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No matter how low Donald Trump has set the bar nearly a year into his second term in office, he always manages to slither under it. But we’re not sure he’s ever set the bar quite so low as this, after he took to social media to attack the beloved Hollywood director Rob Reiner and […] The post Donald Trump’s loathsome attack on Rob and Michele Reiner just hours after they were found dead is a horrific snapshot of how far the White House has fallen appeared first on The Poke.

There aren’t enough data centres in the world to power the cloud capacity to store every bizarre Donald Trump public speech blunder. Even so, this one in particular has an exquisitely distinct unhinged flavor to it. It’s got everything we’ve come to expect from an incoherent Trump tangent. It has nothing to do with anything […] The post A rambling Donald Trump lost his audience so badly even he was moved to mention it – 14 devastatingly on-point responses appeared first on The Poke.

If there’s one thing you can’t question JD Vance’s sincerity on, it’s blaming Joe Biden for his problems. The man burns with righteous fury when he has a chance to pass the buck to his boss’s predecessor. And apparently the warranty never runs out on the excuse. Vance grabbed the mic and wouldn’t let go […] The post JD Vance wants you to know that every problem in America still traces directly back to one man (hint: it is not him or Donald Trump) appeared first on The Poke.

We all have blind spots in life. Some of them are more important than others. And some of them are definitely more embarrassing than others. Thanks to a recent Reddit thread, a few brave souls have admitted things they took a long time to learn. Redditor /u/Responsible_Bet_7179 asked: What’s a piece of common knowledge that […] The post People are sharing small pieces of common knowledge they learned way too late in life – 15 hysterically informative penny-drop moments appeared first on The Poke.

A joke about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has won U&GOLD’s annual Christmas Cracker competition. The TV channel challenged the nation to come up with the best topical Christmas cracker jokes, with Oasis, David Harbour, Celebrity Traitors and Angela Rayner all featuring in the top 10 jokes. And the winner was … ‘Why is Prince Andrew not writing […] The post A gag about the Andrew formerly known as Prince has been named this year’s best Christmas cracker joke appeared first on The Poke.

Over the weekend, a tragic shooting took place at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Two students died, and nine others were injured. It’s another in an endless string off senseless gun violence incidents plaguing the United States. It’s a problem that absolutely needs to be addressed with sincerity and tact. Unfortunately, when the country […] The post Donald Trump’s response to the latest American mass shooting is the new dictionary definition of inadequate – 15 properly damning responses appeared first on The Poke.

The world is a confusing place at the best of times, but it makes even less sense when you’re a kid. And while their point of view might be written off as youthful innocence, their beliefs are often grounded in a weird sense of logic. And we know this because Annual_Seesaw_7539 put the following question […] The post ‘What are some strange beliefs that you used to have as a child?’ – 17 charmingly naive misconceptions that make perfect sense when you’re a kid appeared first on The Poke.

Sorry to break it to you if you didn’t already know, but Santa is not real. There’s no Rudolph or a toy shop staffed by elves either. It was your parents telling you a white lie all along in an effort to bring joy and magic into your life. Assuming you didn’t just learn this […] The post People have been sharing how and when they found out the truth about Santa Claus – 17 moments from which there was no going back appeared first on The Poke.

To the world of Nigel Farage and Reform UK now, where the party of mean-spirited bigots everywhere has launched a Christian affiliate wing called Christian Fellowship for Reform. The party’s newest MP, Sarah Pochin, launched its latest wheeze at one of the City of London’s oldest churches. Today we launched Christian Fellowship for Reform. With […] The post Sarah Pochin launched a Christian affiliate wing of Reform UK and these 17 A++ comebacks were totally gospel appeared first on The Poke.

Rowan Atkinson has a new Netflix film out, a bit like Mr Bean but a world in which Mr Bean can talk. We mention it not because we’ve seen Man Vs Baby or anything like that, but because it sent this story from the Graham Norton Show back in the day viral all over again. […] The post Rowan Atkinson’s fabulous tale of the fan who thought he looked familiar just went viral again and it’s a proper hall of famer appeared first on The Poke.