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🎙️ Mindf*ck Monday | Sassy Politics with Christi Chanelle
📅 Release Date: 04/21/25

This week’s headlines don’t just hit—they haunt. From the worldwide 50501 rallies demanding democratic reform, to Supreme Court cases threatening LGBTQ+ curriculum, to questionable execution methods making headlines, it’s been a chaotic ride. And I felt every bit of it from the sidelines.

I’m unpacking what it means to not show up when your heart tells you to, and why that pain is part of the fight too. We’re diving into personal truth, press secretary antics, Dr. Oz’s awkward debut, and the global stakes at play. You’ll laugh, you’ll rage, and hopefully, you’ll rise.

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💋 Coming This Wednesday (04/24/25): Woke-ish Wednesday
This Is Terrifying, But I’m Doing It Anyway
A beginner’s guide to activism when your palms are sweating and your voice shakes. I’m sharing how I emailed my first rep and why it took everything in me to hit send. This episode is for every soft-spoken soul who wants to show up without shouting.

💋 Coming This Friday (04/26/25): Female Friday
Voices That Move Mountains
From Fannie Lou Hamer to Dolores Huerta, I’m spotlighting powerful women whose words became movement. These aren’t politicians—they’re warriors of change. Get ready to be lit up from the inside out.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Mindfuck Monday, because the news should come
with a trigger warning.
Let me just say it I'm bummed.
I couldn't make it to the 50-51rallies today.
Like a deep in my gut, hard towatch the footage.
Kind of bummed Because theserallies weren't just inspiring,
they were necessary.

(00:20):
And as I sat at home watchingthe crowds pour into the streets
all over the world, all I couldthink was I should have been
there.
I'm Christy Chanel and this isSassy Politics.
Nothing feels more importantthan standing shoulder to

(00:46):
shoulder with people fightingfor their basic rights.
And don't get me wrong, I am sodamn proud of everyone who
showed up.
I cheered, I reposted, butinside I felt like I missed a
call I was meant to answer.
So here's my promise I will trynot to miss the next one.

(01:08):
No guarantees, life is messy,but when that call comes again,
I'm going to do everything in mypower to answer it with my feet
, my sign and my voice.
But for today, you've got myvoice right here.
Let's get into it.
On Saturday, april 19th, rallieswere taking place across the

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globe in support of HR 5051, anurgent stand for bodily autonomy
, civil rights and freedom frompolitical persecution.
And freedom from politicalpersecution.
These aren't just moments.
These are markers of a movement, and if you're watching and
wondering if it matters, Ipromise you it does.

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Supreme Court blocks Trumpdeportations.
In a 7-2 decision, the USSupreme Court temporarily
blocked the Trump administrationfrom deporting Venezuelan
nationals under the AlienEnemies Act.
Yep, that's the 1798 law Trumpis trying to use to justify mass

(02:16):
removals.
The ACLU challenged it, andfast and for once the court
actually agreed temporarily.
The administration, of course,called the ruling political
theater, because following thelaw is apparently too woke now.
Also this week, the SupremeCourt agreed to hear Muhammad

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versus Taylor, a case whereconservative parents want to be
notified if their public schoolchildren are exposed to anything
LGBTQ related books, lessonsand curriculum.
This is about turning personaldiscomfort into law and if the
court sides with them, we're oneruling away from nationalizing.

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Don't say gay.
So let's be real.
This isn't about curriculumtransparency, it's about erasure
, plain and simple.
Jesse Hoffman Jr is set to beexecuted in Louisiana using
nitrogen hypoxia, a methodthat's been widely condemned for

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causing cruel and unusualsuffering.
A federal judge originallyblocked it, citing Eighth
Amendment concerns, but afederal appeals court overruled
it.
Why?
Because precedent means nothingwhen you've got political
muscle behind the punishment andwe're just casually using

(03:43):
experimental death methods in2025, like it's fine.
The White House press secretarywent full mean girl energy this
week.
What's new?
Dodging questions with sarcasmand dismissing journalists like
she was running a PR firm, notbriefing the nation.

(04:04):
Caitlin Collins of CNN asked adirect question about executive
overreach and was met with eyerolls and a snide.
Next question before completely.
Next question Before completelybeing ignored.
Even worse, theadministration's new press
policy is actively restrictingaccess to major outlets like the

(04:26):
Associated Press, and a judgejust ruled that's likely a First
Amendment violation, which wealready knew.
This isn't transparency, it'sarrogance.
This isn't transparency, it'sarrogance.

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And if this administrationthinks the press is the enemy,
they're forgetting who paysattention when the lights are on
.
Dr Oz was officially sworn inthis week as administration for
the Centers for Medicare andMedicaid Services, but the
moment took a dramatic turn whenhis 11-year-old granddaughter,
philomena fainted during theceremony in the Oval Office.
The event was quickly shut downand the press evacuated.

(05:07):
She's OK, thankfully, but theimage of a Trump-aligned
celebrity doctor beinginterrupted by a medical
emergency in real time you can'tscript that.
It's giving chaos.
It's giving irony, it's giving.
We are not okay.
China versus Trump.
Us-china tensions are heatingup again after President Trump

(05:32):
announced a new wave of tariffs,citing national security and
pushing another isolationistagenda.
Meanwhile, china responded byconducting military drills near
Taiwan, because nothing saysstable international relations
like mutual threats.
These moves are rattling globalmarkets and experts are warning

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this isn't just about economics.
It's about power, aboutdistraction and possibly about
dragging us into a new cold warbecause somebody's polling
polling numbers dipped.
Welcome to 50 States of WTFwhere we watch the courts so you

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don't have to.
From state bans to surprisewins, this is your weekly
breakdown of who's protectingour rights and who's playing
fast and loose with theConstitution.
Alaska vs McKelvey the AlaskaSupreme Court is weighing
whether law enforcement canphotograph your property from

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the air using zoom lenseswithout a warrant, because
apparently, privacy only matterswhen it's not yours.
United States vs Scermetti thisone's huge.
The Supreme Court is taking upTennessee's ban on gender
affirming care for minors.
If they uphold it, it opens adoor for states to criminalize

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health care and possiblycriminalize parents for
affirming their kids.
We are officially in dystopianterritory.
Jgg versus Trump.
A judge is considering contemptcharges against the Trump
administration for deportingVenezuelan migrants despite a
court order, which means we arenow in a constitutional crisis

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where the executive branch isignoring the judiciary.
This is how democracy dies notwith a bang, but with a shrug.
I couldn't make it to the 50-51rally, but I'll be damned if I
stay quiet today, because what'shappening in our courts, in our
classrooms, in our prisons andin our government it's not

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normal and we're not going totreat it like it is.
So while they play withpeople's lives in courts, I'll
be here.
It is so.
While they play with people'slives in courts, I'll be here,
watching, documenting, speakingloudly, because silence isn't an
option.
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