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From the same White House administration that brought you, “We are not publishing the jobs report from October because… Democrats” we present, “Just wait a little longer. The jobs are going to be there. We promise!” U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, went on TV to do what he does best: kick the can down […] The post Trump’s trade secretary told Magas they just had to wait – and wait – for the good times to roll and it’s fair to say these people weren’t buying it appeared first on The Poke.

The White House seems to be spinning off its axis with all of the denials, excuses, and gaslighting whipping through its press room this week. Amongst the lessons we’ve learned: it’s ok to demean women if you’re the President, it’s ok to make death threats if you’re the President, and now, it’s ok to force […] The post The White House shared their official definition of a lawful military command and people think it exposed their regime for what it really is appeared first on The Poke.

There’s nothing worse than being put on hold, is here? Sitting there for minutes or, if you’re really unlucky, hours with nothing to entertain you but some annoying muzak. Well, it actually does get worse, because it turns out that sometimes the people who have put you on hold can hear you, even if you […] The post Somebody asked call centre workers about the weirdest things they’d heard while on hold – 23 people who forgot someone was listening in appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve all been there: you see an advert for something fancy and expensive, you know it’ll improve your life and make you a 100% better person, you buy it, and then… you never use it. They’ve been chatting about the ways in which we pointlessly splurge on stuff on the AskReddit page after user ehrabak […] The post ‘What is the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought but never used?’ – 21 regrettably pricey purchases appeared first on The Poke.

There’s a lot going on at the White House these days. We’ll try to keep it simple. On one hand, we have JD Vance giving glowing interviews about his boss. Here is Vance campaigning for Donald Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize because of all of the fabricated wars he’s supposedly resolved. UN-F*CKING BELIEVABLE […] The post JD Vance said Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize and his timing was so impeccably awful it was brilliant appeared first on The Poke.

Good news: Karoline Leavitt finally found a different way to answer a question than to yell lies at reporters. Bad news: her solution is to just stomp off in a huff. Leavitt came out to face the firing squad yesterday to defend her piggy of a President when she was asked about a variety of […] The post CNN’s Kaitlin Collins fact-checked Karoline Leavitt to her face and the White House press secretary’s response (such as it was) spoke volumes appeared first on The Poke.

It was the week in which Donald Trump expertly limboed under the record breaking low bar he had already set himself. Okay, so he didn’t limbo – he slithered – but it was this ‘quiet, piggy’ comment that taught right-thinking watchers everywhere that it’s impossible to underestimate the president of the United States. SHOCKING: In […] The post Emily Maitlis’s A++ dissection of Donald Trump’s outrageous ‘quiet, piggy’ comment will surely not be bettered appeared first on The Poke.

Curiosity killed the cat, as the old saying goes, but sometimes curiosity isn’t quite so brutal and just makes you feel a bit unsettled. They’ve been talking about the slightly worrying things you can learn about life on the AskReddit page, after user ActualBreath5492 asked: ‘What is a disturbing truth that you know?’ And the […] The post ‘What is a disturbing truth that you know?’ – 21 things you might wish you never learned appeared first on The Poke.

To the studios of BBC1’s Question Time, where it was only natural that the panel was asked to react to the damning Covid report which was published on Thursday. The forensic official report said the UK’s response to the pandemic was ‘too little, too late; and said the introduction of a lockdown even a week […] The post It took a comedian on Question Time to nail exactly how people feel about Boris Johnson’s Covid response and Zoe Lyons was totally on the money appeared first on The Poke.

Congratulations again to @juliet_turner6, the Oxford University ecologist and evolutionary biologist who shared her joy this week at passing her doctorate. I passed my viva exam! After ~4 years of research, I successfully defended my thesis. You can call me Doctor pic.twitter.com/U9UUKucGxX — Juliet Turner (@juliet_turner6) November 14, 2025 We mention it again – again! […] The post The bilious fury with which these men trolled a woman who dared share her doctorate is a grim snapshot of social media right now appeared first on The Poke.