Tenants-rights activist and former mayoral, gubernatorial, and (briefly) presidential candidate Jimmy McMillan, best known for his affiliation with the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, which he founded, announced today his retirement from politics.

Jimmy McMillan, the prodigiously bearded spirit animal of New York City, is running for governor of New York again.

This morning, perennial candidate Jimmy McMillan—best known for his formidable facial hair and trademark catch phrase-cum-political party—announced his endorsement for beleaguered mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner after a chance encounter at an IHOP in Harlem.

Jimmy "the Rent Is Too Damn High" McMillan is running for mayor of New York City, and our friends over at Animal New York have produced a political anthem for his campaign. It convincingly and forcefully makes the case that the rent is too damn high.

Occasional Tea Party pitchman Jimmy McMillan, otherwise known as the "Rent Is Too Damn High" guy, is now battling his landlord over the rent on his St. Marks Place apartment, for which he pays $872.96 per month. McMillan told the Post he's had the place since 1977, and that his rent back then was around $275. "Maybe the landlord doesn't know, but he can't bulldog me because I know the law," he told the paper. His landlord is apparently arguing that the St. Marks Place apartment is not McMillan's primary residence because he keeps an apartment in Brooklyn that doubles as his party HQ. McMillan says that his landlord just wants to get more money from a new tenant (!!!). Good luck with all that, and welcome to the real world, Jimmy.

Former New York gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan, who became a national sensation after saying "the rent is too damn high" many times in one debate last year, has concocted a clever self-marketing strategy. He takes his famous "the ___ is too damn high" formulation and fills the blank with whatever corporations pay him to fill it with.

Here's a picture of Tea Party queen Michele Bachmann and perennial "Rent Is 2 Damn High" candidate Jimmy McMillan at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington today. The photo appeared in a Bachmann staffer's Facebook feed today. Details of what the two discussed did not. Alas.

This morning Jimmy McMillan stopped by Good Day New York to serenade us with a medley of jams from his latest CD. Lucky for us, the producers there didn't check the lyrics and we got this completely inappropriate/awesome performance.

Ever since his splash on the national stage with his "Rent Is Too Damn High" platform, Jimmy McMillan has been subject to a level of chatter usually reserved for someone like Britney Spears. Now, finally, McMillan's auto-tuned video is here.

Jimmy McMillan, the now-infamous member of the "Rent Is Too Damn High" party (video here), teamed up with Funny or Die for this new exclusive video, advocating for the "Charlie Sheen Is Too Damn High" party. Watch the sketch inside.

Gubernatorial candidate Jimmy McMillan, of the Rent Is 2 Damn High party, has lost to Democrat Andrew Cuomo. Oh, sure, Jimmy's too wacky to be Governor? Well, television cooking-person Sandra Lee is now the first lady of New York.

Jimmy McMillan, badass gubernatorial candidate and founder of the Rent is Too Damn High Party, has officially released a music video. Watch as he grooves with a boombox, dances with the ladies, and raps about overpaying for housing.

During Monday's New York Gubernatorial debate, Jimmy McMillan—of the "Rent Is Too Damn High" party—became an instant, nationwide star because of his hilarious antics (watch him here). On tonight's SNL, Kenan Thompson impersonated McMillan flawlessly. Watch inside.

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Surely you've heard of Brooklyn's own Jimmy McMillan, founder and CEO of the Rent Is Too Damn High Party, and candidate for governor of New York. He's fighting rent-hiking slumlords for you! Well, he's fighting everyone except his landlord.

Former Vietnam Veteran and "Rent Is Too Damn High Party" representative Jimmy McMillan sure knows how to bring the party. In more ways than one. Listen to his political rap songs to see hear political platform... and some sweet jams.

Did you watch the debate between candidates for Governor of New York? Did you see the man with, uh, unique facial hair? Who wore gloves the whole time? That's Jimmy McMillan, candidate for the Rent Is 2 Damn High Party.

We told you that tonight's New York gubernatorial debate—with seven participants!—would be crazy, but we could have never anticipated this level of it: watch as Jimmy McMillan, of the "Rent Is Too Damn High" party, uh... introduces himself.