Trump promising $2b in payments to seniors a month before the election drawn from the Medicare Improvement Fund. CBO makes pretty clear that this is not under statute, writing the fund may only be used "to make improvements to Medicare’s hospital and medical insurance programs in ways that may include adjusting the amounts that Medicare pays to health care providers." cbo.gov/publication/59115

will just note that the chief appropriator in the Senate, Susan Collins, has watched this past few weeks as Trump has rescinded a billion dollars in congressionally-authorized funds, drawn tens of millions of DHS funds for vanity ads, taken $2b in funds from a Medicare account to spend in ways violating the law, and promised $1.3 trillion in funds for citizens if Republicans hold power.

One day after @jaredkushner took to this platform to insist his work diplomatically is unconnected to his business interests, the Times drops this one

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those chicago guys did it again