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Oct 25, 2022

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Smart Girl Politics newsletter! It’s two weeks until Election Day and everything seems to be going the Republicans’ way. I live in VA10, where immigrant and veteran Hung Cao (R) is looking to unseat the odious Jennifer Wexton (D). Here’s hoping for a #Wexit on November 8th!

I’m especially impressed at the races being run by GOP women — Tudor Dixon may just unseat Gretchen Whitmer Michigan and Kari Lake if a force of nature in Arizona. (Unlike her Democrat opponent, Katie Hobbs, who is lackluster and deathly afraid to face Lake in a debate.)

Speaking of women, I’m going to work on a longer piece for Friday looking at the roles Jill Biden and Gisele Fetterman are playing in the public humiliations of their husbands. We’ve somehow gone from “stand by your man” to “exploit your enfeebled man.” It’s atrocious to watch. More on Friday.

I’ve got a bunch of quick hits for you today, plus memes and an important Question of the Day.

Happy Tuesday!

Teri

PS — I’m adding a new section, Bidenflation Busters, where I’ll add tips and tricks for making or saving money during this painful period of economic decline. I may make a small commission or referral payment from these recommendations; it will cost you nothing and, hopefully, give you some much-needed extra cash!

But First …

This is what incompetence looks like:

RNC Research @RNCResearch

BIDEN: "It's my intention to run again." Q: "Dr. Biden is for it?" BIDEN: *silence* Q: "Mr. President?" BIDEN: "Dr. Biden thinks that uh, my wife thinks that uh, that I uh, that, that we're, that we're doing something very important." 🤔

And this is what competence looks like:

Ron DeSantis @GovRonDeSantis

Three weeks ago, Hurricane Ian destroyed the Sanibel Causeway in three places, leaving the island of Sanibel isolated. Today, we have re-opened the causeway for our residents after completing temporary repairs more than a week ahead of schedule. Way to go!

Quick Hits

TikTok Parent ByteDance Planned To Use TikTok To Monitor The Physical Location Of Specific American Citizens (Forbes)
McDonald's Says McRib's Latest Comeback Will Be For 'Farewell Tour' (Foodbeast)
Actor Ralph Fiennes decries 'disgusting' verbal abuse from transgender activists against J.K. Rowling (TheBlaze)
Test scores show historic COVID setbacks for kids across US (AP)
Horrific moment female high school volleyball player suffers serious head injury after transgender girl in rival team lobbed '70mph' ball at her head and struck her (Daily Mail)
Biden Tells John Fetterman's Wife She'll Be 'Great' in the Senate (CNS News)
University of Wyoming Sorority Girl Speaks Out on Transgender Pledge: ‘He’s Just Calling Himself a Girl’ (National Review)
Halloween Candy Prices Jump 13.1%, Largest Year-to-Year Surge in CPI History (CNS News)

Question of the Day: Candy Corn

Sure, sure, sure … the election two weeks away. Yadda, yadda, yadda. What I really want to know is your stance on the controversial tri-colored seasonal treat.

Bidenflation Busters

I’m a big online shopper, and one of my favorite ways to earn extra cash is through Rakuten. Rakuten is an app and browser extension that gives you cash back on your purchases from certain stores (it used to be called Ebates back in the day). The percentage you get back varies by store; several times a year, usually around holidays, Rakuten will offer larger percentages. It really adds up if you do a lot of your holiday shopping online.

I use the Chrome extension, which makes getting cash back on my purchases super easy. Any time I’m on a site that offers cash back, a message will pop up and tell me the percentage that day and ask if I want to activate it. I click yes, do my shopping and Rakuten adds the cash to my account. Every three months, Rakuten mails me my earnings via a Big Fat Check. It’s a simple, painless and profitable process.

You can also make money by referring friends and family. For instance, right now, Rakuten is offering referrers and new sign ups $40 in cash back once the new Rakuten-er (?) spends $40. Sounds like a heckuva deal to me.

My referral link is here. The $40 offer is only good through November 22, which means that Big Fat Check will hit your mailbox right after the holidays, just in time to pay off some bills!

Anyway, happy shopping and enjoy the cash back!