The LuLac Edition #4,056, April 18th, 2019

VACANCY: JOB: ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES 

Current occupant has chosen to represent his client, the President and NOT his country. 

DIAPER DON’S HARD ON FOR HILLARY CONTINUES

In anticipation of the Mueller report, little Donnie Trump is again placing the blame on Hillary. Check this out. The madman deadbeat sex pig isn't waiting. As Washington counts down the final hours until publication of the redacted special counsel report — now expected Thursday — Donald Trump stepped up his attacks Monday in an effort to undermine potential disclosures on Russia, his 2016 campaign and the aftermath.
He unleashed a series of tweets focusing on the previously released summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's conclusions — including a crucial one on obstruction of justice that Trump again misrepresented — produced by Attorney General William Barr.
"Mueller, and the A.G. based on Mueller findings (and great intelligence), have already ruled No Collusion, No Obstruction," Trump tweeted. "These were crimes committed by Crooked Hillary, the DNC, Dirty Cops and others! INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATORS"
Investigate with what? An acting staff?

DIAPER DON 2 DONALD TRUMP THINKS EVEN FOX NEWS IS BIASED AGAINST HIM

THE PRESIDENT IS APPARENTLY UNHAPPY WITH THE WAY FOX NEWS HOSTED A TOWN HALL WITH SEN. BERNIE SANDERS THIS WEEK

President Donald Trump is apparently unhappy with the way Fox News hosted a town hall with Sen. Bernie Sanders this week.
One moment that went viral, and seemed to surprise the hosts of the town hall, happened when the audience was asked whether they would like to give up their employer-sponsored health insurance in favor of a government-backed plan, like Medicare for All. The crowd cheered in favor of the idea.
Seeming to indicate that somehow Fox News — his favorite network, often mocked as a former of “state TV” — was somehow biased in favor of Sanders, Trump complained in a tweet Tuesday night that his supporters were kept out of the town hall:FOX News host Brett Baer said the crowd was ideologically mixed. Still Diapewr ranted. He ‘s like the kid who wants the entire gallon of ice cream.

AN UPDATE TO THE FAIR SHARE TAX PLAN TO SUPPORT PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA

The Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center today released an update to a revenue proposal that would raise $2.2 billion annually, while cutting taxes or leaving them level for 82% of Pennsylvanians. The proposal, called the Fair Share Tax Plan, will be introduced in the state House this session. The prime co-sponsors of the bill, Rep. Chris Rabb (D-Philadelphia), Rep. Sara Innamorato (D-Lawrenceville), and Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Philadelphia) will be circulating a co-sponsorship memo this week.
“The Fair Share Tax would take a major step toward fixing Pennsylvania’s broken tax system and raise needed revenues to invest in public goods that are critical in the effort to create thriving communities and individual opportunity in our state — things like education, protection for our air and water, and human services,” says Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and author of the report.
The Fair Share Tax Plan:
Cuts the tax rate on wages and interest (which almost all taxpayers have), but raises the rate on other forms of income (like dividends, capital gains, and business profits) that mostly go to the rich. Would raise $2.2 billion annually, while lowering taxes for 47% of families, with no increase for 35% of families.
Brings in needed revenue, 80% of which comes from the richest fifth of Pennsylvania taxpayers and 16% of which mes from out-of-state taxpayers. This means that only a tiny 4% of the additional revenue comes from the bottom four-fifth of Pennsylvania taxpayers.
“One argument we hear often is how Pennsylvania is overtaxed. That is far from true. For example, even after implementation of the Fair Share Tax, the effective rate on the top 1% of Pennsylvania taxpayers will be only 3.9%, less than that of any neighboring state and only about half of the rate found in New York and New Jersey,” said Stier.
https://www.pennbpc.org/fair-share-tax-plan-pennsylvania-—-2019-update?link_id=9&can_id=14d54a67e813747261f74c18ad475b56&source=email-release-the-fair-share-tax-for-pennsylvania-updated&email_referrer=email_529155&email_subject=release-the-fair-share-tax-for-pennsylvania-updated
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CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES OVER $12.8 MILLION IN HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has granted Capital Fund Awards totaling $12,820,565 to housing agencies across Northeastern Pennsylvania.
The Public Housing Capital Fund Award is granted annually by HUD to Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) for the development, financing, and modernization of public housing developments and for management improvements.
The following is a list of Capital Fund Award recipients and the amount provided:
•The Housing Authority of the City of Carbondale - $719,521
•Scranton Housing Authority - $2,794,777
•Lackawanna County Housing Authority – $2,310,310
•ousing Authority of the County of Luzerne - $2,546,240
•Housing Authority of the City of Pittston - $716,428
•The Housing Authority of the City of Hazleton - $549,402
•Wilkes-Barre Housing Authority - $1,701,047
•The Housing Authority of the City of Nanticoke - $825,698
•The Housing Authority of Monroe County - $657,142
“These federal grants are welcome news; they help rebuild, repair, and renovate public housing in our communities,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “The funds will make our neighborhoods stronger and ensure that our communities have quality, affordable housing including many people who are elderly or have disabilities. I will continue to support grants that will provide an investment in our communities throughout the district.”
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was established through the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. HUD’s purpose is to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality affordable homes for all. The funds awarded to the housing authority agencies through HUD gives them the ability to strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers, meet the need for quality affordable rental homes, utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life, and build inclusive and sustainable communities free from all discrimination.

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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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SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1969

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NASA announced its choice for the crew of Apollo 12, the second manned mission to the Moon, 

with Charles Conrad and Alan L. Bean to walk the lunar surface while Richard F. Gordon remained in the lunar orbiter......Harvard University's Administration Building was seized by close to 300 students, mostly members of the Students for a Democratic Society. Shortly after midnight, the Harvard administrators called the Cambridge police and the Massachusetts State Police, and law enforcement officers charged in with billy clubs and pepper spray, arresting 184 people and injuring 45. Among those arrested was future Fox News journalist Chris Wallace, who "used his one phone call to contact the campus radio station", which recorded a first-hand account filed from behind bars.
Less than 24 hours before the scheduled shutdown of the United States railway system by a nationwide walkout of workers was scheduled to begin, the nation's major railroad companies reached an agreement with the 10,000 member Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. The pact came after a 28-hour bargaining session overseen by the National Mediation Board, averting a strike that was to have started at 6:01 Monday morning.
West Germany's Communist Party, Charles de Gaulle announced in a live interview that he would resign as President of France if voters did not approve his referendum proposal for reducing the power of the French Senate and decentralizing the national government. "There cannot be the slightest doubt. On the reply the country makes to what I have asked it, will depend the continuation of my mandate or my immediate departure

Harley Earl, 75, American automobile designer for General Motors known for creating the Corvette and for introducing the "tailfin" to the automobile industry popular between 1948 and 1964….The first test of using a designated hitter in baseball— a person who takes the place of the team's pitcher in the batting lineup— happened in a game in the minor Texas League, which was testing a rule allowing what it called a "wild card pinch hitter" (who could replace any player rather than just the pitcher). According to baseball researcher Kevin Saldana, the first person wild card pinch hitter was Paul Flesner of the Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs.[38] Flesner had four at-bats in the Spurs' 8-5 loss to the visiting Amarillo Giants….in Pennsylvania Governor Raymond Shafer says he has not been contacted about any slot in the Nixon administration…..in Pittston, land for an Industrial Park is bought…..and fifty years ago this week the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Hair” by The Cowsill s.