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Such is the state of White House press conferences these days that we’ve long been harking back to the relatively halcyon days (not really) of Sean Spicer during Donald Trump’s first term in charge. Remember him? Cut back to the present days, where at the same press conference where Karoline Leavitt verbally attacked a reporter […] The post The White House ‘press conference’ just hit a new low with the entrance, stage right, of Riley Gaines (and her baby) – 13 totally on-point responses appeared first on The Poke.

Love hurts. Especially when the person you love decides to love someone else instead. The ultimate shot to the heart is a cheating partner. There’s no good to way find out you’ve been betrayed, but there are levels to this pain. Redditor u/hackerfilth recently put out this spicy question: People who found out their partner […] The post These people shared the worst way to find out you’re being cheated on and being single sounds pretty nice right about now appeared first on The Poke.

If you really want to know what it’s like being in America right now, then just go ask the man in the street. Specifically, ask this man who was so outraged by what he saw going on in Minnesota that he left his ‘cushy home’ to take to the streets to something – anything! – […] The post This Minneapolis man’s rant about the state of Trump’s America right now went wildly viral because he totally and utterly nails it appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump says what he feels and he feels truly awful, illegal, and immoral things. Case in point: Trump’s thoughts on elections. We shouldn’t have ’em! The President made this statement on the record this week. Here is the exact quote. Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: “When you think of it, we shouldn’t […] The post Karoline Leavitt said Trump was ‘simply joking’ when he said America didn’t need elections – 15 essential responses that took it very seriously indeed appeared first on The Poke.

We can all agree that now more than ever we need to start treating each other with a little more class and respect. As long as it’s earned. Which brings us to Minneapolis, where local residents are rightfully upset with ICE for killing a mum who was coming back from the school run  in broad […] The post Karoline Leavitt castigated protesters for using their middle fingers and world supplies of irony just hit critical lows – 17 one-finger responses appeared first on The Poke.

An insight into the way Reform UK conducts its business and it really is a proper eye-opener. Politicians not wanting to answer a question is one thing, but the way Nigel Farage’s operation tried to handle it when new Scottish leader Malcolm Awful, sorry, Offord didn’t like ITV reporter Peter Smith’s question is quite another. […] The post An ITV reporter wouldn’t let Reform UK’s new Scottish leader ignore the question and its response didn’t just speak volumes, it bellowed them appeared first on The Poke.

Pam Bondi, giving off the energy of a jilted lover, went on TV to rant and rave about how she fired six prosecutors in Minneapolis because they wouldn’t defend Jonathan Ross (not that one), the ICE agent who shot mum Renee Good behind the wheel of her car after she dropped off her son at […] The post Trump’s attorney general Pam Bondi bragged to Fox News about firing six Minnesota prosecutors but it wasn’t the slam dunk she thought it was appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve all had nightmare job interviews. In fact, we haven’t had too many job interviews which weren’t nightmares. We say this because people shared their own awful experiences back in the day after writer Harriet Williamson asked this. ‘Twitter, what’s the worst job interview you’ve ever had?’ And lots and lots of people got in […] The post People shared the worst job interview they have ever had and these are so bad they’re brilliant appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve been on a few weird dates in our time but frankly we’re feeling a lot better about them after reading some of these. It all began when @postgrad_barty went on Twitter and asked people to share the ‘weirdest date’ they’ve been on, beginning with one of her own. ‘Wwhat’s the weirdest date you’ve been […] The post People shared the weirdest dates they’ve ever been on and these 17 match-ups gone wrong are proper top tier stuff appeared first on The Poke.

It all started with the frankly bizarre news that the government was planning to ban 16 and 17-year-olds from buying alcohol free beer because it was seen as a ‘gateway drug’ to the real thing. 🚨 NEW: The Government is considering making it illegal for 16 and 17 year olds to buy zero-alcohol drinks to […] The post An American said the UK was ‘too authoritarian’ to produce a sitcom like Young Sheldon and the entirety of Britain responded as one appeared first on The Poke.