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Donald Trump is a man of the (extremely rich) people. Nowhere is that more apparent than in his never ending (and probably never fulfilled) promises to bring more jobs back to American manufacturing. Which makes his recent trip to a Detroit, MI auto plant curious. Here’s the President talking about all of the new jobs […] The post Donald Trump argued robots will save the American auto industry and his human supporters would like a quiet word appeared first on The Poke.

There may be fifty ways to leave your lover, according to Paul Simon, but there are at least ten times as many reasons for wanting to. Some relationships never reach the break-up stage in the first place, however, and a question on the /TwoXChromosomes forum, posted by u/emilydoom teased out why that might be. “What’s […] The post ‘What’s the dumbest way a guy has ruined his chances with you?’ 19 dating disasters appeared first on The Poke.

It’s hard to argue with the fact that Donald Trump isn’t exactly doing a bang-up job running America. And yet it’s still refreshing to hear a fellow politician say so out loud. Enter California Congressman, Ted Lieu, who took time out of his press conference to rip Trump’s performance. Ted Lieu: “The reason Acting President […] The post This Congressman attacked Donald Trump in language he can actually understand and the Maga fury it prompted showed he totally hit the target appeared first on The Poke.

Like us, you probably haven’t heard of Tricia McLaughlin. And, like us, you probably won’t be able to forget her after watching this. McLaughlin is the Homeland Security department’s assistant secretary of public affairs and here she is making her argument that Minnesota was in the grip of ‘ICE hysteria’ following the fatal triple shooting […] The post A Trump minion’s IQ shrinkingly idiotic argument about ‘ICE hysteria’ didn’t even make it to the first hurdle, let alone fall at it appeared first on The Poke.

He’s done it again. When we weren’t watching, Donald Trump must’ve drilled a hole to the core of the earth, because it’s not possible to stoop lower than this. The current American President mocked Joe Biden at a speech recently, performing a theatrical cough — ya know, because Biden has cancer — and the room […] The post If ever a 9-second clip could nail the true ghastliness of Donald Trump and his White House then it’s surely this appeared first on The Poke.

There’s only one thing sweeter than good old-fashioned revenge and that’s when it’s petty revenge. And the pettier the better! And they don’t come much better than these, 17 of the finest examples of petty revenge as collected by the good people of BoredPanda Go! 1. (via) 2. ‘My Coworker Is A Flat Earther And […] The post Simply 17 examples of the most fabulously satisfying ‘petty revenge’ to make your day better appeared first on The Poke.

At one time or another, we’ve all known someone who we would like to have bad things happen to them. But what if this fantasy could become a reality? That’s the thinking behind a question set by SouthOwn6943. Over on r/AskReddit, they wanted to know how mischievous users would get their own back in a […] The post How would you curse your worst enemy with a minor inconvenience? – 17 mildly annoying hexes appeared first on The Poke.

As no-one anywhere needs reminding, PMQs is no Live at the Apollo. It’s not even Live from Her Majesty’s (one for younger readers, there). And yet every now and again someone makes a properly funny joke – no, seriously – and this year it’s the turn of the prime minister himself, Keir Starmer, who took […] The post Keir Starmer’s magnificent takedown of the Tories’ 14 years in power was that rarest of things – a properly funny (albeit slightly weird) joke at PMQs appeared first on The Poke.

The BBC’s 2020 nature programme Spy in the Wild was filmed partly through the “eyes” of animatronic creatures placed near real animals in the hope of capturing close-up shots, because they’re less threatening than an obvious camera. Our current series Spy in the Wild, showing on BBC1 from Wednesday 22nd January, 9pm. So many awesome […] The post The BBC’s Spy in the Wild animatronic bear may still be one of the funniest things they’ve ever broadcast – even though it wasn’t supposed to be appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve been big fans of Nina Conti for a long time now but we’re not sure we’ve every laughed quite so hard at one of her clips like this. Actually, we haven’t laughed this hard at basically anything for a long time now. Because it’s just magnificent. @theninaconti These hardworking sisters were a lot of […] The post This magnificent Nina Conti clip with these two sisters is like the very definition of infectious laughter appeared first on The Poke.