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You’re probably aware that the American Right has been running a campaign to smear the UK with accusations of the end of freedom of speech, ably assisted by the likes of Liz Truss and Nigel Farage. Instead of the police in the UK protecting the public from violent criminals, they spend their limited resources on […] The post In ‘Free Speech’ news, the US plans to force tourists to hand over five years of social media posts before they’re allowed in – 27 tweets that definitely wouldn’t get through customs appeared first on The Poke.

On Thursday, part-time puppy killer and full-time Homeland Security Secretary, Kristi Noem faced the Democrat House committee on homeland security, and it did not go well for her. She repeatedly refused to answer the committee’s questions – choosing, instead, to rant about the supposed crimes and incompetence of Joe Biden. BREAKING: Kristi Noem REFUSES THREE […] The post The Dems watched Homeland Security boss Kristi Noem lie her way into their gotcha, and it was the perfect mic drop – 16 appreciative nods appeared first on The Poke.

Time magazine has announced its 2025 Person of the Year (POTY), and it’s not a person, but persons – the ‘Architects of AI’. 2025 was the year when artificial intelligence’s full potential roared into view, and when it became clear that there will be no turning back. For delivering the age of thinking machines, for […] The post The Time Person of the Year is the ‘Architects of AI’. Let that sink in – 18 facepalms visible from SpaceX appeared first on The Poke.

You gotta be pretty damn annoying to piss off the Pope. Enter: Donald Trump. The Pope’s entire job description is based on assessing faith and morality. Trump’s entire job description is to make money by any means necessary. It’s not shocking these two don’t see eye to eye on important issues. That being said, it’s […] The post The Pope just made it very clear that he is not a Donald Trump fan – 15 replies sent straight from heaven appeared first on The Poke.

The world’s richest toy car manufacturer sure knows how to make waves with a podcast appearance. With a smirk and smugness reserved for only the world’s richest white men, Elon Musk has been offering up his assessment of the current state of immigration and voting in America right now and it’s just as loathsome as […] The post Elon Musk’s complaint about immigrants voting in America raised so many red flags but one in particular fluttered furiously appeared first on The Poke.

You’d think that the President of the United States has a lot on his plate these days and hosting glorified campaign rallies would be at the bottom of his list of priorities. You’d think wrong. Donald Trump continues to tour the nation to put on speeches in front of 10s of 10s of people in […] The post Donald Trump called Joe Biden a ‘sleepy son of a bitch’ and the Projection Police arrived on the scene in record time appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump really doesn’t want to talk about the US military’s lethal ‘double strike’ on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Which makes this sort of thing all the more important. It’s a White House reporter asking whether defence, sorry, war secretary Pete Hegseth had explained why he is not releasing the video the […] The post A woman reporter wasn’t letting Hegseth’s ‘double tap’ strike go and Trump’s furious response didn’t just speak volumes, it bellowed them appeared first on The Poke.

The great Bob Mortimer has a new(ish) book out, a comic crime novel called The Long Shoe and very excited we are about it too. Me recording audiobook for The Long Shoe… a terrifically fidgety performance lacking genuine clout. Available Tommorow https://t.co/MWHL0SEiRH pic.twitter.com/WRE7Di9Sya — bob mortimer (@RealBobMortimer) October 8, 2025 We mention it not only […] The post Bob Mortimer’s got a new book out so what better time to share this all-time hall of famer TV moment appeared first on The Poke.

The great Susie Dent went on Twitter to ask people about the times they’ve mispronounced a word in public because they’ve only ever seen it written down. The queen of Countdown’s dictionary corner was moved to do so after an audience member at the Hay Festival winter weekend shared the tale of the time their […] The post Susie Dent asked people about the excruciating times they mispronounced a word in public – 17 of the funniest and most unfortunate appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump’s been tapping way on his Truth Social platform again, which might not ordinarily seem worthy of a moment or two of your attention. Except this particular Truth Social post went wildly viral for reasons which will surely become apparent. Because listening to the American president rant away is one thing, but seeing it […] The post Listening to Trump rant is one thing but seeing it written down is properly jaw-dropping and they don’t come any more extraordinary than this appeared first on The Poke.