New Age Crap!

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: New Age Crap!

Date: January 27, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty
Podcast Network: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

In this episode, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty tackle the theme of "New Age Crap!", exploring the proliferation of self-help fads, the culture of protest in modern universities, and the increasing organization behind social activism. The hosts take a humorous and irreverent tone as they dissect current events—particularly protests in Minneapolis—against a backdrop of political polarization, the role of activist nonprofit networks, and a dense web of progressive mobilization in America. The episode is peppered with classic cultural references, contemporary news analysis, and the duo’s trademark banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Legacy of Pop Psychology & Self-help Fads

• Jack & Joe begin by mocking the book “I’m Okay, You’re Okay” from the 1970s, dismissing it as part of a long legacy of "new age crap."
  • Quote:
    Joe Getty [03:47]: “That's before the world caught on to that. Those sort of scams, sort of crap. New age crap. Wow.”
  • They discuss how such pop psychology and self-help movements set the stage for credulity around new ideological trends.

2. Protest Culture on College Campuses

• [04:06 – 06:27] The hosts delve into the culture of protest in universities, referencing commentary from Jonah Goldberg.

  • Discussion centers around the idea that modern universities actively teach protest as a core civic virtue—primarily through a progressive lens—rather than as something spontaneous or universally applied.
  • Quote: Joe Getty [05:43]: "None of the protests, of course, included like the Tea Party or anything Right. Leaning. It was all, you know, progressive protests."

• They discuss the “cosplay” nature of student protest, the social reward system among like-minded students, and the disconnect when students graduate, expecting protest to be the norm in adulthood.

3. The Organization and Funding of Protests

• Jack Armstrong [07:21]:
  • Expresses frustration that most Americans don't recognize how organized many protests are, being seemingly spontaneous but in fact orchestrated by well-funded ideological groups.
  • Mentions the “Marxist groups are financing it and printing the placards and, you know, shipping the bricks…”
  • Quote: Jack Armstrong [08:54]: “This wasn’t like, well, it's a lot of liberal professors and I guess their view is kind of, you know, the students latched on them. No, it's a deliberate plan to turn schools and universities into ideology mills.”
• Joe Getty [09:21]: “...the greatest trick the left has ever played is convincing most of America that, oh, these are just grassroots protests of local residents who are up in arms. I think it is.”

4. The Role of Media & Coverage

• [09:21 – 13:03] The conversation highlights how media often underplays the organized elements behind protests, buying into or passively perpetuating the idea of spontaneous local uprisings.

5. Light-hearted Interlude: The Chuck Norris Meme

• [11:25 – 13:14] A humorous segment where Jack and Joe riff on the Chuck Norris meme with classic jokes, prompted by explaining it to Joe’s son, lightening the episode's otherwise serious mood.
  • Quotes:
    • Joe Getty [11:25]: “Chuck Norris can divide by zero.”
    • Jack Armstrong [13:11]: “Chuck Norris doesn’t listen to Armstrong and Getty.”
    • Joe Getty [13:14]: “Armstrong and Getty Listen to Chuck Norris.”

6. News Roundup and Headlines

• Lead Story with Katie Green [17:09 – 22:09]
  • A rapid-fire tour of current news items, including developments in Minneapolis protests, international stories, economic headlines, and a satirical Babylon Bee item about the WNBA and protests.
  • Notable coverage includes:
    • Reactions to Trump administration policy changes regarding border enforcement and replacement of officials in Minneapolis.
    • The scale of violence in Iran and government suppression.
    • Organized protests in American cities and the law enforcement/media response.
    • Light-hearted stories (e.g., the Babylon Bee & WNBA).
  • Quote: Katie Green [21:03]: “Study finds babysitting the grandkids slows cognitive decline. Especially for grandma.”

7. Deep Dive: The Institutionalization of Activism

• [28:11 – 37:18]

  • Jack presents detailed examples and headlines illustrating how protests are not only organized but also often tied to larger, well-funded networks with explicit political agendas:
    • The Democratic Socialists of America's ties to Chinese ruling party officials ([30:15] and [31:58]).
    • Newsweek’s reporting on the DSA avoiding topics sensitive for Beijing.
    • Barton Swaim’s Wall Street Journal op-ed on the progressive donor class funding activism, naming Soros’ Open Society, Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation as key benefactors.
  • The hosts note how protests are rarely organic but engineered through moneyed interest networks.
  • Quote: Joe Getty [32:15]: “The anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis are not primarily, or maybe at all, the spontaneous uprisings of an outraged citizenry. ... Activists do those things.”

• Discussion of dangers and tactics:

  • Jack and Joe explain that the “activist class” seeks out drama and even violence to further their cause—referring to the “tank” metaphor for protestors who deliberately place themselves in harm’s way.

8. Historical Parallels & Government Response

• [35:19 – 46:12]

  • Joe points out historical paranoia concerning Soviet influence on the 1960s civil rights movement, highlighting the difficulty of distinguishing genuine grassroots activism from foreign agitation.
  • Jack advocates for “open investigation” according to the law when foreign or violent actors are suspected.
  • They mention Andy Ngo’s reporting on fundraisers for armed actions and far-left groups mobilizing for violence.

• Quotes:

  • Joe Getty [36:03]: “The reason the FBI was spying on all those civil rights leaders was they were afraid this was all orchestrated by the Soviet Union...”
  • Jack Armstrong [37:11]: “They want death. Yeah, a death is, is perfect for them. That's why they encourage people to do such dangerous things.”

9. Reflections on Decline of Social Norms & Activism as Identity

• Additional correspondence from listeners suggests that protest culture now extends to “cosplay” and Dungeons & Dragons metaphors, with protest "classes" such as "Tank," "Healer," or "Wizard."
• Concerns are raised about increasingly radical activism involving young people and the political exploitation of children, shifting red lines in societal behavior, and the weaponization of identity in activist circles.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “That's before the world caught on to that. Those sort of scams, sort of crap. New age crap. Wow.”
  – Joe Getty [03:48]

• “None of the protests, of course, included like the Tea Party or anything Right. Leaning. It was all, you know, progressive protests.”
  – Joe Getty [05:43] (on the selective way protest is taught and valorized)

• “It is a deliberate plan to turn schools and universities into ideology mills. And they've been very successful.”
  – Jack Armstrong [08:54]

• "The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he didn't exist. Is the greatest trick the left has ever played is convincing most of America that, oh, these are just grassroots protests of local residents who are up in arms."
  – Jack Armstrong [08:57]

• “Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird. Death once had a near Chuck Norris experience.”
  – Joe Getty [11:25]

• “The anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis are not primarily, or maybe at all, the spontaneous uprisings of an outraged citizenry. ... Activists do those things.”
  – Joe Getty [32:15]

• “I just say investigate openly and according to the laws of the United States and if you find groups, for instance Andy Ngo’s reporting far left extremists... are encouraging comrades to go to Minneapolis as delegates for an armed uprising against the United States government.”
  – Jack Armstrong [36:03]

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Timestamps: Important Segments

• 03:33 – Satirizing “I’m Okay, You’re Okay” and the 1970s self-help boom.
• 04:06 – 06:27 – Deep-dive on protest culture in universities and its modern ramifications.
• 07:21 – 09:21 – Discussion on protest orchestration and hidden funding networks (“ideology mills”).
• 11:25 – 13:14 – Chuck Norris meme riff.
• 17:09 – 22:09 – Katie Green’s news roundup: Minneapolis, Iran, WNBA satirical protest, cognitive health, etc.
• 28:11 – 37:18 – Detailed breakdown of protest funding, orchestration, and the institutional activism network, referencing major American philanthropies and political actors.
• 35:19 – 46:12 – Analysis of parallels with Cold War–era suspicion, modern left activism, and calls for open lawful investigation.

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Tone & Language

• The tone is frequently sardonic, questioningly critical, and conspiratorially humorous, with Joe and Jack often pointing out absurdities in media coverage, activist rhetoric, and political doublespeak.
• Their skepticism toward mainstream narratives is couched in a kind of irreverent banter, interspersed with cultural trivia, listener emails, and back-and-forth riffing.

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In Summary

This episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand scrutinizes the origins, organization, and propagation of protest culture in America, arguing that much of what is represented as grassroots activism is actually organized and funded by ideologically driven nonprofits. The hosts express concern about the lack of awareness in the wider public and media, poke fun at cultural fads (both old and new), and provide a news summary that highlights both the gravity and the absurdity of current events. Listeners are left with a picture of a society in which activism and outrage are increasingly industrialized, and where skepticism—and humor—are essential tools for navigating our times.

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

I'm enjoying it a little.

[Joe Getty]

I'm okay, Us.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're okay Us. That's fantastic as an old timey self help book from what, the seventies?

[Joe Getty]

I'm okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're okay. Yeah, that was a huge hit.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I was 12 years old, so.

[Jack Armstrong]

I was always okay.

[Joe Getty]

That's before the world caught on to that. Those sort of scams, sort of crap. New age crap. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wait a minute.

[Joe Getty]

Digits.

[Jack Armstrong]

Good advice for living a happy life.

[Joe Getty]

Crap.

[Jack Armstrong]

Listen to you. The hate, the anger. He's probably a fascist. He looks like a fascist to me.

[Joe Getty]

I heard something really interesting yesterday. I'm looking up at the television with the protests going on in Minneapolis and there's a whole bunch of people there with drums and everything like that who have shown up to the hotel where they think Bovino is staying. That's the head of the Border Patrol. Is he the head of the Border Patrol or ice? Either one.

[Jack Armstrong]

With his cropped hair and his long coat and his possibly dark clothing, he.

[Joe Getty]

Has been driven from the city. Trump has announced he's being pulled out and replaced by Tom Holman. But so all these protesters with drums and whistles and all kinds of different stuff, cowbells showed up to that hotel and been banging all night long hoping that none of the agents could get any sleep and it would help drive them out. But I heard Jonah Goldberg of the Dispatch had an interesting thing the other day about college kids and protests that I'd never heard or thought about before. That I thought was really interesting on how the curriculum at a lot of your top tier schools now there are so many different classes about protests, you know, civil rights protests, how protests gain gay people their rights, how protests, blah, blah, blah. So there's so many classes about protests and the and the, and the way they talk about it on college campuses is to, and he had some quotes from people just basically saying part of the college experience is learning to protest and the value of protest, which is crazy. I mean, I, that I didn't get that out of college. I didn't go to college where he did that. I've never protested in my life. I've never even really thought about it. But. So you send your kid to a super expensive college, they're going to convince them that no, no, no, no. To be a decent human, you need to get involved in all these protests.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Now, as, as Jonah pointed out, none of the protests, of course, included like the Tea Party or anything Right. Leaning. It was all, you know, progressive protests. But the result of that is they get involved in it in college on like a cosplay level. You know, they're on the quad and they do their protesting and it's preaching to the choir. It's a whole bunch of people who agree with each other, you know, protesting outside of buildings full of administrators who agree with them and are proud of the fact that they've taught them and.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wearing their little Kaffirs and screeching as if they're real revolutionaries. But.

[Joe Getty]

But then what we've seen happen is they graduate from college and they think the rest of their lives it's still kind of just a. I'm supposed to do this. And it's all just kind of acting out.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right.

[Joe Getty]

Without catching on to the fact that there are real repercussions for this, including getting shot, depending on what happens. But, you know, you get arrested or get something on your record that ruins your career or what. All kinds of different things can happen. We going out there and blocking cars and doing all these things. But I'll bet that's true, that we've got millions of young people that have gone through colleges where they were taught, no, this is part of being American getting in the way of authorities doing things that we, the college, have decided what's the right things and wrong things.

[Jack Armstrong]

To do and have taught you that those are the only things that are acceptable. Yeah. I'd imagine these people, if they don't protest something once a month, feel a little empty, a little hollow.

[Joe Getty]

I'll bet you're right, too. Whereas the rest of us, it's not part of our lives. We don't think about it. Where's the nearest hubbub where I can go protest in this weekend?

[Jack Armstrong]

What is making me more insane than virtually anything else these days? And there's A pretty decent list, but. But number one is the fact that so little of American society understands that this is organized and deliberate, that so many people think the protesters in Minnesota are entirely nice Minnesotans who just think the Trump administration has gone a little bit far. And it's not organized, it's not dedicated Marxist groups are financing it and printing the placards and, you know, shipping the bricks in the case of the George Floyd thing or whatever. And finally, actually, and it was buried in the opinion pages. But the Wall Street Journal with an actual piece about how much of this is organized. It's entitled the Democrats Nonprofit Problem, which is even disguising it even as the guy writes about it. But practically nobody's talking about that. That the universities are not accidentally an ideology. An ideology mill. This wasn't like. Well, it's a lot of liberal professors and I guess their view is kind of, you know, the students latched on them. No, it's a deliberate plan to turn schools and universities into ideology mills. And they've been very successful. There's been so many stories, but nobody. I don't get it. Like the infamous teacher in Sacramento said, my job, I have nine months to turn them into little revolutionaries. He's not unique. That was not a one off freak. Nobody recognizes how organized these people are.

[Joe Getty]

And I don't get it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is it because the left. I mean, it's the old saying from one of my favorite movies of all time. The usual suspects. The greatest trick the devil ever played was convincing the world he didn't exist. Is the greatest trick the left has ever played is convincing most of America that, oh, these are just grassroots protests of local residents who are up in arms. I think it is.

[Joe Getty]

So I'm very excited that I got a whole bunch of things to do today that I'm. That I really want to talk about that I think are entertaining, that have nothing to do with politics or Minnesota or lots of things that are anger inducing. They're just really, really interesting. So I can't wait to get to those later. I just saw Melania Trump has a new book out and her message to America is we need to unify. So that's good.

[Jack Armstrong]

I agree.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

But blonde headed. Yeah, but brunette hottie in Charge and not have a blonde hottie.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. You got to be a type to make it the Trump administration. I have figured out what if I were president? How it would handle that whole thing. I'll talk about that later.

[Jack Armstrong]

The question of hotties.

[Joe Getty]

No, no, no. The thing in Minneapolis or just the whole question in general? You know what I'm going to do when we come back? I've got a couple of Chuck Norris jokes for you that I think will put a smile on your face because it came up in conversation with my son.

[Jack Armstrong]

My son said more entertaining.

[Joe Getty]

What? Who's Chuck Norris? And what's the thing I had to explain to him. And then we looked up some of the better Chuck Norris joke. So we'll have that in just a second. First, we need to start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Thursday, January 27, year 2026. We're Armstrong and Getty, and we approve of this program.

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Oh, that's too good.

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[Jack Armstrong]

A multi tiered joke there.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

I like the previous one.

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

He's a great American, by God.

[Joe Getty]

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Chuck Norris doesn't listen to Armstrong and Getty.

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The country still gripped in winter storm. For a lot of you out there listening in other places, cold as hell.

[Jack Armstrong]

Cling to your loved ones, protect them, warm them and Godspeed, there's lots to talk about today. Jack wants to get away from the angsty chaosy politics. I don't blame him. I on the other hand, have a really interesting featurette on the structure of and methods of the radical left in the United States that I think you will find enlightening. So something for everyone. Speaking of which, let's figure out who's reporting what. It's lead story with Katie Green. Katie, hit it.

[Katie Green]

Alrighty. The Alphabet Networks are talking about Minneapolis ABC Border Patrol Commander Greg Bevino returning to position in El Centro. NBC Border Patrol Commander Bovino and some agents plan to leave Minneapolis and cnn A shift on the ground leadership still leaves questions about what, if anything will actually change in Minneapolis.

[Joe Getty]

Well, both the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post editorial boards allegedly right leaning newspapers said, dude, Trump, you got a something, you got to do something, you got to change up the game plan here. Something, it is not working right and.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know this this whole episode has been kind of a gallery of Trump's strengths and weaknesses, but because he let the full speed ahead stomp on the gas. Crowd Stephen Miller, Bovino, Kristi Noem run the show for a while until it just, it was clearly damaging him and his presidency and the country. And then he said, all right, now we're stepping on the brakes, y'. All. Gas pedal crowd. You went too far. So he's adjusted. We'll see how it goes.

[Katie Green]

Fox News. Trump says Iran called numerous times to make a deal as carrier entered enters Middle east waters.

[Joe Getty]

What kind of deal you gonna make after you kill 20 to 30,000 protesters? Since that was the red line, what's the deal at this point?

[Jack Armstrong]

A stomping out of life that dwarfs Tiananmen Square, by the way. Yeah, this is the greatest slaughter of civilians by their own regime in a single, you know, small time span. Maybe in the last 50 years. The government now Syria, snuffed so many people, but they just kept it up and kept it up and kept it up.

[Joe Getty]

The government's admitting to 3,000. So if they're admitting to three, you know, it's many multiples of that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, but those were outside agitators and most of the dead were regime policemen and poor innocent bystanders they're claiming sick.

[Katie Green]

From the Wall Street Journal. Stung by Trump, America's top trading partners shift gaze to China.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah, I read that.

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There's a lot to be said about it. It's ridiculous. Mark Carney, Really? You going to get in bed with China, you fool. You fool.

[Katie Green]

From the CNBC Pinterest laying off 15% of workforce in push toward AI roles and teams.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, yeah, a lot of those kind of companies are going to. AI is going to decimate their employee roles.

[Katie Green]

On the New York Times, Fed signaling little urgency, prepares to pause rate cuts.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I just heard something interesting from Brian Kilmeade on Fox about the looming government shutdown. That fits in with the economy. I'll talk about that later.

[Jack Armstrong]

Am I listening to a rerun? This is two months ago.

[Katie Green]

From the New York Post. NYPD cop who shot, quote, vicious and crazed raccoon as it charged at bystanders on the boardwalk has been placed on modified duty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Why gun down a raccoon?

[Katie Green]

They're investing investigating the shooting of the freaking raccoon.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Like whether it was justified or not.

[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Well, now we're reading the minds of raccoons. How do we know it was vicious.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or what was the raccoon a Marxist?

[Katie Green]

Could have Been one of those domesticated raccoons.

[Joe Getty]

We're gonna have to get into their texts and all kinds of stuff. Wow.

[Katie Green]

Study finds babysitting the grandkids slows cognitive decline. Especially for grandma.

[Joe Getty]

Don't doubt that a bit.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah, yeah. Keep your mind active. Test yourself. I mean, plus you'd be.

[Joe Getty]

It'd be tip to nature. I'm still needed. I'm still needed for things.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh. Trying to fool nature. I'm in favor of that. Lord knows I'm in the useless phase of my life.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know if you're fooling nature. If you're babysitting the kids, you are needed.

[Jack Armstrong]

See your point.

[Katie Green]

And finally, from the Babylon B. WNBA players vow to continue missing layups until ice withdraws from Minnesota.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, wow. Why bring the WNBA in for a kicking? They got nothing to do with this.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was beautiful. I love that.

[Joe Getty]

It's just. It's a. All kinds of ad hominem. What the hell is that?

[Katie Green]

We just had. We just had a WNBA player hold up that ice out of Minnesota abolish ice sign over the weekend.

[Joe Getty]

That's where it came from. Okay. They started it, right?

[Katie Green]

They started it. We finished it.

[Joe Getty]

I hadn't heard about it because I don't keep up on WNBA news, so.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ah. Nor sportsy half wits and their little protests. That's fine.

[Joe Getty]

Something you said about. What'd you say a little bit ago? Oh, this thing reminded me of Zach Gaffinopolis, the comedian. He said one of his first routines was about the first caveman stand up comic. And it had something to do with. Is this thing on? What is this thing? He said it wasn't very good, but that was his first routine.

[Jack Armstrong]

It was a start. Built from there.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know what we. I've, I, I know what exactly what I would say if I were President of the United States. With everything that's going on in Minneapolis. I don't, I don't know whether we'll do that next or later, but at some point I'll get to that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. The statement from the Jack administration. I'm looking forward to this. Oval Office at the desk or probably behind you. Either would work Armstrong and Gettys. It is amazing how much you get from webroot. Total protection. New year, new devices, new you, new smarts. On the Internet you can protect your devices, identity and privacy this year with 60% off Webroot.

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[Joe Getty]

They just have their hands all over each other.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I bet you this is going to be gross. I'm going to have you guys get.

[Joe Getty]

Out here because I don't want to be part of your makeout session.

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[Joe Getty]

You're in my car where my kid sits. I get out. So that's an Uber driver who will not let a young amorous couple make out in the back seat. I thought this was. Thought this was America. Young love. You know, you went out to eat, you had a couple of drinks and now you're showing each other how much you care.

[Jack Armstrong]

Expressing your affection.

[Joe Getty]

Exactly.

[Jack Armstrong]

With all sorts of noises and.

[Joe Getty]

Right, that's right. You don't have to do that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, you do. That's the point.

[Joe Getty]

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I.

[Jack Armstrong]

Don'T believe I make they love each other.

[Joe Getty]

Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but I don't make those noises I'm pretty sure.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sound like a couple of people eating them watermelon grope at each other.

[Joe Getty]

That's disgusting.

[Katie Green]

Apparently there were hands down pants as well.

[Joe Getty]

Okay, well now if you're gonna have full on have sex in my backseat, I gotta adjust the mirror so I can watch. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

No is right.

[Joe Getty]

I'm probably not kicking you out of.

[Jack Armstrong]

My car standing up for decency. You remember? I'm scarred by that experience. On that city bus after a San Francisco 49ers game in which there's a drunk couple mashing as they're pressed up against me was so terrible. It sounded like two people eating a watermelon. It was just.

[Joe Getty]

Does it make a difference what they look like?

[Jack Armstrong]

No.

[Joe Getty]

No, it doesn't. Me, a couple in the back seat. Depends on what they look like. I mean they're kicking you out or adjusting the mirror.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're sick, sick, sick man coming up.

[Joe Getty]

And I look forward to getting to this. Katie's wide eyed. Are you wide eyed with pregnancy or what I said what you said. These sports may increase longevity better than others. More and more and more information keeps coming out about the benefits of exercise for lengthening your life for your physical well being and your mental well Being and has a little list here in the New York Times of which sports are best for that. So I do want to talk about that. I'm interested myself in that topic.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I mentioned a little bit earlier how one of the things that's making me nuts these days is that I think the vast majority of people and the vast majority of people in the media tend to either downplay or not recognize at all the extent to which a lot of the protests we see are the fruit of organized groups that are well funded and are deliberately fomenting chaos in the United States. Their goal, as stated by themselves in their little newsletters and their books and their meetings that they have, is, hey, we wanna finance anybody who's pissed off at the government so they can cause maximum chaos, blah, blah, blah. They are no more secret than the Boy Scouts or, you know, I don't know, Pick your. Pick your organization. The. My Wife's Quilting Guild. They're quite out in the open with what they're doing. But most of American society considers any talk of that as like paranoid or. I don't know, maybe it's that we're so in love with the notion that every protest is ML King and his cohort, the Lunch Count. Selma. Yeah, exactly. They're all righteous and grassroots and very American.

[Joe Getty]

I don't know why everyone, including me, don't look at all protests through this lens. Remember during. Was it during COVID Before COVID when was it that we all found out the Russians were promoting alternate protests in New York City was some big event, but it was. They had the pro side and the anti side Facebook group that had been organized by the Russians. And you got people out on the streets chanting and angry at each other. And the whole thing was put together by another country wanting to sow discord. And it was proven, it was known. And yet we still like what you're saying. Kind of just pretend that didn't happen or can't happen again or isn't half the protests you see aren't formed by some other. I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. And just. It's very, very rare that anybody, for instance, asks, wow, how did they get all those placards so quickly? And they're all professionally produced and they all say the same thing. I mean, the ugly thing just happened last night. But again, it's viewed as the province of the paranoiac or something to talk about how organized these groups are. I just want to run a couple of headlines before I get to the main gist of this. How Mamdani's Democratic Socialists sought ties with Chinese officials. This is a piece in Newsweek that is about the minutes of the DSA meetings, the Democratic Socialists of America, that showed participants discussing their contacts with officials from China's ruling party in the name of anti imperialism, with some members saying the organization should avoid topics that are sensitive for Beijing, like the threats to invade Taiwan, security crackdown in Hong Kong, and abuses of the Uyghur minority. This is an actual political party in the United States. Just got the mayor of New York City elected, and they are making contacts with China to help them fight anti imperialism. Where are the headlines? Other [e-mail] that is a big story. I wish, you know, if we were Joe Rogan, we would do three and a half hours on this. And I read this entire thing. This is the bishop of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire in the United States about a week ago, two weeks ago, the title of his screed, his sermon was A New Age of Martyrdom. And it was all about how those who call themselves Christians must be ready to die for opposing the evildoers. And it's not some sort of vaguely spiritual, you know, opposing that which is evil in the world, blah, blah, blah. We've gotta be able to, you know, sacrifice ourselves. No, he specifically name checks George Floyd in Minneapolis. He mentions Stephen Miller and the Trump administration, that we all need to be prepared to be martyred.

[Joe Getty]

I need to be willing to die to protest ice. I'm not there.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I know. And so that brings me to. And this gratified me a great deal because this is one of my jihads these days. Your top three, really? Barton Swaim, who's an opinion writer for the Wall Journal the other day, came out with a piece that got very little attention. Democrats nonprofit problem. A vast moneyed network of activists keeps the public inflamed. The unfolding debacle in Minneapolis captures an underappreciated fact about the Democratic Party. It is configured to react in unreasoning rage to everything President Trump does. The challenge of messaging, how to condemn roundups of illegal migrants without defending protesters. Lawlessness is only a symptom of the problem. The problem itself arises from the byzantine network of activist nonprofits created and fostered over the last decade and a half by liberal foundations and progressive billionaires. And then he goes into where the money's flowing. Particularly since the pandemic and the George Floyd riots in 2020, the progressive donor class has spread its largess to advocacy and activist organizations pushing, quote, unquote, social justice. Which, as Thomas Sowell points out, is the opposite of both those things. Immigrant rights, Palestinian statehood, LGBTQ rights, indigenous people's rights, and as ever, climate sustainability. And they go into the huge amount of money that's changed hands. And then, he points out, about half of the electorate disapproves of the arrests and deportations carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. About half, which is not surprising. But the anti ICE protests in Minneapolis are not primarily, or maybe at all, the spontaneous uprisings of an outraged citizenry. Governor Tim Waltz, in a televised address that sounded like a narration of Kristallnacht. They're breaking windows, dragging pregnant women down the street, just plain grabbing Minnesotans and shoving them in unmarked vans, kidnapping innocent people with no warning and no due process, urged viewers to record ICE operations on their phone. Ordinary people don't do that. Nor do they park their cars to obstruct law enforcement operations or gather outside hotels in the wee hours to chant and bang drums or smash those hotels because a rumor the hotel rented rooms to ICE agents. Activists do those things. And he credits the Free Beacon for finding the Sunrise movement, a group founded to stage disruptive climate protests, wants a piece of the anti ICE action. Sunrise is training activists to plague hotels and car rental companies that do business with ice. Open Society foundation, that's the Soros organization, has given Sunrise $2 million in the last couple years. The Ford foundation has given it 700,000 over the past two years. MacArthur Foundation, a quarter of a million dollars. And then he, he writes about how the virtues of charitable giving and deplores political. The campus protests since 2023 were similarly orchestrated by a lattice work of anti Zionist organizations, many larded with money from left wing foundations, Open Society, tides and so on.

[Joe Getty]

It's tough. I don't doubt any of this. It's tough though, because we got a history of this. The reason we talked about this last week after MLK Jr. S birthday and about the classified files that are going to come out next year and all that different sort of stuff. The reason the FBI was spying on all those civil rights leaders was they were afraid this was all orchestrated by the Soviet Union and it wasn't real and organic. Well, there were communists around the country trying to sow discord. But this was mostly a real thing, obviously the civil rights movement, but they were so concerned that it was just being put together by the Soviets, our enemy, that they were spying on everyone all the time.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Well, I just say investigate openly and according to the laws of the United States and If you find groups, for instance Andy NGOs reporting far left extremists linked to antifa and anarchist and communist extremists are encouraging comrades to go to Minneapolis as delegates for an armed uprising against the United States government. They're raising funds for weapons, tactical gear and supplies on GoFundMe. And he has the links to the posts. Here's Vitalist International. Most civil wars are actually fought only fought in a few locations. Even though they affect the entire national territory. It's actually important for people who are able to send delegates to Minneapolis in order to get a sense of what is possible and what is at stake, blah blah blah. And they need money to do it to arm the proletariat. That is a quote. If we're just the people of Minnesota protesting righteously, this would be a very different thing. But it's not. It's organized.

[Joe Getty]

And the people who organize it want violence. They are happy there was violence. There is no doubt about that whatsoever.

[Jack Armstrong]

They want death. Yeah, a death is, is perfect for them. That's why they encourage people to do such dangerous things.

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[Joe Getty]

I came across lots of therapists and that sort of thing across the country. Noticing the number of people that are getting swept up in the whole AI chatbot thing and the damage it's doing. Apparently if you're already already mentally ill or mentally ill adjacent things can go off the rails really fast. Those of us that are mentally healthy, I'm assuming I am. Some of you would disagree. Those of us who are mentally healthy are not that susceptible to it. But if you're kind of, you know, strugg and apparently you're pretty susceptible to it, which is really scary.

[Jack Armstrong]

Boy, I could see that. I mean because the person who's really struggling is already in a push and pull with reality.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

But really their only ally is themselves. Their own brain. If you can get them a good solid like super intelligent. You're absolutely right. Yeah. Teammate. Yikes.

[Joe Getty]

That is troubling. And the Pope has weighed in on artificial intelligence and chatbots. We'll all get to that. All. Maybe an hour to we got mailbag on the way next.

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[Joe Getty]

To talk about my son. And I watched that Netflix special about the guy that climbed that tall building over the weekend. Everybody saw the highlights of. Whoa, is that something. I'll talk about that later.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh man, I'm not sure I could watch that.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's that's my gonna be my point.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh really? Oh, okay.

[Joe Getty]

Oh.

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

We were both sitting on the couch with our hands sweaty, screaming the whole time.

[Jack Armstrong]

Sounds pleasurable. Here's your freedom Quote of the day from Ben Franklin Once again continuing our series when men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have advantage of being heard by the public and that when truth and error have fair play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter. Now we we need outlaw hate speech. Well done Ben. Well done. Mailbag. Feel free to drop us a note. Mailbagarmstrongandgetti.com will laid off from With Ryan from Houston Dear Cold Puka and old Fancy Jack, can we get a follow up question when an elected official says we ought to abolish ice, do they mean another federal organization takes up immigration reform? Do we go back to just not enforcing it at all? Are you ever going to do your bloody GD job and pass new immigration laws? Right. If they were honest, they would just put up the iPad and ask how much you want to donate?

[Joe Getty]

100%. I can't believe. Well, I can believe actually that nobody gets to that question. As I said in the press conference on Sunday morning, there wasn't a reporter in that room that believes we should enforce our immigration laws. Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

It's all tribal signaling. And nobody even cares that it's all tribal signaling. Excuse me? Or do you have any facts? Or what do you suggest we do if we do what you're suggesting? No, it just nobody even thinks of following up. It's bizarre. I got this note from Jeff in Spain. Don't know if you've come across things like this before or not, but I was shocked kind of sorta to see this on my sister's insta. Admittedly, she's always been an idealistic unicorn jockey with desires to fight the man. Plus Empty nest. Divorced currently. But the gleeful announcement of roleplaying Dungeons and Dragons nerd o Rama style really makes me nervous with protests he's talking about. No, she isn't hoping for tank status and I'll explain that in a second. But what if the guy next to her is spicy? Indeed. And here's her post I'm going to Multiclass wizard bard with a side of fighter here I come. Welcome to Protesting. Choose your class.

[Joe Getty]

Fighter.

[Jack Armstrong]

You march in demonstrations. Tank. You put your body between the vulnerable and the cops. Attacks. Rogue. Flood snitch lines with false reports, oh k. Pop face cams, et cetera. So you flood the report of crime lines or something. Healer. Provide medical support and supplies to protesters. Bard, blah blah blah. Chemist, wizard, support, Caster. No matter your skills and resources, there's a class for you to play in a role you can fill. So they're specifically going after the nerd o Rama. I love to larp class and telling him hey, this is what you love. But in the real world, come out on the streets, you could be a tank or a wizard.

[Joe Getty]

That poor guy that got killed seemed like he was that kind of guy. And he would have been a tank, I guess because he. What he was trying to do is get between the the officers and some woman who had run at them and then they had shoved away and he was trying to get between them.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, that's Exactly. He was trying to go for tank status. And then somebody comments why is there no option for those who want to go about their business on the farm and stay out of the war? The Reply is because NPCs that's non player characters, because NPCs aren't heroes. Wow, these people really, really have blurred the line between Dungeons and Dragons in real life. And they're absolutely wonderfully useful stooges for the activists JT and Livermore with a great note about what was missing from my list, Jonathan Haidt's list of how to ruin the next generation. And he says he really enjoyed it. But there used to be at least one bedrock red line that virtually everybody agreed needed to be preserved in politics. The sanctity of children. It used to be understood and agreed almost universally that everybody believed and supported the notion that children were sacrosanct, they weren't exploited for political purposes. Their their pictures weren't published in papers either as victims or perpetrators of crimes. But somewhere along the line, one political party has abandoned that bedrock principle. They decided to teach children that white people are irredeemably racist. Evil's teachers unions leverage children's educations to gain financially Politicians closed schools during COVID against the science, against the best interests of the children. For perhaps no better reason than Trump said we should open the schools. Previous generations created Title 9 to specifically protect young women in sports, but now we no longer protect young girls or give them access to girls, only sports and space. And then he goes into the Joseph Mengele style disfiguring of little children are confused about their gender. So whatever it was that allowed millions of people to suddenly abandon the traditional protected status of children, that's a key part of how you ruin a generation. Yikes.

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