
dropped.
The economy is booming.
The Dow would like to disagreeTo my new followers welcome to
the resistance.
To the OGs let's keep raisinghell.
And to the trolls, thanks forjuicing my algorithm.
This has been Mindfuck Monday,where we drag the headlines,
clap back with facts and keepthe receipts.
(12:30):
Catch me on Wednesday forWokeish Wednesday, maybe every
other week, and again Friday forFemale Fridays.
Until then, walk in your power,lead with love, and if it gets
wild out there, tag me Love youmiss you, bye, bye.
Mind Flick Monday, april 14th 2025.
Because the news should comewith a trigger warning.
I'm Christy Chanel and this isSassy Politics.
My TikTok has hit half amillion views since Thursday and
(00:25):
today's Saturday, and I've got700 brand new sassy disruptors
joining the party.
The Save Act breakdown blew upand let me just say some of the
comments were unhinged and somewere powerful and some were
magamath.
So today we're breaking downthe wild week, clapping back and
(00:47):
connecting the dots, so you'renot left asking what the fuck is
happening anymore.
Let's get into the headlinesfrom April 7th through April
12th.
Buckle up, it's a mess.
And here is the headlineroundup President Trump
announced a blanket 10 percenttariff on all imports yes, all
(01:11):
of them.
The Dow immediately dropped andeconomists warned this is a
direct tax on American families.
The goal Bringing jobs back.
The reality higher grocerybills, more inflation and zero
guarantees.
Market meltdown the S&P 500closed the week down 9.1 percent
(01:37):
.
Jerome Powell called theeconomic outlook highly
uncertain and the Dow had itsworst day since 2020, plummeting
2,231 points.
Happy Monday Coal comebackTrump signed executive orders to
(01:57):
revive the coal industry,extending the life of aging coal
plants and dodging EPA rulesfor the next two years.
Tariff fallout begins.
An educational toy companycalled Learning Resources
(02:17):
reported its tariff bill jumpingfrom $2.3 million to over $100
million.
Small and mid-sized businessesare sounding the alarm.
Ports across Europe areclogging thanks to the US-China
trade war.
Containers are stuck in limboat Antwerp and Rotterdam.
(02:38):
Delays are hitting everythingfrom text parts to textiles.
Federal buyouts Federal buyoutsannounced.
The Trump administrationannounced 77,000 federal buyouts
.
It's being spun as streamlining.
It's a strategic gutting of thekey government departments.
(03:01):
Tick tock and trade secrets.
Lawmakers allege tick tock isleaking us manufacturing secrets
through viral videos.
Warehouse workers unknowinglyexpose supply chains.
Bite dance has until may to ban.
(03:28):
China responded to Trump's 145percent tariffs by raising
theirs to 125 percent.
Beijing called the US strategya joke and promised to fight
till the end.
The global economy caught inthe crossfires.
Trump exempts tech giants fromtariffs.
(03:49):
In a plot twist, trump removestariffs from smartphones,
computers and semiconductors,essentially protecting Apple.
The rest of us still paying formore basic goods.
China's silent strike.
China begins using non-tariffbarriers to mess with the US
exports, especially goods tiedto MAGA states Think farming,
(04:12):
petroleum and auto parts.
Let's circle back to that viralTikTok because the comments a
whole mood.
You're just mad Trump's back.
I'm mad that democracy is onclearance at the MAGA gift shop.
But sure, there is about almost2,000 comments on my video that
(04:36):
went viral.
They've also filtered out a lotof comments that I don't even
look at like there's triggerwords where they totally filter
them out.
I figured we would read some ofthe comments together and you
could see what my daily life islike, except now.
Magnified koloka 73 put.
At this point, you should learnhow to operate various firearms
(04:57):
and learn and learn guerrillatactics.
This is not a fair fight andit's time to fix it.
Um, manager, mom put.
So people are freaking outbecause only us citizens are now
allowed to vote.
Don't see a problem.
Moon dreamer, said did want apassport.
Bougie dragonfly said this isso sad and it is.
(05:21):
Elizabeth, put.
Got married january 2024 andstill haven't changed my last
name legally.
Won't now recoveringchaoscovering Chaos, put.
Never been more happy that I'venever been married in my life.
Jokes on them.
This crazy cat lady can stillvote.
Cicely put.
I hate it here.
Doc put false.
(05:42):
Pam Bondi has already addressedthis.
They're trying to stop deadpeople and illegals from voting.
Fred Porter, 18, put.
I'm so proud of Trump.
He's doing such a great job.
Ms Lauren 95, put leftiesfreaking out for nothing.
Big J put great job.
(06:02):
No more voter fraud.
Jen put married women willstill be able to vote.
This has been debunked countlesstimes.
What I've learned is they don'treally pay attention.
They pick out what they want tohear and then they jump in and
just attack.
It's crazy how a viral videocan make you really learn about
(06:28):
people and see some ugly sidesto things.
Lily Hartman, this is going tosound totally out of touch.
I promise I'm not.
But what is the SAVE Act?
That's the people I do this for.
That's the people that I wantto inform so that they can be
prepared if some of theirpaperwork or documents don't
(06:48):
match, and they can be readybefore it's time to vote.
That's what this is all about.
It's over 2000 comments of thattype of stuff.
I honestly, the way that I'vegotten is I really engage the
first 24 hours and you know Imake sure I get in there.
I look at all the new peoplethat have joined my page and I
really I really give and then Igo and I follow back After that
(07:12):
first day.
It gets like there's like alayer of of safety that a
video's in.
So if a video for me is in thethousand anywhere from zero to a
thousand views, and I feel verysafe and I get really good
community and I get a lot ofconversation.
But once it hits outside thatbubble, there's a whole nother
(07:36):
layer to the people that you'regoing to reach and once it gets
to half a million, it's bonkerslike bonkers.
I was tagged in somebody else'svideo where she was definitely
transphobic and all of theseother things, and a commenter
from my, who saw my post, wentin and said at Christy Chanel,
(07:59):
maybe you should learn somethingby watching this video, and I'm
like I don't know you from Adam.
Ok, I don't need you to help mego watch videos that are
homophobic and racist.
Thank you, but no, thank you.
So obviously I blocked, but oneof the really cool things that
happened and it really touchedmy heart was somebody drew or
(08:20):
painted me.
They took my video and theypainted me and they used my
audio with it and it's meholding up a passport and then
she puts all the, she puts allthe information in the post and
I was just so beyond touched byit.
Amanda Delight decided to paintmy portrait of the video that I
(08:47):
posted the save act and it isone of the sweetest things I've
ever seen.
So go check outamandadelightcom and maybe she
can draw you or paint you.
I felt honored and touched andvery appreciated.
Thank you, amanda, for doingthat.
(09:08):
I'm going to give you a shoutout.
Maybe I'll clip this and tagyour page so that everybody can
go follow you.
You're appreciated and I cannotwait to see the new paintings
that you do.
So we're mutuals now we followeach other.
So I want to give AmandaDelight a shout out.
Thank you, I appreciate you.
You touched my heart.
(09:28):
Now let's go to a new segmentthat I have now implemented.
To every Mindfuck Monday, toevery Mindfuck Monday, we're
going to call this 50 States ofwhat the Fuck the Justice Watch.
Welcome to 50 States of whatthe Fuck, where I watch the
courts, so you don't have to.
(09:49):
From state bans to surprisewins this is your weekly
breakdown of who's protectingour rights and who's playing
fast and loose with theConstitution.
April 8th Montana Supreme Courtblocks ban on gender-affirming
care.
The court upheld a lowercourt's block citing likely
violations of the state's rightto privacy a win for trans
(10:10):
rights in Big Sky country.
April 11th Idaho expandsabortion exceptions.
April 11th Idaho expandsabortion exceptions.
A judge clarified thatabortions are permitted when
serious pregnancy complicationsarise, not just if death is
imminent.
A small but crucial win rulingallows exclusion of some
(10:35):
military and overseas ballotsover registration data issues.
Voting rights groups arefurious calling it a dangerous
precedent.
April 12th Wyoming SupremeCourt to hear abortion ban case.
Challenges are underway overthe state's medication abortion
ban.
Lower courts already said itviolates state health care
(10:57):
rights, but enforcement hasalready shut down clinics.
My comments and say these wordsto me, which prompted my next
segment Liberal okay, wildcatjumped in my viral post and said
(11:22):
this to me, which then promptedthe idea of the next segment
I'm about to read to you.
Liberals are not educated.
They live to make things upjust like fake news.
So I decided to add in top fiveTrump lies from 2025.
So far, china is paying thetariffs Spoiler.
We are at checkout.
(11:44):
Social security is strongerthan ever.
Meanwhile, ssa is slashingstaff and gutting services.
The SAVE Act defends democracybut by that logic, gatekeeping
voting is patriotic.
We're creating jobs and yet77,000 federal buyouts just
(12:08):
dropped.
The economy is booming.
The Dow would like to disagreeTo my new followers welcome to
the resistance.
To the OGs let's keep raisinghell.
And to the trolls, thanks forjuicing my algorithm.
This has been Mindfuck Monday,where we drag the headlines,
clap back with facts and keepthe receipts.
(12:30):
Catch me on Wednesday forWokeish Wednesday, maybe every
other week, and again Friday forFemale Fridays.
Until then, walk in your power,lead with love, and if it gets
wild out there, tag me Love youmiss you, bye, bye.
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