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There seems to be an emerging pattern when it comes to the Trump Administration’s relationship with the press. Whenever members of the media ask a question that gets a little too close to the truth, the Trump official lashes out. Which brings us, conveniently, to Pete Hegseth’s latest press conference on Operation Epic Fury. The […] The post Pete Hegseth was asked how his war on Iran was not a war crime and furious response was not the slam dunk he thought it was appeared first on The Poke.

Let’s travel back in time for a moment, shall we? The year is 2020. America has just elected a veteran politician to lead its united states towards prosperity in a fair and verified election. A grumpy orange man doesn’t want to accept this as fact. He causes many problems because of his beliefs. Now, fast […] The post Donald Trump threatened to release ‘proof’ that the 2020 election was rigged and these 15 clap backs called his bluff in vote-winning style appeared first on The Poke.

Those newspaper and magazine Q&As and ‘life in the days’ and all that sort of thing – soft features, I think they call them in the trade – invariably make for an interesting read. We also feature a fair few of them here but we don’t recall one quite as interesting as this. It’s Scottish […] The post This hilarious old football Q&A has just gone viral again and it’s an absolute classic of the genre appeared first on The Poke.

Thanks to social media, we can get a vague numerical insight into a person’s life. We can see how many people follow them and vice versa, how many times they’ve posted, and even how many people like what they have to say. People are endlessly curious though, so it’s no surprise that they’ve got an […] The post What statistic would you like to see floating above a person’s head? – 17 revealing numbers people want to read appeared first on The Poke.

Over the years, Donald Trump’s skin has looked ghostly white, glowingly orange, or tomato red. But one thing has remained constant: it’s extremely thin. Any time someone offers unkind words about the President, he fires back in a storm of spittle and insecurity. That used to just mean press conferences or social media meltdowns. Now […] The post The White House website appears to have weaponised its official website against its enemies in the press – 15 fair and balanced replies appeared first on The Poke.

It’s fair to say people have mixed feelings about the football World Cup in the USA. It’s one of the great sporting festivals, of course, but the shadow of Donald Trump looms large over everything. Very large. But there is surely one thing we can all agree on and it’s that this should never, ever […] The post Turns out Americans eat at tables sat next to the football and the transatlantic divide has never felt wider appeared first on The Poke.

You will probably already have seen Green MP Hannah Spencer’s magnificent two-word takedown of Reform UK at PMQs on Wednesday but just in case you haven’t (and if you already have, you will surely want to watch it again) … Hannah Spencer from the Greens absolutely skewers the ‘dirty grubbiness’ of Reform UK sitting behind […] The post Reform UK-ers have been trolling Green MP Hannah Spencer’s choice of outfit and for an insight into the mind of Farage followers everywhere it’s hard to beat appeared first on The Poke.

If the self-styled Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, spent half as much time thinking about his job as he does about his pecs, the American military wouldn’t have been accused of war crimes anywhere near as often as they have since he got the job. A few weeks ago, he was owned into next year […] The post We regret to inform you that Pete Hegseth has been working out with the military again, and it’s every bit as cringeworthy as you’d imagine appeared first on The Poke.

The football World Cup kicks off in the United States this week – what do you mean you hadn’t heard? – although fears of what exactly it would like in Trump’s America already seem to be coming to pass. There’s been the outrageous treatment of the Iranian football team and their fans, the Somalian football […] The post This BBC man wouldn’t let it lie after Gianni Infantino told everyone to ‘chill’ about the abominable state of Trump’s World Cup and had the entire internet cheering appeared first on The Poke.

Even those of us who are football fans have some misgivings about the 2026 World Cup, which kicks off today in Mexico City. Most of our apprehension concerns one of the three host countries of the tournament. We’re obviously not referring to Canada or Mexico, but to the rather noisy and troublesome neighbour that lives […] The post This Australian World Cup Promo skit may be AI but it’s still a hilarious satire on the MAGA regime appeared first on The Poke.