You're Going To Be In Labor, But We Will Be In Pain

Summary

Armstrong & Getty On Demand

Episode: "You're Going To Be In Labor, But We Will Be In Pain"
Date: May 1, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty
Notable Contributor: Katie Green (News)

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Episode Overview

On this Friday episode, Armstrong & Getty discuss the chaotic state of current news reporting, ongoing concerns about the Iran conflict, skyrocketing inflation, and what they see as governmental incompetence and media misinformation. The show also marks the last day before newswoman Katie Green begins her maternity leave, prompting light-hearted and heartfelt exchanges about her transition to motherhood.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Show Open & Title Choices

• The hosts joke about their Friday show titles, settling on themes of public ignorance and inflation, with Jack emphasizing his lifelong "jihad" to help people understand that "inflation is a tax."
  "If God allows me another day on this earth, I will spend it preaching that inflation is a tax." (Joe Getty, 03:48)

2. The Latest on the Assassination Attempt & Security Failures ([04:22]–[08:09])

• Discussion centers on the new video from the attempted assassination of President Trump, with skepticism about security response and transparency.
• The hosts question how only one buckshot pellet could have hit a secret service agent at close range, fueling conspiracy speculations.
• Joe and Jack compare the event to football defensive failures, arguing it’s not a "win" just because the outcome wasn’t worse.

"I'm not calling that a win." (Jack Armstrong, 06:38)
"The only reason they don't have six points is because that guy fell. You didn't do your job." (Joe Getty, 06:46)

• Critique: Government agencies “never want to admit mistakes,” and no one has publicly announced changes to prevent future lapses.

3. Maternity Leave Banter with Katie Green ([08:09]–[12:59])

• Series of humorous and warm remarks about Katie’s impending maternity leave.
• Jokes about broadcasting her delivery and corporate sponsorship.
• Discussion about baby traits, parental hair genes, and the liberal expression, "I didn’t ask to be born."

"Katie, you're going to be in labor, but we're in pain." (Joe Getty, 08:16)
"I’m going to need an epidural to deal with her not being here." (Jack Armstrong, 08:51)

• Reflection on attitudes of self-absorption and generational entitlement.

4. News Headlines & Media Critique ([13:23]–[15:08] and [18:38]–[22:42])

• Quick-fire news headline rundown with Katie.
• Media coverage on Iran viewed as incomplete or biased, especially from major outlets like The New York Times.
• Armstrong & Getty characterize media reporting on the Iran conflict as ignoring the nation's real crisis to focus instead on narratives sympathetic to Iran or hostile to Trump.

"They have no idea what to do. They are in dire, dire straits. But it's so unpopular in the media to report that. Man, we're sick. We're sick as a country." (Joe Getty, 19:12)

• Brief mention of news such as AI-generated music topping charts, an OnlyFans star marrying herself, new US-Venezuela flights, and a satirical Babylon Bee poll.

5. Clips of the Week ([27:02]–[29:49])

• Segment stringing together highlights from the week’s news, featuring topics like the Comey indictment, the war in Iran, Trump’s gold statue, and the attempted assassination.
• Banter about politicians’ self-importance and philosophical musings on life and destiny.

"There are no maverick molecules in the universe." (Jack Armstrong quoting Ben Sasse, 29:42)

6. Iran War: The Reality Behind the Headlines ([26:07]–[33:39], [35:00]–[39:02])

• Detailed discussion of how the media misrepresents the "60-day War Powers" issue—no real teeth, every president ignores it, and nothing will change after the so-called deadline.
• The true pressure points in the Iran conflict: How long can Iran hold out against severe economic strain versus the political and economic patience of the US and global markets?
• Estimates from various sources on when Iran’s regime might crumble range from days to several months, showing wild media inconsistency.

"Every administration is stealing your savings to glorify themselves and reward their cronies. And people need to know it." (Joe Getty, 14:19)
"Man, summer coming up, summer vacation plans and people starting to talk about cancel this and that...I think this is going to be just like the big drumbeat story soon." (Jack Armstrong, 33:27)

7. Inflation & Government Criticism ([14:10]–[15:15])

• Jack and Joe hammer home that inflation is a hidden tax, robbing Americans of wage gains and savings.
• Reiteration that government’s inflationary policies benefit politicians at the expense of ordinary people.

"You can look at it that way, that the government went in and took like 40% of your savings...None of us have near as much money as we thought we had." (Jack Armstrong, 14:41)

8. AI, Information Overload & News Summarization ([40:06]–[41:03])

• Jack muses about having AI do news summarization (ironically, your current task) and filter out misleading or unimportant information; Joe points out, “Psst. That’s what we do.”

"That would be the greatest thing AI could do is that everybody at like 8 o'clock could get a two-minute summary of things that actually are true and actually matter." (Jack Armstrong, 41:03)

9. Listener Mailbag, Freedom Quote, and Philosophical Reflection ([44:06]–[47:31])

• Joe reads a “freedom loving quote of the day” critiquing the left's reaction to political violence and conspiracy theories.
• Correspondence regarding Katie’s maternity leave.
• Philosophical musings on doom-mongering, media coverage, and generational anxiety about AI and the future.

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Notable Quotes

• On Media and Government
  "The science is settled—we're too stupid to govern ourselves." (Joe Getty, 04:18)
  "Everything you hear in the first 24 hours is usually wrong." (Jack Armstrong, 05:15)
  "Every president, Republican and Democrat, has done it. Zero is going to happen. So please, mainstream media, stop wasting my time." (Jack Armstrong, 36:50)

• On Inflation
  "Inflation is a tax." (Joe Getty, 03:48, recurring theme)
  "The government went in and took like 40% of your savings." (Jack Armstrong, 14:41)

• On AI & Summarization
  "That would be the greatest thing AI could do...summarize for the day the things I need to know." (Jack Armstrong, 41:03)
  "Psst. That's what we do. It would put us out of work.” (Joe Getty, 41:09)

• On Katie’s Departure
  "Katie, you’re going to be in labor. But we’re in pain." (Joe Getty, 08:16)
  "I’m going to need an epidural to deal with her not being here." (Jack Armstrong, 08:51)

• On Critiquing Youth & Modern Attitudes
  "That may be the ultimate expression of self-absorption...I didn’t ask to be alive. It’s the ultimate idiotic pretentiousness." (Joe Getty, 12:24)

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Important Timestamps

• 03:48: The show’s title debate and core theme on inflation and public ignorance.
• 04:22–08:09: New video of Trump’s attempted assassination, security concerns, and government unaccountability.
• 08:09–12:59: Katie Green's last day before maternity leave—joking, bonding, and life reflections.
• 14:10–14:52: Laying out how inflation truly acts as a hidden tax on citizens.
• 18:38–22:42: Rundown of daily headlines, laced with critique of news media bias.
• 26:07–33:39: Deep dive into the Iran conflict, War Powers Act, “fake deadlines,” and energy crisis timeframes.
• 35:00–39:02: Peter Baker’s analysis debunking the War Powers Act "deadline" narrative.
• 40:06–41:03: Jack's AI news summarization dream and self-referential humor.
• 44:06–47:31: Mailbag, philosophical perspective, and reflection on collective anxiety.

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Memorable Moments

• The hosts’ long-running bit about inflation being a “tax” and their frustration with how governments and the media obscure it from public awareness.
• Light-hearted ribbing of Katie Green as she prepares for maternity leave, bringing warmth and camaraderie to the typically hard-edged show.
• Joe referencing "Clips of the Week" as a beloved Friday tradition, with a montage that blends sharp satire and dark humor.
• The philosophical digression on Americans’ negative outlook and generational cycles of doomsaying.

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Summary

This episode offers a classic Armstrong & Getty blend of sharp news criticism, libertarian-leaning analysis, and irreverent humor. The hosts challenge the veracity and motivations of mainstream media narratives, especially regarding the Iran war and domestic inflation, urging listeners to be skeptical, independent thinkers. Personal moments with Katie Green’s maternity leave infuse the episode with warmth and wit. If you missed the episode, this rundown covers the essential topics, flavor, and quotable exchanges.

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[Jack Armstrong]

Armstrong and Getty. And now here's Armstrong and get it. It's Friday live from Studio C. Senor, didn't we let room deeper than the fouls of the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound? I don't think anybody can rush our security here. And today we are toiling under the

[Joe Getty]

title of one title very Fridayish. One definitely not. Here are your choices. Inflation is a tax. So my jihad to help people understand that for the rest of my life, if God allows me another day on this earth, I will spend it preaching that inflation is a tax. Second choice. The science is settled. We're too stupid to govern ourselves. Which is actually somewhat related to the first headline.

[Jack Armstrong]

The data is in.

[Joe Getty]

There can't be any doubt. We're too stupid to govern ourselves.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I was noticing from bouncing around the various news channels and everything today because there's new video out on the assassination attempt. That topic is very hot. I don't know why it took all week long to get the what what I was complaining about all week. Everybody in the world has got a 4K video recorder in their hand. How is the video from the shooting look like something from 1962. Like in the middle of the night. Like it's the Ed Sullivan show or something. Right?

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

And Finally a color 4K very clear video came out of that dude running through it. It, you know, clear. It looks worse than it did and it looked bad before the way that guy just blows through there and and they now and it took. This is worth remembering. Everything you hear in the first 24 hours is usually wrong. Sometimes in days. Usually it took a full week to figure out that that Secret Service guy got struck by the dude with the shotgun running through it took him full week to come up with that and

[Joe Getty]

really nail it down with a bullet from him.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well a ball from his. So this is this the conspiracies are going to start because I was listening to one of the dudes on Fox talk about this. So I have that very same Shotgun. It's a Mossberg 12 gauge. Same shotgun that guy ran through with and he was firing buckshot, which if you don't know what that is, it's a shotgun shell full of these lead balls. They're pretty decent size. There aren't that many in there. I mean, it's. But they're saying he got hit with a ball of buckshot. And gun people are saying how at that range did only one of the balls hit him? Because the pattern would be so small at that range. It just seems weird. So that's, you know, that starts people down the road of that doesn't make sense. So whatever. Anyway, yeah, that's, that's that whole topic because that does seem strange. But I don't, you know, I don't know anything about this other than listening. The security people all say it's a win, you know, we did our job. Yeah. What if the guy hadn't fallen down?

[Joe Getty]

What does it look like then as I, Jack and I were chatting about this off the air and I said,

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm not calling that a win.

[Joe Getty]

If I'm an NFL defensive coordinator, I'm. I got to get my DB on the sideline.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm screaming at him.

[Joe Getty]

The only reason they don't have six points is because that guy fell. You didn't do your job or you

[Jack Armstrong]

were late to it or whatever.

[Joe Getty]

Again, I don't know you what that last sentence ought to be, but what does it look like if he doesn't fall down?

[Jack Armstrong]

I also haven't heard anybody say, and I don't know if it's because people don't ever want to admit mistakes or anything like that, but there's got to be.

[Joe Getty]

Especially in government. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, especially in government. I haven't heard anybody say, so from now on, we're going to blank have you to stop that from no being an option. I haven't heard anybody say that. Seems like that's necessary.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I was just, I was shocked. The audio is just, okay, it's some Fox comedian, Jimmy Fela or whatever his name is. But he was wisecracking with his buddy as they were coming into the event that, oh my God, this security is a joke. They got two random girls holding the door open. They're not secret Service. I think they work at the hotel and just there.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow.

[Joe Getty]

This is unbelievable. And sure enough, although again, nobody was killed, thank God. But was it cuz the receiver fell down or that the defense was doing their jobs?

[Jack Armstrong]

Unclear.

[Joe Getty]

In the wake of Butler, Pennsylvania. I don't think anybody Gets the benefit of any doubt.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, that's a good point. That's a good point. That's a heck of a thing.

[Joe Getty]

Here's a heck of a thing. This is Katie's last day before maternity leave. Oh.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, right.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, no, I got this one for you. Katie, you're gonna be in labor. But we're in pain.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, God. All right, very good.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. I will miss you. I mean, I'm super crazy happy for you, but I won't miss you.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, I'm excited, but I'm also. I'm gonna miss the show. So.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I'll pop in.

[Katie Green]

My dad goes, hey, should we record something for the show? I was like, get out.

[Joe Getty]

Like, birth wise.

[Katie Green]

Yes, Judge Larry, I'm.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm gonna.

[Joe Getty]

I object.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes. I'm gonna need an epidural to deal with her not being here.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, I'm not sure how. How that would help, but, yeah, whatever you need, we'll set it up.

[Peter Baker]

Katie, how about you insist the doctor

[Jack Armstrong]

wears an Armstrong, get a T shirt as the exact delivery?

[Katie Green]

I can pull that off.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Peter Baker]

Put that on.

[Jack Armstrong]

Maybe the new Obey the law.

[Katie Green]

I think he might actually be down with that.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll.

[Katie Green]

I'll run that by him. I see him today, so I'll tell

[Jack Armstrong]

you what I mean, you know, you do you. And you got to prioritize the health of the child, but, man, I mean, if it timed up with the show and you could have the birth live, that'd be pretty good.

[Joe Getty]

Well, wow.

[Katie Green]

So we are the. The process will be starting at 4:00am well, that's right.

[Jack Armstrong]

You have it scheduled. Yeah, this isn't one of those.

[Katie Green]

It could totally line up with the start of the show.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Okay, we got to sell a sponsorship. An exclusive Baby Gap or, I don't know, or, you know, Ford Trucks. I don't know. Whoever wants to sponsor, here's the birth

[Jack Armstrong]

of Katie's baby, brought to you by Pizza Hut,

[Katie Green]

which I've had so many times while pregnant, they should be paying me.

[Jack Armstrong]

And you could.

[Joe Getty]

You'll have a delicious food baby after you visit baht.

[Jack Armstrong]

And you could between contractions, say, and you get 20 off with this code.

[Joe Getty]

Yep. Right, right.

[Katie Green]

Just like that? Yeah, yeah, just like that.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, boy.

[Katie Green]

And guys, today's headlines, you know.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, yeah, we're working right on through it.

[Joe Getty]

Sure, sure. Maternity leave doesn't start until I see a kid. All right. Exactly.

[Jack Armstrong]

You are not a mom yet.

[Katie Green]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, noted.

[Joe Getty]

I. Well, obviously in our hearts, we disagree completely that, you know, a child is a child anyway.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Katie Green]

But hey, I had my growth scan yesterday. He's healthy. He has a lot of hair, apparently.

[Jack Armstrong]

I know. That was the most shocking thing to me. I'd never seen a baby, you know, one minute after it's born. Henry particularly had such a head of hair.

[Joe Getty]

It's like, what?

[Jack Armstrong]

Especially given my situation.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, well. And Drew's bald, so she's doing the ultrasound and she goes, you see that? And it looked like these little waves. I'm like, yeah. She goes, that's his hair. He has a lot of hair.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, yeah. You know those gonna come out looking good, right?

[Jack Armstrong]

Although it's funny how it's turned out to be true with Henry on how we. We all commented, including the, the, the. The nurse. It was right there when Henry came out. Expression of on we.

[Joe Getty]

From.

[Jack Armstrong]

From the first moment. And that is the way he's been.

[Joe Getty]

That is the funniest thing I've ever heard.

[Jack Armstrong]

That was our conversation in the room when he came, oh my God, he's got on we.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. God, that's funny. Cuz both my daughter Kate and I both came out fists clenched, ready to fight. We were born annoyed. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

As was I. Henry was immediately with, is this it? Is this everything? What everybody was talking about?

[Joe Getty]

Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is like, wow.

[Joe Getty]

Underwhelming. Wow.

[Jack Armstrong]

Really expecting more.

[Joe Getty]

I was born with my head in my hands.

[Jack Armstrong]

I just.

[Joe Getty]

What are the things not gonna go well.

[Katie Green]

What are the things the liberals say now? They go, I didn't ask to be born. That's what, the facial expression.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. I did not ask to be born.

[Joe Getty]

That may be the ultimate expression of self absorption.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, no kidding.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, right. I am actually. I think it may be like the peak of Mount Everest of I have to act like I hate my country. I have to act like I hate my race. I have to act like I hate all of the traditions of the country. In fact, I hate even being alive. I didn't ask to be alive. It's the ultimate idiotic pretentiousness.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yes.

[Joe Getty]

Life, it's the pinnacle.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'm not sure there's anything more stupid than that.

[Joe Getty]

We have distilled stupidity to its essence with that attitude. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

We'll have to spend more time with you later in the show today, Katie, since this is your last for quite a while. Okay, I'll be here and everything. Yeah, I know. Let's start the show officially. I'm Jack Armstrong. He's Joe Getty on this. It is. It's Friday. It's May 1st. The rent is due the rent is too damn high. Never been more true. The year 2026 were Armstrong and Getty. And we approve of this program.

[Joe Getty]

Let's begin then, officially, according to FCC rules regs. Here we go at mark.

[Peter Baker]

President Trump's Doral Miami Golf Club recently put up a 15 foot tall gold statue of Trump.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, at least we can rest easy

[Peter Baker]

knowing that eventually Tiger woods will crash a car into it.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. Well, we said yesterday on the show we're for continued shaming of Tiger Woods.

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[Joe Getty]

So that's good.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. Yeah. You should be mocked for getting pilled up and rolling your vehicle multiple times in residential neighborhoods.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

You're here. We got lots of news to talk about today. There is a. An update, as always. There is on the war in Iran. As I put on our promos yesterday because the month ended, there's all kinds of economic news that's come out. Man, the price of gas is getting pretty crazy.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Price of a lot of things. That's one of the reasons the. The headline, the title of the show is Inflation is a. Every administration is stealing your savings to glorify themselves and reward their cronies. And people need to know it.

[Jack Armstrong]

As much as I mock even myself for my inflation calculator, we should, we should spend a little time with that. I don't think people fully understand the salary cut they've taken in the last

[Joe Getty]

however many years and the theft of their savings.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or yeah, you can look at it that way, that the government went in and took like 40% of your savings. A big dark. None of us have near as much money as we thought we had or think we have.

[Joe Getty]

Emotional specifically to buy votes and reward their cronies and cover up their excessive borrowing. Inflation is a tax.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, inflation is brutal. Oof. All right, so we got a lot of stuff on the way, including talking to Katie on his last or her last day.

[Joe Getty]

Geez.

[Jack Armstrong]

Like his.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, you misgendered her, monster.

[Jack Armstrong]

Wow. I don't even know what to say.

[Katie Green]

I can see how you did that.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, you've said enough. Say no more.

[Jack Armstrong]

Go to break. We'll be right back.

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[Jack Armstrong]

By the way, credit to Peter Baker of the New York Times who was on MSN now last night and the host didn't really like this answer but he explained how this whole 60 day deadline for the war have to explain it to get more funding. Blah blah blah is a completely bogus story. It is a non issue. The hearings, the Last couple of days about that are just a nothing burger.

[Joe Getty]

Everybody is reporting that, though. The opposite.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah.

[Joe Getty]

Because you will know the truth if you stay tuned. How about that? Plus, we've got clips of the week coming up. Let's figure out who's reporting what. Right now, it's the lead story with Katie Green. Katie.

[Katie Green]

Alrighty. The major networks, NBC. Iran is accelerating efforts to dig missiles and munitions. Abc, Senate fails to advance Iran War powers resolution for the sixth time. And cnn. Cease fire hangs in the balance as impatient Trump awaits response from Iran.

[Joe Getty]

So interesting. The New York Times had a cavalcade of stories that were sympathetic to Iran, sympathetic to Hezbollah, sympathetic to anti Trump forces. There was not a word printed about the incredible trouble Iran is in right now. They have no idea what to do. They are in dire, dire straits. But it's so unpopular in the media to report that. Man, we're sick. We're sick as a country.

[Katie Green]

From the New York Times. OpenAI targets Musk's trustworthiness in cross examination during trial.

[Jack Armstrong]

Okay, I want to hear more about that.

[Joe Getty]

I'm a liar. You're a liar. This will be fun.

[Katie Green]

From Forbes. Possible Epstein's suicide note is sealed in a New York courthouse.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, we'll have to get into this story a little bit later. You gotta. How now?

[Joe Getty]

Why now?

[Jack Armstrong]

Some quadruple murderer who was in a cell near him. It's part of a trial that he's involved, that, that, that he had the note all this time.

[Katie Green]

Yeah, it was his cellmate.

[Jack Armstrong]

But if you can't trust a quadruple murderer, who can you trust? Amen.

[Katie Green]

From the Wall Street Journal. A jet from the US To Caracas becomes the face of Trump's Venezuela reset. It was the first jet in seven years that flew out yesterday to Venezuela direct from the United States.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I'm vacationing this summer.

[Joe Getty]

I'm in your tourist port. Or I go with Caracas Rocks. That'd be our new slogan. Like, I don't know, maracas or I don't know.

[Katie Green]

Still, I'm spitballing from the Washington Post. Speaker Johnson calls for redistricting Southern states before November.

[Joe Getty]

All right, we gotta stop.

[Jack Armstrong]

But most of my favorite pundits think this is gonna end up being a net loss for the Republic, and they were already up against it.

[Joe Getty]

So

[Katie Green]

from Page Six, Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter debut at number one. But fake AI songs take up four spots in the iTunes top 10.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, I think that's curiosity more than anything.

[Joe Getty]

Partly. But it's also a reflection of how formulaic pop music is because Prior to AI it was these studios and teams of writers that know what chord patterns and melodies people go for, and they just churn out the same thing over and over again. Now they've just outsourced it to machines.

[Katie Green]

Bull. And it's like, I forget who the air quotes artist was, but that country song that people were. My mom was in love with the artist and all bummed out when she found out it was AI.

[Jack Armstrong]

Oh, really?

[Katie Green]

Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

Well, those songs are only like, this much. Not AI already, so that's what I'm saying.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah.

[Katie Green]

From the New York Post. OnlyFans star, who's 38 years old, reveals her plans to marry herself in a $20,000 dress with a $25,000 ring.

[Jack Armstrong]

There you go.

[Joe Getty]

All right, fine. Go ahead.

[Katie Green]

Study finds.

[Jack Armstrong]

Then you're gonna consummate it yourself on camera for people who are willing to pay $20.

[Joe Getty]

Yikes.

[Katie Green]

Study finds indoor outdoor pet cats carry the same infections as feral strays.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, probably.

[Katie Green]

I had a friend who had a indoor outdoor cat and that thing would come inside and I just.

[Joe Getty]

Don't.

[Katie Green]

Don't touch me, cat.

[Joe Getty]

Bird murderers. That's what I call them. I'm sorry if I offended you, bird murderer.

[Katie Green]

And finally, from the Babylon Bee poll shows majority of Democrats believe Lincoln assassination was staged.

[Jack Armstrong]

Ah, we have got clips of the week coming up in a little bit. An explanation on how that whole the war has to end in 60 days without congressional approval thing is bogus. Don't think about that. The war is going to continue, how it's going to go, who knows? We got some updates on that and a lot of other stuff too. If you miss any of it, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on demand.

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We've got a little update on where we are in the Iran war. It's becoming very clear. I think the the I don't know what the right word is thingy about the war is becoming very clear where where we are the parameters. That's the word I was looking the parameters of what this war is about and how it's going to unfold over the next however many weeks. I think it become very clear so get to that in a little bit. And also why the whole Congress 60 day. You've reached the 60 day mark. You need to convince us to give you authority or you can't go on thing is completely bull less and should have never even been in the news this week.

[Joe Getty]

And at the risk of being a little too self pat on the backy, it's remarkable how many of the narratives like that one that you hear all day long from everywhere are wrong.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, it is.

[Joe Getty]

Or just so incomplete is to be misleading. And, and you know I realize Mark Twain pointed this out nigh on 100 years ago or whatever it was about if you don't read the newspaper you're uninformed and if you read it you're misinformed. But it is as true now as it's ever been and probably truer. Anyway, it's the Friday tradition. I always look forward to it. I hope you do too. Let's take a fond look back at the week that was it's cow clips of the week.

[Jack Armstrong]

Eastern District of North Carolina returned an indictment against James Comey on two counts.

[Unidentified News Commentator]

The mob uses that term to say when they want to kill somebody. They say 86 the son of a gun.

[Jack Armstrong]

The President has got himself and America

[Unidentified News Commentator]

stuck in the quagmire of another war

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in the Middle East.

[Joe Getty]

You call it a quagmire? Handing propaganda to our enemies? Shame on you. Who are you cheering for here? Who you pulling for?

[Jack Armstrong]

The Americans clearly have no strategy. An entire nation is being humiliated by the Iranian state leadership. Thanks for your opinion, Chancellor. If I wanted your opinion, I'll set your Reichstag on fire.

[Joe Getty]

Wow. How many more you got? I'm really enjoying this.

[Jack Armstrong]

Elon Musk is suing Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI. He warned the jury that he believes AI could kill us all and that

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he wanted to avoid a Terminator style outcome for everybody.

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The richest, most powerful people in the world are now building a runaway train with no brakes.

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On the agenda today, tea with the Trumps.

[Jack Armstrong]

My mother had a crush on Charles.

[Unidentified News Commentator]

Can you believe it?

[Jack Armstrong]

Please rest assured ladies and gentlemen, I am not here as part of some cunning rear guard action. Our first lady Melania is here. Look at Melania, so beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow. Chaos at the correspondents dinner. Shots fired. President Trump rushed from the stage.

[Joe Getty]

What was your thought at that moment?

[Jack Armstrong]

First lady say well, my thought was,

[Unidentified News Commentator]

you know, I've been through this before a couple of times. I wasn't worried. I understand life. We live In a crazy world. You should be ashamed of yourself reading that. Because I'm not any of those things, Mr. President.

[Peter Baker]

I was never.

[Joe Getty]

Excuse me.

[Unidentified News Commentator]

Excuse me.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got a lot of people who serve in government who really do think the highest and greatest thing you can ever do is have the title senator or congressman

[Unidentified News Commentator]

and God you believe has a plan.

[Joe Getty]

Absolutely.

[Jack Armstrong]

There are no maverick molecules in the universe.

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It's clips of the week.

[Jack Armstrong]

Heavy stuff there at the end from Ben Sasse. That Nor o' Donnell clip reminded me. And I went through this in my head yesterday in the gym. New segment. I need to call. I need to come up with a name for it. Jack takes it back or I'd like a second take. Or. I've got two things this week. Week that I want to completely argue with myself. My previous self this week on this is very admirable. And we'll have to get to that a little bit later. Two things I was very. One that I was kind of wrong about. Not really a big deal. One that I was very wrong about and is a very big deal.

[Joe Getty]

Oh.

[Jack Armstrong]

So I don't know why anybody would ever listen to this show me anyway.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah. Well. Yeah. Enough said. Yeah. I'm intrigued by this whole Peter Baker stuff. What's the word?

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah. So I'm gonna do it this order, I think. So. The outlines of the war have become very clear that it's now down to who's right or wrong about Iran's ability to withstand the pain they're in right now with the, the, the blockade and the whole oil pipeline thing and all that sort of stuff. So you've got the politico talking about how the Trump administration says. Insists that its naval blockade is putting the squeeze on Iran and that the regime is just matter of days away from an energy crisis that will make it collapse. Energy experts say probably have more storage capacity than the administration is claiming. So this is where we end up. They're not in a mood to surrender, said one energy expert from some company. They know the clock is ticking not just for them, but for the US and the rest of the world economy. And they think their clock is ticking slower. So right now it's the political pressure, economic pressure on the United States and the entire world versus the internal economic pressure, political pressure of Iran on the whole thing. And how that's gonna turn out, nobody knows, particularly given it's all over the place on where things are. I can give you an example of that. According to the. Why did my phone do that? According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump Said it'd be about three days before they would collapse. I think he said that on Sunday. We were three days past that before their whole economy would collapse. The Wall Street Journal said it's going to be about two weeks. According to their experts that they talked to Blur. Bloomberg said it's going to be three weeks. Okay, that was one more week. The AI aei, the American Enterprise Institute, they say it's going to be seven weeks. And then experts within the White House told the New York Times it's going to be two months. So you've got from three days to a week to several weeks to seven weeks to two months, depending on which think tank expert you're quoting. How long is the world's appetite for these high gas prices and the political pressure and all that sort of stuff? Stuff I don't know.

[Joe Getty]

And as I'm always advocating, let's think second tier effect. So when it, quote unquote collapses, how is the IRGC's will to persevere anyway versus, say, a bunch of soft, self indulgent socialist Euros who have slight economic conveniences and they're squealing like unhappy babies? So how's that balance work out? It's, it's, I hate it when people, people post something as if it's a rhetorical question when it's not a rhetorical question. Who did? The question is who can hold out longer? Okay, so who can hold out longer? Let's talk about it. But a lot of uncertainty. That's what war is.

[Jack Armstrong]

That's what happens, man. The, the, the price of gas is practically the lead story every day heading into summertime, man. For some reason, it made an impact on me. I generally hate man on the street interviews. They're at the gas station, man, I can't believe I just put 20 gallons in my truck and it cost, blah, blah, blah.

[Katie Green]

I just.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

I feel like that's really for simpletons. But they, they talked to somebody who said, yeah, I canceled my summer vacation. We were gonna drive here and there. And I just don't think we got, man, summer coming up, summer vacation plans and people starting to talk about cancel this and that. And air flights are more expensive too. And everything is more expensive, as Joe points out, because, you know, when gas goes up, diesel goes up, particularly everything goes up because shipping it around and oh boy, I think this is going to be just like the big Drumbeat story soon.

[Joe Getty]

It's easily dealt with, though. If you're embarking on your big family road trip, you gotta lighten the load in the car by, say, 20 to 175 pounds. What you do is you figure out which one is your least favorite kid and you leave them behind. It's as simple as that. Increase your mileage with one simple move.

[Jack Armstrong]

Or maybe for the whole family, you just draw straws. Short straw. It looks like mom staying home. Or it looks like, yeah, sorry, honey, gonna have to.

[Joe Getty]

Yeah, that's fair. Yeah.

[Jack Armstrong]

We'll get you a little dorm fridge into your bedroom, and there's plenty of water. We'll let you know how the trip was.

[Joe Getty]

Right.

[Jack Armstrong]

So the other part of what the war with Iran, which is just in retrospect, I don't know why we talked about it at all. So we were told by the mainstream media that there's some sort of law out there that the President can go. Only go out there and have one of these wars without it being declared by Congress for 60 days. Days. Then at 60 days, the time is up, and you need to get approval from Congress to go on. And that's why Pete Hegseth was being questioned by Congress the last two days. And will they get the approval to go on? And won't they? And this and that. And they're making it seem exciting on MSNBC last night, till they went to somebody who actually knew what he was talking about, Peter Baker. I think he's the chief White House correspondent for the New York Times, or all the stuff that comes out of the President. And this is what he said about that law.

[Peter Baker]

I mean, the truth is that there is no teeth to this law. The War Powers act has always been a complicated and controversial law since it was passed under the Nixon administration. Remember, the Congress passed it. Nixon vetoed it. He thought it was an abrogation on presidential power. Congress passed it over his veto. And every president since then, Republican and Democrat, has at some point or another, not fully recognized the authority of this law. Sometimes they've gone along with the, you know, the attributes of looking like they were complying with it. But there's always been a constitutional argument about this law. And I would imagine that tomorrow comes and goes and nothing will happen because there's nothing in the law that says what happens if the administration doesn't comply with it. Somebody would have to go to court. They'd have to prove standing. They'd have to get a court to decide. They wanted to get them involved in what is really a political contest between the executive and the legislative branch. They're reluctant to do that kind of thing. And so I don't think that Necessarily some clients clock goes off tomorrow and ding, ding, ding, you know, the military has to come home now.

[Jack Armstrong]

Nothing is going to happen. That was a completely bogus story all week long. Every president, as you just heard there from Peter Baker, who I watch and get annoyed by every night on msnbc, very anti Trump, very partisan. They say there's no teeth in this law. Every president, Republican and Democrat has done it. Zero is going to happen. So please mainstream media, stop wasting my time. There are so many important things to talk about that are real and discuss and have an opinion on. Stop wasting people's time with crap.

[Joe Getty]

That's what I would say as a philosopher. I would point this out. It does have an interesting way of focusing the discussion about how long the military action is taking, to what extent Congress should be on board. It takes the temperature of the American people. And it's I think useful politically. Not, not like partisan politically. But as our political process works it. It's like a. Shouldn't we stop and think about this moment? But that's all it is to your point and Peter Baker's point.

[Jack Armstrong]

And I think it's useless and that's not the way it was portrayed all week long.

[Joe Getty]

Oh, right, right. I agree completely. Completely.

[Jack Armstrong]

And particularly if you followed the news flow yesterday and hopefully most of you didn't because again, this is complete waste of time. So Pete Hegseth was asked a question. I think it was Kane, Hillary's old running mate when she ran for president.

[Joe Getty]

What a horrible human being. Tim Kane.

[Jack Armstrong]

But he said that, you know, the 60 days up. And Hegseth, Secretary of War said actually the 60 days is not up because our understanding is because of the ceasefire that pauses the clock. And we paused the clock as at 45 days. So, and that was a back and forth all day long and I saw constitutional lawyers brought on and this and that and it does the pause actually add it subtract from the 60 days and it's all completely bull ass. Completely bull because there's no teeth in the law. Every president, Republican and Democrat has ignored the law, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So complete waste of air, time and breath to even discuss it. Er, McGurd, which drives me nuts.

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Wolf so a friend of mine who is disturbed that his daughter he caught his daughter smoking pot vaping weed sent me a article from the Wall Street Journal yesterday and he had AI summarize it. I don't know how to do that yet. Somebody's gonna have to show me. But yeah, anyway, he had AI summarize this article and I'm going to talk about that later because it's a lot of interesting stuff. But what I want I might start doing is is there a way I can have AI at the end of the day summarize the news that happened in the world and leave out bull ass. I wish I could say the word leave out the bull s that's meaningless or misleading and just summarize for the day the things I need to know. That would be the greatest thing I AI could do is that if everybody at like 8 o' clock could be could get a two minute summary of things that actually are true and actually matter.

[Joe Getty]

Psst. That's what we do. It would put us out of work. Stupid.

[Jack Armstrong]

We got email next here.

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[Jack Armstrong]

We gotta do several big segments with Katie Katie the news lady today because she it's their last day before she goes on maternity leave tis which is exciting in all kinds of different ways because she's about to become a parent. So more on that later.

[Joe Getty]

Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. We got a couple of requests for this. I hit it at the very end of the show, and it's more partisan than usually these things are, but I liked it from Blake Neff. The left will simultaneously stand outside an event with signs promoting political murder, hysterically scream about impending fascism, do podcast interviews explaining why political murder is justified, and explain why assassination victims had it coming, then also confidently declare that when one of their own takes the them literally and attempts an assassination, it must have been staged. So true.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, well, I'll talk more about that later. I heard some people on a podcast. It was just the whole so many people are larping online that maybe people are having trouble telling the difference between in their own consciences, like the stuff I say and pretend versus actually doing doing it. Which might explain that guy in the hotel and how calm he was. Part of it.

[Joe Getty]

Mailbag Part of it is also explained by a great email. You can drop us a note. Mailbagarmstrongetty.com Barbara asked is Katie gone off the program for good or will she be back after maternity leave? Hope she'll be back. I think if she was gone for good, it wouldn't be maternity leave, Right? Right. Resigning.

[Jack Armstrong]

Although she was having sex tuplets as we've mentioned, and she's gonna be very busy.

[Joe Getty]

Oh boy. But that's up to Katie and Drew, of course. We'd love, love love to have her back.

[Jack Armstrong]

I'll be back. Excellent.

[Joe Getty]

Let's see. Ed says thanks for reading the brilliant Economic Lesson by the French guy. What was that? Hour four of the show. You can get it via podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand. We'll post it under Hot links at Armstrong&getty.com I'll help you find it. Guys, I've got a bookmark to it, but glad you enjoyed it. It really, really was terrific. Tammy in the East Bay on the topic of doom and Angie's obsession with AI and the end of humanity, I try to remember. Doom has been predicted for decades, for centuries. How is your life today, right this moment? Think of it. All you have to enjoy is life awful? Probably not. It's pretty good for the majority of us. And if it isn't, it's probably your own fault. How many hundreds of, if not thousands of Doomsday predictions predicted 2026 would be awful. It's not. It won't be in the future. Yes, badass is going to happen like it has in the past, but we'll probably get through it just fine.

[Jack Armstrong]

This is different.

[Joe Getty]

The perspective of consolidating bad events of the past, interlong memories and the human tendency to see the future in a negative light makes it seem like doom is always on the horizon. It's not. Happy Friday.

[Jack Armstrong]

Thanks. I hope she's right. I would love to be wrong. I got two things I was wrong about this week. I'm going to talk about now. Or 2 I'd love to be wrong about this. This is different. AI is different. Different.

[Joe Getty]

Scott writes. How much time do we have? Michael? About 45 seconds. Okay, you guys asked how could the correspondence dinner be so smart? Getting his weapons across the country, checking in the hotel, his degree, blah blah blah. Tracking Trump would be so dumb as to think he'd need knives. He's an academic. He had the book smart part of the operation down pretty well. But when it came down to the experience part, what it would be like running with guns, taking the shots, anticipating what a gunfight would be like, he dropped the ball. He thought he would be John Wick dodging bullets and delivering headshots. But he's just an egghead with classroom knowledge but no field experience. Interesting. Then he makes another great point, but we have no time for it.

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Let's bring that up again later. I love that topic. Lots of good stuff on the way. If you miss it, get the podcast Armstrong and Getty on Demand Armstrong and

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