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It can be hard to find the words to respond to Donald Trump’s latest offensive action – posting a racist video of the Obamas and then first trying to downplay it, then deny it, then delete it and then blame the post on someone else. One of those who has found the words is singer […] The post Singer Jack White’s devastating takedown of Donald Trump over the racist Obama video is so furious that a seven nation army couldn’t hold him back appeared first on The Poke.

Thanks to their complete lack of a filter, children are notorious for saying things that adults would never dream of. So you’ve got to feel for the people who are at the coal face of their youthful oversharing: teachers. They have to carefully navigate some wild stories, as shown in the response to this question […] The post Teachers have been sharing the craziest family lore dropped by kids – 17 TMI tales unexpectedly shared in the classroom appeared first on The Poke.

The Matrix has become so embedded in the international psyche that it’s something of a cliché nowadays, but that’s because it was so incredibly clever. One of the ways we reference it is when something uncanny happens, as if the fabric of reality has a temporary bug and we could believe we’re living in a […] The post ‘What’s the creepiest ‘glitch in the matrix’ that’s ever happened to you?’ – 19 completely unexplainable events appeared first on The Poke.

If the news lately has taught you nothing else, it’s that the rich, posh and powerful seem to operate on a different planet to you and me. Enter Lady Victoria Hervey, socialite, daughter of the 6th Marquess of Bristol and one-time girlfriend of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, aka the Benefits Artist Formerly Known as Prince Andrew. Hervey […] The post Socialite Lady Victoria Hervey said “you were a bit of a loser” if you were not in the Epstein Files – 15 shocked, top class reactions appeared first on The Poke.

Anyone who has met someone called Skylar, Tiger, Neo or Luna will be well aware that first names are different from the days when people were called things like Gary or Claire. But why hasn’t the same happened with surnames? They’ve been chewing this over on the AskUK subreddit after SherlockScones3 posted this: What would […] The post Somebody asked what ‘modern surnames’ would be and the answers will have you hoping to meet someone called Terry Turkeyteeth appeared first on The Poke.

The US continues to grapple with Donald Trump’s latest outrage – where he – sorry, “a staffer” – posted a horrifically racist meme of Barack and Michelle Obama on Truth Social, then defended it and then finally took it down. The video has provoked condemnation on all sides. And one Trump supporter’s revulsion is going […] The post A three-time Trump voter is going viral for apologising for supporting him, but lots of people are not in a forgiving mood appeared first on The Poke.

The scandal of Lord Peter Mandelson’s friendship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continues to rock the Labour party to its core. It has put severe pressure on the premiership of Keir Starmer – which, let’s be frank, wasn’t in the most solid of places to begin with. On this week’s BBC Question Time, […] The post This ‘Question Time’ panellist absolutely nails why Keir Starmer and Labour are so damaged by ever being associated with Peter Mandelson appeared first on The Poke.

You think you’ve seen the Trump White House hit the rock bottom of bad taste, inhumanity and vulgarity, and then they just keep finding trap doors to sink even lower. On Thursday night, a video was posted to Donald Trump‘s Truth Social account, ostensibly depicting various Democrats as jungle animals stealing the 2020 election. But […] The post The White House blamed “a staffer” for posting that racist Obama video, but an obvious detail reveals a lot about the identity of the “staffer” appeared first on The Poke.

There are a lot of dumb people out there. (Not you, of course.) But it’s not always apparent just how much stupidity surrounds us in the real world. On the internet, though? Recently, Redditor u/REGGIE_BANANAS wanted to know what kind of knuckleheads are out there when they asked: ‘What’s the dumbest thing you’ve heard someone […] The post People shared the dumbest things they heard a fellow human being utter – 15 proper jaw-droppers appeared first on The Poke.

RFK Jr. just wants to help America get healthy. And for that, he should be applauded. But the applause should stop as soon as he opens his mouth. The leader of the Department of Health and Human Services gathered a crowd to announce his latest miracle cure. This one focuses on mental health, specifically how […] The post Robert F Kennedy Jr claimed he’s found a cure for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and the internet lost its mind appeared first on The Poke.