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We regret to inform you that Propaganda Barbie has been at it again. By which we mean that the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, has been up at the lectern lying her little heart out like the good Trump cultist she is. Here’s the wool she was trying to pull over everyone’s eyes. Karoline […] The post Karoline Leavitt’s claim that gas prices have decreased under Trump collapsed like a combover in a wind tunnel at the slightest scrutiny appeared first on The Poke.

Never let it be said that Nigel Farage hasn’t been busy getting his fucks, sorry, ducks in a row in the event he enters Downing Street some time around 2029. Indeed, he’s even sealed agreements with two foreign powers where he hopes to send people coming from abroad to the UK although it is so […] The post Nigel Farage unveiled where he’d send refugees coming to the UK and even perennial Farage watcher James O’Brien was taken aback appeared first on The Poke.

Now we don’t want everything we see on TV or in a film to be entirely relatable to our own lives – how boring would that be? Don’t answer that. But there are somethings that people get up to on the big or small screen that are just so not true to our ordinary little […] The post People have been sharing things you see on TV and film but never do in real life – 18 most relatable spots appeared first on The Poke.

Time now to return to the ever-widening cultural chasm between the US and the rest of the world, in this case an American with a very specific troll of their European brethren. Specifically, how they wire their buildings. Not just any building but in this case the Louvre (and others out and about in Paris, […] The post An American trolled Europe’s ‘third world buildings’ and was magnificently owned all the way back across the Atlantic appeared first on The Poke.

You will know by now there has been a historic changing of the guard in Hungary, where Viktor Orbán was turfed out of office despite – or perhaps because of – JD Vance turning up to lend him his support. The new man in change, Péter Magyar, is not messing around – seriously not messing […] The post The new Hungarian PM just went on state TV to announce the end of state TV and it’s a breathtakingly blistering watch appeared first on The Poke.

Pretty much all of us rely on AI chatbots nowadays. Whether we’re asking it for book recommendations, to explain the situation in the Middle East or to diagnose a peculiar rash, we’re all at the mercy of AI tech. Which is not necessarily a good thing because AI can and frequently does make mistakes. Really […] The post This video of ChatGPT insisting that ‘December’ is spelt with X is a hilarious warning against placing too much trust in AI appeared first on The Poke.

If there’s one person who’s having a worst time than Donald Trump right now it’s JD Vance, whose hopes of running for president in 2028 appear to take a tumble whenever he leaves America (or indeed appears in public). But it could be worse, JD, it could be this moment back in the day when […] The post JD Vance being interrupted by an audience member with an urgent query about his book and it will never not be brilliant appeared first on The Poke.

In ‘You let Dougal do a funeral!’ news, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent took to the White House lectern on Wednesday to speak to the press pack. His deer-in-the-headlights act went haywire pretty quickly, when he seemed to mistake the most talked-about place on the planet for a fortified wine. Bessent calls the Strait of Hormuz […] The post 21 funniest takedowns of the bumbling Trump mouthpiece who informed the press that the ‘Straits of Vermouth’ haven’t been reopened appeared first on The Poke.

As Trump’s attack on the Pope continues, the backlash against him sharing an image of himself as Jesus continues to simmer, and he’s already dipped his toe back in the blasphemy waters. Here’s the post that caused even paid-up members of Cult Maga to say “Hang on a minute!” And here’s the post he thought […] The post Trump followed up Doctor Jesus with another borderline blasphemous post, and Sarah Palin (yes, that one!) had the perfect funny response appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump’s sit-down interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo was exactly what you’d expect – a BS session from the president, with no pushback from the so-called journalist. He repeated his ridiculous claim that he had ended eight wars – adding that nobody else had ended one. Trump: " I ended eight wars. Nobody's ever ended […] The post Donald Trump claimed he had to reopen Nasa to start Artemis II, and the fact-checks were visible from the moon – 17 stellar clapbacks appeared first on The Poke.