The LuLac Edition #5, 540, January 8th, 2026

 

ICE AGENT KILLS 

MOM IN SUV!

Yesterday morning ICE agents killed a person in Minnesota. Here’s Governor Tim Walz outlining what happened and his displeasure with the Trump administration and Homeland Security with stationing THUGS in his state.

 

GOEBBELSLIZING JANUARY 6^th

Somewhere Josef Goebbels, ‘Dolf’s propaganda minister is nodding approval if he s

ees T\the White House on Tuesday sought to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, unveiling a new webpage that described the pro-Trump marchers as "peaceful" and "orderly" and accused police of escalating tensions and violence.

The timeline presented by the administration grossly mischaracterized some of the day's events, downplaying President Donald Trump's rhetoric before the violence began and falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen.

Tuesday marked five years since the historic attack, during which more than 100 law enforcement officers were injured and several people died. Roughly 1,500 people were charged in connection with Jan. 6, though Trump issued sweeping pardons to those individuals on the first day of his second term.

Trump briefly addressed the anniversary as he spoke to House Republicans at the recently renamed Kennedy Center on Tuesday morning. He assailed the House select committee that investigated him and alleged it never reported on his comments that day telling supporters to march "peacefully and patriotically" to the Capitol.

The webpage published by the White House went further. In a timeline, it described the crowd as "orderly and spirited" and said the Capitol Police response fueled tensions.

"Capitol Police aggressively fire tear gas, flash bangs, and rubber munitions into crowds of peaceful protesters, injuring many and deliberately escalating tensions. Video evidence shows officers inexplicably removing barricades, opening Capitol doors, and even waving attendees inside the building -- actions that facilitated entry -- while simultaneously deploying violent force against others. These inconsistent and provocative tactics turned a peaceful demonstration into chaos," the website timeline reads.

This re-write of history has one relevant comparison to the original insurrection. It is Donald Trump inspired. He instigated it, should have been jailed for it but now because this big piggy has itty bitty feelings, he wants the truth changed.

Not happening.

 

MARCO POLO RIZING SCRAPED KNEES

 

Poor Marco. This guy who capitulated to Trump now is the pig President’s biggest water boy. Marco has been lying so much his nose is growing. He has defended Trump on everything, but he is useful to all those thinking Americans. 

Watch Marco and listen to what he says. He is the warmup act for Trump’s intentions. In a Way, Marco is doing a service but it appears that not many people are listening.

He talked about Venezuela which will begat Cuba which will begat Greenland. Marco in his schtick has even dragged our 33^rd President, Harry Truman even into his course.

History has treated Harry well but I’m afraid Marco and his boss aren’t going to fare very well no matter how hard they try to write it.

 

JOHNSON AND THE PLAQUE-SPINELESS LITTLE GUY, HENYA

Republican lawmakers have been accused of attempting to hide a plaque dedicated to law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol from a mob of vengeful Donald Trump supporters on January 6, 2021, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

Officer Brian Sicknick was assaulted by rioters and collapsed at the Capitol. He was rushed to the hospital, where he died the following day. More than 140 officers were injured in the attack, four of whom committed suicide in the days and months following the assault.

While a plaque honoring the law enforcement heroes has been completed for several years – and a law passed with bipartisan support in 2022 ordering its permanent public display – the memorial has been collecting dust in a random Capitol basement room.

Finger-pointing accused Speaker Mike Johnson of standing in the way of the plaque's installation.

Democratic Rep. Joe Morelle shared a video on Instagram in May 2025 of himself finding the plaque "intended to honor police who gave their lives on January 6th during the attack on the Capitol" in a basement storage room.

"Sadly, Speaker Johnson has chosen not to display it despite an agreement to do that," Morell said in the video. "It's a beautiful tribute to the men and women who protected the Capitol during the onslaught."

In a follow-up post, Morelle shared a video of himself standing beside a replica of the discarded plaque hanging outside his office.

In the meantime, Johnson’s house majority might be in jeopardy with the death of Republican Congressman Doug Malafa. His death will leave little room for error or tomfoolery.

 

BRESNAHAN, HOUSE AUTHORIZE $68 MILLION FOR TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT

Bresnehan is seen here with officials at the Depot in March of last year.

U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr.  announced the House authorized $68 million in funding for Tobyhanna Army Depot in S. 1071, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA). 

“Tobyhanna Army Depot is a fundamental part of Northeastern Pennsylvania and our regional economy, supporting thousands of family-sustaining jobs while delivering mission-critical capabilities that keep our troops safe and our military ready,” said Rep. Bresnahan. “Our authorization of $68 million for Tobyhanna in the NDAA is a major win for Northeastern Pennsylvania and our national defense. This investment strengthens readiness, modernizes critical infrastructure, and provides long-term stability for the skilled civilian workforce that makes Tobyhanna a national asset. I will continue fighting to ensure Tobyhanna has the resources it needs to succeed and to protect the jobs and communities that depend on it.”

“The expansion of our radar test range is a key enabler to the further development, testing, and sustainment of critical radar capabilities for the Department of War,” said Kristyn K. Smith, Tobyhanna Army Depot Chief of Staff. “This modernization project is essential to ensure we as a Nation are postured with the next generation of radar technologies that will ensure dominance in the battlefield.”

The $68 million for Tobyhanna is authorized under the domestic military construction and expansion section of the NDAA to expand Tobyhanna's radar test range.

The House passed the NDAA on December 10, 2025, by a vote of 312-112, followed by the Senate’s passage on December 17, 2025, by a vote of 77-20. President Donald Trump then signed the NDAA into law on December 18, 2025.

 

 

SHAPIRO ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES FIRST LOCAL AGING AGENCIES SELECTED FOR TAILORED SUPPORT TO DEVELOP NEW, REGIONAL TEAMS TO PROTECT OLDER ADULTS FROM ABUSE

 

Indiana, PA. Lisa Rachmuth, Program Administrator, Center for Elder Abuse Solutions, Weill Cornell Medicine, speaks during Tuesdays press conference. State and local officials visit Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) to announce the Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) that will be among the first in Pennsylvania to receive individualized, tailored support as they develop Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) to help address complex older adult protective services cases in their respective counties and regions. MDTs are community-based groups that support the Department's commitment to protecting older Pennsylvanians from abuse by bringing together professionals from various fields like social services, criminal and civil justice, mental health, medicine, finance, and public health. (Photo: Governor’s office)

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging today announced that five Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs) and/or coalitions within the AAA Network will be among the first in Pennsylvania to receive individualized, tailored support from outside experts and the Department as they develop Multidisciplinary Teams (MDTs) to help address complex older adult protective services cases in their respective counties and regions.

MDTs are community-based groups that support the Department's commitment to protecting older Pennsylvanians from abuse by bringing together professionals from various fields like social services, criminal and civil justice, mental health, medicine, finance, and public health to improve collaboration and outcomes for protective services cases. Under the leadership of Secretary Jason Kavulich, the Department has been working to bring this collaborative approach, which is supported by the U.S. Department of Justice and utilized by several other states including New York and California, to Pennsylvania.

"We are doing groundbreaking collaborative work at the state level to ensure protection of older adults at the community level," said Secretary Kavulich. "One of our Administration's priorities is to continuously advance and modernize our practices while supporting the AAAs, District Attorney's Offices, and our community partners to ensure older adults are cared for and safe in their chosen community. With today's announcement, we are deploying national level expertise and proven practical approaches to help AAAs and community partners build teams that are person-centered and able to move quickly to get the right resources for the victim."

 

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THE LULAC 

TIME MACHINE

JULIAN BOND CAN TAKE SEAT

January 1966

The House of Representatives of the US state of Georgia refuses to allow African-American representative Julian Bond to take his seat, because of his anti-war stance. In 1965, he was one of 11 African Americans elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. They were aided by the expansion of the franchise for blacks in the state, who largely supported Democratic Party candidates, after national passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965. The latter especially had brought federal oversight to enforce the constitutional rights of blacks to vote. As states ended discriminatory practices in voter registration, African Americans regained the ability to vote and entered the political process.

Although initially undecided about his party affiliation, Bond ultimately ran and was elected as a Democrat, the party of President Lyndon B. Johnson, who had supported civil rights, and signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law.[On January 10, 1966, Georgia representatives voted 184–12 not to seat Bond after the election, because he had publicly endorsed SNCC's policy of opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War. Five of the representatives who did vote to seat Bond were white, including Republican Rodney Cook. They disliked his stated sympathy for persons who were "unwilling to respond to a military draft".[clarification needed

Bond took the legislature to court. A three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled in a 2–1 decision that the Georgia House had not violated any of Bond's constitutional rights. The case reached the Supreme Court of the United States in 1966, which ruled 9–0 in the case of Bond v. Floyd (385 U.S. 116) that the Georgia House of Representatives had denied Bond his freedom of speech and was required to seat him. From 1967 to 1975, Bond was elected to four terms in the Georgia House, where he organized the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus.

In January 1967, Bond was among eleven Georgia House members who refused to vote when the legislature elected segregationist Democrat Lester Maddox of Atlanta as governor of Georgia over the Republican Bo Callaway. Callaway had led in the 1966 general election by some three thousand votes. Under the Georgia Constitution of 1824, the state legislature had to settle the election because neither major party candidate had polled a majority in the general election. Former Governor Ellis Arnall polled more than fifty thousand votes as a write-in candidate, a factor which led to the impasse. Bond would not support either Maddox or Callaway, although he was ordered to vote by lame duck Lieutenant Governor Peter Zack Geer.

Throughout his House career, Bond had to deal with repeated redistricting of his district by the state legislature and this week the number obe song in LuLac land and America was  

“We Can Work it Out” by the Beatles and this one by Gary  Lewis and the playboys that should have been Number ONE.

 

The LuLac Edition #5,539, January 7th, 2026

 

WRITE ON WEDNESDAY

Our “Write on Wednesday” logo

Yesterday was the 5^th anniversary of the insurrection led by the pig President and his criminal minions. Today serves as a visual reminder (below) of how that news was covered the day after.

All those newspapers DIDN’T LIE.

Your Republican MAGAs LIE!

One Facebook poster provides an apt description as to why there is still a deep divide about all of this. The MAGAs view it as a game. Fake, but in reality, it was deadly real.

The LuLac Edition #5, 538, January 6th, 2025

 

JANUARY 6^th @ 5 YEARS ON

The Trump administration and GOP LIE MACHINE is doing it’s very best to erase January 6^th as nothing more than a day of protest by civil Americans who were dressed in their Sunday best and polite as an 1880 bunch of school marms in bonnets.

But it was nothing BUT.

As a member of the Wilkes-Barre Health Department, I was working that day at 169 South Main Street helping to give vaccines for VOVID. Word had gotten out through cell phones about the danger that was taking place.

On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of President Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup, two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. They sought to keep him in power by preventing a joint session of Congress from counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of then president-elect Joe Biden. The attack was unsuccessful in preventing the certification of the election results. According to the bipartisan House select committee that investigated the incident, the attack was the culmination of a plan by Trump to overturn the election. Within 36 hours, five people died: one was shot by the Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three died of natural causes, including a police officer who died of a stroke a day after being assaulted by rioters and collapsing at the Capitol. Many people were injured, including 174 police officers.[9] Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months. Damage caused by attackers exceeded $2.7 million.

Called to action by Trump on January 5 and 6, thousands of his supporters had gathered in Washington, D.C., to support his false claims that the 2020 election had been "stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats", and to demand that then–vice president Mike Pence and Congress reject Biden's victory..  Starting at noon on January 6, at a "Save America" rally on the Ellipse,Trump gave a speech in which he repeated false claims of election irregularities and said "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore". As Congress began the electoral vote count, thousands of attendees, some armed, walked to the Capitol, and hundreds breached police perimeters. Among the rioters were leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers militia groups. It is the only attempted coup d'état directed towards the Federal government in the history of the United States.

The FBI estimates 2,000–2,500 people entered the Capitol during the attack. Some participated in vandalism and looting, including in the offices of then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Congress members.[50] Rioters assaulted Capitol Police officers and journalists. Capitol Police evacuated and locked down both chambers of Congress and several buildings in the Complex. Rioters occupied the empty Senate chamber, while federal law enforcement officers defended the evacuated House floor. Pipe bombs were found at the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters, and Molotov cocktails were discovered in a vehicle near the Capitol. Trump resisted sending the National Guard to quell the mob. That afternoon, in a Twitter video, he restated false claims about the election and told his supporters to "go home in peace". The Capitol was cleared of rioters by mid-evening, and the electoral vote count was resumed and completed by the morning of January 7, concluding with Pence declaring the final electoral vote count in favor of President-elect Biden. Pressured by his cabinet, the threat of removal, and resignations, Trump conceded to an orderly transition of power in a televised statement.

A week after the attack, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection, making him the only U.S. president to be impeached twice. After Trump had left office, the Senate voted 57–43 in favor of conviction, but fell short of the required two-thirds, resulting in his acquittal. Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the attack, so the House instead approved a select investigation committee. They held public hearings, voted to subpoena Trump, and recommended that the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecute him. Following a special counsel investigation, Trump was indicted on four charges, all dismissed following his reelection to the presidency. Trump and elected Republican officials have promoted a revisionist history of the event by downplaying the severity of the violence, spreading conspiracy theories, and portraying those charged with crimes as hostages and martyrs.

Of the 1,424 people then charged with federal crimes relating to the event, 1,010 pled guilty, and 1,060 were sentenced, 64% of them to jail time. Some participants were linked to far-right extremist groups or conspiratorial movements, including the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Three Percenters, some of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy. Enrique Tarrio, then chairman of the Proud Boys, received the longest sentence, a 22-year prison term. On January 20, 2025, upon taking office, Trump granted clemency to all January 6 rioters, including those convicted of violent offenses.

Recently former Special Prosecutor Jack Smith testified before Congress that January 6^th could not, would not have happened WITHOUT TRUMP!

For as much as they want to deny it, it was an Insurrection, it was an insult to the nation and an assault on democracy.

The pig President can pardon, lie and distract us all he wants, but THIS SHOULD NEVER BE FORGOTTEN!

The LuLac Edition #5, 537, January 5th, 2026

 MONDAY MEMES 

The LuLac Edition #5, 536, January 1st, 2026

 HAPPY NEW YEAR 

2026  

" RESOLVED 

 to maintain my successes, treat each day as a gift from God, and strive to make the future years I have left impactful in a positive way for those who cross my path".