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You don’t have to be a David Icke fan to cheer his frank and NSFW response to Elon Musk’s claim of humble origins – 15 people surprised to be in agreement
14 January 2026 @ 6:33 am
We’ve all seen or heard enough Elon Musk predictions to know that he doesn’t have a reliable handle on where things are headed. How’s that man on Mars coming along, Elon? Anyone who takes the slightest interest in his social media will know that Musk either doesn’t have a scooby what’s going on in the […]
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25 of the funniest posts we’ve seen on Bluesky this week
14 January 2026 @ 4:55 am
We’ve made it to halfway through January – more or less. Before you know it, you’ll be wondering how it’s summer already, and remembering when Donald Trump was still the President of the USA – instead of in a nursing home for the utterly bewildered or because Elon Musk has now made him Emperor of […]
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Karoline Leavitt offloaded the full force of the White House on ICE shooting victim Renee Good and it sent people properly mad
13 January 2026 @ 3:49 pm
To see how the White House continues to handle the very delicate incident last week in Minneapolis where Renee Good was murdered, let’s check in with Karoline Leavitt. Here is how Leavitt described Good, who had just dropped her child off at school and was last filmed telling an ICE agent that she wasn’t mad. […]
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The White House declared an end to the war … on protein – 15 lip-smacking responses
13 January 2026 @ 3:03 pm
With all of the tense and violent conflicts taking place around the world, the White House has picked a really important war to tackle next. Lookout, protein, RFK Jr. and his worms are coming to get you. The latest swing and miss to emerge from the White House is this bizarre Twitter post putting the […]
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Donald Trump declared himself ‘Acting President of Venezuela’ and these 15 replies asked him to act his age instead
13 January 2026 @ 2:45 pm
Another day, another insane social media meltdown from the President of the United States. Only this time, Donald Trump is forcing himself on another country that didn’t elect him. Trump took to Truth Social to post that he is now the acting President of Venezuela alongside his picture and some Wikipedia-style bio details. Trump posts […]
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The US Border Patrol chief said 90% of Americans were ‘happy to see’ ICE on the streets and 100% of the replies begged to differ
13 January 2026 @ 2:34 pm
As ICE agents continue to terrorize innocent bystanders around the United States, the head of the United States Border Patrol continues to lie to himself and the public. Gregory Bovino appeared on Fox News to assure everyone that ICE is doing great and thanks for asking. Bovino: “Something else here as far as what happened […]
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Kristi Noem’s podium slogan was a chilling throwback to a time people thought would never return – 13 responses that absolutely nail it
13 January 2026 @ 1:42 pm
To the world now of Donald Trump’s homeland security chief Kristi Noem, who’s responded to the fatal shooting by an ICE agent of a Minnesota mum who just dropped off her son at school by … sending truckloads more ICE agents to Minnesota. But we’re not here for anything she’s said, we’re here for what […]
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A Texan Maga trolled the family of Renee Good for not going on TV to talk about her killing – 13 ferociously on-point comebacks
13 January 2026 @ 12:38 pm
Like us you won’t have come across a Texan woman who calls themselves @RealSpitfire over on Twitter. But just by way of background, they describe themselves over there as: ‘Feisty AF 🇺🇸 Dogs rule all 💕🐾 Heavy on snark & sarcasm 🇺🇸 America First 🇺🇸.’ So you very much get the idea then. And we […]
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What’s a piece of advice you ignored but later realised was 100% correct? – 17 wise words to take note of right now
13 January 2026 @ 12:26 pm
Even when advice is well-meaning, it’s all too easy not to follow it. After all, you know best, right? Well… not necessarily. Sometimes you have to walk back your arrogance and pay attention to all of the tips you ignored. To save you learning the hard way, WittyMonk7391 put the following question to r/AskReddit: ‘What’s […]
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This misogynistic guide to ‘turning flat conversations into flirty ones’ is a brilliant lesson in ‘what not to do’
13 January 2026 @ 11:57 am
We admit that we know nothing about the relationship status of the ‘author’, ‘coach’ and ‘money man’ who goes by the name of Master Togan on Twitter, but we can hazard a guess that he’s probably single, or perhaps in a relationship with an AI Chatbot who is beginning to have serious misgivings about him. […]
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