My Mom Accidentally Ordered Her Fries Doggy Style Once

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand: "My Mom Accidentally Ordered Her Fries Doggy Style Once"

Release Date: June 10, 2025

The latest episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand dives deep into the tumultuous political landscape of California, the ensuing chaos in Los Angeles, and the broader national debates surrounding law enforcement, immigration policies, and LGBTQ+ issues. Host Jack Armstrong and co-host Joe Getty, along with special guest Kevin Kiley, navigate these pressing topics with characteristic candor and sharp commentary.

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1. California's Immigration Policies and Sanctuary Cities

Guest Introduction: Kevin Kiley, Congressman from California's Third District

At [01:42], the discussion kicks off with the recent controversy involving Kevin Kiley's stance on sanctuary cities. Kiley criticizes fellow politicians Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom for their immigration policies, asserting that California's reluctance to cooperate with ICE has led to increased disruptions and law enforcement challenges.

Kevin Kiley emphasizes the operational difficulties:

“When there's someone who's here illegally, who also has a criminal record... the local law enforcement has no ability to simply hand that person off to ICE... It’s much less disruptive. It’s much safer for everyone involved.” [02:18]

He further highlights the long-standing bipartisan nature of deportation efforts, referencing Barack Obama's administration:

“Barack Obama deported 3 million people... the focus has always been on those who have criminal records first.” [03:03]

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2. Los Angeles: Law Enforcement and the National Guard

The conversation transitions to the recent unrest in Los Angeles, where escalating violence and disruptions prompted the intervention of the National Guard.

At [04:37], Jack Armstrong remarks on the severity of the situation:

“It's remarkable how quickly basic law enforcement functions start to look odd and troubling...”

Kevin Kiley provides a firsthand account of the chaos:

“We saw officers attacked with Molotov cocktails, cars on fire, roadways being blocked... These are the circumstances that allow the President to take action.” [04:37]

He defends the deployment of the National Guard, attributing the necessity to the inadequate response from local leadership.

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3. Law and Order: Public Perception and Political Rhetoric

The hosts delve into the public's reaction to the unrest and the political narratives shaping the discourse.

At [07:01], Joe Getty references public sentiment:

“I think we got another new clip of Gavin Newsom saying, get it over with. Come arrest me. So he's baiting the whole arrest me...” [07:01]

Jack Armstrong critiques Newsom's policies, linking them to the current state of lawlessness:

“These radical policies have forced these operations to take place in this way... It is absurd and desperate and offensive for Newsom to now be saying that somehow it's Trump and the National Guard that catalyzed the violence.” [04:12]

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4. Social Media and the Law and Order Debate

The episode touches on the heated exchanges unfolding on social media platforms regarding law and order.

At [09:38], Joe Getty introduces a segment highlighting viewer interactions:

“Somebody tweeted out, if you support pardons for the January 6th rioters but have a problem with the protests happening now, you're not about law and order, you're just a racist.” [09:38]

The hosts agree on the inconsistency of opposing law and order while supporting leniency for previous offenders, underscoring the polarized nature of the discourse.

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5. Gender and LGBTQ+ Issues: Trevor Project and Gender Bending Madness

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to critiquing LGBTQ+ advocacy groups and recent initiatives perceived as controversial by the hosts.

Trevor Project Criticism: At [20:29], Jack Armstrong criticizes the Trevor Project's partnerships and services:

“Trevor Space remains active, has over 400,000 users from the ages of 13 through 24.” [20:29]

He questions the organization's impact and the validity of its programs, suggesting skepticism about their intentions.

Gender Bending Madness: The discussion shifts to gender identity and related activism, featuring a segment titled "Gender Bending Madness."

At [23:19], a guest named Daviana shares her perspective on transitioning:

“I am transitioning to look as much like a female as I can... A female is someone who was born a female with X chromosomes and can have babies.” [23:49]

The hosts express their disagreement with contemporary gender theories, advocating for traditional definitions and opposing what they perceive as ideological overreach.

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6. Drag Story Time and Public Protests in Chicago

The hosts examine the backlash against Chicago Public Library's Pride Month events, particularly "Drag Story Time."

At [24:50], Unnamed Activist describes the event:

“Drag story time for kids 2 to 5 years old drew a crowd of more than 100 supporters... drowning out a handful of protesters calling for the event to be canceled.” [24:50]

Joe Getty criticizes the appropriateness of such events in public spaces:

“Having them read in drag is just inappropriate. It’s about the freedom to parent how you want to.” [27:24]

The discussion reflects the ongoing national debate over LGBTQ+ representation in public and educational settings.

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7. Sports and Transgender Athletes: Simone Biles Controversy

A heated debate emerges around Olympic gymnast Simone Biles's comments on transgender athletes in sports.

At [28:17], an Unnamed News Reporter recounts Biles's remarks:

“Simone Biles blasting US Swimmer Riley Gaines for calling foul on a Minnesota high school women's softball team winning a state title with a biological male pitcher...” [28:17]

Joe Getty and Jack Armstrong express astonishment and disapproval of Biles’s stance, emphasizing the belief that biological differences impact fair competition.

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8. Audiobooks and Consumer Tips: Audible versus Library Services

Shifting to lighter topics, the hosts discuss the challenges and frustrations with audiobook subscriptions.

At [36:04], Joe Getty shares his dilemma with Audible:

“If you quit Audible, am I going to do Audible a month for the rest of my life to hold on to my library?” [37:17]

Jack Armstrong suggests utilizing public libraries as a cost-effective alternative:

“He gets on the list through the library... It’s free. Yeah. Yeah, I like that idea.” [38:32]

This segment offers practical advice to listeners seeking to manage their audiobook consumption without incurring excessive costs.

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9. Lighter Moments and Anecdotes: The "Zebra in a Bag" Story

Injecting humor into the episode, the hosts share amusing anecdotes to lighten the intense topics.

At [34:17], Joe Getty recounts:

“A zebra that had been lost in Tennessee... Or as they call it, Arby's, the number three.” [34:34]

Jack Armstrong jokes about the absurdity of the situation:

“Oh no. Honey, I got us a zebra.” [34:46]

Such segments provide listeners with a breather amidst the heavier discussions.

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Conclusion and Teasers for Future Episodes

As the episode wraps up, Armstrong and Getty hint at upcoming topics, including further analysis of the Los Angeles unrest and the influence of Mexican flags in protests.

At [38:54], Jack Armstrong encourages listeners to tune into the next episode for more in-depth discussions.

“If you missed the segment, get the podcast Armstrong, Arun and Getty on demand.” [38:54]

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Notable Quotes

• Kevin Kiley on sanctuary policies:
  “They refuse to cooperate with ICE... It’s much less disruptive. It’s much safer for everyone involved.” [02:18]

• Barack Obama’s deportations:
  “Barack Obama deported 3 million people... the focus has always been on those who have criminal records first.” [03:03]

• Jack Armstrong on law enforcement in LA:
  “These radical policies have forced these operations to take place in this way... It is absurd and desperate and offensive...” [04:12]

• Joe Getty on social media debates:
  “...you're not about law and order, you're just a racist.” [09:38]

• Daviana on gender identity:
  “A female is someone who was born a female with X chromosomes and can have babies... Let’s stop all the nonsense.” [23:49]

• Simone Biles Controversy:
  “Simone Biles blasting US Swimmer Riley Gaines... she should be uplifting the trans community.” [28:17]

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This comprehensive episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand offers listeners a blend of political critique, social commentary, and light-hearted exchanges, encapsulating the dynamic and often contentious discourse prevalent in contemporary American society.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an iHeart podcast.

[J.R. Martinez]

The medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, the unexpected, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

[Unnamed Medal of Honor Narrator]

This medal is for the men who went down that day.

[J.R. Martinez]

On Medal of Honor Stories of Courage, you'll hear about these heroes and what their stories tell us about the nature of bravery. Listen to Medal of Honor on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Jack Armstrong]

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

[Joe Getty]

He's a tough guy.

[Unnamed News Reporter]

Why doesn't he do that?

[Joe Getty]

He knows where to find me.

[Unnamed News Reporter]

Come after me, arrest me.

[Joe Getty]

Let's just get it over with, tough guy. Wow. I'm looking at your big network newscast. CBS and NBC. I got on TV right in front of me. They're both leading with the Trump Newsom feud, which is. They're both loving. I mean, they. They both feel like they're getting everything they want out of it. Newsom's thinking I get to be the face of the resistance. That automatically launches me to. To maybe the leader of the Democratic Party and the. In the front runner for nomination in 28. And, of course, Trump. Trump.

[Jack Armstrong]

Don't stop believing, Gavi. Don't stop believing.

[Joe Getty]

It doesn't hurt Trump to have Gavin Newsom as a foil.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's discuss the entire situation with Kevin Kiley, Congressman from California's Third District, who recently tweeted Karen Bass and Gavin Newsom would rather ICE not conduct targeted immigration operations. There's a simple solution. Stop being a sanctuary city and sanctuary state. Cooperate with authorities, and stop egging on viol agitators. Kevin Kiley, Welcome. How are you, sir?

[Kevin Kiley]

I'm doing great. How are you?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I love the idea of you become a sanctuary state or sanctuary city or whatever, and then when the federal government says, okay, well, somebody's got to enforce the law, you act like it's crazy that they do that.

[Kevin Kiley]

Yeah, exactly. And not only that, I mean, the thing about being a sanctuary city. Sanctuary state is that that means that they refuse to cooperate with ice. They refuse to honor. And so when there's someone who's here illegally, who also has a criminal record, who's been arrested, who's in police custody, the local law enforcement has no ability to simply hand that person off to ICE in a custodial setting. They release them into the community, and that then forces ICE to conduct immigration operations, to find these most dangerous people who are a threat to public safety in the community. And then we have the likes of Newsom and Bass saying, oh, this is outrageous that they're doing this, when it's their very sanctuary policies that have left them no other choice.

[Joe Getty]

Your point being that. So to get this convicted criminal, you gotta go into the restaurant, you've got no choice. Right.

[Kevin Kiley]

Whereas if you weren't a sanctuary jurisdiction, as most places in the United States are not, then you can actually just transfer them within a custodial environment at the jail. And it's much less disruptive. It's much safer for everyone involved, for the community, for the officers, for everyone. But it's precisely these radical sanctuary policies that forced these operations to take place in this way. But by the way, these are the sort of things that have been going on for decades across Democrat, Republican administrations. Barack Obama deported 3 million people, and the focus has always been, as it was in these in la, on those who have criminal records or who have already been adjudicated to be deported. And there's an existing deportation order. And so this is pretty standard stuff that's been going on. But it's the likes of Karen Bass and Newsom that have used inflammatory rhetoric and have essentially put a target on the back of our federal officers that have egged people on towards these acts of violence and acts of disruption.

[Jack Armstrong]

It is remarkable how quickly basic law enforcement functions start to look odd and troubling when you've permitted lawlessness for as long as, you know, the Karen Bass and Gavin Newsoms have in California. Kevin, let's talk a little bit about the response. Would you agree that the local cops in LA county were up against more than they could handle and it was appropriate to bring in the National Guard? How do you feel about the whole response?

[Kevin Kiley]

Yeah, I mean, we saw the scenes over the first few days before the National Guard was involved. It absolutely spun out of control. Even the police chief in LA said that it ought to discuss every good person in la the acts of violence that had been going on. You know, you saw officers attacked with Molotov cocktails, we saw cars on fire, we saw roadways being blocked, and we saw a threat to the federal officers themselves as well as to the lawful operations that they were trying to conduct. And so those are precisely the circumstances under which the Constitution and statutory law that Congress has passed allow the President to take this sort of action. And the reason he had to is because Gavin Newsom refused to do so. And Karen Bass response was Also far from. Far from adequate. And so I think that a lot of folks are, who have lived, by the way, in L. A every day, with some measure of the lawlessness that we're seeing on spectacular display now, are thankful that finally there's someone who seems to care about protecting them, protecting their families and protecting their communities.

[Joe Getty]

I noticed that when I think it was LAPD finally cleared 101 the other day so people could drive. They got applause. It's not like the people in line didn't appreciate that.

[Kevin Kiley]

That's a great point. Yeah. I mean, no one wants to have to deal with this, but, you know, they've. Every step of the way. It's the policies and the rhetoric of the likes of Gavin Newsom that have brought us to this point. You know, they let millions of people across the border in the Biden years. California was by far the worst of any state in the country. Then they adopted these terrible sanctuary policies. Then, by the way, they funded massively with state money, these NGOs that are like giving people the coordinates for where ICE is at any given moment so that they can then rile people up and send them there to be disruptive. And lucky for them, we have all these criminals that have been released from prison early in California. So there's a lot of people who are more than happy to go and stir up trouble. And then you add on top of that as fuel to the fire, literal fires, this incendiary, inflammatory rhetoric from Newsom and Karen Bass blowing things way out of proportion. And it's precisely their actions that have brought us to this point, which is why it is so absurd and desperate and offensive for Newsom to now be saying that somehow it's. It was President Trump and the arrival of the National Guard that catalyzed the violence. I mean, what offensive statement to our men and women serving in the National Guard?

[Joe Getty]

I'm glad you brought up the Obama stat, by the way. That should be mentioned more often. The Obama administration deported 3 million illegals. That's amazing.

[Kevin Kiley]

That's exactly right. And the focus has always been, by the way, across administrations on we need to find those who have criminal records first to pose a threat to public safety, or in some cases that we're seeing in la. These are people who have already been through the process. They've had their due process, they've been adjudicated to be in the country illegally. They have an existing deportation order that they're not complying with. So what would the likes of Newsom and these groups who are stirring up These violent riots, what would they have ICE do in those circumstances? Because of their sanctuary policies, they have to conduct operations and they're doing so in as targeted a way as possible. And it is the efforts on the part of these violent agitators to disrupt their efforts that have created the situation.

[Jack Armstrong]

Kevin Kiley of California's 3rd district is on the line. Kevin, you join us in calling for the arrest of Gavin Newsom. Don't answer that question. I was kidding. Could there be. We're talking more broadly about the reaction among normal Americans to seeing what's unfolding in L. A And can you think of a worse visual than people assaulting cops, setting fires and waving the flags of foreign countries on our streets? It's obscene.

[Kevin Kiley]

Yes. This is Gavin Newsom's California. And that's what the whole world is seeing right now. Exactly as you say, burning the American flag, waving the flag of other countries, assaulting officers, blocking freeways, summoning Waymo self driving cars and then lighting them on fire. This is the image that people will now have of Gavin Newsom's California. And as you guys know, and those of us who live in California know, you know, we don't see riots like this every day. But people in la, in San Francisco, in Oakland, they have to live with the constant threat of crime in their communities because of the lawlessness that these policies have enabled. You know, in la they tell you don't wear your jewelry outside when you go outside the house or else you're going to get robbed. I mean, this is the reality of, of life here. And so while this is sort of an exceptional example, I do think it's giving people a taste of what Californians have to deal with on a day to day basis and what these policies, these radical policies of Newsom and Bass and the super majority have created.

[Jack Armstrong]

Kevin Kiley is a fiscal conservative. He believes in choice and education. He's a great follow on Twitter and it's always a pleasure. Kevin, thanks so much for the time.

[Kevin Kiley]

Of course. Thanks for having me.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I promised a little segment that will anger everyone and leave me with no friends, but this has come up a fair amount, at least online. So somebody tweeted out, if you support pardons for the January 6th rioters but have a problem with the protests happening now, you're not about law and order, you're just a racist. Twitch. Tim Sandifer, who leans way more open borders than I do, reply retweeted a reply. What if you wanted the book thrown at January 6th sirs, but support what's going on now. What does that make you? Yes, unless you're on for me. Unless you're on the side of. You can't have riots, period. Political riots, any kind of riots. Riots ain't good. Violence ain't good. Beating cops, breaking the law, nobody. I want everybody arrested. Who does that. That's my side. I don't care what your cause is.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Call me anything you want. I join you in that stance. 100%.

[Joe Getty]

Doesn't seem complicated.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I mean, that point is fine. It's true you're not necessarily a racist, but you're really inconsistent.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

And vice versa, as Tim pointed out. Is that really that hard? What's it like to live in somebody's head who doesn't understand how clearly true that was? I don't know. Perhaps some folks listening are of that bent. Explain, please.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, maybe later we'll hit that story again of Pam Bondi, the Attorney General, again, saying, we got the name of the guy who is chunking the big pieces of cement at cops and seems to be like a pro agitator sort of dude. And they're gonna. They're gonna find and arrest him, which is cool.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Hit him with federal charges so he actually does some time. Don't trust Gavin Newsom's California justice system. I'll be on the street next week.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, and I'm just really interested who' associated with what groups. You know, get into his emails and computer and associates. I want to know what. What is. What is that? We've been wondering that for a long time. You know, who is it that delivers the pallets of bricks to these things?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, yes. Let's get to the bottom of that. Let's make this guy a household name.

[Joe Getty]

Yes, Michael, I heard they did a search warrant on his house already, but he wasn't there. Am I correct about that? Yeah, yeah, yeah. So. But they probably have computers and stuff, things that make you more anxious. Just came across this list from Dr. If you suffer from anxiety. I don't. Of all the afflictions you could have on earth, and I got plenty of them. I have not. I do not have anxiety. Maybe it's because I'm so.

[Jack Armstrong]

Maybe you should try some.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, maybe I'd be better off with some. Maybe wake up anyway. Lots on the way. Stay here. Armstrong and Getty.

[J.R. Martinez]

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

[Unnamed Medal of Honor Narrator]

This medal is for the men who went down that day. It's for the families of those who didn't make it.

[J.R. Martinez]

I'm J.R. martinez. I'm a U.S. army veteran myself, and I'm honored to tell you the stories of these heroes on the new season of Medal of Stories of Courage from Pushkin Industries and iHeart podcast. From Robert Blake, the first black sailor to be awarded the medal, to Daniel Daly, one of only 19 people to have received the Medal of Honor twice. These are stories about people who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor going above and beyond the call of duty. You'll hear about what they did, what it meant, and what their stories tell us about the nature of courage and sacrifice. Listen to Medal of Honor on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Unnamed News Reporter]

Activists, including Greta Thunberg, the environmental activist, arrived at a port in Israel after they were detained by Israel's navy on board an aid ship bound for Gaza. The activist group, called the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, claims that the Israelis, quote, unlawfully boarded their ship, which was full of baby formula and medical supplies, and, quote, confiscated the goods. Israel calls the ship and its passengers a, quote, selfie yacht, and they said the mission's sole purpose was publicity. Israel plans to quickly deport the detained activists back to their home countries. Israel also claims that the aid that wasn't, quote, consumed by the celebrities, unquote, will be sent to Gaza through humanitarian channels.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's some good trolling right there by the idf.

[Joe Getty]

How dare you. The selfie yacht. It is obviously such a stunt because it's such a dent in, you know, in, in the whole thing. And this doesn't get reported a lot, but there have been millions of meals provided there in Gaza. Millions, Some of which are stolen by Hamas. Most of them aren't millions. Over the last several weeks, yeah, they.

[Jack Armstrong]

Had less than a single truckload of aid. More than 1200 aid trucks have entered Gaza from Israel within the past two weeks, etc. I think the, the selfie yacht is a good name for it. I love that they made these people watch 10-7- footage as condition of their release. The Freedom Flotilla. You think Hamas wants freedom, you morons.

[J.R. Martinez]

This is all wrong.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, you're right.

[Joe Getty]

Well, so that was back when she was more of a child. You can't blame her, really, for the, you know, the, the lefty world elevated her to pope status when she was a child. You know, that would get to your.

[Jack Armstrong]

That would go to your head.

[Joe Getty]

You would start to think, well, people really care what I think about stuff.

[Jack Armstrong]

She's unhinged Poor kid.

[Joe Getty]

Well, it was that whole because she's a child. It makes it more true thing about climate change there. For a cup of coffee. Soda fans. I say pop, so I'll say pop. Pop fans are freaking out over the limited return of the beloved, beloved Coca Cola flavor. I didn't know this was so beloved. Diet cherry Coke is making a comeback. Anybody excited about that?

[Jack Armstrong]

No. I consumed that way back in the day, but it sounds disgusting to me now.

[Joe Getty]

You don't drink pop? Oh, you're better than us. I don't drink pop either.

[Jack Armstrong]

Correct. Yes, yes.

[Joe Getty]

Katie, do you drink pop?

[Katie]

Rarely. But everything, everything that's cherry flavored tastes like cough syrup to me. That manufactured cherry flavor, I can't do it.

[Joe Getty]

Different red fruit. But did you know this is. My son said, this can't be true. He wanted a strawberry milkshake the other day we were at In N Out and he says they have the best strawberry milkshakes. I said, you know, I've never had a strawberry milkshake.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which he, wow. Add it to the list of things Jack has never grown up, which he couldn't believe.

[Joe Getty]

And I know I've never had a strawberry. It always sounded gross to me. But, you know, I'm starting to think it might be delicious. This is this. I think about this because my son Henry, the 13 year old had his first ham sandwich the other day and loved it. It's not because I haven't like allowed him. I've been trying to encourage that for years, but he just thought ham sounded awful for some reason. He finally tried ham and he said, dad, ham is fantastic. I said, yes, yes, yes, welcome. So he loves the ham sandwich. And I'll bet in the last week, I'm not exaggerating, I'd be shocked if he hasn't had 20 ham sandwiches in the last week. Two or three a day and. But, you know, I'm a guy. I had my first BLT when I was 45 and I. And I remember coming on the air the next day and saying, the BLT is amazing. I never had one before.

[Jack Armstrong]

Have you checked out? I don't know, A sunset or falling in love. Those are kind of nice too.

[Daviana]

Puppies.

[Jack Armstrong]

A nice puppy.

[Katie]

Working with you is so great, Jack, because every day it's like, really wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I know. Yeah, well.

[Joe Getty]

But I have such wonders that await me. You know, other people have to, I don't know, travel to Bali to have some new experience. All I got to do is have a bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich or.

[Jack Armstrong]

Try one of the three most popular.

[Joe Getty]

Flavors of milkshake on earth right now. I've never had a strawberry milkshake. I should try that.

[Katie]

They're really good.

[Joe Getty]

That's. Everybody says, I don't know. They always sounded gross to me. And whenever you're offered one, there's also chocolate or vanilla. But why?

[Jack Armstrong]

Why? The strawberry is a delightful berry, universally enjoyed.

[Joe Getty]

But there's always a chocolate or vanilla option there. And I know, know I love that. So I just figured, why risk it?

[Jack Armstrong]

There you go.

[Katie]

Well, when you go to in n out, try the Neapolitan shake. They mix all three.

[Joe Getty]

Is that one part of the secret menu? I don't like the secret menu thing. I don't. I don't like that at all. That for some reason that bothers me.

[Katie]

Get over it and try it.

[Joe Getty]

It's elitism or something.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that's over the line for me. That's perverse.

[Joe Getty]

Secret codes. I don't know. It's some sort of.

[Katie]

Never mind.

[Joe Getty]

My mom once ordered, accidentally, the fries doggy style.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, boy. I don't even want to picture that.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, my. I want the fries doggy style. That's hilarious.

[Jack Armstrong]

We generally just hand them to you. You can do whatever you want with them. Armstrong and Getty.

[J.R. Martinez]

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

[Unnamed Medal of Honor Narrator]

This medal is for the men who went down that day. It's for the families of those who didn't make it.

[J.R. Martinez]

I'm J.R. martinez. I'm a U.S. army veteran myself, and I'm honored to tell you the stories of these heroes on the new season of Medal of Stories of Courage from Pushkin Industries and iHeart podcast from Robert Blake, the first black sailor to be awarded the medal to Daniel Daly, one of only 19 people to have received the Medal of Honor twice. These are stories about people who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor going above and beyond the call of duty. You'll hear about what they did, what it meant, and what their stories tell us about the nature of courage and sacrifice. Listen to Medal of Honor on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Joe Getty]

I think we got another new clip of Gavin Newsom saying, get it over with. Come arrest me. So he's baiting the whole arrest me. Trump's playing with it like it's a possibility for him to arrest the governor of California, which is just. They both love it so Much.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, at least we know he won't resist arrest because he wouldn't dare tussle his hair. It's pre. Tussled. It's tussled in a very specific way.

[Joe Getty]

So we'll get into that more in hour three of the Armstrong and Getty show. And there's another thing I wanted to tease, but I don't remember what I said. Don't matter.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, we'll get to it eventually. But right now, it's time for a gender bending madness update.

[J.R. Martinez]

I kept hearing about this thing called.

[Joe Getty]

They'Re loco. We're in a brave new world. Gbm, we call it around here. Gender Bending madness.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do we start with the positive or the negative? Let's start with negative and then we'll move through positive, then go to neutral, then back to negative again. Everybody, Everybody ready? Break. Okay, so let's start with the fact that the Trevor Project, which is an organization dedicated, quote, to advocacy, education and crisis support for LGBTQ + over the power of three young people, has partnered with a bunch of major corporations to get gigantic donations. What does the Trevor Project do? I'm sure they do some stuff that's just fine. It includes counseling sessions, a crisis hotline, LGBTQ + over the power of three, training for cultural competency, and Trevor Space, an online community where adults communicate with minors about sexual fetishes like bondage and medicalized gender related interventions. According to its own website, Trevor Space remains active, has over 400,000 users from the ages of 13 through 24.

[Joe Getty]

400,000?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. Macy's major donor. Just gonna scroll through these. Abercrombie and Fitch Petco, Big Trevor project sponsor. I buy direct. Yes.

[Joe Getty]

They jumped on this couple of years ago when they thought they had to, right?

[Jack Armstrong]

I guess. But they're still doing it through this year. Huge donations. Knock around the sunglasses company Conscious Step, a sock company, if jewelry company Pura Vita, Guess watches, and more.

[Joe Getty]

If this raises in people's consciousness, a lot of those companies will back out and say, we no longer believe in weighing in on political issues.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, maybe that'd be a good thing. So, yeah, yeah. When the United States Department of Health and Human Services put out a report that joined Great Britain and the Netherlands and France and virtually all of Europe in saying that the quality of research on so called gender affirming care for minors is very, very low, there is nothing to support that intervening when children are momentarily confused is a good idea. There's nothing to support that. Well, the treasure, the Trevor Project condemned that report as dangerous misinformation Transgender status is an immutable trait like eye color or height. And using language that suggests otherwise perpetuates falsehoods and stereotypes. Says the good folks at the Trevor Project. All right, speaking of transgenderism, this is our man of the year, the gender bending madness. Man of the year. Daviana, formerly David Clip 30 Michael, think you might be interested in what this bloke has to say.

[Daviana]

I am a 47 year old biological man. I am been on hormones for a year, a little over a year. I just had my boobs done. I've had one facial surgery. I am not gonna have bottom surgery. I'm gonna do one more face surgery on the bottom of my chin. I am transitioning to look as much like a female as I can. That's the way I've wanted to be my whole life. I understand that I cannot ever be a biological female. For those of you people that cannot define what a female is, realize that you're part of the problem.

[Joe Getty]

Okay?

[Daviana]

A female is someone who was born a female with X chromosomes and can have babies and so on and so forth. For the idiots out there that say that some men can have babies because they're trans men, well, that's because they're a biological woman. So let's stop all the nonsense and.

[Joe Getty]

Stop all the wow. So that's a guy who's on our side a lot of that stuff, but yet getting facial reconstruction surgery and boob.

[Jack Armstrong]

Jobs and the rest of it. Yeah. He wants to look like a woman.

[Joe Getty]

What an interest. What you know is. You're right. I guess I think you're you.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do you, brother?

[Joe Getty]

I think when you start operating on your jawline to get a different shape, you're into mental health territory.

[Jack Armstrong]

But I would agree. But at least he knows what a woman is.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. And he thinks people are crazy who think that women. Men can have babies.

[Jack Armstrong]

Speaking of crazy. Yeah, absolutely. In the formerly sane, hardworking city of Chicago, madness has taken root. Garrett Tenney of Fox News reporting a.

[Unnamed Activist]

Drag story time for kids 2 to 5 years old drew a crowd of more than 100 supporters today outside of Chicago Public Library branch on the city's north outside, drowning out a handful of protesters calling for the event to be canceled.

[Joe Getty]

They have an issue because they have men in women's clothing. I've known drag queens for a long time. They teach kids more about life than some of these right wingers do.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. They teach kids more about life than some of these right wingers do. Wow. That's a powerful argument.

[Joe Getty]

Well, that's from a person who probably because this crowd I'm around, some of these people, they're so obsessed with sex and gender stuff that is life to them. So they are right. If you define life as never doing anything else but discussing sex and gender and sexual activity, then, yes, you do teach kids more about life than right wingers do. We're kind of bigger on, like, math and reading and learning a skill and morality and don't steal and be nice to people and stuff like that.

[Jack Armstrong]

And knowing which sex has babies. Next clip.

[Unnamed Activist]

Beyond today's drag story time, Chicago Public Library's Pride Month events includes intergenerational queer art making events with identity affirming stations, and story time with the controversial group Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence that features queer men wearing heavy makeup dressed as nuns.

[Joe Getty]

Hi, everyone.

[Unnamed Activist]

Protesters say these kind of events, supported with taxpayer dollars, are just wrong.

[Joe Getty]

Having them read in drag is just inappropriate. And just because it's Pride Month does.

[Jack Armstrong]

Not give you the permission to do it. Interestingly, all of the protesters featured on the special Report report were black folks.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Down with the madness.

[Joe Getty]

That is interesting. Yeah. The black community, the Hispanic community, they don't dig this stuff. But so where was. I know it was happening in Chicago, but that was that attached to a school or a library?

[Jack Armstrong]

Public library. The Chicago Public Library.

[Joe Getty]

So that's where the federal tax or the. The tax money comes in, right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, exactly. You remember that brainiac with his argument about the drag queens teach kids more about life? See how you like this bit of logic.

[Unnamed Activist]

The library is defending its Pride Month events, telling a local outlet the library represents the entire city, including the LGBTQ community. And trans activists say anyone who has a problem with these kinds of events doesn't have to show up.

[Joe Getty]

This is about freedom to parent how you want to. It's not about the drag that you see at adult shows. This is somebody in a ball gown sitting down reading stories to kids.

[Jack Armstrong]

All right, so what I wanted to get to was the part about, if you don't like it, don't show up. So if I don't know the Klan were indoctrinating kids into a perverse ideology at the local library. Hey, if you don't like it, don't show up.

[Joe Getty]

You don't need to go that far with an example. How about if you had people who just believed marriage is between a man and a woman, they're going to have a big event. You're going to allow that at the library? I doubt it.

[Jack Armstrong]

The truth of God is revealed in the Bible. Right. We're going to teach kids that at the library. If you don't like it, don't show up. No, you would go ape. S you. You lying crazed simpletons.

[Joe Getty]

Finally, this man named the crazed simpletons.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, please. We're gonna. We're gonna rehearse tonight for the first time. My living room. This is. We mentioned this yesterday. It is so weird and disappointing. Griff Jenkins here.

[Joe Getty]

It was venomous because I think venom is all. The other side really has an Olympic.

[Unnamed News Reporter]

Sized feud sparked by seven times gold medalist Simone Biles blasting US Swimmer Riley Gaines for calling foul on a Minnesota high school women's softball team winning a state title with a biological male pitcher. You're truly sick. All of this campaigning because you lost a race, Biles wrote, adding straight up sore loser. You should be uplifting the trans community. Even appearing to body shame gains in another post telling her to bully someone your own size, which would ironically be a male.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we read those yesterday. I can't believe Simone Biles said that. Somebody who's competed at the highest level of athletics. To say you're just mad because you lost is really surprising to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And the idea that. Yeah. A male ballplayer dominated the girls and that's cool with you, Riley, or I'm sorry, Simone.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Hey, Katie, you're. You're an athlete. Did you play softball?

[Katie]

I did not.

[Joe Getty]

You did not?

[Katie]

I played basketball.

[Joe Getty]

You think if a dude was playing on a. They ever played co ed basketball?

[Katie]

Oh, yeah. We had to scrimmage the boys and there were a lot of.

[Joe Getty]

And did you notice any advantages the boys had over the girls in terms of speed or height or strength?

[Katie]

A couple. Yeah. All of them.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Roll on.

[Unnamed News Reporter]

Michael Gaines fired back, resurfacing a 2017 Biles tweet that read, good thing guys don't compete against girls or he'd take all the gold medals. And she questioned Biles potential success had she been forced to compete with biological men.

[Joe Getty]

If Simone's inclusive dream came true, she.

[Jack Armstrong]

Would have zero Olympic medals. Yeah. Simone Biles literally tweeted of a male gymnast who is doing amazing things. Good. Good thing they don't compete against us because they're way bigger and stronger. And she's. This is. This is a great. Because she's a fairly bright person from what I've seen. This is. I have no idea of ideology blinding someone to reality.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, well, and I'm sure she's immersed in people who think the same way, so she assumes that she's on the popular Side of this, you're not right. And I liked Riley Gaines. Blast about. Okay, do the rings then. Why is that just a male sport? The rings, why is that not the girls? Because it takes incredible upper body strength.

[Jack Armstrong]

And the final clip, which is great. But I need to apologize in advance. There is something shocking here, something people will not want to hear. And that's the name Tim Walls again, for some reason, just when you thought he'd gone away for good.

[Unnamed News Reporter]

The war of words follows a lawsuit filed in Minnesota on behalf of three female softball players calling the transgender pitcher a Violation of Title 9. The White House weighing in, saying President Trump is protecting women in sports and restoring common sense. But Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is defending politicians who stand with transgender athletes.

[Joe Getty]

Shame on any of us. Who throws a chance. Child under the bus for thinking they're gonna get it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Shame for throwing a trans child under the bus. No, they can be on the bus or next to the bus or in front of the bus or behind the bus. They just can't be on a sports field competing against girls because they're dudes. Tim, you that crowd that cheered like that. Yeah, I know, I know. The one thing that's become. That's so reassuring, though, to me now is all of the polls that have been done show this is an 8020 issue, right? And so I hear that cheering and think, wow. I mean, granted, that's a very blue pocket of America, but you found yourself some. Some real out there radical believers who cheer that garbage. Tell you what it's, folks, it's gender bending madness.

[Joe Getty]

I like the Dylan Mulvaney there at the end. I got a little segment I want to do about reading and books and audiobooks and that sort of thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm in favor.

[Joe Getty]

Got a question for y' all if you're into reading or not. I know people who aren't. I can't imagine it's one of life's greatest joys to me, but. And in hour three, man, a lot of your prominent, really wise Democrats, in my opinion, are hating the images coming out of Los Angeles. The Mexican flags are not doing us any favors, among other things. We'll get to that in hour three. Stick with us, Armstrong and Getty.

[J.R. Martinez]

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

[Unnamed Medal of Honor Narrator]

This medal is for the men who went down that day. It's for the families of those who didn't make it.

[J.R. Martinez]

I'm J.R. martinez, I'm a US army veteran myself, and I'm honored to tell you the stories of these heroes on the new season of Medal of Stories of Courage from Pushkin Industries and iHeart podcast. From Robert Blake, the first black sailor to be awarded the medal, to Daniel Daly, one of only 19 people to have received the Medal of Honor twice. These are stories about people who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor going above and beyond the call of duty. You'll hear about what they did, what it meant, and what their stories tell us about the nature of courage and sacrifice. Listen to Medal of Honor on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Joe Getty]

A zebra that had been lost in Tennessee for the past week was finally found and flown back to its owner. There's a zebra in a bag. Zebra in a bag. Or as they call it, Arby's, the number three.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh no.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, and it bes the name of poor Ed. The Zebra Edition and the zebra. I love Ed the zebra. What a good story that is.

[Jack Armstrong]

Honey, I got us a zebra. What are you gonna call him? Ed.

[Joe Getty]

There you go.

[Jack Armstrong]

Documentary on those people.

[Joe Getty]

More about the Los Angeles riots, particularly the politics around it, since it was a quieter night last night. Coming up an hour three the most the I'm not a particularly pretentious person, but the most pretentious part of me would be my reading. I really like your highfalutin classic literature. That's something I'm really, really into. And there was a piece and substack the other day from some woman who's who, who, who was not into literature, who was writing In Defense of Proust on my bucket list is to read the whole In Search of Lost Time, that whole thing. It's 3,000 pages. It's a million words. It's really, really long. And, and, and many people, including her, say I can break my life into two parts before I read Proust and after I read Proust. I've heard so many people say that about reading that book. I just, I really want to do it someday, but I don't see how I could do it while I have a job and kids because, I mean, it would be heck of. It took her 300 days fitting it into her life to read the whole thing. But it's supposed to be absolutely amazing.

[Jack Armstrong]

I certainly hope she read it in the original French.

[Joe Getty]

And that's one of the problems, man, with anything that's in a foreign language is the tr. You're relying on the translations and they all. There's so Many of all your classic Tolstoys that way. You read any Tolstoy, you can take the first page, five different translations. They're fairly different in the choices of words. And it's just. It's tough. But anyway, I don't want to get off on that. That's a. You know, I don't live in Ukraine, for crying out loud. They're not worried about that in Ukraine today, which is weird because they actually speak Russian there so they could read the original. Oh, the other thing. So Audible books. I really like Audible books. I love listening to books. I've gotten through so many more books since, you know, I got the app in an easy way. And maybe you do the ibooks, audiobooks or whatever, but Audible, is it a ripoff? Is it a scam? Do you do Audible? Because you get. They give you. You do a subscription and it ain't cheap, and then they give you a book a month and it builds up the credits, like, faster than I can use them. And, like, I'm in a situation now where if I don't pick 14 books in the next week, I lose them all. So I'm, like, rushing to pick books that I don't know if I'll ever get to.

[Jack Armstrong]

But if you ever decide I gotta bail on this, you lose everything.

[Joe Getty]

If you quit it, you lose everything you've purchased. So I got, like, hundred or so books that if I'd have actually purchased them, I'd have them in my library for my kids to. Look, I don't actually have a library. I'd have them in a box or under my bed, but I'd have the books and my kids could read them or I could give them at a Goodwill or whatever the hell.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure.

[Joe Getty]

But if I quit Audible, am I going to do Audible at whatever it is a month for the rest of my life to hold on to my library using my finger quotes?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. There are Fentanyl dealers listening to this right now, thinking, wow, that's insidious.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know how to get out of it because I don't want to lose all those books. And then. Especially if you get ahead. So we're all gonna have, like, 18 books I haven't gotten around to yet. I can't quit now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I've gotta quit. Thanks for the reminder. I gotta quit because I'm so far behind, it's ridiculous.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's a pretty good. Pretty good plan, though.

[Jack Armstrong]

I got a buddy.

[Joe Getty]

This is the smart way to do it. He lists. He does all his books. Through the library and he gets on the list. I don't know why since it's digital, but he gets on the list through the library there in Salt Lake City and he waits till it becomes available. And then you have the auto book for a certain number of weeks, you listen to it and then it goes back to the library.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's free. Yeah. Yeah, I like that idea.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, everybody should be doing that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Excellent consumer tip.

[Joe Getty]

The whole Mexican flag thing, I can't believe activists who are on the side of the illegals can't get to the leadership of these protests and say ixnay on the Mexican flags because you're doing more harm than good. We'll talk about that in hour three. If you missed the segment, get the podcast Armstrong, Arun and Getty on demand.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[J.R. Martinez]

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. Recipients have done the improbable, the unexpected, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves.

[Unnamed Medal of Honor Narrator]

This medal is for the men who went down that day.

[J.R. Martinez]

On Medal of Honor Stories of Courage, you'll hear about the heroes and what their stories tell us about the nature of bravery. Listen to Medal of Honor on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an iHeart podcast.