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Ads praising the president's presidency were charged to border security, at the president's direction.

By MortThe Records Bureau

“Thousands of immigrants with legal status lose Medicaid coverage as 'big, beautiful' cuts begin”, 2 October 2026 (Photo via The Hill — the original report)

As it ran on the front

The rule that the public does not pay for compliments to the man running the government died this week, quietly, in the ordinary way these things die. Nothing was repealed. It was simply billed.

Here is the season, laid out the way we lay these out.…

…(cont) On the fifteenth, the Treasury secretary said the department was examining whether it could cut those checks without Congress — the examining being the part that matters, since the old arrangement was that Congress votes and then Treasury spends. The senator whose vote the checks require has said he will not fund them. A rule can die like that, between two sentences, and no casserole comes.

In that same stretch, 750,000 Americans lost their health coverage. On the first of October, thousands of refugees and some other immigrants with legal status lost Medicaid outright, the first real coverage losses under the big bill's cuts, while states and advocacy groups have been trying to warn them it was coming.

Now the ads. On the twenty-eighth of September the Senate majority leader objected to a taxpayer-funded "PSA" campaign that reuses materials from the 2024 presidential campaign and carries the on-screen disclaimer "Paid for by the U.S. Government." By the twenty-ninth, Senate Republicans were warning the president not to use taxpayer money to promote himself so brazenly; the spot in question pledges to "cast out the communists, Marxists and fascists." That same day the chair of the Appropriations Committee confirmed where the money came from — a pot of federal dollars meant for Customs and Border Protection. And today the Times reports that the president directed the spending himself.

So the border money bought the commercial, and the commercial says the disclaimer out loud. That is the shit of it. Not a penny-ante slush fund, not a sneak: a line item, a voiceover, and a receipt printed on the screen where the reader can see it.

The deceased is survived by 750,000 Americans without coverage, by the thousands who lost Medicaid on the first, by a $5,000 promise contingent on an election, and by a majority leader's mild objection.

In lieu of flowers, write your senator and ask for the appropriation line, the vendor, and the invoice for the ad — and keep the answer.

“They told 750,000 people the money ran out, then found money for a commercial about how great the boss is — out of the border pot, the one they holler about every November. And the promised five grand? That one needs Congress, which is the whole point: the check you might get is a maybe, the ad you already paid for is a done deal. When the Treasury starts examining whether it needs a vote at all, the vote is what's for sale.”
Sal
“It's a public service announcement — public, service, announcement, it says so right on the screen, paid for by the U.S. Government, which is transparency. Did I say the border money? That doesn't sound like me; appropriations get moved around constantly, ask anybody. And look, our own majority leader raised a concern, which proves the system is working, and he's still voting with us, which also proves it.”
Chip

Earlier in this story

The receipts

· GOP senators push back on Trump’s taxpayer-funded ad from the morgue, 29 Sep 2026

· Trump administration using border money to pay for for taxpayer-funded ads from the morgue, 29 Sep 2026

· Thune bucks Trump’s campaign-style ‘PSA’ ads for using taxpayer money from the morgue, 28 Sep 2026

· The Big Beautiful Bill Is Starting to Bite Before the Election from the morgue, 23 Sep 2026

· 'Sickening and Unacceptable': Anger Mounts as Trump and Vance Gleefully Rip Healthcare From 750,000 from the morgue, 23 Sep 2026

· Many Americans are relying on multiple forms of credit to cover expenses. When is it a warning sign? from the morgue, 23 Sep 2026

· Trump gave ‘the red meat,’ Vance was playing for independents: Bob Cusack from the morgue, 11 Sep 2026

· Fox News’s Baier presses Vance on Trump’s $5K dividend promise from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Pritzker: Vance is Trump's 'chief bootlicker' from the morgue, 9 Sep 2026

· Bessent Defends Faltering Bond Market Intervention from the morgue, 15 Sep 2026

· Bessent says Treasury is ‘examining’ ability to cut $5,000 checks without Congress from the morgue, 15 Sep 2026

· Bessent’s move to tamp down rising rates backfires as bond yields jump, stocks tumble from the morgue, 9 Sep 2026

· The bond market is revolting — and your mortgage is the first casualty from the morgue, 4 Sep 2026

· Fiscal hawks skeptical of Bessent’s claim that US can ‘grow our way out’ of $40 trillion debt from the morgue, 27 Aug 2026

· Bessent blasts Warren’s ‘sciolistic’ letter about yen policy from the morgue, 29 Aug 2026

· Soros-funded Philadelphia district attorney insinuates Trump is a ‘35-time felon,’ calling $5,000 dividend a bribe from the morgue, 15 Sep 2026

· Soros-funded Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Thursday from the morgue, 31 Aug 2026

· Voters have a blunt message for Trump about his idea to dole out $5,000 checks from the morgue, 15 Sep 2026

· Why Donald Trump has a Joe Biden problem from the morgue, 15 Sep 2026

· Does Trump have a 'Biden problem' on the economy? from the morgue, 15 Sep 2026

· Trump’s $5,000 dividend falls flat with GOP senators from the morgue, 15 Sep 2026

· Trump sees backlash over $5K dividend pledge from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump plan to raise debt limit on shaky ground from the morgue, 26 Aug 2026

· 5 things to know about Trump's $5K dividend pledge from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Vance strikes back at concern $5,000 Trump dividend will stoke debt: ‘Wealth will go back to the people’ from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Marshall backtracks on support for $5,000 Trump dividend in Kansas Senate debate from the morgue, 12 Sep 2026

· Vance and MAGA Inc. work to defend Roger Marshall in redder Kansas from the morgue, 14 Sep 2026

· Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026

· Conservatives would scream ‘bloody murder’ if Democratic president offered dividend to maintain power: Guy Benson from the morgue, 14 Sep 2026

· Will Trump's payout promises boost Republican appeal to white women? from the morgue, 14 Sep 2026

· Republicans need a Reagan-style vision to win the battle over America's future from the morgue, 14 Sep 2026

· Trump’s promised $5,000 ‘dividend’ checks: What to know from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump’s Reckless $5,000 ‘Dividend’ from the morgue, 14 Sep 2026

· Republicans bet the House on Trump from the morgue, 14 Sep 2026

· Axelrod dismisses the idea of the proposed $5000 ‘Trump dividend’ from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump pledges $5K 'Trump dividend' if Republicans hold onto Congress from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump says $5K dividend checks to Americans will 'happen 100 percent' from the morgue, 14 Sep 2026

· Lawler deflects on supporting Trump's $5K dividend pledge: 'How do you pay for it?' from the morgue, 13 Sep 2026

· GOP rep says priority 'needs to be the military,' not $5K checks from the morgue, 13 Sep 2026

· Susan Collins calls Trump’s $5,000 dividend proposal with no cap ‘extraordinarily costly’ from the morgue, 11 Sep 2026

· Bret Baier presses Paxton on Trump $5K dividend payment support from the morgue, 11 Sep 2026

· Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s $5K voter payout ‘bulls—’ and a ‘desperate’ power grab from the morgue, 11 Sep 2026

· Trump pitches $5,000 checks, but only if GOP wins House and Senate from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump's $5,000 payments would reignite inflation, economists say from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Why Trump's promised $5,000 payments to Americans are unlikely to happen from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Bond yields rise modestly after Trump's dividend pledge from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· GOP leaders blindsided by Trump’s promise of $5K checks from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump promises Obamacare rebates to people in swing states from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Steve Scalise says details of $5,000 dividends would "obviously have to be worked out by Congress" from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump’s $5,000 dividend pledge divides Republicans over spending from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Many Republicans skeptical about Trump plan to tie $5,000 dividends to GOP wins from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Anger Grows Over 'Pathological Liar-in-Chief' Donald Trump's $5,000 Midterm Bribes from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Spiking Bond Yields Pay the Rich and Squeeze Everyone Else from the morgue, 2 Sep 2026

· Trump-aligned group releases first midterm ads — and they’re all about him from the morgue, 2 Sep 2026

· The Memo: Bond market turmoil heightens midterm risks for Trump and GOP from the morgue, 2 Sep 2026

· Trump’s Plan To Cut $5,000 Checks For Americans Not Landing With Many Midterm Convention Attendees from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Texas Democrat Gina Hinojosa backs Trump’s $5,000 dividend but rejects conditional payout from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Voters may accept Trump’s bribes, but the bond markets aren’t biting from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· In Trump's Second Term, Average US Family Forced to Spend $3,800 More on Essentials from the morgue, 27 Aug 2026

· Why not to bank on Trump's $5,000 dividend checks happening from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump shares details on $5,000 dividend with CBS News Texas from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Some Republicans Balk at Trump’s $5,000 ‘Dividend’ Offer from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· The political risk behind Trump’s $5,000 pledge: From the Politics Desk from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Bob Cusack raises concerns over Trump’s $5,000 check proposal: ‘Deficits matter, debt matters’ from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Global sell-off in government bonds intensifies from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026

· Trump vs. the Bond Market from the morgue, 28 Aug 2026

· The United States House of Representatives passes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 by 227 votes to 203. After being sent to the United States Senate for a vote, the Senate's parliamentarian found tha from the morgue, 19 Dec 2017

· The attorney general of New York announces she is suing the Donald J. Trump Foundation and its directors, President Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Jr., Ivanka Trump and Eric Trump. (CNBC) from the morgue, 14 Jun 2018

· Trump gambles big on midterm elections with convention spotlight from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026

· Vulnerable Republicans divided over wisdom of Trump’s midterm convention from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026

· Republican strategist knocks Trump for not spending more on GOP candidates from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026

· Republicans ready for 'very hasty' 'Trump-a-palooza' convention in Texas from the morgue, 30 Aug 2026

· Some Republicans are planning to skip Trump’s GOP convention from the morgue, 3 Sep 2026

· Trump promises $5,000 ‘dividend’ for adult Americans if Republicans win midterms from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump claims $5,000 midterm dividends wouldn't need congressional approval from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump's $5,000 dividend checks would come with a major catch under GOP senator's plan from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump faces reckoning as GOP figures label $5K promise a 'socialist vote-buying scheme' from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump’s proposed $5,000 dividend blindsides Congress, angers fiscal conservatives: ‘A dangerous arms race’ from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump Wants to Give Out $5,000 Checks. It Would Cost More Than $1 Trillion. from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump Promises Americans $5K Checks If GOP Wins Midterms, Raising Legal Questions from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Ansarallah advances on Bab al-Mandab; Trump offers to pay Americans $5,000 for midterm votes; U.S. kills 3 in Caribbean boat strike from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Trump's Republican midterm convention included $5,000 pitch and Iran war expectations from the morgue, 10 Sep 2026

· Treasury boosts debt buyback cap to $6 billion from the morgue, 9 Sep 2026

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