Unplug It. Kick it. Break it.

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand – "Unplug It. Kick it. Break it."

Date: September 26, 2025
Podcast: Armstrong & Getty On Demand (iHeartPodcasts)
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty

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Episode Overview

This episode centers on the ongoing chaos in U.S. politics, government shutdown brinkmanship, alleged weaponization of justice, COVID-hysteria flashbacks, celebrity influence at the UN, and the ever-present circus around Donald Trump, James Comey, and media coverage. Jack and Joe blend sharp commentary, biting humor, and a touch of world-weariness as they dissect headline news and cultural absurdities.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Russian Provocations and Escalating Tensions [03:17]

• The episode opens with news on U.S. fighter jets intercepting Russian warplanes near Alaska and reports of Russian drones over Denmark.
• Jack questions the rationale behind Putin’s escalation:

  "Man, it's one thing to be messing with Poland and Finland and whoever the house Denmark, but I can't believe Putin's buzzing our airspace. Wow. What is he hoping for?" (Jack, 03:45)

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2. Light-Hearted Listener Texts & Christmas Trees [04:06]

• An innocuous text about a 9-foot artificial Christmas tree injects humor into the mix as the hosts wonder if it's meant for them.

  "Did they mean to text us?... I don't recall which of us were in the market for a nine foot pre lit Christmas tree." (Jack, 04:33)

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3. The Looming Government Shutdown: Real Crisis or Political Theater? [06:25]

• The hosts lambast the endless government shutdown hype, arguing most of it is Washington theater.

  "Unplug it, kick it, break it, somebody hit it with a hammer... It's the two phony parties just maneuvering for more power." (Jack, 06:56)

• They discuss how Democrats’ demands (more Obamacare funding, reversal of Medicaid reforms) make a shutdown more likely, with political fallout potentially benefiting Trump.
• Joe entertains the notion that forced government layoffs during a shutdown could enable Trump’s team to execute desired budget cuts:

  "If you shut down the government and these departments are not funded, we're going to fire everybody... we will achieve the giant cuts..." (Michael, 07:58)

• Jack references national parks surviving staff cuts as evidence that many federal roles are "overhead."

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4. Government Waste & Foreign Aid Realities [09:23]

• Joe extols the pragmatic approach to foreign aid, seeing much of it as diplomatic bribery:

  "A lot of foreign aid is bribery to keep them on our side. And that's not wasted money. It's well spent." (Michael, 10:40)

• The hosts highlight US spending on global HIV/AIDS programs, noting only 40% goes to direct medical aid, while the rest gets lost in bureaucracy.

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5. Celebrity Activism & Long COVID Testimony at the UN [12:20]

• Violet Affleck’s (daughter of Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner) testimony at the UN about long COVID among children draws skepticism.
• The hosts satirize the focus on celebrity over science, and question alarming statistics about COVID’s impact on youth.

  "I know some kids with asthma. I haven't heard anybody saying my kid has long Covid. Not one person." (Jack, 15:05)

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6. The Return of Diet Coke Lime, Melania & Trump "Spat," and Lip Reading [16:33]

• Interlude on Diet Coke Lime's comeback.
• Jack tells the story of Trump supposedly reprimanding Melania after an escalator mishap, debunked via "forensic lip readers."

  "She was shaking her head... According to Forensic Lip Lip readers, this was not a Fight." (Jack, 21:14)

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7. The James Comey Indictment: Lawfare, Hypocrisy, and the Media [23:12]

• Extensive dissection of Trump’s move to indict former FBI Director James Comey.
• Hosts alternate between mocking mainstream media hysteria and lambasting Comey’s "lawyerly evasions" and public persona.
• They highlight how both parties have weaponized the justice system, lamenting hypocrisy on all sides.

  "If people get away with this...the rule of law has died." (Lindsey Graham quoted, 32:19) "Comey's the anti Rosa Parks. He's guilty of all of this stuff. He's a lion. Power abusing, selfish ego, maniacal justice manipulating." (Michael, 33:29) "This whole thing is not just him fighting back against possible jail time. He's doing it for you...he's gonna help you get up off your knees and not live in fear." (Jack, 35:31)

• Notable dramatics from Comey’s own statement:

  "My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees. And you shouldn't either." (Comey, 34:28)

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8. Hypocrisy in Lawfare & Political Tit for Tat [37:37]

• Jack and Joe call out MSNBC and Democrats for decrying lawfare now that it targets Comey, after tolerating it previously against Trump:

  "If the people on MSNBC would come on and say...it was lawfare...But unless you say that, spare me with your hysteria." (Jack, 38:37) "Your hypocrisy is so astounding and, and bold faced and unhidden. It's just crazy." (Michael, 39:19)

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9. California Ballot Measures & Political Identity [43:01]

• The hosts discuss how California’s redistricting proposition is likely to become a proxy Trump loyalty test, unrelated to the actual policy.

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10. Tariffs on Furniture, Bathroom Vanities & Economic Impact [44:41]

• Brief coverage of new tariffs on imported goods, with typical Armstrong & Getty bemusement over why "kitchen vanities" are a major trade focus.

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11. Ulysses and the Meaning of Daily Life [47:09]

• Jack offers a reflective moment, explaining his appreciation for the novel "Ulysses" and the profundity in ordinary daily experience.

  "That's what life is for all of us, really. It's just the day to day life. And that's where the, the story lies for all of our lives." (Jack, 47:53)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Government Shutdown Drama:

  "Unplug it, kick it, break it, somebody hit it with a hammer." (Jack, 06:56)

• On Government Inefficiency:

  "You can be in favor of a thing that government does, but be aware they do it horribly and wastefully and just line everybody's pockets with it." (Michael, 11:29)

• On Lawfare and Hypocrisy:

  "I don't like this action by Trump. On the other hand, all the Democrats who are acting like this is just an unforgivable horror of injustice... Comey's the anti Rosa Parks." (Michael, 33:29) "My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I'm innocent. So let's have a trial and keep the faith." (Comey via Instagram, 36:01) "Your hypocrisy is so astounding and bold faced and unhidden. It's just crazy." (Michael, 39:19)

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Important Segment Timestamps

• [03:17] Russian warplanes, Danish drone drama
• [04:06] Humorous Christmas tree listener text
• [06:25] Government shutdown debate, countdown hype, and “Unplug it, kick it, break it”
• [09:23] Government waste, foreign aid, only 40% “on-the-ground” for HIV/AIDS
• [12:20] Violet Affleck’s pandemic testimony at the UN
• [14:39] Skepticism on long COVID as a chronic childhood illness
• [16:33] Diet Coke Lime returns, coverage of Trump-Melania elevator incident
• [23:12] Detailed breakdown of Comey indictment, lawfare, and political hypocrisy
• [34:28] James Comey’s self-styled Instagram response
• [38:37] Hosts challenge media hypocrisy over lawfare
• [43:01] California Prop 50 and Trump-loyalty polling
• [44:41] Trade tariffs on bathroom vanities and semi trucks
• [47:09] Meditations on Ulysses and meaning in daily life

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Tone & Style

• Language: Fast-paced, irreverent, heavily sarcastic, inquisitive. Casual banter and skepticism rule, but underlying points are pointed and analytical.
• Attitude: Cynical about politics/media, skeptical of government claims, and fed up with pandemic overreach, yet prone to self-aware digressions.
• Notable: Frequent giggling at the news cycle’s absurdities; breaking for light-hearted or literary asides in the midst of heavy news.

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Summary Takeaways

• A&G remain sharply critical of political theatrics, especially around government shutdowns and the “weaponization” of justice, highlighting how both sides practice hypocrisy.
• They call out government waste, especially in foreign aid, and cover public health panics with mockery toward COVID alarmism.
• Major headlines, like Trump’s actions toward Comey, are dissected with nuance and exasperation for the endless lawfare cycle and media overreaction.
• The episode’s style—rapid, satirical, often self-deprecating—is as much a defining characteristic as its political commentary.

For listeners: If you want to stay informed and amused while cutting through the noise of partisan spin, Armstrong & Getty deliver, bringing critical analysis and comic relief in equal measure.

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Transcript

[Jack Armstrong]

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[Joe Getty]

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[Michael]

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[Jack Armstrong]

The US scrambling fighter jets to intercept four Russian warplanes near Alaska. The Russian jets never entered US airspace but are another sign President Putin is testing NATO in Denmark's night sky. Drones that witnesses say hovered over an airport and military base. Denmark calling them hybrid attacks by a professional actor. The Russian embassy denying involvement, calling it staged and a provocation.

[Michael]

More escalating rhetoric.

[Jack Armstrong]

Russia's foreign minister saying NATO and Europe have declared war on Russia through Ukraine. Man, it's one thing to be messing with Poland and Finland and whoever the house Denmark, but I can't believe Putin's buzzing our airspace. Wow. What is he hoping for?

[Michael]

What is his right plan?

[Jack Armstrong]

Do not know. Troubling. Here's a text we got though. This is an interesting one. Just out of nowhere on the text line. Our text line is 415295KFTC. Here's the text we got. Are you still in the market for an artificial Christmas tree? I have a 9 foot pre lit tree that's been used twice, but it's too big for my new house. Let me know if you want it.

[Michael]

Be a hell of a bargain.

[Jack Armstrong]

Now, did they mean to text us?

[Michael]

I don't know.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't recall which of us were in the market for a nine foot pre lit Christmas tree. I don't remember talking about that in.

[Michael]

The month of September.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's going to be 100 degrees here today, right?

[Michael]

Yeah.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, trade you in the fourth hour for next hour. Maybe you can trade that for during.

[Michael]

During the fourth hour. Snow tires. We're going to be talking about one of the American tech giants warning us about the Antichrist. Okay, and how AI relates to that?

[Jack Armstrong]

The old ac, Right.

[Michael]

An intriguing notion. Plus, you know, I just remembered I asked Hansen for this. It is. It's a Libs of TikTok style piece of audio in which the left says what they think and we all say holy crap, you people are crazy. Except this took place at the un. This is testimony at the UN by the COVID cult.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, this week for that?

[Michael]

Yesterday.

[Jack Armstrong]

I think they're talking about COVID this week at the un.

[Michael]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Why?

[Michael]

I don't know. You want to play meaningless debating society or what are you talking about? Michael 14. No, that's what I'm saying, that we'll get to that at some point. But yeah, we will indeed get to that one.

[Jack Armstrong]

Michael, highly intrigued.

[Michael]

Okay, so anyway, a couple of things really quickly on the.

[Jack Armstrong]

Do you need the nine foot Christmas tree or not?

[Michael]

I gotta remeasure my ceilings.

[Jack Armstrong]

Remember the one year I got the 20 foot tree? That was something. I had a 20 foot Christmas tree one year. Just once. Because it's a lot of work.

[Michael]

Oh, I can't imagine.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I had to just blast it right on through the scene.

[Michael]

What? No real tree?

[Jack Armstrong]

A real 20 foot tree.

[Michael]

A way to rape mother earth for your temporary holiday celebrations. Nice job. I'm gonna bring you before the un you monster. So anyway, the always sexy topic of government budgeting. We around here do not pay attention to the government shutdown stuff.

[Jack Armstrong]

Government shut down. We got a countdown clock down here in the corner. You see the countdown to the shutdown?

[Michael]

No, I don't. Unplug it, kick it, break it, somebody hit it with a hammer. Because it's always just the inside. The beltway crap has nothing to do with real Americans in their lives, their, their hopes and dreams and their children and the rest of it. It's just. It's the two phony parties just maneuvering for more power. Right. But this one I find at least a little bit interesting because the Democrats for some reason think it would be good to have a government shutdown because they, they say they won't do a stopgap funding measure to keep the government running unless they're given $450 billion in additional Obamacare money, an end to some other holds on spending, and a reversal of the Medicaid reform in the GOP's big beautiful bill. In other words, as the fabulous Kim Strossel writes in the Wall Street Journal, Democrats will give the Trump team exactly what it's been wanting. A shutdown in return for Democrats continuing demand, something they will never get. What? A deal. And the point is, I say it.

[Jack Armstrong]

Throw in banning the tush push and you got a deal.

[Michael]

Wow. So Russ Vought. Vogt. Who's the Vought? The director of the Office of Management Budget said, all right, if you shut down the government and these departments are not funded, we're going to fire everybody. We're going to end them and we will achieve the giant cuts that we've been trying to make through executive orders or legislation or whatever. You shut it down, all those folks are fired.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's quite a play.

[Michael]

Yeah, yeah. And, and Kim explains how it would be done and how it would work.

[Jack Armstrong]

Didn't think about that, did you?

[Michael]

Yeah. For small government advocates, the beauty of this is its reset potential. When government reopens, the Trump team will hire back the fewest possible statutorily required employees at programs it already wanted to cut for a starter list. See the more than 45 Trump's recent budget asked Congress to eliminate, including Economic Development Administration, blah, blah, blah, and the Education Department. So. Yeah, go ahead, Chuck. Go ahead, Hakeem. Sounds great. Fantastic.

[Jack Armstrong]

In case you didn't hear it, this was. What day was this? This was yesterday. Front page. There's a picture of an elk on the front page of the USA Today. And their story was staff cuts at national parks had little apparent impact. I'm surprised USA Today ran that story. But they went through the. Here are things people said would happen when you fire all these people at the national parks. Everything was fine.

[Michael]

Right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Good. Right. I'll bet that could happen with lots of departments.

[Michael]

So when you're financing a charity, for instance, maybe you go to Charity Navigator, you're thinking of giving to some fine cause and, and they will rate you on how much of your budget actually goes to the programs and how much is overhead and advertising, that sort of thing. And, and you know, you're looking for high 80s at least. Okay. That's my advice. Anyway. Your results make very. But the, the. What was the blanket agency, the US Aid folks that did a lot of global medical programs around the world, which sound good, like AIDS and HIV prevention. It's a nice program. It's, it's, you know, the United States spreading some goodwill, saving some human lives. How much good does it do us? It's debatable as I'm actually pro foreign assistance, not out of some pie in the sky, you know, dreamer philosophy. It's because there are three ways to have friends internationally. One, you just have obviously aligned priorities. Your country A, you live next to country B, you both are constantly threatened by country C. You're going to be friends. That's easy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Two, be the one that buys the beer.

[Michael]

Two, you bribe them. Exactly. You bribe people to be your friends. It's always been true, always will be true. A lot of foreign aid aid is bribery to keep them on our side. And that's not wasted money. It's well spent. Third way, you threaten to beat them up if they don't be your friend. Those are the only three ways to have friends internationally. So I'm pro smart foreign aid anyway, but listen to this switcher of the $110 billion US taxpayers have poured into global HIV AIDS prevention since 2000. $310 billion. Just 40% of it went toward on the ground deliveries of life saving medical supplies, tests, blah blah, blah. The rest of it is salaries and management and overhead and oh, oh, and paying for programs like a transgender day of remembrance and a decolonizing development series, et cetera, et cetera. Yeah. So you know, you can be in favor of a thing that government does, but be aware that they do it horribly and wastefully and just line everybody's pockets with it. That's the problem with big government. Who, who got fired for only applying 40% of that $110 billion toward actual on the ground helping people. Who name the names. Nobody, of course nobody. Because there's no freaking accountability in government. That's why you got to join us in, you know, squeezing the government as hard as you can. Okay, I promise something entertaining. Celebrity cult alert. This is 19 year old Violet Affleck. As in Ben and Jennifer Garner. Their daughter, Ben Affleck and their daughter.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay.

[Michael]

Who goes to Yale because of course she does.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, she. I'm sure she earned her way in it just moo. It's funny how movie stars and politicians, their kids are always so smart. They get into those best colleges.

[Michael]

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. And often they have a brief rowing career as well. In a funny coincidence. Anyway. So here she is testifying as a youth ambassador in front of the UN about the danger of long Covid toward children and how we have to bring back mandatory masking.

[Jack Armstrong]

What now?

[Michael]

Now she is testifying in a mask.

[Joe Getty]

Here's what we know about SARS CoV2.

[Jack Armstrong]

It is airborne, floating and lingering in the air. One infection can result in disabling damage to almost every cell in the body, from the brain and heart to the nerves and blood vessels. Every subsequent infection increases the risk of long Covid and places people who already.

[Joe Getty]

Have it in greater danger.

[Jack Armstrong]

Here's what we don't know is what it does to reinfect children over and over and over again with no end point in sight from the day they are born. We are about to find out.

[Joe Getty]

As Dr. Akiko Iwasaki says, at this point, the whole population is the control group. And after only five years, long Covid.

[Jack Armstrong]

Has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic illness in children. Five years. I am terrified for the children who do not or soon will not know.

[Joe Getty]

A world without.

[Michael]

The whole I'm obsessed with COVID cult. I mean, if you're a scientist, you study respiratory diseases and you're studying it good. You should. It's interesting. It's a weird disease. I tell you what, if you want a really novel coronavirus, go to Dr. Fauci's Wuhan house of Bat Viruses because, man, they'll design you a humdinger. But you people who are still wearing masks in airports still like, I had an article. I wish I'd kept it. All three of the west coast states, the infamous bluest states in America, California, Oregon and Washington, are all still pushing Covid shots for children constantly.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow, that was interesting. So is there any truth to any of that about the current version of.

[Michael]

COVID that's floating around that covet is now the most kind. It's more common than asthma. I, I, I don't think it's given.

[Jack Armstrong]

Lots of kids long covet. I haven't heard that story at all. And I live in the because they're.

[Michael]

Infected over and over and over again. What?

[Jack Armstrong]

I live in this sort of town where if it was happening, I would think I would have heard about it.

[Michael]

Right, Right. Yeah, yeah. Craziness.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know some kids with asthma. I haven't heard anybody saying my kid has long Covid. Not one person.

[Michael]

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[Michael]

Super.

[Jack Armstrong]

Super is right. Trump and Melania's finger waving, spat. What was it? So apparently the other day after they left the U.N. they got on the helicopter, people could see through the window. Trump was wagging his finger at Melania. She was shaking her head. And there was speculation that this was Some sort of McCrone and his wife sort of fight. Remember that from a couple of months? Where did she shove him in the face or whatever happened there?

[Michael]

Back off, loser. Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Right. Anyway, so according to Forensic Lip Lip readers, this was not a Fight. Donald Trump was angry about the escalator having stopped. And he said to Melania something like, they try. Oh, I can't forgive them. They tried to hurt you and we can't do this. We should stay safe. You're not safe. And then she said something back to him that was calm down or something like that. He, he said that they could have. He said, it's amazing that Melania, I didn't fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps face first. He later posted, it was only that we were holding onto the handrail tightly or it would have been a disaster. I don't know that I always grab the handrail the second I step on an escalator. Of course, I'm not 80 years old either. It would be a lot easier for an 80 year old to go down hard on an escalator. She's wearing ridiculously high heels. I don't even know how she walks in those shoes.

[Michael]

Practice. Yeah. And again, I could believe this story that the White House videographer accidentally pressed the emergency stop button while jostling for position or whatever. Of course, possible in isolation, I could believe that. But also with the teleprompter and the, what was the, the PA speakers went out and come on.

[Jack Armstrong]

And again, like I said the other day, would it be the least bit shocking that somebody involved in the UN Wanted to mess with Trump and do that? No, it's not even a tiny bit shocking.

[Michael]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

So, yeah, I think the fact the elevator escalator and the, the teleprompter. Yeah, somebody was just, you know, it's to no effect, but it just shows you. Trump derangement syndrome.

[Michael]

It's really the spitting in the hamburger of the diplomatic set.

[Jack Armstrong]

So James Comey being indicted and threatened with jail time, former FBI Director, all media other than Fox is considering this the worst thing, maybe the worst thing Trump has ever done and a real sign that our democracy is over and we should all be afraid. Fox is not treating it that way, not surprisingly. We can delve into that a little bit when we come back.

[Michael]

So the headline is Democrats Rail Against Lawfare. Okay. Right. I would like to discuss this, pointing.

[Jack Armstrong]

Out that most of my conservative pundits that I really like are saying this isn't going to go anywhere. But that's not because James Comey isn't a jerk and a liar and a phony. But it's just in this particular case, it's not going to go anywhere. But anyway, we'll bring you up to speed on all that coming up in Just a moment. If you missed a segment, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand Armstrong.

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[Jack Armstrong]

So this is breaking news. Trump just said this a few minutes ago, looking like we have a deal on Gaza and we'll, we'll let you know.

[Michael]

I think it's a deal that will get the back. It's going to be a deal that will end the war. It's going to be a deal which.

[Jack Armstrong]

Is going to be peace. I think we have a deal that'll be number eight. Peter, not. That's the sort of thing Trump throws out before he gets on a helicopter. I think we got a deal in Gaza. War will be over and we'll get the hostages back. Anyway, talk to you later.

[Michael]

Have a good weekend.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay. No details. No, no, don't, don't have any idea. Netanyahu spoke at the UN Day to day. He didn't sound like there was any, any, any deal happening.

[Michael]

But if I had to guess the scumbag Hamas leaders are saying, Wait, what?

[Jack Armstrong]

So this is the 43rd supposed political earthquake around Donald Trump, according to the mainstream media. Might actually be, I don't know. I, I don't know. But. So James Comey, former FBI, former FBI director, got indicted yesterday by the Trump Justice Department at Trump's behest. I mean, it's, that's not even Sources close say no. He said out loud, hey, Pam Bondi, when are you going to indict James Comey? He said that just the other day. Time's running out.

[Michael]

He fired the guy in the gig, the eastern Virginia prosecutor gig, who wouldn't do it, and appointed one of his own people who would do it, who happened to be a really hot looking woman. Anyway, that's irrelevant. So yeah, it was clearly a chophy.

[Jack Armstrong]

It's not irrelevant to Trump. I know that she's a hot looking woman because all his lawyers tend to be look like they're models like his wife. So what's Comey being accused of? Lying under oath, claiming that he never leaked anything when he did. And like I said, most of my favorite lawyer pundit people that lean right say this isn't going to go anywhere. Comey's a dick and a liar and a phony and all and probably should have gone to jail for all kinds of stuff, but for a variety of reasons. This is explained by their analyst Keith Jarrett on Fox the trail of all the different things. And him Comey testifying under oath.

[Michael]

The grand jury actually considered but rejected a third charge involving yet another suspected lie by Comey. You know, when he was asked by Lindsey Graham about, you know, the notorious plan approved by Hillary in 2016 to accuse Trump falsely of colluding with Russia. You know, in his answer, he claimed amnesia. He said, gee, that doesn't ring a bell with me. And that's absurd. Of course, he remembers it vividly. He not only received personally a top secret report on it from the CIA, then he attended this urgent meeting in the White House with Obama and Biden and Brennan in which the CIA director was apoplectic, revealing Hillary's illicit scheme. Gee, what do we do? Well, they ended up concealing it. So of course he remembers it. You know, his answers often were evasive. During one congressional session, he said, I don't recall, I don't remember more than 200 times. You know, scrupulous people do that to avoid perjuring themselves. But apparently he wasn't cautious enough.

[Jack Armstrong]

He said, I don't recall, I don't remember 200 times.

[Michael]

Right, right. Yeah. And that's one of the reasons it's going to be tough to nail them. My daughter who's in law school is on the mock trial team of her, her law school, very auspicious, very proud of her. But they practice over and over again, you know, not only as attorneys but as witnesses. And can you imagine somebody so completely versed in what can I say and get away with? How can I have a lawyerly answer that skirts the law? James Comey is one of the all time heavyweights in that art. He knows exactly what he can say and how to say it.

[Jack Armstrong]

So it's tough, Tough sledding, yeah. As I read earlier in the show, Mark Halperin, who works really hard to be nonpartisan, said in his newsletter today he's amazed that Comey is still held up by the mainstream media, some paragon or something, since he's a complete phony and liar. That's because. And that's because James Comey is a complete phony and liar. Here's some of the other stuff from Lindsey Graham, Senator, S.C. if an FBI.

[Michael]

Director can mislead a court to get a warrant against American citizen to further a political conspiracy to destroy somebody you don't like, we're in a world of hurt. Here's the question for the legal system today. Is there compelling evidence that Comey withheld from the court pertinent information about the warrant Application. How can you say he didn't? The FBI knew three different times. It was all Internet rumor and never told the court. Why did they do that? They wanted the investigation to continue during the Trump presidency. I believe this with all my heart to destroy Donald Trump. If people get away with this, lying to a court, manipulating court, withholding exculpatory information to a court of law to get a warrant against American citizens for political purposes, the rule of law has died.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, that's all horrible, and he's completely right. But from what I understand, from what I read from Andrew McCarthy and other people, the statute of limitations has run out on all the stuff Lindsey Graham was just talking about. He's not being charged with those specific things.

[Michael]

Yeah. You know, I agree that the weaponization of the Justice Department lawfare from the White House is awful. Awful. It's getting worse and worse. Both sides have done it. I don't like this action by Trump. On the other hand, all the Democrats who are acting like this is just an unforgivable horror of injustice. I remember vividly, Jack, when you were reading, I think, for the first time, one of the Taylor Branch books about the civil rights movement, and you pointed out that the. The myth that Rosa Parks was, like, the first person to ever say, no, I'm not moving to the back of the bus. No, they were just. The civil rights folks were waiting for the perfect case. A woman so spotless of character and reputation and goodness no record, blah, blah, blah, that she was very, very sympathetic defendant. Is that more or less accurate? Right. And so Comey's the anti Rosa Parks. He's guilty of all of this stuff. He's a lion. Power abusing, selfish ego, maniacal justice, manipulating.

[Jack Armstrong]

False testifying, FISA application, faking bad human being.

[Michael]

It doesn't mean this is necessarily a great thing to have the president fire people till he can find somebody. He'll prosecute somebody for something they'll never get a conviction for. My heart is broken.

[Jack Armstrong]

His heart's broken. Joe, are you paying any attention? The man's heart broken.

[Michael]

They got surgery for that now anyway. But I'm not afraid.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, good.

[Michael]

Oh, my God, you're so brave. You are so brave.

[Jack Armstrong]

James, we gotta keep all those. Keep all those little.

[Michael]

May I form a religion around you, please? That would be fine. We will not live on our knees.

[Jack Armstrong]

There you go. Yeah, we got to keep those clips around because this is going to be in the news for quite a while. We should play longer versions, I suppose, of his Instagram rebuttal last night. That he released just because it's so flipping good. Start with the first one and let's.

[Michael]

Just roll a. Michael, My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump, but we couldn't imagine ourselves living any other way. We will not live on our knees. And you shouldn't either.

[Jack Armstrong]

God, he's hard.

[Michael]

I'm good. I'm biffooted right now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Thank you for giving me the courage to get up off my knees, which I wasn't on, he goes on.

[Michael]

Somebody that I love dearly recently said that fear is the tool of a tyrant. And she's right. But I'm not afraid. Ooh. And I hope you're not either. Nope. I hope instead you are engaged, you are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it. Which it does.

[Jack Armstrong]

I wish I remember who it was that said in James Comey's mind, he's the hero of every story. And he is.

[Michael]

That's the way he said he is. The hero of every story he tells.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, he is, too.

[Michael]

It.

[Jack Armstrong]

Look, I mean, this whole thing is not just him, you know, fighting back against possible jail time. He's doing it for you. He's gonna help you get up off your knees and not live in fear. Okay, whatever.

[Michael]

Keep the faith. I will do. And. And vote as if your country depends on it. What, like in the midterms? To what exactly? On what policy?

[Jack Armstrong]

Is there another.

[Michael]

Can they impeach Trump for this?

[Jack Armstrong]

Does the lanky lawman have more?

[Michael]

My heart is broken for the Department of Justice, but I have great confidence in the federal judicial system, and I'm innocent. So let's have a trial and keep the faith.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's the one that's the most annoying. Your heart is broken for the FBI. Your beloved FBI. After all the things you did, like that, that Lindsey Graham just laid out. And those are known. It's not just like, Lindsey Graham, right wing Fox stuff. Those are known things. You. You briefed the president on the Steele dossier, then leaked to the newspapers. The president has been briefed on this story knowing it was crap, just so it could get out into the. Into the world, into the news stream.

[Michael]

With the patina of credibility.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Faking up FISA warrants so you could spy on various people. You weep for the fba. Your beloved FBI. Give me a break, you lying phony.

[Michael]

So let's have a try.

[Jack Armstrong]

Let's have a trial. I agree. Unfortunately, he's probably going to be. It's never going to go to Trial. If it does, he'll be acquitted.

[Michael]

My heart is broken. Oh, shut up. Shutting up. Oh, boy. So James Comey. Probably also guilty of breaking and entering, I suspect. And if only the victim had Simply Safe home security, they wouldn't have had James Comey inside their house when the alarms went off. This is all parody and for the purposes of entertainment.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, it's not.

[Michael]

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[Jack Armstrong]

How do you like that? Simply Safe could catch James Comey lurking in your backyard before he breaks into, plant evidence in your home.

[Michael]

That's stretch. Back the F up.

[Jack Armstrong]

Huh?

[Michael]

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Michael]

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[Jack Armstrong]

The stuff I just said.

[Michael]

Simply safe.com Armstrong. There's no safe like Simply Safe.

[Jack Armstrong]

My final word on the topic for today would be for the umpteenth time. So if the people on MSNBC would come on and say we should have never gone after our. The Justice Department under Biden shouldn't have gone after Trump in all of those cases, outside of the documents one, probably. It was, it was. It was lawfare. It was an attempt to either jail him or bog him down in legal matters so he couldn't run for we should have never done this and Trump shouldn't be doing it. But unless you say that, spare me with your hysteria.

[Michael]

Yeah. Again, tears trickling down your face, saying, I can't believe they're engaging in lawfare for political purposes. I mean, I can't.

[Jack Armstrong]

I can't even laugh.

[Michael]

Your hypocrisy is so astounding and, and bold faced and unhidden. It's just crazy. That doesn't make all of this right, but please, my God, where does this end? How does it end? My heart is broken.

[Jack Armstrong]

Your heart's broken. I was up late last night shopping for a bathroom vanity and I wake up to find out that tariffs have been put on those too. We have new tariff news for you, among other things on the way.

[Michael]

Stay here and keep the faith.

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[Jack Armstrong]

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[Michael]

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[Michael]

That's what they want to do is take us backwards.

[Jack Armstrong]

Democracy. We got to protect it and we got to go and fight for it. The ad war could top 200 million. Billionaire Charles Munger Junior's 30 million helped pay for this ad with former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Democrats top donor is George Soros. His 20 million paid for this AOC ad.

[Joe Getty]

Fight for democracy in all 50 states.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, that reminds me. Yesterday, Trump said George Soros should go to jail, so he might be next.

[Michael]

Oh, boy.

[Jack Armstrong]

Some sort of a. Anyway, Prop 50.

[Michael]

Oh, yeah, that's all about financing groups that engage in political violence.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Prop 50 in California in November, we're going to vote on whether or not we want to redistrict the way Texas did. I think you know that whole story. Here's something Joe might not know because he abandoned the show during a tumultuous week last week and played golf.

[Michael]

Correct.

[Jack Armstrong]

Anyway, if you had a Presidential Medal of Freedom, it should be taken away from you because of last week. But we had Lonhi Chen on and I was talking to Lonhi about how the polling shows Californians ain't digging this and it's down. It's like two thirds of Californians against it. And he said, and I'll bet he's right, he said they will by the time voting gets here, turning into a are you with Trump or not? And it'll just be a vote about that. It won't have anything to do about redistricting. It'll be like masks. It'll be like vaccines. It'll be like the border. It'll be like school closes. It'll be like everything. It's just, are you with Trump or not? Oh, so you're for Trump?

[Jacob Goldstein]

No.

[Jack Armstrong]

And. And if they can turn it into that, then you got a decent chance of passing it.

[Michael]

Plus the turnout will be tiny.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Michael]

And all of the state employee unions and those who benefit from the government's large s will turn out to support gabby boy, average citizens who have, like, real jobs and things to accomplish in their lives. They won't. You laugh. I laugh.

[Jack Armstrong]

What's so Long and short of the latest tariff thing that got announced overnight.

[Michael]

Trump announced a bunch of tariffs on pharmaceuticals and like semi trucks and furniture.

[Jack Armstrong]

Of various sorts, including kitchen vanities or I mean, bathroom vanities. Well, maybe I'll put my vanity in the kitchen. I can brush my.

[Michael]

Wash your hands in a bucket. Put a bucket next to the toilet with some soap.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, semi trucks, kitchen cabinets, furniture, including kitchen vanities. I don't know why they say that all the time. Do that many people go out and buy international kitchen vanities. I mean, is it a major purchase, regular purchase, more than once in your life? I don't know.

[Michael]

I don't. I don't really know. There are a bunch of carve outs and different tariffs on different places and I don't know. It's so complicated and it's, you know, there are a range of industries that range from. It's incredibly important that we. Onshore manufacturing again. We've talked about this many times. And there's other stuff like what the hell does it matter where you buy it?

[Jack Armstrong]

I like.

[Michael]

If I can get a better deal on a high quality product, then let me import it.

[Jack Armstrong]

I want. I'm like the character in Streetcar Named Desire. What's her name? The. Not his wife, the sister.

[Michael]

Blanche.

[Jack Armstrong]

Blanche. I'm like, keep the light low, you know, I mean, I'm in the winter of my life. I keep the light low. Aging beauty sort of thing. I like low light in the, in the bathroom. I want to. I want to feel good about myself. Soft, soft lights off. Focus kind of at a distance, maybe slimming mirror. Kind of like you get a funhouse mirror like they have at nice hotels. Nice hotels have slimming mirrors. Did you know that? With the theory. I think it's dumb that you'll feel better about yourself and somehow remember a positive feeling and want to go back to that hotel. I don't know, but I have.

[Michael]

I absolutely buy it.

[Jack Armstrong]

I have stayed at nice hotels where clearly they were doing that, like, cool. That's what I wanted in my back.

[Michael]

And when you walk by the maids in the hallway, they're trained to say, Mr. Clooney. Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you're George Clooney. I'm sorry.

[Jack Armstrong]

I want the light so dim in my bathroom, I can barely shave.

[Michael]

Gotta feel your way.

[Jack Armstrong]

Exactly.

[Michael]

Looking good.

[Jack Armstrong]

Looking good. Fantastic. Oh, man, I'm so tired of the news. Just, just, just tired of it.

[Michael]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

[Jack Armstrong]

It blows.

[Michael]

Yes, sir. That's some frank talk, Mr. President, but yeah, there are days.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes, sir, can I bore you once again with talking about James Joyce's Ulysses, which I'm still reading, I think, if you want. I think I've come to figure out why I think it's so absolutely amazing and one of the great works of art. It's, if you don't know this very brief version, it's just, it's one day in Dublin and it follows three characters and it's basically what happens to three people in a not particularly unique day, just a regular day. And the point of the art is that that's, that's what life is for all of us, really. It's just the day to day life. And that's where the, the story lies for all of our lives. Just day to day activity.

[Michael]

Not the mountaintop moments or, or being.

[Jack Armstrong]

A general who wins a war or anything. I mean, that does happen for some people, but not most of us. Most of us it's just getting up and going to work and you know, you have an argument with your wife and you stop by the bar and talk with your friends and you look at that girl over there and think she's kind of hot, but she wouldn't have you and just, just a regular, regular things that people think all the time. That's what life is for almost all of us. And it portrays it better than anything ever has.

[Michael]

But I can still try to become a puffy lipped influencer, right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Sure, of course you can if you want.

[Michael]

Okay. I don't know if that was my dream. Lots of followers.

[Jack Armstrong]

I don't know if that would work on you with your goatee. Big puffy lips sticking out of your goatee.

[Michael]

By the way, gals, no to the puffy lips.

[Jack Armstrong]

No, I agree. Man. There was a person last night at the party. Did you see that, Michael? And are her lips giant?

[Michael]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

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Bring the boom.

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Xboom There's a lot going on in Hollywood. How are you supposed to stay on top of it all? Variety has the solution. Take 20 minutes out of your day and listen to the new daily Variety podcast for breaking entertainment news and expert perspectives.

[Jack Armstrong]

We're doing where do you see the business actually heading?

[Cynthia Littleton]

Featuring the iconic journalists of Variety and hosted by co editor in chief Cynthia Littleton.

[Michael]

The only constant in Hollywood is change.

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[Jacob Goldstein]

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[Jack Armstrong]

This is an iHeart podcast.