Hey, everybody. So as has become a tradition here on No Lie, I'm going to be joined by my buddy, Fox LA's Alex Michelson, to do our annual year-end wrap-up.

But before we jump in, I do want to offer a huge thank you to everybody who's taking a little bit of time each week to listen to this podcast.

I know that you've got more options than there are minutes in the day, So I really appreciate you tuning in. And as

independent media becomes more and more central to politics in 2025 and beyond, I can guarantee

you that I will learn the lessons that legacy media seems intent on forgetting. So thank you again.

Happy New Year. And here's my chat with Alex Michelson.

I'm joining now by the anchor at Fox, LA, and the host of The Issue is, which is California's

biggest statewide political show, Alex Michaels-Michelsohn, Alex, thank you for joining me in what is

our third annual end-of-the-year discussion, where I guess we wrap up all the crazy shit that's

happened thus far. It can't be a happy new year without talking to you. So thank you for having me, Brian.

Happy New Year to you and to all of the no-lie viewers and listeners.

Well, thank you, thank you. All right, so let's get into it. I want to talk about a little bit of what this year brought,

but first let's get into some of the breaking news that we're contending with right now. There may be some speaker drama that might be coming up on the 3rd

of January. That is, you know, if we look back to this last speaker selection, I think there were

15, 16, 17 votes to ultimately choose 15 votes to ultimately choose a speaker. Do you anticipate

that there's going to be any drama this time around? And I mostly asked, by the way,

because I'm planning on going on vacation and I have to know whether or not I have to reschedule.

Well, you should still go on your vacation because we need to learn balance, which you and I

don't know how to do. But there's a good chance that there's going to be some drama. I mean, let's just talk about

the math here. You need to get 218 votes to be elected speaker. Republicans have 219 votes.

At least one member, Thomas Massey, has said, I'm not voting for him and I'm voting for somebody else.

Because the math, you need to get a majority of the number of people who are voting for a person.

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