Flame joins the conversation while on the road - and not a beat was missed, Lauren took the helm! This week, the effort to remove California Gov. Newsom collects enough signatures to force recall vote - Flame says her decision is made - no vote is necessary! President Biden will address a joint session of Congress for the first time, turning the corner on his 100th day in office. He is expected to highlight a number of his progressive achievements which include high marks for his handling of the outbreak and transitioning into the next phase of his administration’s infrastructure plans. Police Violence: A North Carolina sheriff says he wants body camera footage of Andrew Brown Jr.'s fatal shooting to be made public and will file a motion for it as early as today. Brown, a 42-year-old Black man, was shot and killed Wednesday by sheriff's deputies as they tried to serve him with an arrest warrant. This, along with last week’s police shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, are casting even more scrutiny on police practices at a time when calls for police reform are ringing through the country. Capitol lawmakers are expressing optimism that bipartisan cooperation on a police reform bill may lead to real results. Jones v. Mississippi.The Supreme Court declined to impose new restrictions on the ability of states to sentence juveniles to life without parole, rejecting a challenge from a Mississippi man, Brett Jones, who was convicted of the 2004 stabbing death of his grandfather, a crime committed when Jones was 15. Justice Brett Kavanaugh penned the decision for his conservative colleagues. Earlier this week, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a Justice Department investigation into the practices of the Louisville Police Department. This comes a little over a year after officers with the department shot and killed Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old aspiring nurse, in her own home during a botched raid. Flamettes sound off and the conversation is as raw, unscripted and authentic as always! 

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