Crash Course: There's a new Trump in town

Plus: Four Seasons Total Landscaping celebrates its one-year anniversary [Crash Course] Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0QWaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tL1cDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). Written by [Brett Bachman](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0QhaHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9CcmV0dEFCYWNobWFuVwNzcGNCCmGBUxGJYaV92ThSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). There's a new Trump in town For much of his tenure, "Saturday Night Live" struggled to parody former President Donald Trump — after all, his unique mannerisms, bizarre asides and nasal tone were often quite funny without needing any interpretation or dialing up. But now, it seems the long-running comedy show may have finally figured the man out, with new cast member James Austin Johnson stealing the show as Trump during this week's cold open. It's not exactly new territory for Johnson, who went viral for his impressions of Trump on Twitter before "SNL" called him up. The wide-ranging sketch also featured another new impression, as Alex Moffat took on Glenn Youngkin's victory in Virginia ("What is critical race theory?" Moffat is asked — "Doesn't matter," he responds, "It's what got me elected"). [Watch the sketch](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0RjaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvc2F0dXJkYXktbmlnaHQtbGl2ZS1oYXMtYS1uZXctZG9uYWxkLWltcHJlc3Npb24vP3VzZXJfaWQ9KnxFTUFJTHwqVwNzcGNCCmGBUxGJYaV92ThSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~). (Photo via NBC/Screengrab) The latest viral trend? Quitting your job In one text, an employee tells their boss to mail them their final check. Someone else says they're simply never going back to work. Another tells their manager, with finality, to "Eat. My. Ass." You've probably seen posts like these across social media, where workers — usually in low-paid service gigs — blast their bosses and leave once and for all. People flood the comments sections with messages of congratulations and stories of their own workplace horrors. These viral screeds are perhaps the most public evidence of what pundits have taken to calling the "Great Resignation," as Americans (and really the entire developed world) reassess their relationship to labor. "There's a short-term story of what's happening post COVID," one labor expert told Salon, "but it's couched in the long-term story of what has happened over the last 40 years. People are saying enough is enough." [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0SOaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvdmlyYWwtcG9zdHMtYWJvdXQtcGVvcGxlLXF1aXR0aW5nLXRoZWlyLWpvYnMtYXJlLWp1c3Qtb25lLXN5bXB0b20tb2YtdGhlLWdyZWF0LXJlc2lnbmF0aW9uLz91c2VyX2lkPSp8RU1BSUx8KlcDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~). - From "OK" to "Let's Go Brandon": A short history of [insulting presidential nicknames](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0SCaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvZnJvbS1vay10by1sZXRzLWdvLWJyYW5kb24tYS1zaG9ydC1oaXN0b3J5LW9mLWluc3VsdGluZy1wcmVzaWRlbnRpYWwtbmlja25hbWVzLz91c2VyX2lkPSp8RU1BSUx8KlcDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - GOP attacks Sesame Street's "Big Bird" for [promoting COVID vaccine](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvc2VzYW1lLXN0cmVldHMtYmlnLWJpcmQtZm9yLXByb21vdGluZy12YWNjaW5lLWJyYWlud2FzaGluZy1jaGlsZHJlbl9wYXJ0bmVyLz91c2VyX2lkPSp8RU1BSUx8KlcDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~): "Brainwashing children!" - "Dexter: New Blood" is less of a revival than [another stab](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0RUaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvZGV4dGVyLW5ldy1ibG9vZC1yZXZpZXctc2hvd3RpbWUvP3VzZXJfaWQ9KnxFTUFJTHwqVwNzcGNCCmGBUxGJYaV92ThSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) at a satisfying closure, Salon TV critic Melanie McFarland writes - Recurring nightmares: How the American coup attempt [summoned memories](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0SMaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvcmVjdXJyaW5nLW5pZ2h0bWFyZXMtaG93LXRoZS1hbWVyaWNhbi1jb3VwLWF0dGVtcHQtc3VtbW9uZWQtbWVtb3JpZXMtb2YtYW5vdGhlci1fcGFydG5lci8_dXNlcl9pZD0qfEVNQUlMfCpXA3NwY0IKYYFTEYlhpX3ZOFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) of another - As overdose rates reach record highs, it’s time to [reimagine American drug policy](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0R-aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvYXMtb3ZlcmRvc2UtcmF0ZXMtcmVhY2gtcmVjb3JkLWhpZ2hzLWl0cy10aW1lLXRvLXJlaW1hZ2luZS1hbWVyaWNhbi1wb2xpY3kvP3VzZXJfaWQ9KnxFTUFJTHwqVwNzcGNCCmGBUxGJYaV92ThSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~), author and activist Ryan Hampton argues - One in four U.S. senators still [hold fossil fuel investments](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0SEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvb25lLWluLWZvdXItdXMtc2VuYXRvcnMtc3RpbGwtaG9sZC1mb3NzaWwtZnVlbC1pbnZlc3RtZW50cy1ldmVuLWFzLXdvcmxkX3BhcnRuZXIvP3VzZXJfaWQ9KnxFTUFJTHwqVwNzcGNCCmGBUxGJYaV92ThSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) even as world burns - How writer and educator Anne Gottlieb learned the [startling power](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0ReaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDYvdGhlLXN0YXJ0bGluZy1wb3dlci1vZi1teS1zd2VldC1sYWR5LXZvaWNlLz91c2VyX2lkPSp8RU1BSUx8KlcDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) of her "sweet" white lady voice. - How decades of hype turned protein [into a superfood](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0SXaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvZGVjYWRlcy1vZi1oeXBlLXR1cm5lZC1wcm90ZWluLWludG8tYS1zdXBlcmZvb2QtLWFuZC1zcGF3bmVkLWEtbXVsdGliaWxsaW9uLWRvbGxhci1pbmR1c3RyeV9wYXJ0bmVyLz91c2VyX2lkPSp8RU1BSUx8KlcDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) – and spawned a multibillion-dollar industry - "I'm a big-time victim": [Jan. 6 rioter whines](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0SQaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvaW0tYS1iaWctdGltZS12aWN0aW0tamFuLTYtcmlvdGVyLXdoaW5lcy1hZnRlci1mbHlpbmctdG8taW5zdXJyZWN0aW9uLW9uLXByaXZhdGUtamV0X3BhcnRuZXIvP3VzZXJfaWQ9KnxFTUFJTHwqVwNzcGNCCmGBUxGJYaV92ThSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) after flying to insurrection on private jet - "Head of the Class" and the man behind the '80s comedy's progressive, even [radical agenda](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0RTaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvaGVhZC1vZi10aGUtY2xhc3MtbWljaGFlbC1lbGlhcy8_dXNlcl9pZD0qfEVNQUlMfCpXA3NwY0IKYYFTEYlhpX3ZOFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "It is over": Chris Christie tells GOP donors [to move on](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0RvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvaXQtaXMtb3Zlci1jaHJpcy1jaHJpc3RpZS10ZWxscy1kb25vcnMtdG8tbW92ZS1vbi1mcm9tLWxpZXMvP3VzZXJfaWQ9KnxFTUFJTHwqVwNzcGNCCmGBUxGJYaV92ThSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) from Trump's election lies - And, finally, learn how to make a fresh and festive [Thanksgiving dinner](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0R_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvd2FudC10by1tYWtlLWEtZnJlc2gtYW5kLWZlc3RpdmUtdGhhbmtzZ2l2aW5nLWRpbm5lci1mb3ItNDAtaGVyZXMteW91ci1tZW51Lz91c2VyX2lkPSp8RU1BSUx8KlcDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) for $40 Not a subscriber yet? [Sign up](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0RVaHR0cHM6Ly9zYWxvbi51czgubGlzdC1tYW5hZ2UuY29tL3N1YnNjcmliZT91PTcxY2IzZThhNmU5NjM5YzgxMDIzY2Q0MjcmaWQ9NWRlZGEyYWFhN1cDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) to receive Crash Course. It's time to embrace "degrowth" Economic growth has been the political goal of the last few centuries, something that our entire lives have been organized around for generations. But it's that same expand-at-all-costs mentality that has caused a number of our current crises — most importantly, a worldwide environmental breakdown caused by a changing climate. Only one thing can save us now, the environmental anthropologist and author [Peter Sutoris argues for Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0SJaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvaW5maW5pdGUtZWNvbm9taWMtZ3Jvd3RoLWNhdXNlZC10aGUtZW52aXJvbm1lbnRhbC1jcmlzaXMtZGVncm93dGgtd2lsbC1oZWxwLXVzLWZpeC1pdC8_dXNlcl9pZD0qfEVNQUlMfCpXA3NwY0IKYYFTEYlhpX3ZOFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) this weekend: degrowth. Yes, it may scare some economists and lead to some less-than-enthusiastic chyrons on Fox News, but it's the only thing that save the human species from catastrophe in the long term. "In order for the idea of degrowth to become more central to our society's response to the environmental crisis, we need to re-imagine our relationship with our planet," Sutoris writes. "Seeing ourselves as stewards, rather than masters, of nature and recognizing the right of future generations to live on a living, not dying, planet, will help us get there." "Our political leaders will only recognize the common sense of degrowth when departing from the dogma of infinite growth would no longer mean political suicide for them. Let's help them get there." - "Inside Zillow's 2 weeks from hell," [Insider](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0RiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYnVzaW5lc3NpbnNpZGVyLmNvbS90aW1lbGluZS1vZi1ob3ctemlsbG93LXN0b3BwZWQtYnV5aW5nLWhvbWVzLW92ZXItdHdvLXdlZWtzLTIwMjEtMTFXA3NwY0IKYYFTEYlhpX3ZOFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) - "Police Hurt Thousands of Teens Every Year.A Striking Number Are Black Girls," [The Marshall Project](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0R5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlbWFyc2hhbGxwcm9qZWN0Lm9yZy8yMDIxLzExLzAyL3BvbGljZS1odXJ0LXRob3VzYW5kcy1vZi10ZWVucy1ldmVyeS15ZWFyLWEtc3RyaWtpbmctbnVtYmVyLWFyZS1ibGFjay1naXJsc1cDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - "What Is Political Writing For?" [Columbia Journalism Review](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0RIaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY2pyLm9yZy9zcGVjaWFsX3JlcG9ydC9wb2xpdGljYWxfd3JpdGluZ19mdXR1cmVfaW50ZXJuZXQucGhwVwNzcGNCCmGBUxGJYaV92ThSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) - "The adventures of Boji, Istanbul’s traveling dog," [CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0SgaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuY25uLmNvbS9pbnRlcmFjdGl2ZS8yMDIxLzEwL3RyYXZlbC9kb2ctaXN0YW5idWwtYm9qaS1jbm5waG90b3MvP3V0bV9jb250ZW50PTIwMjEtMTEtMDdUMjAlM0EwMSUzQTAyJnV0bV90ZXJtPWxpbmsmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1zb2NpYWwmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT10d0NOTlcDc3BjQgphgVMRiWGlfdk4Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~) - "Tough love or verbal abuse? For coaches and parents, the new lines are hard to define," [The Washington Post](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0R6aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3Nwb3J0cy8yMDIxLzExLzA0L3RvdWdoLWNvYWNoaW5nLz91dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249d3BfbWFpbiZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPXNvY2lhbCZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXR3aXR0ZXJXA3NwY0IKYYFTEYlhpX3ZOFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Happy anniversary, Four Seasons Total Landscaping Just 12 short months ago, we were given a spectacle of epic proportions. I'm talking, of course, about the Trump campaign's dying gasp, which came at an incredibly bizarre press conference held outside a lawn-care business called Four Seasons Total Landscaping (Trump, if you'll remember, tweeted that the press conference would be held at the "Four Seasons, Philadelphia," presumably meaning the famous luxury hotel chain with the same name). One year later, MSNBC gave us "Four Seasons Total Documentary," a look into the events of that day through the eyes of the employees who approved the event and the people who were there that day. "Watching Trump's presidency end in front of a garage door next to some coiled yellow hose was kind of like the emperor-has-no-clothes moment for the Trump campaign, you know?" the film's director, Christopher Stoudt, told Salon's Melanie McFarland during a recent interview. "It just sort of let us finally peek behind the curtain and see reality for what it was."  [Hear more from Stoudt](~/AASU4wA~/RgRja5ZQP0RraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTEvMDcvZm91ci1zZWFzb25zLXRvdGFsLWRvY3VtZW50YXJ5LW1zbmJjLWNocmlzdG9waGVyLXN0b3VkdC8_dXNlcl9pZD0qfEVNQUlMfCpXA3NwY0IKYYFTEYlhpX3ZOFIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) about that fateful day, which he calls "one of the funniest things that I've ever seen." (Photo via MSNBC) Have a tip for Salon? Feedback on this newsletter? 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