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You know it’s been said that 50% of all marriages end in divorce and ours is no exception.

It happened like this: one morning over breakfast Carlos began talking about Rosita; since he’s home more often than I, the two have bonded and while she sleeps between us she will only sit in his lap, but this isn’t about that. He began talking about how much like a dog she is because she roams the house checking on her people; he said she came out to the kitchen to see him, and then she disappeared down the hallway to find me. I said:

“Tuxedo used to do that. He used to come to the door, like a dog would, whenever we came home from somewhere.”

And Carlos said:

“Well, Rosita seems smarter than Tuxedo.”

Yes, he did; and he meant it, and so I said:

“This is going to sound crazy, and I don’t care cuz it is, but don’t you ever say a negative word about Tuxedo again.”

“Well, I was only—”

“BAH!!!!!”

“I just meant—”

“BAH!!!!!!!!!”

And because he saw the look on my face, with the glimmer of a tear in my eye, he said:

“Sorry.”

And all was right in the house again.

This week’s Tuxedo Memory is a quickie … from May 2012, just Tuxedo posing for a photo; he did love to have his picture taken!

"Caturday TuxedoDay

The Most handsome Cat Ever."

Note to self: remind Carlos of this.

Ryan Basye owns an Omaha, Nebraska apartment building and when he asked his daughters, ages five, seven, and nine, what color he should paint it, they all wanted the colors of the rainbow.

While his daughters were motivated by a love for colors, Basye was intrigued by the idea because of a 2022 conversation he’d had with a fellow property owner, during which the person made anti-LGBTQ+ remarks. So Basye painted the house rainbow and, in addition to making his daughters heroes at school, the house has brought joy to more people than he ever predicted:

“It puts a smile on my face knowing that neighbor has to see it every day [and] this place is right by an elementary school so we get lots of kids walking by with smiles on their faces. It has been about 99% positive.”

Basye—who owns about 25 properties and has been a realtor for 20 years—offered to help his tenants move out if the attention got to be too much but his tenants love the building.

So do I.

X, formerly known as Twitter, could lose as much as $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year as dozens of major brands pause their marketing campaigns after X owner, Elon Musk, endorsed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory this month.

Oh Elon, now buy Chick-fil-A and Hobby Lobby! And Walmart.

Neo-Nazis gathered in the town of Wunsiedel in Germany last week and found themselves the target of an anti-fascist prank when they inadvertently raised $12,000+ dollars [€10,000] for an anti-extremist organization.

After years of far-right extremists marching through Wunsiedel this year the organizers of Rechts gegen Rechts [Right against Right] took a different approach and had local residents and businesses sponsor the 250 participants of the march. For every meter they walked, €10 went to a program called EXIT Deutschland, which helps people escape extremist groups.

Campaigners hung posters to make the march look more like a sporting event, with slogans such as “If only the Führer knew!” and “Mein Mampf” [‘My Munch’] next to a table laden with bananas. They even hung a sign at the end, thanking the marchers for their “donations.”

And this is how Nazi’s donate to anti-hate groups! You know, cuz Nazis are stupid.

Fox News idiot Jason Chaffetz got roasted on X for claiming he spent $90 on a Thanksgiving turkey all thanks to Bidenomics:

“I mean, we went to go buy a turkey today. It was $90 for a turkey! It’s all a choice by Joe Biden. That is what Bidenomics is.”

To prove his point, Chaffetz posted a photo of the “premium young turkey” he bought from Meiers for $114.02—even more than the originally claimed $90—but failed to note in his idiotic snowflake rant that his turkey was “thoughtfully raised on sustainable family farms” and was “100% vegetarian fed, raised without antibiotics, no preservatives, minimally processed.”

Yes, this Fox News lying, rightwingnut MAGAt went out on bought himself a woke turkey!

This week Mr-Former-Fake-One-Term-Twice-Impeached-Currently-Four-Time-Criminally-Indicted-Not-My-President-Gurl came to South Carolian for the Palmetto Bowl game between Clemson and USC. And because he can’t control crowds he doesn’t hire, Thing 45 was soundly booed as he arrived and given many one finger salutes, at the game.

Even better is that billboard erected in downtown Columbia reminding him that he’s a loser.

Sometimes South Carolinians get it right.

PS Notice that the sign was sponsored by “Radical Leftist Vermin.”

On the flip side of South Carolinians,  this was the temperature yesterday morning when I woke up and believe me, you never heard so many people complaining about the first really cold day of the year.

Oh, people wait until February …

Marcus Freeman is thirty-seven, a former linebacker and currently the head coach at the University of Notre Dame. Would You Hit It?

My Thought: a friend who is a Notre Dame football fan posted his picture on her Facebook page and I commented:

“Oh my … ::::thud:::”

And I meant it.

I Didn't Say It ...

Jair Bolsonaro, President of Brazil, proving he’s the world’s biggest asshat in a recent speech on the pandemic:

“All anyone talks about these days is the pandemic. We need to stop that. I regret the deaths. I really do. But we’re all going to die someday. There’s no use fleeing reality. We have to stop being a country of fags. We have to face up to it and fight. I hate this faggot stuff.”

Bolsonaro, like his BFF _____, has consistently downplayed the virus that has killed 163,000 people in Brazil, and so, clearly, calling people concerned with the pandemic “fags” is the right choice.

Asshat.

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John Oliver, Last Week Tonight host, on the celebrations after the election results:

“This was clearly a very long, very tense week although thankfully it all felt worth it due to how it ended. There was a mood here that can only be described as a reverse 9/11, because it combined complete euphoria, an abiding disgust for Rudy Giuliani, and this time, people were actually dancing on the rooftops in New Jersey. It was a really good day. Never forget.”

On 9/11 _____said Muslims were dancing in Jersey, but all of Jersey, and Manhattan, and much of the world, was dancing on 11/7.

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Neil Cavuto, FOX News host, cutting away from Kayleigh McEnaney, AKA Bullshit Barbie, after she repeated, without evidence, _____’s lies about illegal voting:

“Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. She’s charging the other side is welcoming fraud and welcoming illegal voting. Unless she has more details to back that up, I can’t in good countenance continue showing you this. I want to make sure that maybe they do have something to back that up. But that is an explosive charge to make that the other side is effectively rigging and cheating. If she does bring proof of that of course we will take you back.”

Nice to see a Fox host not pandering to the _____ lying machine.

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Tucker Carlson, Fox News host and ______’s bitch, scolded Cavuto and Fox News, for cutting away from Bullshit Barbie:

“In a democracy, you cannot ignore honest questions from citizens. You’re not allowed. You can’t dismiss them out of hand as crazy or immoral for asking. You can’t just cut away from coverage you don’t like. You can’t simply tell people to accept an outcome because force doesn’t work in a democracy. That’s dictatorship.”

You can, Fucker, when there is no proof of fraud. Just because you say it doesn’t make it true, in fact, it more than likely makes it a lie.

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Jason Chaffetz, Fox News commentator and former GOP Congressman, pissy because Joe didn’t mention _____ in his speech:

“There is not a single state in the United States that has certified their election yet. So you know, you can have a crying Stephen Colbert putting on an act — because he is an actor — saying he was just so saddened by this, but I never saw them crying about Donald _____. Donald _____, when he won, his victory speech, first he did was thank and honor Hillary Clinton. Joe Biden in his speech last night never even mentioned Donald _____ directly. Did not thank him for his service. Did not honor Donald Trump and all the success he had in this country. He didn’t even do that. And so, you know, carts before the horse here. You have got to go through. The president has legal avenues.”

What service? When he lied and dodged the draft? What success? When he had the taxpayers pay out $144,000,000 for him to golf?

Fuck all the way off.

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Charles Payne, Fox Business host, saying we all should thank _____ for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine:

“I am finding the timing curious. It’s frustrating. What I thought was intriguing is on the Biden website, it says ‘Operation Warp Speed lacks a strategy to see its mission through and gain the trust of Americans.’ Well, I wonder what they’re going to say today? Are they going to tell people not to take this vaccine that Pfizer is saying 90% effective? Are they going to say wait? I mean this is absolutely remarkable stuff. Credit where credit is due; President _____, he really did push hard on this. Who knows, if it came a week earlier it might have changed the outcome, but it is great news for all Americans.”

Two things asshat: even if the news came out last week, _____ is responsible for the deaths of 230,000+ Americans.

And secondly, Pfizer noted that not only did they take any federal money for their vaccine, they were never part of Operation Warp Speed.

So, to sum it up: Charles Payne is a lying moron.

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Van Jones, CNN commentator, tearing up talking about Biden’s win:

"This is vindication for a lot of people who have really suffered. You know, 'I can't breathe?' that wasn't just George Floyd. That was how a lot of people have felt. They couldn't breathe. Every day you are waking up, and you are getting these tweets, and you don't know. And you go into the store, and people who have been afraid to show their racism are getting nastier and nastier to you. And you are worried about your kids. And you are worried about your sister. Can she go to Walmart and get back into her car without somebody saying something to her. And you spent so much of your life energy just trying to hold it together. The character of the country matters. Being a good man matters. I want my sons to look at this. It is easy to do it the cheap way and get away with stuff. It comes back around. And it is a good thing for this country."

It make take us a long time to get to even being close to what it was like pre-_____, and let’s be clear, that wasn’t perfect by a country mile, but at least we’re moving in the right direction.

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I Didn't Say It ....

Donald _____, on his transgender ban:

“I have great respect for the community. I think I’ve had great support, or I’ve had great support from that community. I got a lot of votes. But the transgender, the military’s working on it now. It’s been a very difficult situation and I think I’m doing a lot of people a favor by coming out and just saying it. As you know, it’s been a very complicated issue for the military, it’s been a very confusing issue for the military, and I think I’m doing the military a great favor.”

Wait, so you treat a “that community” as though they’re less than, denying them the right to join the military—something you dodged five times—and you think they support you?

They don’t; more and more people are turning from you. And if you’d bothered to listen to anyone, like your military leaders, you’d know they don’t support you, so this isn’t good for the military and it isn’t a favor.

It’s discrimination based on the fact that you’re a fucking tool.

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Seth Meyers, on _____’s “working vacation” and his crashing a wedding party at his golf club:

“‘Meetings and calls’ sounds like how an eight-year-old would describe an adult job. [And] what are you wearing? You’re the president. Not a hungover cruise director. Second, is there anything scarier than _____ walking into your wedding and going ‘where’s the bride?’ Followed by ‘come on!'”

Describing _____ as a drunk eight-year-old cruise director is the best description ever!

And then think how much money and time that newlywed couple will have to spend to Photoshop _____ out of their pictures. Sad.

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Mike Pence, Vice President for now, is pushing back against a report that he is planning to run for president in 2020:

“The American people know that I could not be more honored to be working side by side with a president who is making America great again. Whatever fake news may come our way, my entire team will continue to focus all our efforts to advance the President’s agenda and see him elected in 2020. Any suggestion otherwise is both laughable and absurd.”

Odd, then, that Pence created his own political fund-raising committee, Great America Committee, despite warnings from some high-profile Republicans that it would create speculation about his intentions.

Pence knows _____ won’t last and he’s already trying to start a campaign.

Dump his ass; the sooner, the better.

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Jason Chaffetz, GOP lapdog and former House Oversight Committee Chairman, enraged at the idea that the Senate would take a vacation with such a lengthy list of things to do:

“It’s infuriating. [Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell went out in July and touted that the Senate was gonna stay in session through the end of next week. And yet, they adjourned early. And when you have 12 legislative days on the calendar, going through September, and you have to go through the long list you just highlighted how do you go home?”

Lest we forget, and we don’t ever forget, Jason Chaffetz resigned his position half-way through his term. So, yeah, he’s going home early, too, without getting the job done.

GOP tribal hypocrisy mentality.

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Jimmy Kimmel, also on that “working vacation”:

“Just for the record, ordering Chris Christie to go on a White Castle run does not count as a meeting, or a call.”

I keep laughing at the idea of “Chris Christie” and “run” in the same sentence.

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Stephen Miller, _____ advisor and SS Goon, kissing his boss’s ass on Fox News:

“President Trump is the most gifted politician of our time and the best orator to hold that office in generations. He’s been right, they have been wrong, but there is no doubt, there are segments of the extreme media, and I wouldn’t call it mainstream, it is extreme to want to have unlimited cheap migration. These are extreme positions. The extreme media is going to do whatever they can to tear down this president, but as long as the people stand for what they want and what they believe, we are going to keep winning.”

Two things;
A] they must be smoking some wild shiz in that White House, or ....

2] Stupidity is key if you wanna continue goose-stepping to Hair Furor.

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I Didn't Say It ...

Jennifer Finney Boylan, Trans woman, author and activist, on her “gay agenda”:

“What I want above all, is the special right to be left alone, and to be considered half of just one more unextraordinary American couple—just as the two of us were as we sat at the bar watching the ocean and drinking our beers. You’d think that most of this would be common sense—that protecting American citizens from violence and unemployment and homelessness would be something we’d all agree upon. You’d think that respecting the privacy and humanity of some of the country’s most vulnerable souls would be a common goal.”

Isn’t that simple? Just live and let live ...

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Elton John, telling Prince Harry how his mother, Princess Diana, changed attitudes toward gay people and people with AIDS:

“It was considered to be a gay disease. For someone who was within the Royal Family and who was a woman, and who was straight, to have someone care from the other side, was an incredible gift. Because of her ... she had that incredible ability—which [Harry] kind of inherited—to make people feel at ease and make them feel that everything’s gonna be all right. I haven’t experienced many people in my life who have that ability, but she could walk into a room of people and make them feel as if everything was great.”

She truly helped changed minds about the LGBT community and, especially, people with AIDS.

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Jason Chaffetz, suggesting what the GOP needs to do about the Democrats and their investigation into the _____ Klan and Russia:

“Republicans need to get a backbone. Every time the Democrats say they need to call up Jared Kushner or Don Jr.—call up Chelsea Clinton, call up the Clintons. ... You have Bill Clinton, the former president, taking millions and millions of dollars from countries, that Hillary Clinton is going in and then doing business. So every time a Democrat says ‘I gotta talk to Donald _____ Jr.,’ then go up and bring Chelsea Clinton in there.”

Chaffetz a goose-stepping, ass-kissing GOP lapdog then went on to suggest that Chelsea Clinton was “involved in the Benghazi situation.”

No proof; not a shred of evidence. Just another fearmongering GOP fuckmonkey ... no offense to monkeys.

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Sean Spicer, ousted White House flunky, whining to Sean Hannity about SNL:

“I think when it’s funny it’s funny. I think that there were parts of it that were funny, but there’s a lot of it that was over the line. It wasn’t funny. It was stupid, or silly, or malicious. But there were some skits on late night television that I did crack up at. So sometimes it can be funny, Some of the memes you have to crack up about. But sometimes it goes from funny to mean.”

Mean is still funny, you wingnut, and Melissa McCarthy was a better you than you have ever been.

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Seth Meyers, on _____’s new communications director Anthony Scaramucci:

“_____’s new Communications Director is Wall Street financier Anthony Scaramucci. Look at this guy! He’s a human pinky ring. He’s the human embodiment of a double-parked BMW. He looks like the guy who leaves a doo-wop group over creative differences. He looks like the only magician you can get on short notice. I could go on and on. He definitely calls waitresses ‘sweetheart.’ His yearbook quote was ‘don’t worry about it!'”

I find Scaramucci to look a little like comedian Mario Cantone, and Tweeted Mario, sugessting he offer his services for SNL’s new season. Mario then Tweeted that he’ll be playing ‘The Mooch’ on Comedy Central, and maybe SNL will be next.

I asked him to do “The Mooch” as Lizaaaaaaaaa!

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Laverne Cox, actress and Trans woman, on _____’s transgender military ban:

“I have met many transgender Americans over the years who have served or are currently serving our country in the military. I have heard from them humiliating stories of being misgendered and experiencing various kinds of mistreatment when they are willing to put their lives on the line in ways many of us would never do including our current President. This latest reversal of another Obama administration policy continues to send the message to trans Americans that our lives, our safety and service are less valuable and unwanted in this country, the country I love and hold so dear.”

After eight years of Obama, I cannot grasp the idea that a president is trying to go back to closeting people, discriminating against people, treating anyone as less than.

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Gregory Angelo, president of the Log Cabin Republicans, on _____’s ban: 

“This smacks of politics, pure and simple. The United States military already includes transgender individuals who protect our freedom day in and day out. Excommunicating transgender soldiers only weakens our readiness; it doesn’t strengthen it. The president’s statement this morning does a disservice to transgender military personnel and reintroduces the same hurtful stereotypes conjured when openly gay men and women were barred from service during the military’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ era. As an organization that led the charge against that hateful policy, Log Cabin Republicans remains equally committed to standing up for transgender military personnel who put their lives on the line to keep us free.”

Perhaps the LCR needs to rethink its party affiliation because, while some in the GOP are quietly bigoted, this stance is not really that new.

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Orrin Hatch, Utah Seantor and Republican, on the trans ban:

“I don’t think we should be discriminating against anyone. Transgender people are people, and deserve the best we can do for them. I look forward to getting much more information and clarity from our military leaders about the policy the President tweeted today.”

Well, well, well, color me embarrassed. A Republican, from Utah no less, showing support for the Trans community.

Is it me, or did Hell suddenly get a lot cooler?

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Michael Surgaugh, Boy Scouts of America president, finally commenting on _____’s disgusting speech at their Jamboree”:

“I want to extend my sincere apologies to those in our Scouting family who were offended by the political rhetoric that was inserted into the jamboree. That was never our intent. The invitation for the sitting U.S. President to visit the National Jamboree is a long-standing tradition that has been extended to the leader of our nation that has had a Jamboree during his term since 1937. It is in no way an endorsement of any person, party or policies. For years, people have called upon us to take a position on political issues, and we have steadfastly remained non-partisan and refused to comment on political matters. We sincerely regret that politics were inserted into the Scouting program.”

You should have known when you invited him. When _____ gives a speech he only speaks about himself, never the group to whom he’s speaking.

And, about ten seconds in, when you realized this was to be a political speech,. His microphone should have been cut off.

No disrespect to an actual president, but the #FakePresident needed to sit down.

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Random Musings

It’s a good thing my boss loves me because ... one day this week, I brought my lunch from home, and as I was eating he looked at it and said:

“What’s that?”

"It’s a Black Bean, Corn, Tomato, Avocado salad."

“What’s in it?”

“Black Beans. Corn. Tomato. Avocado.”

“Smartass,” he said.

“Dumbass,” I replied.

Like I said, it’s good that I’m good at my job.

In a case of him being about the most ignorant man on the planet, this week President-For-Now _____ attacked The Washington Post and its owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, for its coverage of him and his administration as, wait for it, because it’s new and newsworthy .... #FakeNews.

The fake news story that has that dead muskrat on his head itching his scalp? The story about how he has framed copies of a fake issue of Time magazine with his picture on it at several of his properties.

Yup, he called a news story about how he made a fake issue of a magazine a fake news story. Fake + Fake = Truth. Dipshit, as my Dad would say.

Well, isn’t this special? The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mississippi can begin enforcing a law to allow merchants and government employees who cite religious beliefs as an excuse to deny services to same-sex couples.

Cuz, you know, God hates fags.

Here's where it might get ugly, though, because how do you know when someone is being a bigot because of the Baby Jeebus and when they’re being a bigot because they are hate-filled human beings?

Asking for a friend.

A friend of Carlos’ has a cat that was making some weird noises and so she took him to the vet and spent a great deal of money on tests after test to find out what was wrong.

Turns out the cat sneezes in rather than out.

Carlos made some snide remark about a waste of money to find out your cat sneezes inward, and I looked at him sideways and said:

“Yeah, that’s kinda like spending $20,000 for a day-and-a-half in the hospital because you hurt yourself throwing a bag of leaves in the back of a truck.”

Yes, that was snark to my Poor Baby Carlito.

Poor Ivanka “Complicit” _____ is being forced to testify in a dispute with Italian shoemaker Aquazzura Italia over one of her company’s shoe designs that Aquazzura Italia says she stole from them.

What? A _____ stealing someone else’s work and pawnign it off as their own? What’s next? Melania _____ giving someone else’s speech at a—

Oh yeah, never mind. The family of grifters is just doing what they do.

One morning this week, watching the news whilst having breakfast, I caught sight of the amazing shot that Jordan Spieth made from a sand trap.

“Oh my god,” I said to Carlos. “That’s amazing!”

Carlos watched the replay and said, “Wow, what an incredible shot.”

And I said:

“What shot? Look at his ass in those jeans!”

Priorities, people. And whoever knew golf could be hot?

Fox news political commentator Chadwick Moore—an openly self-loathing homosexual and former liberal who is now drinking the Kool-Aid— was on the “news” show to discuss a vigil that took place at Stonewall Inn to remember the 49 innocent people that were brutally murdered in the Pulse massacre last year.

The event was organized by Gays Against Guns, and was also used as a way of protesting against out-dated gun laws that continue to allow dangerous individuals to purchase guns without proper background checks. And, when asked what he thought about the anti-_____ nature of the event, Moore said:

“Most gay people aren’t political. Most gay people, you know, they care about pop music and going to the beach. They probably don’t know what the Second Amendment is. And so they show up to be together, to celebrate the community, to mourn together and instead they are fed this anti-gun nonsense.”

Oh, you stupid man, we have been politically active for fifty years working against ignorant bigots like yourself and will continue to do so, while we dance and go to the beach and catch a Broadway show because we’re here, we’re queer and we can multi-task the fuck out of wingnuts like you.

The Congressional Black Caucus are expected to refuse an invitation to meet President-For-Now _____ because they say this White House has done nothing to further CBC priorities and they believe _____ will use a meeting with them as a photo opportunity and nothing else:

“No one wants to be a co-star on the reality show.”  

Honey, you ain’t never lied.

Well, we haven’t seen the tax returns because ... liar ... but it appears that President-For-Now _____ had personal liabilities of at least $315.6 million to German, U.S. and other lenders as of mid-2017.

Yeah, he’s good for business.

In great news for TV lovers, and lovers of Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City books—28 Barbary Lane and Back to Barbary Lane.

Netflix is developing a return to Armistead Maupin’s Tales of the City, with original stars Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis already signed on to revive their Showtime and PBS characters.

Michael Cunningham, The Hours, is writing the ten-part series and Armistead Maupin will produce.

Sheesh. Now I gotta Netflix, too?

Jason Chaffetz, the Congressman from Utah, is set to reign in a few days, but before he goes, he is suggesting that We The People pay members of Congress a $2,500 per month housing allowance:

“I really do believe Congress would be much better served if there was a housing allowance for members of Congress. In today’s climate, nobody’s going to suggest or vote for a pay raise. But you shouldn’t have to be among the wealthiest of Americans to serve properly in Congress ... and I flat-out cannot afford a mortgage in Utah, kids in college and a second place here in Washington, D.C. I think a $2,500 housing allowance would be appropriate and a real help to have at least a decent quality of life in Washington if you’re going to expect people to spend hundreds of nights a year here.”

As a member of Congress Jason Chaffetz makes $174,000 a year for roughly 131 days of work, or about $1300 a day; his net worth, and he’s one of the least wealthy members of Congress, is over $2 million.

And yet he wants you to pay his rent. And if he doesn’t stay in DC, and opts to fly home every weekend, We The People pay for his airline ticket.

A $2,500 monthly allowance would cost We The People $30,000 a year per lawmaker, or roughly $16 million a year for all 535 members.

Bitch, please.