Pricks, Knicks & POTUS Picks!

Summary

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Episode: Pricks, Knicks & POTUS Picks!

Date: June 9, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode covers a whirlwind of headline news and cultural commentary with Armstrong & Getty’s signature irreverent banter. The main themes swirl around politics (the controversial Maine Senate race, Trump’s involvement in the Iran crisis), the spectacle of the NBA finals at Madison Square Garden, and ongoing commentary on American society—from celebrity antics to communist vs. capitalist critiques. The tone is fast, sardonic, and sometimes biting, with memorable asides and several mini-debates.

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Key Discussion Points and Insights

1. The Knicks, NBA Finals, "POTUS Picks," and Celebrity Culture

• Setting the Scene:
  Jack opens with tales of his (fictional) experience at Madison Square Garden—a humorous exaggeration about paying $3,000 for a stall just to "kind of hear the game" ([02:20]).
• Presidential Sighting:
  President Trump attended the Knicks game during the finals, saluting during the national anthem, only to receive a "not a warm" (i.e., hostile) welcome ([03:01]).
  • "It's New York, though. I mean, any Republican is gonna get that." – Jack ([03:20])
• Celebrity-spotting at MSG:
  Comedic riff about "the guy in between all the celebrities" likely being richer but unknown, riffing on modern celebrity/elite hierarchies ([04:18]).

2. The Iran-Lebanon War and Trump’s Negotiation Role

• Latest Developments:
  Trump claims a negotiated end to the Iran war is just “two or three days away,” reportedly intervening to halt an Israeli escalation ([05:02]-[05:11]).
  • "Heck of a threat... That is terrible. That is terrible. Dumb and short sighted." – Joe ([05:36])
  • "Man. What countries on earth would hold back if their capital was under attack..." – Jack ([05:41])
• Lebanon Factoid:
  • "The Lebanese army is the third most powerful military force in Lebanon after the Israelis and Hezbollah." – Joe ([05:52])

3. The Maine Senate Race and "The Nazi Tattoo" Scandal

• Graham Platner’s Candidacy:
  Expansive and recurring coverage of Maine’s Democratic candidate sporting a Nazi tattoo and a slew of personal scandals ([06:31]–[11:12], [25:42]–[39:03]).
  • The Republican play: waiting until after the Democratic switch deadline (July 27) to drop opposition research ([07:20], [25:42]).
  • "A giant Nazi tattoo on your chest is such a big deal..." – Jack ([07:20])
  • "No, no... Hitler himself would be excusable." – Joe, sarcastically referencing extreme partisanship ([07:56])
• Platner’s Defense and Party Cynicism:
  Armstrong & Getty discuss the justifications offered for Platner's history—combat trauma, youthful errors, etc.—and the political operatives behind his campaign ([27:35]–[31:16]).
  • Memorable, mocking breakdown of a “progressive activist” explaining lax vetting standards with a vocal fry, and the crumbling credibility of “man of the people” narratives ([28:03]–[30:31]).
  • "If what the voters wanted were people who were grown in vats and had never done or said, oh, my God, dude, that they might regret…" – Daniel Moraf, activist ([28:11])
• New Allegations:
  Additional troubling details about Platner: allegations of violence against a girlfriend, fantasies about “raping” intruders to demonstrate dominance, and trust fund/deceitful background ([35:15]–[38:36]).
  • "That's a weird thing to say. That is not a normal..." – Jack ([36:57])
  • "A dude is damaged." – Joe ([37:41])
• Partisan Loyalty Above All:
  Ro Khanna and other Dem leaders’ defense of Platner despite overwhelming baggage leads to snarky hypotheticals about how far the party would go to “stop MAGA” ([38:22]–[38:53]).

4. Politics, Media, and Social Critique

• Media Coverage:
  Fast-paced headlines segment on how major networks are treating Iran-Israel, Trump’s NBA appearance, and quirky science stories ([18:01]–[22:10]).
  • Trump’s “days away” claims met with skepticism:
    "Tell me when it happens, Taryn, but you're wearing me out." – Joe ([18:54])
• Remote Work, Alcohol Guidelines, and Medical Wonders:
  Brief, comedic rundown of headlines—Americans disillusioned with the American dream, new alcohol guidelines, and a breakthrough Alzheimer’s “magic mushroom” case ([19:57]–[21:14]).
  • "Shut up. Mind your own business." – Jack & Joe on drink limits ([20:31])
• Political "Hardball":
  Ethical debate about waiting to dump oppo research—distinct from financing fringe candidates in primaries, this is considered “normal range” hardball for the pair ([09:49]–[10:43]).

5. The Experience vs. Stuff Debate

• NBA Tickets Price Philosophy:
  Discussion on whether life experiences (even $18k tickets) are worth more than “stuff,” and how circumstance (kids, finances) changes that—philosophical, relatably delivered ([13:29], [17:17]).
  • "You got to be rich to say that." – Jack ([13:29])

6. Societal and Ideological Riffs

• Quote of the Day:
  Adam from Boise shares a Tom Holland quote reflecting on why communism retains appeal versus fascism—provoking a brief comparative philosophy riff ([41:47]).
• Listener Mailbag:
  Quick hits on show T-shirt ideas ("Socialism Sucks and It Never Works"), women screening men via global entry, and the Swift-Kelce wedding speculation ([43:03]–[44:43]).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

"If George Washington were here, he'd slap you with the broad side of his sword."
– Joe (to Jack, on skipping the national anthem) [03:37]

"A giant Nazi tattoo on your chest is such a big deal. I mean, I can't believe that he's weathering the storm on this, if he was a Republican—not a chance."
– Jack [07:20]

"No, no... Hitler himself would be excusable."
– Joe, on extreme partisanship [07:56]

"The Lebanese army is the third most powerful military force in Lebanon after the Israelis and Hezbollah. Wow, that's not a good way to be."
– Joe [05:52]

"Tell me when it happens, Taryn, but you're wearing me out."
– Joe, on Trump’s proclamations [18:54]

"That's such a stupid thing to think."
– Jack on “the American Dream is out of reach” polling [20:05]

"If Graham Platner can prove all the people he was chatting with on Kik and sending dick pics to were adults and not minors, I'll wear a suit every day."
– Summarizing Senator Fetterman’s provocative challenge [32:43]

"How about the sitting around, sharpening an axe, talking about what you'd do to people if they broke into your house. That's just... That's a certain sort of guy."
– Jack [37:34]

"That's the weird Brian Jennings, Joe Biden-esque, weak lie."
– Joe, on Platner’s fake school story [35:53]

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Important Segment Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Event | |-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------| | [02:20] | Opening banter, NYC trip, NBA Finals setup | | [03:01] | POTUS at Madison Square Garden, National Anthem & crowd reaction | | [05:02] | Iran-Lebanon conflict, Trump’s negotiation efforts | | [06:31] | Maine Senate race introduction, Nazi tattoo scandal surfaces | | [13:29] | Big-ticket NBA game: life experiences vs. material possessions | | [17:34] | Deep dive returns: experiences vs. stuff after commercials | | [18:01] | “Lead Story” rapid headlines segment | | [25:42] | Election “hardball”: timing of oppo research, Dem replacement deadline | | [27:35] | Interview: Democratic activist on Platner candidate vetting | | [35:15] | Platner’s personal baggage: girlfriend accusations, trust fund | | [36:57] | “Weird thing to say” segment: rape/dominance allegation | | [38:22] | Ro Khanna, Dems defend Platner for anti-MAGA ends | | [41:47] | Freedom-loving quote of the day: communism vs. fascism | | [43:03] | Mailbag and listener responses |

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Additional Highlights

• Recurring Jabs at political doublespeak, celebrity excess, and media absurdity.
• Sharp Satire on modern vetting in politics, with a cutting breakdown of online sleuthing pitfalls ([30:31]).
• Vocal Fry Mockery: Armstrong & Getty riff on a progressive activist’s interview affectation, poking fun at both content and presentation ([28:11], [29:31]).

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Summary Takeaway

This episode is a quintessential Armstrong & Getty blend: rapid-fire headlines, political snark, cultural ire, and moments of genuine philosophical inquiry. If you missed it, you’ll walk away caught up not just on the facts of the day, but on the shifting tone of American society—whether it’s the blurred lines in vetting political candidates, the wildness of celebrity culture, or skeptical takes on the “American Dream.”

Transcript

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studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center,

[Joe Getty]

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[Jack Armstrong]

Live from Studio C. Oh, Seor.

[Joe Getty]

Little tired.

[Jack Armstrong]

Had to fly back from New York last night. Of course I was in Madison Square garden. I paid $3,000 to have a men's room stall.

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

That I could kind of hear the game through a speaker.

[Joe Getty]

Hear the roars coming around the corners.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. We are Studio C, the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound. And today we toil under the title

[Joe Getty]

of the show Nick's Pricks. Nick's POTUS picks.

[Jack Armstrong]

What?

[Joe Getty]

Nick's Pricks.

[Jack Armstrong]

Nicks Bonus pics. Okay,

[Joe Getty]

I was kind of proud of that one. Or if you prefer Iran, blah blah blah blah.

[Jack Armstrong]

I like that. You yada yada Yada.

[Joe Getty]

To war. Yeah. Yeah. So, yeah, the president was at the Knicks game, and they showed him during the national anthem. I raised his hand up in a salute as the anthem was being sung quite beautifully, but overly elaborately by some Broadway star. And, oh, the reception was. Was not a warm one.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, it's New York, though. I mean, any Republican is gonna get that.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, I'm not attributing any great significance. I think it could be about whether for the midterms. Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, no, I. I missed that because I. I fast forward through the national anthem. Does that make me a bad American?

[Joe Getty]

I said, absolutely, it does. Good God, if George Washington were here, he'd slap you with the broad side of his sword.

[Jack Armstrong]

Really? So they get the. The guy who played the scarecrow in the Wiz on Broadway.

[Joe Getty]

Correct. Yes. I gotta watch that. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, to be a good American, I watched the flags. I watched the flags come out. As soon as the singing starts, I flip through it.

[Joe Getty]

But I tell you what, as soon as the warbling starts, can you. It's like, dude, now it's about you. It's not about the anthem.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's not about the country.

[Joe Getty]

I'm out. But I hung with it. And sure enough, there was the potus.

[Jack Armstrong]

I really enjoyed the star spotting during the game. It was something. There'd be a play. And. And. And, you know, it wasn't a foul route. And they put the camera on the guy. Look, there's Larry David sitting next to Rahm Emanuel and Robert Kraft, who owns the Patriots, for instance.

[Joe Getty]

I'll be damned.

[Jack Armstrong]

It was just so wild. There was so many celebrities there. Um, and then I always wonder, who's the random person, like, in between a bunch of celebrities, you know, probably worth, like $5 billion or something like that way. Probably way richer than even the celebrities, but you don't know who they are. It's like, get that person out of there. I need a celebrity in that seat.

[Joe Getty]

Right. An entertainer.

[Jack Armstrong]

I want to talk a little more about that later. And then what's your Iran?

[Joe Getty]

Blah, blah, blah.

[Jack Armstrong]

What's the latest on Iran?

[Joe Getty]

Oh, well, we've got a clip of Trump saying, yeah, I've asked everybody to calm down and quit firing at each other, because we're very close to a deal two or three days away. He.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, we had the reporting that Axios was doing yesterday of Trump getting on the phone with Netanyahu and saying, you got to stop. And reporting is that Israel was planning, like, a major invasion of Lebanon and stopped it because Trump said no. But today the reporting is Trump went so far as to say if you go for through with this, you're on your own from here on out, which is a heck of a threat.

[Joe Getty]

That is terrible. That is terrible. And dumb and short sighted, in my opinion.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, man. What countries on earth would hold back if their capital was under attack by a longtime enemy that vows to destroy you?

[Joe Getty]

Right, right. An Islamist bunch of cultist lunatics. I've got some great analysis of Lebanon. Those poor, poor bastards. Here's your factoid of the day. The Lebanese army is the third most powerful military force in Lebanon after the Israelis and Hezbollah. Wow, that's, that's, that's not a good way to be.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, Trump said the. They could. We could open the straight in an hour if everybody comes together. I'm sure that's probably true. The if everyone comes together. Is the if. If being a big word there.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

So show it.

[Joe Getty]

Show, don't tell.

[Jack Armstrong]

And then we got some elections going on. The biggest one that's getting attention there is in Maine with the guy with the Nazi tattoo who is going to run away today.

[Joe Getty]

According to all polling, I found two. I'm sorry, I've got so much today. I'm actually excited to do the show. Normally, I dread it.

[Jack Armstrong]

I've got two great Graham Platner factoids that we have not discussed. Oh, I can't wait. Oh, yeah, one's good.

[Joe Getty]

The other one is just. It's just 800 pound gorilla. It's. It's unbelievable.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I was reading my favorite political newsletter that let me know that one, Platner is going to run away with it today. But two, the deadline for replacing him as the Democrats is a date in July. I forget what date it is.

[Joe Getty]

I'll look that up.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's a date in July. The Democrats would have up to then to put a different person in his place. It's the day after that date that the Republicans are going to drop all their oppo research. So I thought it might come out tonight or tomorrow. But no, they're going to wait. They're going to wait until after the. He's definitely the nominee and it's too late for the Democrats to switch it up to unleash the. And I can't imagine what you unleash. Having a Nazi tattoo on your chest. A giant one. A giant Nazi tattoo on your chest is such a big deal. I mean, I can't believe that he's weathering the storm on this if he was a Republican. Not a chance.

[Joe Getty]

No, no, it's Just so incredibly important. We get that radical right winger Susan Collins out of the the Senate and a vote for anybody. Hitler himself would be excusable.

[Jack Armstrong]

Man, do times change. It used to be like if they found out you had had a girlfriend once during your marriage, no chance you even run.

[Joe Getty]

You.

[Jack Armstrong]

You get out of the race immediately when that story comes up. Now we've moved way, way, way past that. But I didn't think we'd ever get to the point where you could have a Nazi tattoo the size of a pipe plate on your chest.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And weather the storm. Well, you were young and everything like that. And he was. And he is a veteran of four combat tours and all that sort of stuff, but still.

[Joe Getty]

And he admits to being confused and in a dark place and that sort of thing. And I, I have miles of sympathy for that sort of thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

He still had the Nazi tattoo and

[Joe Getty]

he's a congenital liar.

[Jack Armstrong]

He still had the Nazi tattoo that he saw in the mirror every single day, I'm sure, up until what, six months ago when it finally, you know, hit the news and he had to start explaining it away. So that's a little weird. I can.

[Joe Getty]

Doing it.

[Jack Armstrong]

I can't see getting. How old is he? I can't see getting into your 40s and, and still keeping it, wearing it, looking at it, everything every day and saying, yeah, well, I was young and. What's the George Bush line? When I was young and irresponsible, I was young and irresponsible. That's fine. But you would get rid of your Nazi tattoo at some point.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. Well, he's got it covered up now with a weird after it's broken the

[Jack Armstrong]

news, but not before.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. He's 41, but for the record. All right, so welcome to let Jack decide the whole waiting until the can't replace him date to drop the bombs of oppo research. And this guy, I mean, I got my mouth set for. Could be anything. All right.

[Jack Armstrong]

No kidding. Could be anything.

[Joe Getty]

Is that legit hardball politics or is that too cute by half? Like financing the weirdo Democrat candidate to try to get them to run again does that. Because that I don't like that. And that backfires sometimes. We end up with terrible leadership.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I can't decide.

[Joe Getty]

Just legit hardball or too cute by half.

[Jack Armstrong]

If they were trying to destroy a decent person to get him in that I don't like when in either party does that. And they both parties do do that all the time. But this, I just, this just seems like within the. The Normal range of politics. Jack has decided how do again. No. Your you're in your 40s and you still look in the mirror every day. You're not see tattoo. And don't think you know what that was. That wasn't the best idea I ever had. That drunken night when I was 22 and I was pretty upset about the combat and whatever. Whatever his excuses for doing this.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, the whole death's head for the concentration camp guards. Probably a bad choice. I mean the Luftwaffe, they did good work. I could have gone with that or the SS even. But my God, the concentration camp guards. What was I thinking? No, never, never hit that. That moment.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And then no dating or you wouldn't want your kids to see it or gonna be at the lake this summer and you think, ah boy, every time I go to the lake, it's just I worry about my Nazi tattoo.

[Joe Getty]

Nope.

[Jack Armstrong]

None of that stuff bothered him until he started to run for office.

[Joe Getty]

Could have turned it into a nice like Moby Dick tattoo or something like that. It's got kind of a whale like appearance, you know, just thinking out loud.

[Jack Armstrong]

We better start the show officially. Hey, Michael. Michelangelo is back. And Michael, I have a theory. I think you take a couple of days off every year just to let everybody know how indispensable you are. Because you are indispensable.

[Joe Getty]

I appreciate that, but no. I just went to see a nephew

[Jack Armstrong]

actually, and you're indispensable. So you saw your nephew and proved you're indispensable.

[Joe Getty]

Hey, you're gonna give my huge ego like Scott Pelly. We don't want that. Michael, you could be replaced at the trap of the hat. Keep it in mind.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is Tuesday, June 9th, the year 2026. We are Armstrong and getting and we approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

All right, let's begin. Officially, according to FCC rules and regulations, the happy team is together. No one's getting dismissed. Here we go. At mark head of President Trump attending

[Jack Armstrong]

tonight's NBA finals game. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that there

[Joe Getty]

would be extra security procedures, but added

[Jack Armstrong]

quote, I think fans are very understanding of that. Oh, sure. If there's one thing New York sports

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fans are known for, it's their patience and civility.

[Joe Getty]

Take your time, ump.

[Jack Armstrong]

I heard a couple of different sportscasters say, even by big game standards, sportscaster have been in business for decades, blah, blah, blah. I've never seen an atmosphere like this. Average ticket price was 7 $500. The Get Ins were whatever you said the other day, like the worst seat in the place was like almost four grand. Yeah, that's, that's some ticket. And then the parties they had, the outdoor parties they had all over New York Giant, many thousands of. At five different locations, which turned into riots afterwards in some cases. But yeah, well, that's what happens when you have a team finally make a run in a Metro market of 19 million people.

[Joe Getty]

I read one story about a. He's a working guy. He was not a rich executive. He bought a ticket for $5,000 and it went up to 18 and he considered selling it, but he says experiences count more than money.

[Jack Armstrong]

You got to be rich to say that.

[Joe Getty]

Well, he's not though. And I wanted to say he's a fool, but welcome back to Jack decides is that a guy who just realizes, hey, life is short. You have the biggest.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's, that's such a. Where you are in your life. How old are your kids? What are your financial situations? There's a lot of stuff there, you know, don't know the guy, anything at all. But like if you got kids and any doubt whether or not you can support them in the way you want to, then that's just a selfish move, in my opinion. Yeah, but to each their own. Having just declared somebody a bad person. We'll get headlines coming up next. And then a whole bunch of other stuff to get to stay here.

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The other side of that though, the conversation we were having before the commercials. Stuff versus experiences. I definitely go with the experience. Like if it's the are you gonna like, you know, get that new dining room table you wanted or have that lifetime memory of going to that game? I'm for the memory. By far.

[Joe Getty]

I like a good table. So good. Nice, well appointed table. Nice flat on top.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of course, with sports stuff, the win or lose matters a lot. If you put in a lot of effort and time to go to a team and they lose, oftentimes it seems like, why did I do this?

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[Jack Armstrong]

If they win, it's a fantastic memory.

[Joe Getty]

All right, busy, busy news day today. Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's the Lead story with Heather Myers.

[News Reader]

Heather, Joe, Jack, good morning. Let's find out how the networks are covering the news. And there's a lot of news today. We'll start with this from CBS News is Trump says Iran deal possible in two to three days as Israel and Hezbollah keep fighting.

[Jack Armstrong]

We'll go ahead with the other headline to you.

[News Reader]

Okay, I'll keep, I'll keep on this topic here for a moment. CNBC says Trump repeats claims that Iran deal is only days away despite recent strikes. And the hill looks at it like this. Iran war has no end in sight at 100 days despite Trump's vow.

[Jack Armstrong]

The Trump saying it could be over in the next couple of days. Does that mean anything to anyone? And I mean, whether you're an Iranian soldier or a guy filling up with gas thinking about the summer. I mean, why, how does that mean anything to anyone? After all the backs and forths on, they'll be over in two weeks. It'll be over an hour. It'll be over today.

[Joe Getty]

But whatever I have dealt in my life more than once with people who always tell you what they're gonna do, always tell you what it's gonna happen, got no interest. Tell me when it happens, Taryn, but you're wearing me out.

[News Reader]

I'm guilty of that. As a mom. You keep this up, we're leaving 10 times.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, gotta go.

[News Reader]

All right. From NBC news, u. S. Military helicopter goes down near straight of hormuz. Two crew members rescued from the New York Times. Democrats secure Democrats secures second LA mayor spot and end Spencer Pratt's run.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, the socialist got more votes than the guy who wanted to do something about the drug addicts on the street. We'll have to talk about that more later.

[News Reader]

Staying on the topic of California politics, Newsmax GOP's Hilton clinches second spot in California governor's race.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's gonna be fun to watch.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's excellent news. Yeah, it's going to be a tough sled, but what the heck, he's got a chance.

[News Reader]

CNBC is reporting this morning. 51% of U.S. adults say the American dream is out of reach for most people right now.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's such a stupid thing to think. We went through the statistics on that yesterday from the New York Times. Maybe we'll bring that up again.

[News Reader]

Associated Press Donald Trump booed by the crowd during the anthem prior to Game 3 of the NBA finals.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, we talked about that a little bit to be expected.

[News Reader]

It's New York. NBC news adults should have no more than one drink a day. A team of scientists says.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know what Joe's gonna say. Shut up. Shut up.

[Joe Getty]

Mind your own business.

[News Reader]

New team of scientists. All right, from Fox News, woman with advanced Alzheimer's regained speech and memories after taking magic mushrooms.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Wait, what?

[News Reader]

Wow, this is so interesting. It's that psilocybin that a lot of people are taking to do deal with things like ptsd. And they're saying this one particular patient, again with advanced Alzheimer's, not early dementia. Advanced Alzheimer's was able to regain a little bit of speech and some memory. So definitely more research needed there.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, zap that story over to us. We need to see that in full. I mean, that's fascinating. I wonder if it lasts.

[News Reader]

Let's hope so. CBS News reporting this morning that workers say they like remote work, but research shows it hurts their mental health. NBC News man fleeing police attacked by alligator before continuing his getaway.

[Joe Getty]

Alligator's helpful fan of law and order. Damn it. Clean up the streets and the ponds.

[News Reader]

He ran from the cops, jumped into a swamp, was attacked by the alligator, left the swamp and kept trying to run before he was finally apprehended. And finally this morning from The Babylon Bee, la vote updates. Spencer Pratt now at negative 1 billion votes.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I'm not a fan of the how could this happen? And had to be stolen. 84% Democrat votes in the last election in Los Angeles. That's how it happened. It's not a mystery.

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That's funko.com I wonder if any is

[Jack Armstrong]

speaking of, you know, is it worth the money for the ticket for big events, to have the life experience? I wonder if any of those celebrities, like, met with publicists and stuff like that, or accountants and thoughts, had conversations about it's gonna cost a million dollars for this seat. How much will this raise my Q factor or get me parts in big movies or whatever. Cause I'm thinking, I don't know. I'm not. Don't know if it's a good idea, like an investment, right? Or if it was just like Chalamet just is so into the Knicks, which he seems to be into the Knicks. He's on his feet, like every play. You know, they're just so into it. They're willing to spend the money. I don't know, but it definitely raises your cue factor to be in that crowd.

[Joe Getty]

Well, you remember we talked about the. The Wall street crowd, how like your lower tier of the upper tier is desperate to be seen in those low, low seats because, wow, there's Jones. I didn't know he was such a mover shaker. Interesting. Maybe I will call him back. You know, they're looking for that sort of leg up. So, yeah, I think the answer is yeah, clearly some people do that.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I looked it up. It's July 27th there in Maine is the way the rules work. So Platner is going to win today. The Democrats have until the 27th to replace him on the ballot. If, if things got super ugly, they as a party there in Maine could say, you know, if, if bad enough bad stuff comes out, and I don't know what it has to be after the avalanche of bad stuff he's had. But after the 27th though, they can't replace him. So that's when the Susan Collins super PAC money, oppo research will land the day after that when they can't replace him anymore.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. To make sure she wins. All right, I will set my alarm to make sure I wake up early that day. So you've got the. The drunk woman abusing Nazi, sometimes communist Nazi tattoo, sporting bad decision making, trustafarian, no real job, elite private school as he claims to be a man of the people guy. There's a little baggage there. Turns out there's even more than that, which we'll get to in a second or two. But first, this, this interview, I think it was Wall Street Journal's podcast or whatever, interviewing the two political activists who recruited Platner to run in the first place. There is one gal, Leanne fan, who sits there fairly quietly and doesn't say much at all. The somewhat. How do I describe this? The weirdly effeminate vocal fry, high pitched odd voice is that of Daniel Moraf, who looks like he's never even come in the same room as a piece of red meat, rather weedy looking fellow and a progressive activist explaining how in the world all this baggage got through their vetting process.

[Jack Armstrong]

At this point, you hadn't vetted Graham Platner. You hadn't done a full scrub of who he is. How did you go about vetting him? And why did you? We paid. Yeah, we paid a. We paid a nice firm a whole chunk of money and got some stuff back. Some of what you've seen on the news we got back. Other stuff we didn't. Did the vetting process turn up the tattoo that became so controversial?

[Joe Getty]

No. Giant Nazi tattoo. Well, he had his shirt on. But wait, there's more.

[Jack Armstrong]

The Reddit posts, did that turn up in the vetting process? The firm sent us a thing and it had some of the posts, but it didn't have all of them. And what did you think about that? How did you, how did you think your way through the fact that he had posted these things on social media? I said none of this will or should stop him from becoming a US Senator, and what was your thinking? Very. I think if what the voters wanted were people who were grown in vats and had never done or said, oh, my God, dude, that they might regret their entire lives. Oh, you're killing me. In a very different country. Part of our thesis here is that people do not want their candidates grown in bats. They want people who are real human beings, and they want people who do not look and sound like the background. People who've been leading this country off a cliff for the last century. And that was Graham. I'm sorry. Just days after this interview, more details about Platner's past emerge. You're gonna have to tell me what that guy said because it might be important or interesting. I couldn't listen to it.

[Joe Getty]

Just remind not to sound. I gotta start talking like that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow, he's got the vocal fry of all vocal fries. Oh, that is hard to listen to.

[Joe Getty]

Can you imagine coming onto a woman with a voice like that?

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know that. He don't know that he is. But coming on to someone or any

[Joe Getty]

more a man or a beast or anyone. That's the worst voice ever. Oh, my God. I can't even picture a more annoying voice.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do you want the meal or the individual sandwich? I want the sandwich.

[Joe Getty]

I don't want the sandwiches that have

[Jack Armstrong]

led this country off a cliff. It's hard to listen.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, my.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, I was trying to listen to what he was saying, and then I got so distracted by his affectation, which it is. We have that funny clip from whatever that TV show was on Netflix where the guy is yelling at the chick, the barista. You don't talk like that. That's not the way you actually talk.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, beautiful. Beautif. Fellas, find the most annoying clip at. From that clip, would you?

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, my God. That was hard to listen to. It's kind of interesting, the background search stuff in the modern world, it's almost all online. I mean, I'm sure they, you know, they had perfected years ago the going through legal records and tax records and that sort of stuff that has always existed, you know, and you scour the country to try to see if a guy got a DUI in this county in 19, you know, 98 or whatever, but the. Every Reddit post, every possible hookup app, when everybody's got a, you know, a fake name on there and everything like that, that. That's a whole new world of trying to vet people. I don't. I don't know how you'd catch everything. It'd Almost be impossible.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, old P Hustle. That's right. He was on the Kick until as a few days ago. He still had his account open.

[Jack Armstrong]

But P Hustle is what he called himself. Yeah. I don't know, how did they even, how did they catch him on this stuff? I'd be kind of curious, how did somebody figure out his Reddit handle, his Kick handle, his every different kind of made up name he has and all these different profiles around the country. And by the way, if you didn't hear this, we talked about this later, later in the show yesterday. This is so amazing. So Kick is a people who walk on the wild side hookup app, not like Tinder, from what I understand. I'm just like, I've read about this. Tinder is just like regular hookups for the most part. But Kick is where you go if, you know, like, you know, we need, we need another dude for our marriage or whatever, that sort of stuff and lots of other things. And P Hustle, or soon to be Senator Platner was on that site a lot. And John Fetterman, another Democratic senator, is hinting a lot that P Hustle was on there to meet underage people, which is a heck of a claim to make with no proof.

[Joe Getty]

Well, the KIK has a reputation for that happening. Senator.

[Jack Armstrong]

Senator Fetterman said if Graham Platner can prove that all the people he was chatting with on Kick and sending Dick pics, those are the words of the senator, so they're in quotes, so I feel like I can say them.

[Joe Getty]

Part of our nation's rich history,

[News Reader]

part

[Jack Armstrong]

of the congressional record. Yes. If Graham Platner can prove all the people he was chatting with on Kick and sending pics to were adults and not minors, I'll wear a suit every day.

[Joe Getty]

Okay.

[Jack Armstrong]

Which is a heck of a thing to say as a fellow possible senator.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I would say so. All right, we've got to get to the quote, unquote new revelations right after a word from our friends at Incognito. They're all about getting your name off of data broker sites, speaking of online presence, where they get your info and they try to. They just spam you all day long. Scam, emails, that sort of thing. You can hit, you know, delete, scam, over and over again. But you got to get your name off those sites. That's what Incogni does.

[Jack Armstrong]

And they got everything. Your home address, your email, your age, the names of all your family members. All of it is searchable, all of it is for sale. And Scammers don't need to be hackers to get it. They just need to Google. Take five minutes in Google. So you need to get this stuff off of the data brokers and Incogni does that. They contact hundreds of data brokers, legally force them to remove your information.

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[Jack Armstrong]

of our nation's rich history. That's hilarious.

[Joe Getty]

So the two revelations that we haven't talked about, number one, he has tried to portray himself as a man of the people. A populist, a working man, an oyster farmer. He's a trust fund kid. He's got no discernible way to make a living. His only client at the oyster thing is his mom and he had like a $3,000 a year job. All of his money comes from disability. And if he was disabled, as a veteran and it's legit, that's fine, I can respect that. But who knows? But so he went to this crazy expensive boarding school when he was like a high schooler and his dad also paid for his new house. But he explained the reason he went to the super expensive private boarding school was because his local school had been unaccredited for a time. And it's the easiest thing in the world. You look back and it's like, no, they weren't. They've never not been accredited. They've been around since the 70s, whatever. They've always been accredited. What the hell are you talking about?

[Jack Armstrong]

What a terrible lie. And your alternative to your local normal public school not being accredited, if that happened, wouldn't be so I'll go to the most expensive private school that exists.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a funny plan B. I'm a

[Joe Getty]

school choice guy and I have railed against the current state of America's government schools. So if you think that's the best move for your kids, do it. Do, do what you think is best for them and I support you. But it's the lie. It's the weird Brian Jennings, Joe Biden esque, weak lie. I was top of my class to see. There are records, there are records of this Joe.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's what's so weird. Lies that are really easily checked.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. So the guy is just kind of a congenital liar. But here's the part and this is like we went, how Many was it? 21 paragraphs in or 16 paragraphs in to the New York Times piece before they got to the fact that the allegation that he manhandled that girlfriend of his, you know, in a pretty serious fashion. He was very physically rough with her on more than one occasion, but they buried it. Oh, it's even after that. It's multiple paragraphs after that that you get to the fact that she said he kept an AR15 lying around his apart apartment on Capitol Hill, and he would sharpen an axe while watching television. He had what she described as a warrior ethos and would fantasize about killing people he deemed a threat. Uh, she said he told her that rape was about power. It stuck with her through the years. He said this a lot. Not once or twice, a lot. If anybody ever broke in here, I would rape them. Saying that it would not be in a sexual way, not in a gay way. He was like, I would rape them to show them that I'm dominant.

[Jack Armstrong]

That is a weird thing to say. That is not a normal. I know a lot of tough guy guys in my life. I've never known anybody who said that. That's a weird thing to say.

[Joe Getty]

Well, and you. You. Part of training to use firearms is to rehearse and know that you're not going to, in the moment, think, oh, my God, a gun. A gun is a dangerous thing. Do I want to do something dangerous? No, you've got to be ready mentally as well as physically. So I get that. But, yeah, I would rape him to show him my dominance. Not a gay thing at all. But, yeah, I would rape him.

[Jack Armstrong]

How about the sitting around, sharpening an axe, talking about what you'd do to people if they broke into your house. That's just. That's a certain sort of guy.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, dude. A dude is damaged.

[Jack Armstrong]

Watching tv, sharpening the axe. I'll tell you what, if somebody ever breaks in here, I'm gonna rape them and show them who's boss. Sharpening your what?

[Joe Getty]

You've got these two activist socialist dweebs, including Mr. Manley over, who find this guy. He's handsome, he's rugged looking. He was a marine. He's oyster farmer. Sounds very manish. And they recruit this guy, do a crappy job of vetting him. He's all sorts of nuts. And yet, because of our current politics, there he is. He's going to be the Democratic nominee. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And some of the leading lights of the Democratic party standing up for him at this late date.

[Joe Getty]

Ro Khanna on how cynical they are.

[Jack Armstrong]

One of The Sunday talk shows just, you know. Well, the important thing is we stop this maga movement.

[Joe Getty]

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Nobody's perfect, right? Nobody's perfect. No, he is definitely not perfect.

[Joe Getty]

How far would you go there, Ro? I mean, like, John Gacy, he lured, what, 24, 32, whatever it was. Young men to be raped and murdered and buried him under his house. Now, would you hit us with a look? Nobody's perfect with him. Where. Where does that end exactly?

[Jack Armstrong]

Youthful indiscretion.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, what's. What's your limit of look? Nobody's perfect. Or as the guy said, people know someone grown in a lab.

[Jack Armstrong]

What?

[Joe Getty]

We gotta play that guy again?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, we'll have to do that again later and dissect that. That was too good. We got mailbag on the way. Stay here.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Yep.

[Joe Getty]

Do you even know what a cold snack is?

[Jack Armstrong]

I do.

[Joe Getty]

Well, some of you may have noticed

[Jack Armstrong]

I've been wearing a Montucky shirt on

[Joe Getty]

the video version of the podcast. And that's because Montucky makes my favorite cold snack. That's right. It's a cold snackable beer. And summer is the best time to enjoy it. You're right, Ders. Montucky is a light American lager from Bozeman, Montana. It's snackable, shareable, and perfect for all occasions.

[Jack Armstrong]

Hey, that sounds like the dream beer to me. Go to montuckycoldsnacks.com snack finder to find Montucky cold snacks and a retailer near you. And if you're looking for some Montucky

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[Joe Getty]

They got some cold horses on those cans. Cold snacks.

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Express it now. Just pop yourself. That's Funko.com Timothy Chalamet and Fat Joe. Is that what his name is? The rapper shared a private plane to get to New York to go to Madison Square Garden to be in the front row of the game last night.

[Joe Getty]

That's a nice lifestyle if you can afford it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Isn't that something?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Adam from Boise sent this one along. He just finished Tom Holland's excellent book Dominion about the importance of Christian principles in Western civilization. Not the religious ones so much as like giant assumptions like all men are created equal. That view is not shared around the world anyway. And that is a gross and hilariously oversimplified oversimplification. But moving along to the quote, Communist leaders may have been no less murderous than fascist ones, but they, because communism was the expression of a concern for the oppressed masses, rarely seemed as diabolical to people today. The measure of how Christian we are as a society remain is that mass murder precipitated by racism tends to be seen as vastly more abhorrent than mass murder precipitated by an ambition to usher in a classless paradise. And Adam wants to know. Maybe that's why communism continues to exist. People want to do good and are blinded by what communism actually is. Is. Or as the who's the great thinker. Sydney Hook was a philosopher. He said I was guilty of judging socialism by its aims and capitalism by its functions, including the most unfortunate of, you know, the. The. The things that happen in capitalism. That's part of it. Interesting thought, Mailbag.

[Jack Armstrong]

Drop us a note.

[Joe Getty]

Mailbagarmstrongegetti.com for instance, Karen from Scenic Pioneer, California. Right. So you guys were talking about your T shirts ideas a couple weeks ago. Your new T shirt could say Socialism sucks and it never works. Two sayings, one shirt. That's perfect. I would wear that six days a week.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that's really good.

[Joe Getty]

Socialism sucks and it never works. Hanson, let's get busy. Well, let's see. How about this from Katie in Carson City, Nevada. Well, let's see. Heard Jack's quip yesterday about women only dating men with global entry clearance.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

My immediate thought was that those Women are looking for a baked in background check. Kind of clever. No convictions or even investigations for something serious.

[Jack Armstrong]

Interesting. I didn't know anything about that, but yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Let's see. Anna Louisa, frequent correspondent, writes on the topic of the Swift Kelsey wedding. One of the more important topics we're

[Jack Armstrong]

addressing this week at Madison Square Garden.

[Joe Getty]

Exactly. Taylor and Travis getting married in msg. Nope, don't buy it. This sounds like classic misdirection to me. While fake guests arrived at msg, the couple will be hundreds of miles away, if not a thousand. Maybe Montecito, Napa. Beachy place. Maybe the Caribbean. I'm also suspicious of the date. July 3rd is a misdirection. I guess it'd be July 2nd or 4th or 4th, 5th. Not that I care about any of this.

[Jack Armstrong]

No. Yeah, I hope so. That that would be. Yeah, that's hard to like the idea of making a show of it.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, it's just despicable.

[Jack Armstrong]

They're probably going to get married on some island most people have never heard of because you have to be them to even know it exists.

[Joe Getty]

Maybe they're going to get married, quote unquote, in a very small, intimate ceremony with friends and family and then do the super bonanza for their fans raking a zillion dollars and wow. Yeah, I know, I know. Let's see this from Jim on the topic of the obnoxious and insufferable and teary eyed Scott Pelly. Pelly's an a hole. He thinks he's indispensable to 60 Minutes, a show that used to feature Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Mike Wallace and Andy Rooney. But somehow in Pelly's mind, the show can't survive without him. What a narcissistic wanker.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's a good point. In its heyday, all those people are gone and it kept on. So you'll be a okay or it'll be okay without you.

[Joe Getty]

And then the invaluable JT and Livermore says I'm officially off the Trump bandwagon when it comes to his handling of the Iran war. It's a certain sameness to his handling of the Russia Ukraine war and his handling of the Iran war comes down to the same Trump flaw. In both cases, Trump thinks everybody is simply positioning for a better deal, when in reality, some people, sometimes people actually don't want a quote unquote deal. They need to win. And he goes in to some detail, but that's the gist.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or you're a religious zealot like the Iranians or some sort of crazy megalomania. Act like Putin and those are different things than a regular business deal. More on the way.

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