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You might think that the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is beyond parody. She’s been featured defending the indefensible on these pages often enough to prove that she’s an expert in self-parody. And yet, this sketch taken from the Canadian comedy show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, is an absolute masterclass. It features cast […] The post This Canadian comedy sketch lampooning Karoline Leavitt is absolutely top-drawer stuff appeared first on The Poke.

The Reddit forum r/peanutbutterisoneword is a treasure trove of misunderstood instructions. This is the description. “Just put a clever title Ordering a custom label and giving instructions, only to have the instructions printed on the thing you ordered? How about an engraving saying “I want this left blank” or “Hello, Mike! Underneath that, I miss […] The post 19 times companies woefully but hilariously misunderstood the clients’ instructions appeared first on The Poke.

Whatever we tell ourselves, we all have bad habits. It might be chewing our nails, doomscrolling when we should be trying to get to sleep, or screaming profanities at the news whenever (insert politician’s name) comes on. Some are harmless, while others just seem harmless. Over on r/AskReddit, buffdadnextdoor posed this question – ‘What’s a […] The post ‘What’s a ‘harmless’ habit that actually ruins your life over time?’ – 22 low-key troublemakers appeared first on The Poke.

Let’s check in on Lee Anderson, shall we? Last time we covered the Reform UK MP, he was being ripped a new one for recording St Valentine’s Day messages on Cameo from Westminster. Well, on Thursday, Lee posted a short video on Twitter of a bacon sandwich, including him patting it like a dog (or […] The post Reform UK’s Lee Anderson posted a video of himself patting his bacon sandwich – 14 people happy to make him the butty of the joke appeared first on The Poke.

Now, to turn from the sublime of humanity to the absolutely ridiculous. Last October, Donald Trump unveiled plans to build a giant monument to himself in Washington DC that quickly became known as the “Arc de Trump”. Well, this weekend, the White House released new renderings of what the Arc would look like. “I am […] The post The White House released new renderings of the ‘Arc de Trump’ Triumphal Arch – 16 people sniffing the rotten stench of authoritarianism in the air appeared first on The Poke.

They’re home! The Artemis II astronauts were all smiles on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown. pic.twitter.com/zajuR27pJJ — NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis) April 11, 2026 After 9 days, 1hr and 32min travelling around the moon and back, the four astronauts on the Artemis II […] The post The Artemis II crew made it safely back to Earth – 35 responses celebrating the joy, humour and sheer optimistic humanity of it all appeared first on The Poke.

The White House director of the National Economic Council should have a firm grip on the realities facing the American public when it concerns their wallets. And right now, their wallets are hurting. The latest report says inflation will increase to 3.3% because of the war Trump created, and that Americans haven’t even started to […] The post Trump’s economic advisor says the Iran War hasn’t disrupted the US economy, and people are wondering if he’s talking about a different US appeared first on The Poke.

On her latest press tour, Marjorie Taylor Greene has combined “too little, too late” with “better late than never.” The result: a whole bunch of “We told you so.” MTG joined up with fellow Truth Social victim, Alex Jones, to prattle on about how Donald Trump used to be worth supporting, but now, not so […] The post Marjorie Taylor Greene claims Trump isn’t the same man he was 10 years ago and the internet replied as one appeared first on The Poke.

For those worried at home that the President of the United States sounds like a deranged madman, worry no more! Fox News wants everyone to know that it’s all a strategy. See, Donald Trump is cursing and frothing about ending entire civilizations because that’s how he needs to act in order to get the attention […] The post Trump sounds like a lunatic right now because it’s a political strategy, according to Fox News, and the chinny reckon is visible from space appeared first on The Poke.

Fly too close to the sun, you get burned. Donald Trump is just orange, and round, enough to work in this analogy. In what might become the final blow to the Maga base, the US President took to his pet social media platform, Truth Social, and unleashed a torrent of attacks on some of his […] The post Donald Trump went nuclear on the last of his alt-right media supporters, and it was a terrifying look into the state of Maga right now appeared first on The Poke.