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When it comes to the outrageously racist video Donald Trump posted of the Obamas, all of the excuses seem to be blurring together in real time. Here’s the all-you-can-eat buffet of options the White House has been parroting since the video went up on Truth Social last week: 1) Some intern posted it 2) No […] The post Donald Trump is still refusing to acknowledge that racist post about the Obamas and it’s basically page one of the Trump playbook, writ large appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump’s pick for Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations – stick with us, it’s worth it – very much appears to be a chip off the old Trump block. Jeremy Carl, whose history of eye-opening social media posts will immediately confirm why Trump chose him, went in front of a bipartisan Senate committee […] The post Trump’s latest top state department pick said white people in America face more discrimination than black people appeared first on The Poke.

The US President doesn’t answer questions so much as he deflects them. Donald Trump just put that skill on display to great effect when he was asked about the Epstein Files. And apparently it brought joy to the heart of his Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick. The President finally gave an extended answer on the […] The post Donald Trump insisted the Epstein Files are ‘pretty boring stuff’ and Howard Lutnick thinks that’s hilarious, but no one else is laughing appeared first on The Poke.

Back in February 2021, covid had put the mockers on nipping out for a hairccut, and some people had to take matters into their own hands.One of those people was TikToker Jaden Williams, who used the opportunity to make this cleverly planned and edited sketch. @officialjadenwilliams Haircut Continuity. ##Haircut ##FYP ##ForYou ##RocketLeague ##Skit ##Cut ##Hair […] The post It’s five years since this TikToker’s home haircut sent him wildly viral and blew a few minds in the process appeared first on The Poke.

When it comes to musical tastes, one man’s Meatloaf is very much another man’s Poison. This was highlighted in a viral Tweet by a music shop in Tennessee, Roy Rogers Happy Trails Music Shop, which effused about a track by a new band from Quebec called Angine de Poitrine. It’s certainly different, as is the […] The post This musical performance by a Canadian band is dividing opinion, but they’ve certainly got a strong look! appeared first on The Poke.

Few things feel better than a nice shower, especially at this time of year when the hot water is a delightful escape from the world. However some people appear to take their love of showers to ridiculous lengths. Rather than a quick 10-minute clean, they can spend at least twice as long scrubbing themselves silly. […] The post What do people who spend more than 20 minutes in the shower actually do in there? – 17 people come clean appeared first on The Poke.

It’s not long ago that Liz Truss was a Conservative MP and Secretary of State for culture, of all things, and Boris Johnson’s undisputed number one fan. But she’s moved on from all of that now after seeing the light and, er, getting into bed with Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. So naturally she was keen […] The post Nadine Dorries was keen to big up her new best friends on Reform UK only to have her bubble burst in spectacular style appeared first on The Poke.

They say that youth is wasted on the young, and, do you know what? They’re right. You pay no attention to having creak-free knees and boundless energy until it’s gone for good. They’ve been chatting about the things that radically change as we age on the AskReddit page after Cairinacat posted this: ‘What is something […] The post ‘What’s something that starts happening in your 30s that nobody warned you about?’ 23 big surprises that ambush us as we age appeared first on The Poke.

Like us you probably don’t listen to the Liz Truss podcast but this little snippet is surely worth 20 seconds of your time. It’s the PM for 15 minutes in discussion with her guest Adam Brooks – no, us neither – and the topic they were talking about was Britain’s worst prime minister. And it’s […] The post Liz Truss has been discussing Britain’s worst PM and it’s not just an elephant in the room, it’s a woolly mammoth appeared first on The Poke.

Magas love their faux outrage and this one is certainly a doozy. The alt-right troll account, @libsoftiktok, is run by Chaya Raichick. She is proudly pro-Trump and anti-anything slightly different from her. She is also not exactly the sharpest tack in the box. Here is a grade-A example of her inability to deal with a […] The post A Maga cried foul at the flag hanging in this American high school and was magnificently owned to the other side of the world and back appeared first on The Poke.