Off to a great start

A salt and plow truck sits abandoned after sliding off the road in icy conditions on January 04 in Stafford County, Virginia. Chip Somodevilla, via Getty

This was supposed to be a big week—the return from the year-end break, a triumphal start to 2022, and the start of the countdown to the Jan. 18 release of Gangsters of Capitalism.

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