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The first GOP member of Congress to say “impeachment” after Trump’s latest scandal is a climate hawk.

Animal agriculture is a complex tangle of issues, all pulling in different directions: culinary tradition, animal welfare, methane emissions, deliciousness, deforestation. As a senior scientist at the Good Food Institute, a nonprofit dedicated to finding foods that will displace animal meat, Liz Specht looks for technological fixes to the beefy meat problem.

Specht spends her days researching ways to engineer plant-based foods that taste better, cost less, and consume fewer resources than animals. She then points startups toward the food technology that’s likely to work for them, and helps venture capitalists differentiate between companies proposing flashy BS and those who know their stuff. She’s an entrepreneurial matchmaker.

Specht lives in an RV, working remotely and roaming from state to state. Everywhere she goes, she steps into a store to see what plant-based products are available, where they are placed in the store, and how they are advertised. Making meat replacements might be a technical problem, but Specht is acutely aware that technology must move with culture. “I think of technology’s role as that of a dance partner to society, following its leads and anticipating its future moves,” she says. Time for the food industry to listen to the music.


Meet all the fixers on this year’s Grist 50.

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There Are So Many Reasons Why This "Saturday Night Live" Skit Will Drive Trump Nuts

Mother Jones

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It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

It’s getting late; have you seen my mates

Ma, tell me when the boys get here

It’s seven o’clock and I want to rock

Want to get a belly full of beer

My old man’s drunker than a barrel full of monkeys

And my old lady? she don’t care

My sister looks cute in her braces and boots

A handful of grease in her hair

Don’t give us none of your aggravation

We had it with your discipline

Saturday night’s alright for COMEDY!

Get a little action in

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There Are So Many Reasons Why This "Saturday Night Live" Skit Will Drive Trump Nuts

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Thanksgiving Films, Ranked

Mother Jones

Ho ho ho and merry Thanksgiving! Here is a ranking of twenty Thanksgiving films. What is a “Thanksgiving film”? For the purposes of this post it is a film that is both a) on Wikipedia’s list, and b) one I, Ben Dreyfuss, immediately recall seeing and have an opinion about.

1. Hannah and Her Sisters

2. Rocky

3. Scent of a Woman

4. Rocky II

5. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

6. Home for the Holidays

7. Avalon

8. The Ice Storm

9. The Morning After

10. For Your Consideration

11. Grumpy Old Men

12. Addams Family Values

13. Funny People

14. Spider-Man

15. The Object of My affection

16. The Other Sister

17. Bean

18. Son in Law

18. Tower Heist

19. Unknown

20. Jack and Jill

Disclosure: I haven’t actually seen Jack and Jill but I’m pretty confident it’s the worst. Also, The Last Waltz was not included in this ranking because though it is on the Wikipedia list of Thanksgiving films, it shouldn’t be. Still pretty good though!

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Thanksgiving Films, Ranked

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