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First 100 Days: Recipe for Disaster
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First 100 Days: Recipe for Disaster

Issue 23: 04 May 2017

First 100 Days: Recipe for Disaster

By Editor| 2017-05-01T14:05:19-07:00 May 4th, 2017|Categories: Issue 23: 04 May 2017|Tags: Kelsey Maki, prose poem, intolerance, alternative facts, Poetry|

By Kelsey Maki In a mixing bowl, combine three cups of intolerance with two cups of ignorance. Add one cup of charged rhetoric and two tablespoons of alternative facts. Stir until smooth. Pour into a bulletproof, non-stick pan. Topping: In a separate bowl, combine one cup of self-satisfied sugar (GMO) and three cups of concern [...]

Alternate Facts by Tim O’Brien
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Alternate Facts by Tim O’Brien

Issue 9: 26 Jan 2017

Alternate Facts by Tim O’Brien

By Editor| 2017-02-23T12:03:42-08:00 January 26th, 2017|Categories: Issue 9: 26 Jan 2017|Tags: Tim O'Brien illustrator, Kellyanne Conway, euphemism for lying, George Orwell 1984, alternative facts, Satire, Image|

"The Little Golden Book of Alternate Facts" by Tim O'Brien builds upon the classic Little Golden Books to create a satyrical response to Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway's euphemism "alternative facts." She spoke the term on Meet the Press, Sunday 22 January 2017, when referencing false statements made by new White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer about the [...]