The LuLac Edition #5, 764, September 10th, 2026
DEEPLY GRATEFUL’: JOE BIDEN GIVES UPDATE ON PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Former President Joe Biden is reminding men to go to their doctor and have their prostate checked.
In a personal message posted to X Tuesday, the 83-year-old said he was taking to social media for Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
"More than 330,000 American men this year will hear the words we did last spring when I was diagnosed with prostate cancer," Biden said. "By the time we found it, it had already spread to my bones."
In the post he reminded men that if their father or brother had prostate cancer, they need to start getting checked as early as 45 years old. According to the American Cancer Society, about 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, with late-stage diagnoses continuing to rise.
"I am deeply grateful to the doctors, nurses and other medical professionals who helped to control my cancer and who continue to take such good care of me," he said in the post. "Their skill, dedication, and compassion mean so much. The radiation treatment from last fall worked as intended, and I continue to do the things I care about, like finishing my memoir."
LABOR DAY. AND TRUMP’S TRUTH SOCIAL OUTBURST
President Donald Trump’s recent flurry of posts on Truth Social has drawn sharp criticism for appearing politically reckless and ill‑prepared for the 2026 midterms. Over a weekend, he published more than 100 posts, many of which were bizarre, megalomaniacal, and politically charged
Repeated calls to rename New Mexico as “New America,” a right‑wing nationalist stunt with no legal basis
AI‑generated images depicting Trump presiding over a dystopian, robot‑army regime, with captions like “They will dream of us forever” and “Give them nightmares”
Personal attacks on allies such as Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones, accusing them of being “nut jobs” and “troublemakers”
Promotions for a financial newsletter predicting “midterm meltdown” chaos, including alleged secret prosecutions of political opponents timed for the midterms
Critics argue this behavior shows Trump is ignoring polling data showing a steep drop in approval ratings and instead indulging in fantasies of absolute power
. The posts also risk alienating potential supporters and damaging his credibility in a competitive election season. In a functioning democracy, such a pattern could be seen as a sign of leadership failure
Platform and business impact
Separately, Truth Social’s traffic has fallen sharply this year, with monthly visitors down about 36% compared to 2025, and the company reporting a $406 million net loss in Q1 2026
. This decline comes as Trump continues to use the platform as a political megaphone, despite its shrinking reach.
Bottom line
While some of Trump’s posts may be satirical or symbolic, their sheer volume, disturbing imagery, and politically charged attacks suggest a strategy that prioritizes personal image over electoral viability. In the context of the midterms, where public perception and voter trust are critical, this approach could be politically damaging and a sign of poor preparation.
TRUMP’S LABOR DAY STATEMENT
NOT
Usually a normal President would make a statement saluting the American work force. But not this pig President.
He went on a self-serving rant. So, for all of you union members who voted for this guy….he doesn’t care about you. As you sit fat and happy on your union pensions, you should be ashamed of your selfishness and lack of perspective in putting this guy into the office.
TRUMP DISSES DEAD SERVICE PEOPLE
President Donald Trump waved off the scale of the ongoing US-Israel military campaign against Iran on Friday, telling reporters the seven-month-old war amounts to "small potatoes." Even as it has claimed 18 American service members and pushed energy prices higher worldwide.
Small potatoes? You send troops to fight a war no one wants and call 18 dead small potatoes? You diminish the deaths of service people YOU sent into war? Plus let’s not forget the total number of injured across all sides at about 46,965 to 54,805. This figure includes both military and civilian casualties in Iran, Lebanon, Iraq, Israel, the Gulf states, and other affected regions.
Donald Trump has avoided the word "war" since fighting with Iran broke out on February 28, once branding it in March as "an excursion that will keep us out of a war." Observers point to the ongoing standoff with Congress as a likely motive; lawmakers passed a symbolic war powers resolution in June demanding either a halt to strikes or formal authorization, though the administration has continued operating without it.
My question is where Is the outrage directed at Trump regarding this war at the death? This was an intended war. When Joe Biden lost 26 soldiers due to a terrorism attack in Afghanistan, a conflict we were trying to clean up, some families put the full blame on him.
Yet with the dead under Trump, to the best of my knowledge, “crickets”.
McCLAY RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT
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State representative candidate Jessica McClay advises that she has received a major endorsement from Health Care professionals. “I’m honored to receive the endorsement of Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals (PASNAP)!
Our nurses and allied professionals work tirelessly to care for our communities, and I’m proud to stand alongside them. Thank you for your trust and support as we work toward November!”
PAIGE COGNETTI BARNSTORMED NEPA IN AUGUST AS MOMENTUM SURGES BEHIND HER CAMPAIGN
PAIGE SPENT THE LAST MONTH MEETING WITH VOTERS ACROSS THE REGION TALKING ABOUT HER PLANS TO ROOT OUT CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON AND LOWER COSTS
BRESNAHAN INTRODUCES BILL TO CAP INSULIN COSTS FOR WORKING FAMILIES
U.S. Representative Rob Bresnahan, Jr. (PA-08) introduced the INSULIN Act, bipartisan legislation to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35, or 25% of the list price per month, for all Americans with diabetes. Rep. Bresnahan introduced the legislation alongside Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), Kim Schrier (WA-08), Diana DeGette (CO-01), and Angie Craig (MN-02).
“Diabetes stole the lives of 100,000 Americans last year. Tens of millions of Americans are living with diabetes, and for many, insulin is a matter of life and death,” said Rep. Bresnahan. “No American should have to choose between paying the bills and getting the insulin they need, or risk their life rationing the doses they have left. This legislation isn’t just a Band-Aid on the problem. It delivers immediate relief for patients and reforms that will increase competition and drive down prices over the long term. Lowering the cost of insulin puts money back where it belongs: in the pockets of working families who need every dollar they earn. Middlemen and big corporations shouldn’t be making extra cash off the backs of working people who rely on insulin to survive.”
“As a doctor, I have spent my career fighting for patients, and I've watched too many of them ration a hundred-year-old medicine because the price tag made it impossible to afford,” said Rep. Miller-Meeks. “That's not right, and it never should have taken this long to fix. I'm proud to lead this effort in the House, and I won't stop until every American with diabetes can afford the insulin that keeps them alive.”
“As a doctor with Type 1 diabetes who depends on insulin, I understand the immediate need to bring down the cost of insulin – especially at a time when so many Americans are already struggling with high costs,” said Rep. Schrier. “I am proud to introduce this groundbreaking bipartisan legislation that will cap the price of insulin for all Americans and make a meaningful difference in the lives and the health of everyone in our districts."
GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO
Shapiro and PDE Secretary Dr. Carrie Rowe visited Neil Armstrong Elementary School to highlight how the historic investments in public education secured by Governor Shapiro are improving our schools and creating more opportunity for our kids. Over the past three years, the Shapiro Administration has increased funding for Pennsylvania schools by $11.85 billion. The Governors 2026-27 budget secured a one-year increase of $678 million a nearly 35% increase since taking office.
In Scranton, Governor Shapiro and Secretary Dr. Rowe Celebrate the Shapiro Administration's Historic Investments in Education That Have Led to Higher Graduation Rates and Funded More Teachers
Governor Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania Department of Education Secretary Dr. Carrie Rowe, teachers, students, and local leaders visited Scranton School District's Neil Armstrong Elementary School in Lackawanna County to highlight how the 2026-27 budget signed by the Governor is delivering $678 million in additional funding for Pennsylvania students - building on three years of historic progress to give every student the freedom to chart their own course and the opportunity to succeed.
This year's budget continues the Shapiro Administration's work to ensure every student, in every community, has access to a high-quality public education. Under Governor Shapiro's leadership, Pennsylvania has increased funding for our schools by more than $3 billion - or nearly 35 percent - since the Governor took office, for a total of $11.85 billion invested into Pennsylvania's students this year.
"Test scores and graduation rates are going up, attendance is improving, students have expanded access to career and technical education, and more teachers are in our classrooms as a result of my Administration's historic investments in education over the last three years," said Governor Shapiro. "I believe creating opportunity starts in our classrooms and we've been focused on delivering real resources for students, parents, and teachers. We're making a real difference and we're going to keep building on that progress to ensure every Pennsylvania student has the freedom to chart their own course and the opportunity to succeed."
MEDIA MATTERS
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Newly crowned NBA champion Jalen Brunson of the New York Knicks will host “Saturday Night Live” when the new season begins later this month, with future guests including Inde Navarrette, Gracie Abrams and Katseye.
Brunson, who helped the Knicks become champions this summer for the first time in 53 years, makes his hosting debut Sept. 26 with pop girl group Katseye the musical guest.
A week later — Oct. 3. — Dakota Johnson, promoting the film “Verity,” will host with Turnstile as the musical guest, making their “SNL” debut. On Oct. 10, comedian Shane Gillis hosts for the third time and Rosalía will take the stage for the second time as musical guest.
“SNL” takes a two-week break after that, returning on Halloween night with Navarrette making her hosting debut. She’s the breakout star of the horror-thriller “Obsession” and is starring in the upcoming “X-Men” film and “The Waffle House Index.” Abrams will be the musical guest, marking her second time.
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THE LAURIE CADDEN SHOW
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BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SUNDAY NIGHT SOCK HOP
BEATLE EDD’S FAB FOUR MUSIC HOUR
THE LULAC TIME MACHINE
ATTACK ON
AMERICA
9/11/2025
Monday night, September 10th, I showed up for work at Corporate Express at 10pm. I was a trainer at the facility that was the brainchild of then Wilkes Barre Mayor Tom McGroarty. I trained an all-night class in a company called Auto Credit. I got home at 6:30AM and went to bed. I always sleep with the radio and that morning was no exception. I fell asleep listening to ESPN’s “Mike in the Morning” listening to them drone on about the NFL. I was fading in and out when I heard on the radio that a plane went not the Worlf Trade Center and got up to turn this on the TV.
On September 11, 2001, at 8:46 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City.
The impact left a gaping, burning hole near the 93rd and 99th floors of the 110-story skyscraper, instantly killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more on higher floors.
As the evacuation of the tower and its twin got underway, television cameras broadcasted live images of what initially appeared to be a freak accident. Then, 18 minutes after the first plane hit, a second Boeing 767—United Airlines Flight 175—appeared in the sky, sharply turned toward the World Trade Center, and sliced into the south tower between the 77th and 85th floors.
The collision caused a massive explosion that showered burning debris over surrounding buildings and onto the streets below. It immediately became clear that America was under attack.
The 19 terrorists smuggled box-cutters and knives through security at three East Coast airports—Logan International Airport in Boston, Dulles International Airport in Washington, D.C. and Newark International Airport in New Jersey—and boarded four early-morning flights bound for California, chosen because the planes were loaded with fuel for the long transcontinental journey. Soon after takeoff, the terrorists commandeered the four planes and took the controls, transforming ordinary passenger jets into guided missiles.
As millions watched the events unfolding in New York, American Airlines Flight 77 circled over downtown Washington, D.C., before crashing into the west side of the Pentagon military headquarters at 9:37 a.m.
Jet fuel from the Boeing 757 caused a devastating inferno that led to the structural collapse of a portion of the giant concrete building, which is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense.
All told, 125 military personnel and civilians were killed in the Pentagon, along with all 64 people aboard the airliner.
Less than 15 minutes after the terrorists struck the nerve center of the U.S. military, the horror in New York took a catastrophic turn when the south tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in a massive cloud of dust and smoke.
The structural steel of the skyscraper, built to withstand winds in excess of 200 miles per hour and a large conventional fire, could not withstand the tremendous heat generated by the burning jet fuel.
At 10:28 a.m., the north building of the twin towers collapsed. Only 18 people in the World Trade Center towers at the time of the collapse survived. Most were with a group of FDNY firefighters in the North Tower’s Stairwell B, which remained intact. One woman survived after the stairs she was rushing down disintegrated around her. Almost 10,000 others were treated for injuries, many severe.
Meanwhile, a fourth California-bound plane—United Flight 93—was hijacked about 40 minutes after leaving Newark Liberty Internatial Airport in New Jersey. Because the plane had been delayed in taking off, passengers on board learned of events in New York and Washington via cell phone and Airfone calls to the ground.
Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight attendants planned an insurrection.
One of the passengers, Thomas Burnett, Jr., told his wife over the phone that “I know we’re all going to die. There’s three of us who are going to do something about it. I love you, honey.” Another passenger—Todd Beamer—was heard saying “Are you guys ready? Let’s roll” over an open line.
Sandy Bradshaw, a flight attendant, called her husband and explained that she had slipped into a galley and was filling pitchers with boiling water. Her last words to him were “Everyone’s running to first class. I’ve got to go. Bye.”
The passengers fought the four hijackers and are suspected to have attacked the cockpit with a fire extinguisher. The plane then flipped over and sped toward the ground at upwards of 500 miles per hour, crashing in a rural field near Shanksville in western Pennsylvania at 10:02 a.m.
All 44 people aboard were killed. Its intended target is not known, but theories include the White House, the U.S. Capitol, the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland or one of several nuclear power plan A total of 2,996 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks, including the 19 terrorist hijackers aboard the four airplanes. Citizens of 78 countries died in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
At the World Trade Center, 2,763 died after the two planes slammed into the twin towers. That figure includes 343 firefighters and paramedics, 23 New York City police officers and 37 Port Authority police officers who were struggling to complete an evacuation of the buildings and save the office workers trapped on higher floors.
At the Pentagon, 189 people were killed, including 64 on American Airlines Flight 77, the airliner that struck the building. On Flight 93, 44 people died when the plane crash-landed in Pennsylvania.ts along the eastern seaboard.
At 7 p.m., President George W. Bush, who was in Florida at the time of the attacks and had spent the day being shuttled around the country because of security concerns, returned to the White House.
At 9 p.m., he delivered a televised address from the Oval Office, declaring, “Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.”
In a reference to the eventual U.S. military response he declared, “We will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts and those who harbor them.”
Operation Enduring Freedom, the American-led international effort to oust the Taliban regime in Afghanistan and destroy Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network based there, began on October 7. Within two months, U.S. forces had effectively removed the Taliban from operational power, but the war continued, as U.S. and coalition forces attempted to defeat a Taliban insurgency campaign based in neighboring Pakistan.
Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the September 11th attacks, remained at large until May 2, 2011, when he was finally tracked down and killed by U.S. forces at a hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In June 2011, then-President Barack Obama announced the beginning of large-scale troop withdrawals from Afghanistan; it took until August 2021 for all U.S. forces to withdraw.
In the wake of security fears raised by 9/11 and the mailing of letters containing anthrax that killed two and infected 17, The Homeland Security Act of 2002 created the Department of Homeland Security. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 25, 2002. Today, the Department of Homeland Security is a cabinet responsible for preventing terror attacks, border security, immigrations and customs and disaster relief and prevention.
The act was followed two days later by the formation of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. The bipartisan “9/11 Commission,” as it came to be known, was charged with investigating the events that led up to September 11th. The 9/11 Commission Report was released on July 22, 2004. It named Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind behind 9/11, “the principal architect of the 9/11 attacks.”
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge is named the first Secretary of Homeland Security.
Mohammed led propaganda operations for al Qaeda from 1999-2001. He was captured on March 1, 2003 by the Central Intelligence Agency and Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence and interrogated before being imprisoned in Cuba at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp with four other accused terrorists charged with 9/11-related war crimes. The use of torture, including waterboarding, during Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s interrogation has received international attention. In August 2019, a U.S. military court judge in Guantánamo Bay set a trial date for Mohammed and the other four men charged with plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks to begin in 2021; it was later postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 9/11 attacks had an immediate negative effect on the U.S. economy. Many Wall Street institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange, were evacuated during the attacks. On the first day of trading after the attacks, the market fell 7.1 percent, or 684 points. New York City’s economy alone lost 143,000 jobs a month and $2.8 billion in wages in the first three months. The heaviest losses were in finance and air transportation, which accounted for 60 percent of lost jobs. The estimated cost of the World Trade Center damage is $60 billion. The cost to clean the debris at Ground Zero was $750 million.
Thousands of first responders and people working and living in lower Manhattan near Ground Zero were exposed to toxic fumes and particles emanating from the towers as they burned and fell. By 2018, 10,000 people were diagnosed with 9/11-related cancers.
From 2001 to 2004, over $7 billion dollars in compensation was given to families of the 9/11 victims and the 2,680 people injured in the attacks. Funding was renewed on January 2, 2011, when President Barack Obama signed The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act into law. Named for James Zadroga, a New York City Police officer who died of respiratory disease he contracted after rescuing people from the rubble at Ground Zero, the law continued health monitoring and compensation for 9/11 first responders and survivors.
In 2015, funding for the treatment of 9/11-related illness was renewed for five more years at a total of $7.4 billion. The Victim Compensation Fund was set to stop accepting claims in December 2020.
On July 29, 2019, then-President Trump signed a law authorizing support for the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund through 2092. Previously, administrators had cut benefits by up to 70 percent as the $7.4 billion fund depleted. Vocal lobbyists for the fund included comedian Jon Stewart, 9/11 first responder John Feal and retired New York Police Department detective and 9/11 responder Luis Alvarez, who died of cancer 18 days after testifying before Congress.
On December 18, 2001, Congress approved naming September 11 “Patriot Day” to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. In 2009, Congress named September 11 a National Day of Service and Remembrance.
The first memorials to September 11 came in the immediate wake of the attacks, with candlelight vigils and flower tributes at U.S. embassies around the world. In Great Britain, Queen Elizabeth sang the American national anthem during the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace. Rio de Janeiro put up billboards showing the city’s Christ the Redeemer statue embracing the New York City skyline.
For the first anniversary of the attacks in New York City in 2002, two bright columns of light were beamed into the sky from where the Twin Towers once stood. The “Tribute in Light” then became an annual installation run by the Municipal Art Society of New York. On clear nights, the beams are visible from over 60 miles away.
A World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition was held to select an appropriate permanent memorial to the victims of 9/11. The winning design by Michael Arad, “Reflecting Absence,” now sits outside the museum in an eight-acre park. It consists of two reflecting pools with waterfalls rushing down where the Twin Towers once rose into the sky.
The names of all 2,977 victims are engraved on the 152 bronze panels surrounding the pools, arranged by where individuals were on the day of the attacks, so coworkers and people on the same flight are memorialized together. The names of the six people killed in the World Trade Center bombing on February 26, 1993, are also engraved on the panels. The site was opened to the public on September 11, 2011, to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of 9/11. The National September 11 Memorial & Museum followed, opening on the original World Trade Center site in May 2014. The Freedom Tower, also on the original World Trade Center site, opened in November 2014 and 25 years ago today the number one song in LuLac land and America was “I’m Real” by Jennifer Lopez. (History.com. LuLac)
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