Alternative Facts Archives - Samuel Warde, Writer

Germans Mercilessly Mock Trump

By Samuel Warde on Alternative Facts, Alternative Fakten, False Claims Threaten Democracy, Germans Roast America, Term Alternative Facts Wins Awards Smackdowns, Weird News, World News

Germany joins the growing list of countries willing to openly mock Trump. An independent jury of language experts chose “Alternative Facts” as their non-word of the year. Meanwhile in America, the phrase was added to “The Yale Book of Quotations.” Germany’s public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (“German Wave” in German) announced this week that Kellyanne […]

Dear Kellyanne Conway: Stress Of Lying Can Kill You

By Kimberley Johnson on Alternative Facts, Kellyanne Conway, Lies, stress, Trump Kellyanne Conway, Right Wing Hypocrites

For years, you’ve worked the pundit circuit like a pro, and you’ve parlayed what you’ve learned into defending an incompetent puppet with really bad hair. You are the Queen of Spin. I’ve never seen anything like it. Someone — anyone — can point out the obvious, and you’ll pivot and dispute it with a sense of calm […]