The LuLac Edition #4,306, May 28th, 2020

THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANYONE OF US IN THE LAND OF TRUMP!

The late Lori Klausutis and her final resting place. (Photos: AP)

When one steps into the public arena, whether it be an elected official, a community volunteer or a lowly blogger, you expect to get your share of criticism and slings and arrows from the public. The attacks are usually anonymous and personal. Up until the Trump Presidency, political attacks were based on policy and personality. It got personal but it always had an element of truth.
We now live in time where we are led by a person who has no boundaries or decency. Insults and attacks are now based on lies. Not just untruths but wild theories that have no basis in fact and truth. When called out, there is no retreat by the President but rather a reiteration of the lie.
Now no one is safe in America from Mr. Trump. Even someone at rest (or so her family thought) in her grave for 19 years. In 2001, Lori Klausutis, an aide who worked in then Congressman Joe Scarborough's Florida office died.
Klausutis, who had an undiagnosed heart condition, fell and hit her head at work in 2001 and was found dead the following morning. Scarborough was in Washington at the time, and the medical examiner ruled her death an accident.
Trump who has a hard on for Scarborough has been tweeting about a murder conspiracy. There is no proof to that at all except in the demented and syphilitic mind of Donald Trump.
Timothy Klausutis, Lori's husband, recently penned a letter to Twitter asking the social media platform to take the president's tweets down, accusing Trump of taking the memory of his deceased wife and "pervert(ing) it for perceived political gain."
The president dismissed the letter when asked about it on Tuesday, saying he read it but that he believed Klausutis's family wanted to "get to the bottom" of her death.
Again, this lying sack of humanity turned it around on the family.
"It's a very suspicious thing, and I hope that somebody gets to the bottom of it. It would be a very good thing. As you know, there is no statute of limitations”. What evil there must be in the heart of this man child. Never mind the fact that this is happening when 100,000 people have died with this virus.
The Wall Street Journal has called him out calling it a “Presidential smear”.
Imagine for one minute if your loved one was in their grave and years after their death, their memory is soiled not by an enemy, neighbor or someone they knew in their life time but a complete stranger. Multiply that when that stranger is the President of the United States! 
Lori Klausttis and her surviving husband Timothy are caught in the crossfire of madness, meanness and mania that borders on a serious personality disorder. Germany, a Republic was changed forever in the 1930s by the same type of repetitive lies.
When a dead woman’s memory is used as political collateral and there is “no there….there”, thinking people must ask these question.
Can it happen to me? My loved ones? The answer is yes.
And that is the danger Donald Trump presents to all of us.
His vocal minority of fans will defend him hiding under the cloak of free speech and “what abouts”
Most of us though are thinking two things.
1. How low will he sink next to satiate his sick mind? 
2. There but for the grace of God goes any family in America he can use for his own selfish psychosis. .

CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES OVER $7 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDING FOR LUZERNE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Congressmen Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright the release of $7,760,096 to the Luzerne County Transportation Authority (LCTA) from the Federal Transit Administration through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The CARES Act provides $25 billion to transit agencies to help navigate the COVID-19 pandemic.
This grant will help pay for administrative, operating and preventative maintenance costs related to the COVID-19 public health emergency. The funds are available to cover expenses such as personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizers, extra cleaning supplies, disinfectant wipes, work-at-home computer equipment, computer software for remote meetings and signage for employees and passengers.
“In northeastern Pennsylvania, many residents rely on public transit to meet their everyday needs, and they need to know our transportation systems are taking the necessary steps to make their travel as low-risk as possible,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “This funding will help LCTA continue to comply with health and sanitation requirements and ensure the safety of passengers and employees as they provide essential services to our region.”

MEUSER ASKS SECRETARY MNUCHIN TO ISSUE CLARIFYING REGULATIONS ON HOW STATES CAN DISTRIBUTE CARES ACT FUNDS

Congressman Dan Meuser (Photo: LuLac archives)

Congressman Dan Meuser (PA-09) sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, asking for clarifying regulations to prevent governors from weaponizing federally provided funds allocated to states from the CARES Act:
“Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf recently referenced withholding federal CARES funding as part of a threat aimed at counties that do not follow his coronavirus-related closure orders. Such a threat is not in accordance with the legislative intent of the CARES Act. Funds were appropriated by Congress for the purpose of supporting states, counties, and communities as they work to address the coronavirus crisis. I have written a letter to the Department of Treasury requesting that they clearly and indisputably clarify that these funds are to be used to address the needs of our communities, not for leverage purposes by governors."

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