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The horrific videos of Jonathan Ross shooting and killing Renee Good have been plastered all over news outlets and social media for weeks now. Ross was identified by local news covering the shooting. Everyone has seen what happened and who was involved. That still hasn’t stopped the White House from trying to tell America what […] The post Kristi Noem tried to stop CBS News from naming the ICE agent who killed Renee Good and just broke the hypocrisy-o-meter – 13 stunned reactions appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump revealed today in a formal letter to the Norway PM just how much not winning the Nobel Peace Prize was driving his apparent determination to seize Greenland. Answer: a lot. The president said he ‘no longer feels an obligation to think purely of peace’ after failing to land the gong, although he did […] The post The Nobel Peace Prize Committee just kicked Donald Trump when he’s down and no amount of gong-swapping will soothe this burn appeared first on The Poke.

Siri, give me synonyms for “unhinged,” please. Donald Trump not only appears to have completely lost his mind, he has no problem sharing his madness with the world. In a formal letter written from the office of the White House, Trump told the Prime Minister of Norway that he doesn’t think Denmark has the “right […] The post Donald Trump wrote a formal letter explaining his obsession with Greenland and it’s so insanely on-brand it hurts appeared first on The Poke.

Some people say that strangers are just friends you haven’t met yet. On the other hand, they might be people that will leave you confused for the rest of your life. Reddit user BarryFairbrother wanted to hear about the weirdest interactions people have had with strangers, so they turned to r/AskUK for feedback. And they […] The post What’s the weirdest interaction you’ve had with a complete stranger? – 17 encounters that have left people scratching their heads appeared first on The Poke.

To Twitter now – no, stick with us, please, where self-described ‘postliberal Reactionary’ and ‘counter-revolutionary’ @ChristianHeiens went to a book shop and wasn’t happy with what they found. Specifically, they weren’t happy with this particular table in this specific bookshop because it was full of ‘feminised work slop’. My first time in a bookstore in […] The post An anti-woke warrior trolled a bookshop for being full of ‘feminised woke slop’ and was joyously owned into next year – 14 A++ comebacks worth reading appeared first on The Poke.

Time now to return to Conservative, sorry, Reform UK MP Robert Jenrick, who was on Times Radio on Monday denying accusations of sexism against women MPs and journalists. Absolute nonsense, Jenrick told @KateEMcCann, co-presenter of Times Radio’s breakfast show, except the manner in which he did it instantly became exhibit A for the prosecution. Do […] The post Robert Jenrick took aim at accusations he’s sexist and ended up blowing his own head off in magnificent style appeared first on The Poke.

Given the number of shootings – and killings – by ICE agents in the US it should come as no surprise that Americans have taken up arms in the face of the threat outside their very homes. There have reportedly been 25 shootings by ICE officers in the last 12 months, resulting in six deaths […] The post Magas cried foul at people arming themselves in the face of the ICE threat and were magnificently owned into next year appeared first on The Poke.

People love to moan, and fair enough: there are plenty of things worth moaning about at the moment. But what about the things we like to complain about that we’re actually perpetuating, whether we realise it or not? They’ve been chatting about this on the AskReddit page after Ajarns posted this question: What is a […] The post ‘What is a socially accepted behaviour that actually makes society worse?’ – 22 ways we’re the architects of our own problems appeared first on The Poke.

As you’re almost certainly aware, Donald Trump has been threatening eight European countries – including the UK – with higher tariffs as a way of coercing them into supporting his bid to take over Greenland, or to stop opposing it. Trump threatens tariffs on European allies to force Greenland sale www.ms.now/news/trump-g… [image or embed] — […] The post Farage was unable to face questions from Laura Kuenssberg about Trump’s threats to Europe because he was ‘under the weather’ – 15 generous helpings of chinny reckon appeared first on The Poke.

There are times when it seems that the only thing more vulnerable than a consumptive Victorian orphan is a Premier League football manager. Chelsea and Manchester United have already given theirs the boot in 2026, with Wolves, West Ham and Liverpool’s coaches all facing the prospect of an early bath. Spurs should really install an […] The post George Lewis’s hilarious sacked Premier League manager sketch will have you reaching for the tiny violins appeared first on The Poke.