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To the White House now, where the controversy over the US military’s lethal double strike on that ‘drug boat’ in the Caribbean refuses to go away, no matter how much defence, sorry, war secretary Pete Hegseth wishes it would. And ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott was especially keen to clarify whether Donald Trump would be […] The post Donald Trump was furious with a woman journalist who quoted his own words back at him and the internet responded as one appeared first on The Poke.

If you grew up in the 80s and 90s your parents might have lamented how much American TV you watched, but the internet has increased the homogenisation of transatlantic culture even faster. To the extent, it seems, that some children aren’t sure if they live in the US or the UK. Over on the AskUK […] The post ‘How Americanised are your kids?’ – 21 children who are spiritually eating a corn dog at the mall appeared first on The Poke.

To the world of Twitter now – no, stick with us – where @JulienHoez has started a rather less than diplomatic spat with our cousins across the Atlantic. It all started when Julien – a French journalist and ‘One of the top EU tyrants,’ according to his Twitter bio – shared just how tired Europeans […] The post A ‘top EU tyrant’ said Europeans have had it up to here with the US, and all the furious Americans who bit back totally proved his point appeared first on The Poke.

Tommy Robinson wannabe Stephen Yaxley-Lennon took time out from preparing to put ‘Christ back into Christmas’ at a Whitehall carols service this weekend to share his particular brand of fake news on Twitter. Specifically, this entirely fictitious take on an awful incident at a Christmas market. 10 dead as a car is driven into a […] The post Tommy Robinson doubled down on his ‘I’m a journalist’ shtick and this A++ smackdown beat all comers appeared first on The Poke.

In case you missed it, Coca-cola’s new Christmas ad was made with A.I. Here it is, in all its ‘glory’. Coca-Cola’s annual Christmas advert is AI-generated again this year. The company says they used even fewer people to make it — “We need to keep moving forward and pushing the envelope… The genie is out […] The post The people behind this AI-generated McDonald’s ad complained about how hard they’d worked to make it, and got owned into next year appeared first on The Poke.

The Maga playbook was on full display over the weekend on national TV. Attack, deny, and gaslight until the commercial break. Rinse, lather, repeat. The latest player trotted out to prove he knows the plan start to finish is Missouri Senator, Eric Schmitt. Schmitt was asked a simple question about Donald Trump’s recent controversial pardon […] The post This Trump loyalist’s insta-rant when asked about one of the president’s controversial pardons came straight from the Maga playbook appeared first on The Poke.

It can be no surprise to anyone that the current President of the USA is a dyed-in-the-wool misogynist. Hands up if you thought Trump’s disgusting comments about groping women, caught on tape in 2016, would have ruled him out of getting his feet under the Resolute Desk. He’s since been declared by a judge to […] The post It’s Groundhog Day in Misogyny Central as a furious Donald Trump calls ABC’s Rachel Scott “obnoxious” for daring to hold him to account on the boat strikes appeared first on The Poke.

It’s the holiday season, so we’re becoming accustomed to a certain section of society having a massive rant about made-up attacks on Christmas on the basis of absolutely no evidence – mostly powered by moral outrage. We’ve seen people getting their knickers in a twist over a hijab in a Marks and Spencer advert. The […] The post Susan Hall took the Christmas outrage to a new place with her objection to genderless gingerbread ‘people’, and the internet snapped – 22 spicy owns appeared first on The Poke.

We can’t argue with Twitter user @justflapjack that this gym activity is hard. Very hard, in fact. We won’t be trying it anytime soon*. *ever What’s harder than this? pic.twitter.com/9GGXn6x6AN — flapjack 〽️ (@justflapjack) June 29, 2025 But when they challenged the internet to name something harder, people really stepped up. 1. Entering a password […] The post 17 everyday things that are way more challenging than they should be appeared first on The Poke.

The US Secretary of Treasury, Scott Bessent, really wants you to believe he’s a struggling farmer just like the rest of us. At least, that’s the only explanation for why he keeps going on national TV and lying about it. Bessent’s latest attempt at relating to the average, struggling American was on the CBS show, […] The post Trump’s Treasury Secretary was challenged over his claim to be a ‘soybean farmer’ and his reverse ferret was so rapid it almost broke the sound barrier appeared first on The Poke.