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Growing up and discovering that your parents are not the infallible, erudite and endlessly intelligent beings you believed they were when you are little is one thing. But what’s even worse is when they continue to think they are, even when it’s patently obvious to everyone else that they are not. They’ve been chatting about […] The post ‘What is the thing your parents were adamantly wrong about?’ – 22 mums and dads who will die on a very particular hill appeared first on The Poke.

Trying to figure out who is the most delusional member of the Trump Administration gets tricky because the answer changes daily. Today’s winner: Stephen Miller. The White House Chief of Staff really outdid himself by claiming that his dear leader, and America’s President, has built paradise for Americans. Stephen Miller: “The American people understand the […] The post Stephen Miller says Trump has built America into a ‘paradise’ but the Americans in the replies have a different word for it appeared first on The Poke.

The race for a Nobel Peace Prize has hit a snag for Donald Trump. The President of the United States is so angry at anyone who won’t do everything he tells them to do, he just casually threatened to blow up Oman, one of the United States’ longest standing allies, and a crucial peacekeeper, in […] The post Donald Trump threatened to ‘blow up’ one of America’s oldest allies in the Middle East, and the Nobel Peace Prize committee would like a word appeared first on The Poke.

If the plot surrounding the £5 million gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne to Nigel Farage gets any thicker, people are going to start mistaking it for Lee Anderson. Last month, the Guardian reported that Farage was given £5 million by the crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne, also known as Chakrit Sakunkrit, a few weeks before […] The post Labour’s Chair has given Nigel Farage one day to report the alleged Moscow phone hack to the police, or she’ll do it herself – Grab the popcorn! appeared first on The Poke.

The modern world can often feel like a bizarre place, full of confusing slang and baffling trends. And if you’re feeling alienated by it all, you’re not alone. According to the research of Ashamed_Profit8640, plenty of people have a low opinion of popular fads. And we know this because they put the following question to […] The post What’s something popular right now that you secretly can’t stand? – 17 trends that people privately hate appeared first on The Poke.

JD Vance wants to play with the big boys so he’s taking on a new mission: fraud prevention. The Vice President held his very own press conference to announce that he will be in charge of cutting fraud out of politics. (Hold for laughter.) Yes, seriously. The man who got where he is today by […] The post JD Vance’s announcement that he’s going to start holding politicians accountable for fraud got exactly the reaction you’d expect – 15 killer comebacks appeared first on The Poke.

Back in 1990 actor Nicolas Cage was doing the UK media rounds to publicise the David Lynch film Wild at Heart, in which he starred alongside Laura Dern. The highest profile interview of this time was his appearance on the Wogan show, with the unflappable Terry Wogan, which regularly had viewing figures of 8 million. […] The post Nicolas Cage’s 1990 ‘highly energetic’ appearance on Wogan went viral again, because it’s when he front-flipped his way into the chat show Hall of Fame appeared first on The Poke.

Texas state representative James Talarico first came to international attention when he pushed back against plans to force public schools in his state to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. The Democrat, who is against hypocrisy and not against religion, has thrown his hat into the ring for the position of Texas state senator. I’m […] The post Maga lost it over the Democrats’ very NSFW comeback to Stephen Miller’s transphobic trolling, and there’s not enough irony in the world appeared first on The Poke.

The MP formerly known as Nigel ‘Permanently on TV’ Farage has been staying well and truly out of the spotlight since it looked like journalists of all (or most) hues were beginning to hold him to account. The search for Nigel Farage continues.“It’s like he’s vanished off the face of the earth,” a police source […] The post Farage’s complaint letter about the campaign group that uncovered Reform’s Makerfield candidate’s vile internet posts earned him a thorough dragging appeared first on The Poke.

The only thing worse than a mentally unstable Donald Trump rant is two of them. Anyone following the President on his state-run social media platform, Truth Social, was subjected to just that indignity this week. On May 18, the President posted a rambling threat? Complaint? Accidental voice memo? It’s hard to tell exactly. But the […] The post Donald Trump posted the exact same unhinged rant 8 days apart on Truth Social, in case you were wondering how real his cognitive test results are appeared first on The Poke.