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Hard as it might be to believe, Donald Trump has his fans. Most of them work for him, but they’re fans nonetheless. One such person is Texas Conressman, Troy Nehls, who has basically built his entire career on the coat tails of Trump’s Maga madness. But even for Nehls, this should’ve been a stoop too […] The post A congressman begged Donald Trump to autograph his tie as the world watched (and cringed) – 17 replies that do NOT sign off on this behavior appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump redefined the word “rambling” during his State of the Union. He also broke every fact checking machine in the world. More specifically to this post, he genuinely seemed to break Marco Rubio. This unedited footage of Rubio listening to Trump babble on about ending wars that never existed caught the Secretary of State […] The post Marco Rubio’s response to Donald Trump’s rambling State of the Union is surely the only time we’ll ever relate to him, ever appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump has entered the “Charlie Sheen having a mental breakdown” part of his Presidency. During part of his wide-ranging (to put it delicately) State of the Union Address, Trump relayed an anecdote about being accosted by Americans who can’t take all of the winning. Hear it from the man himself. Trump: “We’re winning so […] The post Donald Trump says he’s winning so much people can’t take it anymore and these 18 smackdowns will not be defeated appeared first on The Poke.

It was George Harrison’s birthday on Wednesday this week. The great man, who died in 2001, would have turned 83 and the celebrations and remembrances around our favourite Beatle included this fabulous tale which went viral (and not for the first time either) after it was shared by @TheMonologist. Not the first time we’ve read […] The post This fabulous old George Harrison tale about the prank he played on Phil Collins never fails to entertain appeared first on The Poke.

To the world of Reddit now, where people shared the things they learned far, far too late in life after someone called HearThePeopleSing asked this. ‘What did you not realise until embarrassingly late?’ Turned out it was a cracker of a conversation starter and we’ve read all of the replies – well, quite a few […] The post People shared the obvious things they didn’t learn til far too late in life – 17 hilariously belated eye-openers appeared first on The Poke.

Hard to believe we know, but it’s four years since Russian invaded Ukraine and despite Putin’s hope it would be over in a matter of days, the conflict still rages today. And all this (surprise!) despite Trump pledging to end the war within 24 hours of returning to the White House. Which brings us to […] The post This Finland PM’s solution to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine just went viral again and it’s as true now as it was 4 years ago appeared first on The Poke.

To the streets of New York now where – if you didn’t know – they’ve been having some snow. Lots of snow. Which was obviously the cue for lots of TV reporters to go out and about for a Vox pop or two (good to know it’s not just British media which is obsessed with […] The post An American TV reporter appeared less than keen to talk harsh economic realities and had people hollering into next week appeared first on The Poke.

There’s no denying that A.I. imaging is improving in leaps and bounds, but the issues of its environmental impact and loss of employment for skilled creative workers remain a barrier to its widespread acceptance. And – as this Matrix rip-off shows – it still has a long way to go to be convincing, not to […] The post Someone boasted about how cheap it was to produce this AI-slop Matrix rip-off, and got red-pilled into reality – 17 top takedowns appeared first on The Poke.

To Twitter now – no, stick with us – where this man was keen – very keen – that people address him as ‘Dr’. In particular he was adamant that this woman call him Dr because, in his words, she’s ‘not his mate’. And we’re glad he did – in a way – because it’s […] The post A man insisted this woman call him ‘Dr’ and his eye-bulging fury when she wouldn’t let it lie is an absolute treat appeared first on The Poke.

We can expect the Baftas controversy to rumble on for quite some time, not least, it would appear, because of many Americans’ failure to get to grips with the reality of Tourette syndrome. So much so that the whole of Scottish Twitter has been busy bodying our American friends into next year and beyond (and […] The post A mega Maga said Brits were thick in the wake of the Baftas row and this homegrown high-IQ comeback had everyone cheering appeared first on The Poke.