Known for creating wicked political satires like Veep and The Thick of It, Iannucci is currently competing on Taskmaster.
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Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
Filmmakers have used the Civil War as a setting for many decades now, inspiring stories of epic military battles, romantic melodramas, and even satires, from sweeping Best Picture winners like Gone With the Wind (1939) to revisionist Westerns like Django Unchained (2012).
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
In recent weeks, Avila Chevalier has been under a microscope for her past tweets, including posts calling for defunding the police and abolishing the border, alongside harsh insults of big-name Democrats such as former Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
Michael Lind, the writer and New America co-founder, argues in Commonplace, the magazine of Oren Cass’s American Compass, that a decent wage and a safety net should be enough, and that handing workers a stake in capital insults the dignity of their labor.
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