The LuLac Edition #4,216, January 30th, 2020

BOLTON BOOK MIGHT FORCE VOTE

After days of saying “we’ve heard nothing new”, the book John Bolton wrote just might be the catalyst to get a vote on witnesses in the Trump impeachment. This is a game changer that will put the Senate on notice. Do they want to hear the case evidence or not?
There might be some cracks but I’m not convinced the cowardly and sycophant GOP lap dogs will let the information come out. NBC sources said Republican Senate leaders "whipped the vote" — although there was no official vote count — against calling for witnesses at the private GOP Senate meeting Tuesday afternoon, which came after Trump's defense team wrapped up arguments.
Several Republican senators wouldn’t divulge to NBC News the substance of what they discussed, telling reporters to "check with the whip" about any directives from leadership.

DETAILS ON TRUMP'S AFFAIRS AND HOW 'FIXERS' COVERED THEM UP REVEALED IN NEW BOOK

A new book is uncovering the salacious details behind President Trump's affairs and how men in Trump's circle used hush money to cover them up.
Joe Palazzolo and Michael Rothfeld’s "The Fixers: The Bottom-Feeders, Crooked Lawyers, Gossip mongers And Porn Stars Who Created The 45th President" uncovers the people who helped propel Trump to becoming the president.
The reporters share a 2019 Pulitzer Prize for their reporting in The Wall Street Journal on the hush-money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, to prevent them from going public about their affairs with President Trump. The book unveils the details behind Trump's affairs with the women.
"The Fixers" also focuses on the president's relationships with men who covered these affairs up, such as Michael Cohen, National Enquirer publisher David Pecker and Rudy Giuliani, who is now at the center of the Ukraine scandal that led to the president's impeachment.

CARTWRIGHT 2020 RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF AND PETITION PARTY

January 31st – 5:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Greenwood Fire Department

3727-41 Birney Avenue

Moosic, PA 18507

CASEY, COLLEAGUES SECURE COAL MINERS’ HEALTH CARE AND PENSIONS IN MUST-PASS END OF YEAR BILL

Senator Bob Casey (Photo: LuLac archives)

Following extensive efforts to fulfill our Nation’s promise to our retired coal miners who have kept the lights on for generations, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) and a number of his colleagues announced an agreement on several key provisions in end-of-year spending legislation to shore up retired coal miners’ pensions and health care.
“Coal miners powered this country for decades and I am proud to say that after years of fighting, we have reached an agreement to keep our promises to the men and women who helped build our Nation,” said Senator Casey. “I’d like to thank Senator Joe Manchin and Speaker Nancy Pelosi for their unrelenting efforts to ensure that miners continue to receive their pensions and health care. I am proud to say that I have stood with miners throughout this fight and will keep on fighting to pass the bipartisan, House-passed, Butch Lewis Act to ensure that pensions for our Teamsters, Bakery and Confectionery workers and all other Pennsylvanians remain secure.”
Included in the agreement for the end-of-year funding package is the bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019, of which Senator Casey is an original cosponsor. This legislation would include provisions to shore up the 1974 Pension Plan, which is headed for insolvency due to coal company bankruptcies and the 2008 financial crisis. It would also ensure that miners, whose healthcare is at risk due to 2018 and 2019 coal company bankruptcies, will not lose their health benefits.
Senator Casey has been a consistent fighter for miners’ benefits, pushing for protections to miners’ pensions and health care to ensure a permanent pensions and health care fix for retired coal miners and their families. In July of this year, Senator Casey hosted a roundtable discussion with miners and their families affected by Black Lung disease. During the discussion, Senator Casey introduced the Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act (S. 2205) that would ensure that miners can access essential health and disability benefits.

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

Tune in Sunday morning at 6 on 94.3 The Talker; 6:30 on 1400-The Game, NEPA's Fox .Sports Radio and 106.7 fm; and at 7:30 on 105 The River.

ECTV PREVIEW

Eileen Miller has been a regular guest on Electric City Television's "Preview program." Eileen has been conducting a personal campaign to get Pennsylvania to adopt a "Hands Free" Cellphone law since her son was killed by a distracted driver in 2010. Preview host David DeCosmo invited her back during the week of February 3rd because of some major developments in her quest for new legislation. Preview can be seen three times daily on Comcast channel 19 and on the electric city television YouTube page. Preview airs on ECTV during the Noon, 6pm, and Midnight hours.

BUDDY RUMCHEK

Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:40 and 8:40 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”

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Burning of the Spanish Embassy: The Spanish Embassy in Guatemala is invaded and set on fire, killing 36 people. It is called "Spain's own Tehran", similar to the 1979–80 Iran American crisis.....Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation.....The New Mexico State Penitentiary riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured…..Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran and forty years go the number one song in LuLac land and America was . “Coward of the County” by Kenny Rogers.