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‘Let’s have no employment’ – It’s hard to figure out what Donald Trump is bragging about here, but it’s almost certainly a lie regardless
5 May 2026 @ 3:33 pm
Donald Trump is such a liar that even when he isn’t making sense, you know it’s not the truth. Here is the US President speaking about… “employment.” a very confused Trump: “I could with one swipe of the pen say, ‘Let’s have no employment,’ and I’ll hire a million people or two million people and […]
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Trump’s agriculture secretary just blamed Biden for beef prices and climate change ‘hoax,’ in case you’re wondering how Magas are planning for the future
5 May 2026 @ 3:23 pm
There are a lot of contributing factors to the ongoing climate crisis. Add hot air coming out of the White House to the list. Brooke Rollins came out with some scorching takes at a recent press conference addressing an anti-trust investigation. In just about 90 seconds, the US Secretary of Agriculture managed to blame the […]
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A Texan said it was ‘time to make the Europeans jealous’ and these homegrown comebacks were simply sparkling
5 May 2026 @ 2:37 pm
Never let it be said that Americans aren’t proud of what makes the United States great. Like soda, for instance, or as we Brits like to say, soft drinks. And this Texan chap is super proud of all the soda he can fill his cup up with. More sodas than you can imagine, my little […]
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Donald Trump Jr. posted about having a sleepover at ‘dad’s house’ and it exposed everything wrong about how the Trumps live their life
5 May 2026 @ 2:03 pm
There’s nothing more heart-warming than when a father and son have a strong bond deep into adulthood. Then there’s whatever this is. Sleepover at dad’s house🤣 It never isn’t surreal to be able to witness this incredible slice of Americana. Just an absolute honor. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/zVHTwhgukw — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 4, 2026 There’s […]
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Sarah Vine complained about not having a seat on the train but the twist in the tail had people hollering into next week
5 May 2026 @ 1:06 pm
To the world, briefly, of Sarah Vine – you remember – who took time out from stringing words together for the Daily Mail to write of her disappointment at nothing a seat on the train to London from Cornwall. Well that is a long journey so it must have been very frustrating, Standing room only […]
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Donald Trump joked about staying in office for another ‘8 or 9 years’ and nobody was laughing – 17 deadly serious clapbacks
5 May 2026 @ 12:45 pm
The worst kind of nightmare is the one that won’t end. Donald Trump seems hellbent on keeping Americans, and the rest of the world, tossing and turning forever. The President was addressing tax cuts at a recent White House business summit when he dropped this doozy of a “joke.” Trump: “When I get out of […]
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Donald Trump tried standing up for a full 30 seconds and you can see why he’s always sat down in the Oval Office
5 May 2026 @ 12:40 pm
To the White House, where Donald Trump put on his big boy pants by standing up – actually standing up – while his small business tsar Kelly Loeffler – no, us neither – told everyone what a great job he’s doing and how amazing the US is right now. And we mention it not because […]
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Jonathan Ross asked Aisling Bea what her best selling point would be on OnlyFans and her A++ comeback had women everywhere cheering
5 May 2026 @ 12:08 pm
To the Jonathan Ross Show, where the guests included the brilliant Aisling Bea, the brilliant stand-up, actress and screenwriter and a contestant on very probably our favourite series of Taskmaster ever. This particular clip from the Ross show has just gone wildly viral on Twitter after the chat show host was moved to ask her […]
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‘What’s something you’ve seen once but you’ll never see again?’ – 21 never to be repeated visions
5 May 2026 @ 10:24 am
We become so familiar with the things happening around us in our day-to-day lives that we barely register them anymore, as anyone who has driven to work on autopilot with no memory of the journey can tell you. So when we see something truly extraordinary, we tend to remember it. They’ve been chatting about witnessing […]
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Reform UK’s vile threat to put asylum-seeker detention centres in Green-run areas is pure, petty Trumpism in action – 21 full-throated objections
5 May 2026 @ 9:55 am
In their effort to be more Trump, the Reform Party is copying his petty policy of punishing areas that don’t vote for him. In Trump’s case, he has pulled funding from Democratic states and from bodies that are statistically more likely to help people in Dem areas. Reform hasn’t announced that policy yet, but they […]
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