August 18, 2025 • 14 mins
Mindf*ck Monday
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Don't tell me this is just politics.
This is a war without bullets,and silence is surrender.
So here's how my day startedCoffee, tiktok and a front row
seat to America tearing itselfapart before I had even had my
first sip.
Welcome to Mindfuck Monday,because the news should come
(00:23):
with a trigger warning.
I'm Christy Chanel and this isSassy Politics.
I start most mornings on TikTok.
Not CNN, not CBS, not Fox News,not any mainstream media.
(00:47):
Why?
Because at least on TikTok, ifyou're lucky, you'll catch raw
footage before it disappears.
I've got my handful of trustedvoices Politics Girl, but I'm a
mega fan and I will watcheverything she does.
Midas Touch, hawk, aaron Parnesthey're not polished anchors, I
mean, although there's somedebate here, maybe some of them
(01:12):
are, but they're not afraid tosay the word fascism, and I
think that's the main point.
They're people on the groundtelling the truth.
But let's be real.
Tiktok plays games too.
Every time I post something tooreal, I get slapped with a
violation Nudity, alcohol, 18and over only, and it's bullshit
.
I appeal and I win About 98% ofthe time, but by then the
(01:35):
damage is done, the post isburied.
That's not moderation, that'ssuppression, that is control Is
control.
Let's talk about the scroll ofhorror this morning, this
specific scroll this morning, ona nice Sunday I recorded this
(01:55):
the day before I publish it Hithard.
This scroll hit me hard.
First, an influencer who tracksice raids was face down
unconscious on the pavement.
No guns, no weapons, just hervoice.
Then Afani, an organizer in DC,pepper sprayed, dragged away,
(02:17):
her eyes swollen shut.
Still as she's walking with hereyes closed and her hands
behind her back, she's stillsaying it's not about me, it's
about the kids, the teenagersthat she was there to actually
protect.
I know that this is a fascisttakeover GC and that our youth
are going to be directlyimpacted by this.
Get out of the way.
(02:37):
It doesn't fucking matter aboutme, I will be fine, our kids
will not be.
I will be fine, our kids willnot be.
The police just used excessiveforce, detained Afeni Pepper's
(02:58):
prayer in the face.
Then I flipped to Instagram andfor a second I had some hope.
Massive aerial shots of SanDiego.
The streets were filled withpeople marching and refusing to
back down.
And then another gut punch Aman aiming a gun at someone in a
(03:20):
wheelchair demanding proof ofservice.
Violence is against the mostvulnerable.
By 10 am, I had already seenAmerica at its ugliest and at
its most determined Fortresspolitics.
And then came the headline thatsealed it.
(03:41):
Trump didn't just call up theDC National Guard, he pulled
troops from Ohio, south Carolinaand West Virginia 750 more
bodies for DC.
They're not just helping,they're stationed at federal
buildings, some armed, somewaiting for orders.
(04:02):
This isn't crowd control, thisis a fortress.
This is what leaders do whenthey know the truth is coming
and they need a wall of uniformsbetween them and the people and
the rest of us.
We're supposed to sit back andpretend.
This isn't martial law in slowmotion.
Right, absolutely.
(04:24):
I may be wrong.
I may be wrong.
I can't tell you 100% that I'mright.
But then you need to offer meanother reason that three other
states would pull in theirNational Guard for Washington DC
.
We are not under attack.
(04:46):
This is not some StevenSpielberg movie, this is real
life, this is real people andthis is bullshit.
America's getting darker.
Here's my truth.
I've always said I'm pro SecondAmendment with limits.
If you've got a history ofviolence, abuse or instability,
(05:07):
you should have to prove you'resafe.
But lately, every protest,every opinion, every classroom
lesson feels dangerous.
I grew up in Jersey, neverowned a gun.
Guns scared me, but here inTexas, guns are like Starbucks
Every corner's got one.
(05:28):
And now, in 2025, I'm saying itI'm taking my daughter to buy a
gun and learn how to use it.
Not because I want to, becauseI don't feel safe without it,
and either should she.
That realization that's Americagetting darker.
(05:49):
In Dallas, at a rally withRepresentative Jasmine Crockett,
a white woman stood up andscreamed Dallas doesn't want
your ghetto, punk ass here.
And I'm not 100% of the punkass part, but I'm 100% of the
ghetto.
The ghetto word was used.
The crowd echoed the wordghetto and was kind of like
(06:10):
murmuring.
You know, when you hearsomebody go, you know the crowd
starts to murmur.
That's what happened in thevideo I will show you.
I will show you now.
Take a look.
I used to stay at my granny'shouse.
She was one of my favoritepeople in the entire world, and
so we oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, listen,
(06:42):
listen, listen, listen, listenY'all.
This is part of the problem.
This is part of the problem.
I want y'all to be part of thesolution.
Get her.
We are going to show thesepeople that ignorance will not
(07:04):
win for them.
We're going to show them thatwe're going to win for them and
we're going to win for them.
Hate doesn't whisper anymore,it screams into microphones and
I would like to give props toJasmine Crockett for handling it
as professional as she did.
(07:25):
Kudos to you.
I don't know if I could havebeen as professional.
Everybody's heard that TaylorSwift has released a new album,
ts12.
But how we got there and whatI've been thinking in the last
few days we must talk about.
I happened to see that TaylorSwift was on the New Heights
(07:46):
podcast with Jason and TravisKelsey.
She's got a new album thatshe's releasing TS12.
It's not fully released yet,but she was out teasing it and
talking about it, so sheappeared on the New Heights
podcast.
How cool is that?
I was kind of excited about it.
I really like Taylor and Travistogether and seeing them
together on a podcast was socool.
(08:09):
I tuned in.
I didn't tune in live, but Iwatched it later.
I probably have seen about 80%of it and I listened to the
podcast audio in my car.
I'm still not done, but I'mclose to the end at this point
and I was tuned in to everysecond, every word, every
thought she had.
It was pretty cool.
I'm not going to lie, I kind ofhad an obsession with her in
(08:29):
the past.
I think we might be moving pastthat right now at this point.
We just might.
The new album, billion DollarEmpire and the internet's
fighting about whether she's toorich to care.
So on TikTok, we have a wholeother opinion of how this whole
thing played out to them.
Here's my take she'suntouchable.
(08:49):
She's a billionaire.
So what's the excuse Trump isout here mocking her if I, a
woman with no PR machine, nosecurity team, can risk half my
audience to tell the truth?
What's her excuse for silence?
Because think about it Like Istarted out in like true crime
(09:11):
and mental health space and thatkind of stuff.
I went into politics merelybecause I couldn't look away.
I had to stay and fight, and soI realized every day when I
started talking about this thatI was excluding half of the
people that had started with me,and I made a choice in doing
(09:34):
that.
I realized I probably would bedouble the followers on all my
platforms had I not ruled outhalf the US.
It's something that I just knowit's.
The cause is more importantthan the follows, honestly.
So she's already done all of it, she's already done it.
(09:55):
What's her excuse for silence?
We don't need more vinyls, weneed megaphones.
We need her to use hermegaphone, I'm sure.
And the thing about it is shecame out and talked about it.
I saw one of her movies on hertour that she kind of does that
(10:18):
biopic thing.
I don't remember the name, Idon't remember the name.
So, yes, I wouldn't qualify asan absolute mega Swifty, but I
do adore her and hope that sheproves me wrong and comes out
and says something.
But again, I did see her sideseem to take the right side
(10:38):
politically years ago.
So I'm hoping that maybe shedoes that again.
I mean, being that our livesdepend on it.
Wouldn't that be cool?
I think that would be cool.
So I realized this morning'sscroll was a war zone.
It was negative, it was painfuland it was scary.
(11:02):
But by noon I saw proof thatpeople are still fighting for
each other.
But democracy doesn't surviveon hope alone.
It needs mouths, it needscameras, it needs us.
Loud, Unruly, unfiltered Silenceis surrender, and that is not
(11:25):
just a cliche line.
I know you've heard it over andover again, as I have.
Silence is surrender.
They're banking on your silence.
I don't surrender, so much sothat I built something.
(11:45):
Little old me.
I built something I'm forming agrassroots community, a media,
the activist chain because weare the media when the media
can't be trusted.
We are the warning system whendanger comes knocking.
We are each other's alertsystem.
(12:08):
Like I said at the beginning ofthe episode, I need real people
in real time, telling me thetruth on the ground.
Tiktok is doing that for me now, but it won't be doing it for
me later.
You already know what'shappening in September.
It's all about to change andit's slowly happening now.
(12:30):
In preparation for that, Irefuse to lose our only lifeline
.
That's why I built the activistchain, activistchaincom.
Go there, sign up.
You'll get an email from mepersonally and if you want to go
further to support me and thecause, go to buymeacoffeecom
(12:52):
backslash activist chain.
Every dollar builds theinfrastructure we need to
protect each other.
But more than money, I need youawake.
I need you to stop looking away.
Stop numbing out with Netflixbinges and Starbucks scrolls,
stop pretending this is someoneelse's fight.
(13:14):
Lock arms with me, raise yourvoice with me, refuse to
surrender with me.
Because silence again one moretime, because I don't know if
you heard me, the first time issurrender, and we don't
surrender Not today, nottomorrow, not ever.
(13:35):
Not today, not tomorrow, notever.
This is Christy Chanel withSassy Politics, and we are done
looking away Bye.
Don't tell me this is just politics.
This is a war without bullets,and silence is surrender.
So here's how my day startedCoffee, tiktok and a front row
seat to America tearing itselfapart before I had even had my
first sip.
Welcome to Mindfuck Monday,because the news should come
(00:23):
with a trigger warning.
I'm Christy Chanel and this isSassy Politics.
I start most mornings on TikTok.
Not CNN, not CBS, not Fox News,not any mainstream media.
(00:47):
Why?
Because at least on TikTok, ifyou're lucky, you'll catch raw
footage before it disappears.
I've got my handful of trustedvoices Politics Girl, but I'm a
mega fan and I will watcheverything she does.
Midas Touch, hawk, aaron Parnesthey're not polished anchors, I
mean, although there's somedebate here, maybe some of them
(01:12):
are, but they're not afraid tosay the word fascism, and I
think that's the main point.
They're people on the groundtelling the truth.
But let's be real.
Tiktok plays games too.
Every time I post something tooreal, I get slapped with a
violation Nudity, alcohol, 18and over only, and it's bullshit
.
I appeal and I win About 98% ofthe time, but by then the
(01:35):
damage is done, the post isburied.
That's not moderation, that'ssuppression, that is control Is
control.
Let's talk about the scroll ofhorror this morning, this
specific scroll this morning, ona nice Sunday I recorded this
(01:55):
the day before I publish it Hithard.
This scroll hit me hard.
First, an influencer who tracksice raids was face down
unconscious on the pavement.
No guns, no weapons, just hervoice.
Then Afani, an organizer in DC,pepper sprayed, dragged away,
(02:17):
her eyes swollen shut.
Still as she's walking with hereyes closed and her hands
behind her back, she's stillsaying it's not about me, it's
about the kids, the teenagersthat she was there to actually
protect.
I know that this is a fascisttakeover GC and that our youth
are going to be directlyimpacted by this.
Get out of the way.
(02:37):
It doesn't fucking matter aboutme, I will be fine, our kids
will not be.
I will be fine, our kids willnot be.
The police just used excessiveforce, detained Afeni Pepper's
(02:58):
prayer in the face.
Then I flipped to Instagram andfor a second I had some hope.
Massive aerial shots of SanDiego.
The streets were filled withpeople marching and refusing to
back down.
And then another gut punch Aman aiming a gun at someone in a
(03:20):
wheelchair demanding proof ofservice.
Violence is against the mostvulnerable.
By 10 am, I had already seenAmerica at its ugliest and at
its most determined Fortresspolitics.
And then came the headline thatsealed it.
(03:41):
Trump didn't just call up theDC National Guard, he pulled
troops from Ohio, south Carolinaand West Virginia 750 more
bodies for DC.
They're not just helping,they're stationed at federal
buildings, some armed, somewaiting for orders.
(04:02):
This isn't crowd control, thisis a fortress.
This is what leaders do whenthey know the truth is coming
and they need a wall of uniformsbetween them and the people and
the rest of us.
We're supposed to sit back andpretend.
This isn't martial law in slowmotion.
Right, absolutely.
(04:24):
I may be wrong.
I may be wrong.
I can't tell you 100% that I'mright.
But then you need to offer meanother reason that three other
states would pull in theirNational Guard for Washington DC
.
We are not under attack.
(04:46):
This is not some StevenSpielberg movie, this is real
life, this is real people andthis is bullshit.
America's getting darker.
Here's my truth.
I've always said I'm pro SecondAmendment with limits.
If you've got a history ofviolence, abuse or instability,
(05:07):
you should have to prove you'resafe.
But lately, every protest,every opinion, every classroom
lesson feels dangerous.
I grew up in Jersey, neverowned a gun.
Guns scared me, but here inTexas, guns are like Starbucks
Every corner's got one.
(05:28):
And now, in 2025, I'm saying itI'm taking my daughter to buy a
gun and learn how to use it.
Not because I want to, becauseI don't feel safe without it,
and either should she.
That realization that's Americagetting darker.
(05:49):
In Dallas, at a rally withRepresentative Jasmine Crockett,
a white woman stood up andscreamed Dallas doesn't want
your ghetto, punk ass here.
And I'm not 100% of the punkass part, but I'm 100% of the
ghetto.
The ghetto word was used.
The crowd echoed the wordghetto and was kind of like
(06:10):
murmuring.
You know, when you hearsomebody go, you know the crowd
starts to murmur.
That's what happened in thevideo I will show you.
I will show you now.
Take a look.
I used to stay at my granny'shouse.
She was one of my favoritepeople in the entire world, and
so we oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, listen,
(06:42):
listen, listen, listen, listenY'all.
This is part of the problem.
This is part of the problem.
I want y'all to be part of thesolution.
Get her.
We are going to show thesepeople that ignorance will not
(07:04):
win for them.
We're going to show them thatwe're going to win for them and
we're going to win for them.
Hate doesn't whisper anymore,it screams into microphones and
I would like to give props toJasmine Crockett for handling it
as professional as she did.
(07:25):
Kudos to you.
I don't know if I could havebeen as professional.
Everybody's heard that TaylorSwift has released a new album,
ts12.
But how we got there and whatI've been thinking in the last
few days we must talk about.
I happened to see that TaylorSwift was on the New Heights
(07:46):
podcast with Jason and TravisKelsey.
She's got a new album thatshe's releasing TS12.
It's not fully released yet,but she was out teasing it and
talking about it, so sheappeared on the New Heights
podcast.
How cool is that?
I was kind of excited about it.
I really like Taylor and Travistogether and seeing them
together on a podcast was socool.
(08:09):
I tuned in.
I didn't tune in live, but Iwatched it later.
I probably have seen about 80%of it and I listened to the
podcast audio in my car.
I'm still not done, but I'mclose to the end at this point
and I was tuned in to everysecond, every word, every
thought she had.
It was pretty cool.
I'm not going to lie, I kind ofhad an obsession with her in
(08:29):
the past.
I think we might be moving pastthat right now at this point.
We just might.
The new album, billion DollarEmpire and the internet's
fighting about whether she's toorich to care.
So on TikTok, we have a wholeother opinion of how this whole
thing played out to them.
Here's my take she'suntouchable.
(08:49):
She's a billionaire.
So what's the excuse Trump isout here mocking her if I, a
woman with no PR machine, nosecurity team, can risk half my
audience to tell the truth?
What's her excuse for silence?
Because think about it Like Istarted out in like true crime
(09:11):
and mental health space and thatkind of stuff.
I went into politics merelybecause I couldn't look away.
I had to stay and fight, and soI realized every day when I
started talking about this thatI was excluding half of the
people that had started with me,and I made a choice in doing
(09:34):
that.
I realized I probably would bedouble the followers on all my
platforms had I not ruled outhalf the US.
It's something that I just knowit's.
The cause is more importantthan the follows, honestly.
So she's already done all of it, she's already done it.
(09:55):
What's her excuse for silence?
We don't need more vinyls, weneed megaphones.
We need her to use hermegaphone, I'm sure.
And the thing about it is shecame out and talked about it.
I saw one of her movies on hertour that she kind of does that
(10:18):
biopic thing.
I don't remember the name, Idon't remember the name.
So, yes, I wouldn't qualify asan absolute mega Swifty, but I
do adore her and hope that sheproves me wrong and comes out
and says something.
But again, I did see her sideseem to take the right side
(10:38):
politically years ago.
So I'm hoping that maybe shedoes that again.
I mean, being that our livesdepend on it.
Wouldn't that be cool?
I think that would be cool.
So I realized this morning'sscroll was a war zone.
It was negative, it was painfuland it was scary.
(11:02):
But by noon I saw proof thatpeople are still fighting for
each other.
But democracy doesn't surviveon hope alone.
It needs mouths, it needscameras, it needs us.
Loud, Unruly, unfiltered Silenceis surrender, and that is not
(11:25):
just a cliche line.
I know you've heard it over andover again, as I have.
Silence is surrender.
They're banking on your silence.
I don't surrender, so much sothat I built something.
(11:45):
Little old me.
I built something I'm forming agrassroots community, a media,
the activist chain because weare the media when the media
can't be trusted.
We are the warning system whendanger comes knocking.
We are each other's alertsystem.
(12:08):
Like I said at the beginning ofthe episode, I need real people
in real time, telling me thetruth on the ground.
Tiktok is doing that for me now, but it won't be doing it for
me later.
You already know what'shappening in September.
It's all about to change andit's slowly happening now.
(12:30):
In preparation for that, Irefuse to lose our only lifeline
.
That's why I built the activistchain, activistchaincom.
Go there, sign up.
You'll get an email from mepersonally and if you want to go
further to support me and thecause, go to buymeacoffeecom
(12:52):
backslash activist chain.
Every dollar builds theinfrastructure we need to
protect each other.
But more than money, I need youawake.
I need you to stop looking away.
Stop numbing out with Netflixbinges and Starbucks scrolls,
stop pretending this is someoneelse's fight.
(13:14):
Lock arms with me, raise yourvoice with me, refuse to
surrender with me.
Because silence again one moretime, because I don't know if
you heard me, the first time issurrender, and we don't
surrender Not today, nottomorrow, not ever.
(13:35):
Not today, not tomorrow, notever.
This is Christy Chanel withSassy Politics, and we are done
looking away Bye.
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