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Donald Trump told a reporter that Iranians are begging him to keep bombing their country to bits and reality surely begged to differ
7 April 2026 @ 4:05 pm
This must be a game to him. That’s the only explanation. Someone dared him to say the most outlandish and unbelievable nonsense at this press conference and this is what he came up with. Reporter- “Why would the Iranian people want you to blow up their infrastructure?” Trump- “We have numerous intercepts from Iranians saying […]
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Donald Trump casually threatened to destroy Iran in ‘one night’ in case you’re wondering how the US ‘liberation’ mission is progressing
7 April 2026 @ 3:26 pm
The latest news coming out of the White House in regards to the liberation of Iran through regime change has hit a snag. Not that Donald Trump realizes it. No, to him, everything is going great and he is in total control. The deranged man in charge of the nuclear codes in America just threatened […]
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James Woods aimed his bigoted Second Amendment drivel at the UK and these Brits’ A++ responses will make you proud to be British
7 April 2026 @ 2:22 pm
You might remember James Woods from back in the day when he was an actor in some more than decent and occasionally exceptional films like Salvador and Once Upon a Time in America. But it gets trickier to enjoy those performances each time the conservative mega Maga posts on social media. Especially when it’s bigoted […]
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A reporter challenged Donald Trump over his potential ‘war crimes’ and his response was page one of Trump’s presidential colouring, sorry, playbook
7 April 2026 @ 1:53 pm
Of all the ugly sides of Donald Trump, perhaps the ugliest is the one that comes out when he is asked a question he cannot answer in good faith. The latest reporter to feel the wrath of a clearly in over his head President Trump is Zolan Kanno-Youngs, the New York Times White House correspondant. […]
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Donald Trump just announced he’s ready to run for President… of Venezuela – 15 withering takedowns
7 April 2026 @ 1:43 pm
It appears Donald Trump is not content ruining just one country. The doddering orange man continues to flush the United States of America down the toilet. With every terrible decision, he’s tugging at many nations around the globe as well. And yet, now he is specifically threatening Venezuela with a fate worse than any other. […]
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The awkward 60-second silence between Trump and the Artemis II crew was already good but the unexpected payoff was hilarious
7 April 2026 @ 1:00 pm
It turns out that even travelling 252,756 miles from Earth is not enough to escape Donald Trump. We say this after the American president had a natter with the crew of Artemis II on their historic mission around the moon. And it was chiefly memorable for what Trump – or indeed anyone else – didn’t […]
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Andrew Tate said ‘books are below me’ and it was a glorious self-own for the ages – 17 takedowns definitely worth reading
7 April 2026 @ 11:53 am
To the world – briefly! – of clown prince of the toxic manosphere, Andrew Tate, who took time out from awaiting his next court summons to share his distaste for reading. Now it probably won’t come as a surprise to learn that Tate doesn’t spend too much time curled up with a good book, but […]
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What’s a rule you follow for no logical reason? – 17 habits people abide by in spite of themselves
7 April 2026 @ 10:20 am
Society may have moved past obeying most of the ten commandments, but there are still plenty of rules it’s a good idea to stick to. However there are also rules which aren’t common practice. These rules are often personal and make little sense, yet it seems plenty of people have them hardwired into their brains. […]
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The Artemis II crew casually dropped a spoof sitcom intro as they approached the far side of the Moon, and people thought it was out of this world
7 April 2026 @ 9:49 am
Nasa’s Artemis II crew – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen – is more than halfway through its mission to orbit the Moon on board the capsule Integrity, capturing images of areas never before seen by humans. Make new friends, but keep the old. A new photo captures the Moon's near side […]
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A reporter just called out Donald Trump’s mental health to his face and had the entire internet applauding
7 April 2026 @ 9:19 am
One of the few actual welcome trends of the last few months in politics is the increasing willingness of White House correspondents to fact check Donald Trump to his face. We’ve featured a fair few of them on these pages as regular visitors will know, but we’ve never watched one quite so supremely satisfying as […]
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