They Really Need To Look Into Window Safety In Russia

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand: "They Really Need To Look Into Window Safety In Russia" – Detailed Summary

Release Date: July 9, 2025
Host: Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty
Description: The official, On-Demand podcast of The Armstrong & Getty Show! Accept no substitutes!

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1. US-Russia Relations and President Trump's Stance

The podcast delves into the evolving dynamics between the United States and Russia, focusing on former President Donald Trump's recent statements about Russian President Vladimir Putin.

At [01:27], a news anchor introduces remarks from Donald Trump, highlighting his dissatisfaction with Putin:

Donald Trump: "I'm not happy with President Putin at all, but this is something that would have never happened if I were president. This was a war that was never going to happen."

Further discussions reveal Trump’s commitment to supporting Ukraine amidst ongoing conflicts:

Donald Trump: "We're going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard now, including."

2. The Pause and Resumption of US Weapons Shipments to Ukraine

A significant portion of the episode addresses the temporary halt in US arms shipments to Ukraine, exploring the reasons behind it and the internal dynamics within the Trump administration.

At [05:23], the hosts discuss the suspension:

News Anchor: "So also happening over the fourth of July weekend, was a pause in US supplying weapons to Ukraine. That got a lot of news. It was reported with the assumption that that was Donald Trump's order..."

Jack Armstrong questions the decision-making process:

Jack Armstrong: "Did you approve of that?"

Trump clarifies his position at [06:15]:

Donald Trump: "We want to put defensive weapons because Putin is not. He's not treating human beings right. He's killing too many people. So we're sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine, and I've approved that."

The conversation shifts to the roles of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Undersecretary Eldridge Colby in the decision to pause shipments, raising concerns about their autonomy and the potential impact on US military readiness:

News Anchor: "So, who ordered the pause last week?"

3. Mysterious Deaths and Window Safety in Russia

Central to the episode is the alarming trend of high-profile Russian officials dying under mysterious circumstances, often involving falls from windows. The hosts discuss multiple cases, suggesting a possible pattern tied to political instability or personal insecurity within Putin's regime.

Jack Armstrong highlights recent incidents:

Jack Armstrong: "First, Russian Transport Minister Roman Sterevoit, who was fired on Monday, has shot himself... Andrei Battle, the vice president of Russia's national oil pipeline, has been found dead after allegedly falling out of a window..."

The hosts humorously yet critically remark on the gravity of these incidents:

Jack Armstrong: "They really need to look into window safety in Russia."

4. Implications of the Mysterious Deaths

The discussion extends to the broader implications of these deaths on Russia’s political climate and Putin’s leadership. The hosts speculate whether these incidents are genuine suicides or orchestrated eliminations to maintain control and suppress dissent.

News Anchor: "Did he shoot himself? Did Putin have someone shoot him?... Here's a chairman of the board of Russia's largest private oil company died after falling out of a six-story window of a hospital."

Jack Armstrong reflects on the possible motives behind these deaths:

Jack Armstrong: "For it to be that many people of that much prominence in the last couple of years suggests an insecurity. Putin's feeling insecure about his rule..."

5. Underreporting and Media Bias

A critical segment of the podcast focuses on the perceived underreporting of violent incidents involving Democrats in the United States compared to similar events involving right-wing groups. The hosts argue that mainstream media is biased in its coverage, emphasizing certain narratives while neglecting others.

Discussing an Axios article quoted by Byron York from the Washington Examiner, Jack Armstrong and the News Anchor highlight the lack of extensive media coverage on violent actions by Democrats:

News Anchor: "If that was any other situation, Democrats at very least would be calling for gun control. They have said absolutely nothing."

6. Broader Political and Social Commentary

The hosts broaden the conversation to include the state of American politics, the rise of extremist actions, and the challenges faced by both major political parties in addressing internal divisions and external threats.

Jack Armstrong emphasizes the need for strategic policy-making and criticizes the current self-sufficiency in arms manufacturing:

Jack Armstrong: "What is it about the current state of our arms manufacturing and our arms procurement that has left us in a situation where... We are not nearly self-sufficient enough for dangerous times..."

7. Conclusion and Final Thoughts

In concluding the episode, Armstrong and Getty reflect on the unsettling trends both internationally and domestically, urging listeners to stay informed and critically assess the information presented by mainstream media outlets.

Jack Armstrong: "I hope Trump's looking into it."

The episode wraps up with lighter banter and a brief segue into upcoming topics, maintaining engagement with the audience despite the heavy subject matter.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps:

• Donald Trump on Putin
  [01:27]: "I'm not happy with President Putin at all, but this is something that would have never happened if I were president. This was a war that was never going to happen."

• Trump on Sending Weapons
  [01:40]: "We're going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves."

• Trump on Sanctions Bill
  [02:15]: "I'm looking at it. Yeah. The Senate is passing and passed a very, very tough sanctions bill."

• Discussion on Mysterious Deaths
  [13:04]: "It's amazing how many people get fired by Putin, then fall out of windows or have heart attacks or commit suicide."

• Jack Armstrong on Arms Manufacturing
  [10:58]: "What is it about the current state of our arms manufacturing and our arms procurement that has left us in a situation where... We are not nearly self-sufficient enough for dangerous times..."

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This episode of Armstrong & Getty provides a comprehensive analysis of the strained US-Russia relations under Trump's leadership, the strategic decisions impacting Ukraine, and the troubling pattern of mysterious deaths among Russian officials. Through insightful discussions and critical evaluations, Armstrong and Getty encourage listeners to question mainstream narratives and stay vigilant about global and domestic issues affecting national security and political stability.

Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

This is an Iheart podcast.

[Joe Getty]

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[News Anchor]

Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln radio studio at the George Washington Broadcast Center.

[Donald Trump]

Jack Armstrong and Joe Getty.

[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty.

[News Anchor]

And now here's Armstrong and Getty.

[Donald Trump]

I'm not happy with President Putin at all, but this is something that would have never happened if I were president. This was a war that was never going to happen.

Mr. President, are you planning to send.

[News Anchor]

More weapons to Ukraine?

[Donald Trump]

We're going to send some more weapons. We have to. They have to be able to defend themselves. They're getting hit very hard now, including.

[News Anchor]

Overnight the story that it includes Patriot missile batteries. And we'll get into that in just a little bit. But here's. Here's the big turn. And most people seem to think Trump's never talked this way about Putin before.

[Donald Trump]

We get a lot of bull thrown at us by Putin for. You want to know the truth? He's very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do you want to say anything? Lindsey Graham has a sanctions bill on Russia due onto the.

[Donald Trump]

I'm looking at it. Yeah. No, I'm looking. The Senate is passing and passed a very, very tough sanctions bill. Yeah, I'm looking at it.

[News Anchor]

Can you sign that?

[Donald Trump]

It's an optional bill. It's totally at my option. They passed it totally at my option. And to terminate totally at my option. And I'm looking at it very strongly.

[News Anchor]

So, first of all, the fact that every news outlet isn't playing that clip unbleeped is amazing to me because it's the President of the United States talking about the issue of war. And peace and the United States involvement. So having his full statement because it carries more weight seems like, you know, that's necessary to me. But I mean, not just to be able to say bull s on the air, but the president, I mean, it has more impact. And the President talking about how involved we're going to be in a war is a big deal. Anywho, won't get off on that. That's definitely the most forceful anti Putin talk ever out of Donald Trump. And I don't know if you saw over the weekend after he got off the phone with Putin, because it happened over Fourth of July weekend. He was walking across the White House lawn and he asked, he was asked how the phone call went with Putin. He said not good, not good. I mean, shaking his head. So he's, he's clearly, for whatever reason, finally now reached the conclusion that Putin's full of crap in terms of wanting peace or working toward peace or anything like that. And last night, and I feel like I've said this 15 times in the last month, last night Russia launched the largest attack of the entire war on Ukraine with 700 drones and 13 missiles attacking all kinds of different civilian structures and people. They were bombing recruiting stations. So Putin knows where people are in line to sign up to go fight, and he's bombing those and killing people while they stand in line. Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's all out war, definitely. And I'm a little disappointed it took Trump this long to get there. As I said yesterday, I don't think he comprehends ideological extremists or ideology in general, really, unless it's, you know, his own ideology. But the idea that the mullahs in Iran, they're not interested in a prosperous and happy society. They're interested in Islamism taking over the globe. And Putin isn't interested in peace and prosperity. He's interested in restoring the Russian empire and becoming some sort of latter day Peter the Great. But Trump just doesn't get that. And it bothers me also that he seems at least half frustrated with Putin because Putin blessed him. It's a personal thing as opposed to recognizing that Putin's aims are diametrically opposed to the US's aims in Europe and the world, and that's why you oppose him. On the other hand, he's right. All the things he's saying right now, he's absolutely right. Putin has no desire for peace and he's full of crap. Well, he's a con man. He's a KGB operative.

[News Anchor]

So also happening over the fourth of July weekend, was a pause in US Supplying weapons to Ukraine. That got a lot of news. It was reported with the assumption that that was Donald Trump's order, which you would assume to pause the sending weapons to Ukraine. And there's a usual conversation about that Trump is a lackey of Putin or is willing to give away Ukraine or blah, blah, blah, whatever it is. But Trump was asked about that pause, having announced the night before. So Monday night he announced, no, no, no, we're sending weapons that we have to defend themselves. He was asked about it in this cabinet meeting, slash press conference yesterday. Last week, the Pentagon paused some shipments.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of weapons to Ukraine. Did you approve of that?

[Donald Trump]

We want to put defensive weapons because Putin is not. He's not treating human beings right. He's killing too many people. So we're sending some defensive weapons to Ukraine, and I've approved that.

[Jack Armstrong]

So who ordered a pause last week?

[Donald Trump]

I don't know. What did you tell me?

[Jack Armstrong]

I think that's a question.

[Donald Trump]

Go ahead.

[News Anchor]

Who ordered the pause last week? I don't know. So that started a lot of conversations, obviously. I mean, that's a hell of an interesting thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right?

[News Anchor]

And. And he didn't need to say that, but he did, sitting right there with Pete Hegseth to his left and Marco Rubio to his right. So the. I've been. I follow a lot of podcasts, so does Joe and everything like that. People that get really in the weeds on this stuff. And the name Eldridge Colby comes up a lot from the people that, you know, really are into this. Eldridge Colby served in the first Trump administration, and he's. And he's in this one also. And he is the national security. He's a national security policy professional that was brought in to deal with that issue for Trump first term and this term. And he's currently the undersecretary of defense for policy. He is the leading guy and apparently has a lot of sway. And in the push to stop worrying about the Middle east, it's all about China, which I agree with to a great extent. Stop worrying about other countries. China's our main enemy. Being able to stop China from taking Taiwan is the number one thing. And. And it's suspected that he threw Hexeth or he on his own, or Hexith agreed with him and was okay with it or whatever is the guy that stopped the shipment of weapons to Ukraine and was hoping that would stick because he's worried about our supplies of Patriot missile batteries in particular, because it's the best technology out there for shooting down missiles. And drones and all that sort of stuff. And we're now down to quite a low level in. The New York Times is reporting on that today. And so that's its own story.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. And an important one, certainly. This is a great example of competing goods that it's not. You're right, they're wrong. That is half and a half. No, it's. It's competing needs. I'm glad for Colby's voice because, you know, in. Certainly in isolation, the things he's saying are absolutely true and important to be said. Whether, you know, halting shipment of arms that is like already on the Polish, the Polish border, ready to go into Ukraine and already that. That's crazy.

[News Anchor]

And we already had committed this stuff. We'd already said we would give you stuff. So is going back on a commitment also? And if it's being done by, you know, I guess the buck's got to stop with Hegseth. Right. If it's being done against the President's wishes or intent, that's a serious problem. But anyway, into the supplies of some of these weapons. As the New York Times. Right. Writes. As Mr. Trump's disillusionment with the Russian leader was building, Pentagon officials were growing increasingly concerned about the potential depletion of. Of the American stockpile of weapons, especially after Israel attacked Iran, you know, because Iran might be coming after. U.S. officials in Washington were worried that American bases in the region could be targeted, especially if the United States joined Israel in striking Iran's nuclear sites. That would require more arms to defend American troops. The Pentagon also rushed additional Patriot anti missile batteries from South Korea to the Gulf region, as military planners projected how many Patriot interceptors might be needed in a long conflict. So we're like, sending as much stuff as we got from other places to the Middle East. And Hegseth and certainly Eldridge Colby might be thinking, what about China if China decides to jump ugly here? It's a reasonable question and a conversation that should be had, but the President's got to be in the loop. I hope he is.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. Yeah. That answer of his was a little cryptic and surprising. I don't know. Why don't you tell me?

[News Anchor]

Yeah. What was interesting is. And then this is, you know, classic Trump. It's the way he operates. His initial answer. He clearly didn't want to throw somebody on the bus and say that I didn't approve that he was dodging.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, but.

[News Anchor]

But he's angry enough about it, I think, or off enough personally, like it is. You know, it got to him personally. That somebody did something without his acknowledgement that, you know, pressed on it. He said it. He went ahead and said it. Yeah, well, it wasn't me.

[Jack Armstrong]

You know, what I find myself curious about is not the momentary issue as important as it is, but let's look down the line and go more big picture. What is it about the current state of our arms manufacturing and our arms procurement that has left us in a situation where, for instance, various war planners and simulation runners have said we would exhaust in two weeks our weaponry that we would need to defend against China or, you know, defend Taiwan against China and it would take two years to resupply it or 20 years or whatever it is, depending on which weapon system you're talking about. Can we think creatively and aggressively about rectifying that? To me, that is the bottom line issue, that we are not nearly self sufficient enough for dangerous times, having just come off of a multi decade period of relative calm, peace and prosperity. I mean, don't get me started about shipbuilding, please. It's pathetic. But likewise the manufacturer Patriot missiles and that sort of stuff, that ought to be a national emergency. And I hope Trump's looking into it.

[News Anchor]

And so there's this big sanctions bill Lindsey Graham and others were behind sanctions on Russia that Trump also talked about yesterday. Do we have that? But Trump said, yeah, I'm looking, looking real strong at that. And it's written in such a way that he can implement the sanctions on Russia on his own.

[Jack Armstrong]

We just played that.

[News Anchor]

Oh, that was part of it. Okay. I was reading. They're gonna, we can implement the sanctions on his own and then he can stop shows.

[Jack Armstrong]

Very good. I listen every day.

[News Anchor]

And he can stop them on his own. So that's a message to Putin that, hey, you better, you know, you better treat me right, right, right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do you have more on this topic? Because I've got. Oh, look at the time. Yeah, we gotta become almost trite. But guys, falling out of windows in.

[News Anchor]

Russia, that's a good story. If you haven't heard there were a.

[Jack Armstrong]

Couple of, couple of new ones and they signal something is going on. We'll get to that.

[News Anchor]

It's amazing how many people get fired by Putin, then fall out of windows or have heart attacks or commit suicide.

[Jack Armstrong]

They really need to look into window safety in Russia. Top priority, among other things. On the way, Armstrong and Getty.

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[News Anchor]

President Trump with harsh words for Vladimir Putin saying he's not happy with the Russian leader. President Trump now saying the US Will resum weapons shipments to Ukraine after some were recently paused by the Pentagon and with the head of the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hag said, sitting right next to the president. The president insisting he didn't know who ordered that pause. Yeah, that's a story, man. I think. And this just in Hegseth was asked about it. The defense secretary, he says he did not inform the White House before authorizing the pause. Two bits of news there. One, he authorized the pause. So it doesn't matter if Eldridge Colby was advocating for it. The Sec def authorized it and he says he did not tell Trump about it. Which that seems like a big deal to me.

[Jack Armstrong]

But yeah, it would be a bigger deal if it were not for the fact that the Trump administration, the last one and this one, operate differently than others. And because they're a little more unconventional. I think people aren't sure exactly where their boundaries are. So it seems to me it was Hegseth and Colby saying I wonder how much autonomy we do have over here. We're running out of these Patriot missiles. I say we pause shipments and then. And talk about it.

[News Anchor]

Yeah, it's certainly. And if they really believe that to their core that that's a mistake for us to be giving Ukraine this many weapons. We need to be prepared for China and other problems. It would definitely be one of those I'd rather get forgiveness than permission sort of situations. I might do the same thing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Yeah. So I'm not that troubled by it.

[News Anchor]

Oh, I just wonder if they survive. I just wonder if Trump keeps them around.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, I think so.

[News Anchor]

Okay. I think so.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't think it was a betrayal. It was just going a little too far anyway. But we'll see. Perhaps he'll. Trump will treat them like Putin treats his allies who are on the outs. This is almost like worn out, but I think it's worth revisiting now and again. First, Russian Transport Minister Roman Sterevoit, who was fired on Monday, has shot himself, according to the official news agency. Perhaps the disappointment and humiliation of the loss of his Kush gig was too much for the man. He decided to end his life. It's a tragedy. Tragedy indeed.

[News Anchor]

When I heard that, I thought, did he shoot himself? Did Putin have someone shoot him? Did they sit down in the car with him and say, here's what's going to happen to your family if you don't shoot yourself. We'll let you decide.

[Jack Armstrong]

Exactly. And a couple of days later, Andrei Battle of the vice president of Russia's national oil pipeline has been found dead after allegedly falling out of a window of his home in suburban Moscow.

[News Anchor]

The suicides, but the claims of adults.

[Jack Armstrong]

Falling out of windows, like, all the damn time. Yeah. Russia really needs to make national window safety a campaign better glass, I don't know. Awareness, maybe an area rug so the floor isn't so slippery.

[News Anchor]

As we've pointed out many times, in case you don't already know, the absurdity is the point. The unlikely hood that you would fall out of a window is the point.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right, Exactly. Putin says, I can kill you. I will make a hilariously idiotic claim about how you died and nobody's gonna say nothing.

[News Anchor]

Nope. The news will report it with a straight face.

[Jack Armstrong]

And this news outlet happens to have a little recap of the unexplained deaths of high profile Russian figures just since Vlad Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. You got Anatoly Gerashchenko, former head of Russian aviation research, died after reportedly accidentally falling down numerous flights of stairs.

[News Anchor]

You fall down one flight of stairs, you make that turn at the bottom, then fall down another flight. That's unfortunate.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's a guy named Son Gorkin, editor in chief of the major state newspaper blah, blah, blah, died suddenly after appearing to suffocate, according to the paper he used to helm. Here's an energy executive died after falling away from a speedboat.

[News Anchor]

Appeared to suffocate.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, he just stopped breathing. It was weird. Right after we put this eyedropper full of stuff in his throat. Here's an chairman of the board of Russia's largest private oil company died after falling out of a six story window of a hospital.

[News Anchor]

Slipped and fell.

[Jack Armstrong]

A top manager of giant oil company found dead after allegedly receiving a hangover treatment involving toad venom. That one's creative. There's a guy found hanged outside a villa. Here's a guy found dead in his apartment along with the bodies of his wife and daughter. Murder Suicide. I'm sorry, we've run out of time. There are eight more.

[News Anchor]

I'm next to a big window. I could be walking over here.

[Jack Armstrong]

There's a banana. Oh my God.

[News Anchor]

Careful, Jack. I tumble out the to my dad. It could happen.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or.

[News Anchor]

Or I got a really bad hangover and I try a little toad venom and it goes wrong. That can happen.

[Jack Armstrong]

And again, that list is just the last two and a half years.

[News Anchor]

That's really something that gets away with what's going on?

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[News Anchor]

The heat was brutal all around the country.

[Jack Armstrong]

I mean, it was. For the first time in years, ice.

[News Anchor]

Cream truck drivers sold more ice cream than weed.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. I guess that's a thing, huh?

[News Anchor]

Ice cream drivers selling weed.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I'd heard of that now and again. We've done that story, you know, a handful of times through the years, but evidently it's so assumed in urban areas that. Really? Running joke. Yeah.

[News Anchor]

Wow. I'm glad I. Glad I found that out in case my kid decides to go. Yeah, the ice cream truck. Every day, dad, I'm always going to the ice cream truck.

[Jack Armstrong]

Boy loves my ice cream.

[News Anchor]

You know what?

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, look, I gotta apologize. I'm an idiot. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Last segment, we were talking about all the people falling out of windows and mysteriously dying in Russia just in the last two and a half years. And the number's quite astounding because these are, like, important movers and shakers people.

[News Anchor]

Right? And you wouldn't think you'd become that big a deal as a businessman or a politician yet be so unable to stop yourself from tripping and falling out of a window.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, and it's a thing among dictators that occasionally they will thin the herd just to make sure nobody gets too much power and. Or to keep everybody on edge. I don't think this is that.

[News Anchor]

I don't think so either.

[Jack Armstrong]

For it to be that many people of that much prominence in the last couple of years suggests an insecurity. Putin's feeling insecure about his rule and. Or there are actual rumblings going on. I don't know. That was my ultimate point. I didn't get to it. Last segment, I apologize deeply and humbly. Let's all move on with our lives.

[News Anchor]

Before getting to something disturbing. I was starting to feel optimistic. Or if you were feeling. Started starting to feel optimistic, I'll bring you back down. All right? That's. That's. I feel like it's my job. Somebody sent me this hilarious meme. Who knows my vacation story. Vacations are expensive. It's Somebody standing there on the beach looking at the ocean. Vacations are expensive, but how can you put a price tag on your kids being ungrateful in a different city? That is exactly right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, boy.

[News Anchor]

I gotta admit. I mean, ultimately, at the end of the day, even now, just a couple of days back from vacation, I have positive feelings about it. I think they'll remember it the rest of their lives. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But there were moments during the vacation where I thought I could have bought a decent used car for what this vacation cost. And you're both miserable. What the hell? Next time I'm just staying home.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. Or leaving you home.

[News Anchor]

Yeah, exactly, exactly. I did think that too. And that might even be true with my high schooler. He might be done vacationing with mom and dad. I didn't vacation with mom and dad when I was in high school. I was working. I had other things to do and I think if they had asked me, it would have been weird. So, I don't know. Different people are different. So.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. At one point in our childhoods, my parents went with the on on. This was possible sometimes, not all the time. But you can bring a friend and so. Yeah. And so there would be family time, then independent time. As you know, the birds were leaving the nest bit by bit. We didn't take like long, exotic, expensive vacations. We just like drove from Chicago to New Jersey.

[News Anchor]

Right, right. If I ever meet Elon Musk, I want to ask him why he makes Twitter the way he makes it. In some ways as the thing I was about to talk to just disappeared. And it makes me very, very angry. Let me find it here quickly.

[Jack Armstrong]

Standing by.

[News Anchor]

Yeah. I hope this doesn't take me too long. Oh, our friend Tim Sandifer did retweet this, which is pretty good. Have you heard this? So you remember that bridge, the Francis Scott Key Bridge that big boat plowed into and knocked it down?

[Jack Armstrong]

Of course. Yeah.

[News Anchor]

That was a year and four months ago that that bridge collapsed. We still, they still haven't started rebuilding a new bridge. In fact, they just started yesterday demolishing the old remains. And the point was made. And Tim Sandifer being a libertarian small government guy, it only took us 410 days to build the Empire State Building in 1930. We've become less capable, drowning ourselves in red tape and regulation. China would have built 10 bridges by now.

[Jack Armstrong]

True. Yes. Yeah.

[News Anchor]

Why aren't more people bothered by that? We had the story yesterday about. What is it, Katie? One building permit and Palisades.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[News Anchor]

After the fire so far and however long that's been. One. Yeah, one single family home on the.

[Donald Trump]

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[Jack Armstrong]

If those poor people weren't burned out of their homes and their lives in chaos, they really ought to, you know, have a march through the streets of LA or form a coalition or something. They've been so maltreated by the government of California and LA county and the rest of it, it's just, it's horrifying. While Gavin Newsom is doing press conferences talking about we're making real progress, we're freeing up the red tape. I'll be running for president soon. Look at me.

[News Anchor]

Okay, so here we go. This is Byron York in the Washington examiner, the headline being Disturbing Glimpses of Democratic Anger. And I'll just read the first part of it as it's written because it's pretty good. This is in quotes. Our own base is telling us that we're not doing good enough, said one Democratic lawmaker quoted in an Axios article that came out over the weekend that I didn't read. Some of them have suggested what we really need to do is be willing to get shot. They're talking about protests at U.S. immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities, ICE, that there needs to be blood to grab the attention of press and the public. Another lawmaker told Axios that constituents say civility isn't working and to get ready for violence, to fight to protect our democracy. Another Democrat said, it's like the Roman Coliseum. People just want more and more of this spectacle. Byron York writing obviously these are Democrats who have moved beyond the defeat them at the ballot box stage of politics and even beyond the protest by civil disobedience stage. They're ready to turn a political fight into a physical fight. Violence is already going on in Texas. Over the weekend, a militant group broadly allied with Democratic views launched what officials called a coordinated attack on the ice. One ICE facility that we talked about. According to court documents, it started at about 10:30pm When a group of 10 to 12 antifa radicals dressed in all black began shooting fireworks toward the building. Some began to vandalize parked cars. When unarmed ICE workers called 91 1. A police department officer arrived and here's a quote from them. Immediately after the APD officer got shot, as he got out of his vehicle, an assailant in the woods opened fire, shooting the APD officer in the neck area. According to court documents, the other gunman also opened fire at the unarmed Department of Homeland Security correctional officer. In total, the assailants shot approximately 20 to 30 rounds at the correctional officers. Police later found two AR15 style rifles and spent casings in the nearby woods. When police rounded up some of the people that that didn't get away. Seven suspects who were dressed in black military style clothing, some had on body armor, some were covered in mud, some were armed, some had radios.

[Jack Armstrong]

Just a quick aside, you remember when the mainstream media was telling us antifa doesn't really exist during the post. George Floyd violence, for instance, in Portland. A hell of a lot of violence in Portland by the way. That's not being reported on the same.

[News Anchor]

Topic or I've been told over and over about, you know, organized white militias who are angry about the other taking their jobs or whatever are going to do this. But it hasn't happened yet. Where you've had this sort of an organized attack where people are in combat clothing and shooting unarmed officers and everything. That is something. The officer who is hit in the neck survived. Ten suspects were charged with attempted murder. Good. And I'll just read a little more from the Washington Examiner. This is the radical, violent tip of the protests against the Trump administration's enforcement of immigration law. Other examples of recent radicalization include far left Free Palestine extremist who is accused of killing the staff members. That goes through the list of all that violence. Beyond that, of course, there have already been riots in LA and other protests that turned violent. This has been an alarming plunge in the number of Democrats who say they're proud to be American. You talked about this Yesterday. Back in 2015 when Barack Obama was president, 80% of Democrats said they were extremely were very proud to be American. That number is now less than half of that anyway. Byron York building the case that Democrats are very unhappy with America and at least a small percentage and I, you know, I want to make it clear, believe it's a small percentage but are willing to be very, very violent.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Hey Michael, get clips.

[News Anchor]

How much news coverage have you heard of this?

[Jack Armstrong]

Did you even cursory.

[News Anchor]

I, you know, I missed a lot of news over fourth of July weekend like a lot of people did. I didn't take in my normal news flow but this hasn't been the lead story everywhere that you had dozens of armed in combat gear people lying in wait for ICE officers and willing to kill them.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah. It's only because the man pulled through that it isn't enormous news. But yeah, it's been undersold as a news story. It's been the reporting has been cursory at best because they're uncomfortable with it. This is from San Francisco. Clip 90. Michael, this just happened, I think yesterday. Stay away from my gun. Stay away from my gun. That is a mob of people trying to fight the cops, hurl bicycles at them, trying to get. You heard the one cop saying, get away from my gun. Get off my gun. And interestingly enough, they were. Many of them were clad in keffiyehs at an anti ICE thing. That seems odd, doesn't it? No, that's back to what I've been saying for the longest time. And I think some of you think I'm paranoid or imagining it. It's the permanent omnicause. It's the radical Marxist desire to overthrow Western civilization. So you have people in keffiyyahs trying to fight cops or tempt them into shooting somebody as that other person was talking about in the name of ICE while wearing your Palestinian garb. And the rest of them were clad in antifa black. And once again, it was predominantly, not exclusively by any means, but predominantly angry militant young women screaming at the cops over and over again. My God, young American women are so off track. Let's hear Senator Mark Wayne Mullen here. Michael, they were in tactical gear. They had devices that would block the signal of cell phones so they couldn't be tracked. When the police responded, they ambushed them. That's a coordinated attack. Now, if this was any other situation, Democrats at very least would be calling for gun control. They have said absolutely nothing. Why? Because they're the ones that have fanned the flames for this to happen. They're the ones that's literally calling on blood. Axios put out that a Democrat politician is calling for those to ratchet up their activities and spill blood when it comes to defending against ice.

[News Anchor]

Yeah, I was just reading that Axios article. It has all kinds of quotes in there, most of them anonymous from various Democrats talking about how their constituents are saying it's time to get violent.

[Jack Armstrong]

Here's what I would respond to that. Those people are way too online. Yeah, you look at the, the actual numbers. Look at Gallup Polling, not Twitter, not Blue sky or whatever the hell that social media outlet is. They are hearing from the most vocal and militant among their constituents. Why not try popularism? Why not advocate for. For policies that are popular? These are the same people, I'm sure, who are screeching that trans women are women and transgender girls should be allowed to participate in sports. They represent just a small, small group of lunatics. Wow. When you have actual representatives who think, yes, this is my constituents, listen to them.

[News Anchor]

Yeah, when is the mainstream of the Democratic Party gonna learn to ignore their crazies and try to win elections and try to win elections again when it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Completely drags them down?

[News Anchor]

I hope not too many people are hurt or killed in the meantime.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right? Yeah, these are real people.

[News Anchor]

Man, that is quite a story. And God, you talk about underreported. If that, if the politics were reversed on that. Oh, oh my God, that would be. That would still be the only story we'd be in. Like day four of it being the lead story. It would have pushed the Texas drownings off of the front page.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Some right wing militia had attacked the Planned Parenthood. Yeah, an immigrants rights center or something like that. Yeah. Oh my God, they'd be going berserk.

[News Anchor]

Any thoughts on any of this? Text line 415295 KFTC Armstrong and Gettysburg Lets be real.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Are on the rise and turmeric's suspected.

[Donald Trump]

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[Jack Armstrong]

They might think of okay, alcohol could.

[News Anchor]

Be playing a role, maybe acetaminophen, but supplements?

[Donald Trump]

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[News Anchor]

Of mind for people because the misconception.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is that herbal products are absolutely innocent.

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[Jack Armstrong]

The levels of this ingredient in the blood.

[News Anchor]

That's. I hadn't heard this. I just jumped on the turmeric. That suggestion of. Someone jumped on the turmeric bandwagon like a week ago.

[Jack Armstrong]

Watch out for your liver.

[News Anchor]

That hole, it's natural. So it's good for you. And the Indians knew better or something. Whatever.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I know, I know. Coming up next, our prominent Democrat says generation Z is the useful idiot generation. And it's more than just contempt for the young. It's, it's interesting. Plus, school discipline, or discipline in schools is making a comeback all around the country as one more, you know, aspect of wokdom is rolled back. Thank God.

[News Anchor]

Can't wait to hear that. And there's an Epstein development. Trump was asked about it in his two hour press conference yesterday. Also, Pam Bondi. So we'll check in on that.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that's interesting. I just got a news alert that the CEO of X is stepping down. The social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Have to look into that. So, speaking of technology, seconds ago we learned that what's in your medicine cabinet is killing you. Meanwhile, your appliances are spying on you. Great piece. This happens to be in the New York Times is not a conspiracy theory. Many of the devices living in your home are quietly collecting towering heaps of information about you. You, your tv, your doorbell, your security system, your thermostat, your fridge, even your earbuds are involved. And some of that data may be shared, analyzed and sold to the highest bidder hundreds of times a day by organizations you've never heard of. You've pointed out many times, Jack, that a lot of products seem a great deal cheaper than they used to be. It must just be an advance of technology. Well, part of it is that, but part of it is they're subsidized by selling your data. Yeah, when you sign on for the first time, you agree to all sorts of stuff.

[News Anchor]

The first several big screen TVs I had, like everybody, there's no software involved. You didn't log in, now you do. And, and so they get all that data from you, tons of data. And that being able to sell that data is what's lowered the price of big screen tv. That drives me nuts. If I want to watch TV and you got to update some app, just makes me insane. I don't want any updates of. I just want to turn on my TV and watch whatever I'm going to watch.

[Jack Armstrong]

So the story of smart Home devices and your personal data is one chapter in a much larger tale of the immense and largely hidden data industry. There are more than a thousand companies in the US alone, including the companies that make or sell many of the products you own that are devoted to gathering your personal data. These companies collect and sift through as much data as they can scrounge in order to create a unique profile of every consumer. They package those profiles and sell them to all sorts of advertisers, research firms, banks, credit card companies, home health care companies, car insurance companies, landlords, government agencies, law enforcement, essentially almost anyone willing to pay.

[News Anchor]

Do they get bang for their buck? I've kind of hoped that this would go away when it turned out and it doesn't really do us any good like, like advertising went from TV and radio to like Facebook and other places there for a number of years, like really big. And then they realized we're not getting much bang for our buck and went back to radio and TV to a great extent.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I think in a way you've answered your own question because it is the free market. The cost of this stuff, getting this information is, is very reasonable given the amount of data they collect. And they can give you detailed or give detailed information about you from demographic, I'm sorry demographic info. I'm trying to hurry personal activities, life preferences, politics, travel, banking, healthcare, consumer goods, services, just everything that might be useful about you.

[News Anchor]

I can certainly see how knowing what shows I watch, how long I hang with them before I tune out and all that would be were worth a lot of money to a bunch of different people.

[Jack Armstrong]

Your smart devices are spying on you all the time. Armstrong and Gettysburg. This is an I heart podcast.