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I have no Carlos tales this week as he has not done or said anything silly, crazy or just plain maddening. I asked him at the breakfast table if he could please do something blogworthy this morning and he suggested I tell you all about the delicious dinners he’s prepared this week.

“No one’s going to believe that!”

And I got THE look.

So, let’s talk Tuxedo. He had his latest checkup at the vet’s office last week, and while he’s lost a little weight, it’s mostly due to his new Kidney diet and the lack of protein. But his numbers are good and his coat and skin are well-hydrated, so everything is fairly good for the old man.

Good news.

Even sadder is that the rightwingnuts won’t talk about how she died, and her former partner, Silk, is using her death to raise money for her propaganda.

On a personal note, my father received the bill for his first day in the hospital last November and the total for twenty-fours came to … drum roll … $193, 375.52.

Luckily my father’s years in the Air Force left him with the kind of insurance, along with Medicare, that lowered the amount he owed to zero. Still, I cannot help but think of folks without insurance who see their houses lost from hospital stays. It’s ridiculous.

After the debacle last week, and his pandering and lying and hypocrisy, Sexual Predator Representative Matt Gaetz is emerging as the member of Congress everyone in Washington loves to hate.

Step aside, Rafael Cruz, there’s a new dick in the party.

Latest bit if hypocrisy in Congress are the new House rules that would enable the GOP to defund a criminal investigation into Thing 45, and defund the Office of Congressional Ethics, and allow any Republican being investigated by FBI to investigate the investigators investigating him.

Not a word about helping Americans.

It looks like former Vice President Michael Elizabeth Pence bought his way onto the best seller list. His book, “So Help Me God” was released last November and on November 9 Pence spent $91,000 at Books On Call and suddenly his book was on the New York Times’ Bestseller’s List.

God saw you, Michael Elizabeth, and she’s not happy.

In news that will make Michael Elizabeth Pence squirm, Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts will marry her decades-long girlfriend, Amber Laign, this year.

Roberts, who publicly came out in 2013, made the announcement while interviewing author and motivational speaker Gabby Bernstein, who asked Roberts what she planned to say “yes” to in 2023.

“I’m saying yes to marriage.”

Congratulations, Robin and Amber.

The GOP has suggested ending both Medicare and Social Security but don’t seem to realize that 16 of the first 25 states most dependent on these two programs are Red States. And many, many of these Red State rural counties would collapse with Social Security or Medicare but a group of entitled politicians, with lifetime pensions and healthcare are trying to end these programs.

Imagine your hospital bills with no Medicare. It makes me wonder why anyone votes Red.

My Grandmother was a wise old woman and I remember most of the advice she gave me over the years, the best being:

“Sometimes you have to hug people you don’t like so you’ll know how big to dig the hole in the back yard.”

Sound advice, Nana.

Marc-yndy Pierre is a trainer, model and motivational speaker from Miami, but the question is Would You Hit It?