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Mindf*ck Monday | Let Them Eat Trump
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Because the news should come with a trigger warning. In this episode, we’re serving up satire with a side of history—drawing parallels between Marie Antoinette’s “let them eat cake” and today’s political gluttony. From SNAP benefits to cruelty in policy, this is a feast of corruption no one asked for, but everyone needs to see.

Join me as we peel back the frosting on privilege and power, and remind America what empathy really looks like.

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Episode Transcript

SPEAKER_00 (00:00):
Marie Antoinette once said, Let them eat cake.
At least that's how historyremembers her.
A queen so disconnected fromreality that when her people
were starving, she thoughtdessert was the answer.
And today, we've got our ownmodern day Marie Antoinette.

(00:23):
His name is Donald Trump.
While millions of Americans waitto find out if they'll get their
snap benefits this month, he'snot talking about hunger or rent
or jobs.
He's posting on Truth Socialabout a football stadium being

(00:43):
renamed after him.
He's telling reporters that he'stired of hearing about
affordability.
Like it's some made-up problem.
Meanwhile, families are decidingbetween groceries and gas.
The courts ordered him torelease the SNAP funds.

(01:05):
Money that's already approved.
And instead of helping peopleeat, he's appealed to the
Supreme Court to block it.
That's not leadership.
We know that.
But I want you to know that it'sactually cruelty.

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Our president is being cruel.
And it's about control.
Because when you control whoeats, you control who speaks.
This is our let them eat cakemoment.

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And I know at some point in yourlife, maybe in middle school or
high school, you read about thiskind of thing in a history book
and thought, how can people letthat happen?
I would never stand by and letthat happen.
Well, here we are.
This is your moment in thehistory book.

(02:11):
The question is, what are yougoing to do about it?
I'm Christy Chanel, and this isSassy Politics.

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Today, we're connecting the dotsbetween hunger, power, and fear.
From snap benefits and SupremeCourt decisions to massed ice
raids in Chicago.
And a mayor who took his caseall the way to the United
Nations for help.

(02:57):
Because when a country startsstarving its people and
terrorizing its neighborhoods,the world pays attention.
And so should we.
Let's start with SNAP, becausethat's where so many of these
problems begin.
With power over basic survival.

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SNAP stands for the SupplementalNutrition Assistance Program.
It helps families buy food whenthey can't afford it.
Groceries, milk, bread, babyformula.
Millions rely on it every month.
I've actually relied on itmyself.
As a 19-year-old first-timemother, I needed Wick.

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And I'm not ashamed to say it.
I needed help.
And WIC helped me.
I had to go sit in the lobbiesin the waiting rooms and show
that I am using it properly andwisely.
And um, I'll never forget it.
It's hard.
It was hard.
I never thought any part of thatprocess was easy.

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I didn't enjoy it.
I did not like any part of it.
So i you know, hearing all ofthese people say, Yeah, they're
just taking advantage of thesystem, I don't know that that's
fair.
Because I didn't.
Congress already approved themoney.
It's sitting there, ready to go.

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But President Trump refused torelease the full payments.
A federal court ordered him topay it.
And instead of helping hungryAmericans, he appealed to the
Supreme Court.
And you already know how I feelabout the Supreme Court.
And if you don't, I'm about totell you that I think they're

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corrupt.
I think they're corrupt.
So it's no surprise that he didthat because he's got them in
his back pocket.
Think about it.
He's not fighting for nationalsecurity, he's not fighting for
infrastructure, he's fighting tostop people from eating.
He wants control because hungeris control.

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When people are worried abouttheir next meal, they stop
paying attention to the lawsbeing passed, to the rights
being taken away, to who'sgetting rich while they're
struggling.
When people are hungry, they'reeasy to silence.
Snap isn't just a food program,it's a lifeline, and it's a

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mirror.
It shows us who our leadersreally are.
And right now, our leader issaying, you don't matter.
This isn't some policy debate.
This is cruelty.
And when you mix that crueltywith fear, fear in our

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neighborhoods, fear of thegovernment showing up at your
door.
That's when the system starts tobreak down.
And that's exactly what'shappening right now with ICE.
The same government that'sblocking food is sending agents
into American neighborhoods withmasks and assault gear.

(06:14):
And in one city in Chicago,people are saying enough.
Their mayor took a stand that noU.S.
mayor has ever taken before.
He went to the United Nations toask for help.
Here's what's been happening inChicago and cities like it
across the country.

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ICE, Immigration and CustomsEnforcement, has been carrying
out raids that look more like amilitary operation than law
enforcement.
Helicopters, armored vehicles,agents wearing masks and videos.
Oh my god, what the fuck?
These actions don't just createfear, they break trust.

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People stop calling 911, theystop reporting crimes.
Because when the police and ICElook the same, who do you call
when you need help?
It's not just undocumentedpeople being targeted.
There are reports of US citizensbeing detained because of
mistaken identity.

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When you put money into thesystem, it doesn't matter who
they're taking, right?
They get paid either way.
As long as they bring people tothe detention center, the
details can be worked out later.
That's not law enforcement.
That's intimidation.
And this is where the storytakes a powerful turn.

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Chicago's mayor Brandon Johnsondid something unheard of.
He went before the UnitedNations Human Rights Council in
Geneva, Switzerland, and then hetestified against his own, our
own, federal government.
He told them what's happening inhis city and across America are
human rights violations.

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Now let's break that down towhat that actually means.
The United Nations Human RightsCouncil, or UNHRC, is a global
group of 47 countries.
Their job is to hold nationsaccountable when they abuse
their own citizens.
They investigate, they issuepublic reports, they apply

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global pressure.
The kind that damagesreputations, trade
relationships, and politicalcredibility.
They've investigated torture,genocide, and the suppression in
countries like Syria, Sudan, andRussia.
They can't arrest anyone, butthey can expose a government on

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the world stage.
That's what Mayor Johnson justdid.
He called for an independentinvestigation into the United
States, into us, and it matters.
Because when international eyesare on America, it strips away
the illusion that this isnormal.
It tells the world we are notokay.

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And for the first time in a longtime, I felt something I haven't
felt since President Manchildwas elected.
Hope.
Because if a city mayor canstand before the UN and say,
help us, maybe there's still achance we can hold this
government accountable.
Maybe there's still a chancethat decency wins.

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The UN can't fix us, but theycan shine a light so bright that
the world can't look away.
And if that light makes Trumpnervous, good.
He should be nervous.
Meanwhile, something else ishappening.
Something big.
The midterm elections brought ablue wave.

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A real blue wave.
New York elected Mandami, aprogressive who's not afraid to
call out billionaires.
Virginia elected its firstfemale governor.
New Jersey elected its firstDemocratic woman governor.
Women and progressives arerising.
Can you feel it?

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I know I can.
And it's shaking the foundationof the old guard.
Steve Bannon said if Republicanslose control, some of us will be
going to prison.
Uh yeah, I think so.
Hell yeah, actually.
So sorry.
Mike Johnson tried to claimTrump wasn't even on the ballot.

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Um, translation, they're scared.
They see what's coming.
Accountability, change,exposure.
And that's why they are clingingto control.
Through fear, through food,through force.
But the people are waking up.

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They're paying attention.
They're not starving in silence.
The moment isn't just aboutpolitics.
It's about humanity.
It's about who we choose to bewhen our neighbors are hurting.
Because every time someonestands outside an ice detention
center with water, blankets, ora sign that says you are not

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alone, that's America.
Every time a volunteer helpsfeed kids whose snap cards stop
working, that's America.
Every time someone shows up,even when it's uncomfortable,
that's who we are.
We are not cruel by nature.

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We are not indifferent.
We are inherently good.
Don't let them tell you empathyis a weakness.
Don't let them tell you thatcaring about your neighbor makes
you soft.
Compassion isn't soft.
It's strength.
Don't let them convince you thatthey are the standard of what it

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means to be American.
They're not.
They are the very thing we'refighting against as Americans.
And if I have to drawcomparisons to history every
single time to make you see it,I will.
Because that's my job.
That's why I'm here.

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That's my calling.
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We protect each other.
We speak when others can't.
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(12:41):
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Because this isn't just aboutpolitics, this is about people.

(13:01):
I'm Christy Chanel.
This has been Mindfuck Monday.
Thank you for being here.
I have more hope that you'relistening.