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Whoever taught Donald Trump to use the internet needs to have a long hard word with themself. The Orange Buffoon not only uses Truth Social and Twitter to rant about things he’s spotted on cable TV at two in the morning, but he post memes and – for the last couple of years – AI […] The post Donald Trump posted some AI slop of himself throwing Stephen Colbert into a dumpster, and got absolutely dragged – 17 best burns appeared first on The Poke.

Welome to our round-up of the funniest things we’ve spotted on Threads in the past week. It comes to you during the hottest early May temperatures in Europe since records began, accompanied by a humongous side-eye in the direction of climate change deniers, and a brief prayer of thanks for ice-lollies. If you spot anything […] The post 25 Funniest Threads Posts to Give Your Day a Lift appeared first on The Poke.

The great lie about Trump winning the 2020 election has barged its way back into the spotlight, with the president packing his sycophants into the Justice Department, and his cabinet refusing to admit that Biden won – even under oath. Recently, however, Trump introduced a new conspiracy theory – that he got the votes to […] The post Trump says he would have ‘won California’ if Jesus had counted the votes, and there’s not enough ‘Sure, Jan’ in the world – 15 brutal corrections appeared first on The Poke.

Reform UK’s candidate for the crucial Makerfield by-election, Robert Kenyon, has got off to exactly the start you’d expect from his party – with multiple allegations of racism and sexism, fuelled by his own now-deleted or banned social media accounts. Here’s the type of hot take we can expect from Makerfield’s potential MP. Reform’s candidate […] The post Danny Kruger downplaying Reform’s Makerfield candidate’s vile misogynistic comments about Carol Vorderman spoke volumes about where the party is right now appeared first on The Poke.

It’s a golden rule of comedy that if a joke needs an explanation, it isn’t working. Donald Trump, however, has never been one to follow rules — financial, political, legal, or moral. He recently coined the term ‘Dumocrats’ for his political opponents and, at a rally in Suffern, New York, treated the crowd to a […] The post 17 favourite clapbacks to Donald Trump’s ironic revelation that ‘a lot of people’ didn’t know there was a ‘b’ in dumb appeared first on The Poke.

On Friday, SpaceX carried out a test flight of the V3 rocket that Elon Musk hopes will one day carry people to Mars. Its booster, which is designed to separate and complete a powered return, failed to pull off the powered part, falling uncontrolled into the Gulf of Mexico. One of the six engines on […] The post The New York Times described the exploded SpaceX rocket’s mission as ‘mostly successful’, and the takedowns were out of this world – 21 scathing reactions appeared first on The Poke.

Another day, another deflection from the head of Reform UK over the five million quid he was bunged – sorry – given by a Thailand-based crypto billionaire named Christopher Harborne (or Chakrit Sakunkrit). At this rate, Farage’s crypto-millions excuses will have a Wikipedia page of their own. Farage now claims Russian spies hacked his phone […] The post Nigel Farage claims his £5 million crypto windfall was leaked by a Kremlin hacker, and the chinny reckon stretched to Thailand and back – 23 sceptical responses appeared first on The Poke.

Look, the world is terrible right now, so we need to find the hopeful glimmers of humanity where we can. Enter Lynn. This doorbell footage clip, shared by Twitter/X user Mukhtar, has been going viral over the Bank Holiday weekend, and it’s very easy to understand why. Just watch. This is so beautiful, what a […] The post This ring cam footage of a kind woman named Lynn calling round to her neighbours on a specific mission is honestly the most heartwarming thing you’ll watch today appeared first on The Poke.

We hate to ruin your sunny Bank Holiday weekend by reporting on some tragic news, but such is our commitment to bringing you matters of grave national importance. Are you sitting down? Best pour a stiff drink in advance. The BBC reported on Friday that Tory MP, Sir Gavin Williamson, experienced a death in the […] The post The BBC reported on Gavin Williamson’s pet tarantula dying – 20 people treating the tragedy with all the solemnity it deserves appeared first on The Poke.

Keir Starmer has had a rough few weeks (months? years?). He’s had everyone and their mother criticising him, questioning his motivations, and attacking his policy positions (or lack thereof). On Saturday, the prime minister joined the calls for next weekend’s Champions League final between Arsenal and Paris Saint-Germain to be shown free to air and […] The post Keir Starmer should have had an easy win by calling for the Champions League final to be shown free to air, but it became a bit of an own goal instead appeared first on The Poke.