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We're gonna last cut of the kicking and at the end we leave it, which is a lift, dispirite like you want to revisit, so your first like a listen you folks like it's lit all folks that we dig it. No do what you do? No do what you do? Nois do what I do. Hello, Welcome to laughing learned ladies and gentlemen. I am your host, Flaming wrote along with my gorgeous, gorgeous co host, Ms. Lauren Hogan. Hi Lauren, Hi Flame? How are you happy New Year? Lauren? It's the girl you were Oh my god, I know I

haven't talked to you since last year. It's crazy that's we talked to him anybody? How about I wanted the producer Aaron High. Aaron, We're glad you guys are here. With us. We made it to three. Let's see what the world has to bring and what the world has to offer. Tragically, we started off sadly, but we'll get to that right now. How was your New Year's Eve, Louren? Did you go out? Did you get tipsy? Did you celebrate? Um? I spent my New Year's very safe, My New Years

very safe. Rather um, I went to my good friend's house. See, there was a group of like forty of us. We hung out closed to the New Year, at karaoke, some good food, but we were inside the house, you know, played it safe. And then I went to sleep at about four am. Yeah, got home at about four am, and that was my New Year's How was yours? Very quiet? I was home. Did you shoot a gun? I didn't. I didn't. I gotta go pick up my gun on Saturday, though,

thank you for reminding me. That's not me, late lady Jim. The views of the young lady that just spoke are not that I didn't shot. I'm not at home in Chicago. I'm in Long Beach and we were all quiet. My block was very quiet. If they was shooting, you know. At twelve o'clock I was knocked out, No, you missed the Happy New Year, You missed the countdown? No, I did not watch it in New York, and I didn't

miss it and missed its countdowns. Maybe they should have let and uh and Andy drink, Andy Cohen drink because he was on time. He might have said something religion, but at least he was on time drunk. Well, the funny thing is John Lemon missed the countdown in New Orleans too. Down Lemon always drunk though, so he wasn't drunk. He was sober as could be. Let them have a couple of cocktails. Yeah, I think they need to meet somewhere in the middle next year because there was no alcohol.

It was a little dry on all sides, and the countdown was missed. But John Lemon was playing, you know, juvenile. So I guess it's a fair trade off, right, Yeah, I take it. I take looks promising. I mean, you know what, long with the way the times that we live in now, which I'm just glad to be alive and healthy and well and sometimes working, I said, sometimes, uh Anti who always when the year ends, it seems like or and when the year begins and we just beginning.

This is the day three of the New year, that we lose uh, just big name people, you know. It was tragic that we lost the pope. The pope died. We also lost a media mogul. Uh. Just a trail blazer, yes, just a woman who had nobody else up to look up to, so she had to make her own path. Rest in peace at ninety three years young to the one and only Miss Barbara Walters, who everyone has come out with the outpourne and tributes and had such wonderful

words to say about her. And I spoke to Sherry Shepherd personally and she told me, she said, flame Barbara was tough. But Barbara made you who you were. But she was tough, and I love that she said that because it ain't gonna always be easy. I need to learn that. But everyone has come and she has interviewed world leaders, sitting presidents, uh, enemies, everybody. I think Barbara lived a grand life. The Bible promises seventy years if you live right, and anything after that it's a blessing.

So she had twenty three years blessings over that, and she met and knew everybody. I think she had an affair of Richard Pryor I read her book years ago. I think he and Richard Pryor had a flame. So she liked a little black girl magic up in, like a little seasoning. She liked the black Man magic up in. Yeah.

I actually saw a clip where she was actually retiring from the view and the top like twenty five female journalists in the game at the time just showed up to give her her flowers and pay homage to hers. So watching that clip back after she's um, you know, past, was also just very inspiring, but just you know, touching at the same time, because, like you said, she created elane for women to really you know, do that. You know, Oprah attributes all of her success to Barbara Walters, you know.

So it's just it's amazing to see all that she accomplished in her lifetime and really just how she blazed the path for people to follow. So she'll definitely be missed. And I watched that open open was the actual person who brought everybody, And I saw Amy Robock on there minus T J. Holmes, but Amy Robot was on there. It was and it was crazy to see it was like Amy Roebock, um, Elizabeth Hasselback, um, Jenne Hooda, so

many different people. Diane Sawyer came out, you know, all of these different people came to say, you know, we love you, we appreciate you, You've done so much for us. So yeah, it was quite an incredible um video to watch back if I had, if I had to say any words over Barbara after her past, she lived, she left like she said, she left the legacy. She lived the grand life on what we saw she and she was faced with an adversity. And I thought I was

put up against an adversity. But Hugh Downs, not now you Downs? Who was that she was on the news way back? It wasn't Hugh Downs. She Downs was her friend, but whoever was? He was very mean to her, even on air because he didn't want a co host, and he definitely did not want a female co host. And he made it abundantly clear on CBS way back when Barbara first got a start, when she got her first break, HM, well,

and you see how that worked out. So she was still thriving at the end of the day, at sixty eight years old. She started to view at sixty eight, most people are retiring. Barbara said, let me kick off something that's gonna last and keep on lasting and the view is still on years. So kudos to you, Barbara. Barbara Wallings, may you rest in an eternal peace. And girl, you have left the legacy. I wish you'd have left me a couple of dollars to go with him. I

appreciate it. I ain't know him. The step door to get it all she had. She had a one daughter and I'm sure she left everything to the daughter. Yeah, you gotta take care of your people's But also speaking in terms of tragic news, UM, we definitely want to say say our prayers UM out to Damar Hamlin's family of the Buffalo Bills. Uh. It was just tragic, honestly what happened to him. UM. And it's interesting too that it seems like a conversation is being sparked within the

NFL again just about safety for players. I think a lot of times people forget, you know, just actually how violent of a sport football really is and how dangerous it is. So UM, I saw the video. It was very traumatizing. UM. And I know that you know, he's still in a critical condition, UM in the hospital, but I really hope that he's able to recover. And UM, just kind of get back to some sense of normalcy, because I don't know how you do that after kind of,

you know, having an almost near death experience. So prayers go out to him and twenty four years old, you know what I was most that's very saying, it's very tragic, Lawrence, And I'm with you on that. Our prayers from laugh and I Hard Black Effect Network all go out to him and his family. But he had a UM. I think it was a nonprofit organization. He was raising money for the kids in his in his city. I think it is the Cincinnati or Cleveland. He plays for the

Cincinnati don't excoose me. He paid plays for the Buffalo Bills and he promised uh Cincinnati, So he was raising money. He's nonprofit. He only had twenty dollars. Overnight, they have more than five million dollars. I loved it. I hate that it takes a tragedy for people to step up to help other people, but I love the fact that when people are in a corner, they will step up

to help. Yeah. But um, I don't know. I always talked to my dad because like my dad used to coach football when I was younger too, And I don't I just feel like the focus kind of just gets shifted from the actual issue in hand, you know what I mean. I just don't think that these players are being protected well enough for them to do such a risky job. I don't think that there's enough parameters in place to really protect them. So I hope that this isn't just glossed over, and I just hope that this

marks a new conversation. And I think it's great that his nonprofits being helped out, but I'm more so concerned about him, you know what I mean, because when he comes out of critical condition, because I'm gonna say that, you know, words have energy. When he gets out of this, you know, critical state, what is how is he going to be? You know? I hope he at I hope

he bounces back. I really do hope that he has the mental capacity and fighting him to come back because he was the hometown hero too, and so many people have rallied together in his hometown to come and be there with him. So prayers to him. I'm telling you something right now. And as much as I love me some football, I always wanted to be a Dallas cowboy Chill lead, Oh my god. It was the uniforms. Oh I wanted me the shorts with the boots and the oh I could have worn out. Lord, I could have

been the first trendy uh Dallas Cowboys leader. I'm sorry, trans woman cowboy chileader. And since we're speaking of trans women, girl, do you know what happened today? Was it today? Yesterday? Well? I don't know, but I wanted to say that on that on that note, since you brought it up though, you know that the Charlotte's football team actually has the first transgender cheerleader and I actually know her. We used to dance together a long time ago. Okay, yeah, but

anyway would have been way back. I wanted to do it when Roger start Back was on Roger Starback was on the Dallas and so that goes, wait, you know how old that he is? No? I do know because my dad has always been a Dallas Cowboy fan. So yes, I know what's talking about. But anyway, go ahead, what's with the stars on the ask was just the cutest to me. I wanted to start on my booty speaking of trans women making making history and breaking barious. Trans

woman was executed? I think it was yesterday? Was it yesterday? Oh really, I didn't know that. Yeah, first trans woman in history to ever be execut executed? Uh, what was I'm about to tell you exactly where it was, Lawend Hogan. Her name was, her name was. I'm I'm putting it down on my in my notes, very unprofessional and slay more. Okay, there it is right there, Milwalker. She was in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her name was um oh oh McLaughlin. Amber McLaughlin was

her name. She stalked her ex girlfriend and stabbed her, and they executed her in Milwaukee. Wow. I think they said she snapped her six times, allegedly that limit warns the death penalty. Well, it was. I think it was also the stalking. You know, stalking is very serious. I think stocking might be as bad as attempt to murder. Wow. So yeah, they date this and listen, I'm not saying you do the crame, you do the time, but I'm

with you long it seems so extreme. I don't know all the of the story because they haven't released a whole lot of details of the story, but nevertheless, they did execute her in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Is who remind me not to do nothing? I'm not even still a bag with age just and milwalking out mad picking up some

chips and walking out the gas station. And I don't want to be insensitive to the family who you know, lost this young woman, but I'm talking about the woman that you know, Amber McLoughlin Stalketon killed, not being insensitive to them, But I personally feel like, if you do an egregious crime, I'd rather you spend your days sitting in a jail cell thinking about what you did. Um. I always think that execution is an easy way out.

So we're not trying to offend her family in any way, but that just seems to get the death penalty for that is uh, I don't know. It's kind of raising my eyebrow. So maybe there was more to it that we're just not aware of. But saying that, so many there's so many components to the story that we don't know so exactly on the story. And if we do flame mats and and people out there and laugh and learn land we will give you more and more details

details as we go. Where are we going, Lauren Hogan? Well, since we've gotten past, you know, sending our condolences to the two tragedies that we wanted to talk about we have to talk about the top story of the day. We just have to, and that is Kevin McCarthy. A third time was not the time for Mr McCarthy. About Kevin McCarthy and the fact that he lost three votes uh to become House to become Speaker of the House.

Excuse me, lost three votes to Haakim Jeffreys, which I just think is so uh not three votes three times? Three times? Yes, the vote happened three times, and three times he lost to HAAKEM Jeffreys. And I'm so sorry. Watching the news today and seeing all the Democrats, especially the ones that looked like me that are brown skin, jumping, skipping and laughing. I don't know if you caught some of that in the background. I had to laugh. It was just so funny, isn't thee Because when the Republicans

when they attack Nancy Pelopsi's husband Paul, they laughed. When things happened to Democrats, they laugh, it's just calmed turnabout, it's fair play. Well, what I just think is interesting is that you're really starting to see these dividing lines within the Republican Party. Um and it's almost like, I hate to say this, but the Republicans are starting to look a little like the Democrats. Democrats are finally we're finally getting our stuff together, which I'm I'm so happy.

It seems like we're starting to form an agenda that everybody's on the same accord with. I love the Hakim Jeffreys. You know, is um succeeded Nancy Pelosi. Um. I think he's an amazing congressman. Um. But now it just seems like the Republicans just they got some problems that they got to work through. They've been they've been creating these problems for themselves for quite some time, starting with Carrie

Lake over there in in Arizona. Then y'all went and got the mule of all mules, Hurshel Walker, to be a bullheaded food for y'all, who made y'all embarrass you'll even more. But it started a few years ago with the presidents y'all elected. Who has really come out to see that ain't paid taxes and years been lying and will will you know what's so messed up? Lauren is?

I wish that the voting for the Speaker of the House was like baseball, three strikes you out, because in eighteen fifty six, and you help me with this one. How many times did they vote before they made the decision? They voted A hundred and thirty three times over your span of two months. Money, Yeah, a hundred and thirty three times over two months. But I mean, I think the thing that's interesting is, you know, the the amount of people that voted today, it didn't change. So the

Congress holds four hundred thirty five seats. Four hundred thirty four people voted, so one person wasn't there that didn't vote. But each time hawkeeen Jeffreies was only six votes away from winning. There's two hundred and twelve Democratic seats currently in the House. Um, the Republicans still do have the majority, but like I said, there's a split within their party.

So Kevin McCarthy just can't get over that two hundred eighteen hump because even the last of all that they had today, Jim Jordan's threw his name in the hat and got twenty votes and Kevin McCarthy only had two hundred and two. So had those twenty people that voted for Jim Jordan and just refused to vote for Kevin McCarthy, he would have won. He would have won. He would have gotten two hundred votes you need to eighteen. He would have won. But there's like nine Republicans that just

ain't rocking with him, which I think is interesting. He jumped on their bandwig with the whole Janie We're six committee. It's not even that though. You know, it's interesting when you hear you know, commentators today they're saying that this really doesn't have anything to do with Trump, it's not even Trump related. Well, McCarthy also a push to stop to steal some of his policies and some of his wishy washy antics. People just don't want to deal with

it because he too in and out. They can't trust him, They cannot trust him. Yeah, they called he was being called the main alligator and the swamp today and people are saying they didn't want to be a part of

the swamp. Uh. Some of the shade that was thrown his way was actually quite comical today too among his own party, So, you know, and some top tactics are you know, you just keep voting over and over again, and you tire some of those older Congress folks out because you know, they want to leave and go home

and go to bed. But I think collectively today because they adjourned it about five thirty, UM, they need to go have an internal meeting and figure out who they're going to nominate, because the feedback I heard on the news today was that Kevin McCarthy ain't gonna get it. The next person is Jim Jordan. But people have issues with Jim Jordan's for obvious reasons, and the other one is a Scalise and people have issues with him as well. You know, police was actually shot on the while he

was playing baseball. Remember that. I remember that. I got yes, I say, bring Nancy Pelosi back. I love you know I love Nancy Pelosi. I know you love her. And she um even got a chamber named after her. She's done a lot of great things. But like I said before, it's time to pass the baton, and I think she passed it to the best person, which is how Kim jeffreyes. So he's really only six votes away from becoming, you know, Speaker of the House again. Is he gonna get six

Republicans to vote for him? Probably not. It would be interesting Republicans that would jump ship and turn and both of him would get the ass handed to them. By their own party. They would, they really would, and it would make their time in Congress very hard. You know, some of these folks are gonna be in Congress for at least two years, some four, you know, so it would it would be very hard for them, for sure. But he was only six votes way, only six votes away.

So I mean, I feel like we're living in a time where stranger things have happened. So I'm never gonna say never, but it's definitely wishful thinking. So well, I'm praying and hoping that somebody gets up in some Republicans, them six Republicans years tonight and say just take the hit, take the hit and just vote for him. Let's just do Oh my god, the history, Oh my god, the

history of it all. It would be a very huge if he got elected, as if Kim Jeffrey's got elected as a Speaker of the House with a Republican majority in the Congress, Yeah, he might very well make history. Well, I personally think that they should one vote person who should not be able to vote is George Santos, the guy who was newly elected to Congress in um in New York because he lied to get them. He I'm sorry.

The words they used was he ellished his resume. Yeah, back, folks, term this nigga laughed from front to back, make up income, he made up a nationality. He went from black and white, from preplet to green, from straight to gay, from Jewish to uh Hebrew, just lad all the way around. The trick of that would have been when he got to work today that morning. They should have said, oh, we were just kidding. We gave it to somebody else says you lad, we did it too. But that ain't what

they did. I just think some of the stories that have come out about him today are funny. Um. One of the New York Times headlines is, George Santos came to Washington. It was awkward. So some of the headlines, Yeah, the Washington Post George Santos had an awkward first day in Congress. Rolling Stone said, liar, George santos first day in Congress is off to a rocky start. Um. So it's interesting people magazines quoting it correctly. George Santos lied

during first day in Congress. It's it's very interesting to see. But he was, you know, the people elected him based on you know, an incorrect resume. But you know what, what's mind boggling to me, Mrs Hogan, is that I can't understand this is and he's not even he's not even Caucasian. No, he's not. But and I don't mean any offense when I say this, but in anybody's experience in the world, there are certain people of Latino scent

that preferred to assimilate with you know, white people. They do so, and sometimes you see that in certain cases like the one we're discussing. But go ahead, well, no, I mean I was saying that. I was saying that, not to say that you know that he was trying trying to be something that he wasn't. But I would expect that to happen to somebody black and brown, even though he really is brown, he don't identify as brown. Um, but we if it ha been one of us. This

is the same thing that happened with Jeffrey Epstein. He embellished his resume to get the original job teaching at the school in New York because they looked at his skin color and not that they didn't research his history. Well, Jeffrey Epstein got the job because his daddy worked there. If we're gonna be honest. But he also embellished his resume. He had none of the credentials that he he said on his resume. They talked about that when after his

uh apparent suicide or whatever, murder whatever he did. But I mean his his daddy worked there. That's really why he got in. But yeah, you are correct in terms of the embellishment. I'm going to embellish my resume. I'm gonna get host the Oscars. Let me landside and hosted in four times already. Well if we can, well, I mean I don't know about that part, but I mean most people add the occasional puff and fluff to their resume to get a job, but this far exceeded that

at this point. So yeah, I just don't like that. And then I don't think that he should have been allowed to vote. Y'all. Clearly before he even took the position today, they clearly knew that he fabricated his his his paperwork and did all that. I don't understand. Why do you let this go through? Lord? I'm saying, they make the rules up as they go. I think the

the reason why is because he was still elected. The people elected him, and we live in a democracy for all intents and purpose, elect him to have you to tell me all of them last right, But he was still elected. So I don't think if there's anything that you can do once somebody's been elected to a seat to a congressional stye because it was a fair it was a fair election. I'm using fair and air quotes. So she throwing her fingers out like she throwing a

game stands. I can see you if we're gonna just transition really quickly. We do have some black girl magic that took place today in the state of Michigan. UM MS Kira Harris Bolden became the first black woman to be elected to the Michigan Supreme Court, UM, which was a joy to see. I watched her her confirmation and UM, just congratulations to her for making history. UM in the state of Michigan. Yes, congratulating governor. Was there to rocking

all over this country year. We're everywhere, but we're starting to, you know, be able to get into these spaces, which is just it's always nice when you look up or if there's a young girl that says, one day, you know, I want to be a lawyer. I want to be a Supreme Court justice or I want to be a judge, And they can look at the Kyra Harris Boldens, they can look at the Katangi Brown Jackson's like, we're starting to get you know, actual representation in certain spaces that

we never were before. So I think that's the part that you know, gives me a little bit of joy and all of the midst of the craziness that's happening in the world. So, yes, that is great. I love to see us winning. I love to see us accomplishing things and getting it, getting it, getting it and getting it fairly and honestly, which is which is really pressing

in these United States. Well, you talk about getting getting it fairly and honestly, and we just talked about you know, Santos, So you know, we as uh black folks always have

to be twice as good. Um, because I remember even an image that came up when Mr Catanji Brown Jackson was being you know, placed on the Supreme Court in terms of qualifications that compared her to all the other justices, and she far, um, her resume was far more qualifying, I'll say, than anybody else that was sitting on that bench. So it's just It's always interesting just how much better we have to be just to be in those same spaces that are handed to you know, some of our counterparts.

How tragic in this country that our resume and we win with things, but our skin of me reads a whole another thing. And that's something a skin of me, and that's the name of last show in our resume or our skin of me. I like it. I'm possible though, I'm possible. Uh But anyway, back to the House, I'm

interesting to see how tomorrow shakes out. Um. I'm pretty sure the Republicans had an internal meeting tonight to figure out who they're gonna nominated, who they think that everybody's gonna get on board with, and child, we'll see what happens tomorrow. I was Republicans from the House saying, oh, he deserves it. McCarthy has worked for McCarthy has pushed us back thirty five years with his One day he

did and the next day he's there. I'm sorry. One morning he's this, and the next the same afternoon he's something else. We can't do. Wish you watched, she wish you watch. You will never get us to a place of solitude in this country and he is wishy wash she is here. They should call him a Washington and dryer. Well, the issue is, you know, I think the mid terms kind of proved that America has a conscious in some

sort of way. I mean, that's a bold statement to make, but I'm gonna stick with it because to be this red wave and that didn't happen tired, Well, no, I would. I would go with that we have a conscious because I know people talk about gen z ears and that they're lazy and you know, they don't have the same type of drive or whatever. I will say that that

generation gets out and they vote. This younger generation they want to be a million different things, but at the end of the day, they want to be themselves and they want to exercise their rights to vote, which is more than you can say about other generations. Sorry. So I think that these these new up and coming they're creating this whole conscious vibe for us, so that we're re starting to elect people that actually have some sort of integrity and we're getting rid of some of those crazy,

you know, far right folks. But I don't know, we still have the you know, some of the we have the the Marjorie Taylor Greens. We still have the Lauren Robets because she almost lost her seat as well too, But um, we still have this crazy Jim Jordan's and the Matt Gates and Rhonda Santas and I could go down the list, but I don't know. Maybe we're seeing a bit of a shift. I think the mid term showed us that a little bit, because we still got the Senate, which I think is very impressive. I completely

agree with you, the Lord. I think that this this younger generation really is moving the ship, and I think

people really are tired of the BS. So I'm hoping that when Marjorie Taylor Greens and and and uh Tiar cruise to sea comp this next this next go around, that we have reshifted enough of the foolishness out of the way to these younger voters and these newer people who really see it for what it is, especially when Trump loft so much of his power, so much of his credibility has been stripped from him, that people are really starting to be like, Damn, I made a mistake.

I was watching one of the blogs that a man was talking about his neighbors having to move out because they donated seventy five thousand dollars to stop to steal. The wife left the husband because he donated seventy five thou dollars to to stop to steal. Uh camp paying Trump's campaign, which never happened, And they were only fifteen thousand dollars away from paying for their home that they had been paying for for thirty years. And they didn't

have the money anymore because they donated. The husband donated seventy five thousand dollars to a bogus campaign, So she left her husband, and I think he lost the house according to the block, Like, what do you call that? Is that just like stupidity? So he lost his house, he lost his money, and he lost his wife. That's three times the loser McCarthy, three times. I just that's just baffling to me, that you're gonna give Trump seventy five dollars because you believe I stopped to steal. I

just I think that's just baffling. I think that people it was just that stupid. I'm sorry, and it may sound mean, but uh, I don't know what else to call that, because ain't a way you've given up your house for a man that doesn't care about you. Yeah, well,

I think people lost people follow lost people. And when you're looking for a big hope and you're looking for a beacon of light and somebody that's saying what you want to say, but you're afraid to say it because you think they get balls up to say whether they're right or wrong, you will follow the leader. And they followed that food straight to seventy five dollars less. Yeah, I mean it might just be that Trump is like

the latest modern day cult. That's what I'm starting to think, because it's like Jim Jones been telling you, everybody drink kool aid, everybody's gonna die. But Trump might just be the latest cult, just a modern day form. Yeah, I got to be I agree with that. Lori HOGI, how what are we living in? What times are we living in? All politics next season? All we doing is politics is getting exciting, it's getting it's getting it is getting juicy.

I have to say. That's one thing that I've said before is I'll give Trump credit for if it wasn't for him become a president, I would not watch the news and research and look into politics the way that I do. Because when we had Barack Obama as president. I felt so safe. I had no idea what was going on. All I knew was that my president was black, and I felt protected. Trump became president. I'm watching the news, I'm researching. I knew about all the cabinet positions because

everybody kept resigning. I had no idea there was so many cabinet positions. So thanks Donald Trump. You made me learn to do a little bit more research in the political space. So I want to I want a piggyback off that. I want to thank Donald Trump as well. Thank you Donald for being so bad and making President Barack Obama look so good. Step further, Donald Trump made people forget what a terrible president George Bush was. Okay,

let's let's just take it a step further. That's quite a feat to accomplish so and all he did to redeem himself was had to make a nice speech about the man, the dad about uh good trouble what was his name? Who talked about a good Trump with yes, And we forgave him who Black folks, y'all know, we forgive people quite good guys. You know, we forgave him because you know, Michelle loves him. Baby feeding each other,

candy at events. They love each other, so he wanted him some of that black girl magic, but he was scared that black man was gonna tap on his days. I see that I did it. You've seen some of the things that Laura Bush said. You know, she goes. You know, Michelle Obama is just so fit. You know, I gotta watch what I what I eat. I gotta watch my figure. And she's made jokes about the fact that they're so friendly with each other. It's still it's appropriate.

Don't get me wrong. We're not saying anything shady in that aspect, but it's funny to just see them how they interact with each other. But that was a nice way of Laura Bush saying that she's a black woman from the South side of Chicago. I'm from Chicago. I know black women from the South side of Chicago. The word is p n G. You know that stands for plays no game would have dropped the baby. Well, we gotta say on all of that note here at Laugh and Learn, we do have saying that we're never trying

to get anybody to change the mind. We're simply trying to get you to use your mind. Because wife Flame it's three and if you ain't using your mind back now, then apparently you don't have a mind. And to the Republicans and the I mean to the to the Republicans in the House, I need you guys to use your mind and do not vote for Kevin McCarthy. I see it. I don't think he's gonna get it. I really think they're gonna convince him to resign balls. I'm gonna be spressed.

And I'm sure some of our fans want to know this too, because I don't want to seem like I'm making me but I want to know. So, even though that the House is controlled by the Senate, can we have a democratic speaker? I think we can because at the end of the day, it comes down to vote. So if Hakeem Jeffreys gets two eighteen votes, you get elected. M So you can't the vote don't lie. It's whoever gets the majority the two eighteen that's who becomes the

elected um Speaker of the House. That would be something, Lauren Hogan, we get that. Oh, that would be fantastic. He's only six votes away. That's the part that I'm like you, I'm keeping hope alive. Do I think it's really gonna happen. No, but I'm keeping hope alive because he needs six votes to be re elected because he's the Speaker of the House now because you know, Nancy Pelosi has left, so he's a Speaker of the House now. But he needs six votes. If six Republicans flipped, man,

I need six. I need those secret Republicans that will not both have not voted for him to go home and get there some good old front or back or both and come tomorrow and be like, yeah, we stick We're sticking to our guns. I hope whoever they're married to they lay them out tonight. The only thing, the only way I think that that could possibly happen is when the Republicans meet tonight. If they can't come to common ground on who they think they can actually elect,

that may end up happening. But with the options that they're looking at now, it doesn't look at McCarthy, Scalise and Jordan's those aren't they're not viable options to actually get elected. So it'll be interesting, or unless they just do a one A D and say it is what it is. Let's let you know Jim Jordan and let's or let's um Alex Scalise, but I don't know. Some of them might say Jefferies is a lesser too evil. Yeah yeah, But thank you guys so much for joining

us here laughing. You can follow my partner Lauren Hogan at Lauren Hogan on YouTube, Laurana money h on Instagram, and Lauren Hogan on Facebook. Don't tell me able to find my Facebook? I don't use it? Oh well? You follow Flame Monroe Flame on Instagram, Marcus Flame Monroe Parker on Facebook, Flame Monrow one to five on TikTok, and Flame Monroe on YouTube. And we appreciate you guys. Thank you. I heart Black Effect Network for years. Season three that's

coming up. Thank you to our producer Aaron. We are pre ship at you and y'all have no idea Aaron is going to be joining us. Sometimes Aaron is so insightful and so informative and pushes us to talk about different subjects. So Aaron, Aaron is a plethora of energy and a plethora of information for us to share with y'all. Y'all just sin't heard his boy shit. We was gonna show him tonight, but he had got wet, He got

caught in the rain. Oh and that's real too, if you live in California, and make sure y'all stay dry the next two days because we have um a storm that is like a river or something like that heading towards us. I forgot what the meteorologist said, but make sure y'all stay dry if you live in I have a boat, so we'll be out here cruising and put the cruise and say, yeah, thank you, thank you flame Man's, thank you, laughing learning audience for just listening to us,

rolling with us for two seasons so far. And thank you Lauren Holding for being just a great part of just getting on my nerves and I get on yours back. I'm telling you that's what works. We get on each other's nerves. But then we yeah, well, I'm boy, I'm boy. Ain't than ye. I actually have the DNA, but it's okay if I take a couple of these lovely so I'm gonna be way more yange than you. I'm not only tonight, I'm gonna you might be right about that one.

Thank you, guys. We appreciate you all. You guys have a fantastic And if I have to push any message, I'm pushing the message. My message is to be more realistic, more positive, and surround yourself with good energy with people who generally will give you the truth in a loving way, not trying to hurt your feelings and make you feel small or make you feel like something that you're not. Find you and be you. That's a hard one right there.

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