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Yes, Marco Rubio has been caught in far more damning lies before, but this one is too stupidly delightful to pass up. Remember those ill-fitting shoes Donald Trump forced all of his supporters to wear? Well clearly Rubio does, because he recalled them with a swiftness that can only possibly come from a traumatic experience. […] The post Marco Rubio avoided answering a question about the 2020 election in the most embarrassing way possible – 15 clap backs that fit just right appeared first on The Poke.

It’s Pride month, which means it must also be the month in which bigots everywhere get even hotter under the collar than they normally do about other people wanting to live their lives the way they want to. Which brings us nicely to this idiot who took his phone along to an American store to […] The post This bigot’s attempt to troll shop staff who dare to support Pride magnificently blew up in his face and should be made available on prescription appeared first on The Poke.

January 6, 2021 will forever be one of the saddest days in America’s democracy. Thousands of drunk rednecks stormed the Capitol because the racist orange blob they voted for didn’t win the Presidential election. What’s worse, the orang blob was the one who incited the whole thing. Which makes this recent Donald Trump take on […] The post Donald Trump said the January 6th rioters who stormed the Capitol were there out of love and got an awful lot of hate in the replies appeared first on The Poke.

In the spirit of ‘But when is Straight Pride Month’, US Republicans have thrown their toys right out of the pram and launched Nuclear Family Month to try and overshadow LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Newsflash, bigots – a nuclear family is just a unit that consists of two parents and one or more children who live […] The post Maga Republicans launched Nuclear Family Month to dump on Pride Month, and the internet had no time for their petty bigotry – 21 top takedowns appeared first on The Poke.

Over on Reddit men have been sharing the ‘male equivalent’ of getting flowers as a gift. Now very possibly the answer might just be flowers – you don’t have to be a woman to appreciate a bunch of daffs – but that wouldn’t make for a hugely enlightening exchange of ideas. It all started when […] The post Men have been sharing ‘the male equivalent of flowers’ as a gift – 17 gifts to cheer up the blokes in your life appeared first on The Poke.

The internet has changed a lot over the years. Today YouTube and TikTok rule the online roost, but this wasn’t always the case. If you’re old enough, you can likely remember the internet’s dial-up days. Prime_Advocate was curious to hear what people miss about this era, so they put the following question to r/AskReddit: ‘Anyone […] The post People have been sharing what they miss the most about the early internet – 17 digital delights from a simpler time appeared first on The Poke.

It’s hard to think of two TV shows with less in common than Twin Peaks and Rainbow. One is a nightmarish fever dream of small-town murder and cosmic weirdness. The other is a brightly coloured, classic UK kids show featuring puppets and the wholesome Rod, Jane and Freddy. So we’ve no idea what inspired someone […] The post This clip from the classic kids’ TV show ‘Rainbow’ becomes wonderfully sinister when soundtracked by the ‘Twin Peaks’ music appeared first on The Poke.

To the studios of ITV’s Peston, where presenter Robert Peston was entertaining Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick. And it’s fair to say their exchange got heated – very heated – after thoughts turned to how Farage’s party had characterised opposition leader Kemi Badenoch’s response to the shocking killing of Henry Nowak. Hard to believe we know, […] The post Robert Peston wasn’t letting Robert Jenrick’s nonsense lie and it showed up the Reform UK man for exactly what he is appeared first on The Poke.

It’s fair to say that Sting is one of the most successful musicians around. He’s won 17 Grammy Awards and sold over 100 million records worldwide (including those with his former band The Police). Despite this, he’s always had a reputation for being a little earnest and dour. It was his 1995 appearance on The […] The post Sting’s 1995 appearance on The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer has been going viral again, and it’s a shoo-in for the comedy Hall of Fame appeared first on The Poke.

Donald Trump, it seems, will never tire of telling people how he’s won his war with Iran. Oh he’s so won it, people, won more comprehensively than any war in the history of wars. Which makes people wonder, if he’s won it so comprehensively, why the fighting continues and why – forgive us for repeating […] The post With his war on Iran showing no signs of actually ending Trump was asked to define ‘ceasefire’ and his answer had people bellowing into next week appeared first on The Poke.