Charged With Douchiness In The Third Degree

Summary

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Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: Charged With Douchiness In The Third Degree

Date: January 30, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty
Producer/Contributor: Katie Green
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This episode dives into a wide array of current news with the Armstrong & Getty crew’s trademark blend of sardonic humor and sharp cultural critique. The themes range from the efficacy of boycotts, Winter Olympics highlights, Don Lemon’s arrest and media coverage, to media manipulation of images, TikTok’s changing ownership, and the curious self-criticism found among younger Americans. Throughout, the hosts banter, challenge each other, and riff on current events with a distinct irreverence, never shying from provocative, unfiltered commentary.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Effectiveness and Politics of Boycotts

(02:09–03:03)

• The hosts debate whether nationwide boycotts ever lead to substantive change, with Jack skeptical about their utility unless they’re highly publicized or aligned with mainstream media.

• Quote:

  “When was the last time any boycott did any good other than getting media attention? Yes, Bud Light. Actually, now that I think about it. Bud Light.”
  — Jack Armstrong (02:23)

• Observation of media's role: Left-leaning causes get massive coverage and free “advertising”; right-leaning boycotts are typically ignored.

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2. Winter Olympics Banter, Lindsey Vonn Crashes, and Snoop Dogg’s Role

(03:17–06:16)

• Lindsey Vonn’s crash during her “last Olympics” becomes fodder for Armstrong’s edgy humor, sparking a back-and-forth about social media, fitness, and the role of female athletes.

  • Quote:

    “Hey, Lindsey Vonn, how about a little less Instagram thirst traps and a little more staying on your feet?”
    — Jack Armstrong (03:44)

  • Katie and Joe push back, defending Vonn’s right to post what she wants.

• Teasing of a secretive “insider” scoop: Snoop Dogg will feature in Olympic coverage.
  • Quote:

    “Snoop Dogg… has recorded a feature that I cannot wait to see.”
    — Joe Getty (05:33)

• Anticipation: All Americans will once again become “figure skating experts” during the games.

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3. Headline: Don Lemon’s Arrest and Media Reactions

(06:53–13:13; 14:02–14:54)

• News breaks that ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon was arrested after a protest at a Minneapolis church.

  • Satirical charges discussed, notably “douchiness in the third degree."
    • Quote:

      “Charged with douchiness in the third degree.”
      — Joe Getty (08:08)

• Lively debate on:

  • The blurred lines between journalism and activism.
  • Whether everyone can simply declare themselves “journalists” for legal protection.
  • Media bias and the outsized attention Lemon’s arrest receives despite his marginal status.

• Joe on Root Issues:

  “If you are creating content… that is very, very close to journalism, and we don't jail journalists. But if the journalist stabs someone so he can report on man stabbed, you're no longer a journalist.”
  — Joe Getty (09:14)

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4. CNN Manipulating News Images

(12:04–14:02; 16:41–19:05)

• CNN is accused of “substantially” altering an image of Minneapolis nurse Alex Preddy to make him look more handsome and sympathetic.

  • Quote:

    “They gave him the dating app treatment.”
    — Jack Armstrong (12:42)

  • The hosts, appalled, see this as a gross ethical breach and a symptom of media bias.

  • Katie exclaims:

    “They are shameless.”
    — Katie Green (13:28)

  • Armstrong & Getty call for more widespread outrage, mocking the priorities of media outlets.

  • Quote (Summary):

    “A guy got killed in the street and it's a major controversy… and you change him to make him more handsome. What the hell is that?”
    — Jack Armstrong (18:55)

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5. Daily News Roundup (“Katie’s Headlines”) and Sharp Commentary

(14:02–18:27)

• Katie delivers rapid-fire headlines, each sparking commentary:
  • Don Lemon dominates news even after his exit from prime time.
  • Trump’s stance toward Iran and trade with China.
  • US choking off oil to Cuba.
  • Trump’s pick for Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh.
  • Medical ethics: Florida nurse gives up license after refusing anesthesia for MAGA patients (“You’re an asshat.”—Jack).
  • Study: “1 in 4 US couples make love once a month or less—fatigue may be why” (hosts lampoon the excuses).
  • Satire: Babylon Bee headline about Bruce Springsteen threatening to release music “until deportations stop.”

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6. TikTok, Anti-American Sentiment, & Media Literacy

(25:43–28:33)

• TikTok’s controversial transition to “a US company” brings backlash—millennial/Gen Z users are more suspicious of US data collection than Chinese surveillance.

  • Quote:

    “The young people canceling the app because they think now that it’s a US company, it’s going to be collecting your data. How hilarious is that?”
    — Jack Armstrong (26:30)

• Joe and Jack see this as part of a broader self-hating American attitude fostered by the US education system.

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7. Melania Trump Movie & Media Bias

(24:23–25:43; 28:34–32:14)

• A new Melania Trump biopic stirs discussion about media double standards in covering First Ladies.

  • Armstrong’s take:

    “She appeared on like zero magazine covers the first term as opposed to… Democratic women… Vogue six times over four years… Milania got nothing.”
    — Jack Armstrong (24:44)

• They joke about the likelihood of watching the film and riff on the practice of enhancing people’s photos for public perception (connecting to CNN’s Preddy image manipulation).

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8. Humor, Tangents, and Personal Asides

(32:14–34:05)

• A long tangent about animal scat identification, with Jack incredulous over Joe’s “amateur scientist” hobby.
  • Quote:

    “Today. I really nailed down which poop is which poop from which animal. And it was a wonderful experience.”
    — Jack Armstrong (32:57)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Lindsey Vonn and Social Media:

  “That's improper in half a dozen different ways… That was an Instagram thirst trap.”
  — Joe Getty & Jack Armstrong, (03:57–04:06)

• On Don Lemon’s Arrest:

  “I guarantee you when they showed up and said 'We have a warrant for your arrest'... he thought, 'This is the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me. Thank you, Trump. Thank you, God. Thank you, Pam Bondi. I am back…'”
  — Jack Armstrong (08:29)

• Media Manipulation Outrage:

  “That's weak and awful on I don't know how many different levels.”
  — Jack Armstrong (13:37)

• American Self-Hatred Riff:

  “Our government schools make Benedict Arnold look like George Washington. They are traitors to the United States of America. Activist traitors.”
  — Joe Getty (27:35)

• Satirical Crime Inflation:

  “Grade two lameness, which is also a crime.”
  — Joe Getty (11:06)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Boycotts & Media Coverage: 02:09–03:03
• Winter Olympics & Lindsey Vonn: 03:17–06:16
• Don Lemon Breaking News: 06:53–13:13
• CNN’s Photo Editing Scandal: 12:04–14:02, 16:41–19:05
• Katie’s Headlines: 14:02–18:27
• TikTok and Data Collection: 25:43–28:33
• Melania Trump & Media Bias: 24:23–25:43; 28:34–32:14
• Animal Scat Tangent: 32:14–34:05

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Overall Tone & Conclusion

The show maintains its signature mix of irreverence, skepticism, and pointed social commentary, freely crossing the line between hard news analysis and sharp satire. Armstrong & Getty repeatedly challenge media narratives and cultural assumptions, blending earnest critique with comic improvisation—a tone well captured in their reactions to Don Lemon’s arrest, CNN image manipulation, and the melting pot of American cynicism and self-contradiction.

Anyone seeking a serious but entertaining breakdown of the week's biggest controversies, replete with memorable one-liners and lateral thinking, will find this episode quintessential Armstrong & Getty.

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Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Announcer]

Friday, February 6th. Kick off the Winter Olympics in style with the opening ceremony from Italy. Featuring a special performance by Mariah Carey. Celebrate the greatest athletes from around the globe as they come together to go for gold. The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ilia Malinin.

[Katie Green]

Redefining this sport.

[Announcer]

Friday, February 6th. NBC and Peacock.

[Jack Armstrong]

Reggie, I just sold my car online.

[Joe Getty]

Let's go, grandpa. Wait, you did?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yep, on Carvana. Just put in the license plate, answered a few questions, got an offer in minutes. Easier than setting up that new digital picture frame.

[Joe Getty]

You don't say.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, they're even picking it up tomorrow.

[Joe Getty]

Talk about fast. Wow. Way to go. So, about that picture frame. Ah, forget about it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Until Carvana makes one, I'm not interested.

[Announcer]

Car selling made easy on Carvana.

[Jack Armstrong]

Pick up. These may apply.

[Announcer]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Joe Getty]

Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong.

[Jack Armstrong]

Live from studio C Senior. It is a dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong and getting communications compound. And it is Friday. We made it. We did it, everybody.

[Joe Getty]

High fives all. High fives all around. Don't leave me hanging.

[Jack Armstrong]

We didn't get fired or die. Most of us.

[Joe Getty]

Some of us.

[Jack Armstrong]

A good chunk of us.

[Joe Getty]

Those of you who did. God rest your souls.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or you'll find a better job. Yeah, today we're living under the title.

[Joe Getty]

Lemon Squeezed by authorities or America. Boycotts. Boycotts. There's supposed to be a big nationwide boycott going on today. When was the last time any boycott did any good other than getting media attention? Yes, Bud Light. Actually, now that I think about it. Bud Light.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. For an ongoing boycott. A daily boycott, though. A daily all today. Everybody's not going to go to work or whatever. I don't remember.

[Joe Getty]

Walk out.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I don't remember one of those ever being successful nationwide. Individual towns maybe. But if it's a. If it's a left leaning boycott, you get all the. Like probably the equivalent of $100 million worth of free advertising. If you're trying to organize the same thing for, you know, to end abortion or something, you wouldn't get any attention whatsoever.

[Joe Getty]

No, no, indeed.

[Jack Armstrong]

So.

[Joe Getty]

So that's approved out by. You can have eight people chanting at some city hall and it'll make it on the national news, but you can have 1.2 million people marching in the march for life. And it's as if. Oh, we didn't notice. Sorry, didn't cover that at all.

[Jack Armstrong]

We have breaking Winter Olympic news.

[Joe Getty]

Oh my.

[Jack Armstrong]

Lindsey Vaughn, the most famous female downhill skier in U.S. history. Maybe. Maybe all of history for any country. This is our last Olympics. Crashed this morning and was helped back to the tent and is getting medical aid. Now, yesterday I saw Lindsey Vaughn and the headline was Lindsey Vaughn rocks bikini on the banks of the Whatever. I say, hey, Lindsey Vaughn, how about a little less Instagram thirst traps and a little more staying on your feet? That's what I'm saying.

[Joe Getty]

Oh my God. That was improper and have a dozen different ways. Oh, that was instrument belligerent misogynist.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was absolutely an Instagram thirst trap. And a little less time on that. A little more time looking out for the fence. Yes, Katie.

[Katie Green]

Oh, she does it because she can. She looks great.

[Joe Getty]

Somebody needs to whack you upside the head with their K2.

[Jack Armstrong]

Huh?

[Katie Green]

It's her Instagram. Let her post what she wants, Jack.

[Joe Getty]

Right. The woman's fit. She's a testament to physical fitness.

[Jack Armstrong]

Not too fit to stay off the fence, apparently.

[Joe Getty]

Oh my God.

[Jack Armstrong]

I haven't seen the video.

[Joe Getty]

Ignore Amos. Oh, my Olympics start right after the Super Bowl.

[Jack Armstrong]

Winter Olympics. And then all of a sudden, we will all be experts in figure skating once again.

[Joe Getty]

I have been sworn to secrecy, but I have a source that I will refer to as deep rings that is a source to Olympic and Olympic coverage knowledge. That is all I can say. I will tell you this.

[Jack Armstrong]

Was this going to benefit any of us in any way or what are you suggesting we're going to have some inside information when the Olympics start or.

[Joe Getty]

Well, yeah, if you'd let me finish my sentence. Who are you going to badmouth next? You monster. Poor Lindsey Vaughn lying there in the medical tent. Word reaches. And Jack Armstrong is verbally abusing you as well.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, I hope it doesn't.

[Joe Getty]

And now it's me. Katie, you're probably next.

[Jack Armstrong]

I hope it doesn't impact her ability to strut around the Olympic village in her bikini trying to get clicks.

[Joe Getty]

Anyway, here's your inside information. I gotta be very vague. Snoop Dogg.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, geez.

[Joe Getty]

Has recorded a feature that I cannot wait to see.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Joe Getty]

And I'm, you know, I'm. I'm a little cynical and eye rolly about Snoopy Dog. He is a talented fella, no doubt, but yeah, yeah, he's gonna. He's gonna play a role in the Winter Olympic coverage.

[Jack Armstrong]

What an interesting career arc he has had.

[Joe Getty]

Oh my goodness. No kidding.

[Jack Armstrong]

We will all be deducting tenths of a point on various lands in the figure skating once Again. Although this year we got some dude young. He's like a high school kid and he's the only person to ever land a quad in competition. And he is. He's going to be our star. He'll be a household name here in a couple of weeks.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, as I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I've landed a couple in practice. But boy, you know, I get to the competition, I tighten up a little bit. I don't have what it takes. I admit it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Then you, you pull back and you land a triple lutz. And Race says, oh, we thought he was going to go for the quad, but he didn't.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, no more. I'm more disappointed than any of you.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right, let's start the show officially, which will explain one of our titles for the show. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Friday, thank goodness, January 30th, the year 2026 were Armstrong and getting. We approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

Let's begin then, officially, according to FCC rules and regulations. Leaping into action at mark.

[Katie Green]

Breaking news now just into our CNN newsroom. We journalist, former colleague of ours, former CNN anchor Don Lemon, has been taken into custody, arrested just days after a protest inside a Minneapolis church.

[Jack Armstrong]

What you being charged with, do we know?

[Joe Getty]

Interfering with a lawful praising of Jesus.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is going to be portrayed as, you know, Nazi Trump administration jailing journalists. Just like who? Everybody. Just like who. But Don Lemon also did help lead the way to interrupt a church service which is violating somebody else's constitutional rights.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. The magistrate judge who allowed charges against three of the so called protesters, but said no, not in Lemon's case. Let's see, the. The Justice Department then petitioned a federal appeals court to force the judge to issue the additional warrants, only to be denied.

[Jack Armstrong]

Although this is a chance, it seems to me, to expand maybe some of you know our legal thinking in the way I've wanted to and then jailing him for just general lameness.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. Charged with the third degree. Charged with douchiness in the third degree.

[Jack Armstrong]

Exactly.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Third degree douchiness.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Clapping the irons.

[Joe Getty]

It doesn't say what the charges are, but he's vowed to fight them. Bravely, I'm sure, and not at all in a self serving grandstandy way.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, he's. I guarantee you when they showed up and I said, you're. We have a warrant for your rest. If you could rate him as rights. Put your hand behind your back. And he thought, this is the greatest thing has ever happened to me. Thank you, Trump. Thank you, God. Thank you, Pam Bondi. I am back. I'm going to have another show. People are going to be talking about me every day for weeks. Oh, this is the best. I can keep my house.

[Joe Getty]

And the cop said, you can call your attorney. And he said, how did. Hell with that. I'm calling my agent.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, no kidding.

[Joe Getty]

This is fantastic.

[Jack Armstrong]

And this isn't even a joke. This is guaranteed. His first thought was, this is awesome.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, the actual arrest and the charges. I want to know more because it seems to me that he was masquerading as a journalist. But that. And I despise Don Lemon. But I think this is actually a really interesting question. If you are creating content for, you know, whatever, your blog post, your Instagram, whatever, that is very, very close to journalism, and we don't jail journalists. But if the journalist stabs someone so he can report on man stabbed, you're no longer a journalist.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, so where does the church fracas.

[Joe Getty]

Fit into that framework? I personally am fascinated by the question.

[Jack Armstrong]

Won't everybody catch on to the fact that you just call yourself. Because everybody can have a bl.

[Joe Getty]

A vlog.

[Jack Armstrong]

All you need to have is a phone or a computer. So I would just. Hey, everybody, make sure. Does everybody have their vlog signed up? Okay, we're all journalists. Right? Finger quotes. Now let's go into the church.

[Joe Getty]

Right. Oh, it's. It's content for my Twitter feed. That's why I robbed this liquor store. It's a featurette I'm doing on robbing liquor store. Where. I mean, obviously the exact time giving. Right. Yeah, exactly. The tragic lack of security in America's liquor stores. Now hand me. Hand me the cash register drawer. Right. I mean, those examples are obvious, but is that lie?

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know. We might get into that. Cuz. Yeah. Cuz they've arrested five people already. Right. For interrupting a church service, which is violating someone's civil right. He was the idiot there yelling about the First Amendment, only looking at the free speech part or right to assembly part and not the freedom of religion part.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which he was violating. But. But he. I. I don't know to what extent he led it or was involved in the putting it together. The five people that were arrested were some of the leaders that put it together, so. Right. It'll be interesting to see what his role was.

[Joe Getty]

He has admitted to conspiring with them. He said, I did a little scouting for them. Okay, so where does. Where does the journalism begin? In the crime end or vice versa.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, too. And then grade two lameness, which is also a crime.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, God. Oh, we've got felony lameness.

[Jack Armstrong]

We've got Katie's headlines on the way. We got clips of the week. We got lots of good stuff today. I hope you can stick around.

[Announcer]

Armstrong and Gettysburg. Friday, February 6th. Kick off the Winter Olympics in style with the opening ceremony from Italy featuring a special performance by Mariah Carey. Celebrate the greatest athletes from around the globe as they come together to go for gold.

[Joe Getty]

Lindsey born sensational.

[Announcer]

The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.

[Katie Green]

Ilya Malinin redefining this sport.

[Announcer]

Friday, February 6, on NBC. And Peacock Grammys are Sunday.

[Jack Armstrong]

Having some interesting news about where music comes from in the modern age that you might not know out of your earbuds.

[Joe Getty]

I just heard something that shocked me to my core. Actually, it didn't because I knew how terrible they were. CNN for the last several days has been extensively airbrushing. What's the modern term? The picture they're using for killed ICU nurse or whatever he is. Nurse Alex Preddy in Minneapolis. They've made him substantially more handsome. They warmed up all the colors in his picture. They have shortened his face, widened it slightly, given him better straighter teeth.

[Jack Armstrong]

They gave him the brightened his eyes up. They gave him the dating app. App treatment. That's what everybody does on dating apps. So you don't look like what you look like.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, exactly. I mean, like extensive multiple manipulations of the image to make him more handsome.

[Katie Green]

They put a filter on him.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, that should be out of bounds. That should be mocked and criticized endlessly. That is un freaking believable.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I know. It's so nakedly. Oh, you found it already, huh? Yeah.

[Katie Green]

Holy smokes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, since you're looking at it, send me those pictures. But yeah, we got to do your headlines, but we got to talk about that more. That's wild.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Katie Green]

They are shameless.

[Joe Getty]

All right, we got to make him more sympathetic because he's a little funny looking. So let's make him really, really handsome because people like beautiful people. Beautiful people matter much more.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's weak. That's weak and awful on I don't know how many different levels.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah. I mean, you could write, you could conduct a college class on how stupid and dishonest all of this is.

[Jack Armstrong]

Just. What does that mean? So, so normal looking people getting shot. Nobody cares. Let's just make make sure the kids get that message.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Go on. Good Lord. All right, we'll talk about that more later. We got Kitty's Headlines.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Don Lemon, America's sourest fruit, and his former employer both covering themselves in infamy. Stay with us. Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the lead story with Katie Green. Katie.

[Katie Green]

Well, speaking of Don Lemon, he's the top headline of all the Alphabet networks. Abc, former CNN journalist Don Lemon arrested in connection with Minnesota protest. NBC, Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities. And that one was in all caps. And then, of course, CNN journalist Don Lemon taken into custody after protest at Minnesota church.

[Jack Armstrong]

Seems like a lot of attention for a very minor unimportant. He used to be on a host. A host on a channel nobody watched. Now he doesn't even have a show on the channel that nobody watched in.

[Joe Getty]

The first place when he was a crappy journalist. He's utterly dishonest. Just an ideal.

[Jack Armstrong]

He had like 80,000 viewers. Then he lost that job and he's being talked about. So that's pretty crazy.

[Katie Green]

This one from the Guardian, Trump tells Iran and nuclear ambitions and stop killing protesters or face US Military.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, so he must have heard the word or noticed in the New York Times article that they were making the point. Trump has not mentioned the protesters now in several weeks. So apparently that's no longer part of the deal. So then he came out yesterday and said that's part of the reason. That's part of the reason.

[Katie Green]

From the New York Times, Trump tells the UK and Canada that boosting trade with China is, quote, dangerous.

[Jack Armstrong]

God, I'd say surely they know that. Speaking of the New York Times, I mentioned that article the other day where they wrote a news piece talking about China and Europe make good partners because they agree on climate change and a variety of things. Are you flipping kidding me?

[Joe Getty]

And rules based order. Yeah, it was based order. Wow. Just horrible. So are like Canada and. Who else are we discussing here? Europe, whatever, uk yeah. Are they like the, the. The woman in the dysfunctional relationship who has a spat with her boyfriend, then cuddles up to a different guy at the bowling alley or the bar or whatever. Is that what's happening here? I'm going to make him so jealous. Oh, my God. Canada.

[Katie Green]

From the Washington Post, Trump. Trump tightened screws on Cuba, threatening tariffs on oil suppliers.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. We are choking off the supply of maintenance Mexican oil to Cuba, which is one of their major supplies. So, yeah, we're really putting the squeeze on the commies there and in there.

[Jack Armstrong]

All driving those 1956 Chevys that get like 13 miles of the gallon. So.

[Joe Getty]

Right, right.

[Katie Green]

From the Wall Street Journal, Trump picks Kevin Warsh as Fed chair.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

So this is interesting. Maybe we're going to finally get the question answered. Is the Fed independent? It doesn't make sense. The Constitution doesn't allow for that sort of thing. So can Trump fire the guy or replace him or whatever? Well, we're about to find out, I.

[Katie Green]

Guess from the New York Post. Florida nurse gives up license after saying he won't perform anesthesia on MAGA patients.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, my God.

[Katie Green]

Gives up his license.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're an asshat.

[Joe Getty]

Well, that's proof. I mean, to say you is proof. You don't have the judgment to do what you do.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, you shouldn't have that job.

[Joe Getty]

And then if there was a single member of the jury unconvinced of your stupidity, you do this. So good. Good. That's exactly the right thing. That happened.

[Katie Green]

From Study finds 1 in 4 US couples make love once a month or less. And fatigue may be why.

[Jack Armstrong]

Fatigue may be why.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, they're claiming that it's because of fatigue.

[Joe Getty]

Very tired, Very, very.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know if that's true.

[Katie Green]

Fatigue or headaches, you know. And finally, from the Babylon B, Bruce Springsteen threatens to keep releasing songs until deportations. Stop.

[Jack Armstrong]

That. Is that a joke? That just might be true.

[Joe Getty]

It's a threat. So that we'll all be so annoyed. Oh, I see.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, gotcha. Okay.

[Joe Getty]

It's not one of their greatest headlines.

[Jack Armstrong]

Presenting as a threat. Now, I understand Slim Pickens this morning. It can't cater. Finally figured it out there at the end. Can I do the same thing on my driver's license that Don. They did to that guy who got shot there in Minneapolis? I'd like to do that.

[Katie Green]

Did you see that picture?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Change my bone structure just a little bit. Little better teeth, a little whiter teeth.

[Joe Getty]

Come on.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, I mean, skin a little better tan and everything up a little bit. Yeah, exactly.

[Joe Getty]

Why can't I do that?

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, that is.

[Katie Green]

That is doing it.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, they shrunk his nose a little bit, too, because he's got, you know, rather pronounced nose.

[Jack Armstrong]

The other networks. The problem is that MSNBC and, you know, everybody but FOX is in agreement with cnn, their opinion on this story. But, man, everybody should be blasting CNN.

[Joe Getty]

A bigger, brighter, whiter smile.

[Jack Armstrong]

A guy got killed in the street and it's a major controversy in the country and you change him to make him more handsome. What the hell is that?

[Announcer]

Armstrong and Getty. Friday, February 6th. Kick off the Winter Olympics in style with the opening ceremony from Italy, featuring a special performance by Mariah Carey. Celebrate the greatest Athletes from around the globe as they come together to go for gold. The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Ilia Malinin, redefining The Sport, Friday, February 6, on NBC.

[Jack Armstrong]

And Peacock came across this story this morning. We'll get to a little bit later. The FDA or CDC or whoever recommends this sort of crap was going to recommend much less drinking than they ended up doing last year. But so now we have what they were going to recommend and we'll get to that a little bit later. And why they changed their minds.

[Joe Getty]

I took them to a nice winery. We had a big time.

[Jack Armstrong]

They said, this is all the light.

[Joe Getty]

This is pretty awesome. This is freaking great. Why do I want to be alive longer if I can't do this?

[Jack Armstrong]

My problems, I forgot them. You're all better looking.

[Joe Getty]

Everybody's interesting. This is great. Look at the scenery.

[Jack Armstrong]

I haven't been bored once I'm dancing. I never dance.

[Joe Getty]

Right, Right. Never mind. Rip, rip, rip. Tear up those recommendations.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right.

[Joe Getty]

One more spare thought before we jump into Cal. We were talking about the utterly execrable CNN that is photoshopping the pictures of Mr. Preddy, the dead nurse in Minneapolis, to make him much more handsome because that makes him much more valuable to the human race in a weird way. Just became aware that Trump, in the wake of that fracas, Trump's people were doing fundraising, online fundraising. Are you a proud American citizen or does ICE need to come and track you down? Take the citizens only survey, blah, blah, blah. And it occurs to me with the online fundraising, even if you're on the wrong side of an issue of it's really bad for you, that might be a particularly good time to hit the hardest core. 10% who are with you, right or wrong, you know, whatever. Always fundraising, both sides, all the time. So trouble.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll bet if we saw the dollars in the way they pour in, we would understand why all these different politicians say the incredibly, you know, we keep saying, who's the adult? If we saw the money flowing in every time they make some jackass statement on either side.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

We probably would understand why they do it.

[Joe Getty]

Right? Right, Indeed. All right, it's time to take a fond look back at the week that was. It's cow. Clips of the week. Clips of the week. The Seahawks soar to Super Bowl 60.

[Announcer]

Taipei 101 is 1600ft tall. Alex Honnold climbed it without ropes or a safety net.

[Joe Getty]

In just 90 minutes, wildlife officials in San Francisco have captured a mountain lion that was spotted in. In recent days, mom and dad have.

[Jack Armstrong]

Been observed building up their nest. Jackie laying an egg over the weekend last Friday night. And then overnight, Jackie laying a second egg, which is just interesting.

[Joe Getty]

UPS announced it's slashing an additional 30,000 jobs. Amazon announced a new round of layoffs. TikTok settling a major social media lawsuit.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ahead of a landmark trial in Los Angeles County.

[Joe Getty]

Warning from Pope Leo about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Quote, affectionate chat.

[Announcer]

I give him my advice and I.

[Joe Getty]

Tell him what I think. Sometimes he listens, sometimes he doesn't.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which is interesting.

[Joe Getty]

Iran's leadership remains defiant.

[Jack Armstrong]

The Japanese government recognizes that the current.

[Joe Getty]

Security environment is the most severe since the Second World War. There's no doubt about the fact that.

[Katie Green]

We'Re confronting them in a war like.

[Announcer]

War under the Geneva Convention.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're waging war against us and their.

[Katie Green]

Enemy combatants as a result of it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Mayhem in Minneapolis.

[Katie Green]

Oh, my God, he's breaking.

[Joe Getty]

I need. I need a napkin. To know nothing. We are Minnesota strong, which is just interesting.

[Announcer]

Protests erupt after another fatal shooting.

[Joe Getty]

How many more Americans need to die?

[Jack Armstrong]

Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody's going to write that children's story about Minnesota. Grab some syringes with needles on the.

[Joe Getty]

End, have them full of saline or succinylcholine.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, whatever, whatever.

[Joe Getty]

More demonstrators could potentially bring their own weapons.

[Jack Armstrong]

You see a man who appears to.

[Joe Getty]

Be Preddy and others on the scene shouting at agents who had been blocking.

[Jack Armstrong]

An intersection on January 13th. Bovino is now returning to be sector.

[Joe Getty]

Chief in El Centro.

[Jack Armstrong]

We are not surrendering the President's mission and immigration force.

[Joe Getty]

Let's make that clear. I think she's doing a very good job. I think she's doing a very good job.

[Announcer]

It's clips of the week.

[Jack Armstrong]

I have two interesting things. Very interesting things.

[Joe Getty]

That's interesting.

[Jack Armstrong]

One, the Melania movie, which I am anti fawning over first ladies, I always have been because it's too close to a royal family thing. But on the Melania movie, I can understand why, and I'm sure Donald was behind getting this going and everything like that. She, even though she's incredibly stylish and a flipping model, appeared on like zero magazine covers the first term as opposed to, and I've seen the numbers before, Michelle, Hillary, any of the Democratic women who, you know, you're on the COVID of Vogue six times over four years. What Hillary Clinton's wearing this Christmas, you know, that sort of stuff. Stuff. Milani got nothing.

[Joe Getty]

Zero.

[Jack Armstrong]

Even though she's a beautiful model. Because they hate Trump so much.

[Joe Getty]

So a lovely Human being from all indications.

[Jack Armstrong]

So yeah, I guess they got to do their own, put out a movie or something like that because the mainstream media is going to pretend she doesn't exist, which is just dumb. Yeah, but there's some Tick Tock stuff in there. Came across this yesterday. You talk about that. What's that term you use for us being self hating here in the United States, especially our young people. Oh I don't know, some term you use for us being has. We, we hate ourselves for whatever. We, we love everything everywhere else and hate what we got here.

[Joe Getty]

Xenophiles. Yeah, yeah, exactly.

[Jack Armstrong]

Here's a good example of that. So the big announcement comes out that Tick Tock is becoming a US thing and all that. Well, so since that announcement, word has gotten around that it's now going to be a U.S. algorithm. Cancellations have increased 150% over the last five days. And word on the app and other social media is people are so unhappy with, now that it's a US Company, they're going to be collecting sensitive information on the app like your racial or ethnic origin, maybe your sexual orientation and other information about you.

[Joe Getty]

Now is that actually the self hating youngsters or is that the communist Chinese continuing to pipe their propaganda in.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well doesn't make any difference to me. The young people canceling the app because they think now that it's a US company, it's going to be collecting your data. How hilarious is that? It was a Chinese, it was a Chinese app. They're collecting every, every bit of your data and trying to hack into your bank account, you morons.

[Joe Getty]

Well not only that, but I've read a couple of pieces of analysis that I was going to bring to you today that said, hey, this new deal allows the communist Chinese way too much control. Still this is not a good deal for the United States.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well that's interesting, but don't trust China on the cancellation thing. So you got all these young people who trust China but don't trust the United and the United States company on an app? I mean how did we get here?

[Joe Getty]

Well, I think you know the answer.

[Jack Armstrong]

I do know the answer, but that.

[Joe Getty]

Systematically educating them to believe that, what.

[Jack Armstrong]

A horrible place to end up. You trust the Chinese Communist Party to have that app in your phone but when it becomes a US entity, no, they're going to be collecting my data. I'm canceling it. That is some sort of twisted self hating something.

[Joe Getty]

Our government schools make Benedict Arnold look like George Washington. They are traitors to the United States of America. Activist Traitors.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're going to be collecting data now that it's a US company on the transgender and non binary community and immigration status and financial information. China was collecting everything. Probably listening to you, your conversations. If they watch it, use the toilet, anything they could.

[Joe Getty]

China is asshole. That's well summarized, sir. Yeah, I know. That is wild. It's difficult enough to, you know, manage a country, society, seek the truth, blah blah blah. When you don't start at a point of people believe things that are looney tunes. You know, it's hard enough to manage a society without having, you know, a part of your society deliberately educated your young people to believe things that are utterly perverse.

[Jack Armstrong]

Did you.

[Joe Getty]

Hi, Karamba.

[Jack Armstrong]

Did you go to the Melania movie last night? Debuted in theaters across the country. Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Probably not engaged.

[Jack Armstrong]

Probably not playing in the town I live in, I'm guessing. Did you make it, Michael, or.

[Joe Getty]

No, I wasn't able to make it.

[Jack Armstrong]

The line was too long. Yes, I shouldn't mock it. I just. Or why shouldn't I mock it? I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I, you know, you shouldn't. You absolutely shouldn't mock it. And I'm gonna mock you for mocking it right after this word from rough greens, which is not a dip. What?

[Jack Armstrong]

And then I'm gonna ask you, are you going to watch it? Because if you mock me about it and then don't watch it, you are a hypocrite.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, who is mocking the marker? Who will mock the markers? Ancient saying goes, what I say. Oh, rough greens. That's right. It's change in your dog food. You're just adding rough greens. And it's live bioavailable nutrients including essential vitamins, minerals, probiotics, digestive enzymes and omega oils. They work together to improve nutrient absorption for your pup, maintain joint and muscle health and enhance overall vitality. I could use a little of that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, all the antioxidants and anti inflammatory stuff and you know, especially as your dogs get older, all the inflammation problems you have but can't emphasize enough, it's not changing your dog's food because that's a pretty big deal if you've ever done it. You just add this to your current dog's food that the dog already likes and you already buy and have a system and maybe it's on auto order and everything like that, but now you add the rough greens and Rough Greens is offering a free Jump Start trial bag. All you have to do is cover shipping. Just use the discount Code Armstrong to claim your free jump start trial [e-mail] it's spelled rough like if a dog could talk. R u f f roughgreens.com that's how.

[Joe Getty]

Much they believe you and your dog are really gonna like this. A free jump start trial bag roughgreens.com use that promo code, Armstrong. Don't change your dog's food. Just add rough greens and watch benefits come alive. Woof. All right, so here's my case for why not to mock the Melania movie. She's a very interesting person with a very interesting life. She is in a nearly impossible to imagine situation and trying to navigate that as a mom.

[Jack Armstrong]

If I thought I was going to learn about that from the movie, I might actually watch it if I knew what it was like to. To travel around with Donald Trump and handle the world they're in. But I doubt that it has much of that.

[Joe Getty]

What it's like on Inauguration Day.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, you watch it behind the scenes. Let me know how much you loved it. You and your wife sitting on the couch watching that movie.

[Joe Getty]

I don't like your attitude with your review. Wow, are you a progressive. This is terrible.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, with the caveat that the reason they put this out was, you know, Vogue and L magazine and the New Yorker magazine. Now they. They don't do the splashy cover pieces for her like they do for every other demogr. Erratic first lady.

[Joe Getty]

And Netflix was. It paid $40 million for the rights, which a lot of lefties are calling a bribe.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, really?

[Joe Getty]

To approve various mergers or what? How about we do, like, an incredibly flattering, you know, biopic about your wife. Beautiful woman, lovely gal.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've seen some of the previews. She looks fantastic in it. Of course she does. She's a model. And they went out of their way to make her look even better than she normally looks. So kind of like CNN did with that guy got shot.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, this is. We said it's msnbc. I know, that's interesting. Somebody specifically reported it was cnn. But they're all piles of crap, so it's difficult to differentiate one pile of crap from another. Farmers know this, so it's actually not.

[Jack Armstrong]

Difficult to identify one pile of crap for another. It's pretty easy to tell a horse from a cow from a goat from a. A coyote from a dog from a cat.

[Joe Getty]

You know, it's funny, I went for the punchline, even knowing it was not true. Judy and I actually talk. It took a walk through a local big federal wildlife preserve not long ago. It was actually on Christmas Day, and. And I was using AI to identify the scat of that we came across in this wildlife sanctuary.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's what you do, boy. Reason for the season. That's what you do on Christmas Day. You brush up on your identifying dung.

[Joe Getty]

Yes. Animal dung. Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

Yes.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's an interesting. You're a Druid, I guess. I don't even know what religion that is.

[Joe Getty]

I'm an amateur scientist.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. Katie.

[Katie Green]

There were just so many directions that story could have gone and that was not. Did not see that one coming.

[Jack Armstrong]

Today. I really nailed down which poop is which poop from which animal. And it was a wonderful experience.

[Joe Getty]

Fascinating information about animals, diets and their poop. And now that you can tell it's not a coyote because a coyote or a fox or whatever it was was their poop actually is shaped more lights. That light. They got into the shape of it.

[Jack Armstrong]

And now that you can identify the fecal matter of different animals like that, your life is so much richer for the experience.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think.

[Joe Getty]

I think you do that and then open presents.

[Jack Armstrong]

Maybe you should have watched the Melania movie.

[Joe Getty]

I actually got Judy a little coyote dung as a present. Michael.

[Jack Armstrong]

Already open presents first. That's always the question before we go walking through the field identifying dung.

[Joe Getty]

Folks, they're. They're jealous of my knowledgeableness.

[Katie Green]

That's it.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got mailbag on the way. And then we got some other news to get into. And the whole thing with the United States and. And Iran is heating up. We could go to war this weekend. I mean, that's. Mike Lyons said yesterday he told a friend he thinks we might. So anyway, all that on the way. Stay here.

[Announcer]

Armstrong and Gettysburg.

[Joe Getty]

Yo, yo, yo. Lot to squeeze in today. I want to talk a little bit about the actual deal to keep Tick Tock going. And it troubles me a lot. I think we've given way too much in just because it's popular. But I get it. We have a democracy and you got to get people's votes. But here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Oh, there it is. Continuing our series from Ben Franklin. I like this one. I don't know why I like metaphors. I. I see life through metaphors. Metaphors help me understand life in a way that regular descriptions.

[Jack Armstrong]

To me, metaphors are like rain coming in on a.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, good start. Anyway, from Ben Franklin. People who live long, who will drink the cup of life to the very bottom must expect to meet with some of the usual dregs. The pains of aging, the downside of aging. Because you've Drank life to the very bottom of the cup.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, I didn't take that from that.

[Joe Getty]

You didn't? No. What'd you take?

[Jack Armstrong]

Just life has a. You know, you. You live life to its fullest, but there's going to be. You know, there's going to be bumps in the road.

[Joe Getty]

Those who live long, who will drink the cup of life to the very bottom. Mailbag drop us Note mailbagarmstronggetti.com Sean writes. I can't imagine what the random person who finds Jack's luggage and opens it will think. 3 Pair of Sydney Sweeney jeans and matching tops, black beard dye, Corgasm pills, PI server PI fork backup, pie fork, pie fork, concealed carry holster. An unfortunately long and stylish coat with a reminder on it not to be worn with possibly dark shirts. A DVD of Emilia Perez, the extended Director's cut edition bread maker sourdough starter, and a guide to bread making in a three by five poster with a pie chart of pies and a note on the eaters of each. For example, chocolate pie equals mental incompetent. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

So somewhere in America next year they're gonna auction off the stuff in my bag. I guess that's what they do eventually, when bags get lost and nobody claims them. But I would claim it if I.

[Joe Getty]

Could figure out where the hell it was. Yeah. Yeah, that would be interesting. It's like Storage wars but with luggage. Gotta be tempted to do. I'll give you 50 bucks. Who knows?

[Jack Armstrong]

Can't believe I didn't do the airtag thing. I will from now on.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah, we do. Judy and I these days. Let's see. Simplified explanation of the shootings in Minnesota writes error. The deaths of Jeff, Jeffrey Preddy and Renee Good's deaths are deaths by misadventure. It's a coroner's verdict for an unintentional death resulting from a deliberate risky action where the person did not intend to die, but their voluntary act went unexpectedly wrong. Distinguishing it from a pure accident by involving greater than normal risk, like a fatal overdose or death. During extreme sports, it's used when someone takes a known risk, like a dangerous stunt that leads to their death. Unlike a simple accident where no significant risk was involved. Yeah, death by misadventure. Interesting. And then this here's a quote from Minnesotans Tom and SoCal writes, it's from Mother Teresa. If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that's a good one.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. You know, I read a really great persuasive thing not long ago that if you get overwhelmed by the world and its problems and you feel like you need to solve them, start in your town. Start in your neighborhood. Do something good for your town.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that, that's, that whole topic is pretty interesting because, like being a good parent and doing all that sort of stuff is a tremendous amount of work. Going to a march now and there and screaming and yelling and acting like you're going to change the world is pretty freaking easy.

[Joe Getty]

And the first one does tremendous good in the world and the second one does jack squat. Sorry to take your name in vain there, sir. Well, we don't have time for this. We have three hours. Bob, big fan of kettlebell swings. Rob the Marine, I should say. Good. He's praising me highly for doing them. Thank you, Rob.

[Jack Armstrong]

Awesome. We've got three more hours and lots to get to. Actually some pretty interesting news.

[Announcer]

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[Joe Getty]

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