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Joe Getty
Broadcasting live from the 80s Abraham Lincoln.
Jack Armstrong
Radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast.
Katie Green
Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.
Jack Armstrong
Armstrong and Getty. And now here, Armstrong live from Studio C. Si, senor. A dimly lit room where deep within.
Joe Getty
The bowels of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound, and to kick off a Thursday, we're under the tutelage of our general manager, Bernie Sanders.
Jack Armstrong
BERNIE SANDERS PRIZE GENERAL MANAGER today. That's right. I find myself surveying this country and seeing how frequently, including in New York the other day, young dopes fall for the promise of socialism. And how old Bernie, I mean, he's got to be in negotiations with Father Time because it's only a moment. It's only, you know, a brief span of time before the US Becomes France if we keep going in this direction. So Bernie will be fully gratified.
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
Good.
Joe Getty
Several things I'm very excited about talking about today. And some days I come in, I'm not excited. I don't want to talk about anything. It's trudger drudgery.
Jack Armstrong
We got to hit him with a cattle prod just to make him. He refuses until he just zap him.
Joe Getty
The entire four hours the company is just dragging words out of me because I'm contractually obligated. But today, several things I'm very excited to talk about. I was just watching Pete Hegseth is doing a little dealio there in front of reporters. It seems very clear now that that whole preliminary leak about not much damage was absolutely a hit job from somebody for some reason. I mean, that seems 100 clear now. Even the liberal networks are admitting as much.
Jack Armstrong
Right. Yeah.
Joe Getty
So what is that all about? You know, the usual. Somebody who hates Trump and thought that would further their cause somehow. I don't even understand.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
What they thought would happen. I mean, didn't they know that the truth would come out within hours or days anyway? And what did you. I don't know. I have no idea.
Jack Armstrong
I think that story in and of itself is of minor significance. But what does it say about that person? What does it say about our politics? What does it say about our media? What does it say about our country?
Joe Getty
Yeah, that's what I mean.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Joe Getty
And the enthusiasm of the media to run with it and everything like that. And that's what exits up there, lecturing the press about is. Are any of you printing any of the new stuff that's come out today, for instance, from a. From. From that same report and from others from other countries in the U. N. That have a much more positive assessment? And I don't think it's on. It's not partisan to say it'd be positive to end the program for Iran to get a nuclear weapon anyway. All kinds of different reports coming out now is anybody is breathlessly reporting them as they did that initial, you know, one word from some leaker with an agenda. Anyway, what that had me thinking about is I started reading this new book that I'm all excited about. I'm listening to it, but I. I don't know. I don't want to get bogged down on reading versus listing, but it's a trilogy from this guy named Toll that I'd never read before. I realized I have a gap in my knowledge about the Pacific part of World War II. I should never read another word word about the European war and Hitler because I've read plenty and spend more time on the Pacific part because I don't think I've ever read a whole long book since I read some book about Midway when I was in fifth grade. I don't think I've. For whatever reason, you know, it's an entirely different war, really. And the point. The reason I'm bringing this up is this highly acclaimed book I'M reading the third one first because I'm more interested in the, the end game, your, your Okinawa, you're, you know, dropping the bombs, all that sort of stuff. But he starts with FDR's relationship with the media there in his last term. And I've never come across this before. So the media turned on FDR hard when he decided to run for a third term. Why am I unaware of this information?
Jack Armstrong
But third or fourth?
Joe Getty
Third.
Jack Armstrong
Wow.
Joe Getty
Okay, so 90, 90% of newspapers were against him running for a third term in America, didn't endorse him because they thought it was awful that he was running for a third term. He had had a glorious first two terms relationship with the media where he could basically tell them what they should print and when they are out of talked down to them and they would all chuckle along and go along with him because he was so popular in this and that. But when he decided to run for a third term along with just, you know, you get tired of people after a while, the media really turned on him. And in that fourth term, and I should have grabbed the quotes, he sounded so much like Trump in the way he would blast the media for being un America, un American. Enemies of the country, traitors to their nation, printing nothing but lies. And you know, when Trump says that sort of thing, it's, it's introduced as a completely new thing nobody has ever done. We should all be scared to death of this authoritarian, that bad mouse. The free press is what we, it's the most important thing we've got in America, blah, blah, blah. FDR did it constantly.
Jack Armstrong
Their greatest hero.
Joe Getty
Yeah. And revelations like that. That's one of the best parts of being a history nut is realizing there is freaking nothing new under the sun, for one thing. And, and secondly, you wonder why anybody even takes the time to read write history because so few people read it or remember it.
Jack Armstrong
Well, that's. So those of us who do read it can be exasperated by the fact that the same old scams are tried over and over again and again. In the case of New York City, recently successfully.
Joe Getty
But as I was listening Hegseth badmouth the media, I thought, okay, this is going to be portrayed as the whole Trump's, you know, war on free speech or whatever. FDR was brutal on nothing but lies. He would name all the newspapers, oh, there's that guy whose newspaper prints nothing but lies all the time. What do you want to lie about today? You know, that sort of thing.
Jack Armstrong
Wow. Yeah, I, I remember talking about years and years ago when, when My second third kids came along that, you know, like kid number three would throw a fit, not be like, I've seen better.
Joe Getty
Than you.
Jack Armstrong
One of these, eh? Okay, fine. Well, and that's why it's so use.
Joe Getty
To, to study history.
Jack Armstrong
You ever start to recognize the patterns and the shapes? You've seen this movie before?
Joe Getty
Well, me individually or you individually or anybody who just heard me say that. But that is not what is filtered down through the years of the great hero fdr. I didn't know that practically every newspaper in America turned on him when he decided to run for a third term.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, that's interesting.
Joe Getty
Yeah, it is.
Jack Armstrong
Well, so much of history, particularly filtered through education and your popular, you know, news media and your pop history stuff all comes from the left left to the center left.
Joe Getty
And what, you know, this isn't a referendum on fdr. What kind of radio.
Jack Armstrong
Thumbs down. That's what I say.
Joe Getty
What kind of radio show would that be? But it's just, it's just acknowledging, well, just the way that everything works. So because he was all about growing the government and giving people stuff as a half a socialist or a 3/4 socialist, you know, is it revered throughout history now or forget the who, you know, he broke 150 year tradition of not running for more than 30. Well, we'll ignore that brand.
Jack Armstrong
Roughshod on the Constitution, threatened to pack the courts, etc.
Joe Getty
And when Trump wants to change the Supreme Court or lectures the media about being liars and traitors, which I don't like, but it's, it's treated as. It's something brand new.
Jack Armstrong
I tell you what, I am really impressed by Pete Hegseth when he goes at the media because he comes at them with facts and perspective and a really coherent argument. Yeah, so far. Really impressed with that because they do need shaming. They need serious shaming.
Joe Getty
Yeah, I was a little concerned yesterday when the pushback was all about. What are you saying? Those are brave pilots who did a great job. Okay, you're arguing something different and usually when somebody does that, you need to watch out. Your pushback is different than my complaint.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
My complaint is you didn't actually blow up fordo. Your pushback is. I'm bad mouthing the pilots. No, I wasn't.
Jack Armstrong
Right, Right. Hey, by the way, on air meeting yesterday, there was an undercover FCC agent, all right. Kind of looking at me as I went about my yard work. So I think having failed to officially start the show. Was it yesterday?
Joe Getty
Yeah.
Jack Armstrong
We best mind our P's and Q's.
Joe Getty
I think it's the only time in our show's history. I'll have to go to the show historian. I think it's the only time we've ever not started the show officially. So that's a black mark on my record. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is. How did it already get to be Thursday, June 26, the year 2025? We are Armstrong and getting. We approve of this program.
Jack Armstrong
All right, then, let's start officially according to FCC rules and regulations. Here we go at Mark. Yes.
Joe Getty
You're not dancing to that. E Lost your lust for life.
Jack Armstrong
Of course, the inevitable remix of some.
Joe Getty
Of course. Somebody turned that into a song. And the One More Thing podcast, we can play it with the F bombs because it, It. It flows better, but it's.
Jack Armstrong
Well, especially because, you know, as a musician, the F bomb is like the snare drum. I mean, it. It. It is the frame. The rhythmic frame of the song.
Joe Getty
Yeah, yeah, exactly. Yeah, yeah. I think because it didn't start the show officially yesterday, that one goes in the books with an asterisk. It doesn't count toward any records or anything like that.
Jack Armstrong
Right.
Joe Getty
Very disappointing. I also want to talk about Mumdani or whatever his name is, who didn't pay enough attention to while he was running for mayor because nobody thought he was going to win until Monday. And he ended up winning, and he's almost certainly going to be the mayor.
Jack Armstrong
Is it you hating communist Jack? How exciting?
Joe Getty
Is that what people like about him? Some people, that's what they like about him. But I'm not sure that's what you got him over the top. And I'm a little disappointed or. Or pleased that. I'm reading Mark Halperin's newsletter today and he apparently.
Jack Armstrong
Are you disappointed or pleased? Well, figure it out.
Joe Getty
I was reading Mark Halpern's newsletter today, and he has written something exactly what I've been thinking for, like, the last 24 hours on this Mamdani character and what might be going on here and the similarities between him and Trump. So we'll get to that a little bit later. I think it's pretty fascinating. And is the Democratic Party going to go that direction or not?
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, that is going to be a battle royale. I tell you what, just as a quick aside, the whole isolationist maga versus interventionist, that division, I think is grossly exaggerated. The whole, are we going to go commie or not within the Democratic Party, that battle is not exaggerated.
Joe Getty
Heck, yeah. They actually have a chance of taking over the party. The isolationist Tucker wing is not going to take over the party. So yeah, lots of good stuff on the way. And Katie's headlines next. Stay here.
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Joe Getty
Among things I want to discuss today is my 13 year old Henry and I's conversation last night about me getting plastic surgery, which was very jaunty.
Jack Armstrong
So.
Joe Getty
And his opinions on it. Here's a headline for you before we get to Katie's headlines.
Jack Armstrong
The Ayatollah speaks.
Joe Getty
Or at least maybe he does, but he put out a statement. I offer my congratulations on the victory over the fallacious Zionist regime.
Jack Armstrong
Yes.
Joe Getty
If you won, why are you hiding in a hole somewhere?
Jack Armstrong
Just curious. What would loss look like, Dear Mr. Ayatollah, sir.
Joe Getty
Yeah, exactly.
Jack Armstrong
Craziness. All right, so much to get to. Let's figure out who's reporting what. It's lead story with Katie Green. Katie.
Katie Green
Well, you guys touched on this from cbs. Defense Secretary Pete Egseth holds press conference on impact of strikes on Iran.
Joe Getty
There's all kinds of other intelligent assessments, including some from that same document that are much more accurate. I'm assuming talking about how much damage was done.
Jack Armstrong
A lot. Well, in the IAEA's report, which is still preliminary obviously, but said, oh ho ho, whack the bejesus out of them. I mean, you know, paraphrasing, but yeah, yeah, that early report was, was ridiculous.
Joe Getty
Yeah, I didn't, I didn't see this because we were, we were working yesterday, but Joe Scarborough said on MSNBC toward the end of his show, apparently yesterday. I think we're being played here by a leaker.
Jack Armstrong
Yes, clearly.
Katie Green
From the Associated Press. Drone debris found in Ukraine indicates Russia is using new technology from Iran.
Joe Getty
Interesting. So they wouldn't help Iran, but Iran's helping them. Or maybe it's a hangover from before the attack.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, definitely.
Katie Green
From the Free Beacon. Mamdani supporters celebrate win with cries of quote globalize the Intifada.
Joe Getty
Oh wow.
Jack Armstrong
I'm telling you, care came out strongly in favor of Mamdani and then happy about his victory. As a fellow Muslim, they are absolutely tied to groups that are tied directly to terrorist organization.
Joe Getty
I missed out on how wealthy he and his wife are. They had their wedding, super swanky wedding in Dubai. Looking at pictures of it. I mean, wow, that's some socialist.
Jack Armstrong
He is the classic trustafarian progressive. I mean, straight out of the book of cliches.
Joe Getty
Super wealthy socialist.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah.
Katie Green
From Newsweek. China military unveils mosquito sized drones for special missions.
Joe Getty
This is what Joe's been warning about.
Jack Armstrong
Oh yeah, it's a mosquito size now. It will be like what's tiny? A flea sized. Soon I mean you won't even be able to see them and they will come in swarms and fly straight into your lungs and explode. Oh, geez. Yeah. I'm telling you. You want exploded lungs, do you? What the hell was that? That was a truth bomb.
Joe Getty
Who wants to tune into that on.
Jack Armstrong
A radio show going off in your brain? Not your lungs in this case. Okay.
Joe Getty
As you drive to work, realize China will soon have microscopic drones that blow up your lungs. Have a nice day.
Jack Armstrong
Well, while you're napping, I'm building defenses against the micro drones.
Katie Green
From NBC. Capitol Police arrest dozens of people protesting Medicaid cuts in Trump budget bill at the Capitol.
Joe Getty
Did you say dozens?
Katie Green
Dozen. About 33 people were arrested.
Jack Armstrong
The giant scam that is Medicaid money washing back and forth from the states and the feds and the hospitals and the phony taxes that then get redistributed. I think I've figured out how to explain it. It is one of the most expensive scam drains of taxpayer money I've ever witnessed. But there's just enough there that it's difficult to get people to understand it. The Republicans are trying to quash it in the big beautiful bill, among other pretty good things I've read about. But again, it's just complicated enough. That's how they get away with the.
Katie Green
Scam from the New York Post North Korea to open tourist site next week for foreign visitors.
Jack Armstrong
Oh, it's exciting. Looks like stealing any posters off the walls.
Katie Green
USA Today Leanne Rimes says she panicked after her teeth fell out on stage.
Jack Armstrong
I saw that.
Joe Getty
Leon Rhymes's teeth fell out while she was singing.
Jack Armstrong
I'm guessing she has false teeth and it wasn't a spontaneous shedding of her natural Chiclets, right?
Joe Getty
You guessed right.
Jack Armstrong
Okay. Yeah. It's a good call, right?
Katie Green
And finally, the Babylon Bee defeated Cuomo, left groping for answers.
Jack Armstrong
You know, subtle but good phrase of.
Joe Getty
The day is spontaneous shedding of her Chiclets.
Jack Armstrong
It's rare we see this occasionally. Complete toothle disengagement.
Joe Getty
Too much diet soda and it could happen to you. We have more news of the day on the way. I hope you can stay here.
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Jack Armstrong
In a stunning upset, Democratic Socialist Zoran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral prim. That's extraordinary. That's extraordinary. Mamdani relied largely on volunteers and a relentlessly positive campaign based on issues that affect everyday New Yorkers like freezing the rent, no cost childcare and free buses. That's pretty good. Sounds pretty good.
Joe Getty
Yeah. Crowd really into that. We're gonna do a Mamdani joke off a little bit later as all the late night hosts, most of them based in new, had things to say about the new socialist. Probably will be mayor of New York City. And I do want to talk about that phenomenon. It's really interesting. Oh, the other thing Hegseth was lecturing the media about is a giant historical thing happened yesterday in that all of NATO agreed to 5% of GDP committed toward defense. NATO, as Ian Bremmer, who could, who dislikes Trump a lot, said NATO is stronger than it has ever been.
Jack Armstrong
No, no, Trump was going to ruin NATO. He was going to end it. It was going to fall apart.
Joe Getty
Yeah, well, we'll talk about that.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, no kidding. Do you get tired of being wrong? I'm just curious. Well, folks, it's time for a gender bending madness update. Very early in the show today kept hearing about this thing called gender bending madness.
Joe Getty
They're locos. We're in a brave new world.
Jack Armstrong
Much to get to, including one of the most eloquent defenses of women's sports I've yet come across. Fabulous stuff.
Joe Getty
But first, this, let me mention that Today is the 10 year anniversary of gay marriage becoming legal in the United States when they ran out of the Supreme Court and breathlessly reported that gay marriage was a thing now and how that transformed to the gay rights movement into this whole trans thing, which is a great piece in the New York Times about today. And read that later.
Jack Armstrong
Wow, interesting. Yeah, I haven't seen that. So on that theme, actually, Air Canada proudly announced and in the announcement from the cockpit, along with the tweet, the pilot actually turned to the camera and said all the letters. We are doing our first ever. Now let me get that one straight because a few letters have been added to this one. Our first ever two SLGBTQ AI plus flight ever in Canada. If you don't get that, that 4th through 15th letter is to make you submit to it. The poor pilot is like, all right, this is going to take a minute. All right, what's the matter with you? And interestingly, the lesbian writer who wrote this piece, I think it was Nelly Bowles for the Free Press, said on this topic, support for same sex marriage is collapsing among Republicans, according to a recent Gallup poll. And this chart says she translates the chart because it has declined pretty precipitously.
Joe Getty
Really? I don't know that.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, it has. And somewhat among US Adults, it's up among Democrats now. But she says we were fine with a few letters and then y' all.
Joe Getty
Just kept adding more.
Jack Armstrong
So now we're taking them all back. They've gone way, way, way too far in the radical gender theory thing. Anyway, moving along. California found in violation of title nine in the clash with the Trump officials over transgender athletes. Trump administration has found The California Department of Education, the state's high school sports federation, violated civil rights laws by allowing transgender girls. The term you're looking for is boys there boys. To compete in women's sports. Oh, that reminds me. Do we have the Brett Bear clip that I asked for? I apologize. I knew I wanted that for this and I forgot to tell you. Yeah, play that for me, Michael.
Joe Getty
In Sacramento, as the Trump administration finds.
Jack Armstrong
The California Education Department and the state's high school sports federation of violated civil rights law by allowing transgender girls to compete on girls sports teams, the federal.
Joe Getty
Education Department is proposing a resolution that.
Jack Armstrong
Would require California to bar transgenders from women's sports.
Joe Getty
It would also strip transgender athletes of.
Jack Armstrong
Records, titles and awards. And if California doesn't come correct, they would lose their federal funding. The reason I asked for that clip is Bret's obvious discomfort and confusion and saying it bans transgender girls from being in girl sports. No, Brett, the term you and your writers are looking for is boys or males or men. They're pretty well known in used terms with a commonly understood meaning. They've banned boys from competing in girls sports.
Joe Getty
I'm surprised Fox is still too scared to say anything close to that. They feel like the trans army will come after him.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, I've got a couple of theories on that. Number one, it could just be their younger writers are just so steeped in the idea that, no, that's. You don't call him a boy. That's a transgender girl, that they're afraid to use the obvious and correct terms. Either that or as Mark Leibovich is brilliant, this town reminds us, both sides of the aisle are part of the same giant cocktail party, part of the same giant environment community in Washington D.C. and there's a lot of going along to get along.
Joe Getty
True.
Jack Armstrong
Anyway, I wanted to mention this before I get back into girls sports, that there are the Breitbart was reporting, and I think they're quoting the consumer research organization that a bunch of non profit hospitals who have been banned by state laws from performing sex change experiments on children are continuing to do them. Tax exempt beneficiary receiving numerous funding streams and benefits from the federal government are continuing in violation of law to. To commit these crimes against children. Wow, that is wild.
Joe Getty
Who are you?
Jack Armstrong
Doctors. Well, and one of the reasons I wanted to bring this up was they talk about the Cleveland Clinic, famous medical establishment which operates in other states as well as internationally. It's not just Ohio. It pulled in nearly $16 billion in revenue last year. And these sex change experiments are very Very profitable. Especially in states where. Like California, where insurance has to pay for it, which is just obscene, but. And they paid their CEO over $7 million. Don't be duped by the phrase not for profit or nonprofit. The profit is in the pay. Everybody makes huge pay. They just don't have, you know, extra money left over after. It doesn't mean noble or charitable. Okay. Anyway, I wanted to get to this. This is written by Jean Pagnone. Girl sports misogyny masquerading as empathy. There are truths in life and interrupt anytime you want, obviously, but this is very eloquent. There are truths in life that are objective, constant. They're not influenced by personal beliefs, the culture at large, or opinions. They are facts, absolutes. The Earth orbits the sun. The heart pumps blood. All living organisms will one day die. A boy is a boy. A boy is a girl. A girl is a girl. A boy cannot be a girl. A boy who says he is a girl is still a boy. And two plus two will never equal five. Yet here we are, face to face with the lunacy that we must all deny biological reality. And not only accept the lie, we must participate in it. Those who refuse to let the lie go through them are bullied. The female athletes who state the obvious athlete is ridiculed and shamed. Women who demand safety by their refusal of XY chromosomes in their spaces are mocked by the males who don the costume of their choosing. All will experience some form of character assassination, ridicule in the name of tolerance, bullying under the guise of compassion, misogyny masquerading as empathy.
Joe Getty
I keep thinking this is over, particularly in high school sports, but it continues.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, it's. It. It reminds me, you know, speaking of World War II, of certain points in the war where the tide had been slowed, a great deal of the Axis onslaught and the shape of the Allied victory had definitely formed. But there was still a hell of a lot of work to do because, like the Axis powers, the radical gender theory powers, they have some serious resources and capabilities, education specifically. And as we've been discussing the media, one more chunk.
Joe Getty
Yeah, that's a good point. I've been taking in a bunch of World War II stuff for some reason in the last couple of weeks, but in both Europe and. And in the Pacific, the writing on the wall that, okay, we're gonna win happened years before the victory. I mean, it was clear and both sides knew the direction it was going, but it took a long time for it to play out. And that just is the way things go, I guess. So it clearly the side of we're gonna end this whole dudes and girls high school sports at some point, Right?
Jack Armstrong
But it's gonna take a while to get there. Right? And pushing radical gender theory back to the edges, which she's about to get into. And at the risk of abusing the metaphor, it's going to be very much like the war in the Pacific in that it will be fought island to island, school district to school district, college to college, stamping out this radical Marxist theory. Marxist Joe, what you say? If you're not familiar with this, here's where our SAS gene gets to that point between memory, holing, doublethink, new speak, and the clear instruction to ignore the evidence of your eyes and ears. We are witnessing the rights, safety and language of women being erased. It's almost as if Georgia Orwell was a time traveler. It's maddening. A man cannot feel like a woman for the same reason that he can't feel like an elephant. He isn't one. His perception of what it means to feel like can only be based on his own perceived cliches of what a woman is. Women are not just men with long hair, polished nails, wearing feminine clothing and make makeup, adopting imagined girlish behavior like an actor playing a researched role. Being female is not a costume or creation of the imagination. But it is precisely from the imagination that gender ideology begins. And she goes into the science of it. But one of the, one of the key tenets of Marxism that Orwell wrote about in 1984, in fact, it was the theme of the entire book, is that you must erase history. You must take control of the language and change the meanings of words until people don't know what they are. And the only history that's left, the only meaning that's left, the only truth that exists is what the party tells you it is. And if you can get people, for instance, if you can get Riley Gaines and her teammates to look at a 6 foot 4 inch muscular man with a penis and testicles naked in a locker room and get them to say, that is a woman, you have won the battle that Big brother won in 1984. Spoiler alert. It goes badly at the end.
Joe Getty
No, I just wasn't in the mood to hear PNT for some reason.
Jack Armstrong
Well, you need to wake the hell up. Wake up and see the penis in the locker room. No, but seriously, on a serious note.
Joe Getty
It made Katie cringe.
Jack Armstrong
Katie needs to wake up too. Michael, I'll yell at you next few if you object.
Katie Green
I don't want to See the pee in the locker room, though.
Joe Getty
Seriously?
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, keep me out of this. If they can get you to look upon that site and say, yes, that's a woman, please don't hurt me, please don't end my career, please don't push me aside from my social groups, okay, that's a woman. They have you on your knees and they convince a lot of people through the compassion argument. Well, listen, we don't want to be transphobic or exclusionary or they might commit suicide for those of you who resist submitting to them. It's gender bending madness, folks. Gender bending madness.
Joe Getty
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Joe Getty
Yeah, so I want to talk a little bit about that new guy that's probably going to be mayor in New York and what that means not just for like the Democratic Party and socialism, all that sort of stuff. Just what it means for where we are as a country, politics wise, media wise, the way way we're going to do things from here on out, it would seem. And we all might as well just get used to it. It's just. What are you going to do, you know, Learn to accept it, I guess. But this is where we are. Lots.
Jack Armstrong
Yes, yes, Joe, I'm just saying let's.
Joe Getty
Okay, lots on the way on that point and all kinds of other stuff. We've got Mailbag next, so stay tuned.
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Joe Getty
I used to be a music disc jockey for years. Really enjoyed it a lot. It was very very fun. I'm glad I went to talk radio direction with Joe because there's no future in music radio. But back in the day. But one time I I was critiqued by a large market as being too cerebral. Got something very cerebral for you coming up, but it is so good. The Atlantic did a piece about the 50th anniversary of the movie Jaws in which they wrote about how Jaws portrayed class divisions in America that stung.
Jack Armstrong
Or something like that. What the.
Joe Getty
Anyway, the best part is a bunch of right wing writers decided to take that in parody form about the 50th anniversary of Jaws and what are portrayed about America. And it's hilarious. It is cerebral, but it is hilarious.
Jack Armstrong
Christmas comes early. I'm so excited about this I can't even tell you. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. I couldn't exist at my I'm sorry. I couldn't resist it. Stop reading while you're talking Joe. My hero, H.L. mencken in thinking about the, well, the primary election anyway of the communist Islamist in New York City. Menken's great quote Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard. And they're about to. If this guy becomes mayor in New York, they're gonna get it good and hard. And as the free press has been reporting, great article out today. San Francisco asked for it and got it good and hard and are now sprinting in the other direction. But you gotta fail on your own, I guess. New York mailbag mailbagarmstrongegetti.com by the way, I'm reminded we have a smallish stack of great emails reacting to your screed about the nanny state and and nannyism among private citizens. We ought to get to it some.
Joe Getty
About the whole skateboard park thing.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah, this exactly. It's a cry for liberty. Anyway, to the correspondence Frank writes, you can email us mailbagarmstrongandgetty.com on the topic of the boiled bison at at Yellowstone.
Joe Getty
He fell into one of the geysers.
Jack Armstrong
Quote, authorities knocking confirmed whether the bison's death was the result of accident or suicide. They're checking the bison's social media accounts.
Joe Getty
But I'll tell you what, it just fell off the bone though. It was good eating, I bet.
Jack Armstrong
Yeah. Yeah, good boiled bison. Rick T. Writes yesterday, you and Jack cannot understand why someone would be doing a touchdown dance if the USA did not take out Iran's nuclear weapons. I offer up Augustine's view where people will choose the lesser good over higher ones even if it leads to their own demise. This includes willing one's own downfall, not out of ignorance, but out of a defiant freedom. Luther, Kierkegaard, even Freud developed philosophies as to why these people are damaging to the rest. I know very little about that. Rick.
Joe Getty
I know nothing about that. But I find that a fascinating area of study. Is that kind of the whole I'd rather be right than happy thing that human nature brings us sometimes?
Jack Armstrong
Well, not quite, but that's real close. Rick T. Speaking of being cerebral, great stuff. I'm gonna dig into that. I'm not familiar with it. Clay Rice just read the conversation on polling regarding Americans opinions on the US Iran airstrike 1 dad by 2 cents. Think y' all are right when that. There's a lot of when my guy does it, it's fine, but when your guy does it, it's bad on both sides. But I think there's something missing here. I think Democrats felt that the Iran nuclear missile crisis more or less solved by the nuclear deal that Obama pushed through. And I'm gonna, I'm gonna paraphrase the rest. They resent it. They don't just dislike Trump, but they think all of this is unnecessary because of Obama's deal. And I would add to Clay's analysis and the Trump derangement syndrome's, you know, evil twin, I think is Obama, you know, Lionization syndrome, where people were so worshipful of Obama he could do no wrong. So there's a bit of that as well. Good point, Clay.
Joe Getty
Cool. We got to catch up on a whole bunch of stories. A bunch of more intelligence reports have come out about how much damage we did to those nuclear reactors, among other things. If you missed a segment or hour, get the podcast. Armstrong and Yeti on Demand.
Jack Armstrong
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Armstrong & Getty On Demand: "Spontaneous Shedding Of Chicklets" – Episode Summary
Release Date: June 26, 2025
In the latest episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand, hosts Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty delve into a myriad of pressing topics ranging from political developments and media critiques to cultural debates and listener interactions. Skipping the usual advertisements and introductory segments, the hosts jump straight into the heart of current events and their implications for America.
The episode opens with a lively discussion between Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty about the evolving relationship between political figures and the media. Reflecting on historical parallels, Joe Getty shares insights from a recent book by an author named Toll, shedding light on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's contentious media relationships during his unprecedented third term run.
Joe Getty (03:42): "When he decided to run for a third term... the media really turned on him. In his fourth term, he sounded so much like Trump in the way he would blast the media for being un-American, enemies of the country, traitors to their nation."
Jack Armstrong concurs, drawing connections between past and present political narratives, emphasizing the cyclical nature of media-politics dynamics.
Jack Armstrong (07:19): "It's one of the best parts of being a history nut is realizing there is freaking nothing new under the sun..."
The conversation underscores the persistent tension between political leaders and the press, highlighting how historical patterns often repeat in modern contexts.
A significant portion of the episode focuses on the surprising victory of Democratic Socialist Zoran Mamdani in the Democratic mayoral primary of New York City. The hosts analyze the ramifications of his win, considering its impact on the Democratic Party and the broader political landscape.
Jack Armstrong (36:01): "In a stunning upset, Democratic Socialist Zoran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral primary. That's extraordinary."
Joe Getty expresses a mix of excitement and concern over Mamdani's potential policies, debating whether his socialist leanings will redefine New York's governance.
Joe Getty (40:22): "What that means for where we are as a country, politics-wise, media-wise...we all might as well just get used to it."
The discussion hints at possible shifts within the Democratic Party and anticipates debates surrounding Mamdani's future administration.
The hosts briefly touch upon a critical international development where NATO members have agreed to allocate 5% of their GDP towards defense spending, a move lauded by some analysts as strengthening the alliance's commitment.
Joe Getty (20:58): "Hegseth was lecturing the media about a giant historical thing happened yesterday in that all of NATO agreed to 5% of GDP committed toward defense."
Jack Armstrong contrasts this optimism with his perspective on former President Trump's stance on NATO, suggesting skepticism about the alliance's long-term stability.
Jack Armstrong (21:34): "No, no, Trump was going to ruin NATO. He was going to end it. It was going to fall apart."
This segment underscores differing viewpoints on international alliances and their future trajectories.
One of the most heated discussions centers around the controversial topic of gender theory and its influence on women's sports. The hosts express strong opinions against the inclusion of transgender athletes in female sports categories, arguing that it undermines biological realities and fairness in competition.
Jack Armstrong (28:09): "A man cannot feel like a woman for the same reason that he can't feel like an elephant. He isn't one."
Joe Getty reiterates concerns about the integrity of women's sports, highlighting recent policy changes and legal battles.
Joe Getty (24:59): "The federal Education Department is proposing a resolution that would require California to bar transgenders from women's sports."
The hosts criticize media portrayals and legislative efforts, framing the issue as a battle to preserve the rights and safety of female athletes against what they describe as radical gender ideology.
Jack Armstrong (29:03): "The female athletes who state the obvious athlete is ridiculed and shamed...Misogyny masquerading as empathy."
This segment reflects the hosts' staunch stance on maintaining strict gender divisions in competitive sports.
In the Mailbag segment, Armstrong and Getty engage with listener emails, addressing a variety of topics with their characteristic humor and insight.
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Touchdown Dance Critique:
These interactions showcase the hosts' ability to blend serious discussions with lighthearted banter, keeping the audience engaged.
The episode of Armstrong & Getty On Demand titled "Spontaneous Shedding Of Chicklets" offers listeners a comprehensive look into contemporary political shifts, media relations, and cultural debates. Through incisive commentary and spirited discussions, Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty provide a critical perspective on the evolving landscape of American politics and society.
Note: The timestamps correspond to the moments within the provided transcript and are intended to reference specific quotes and discussions within the episode.