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Break out your tiniest of violins. Caitlyn Jenner, one of the world’s most famous trans women and a member of the Kardashian clan, has been talking about how she has been affected by the Trump administration’s anti-trans policies. "I can’t travel internationally anymore. I can’t use my passport," Caitlyn Jenner told Tomi Lahren in a […] The post Trump supporter Caitlyn Jenner is upset she can’t use her passport anymore due to Trump’s anti-trans policies – 15 people relishing this episode of keeping up with the karma appeared first on The Poke.

New York City mayor – and Donald Trump’s favourite man-crush – Zohran Mamdani is making good on his campaign promise to tax the rich. This week, Mamdani announced what he called a “pied-à-terre tax” on owners of luxury second homes worth $5 million or more. The tax will only apply to people who do not […] The post NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled his plans to tax the mega rich by hitting their second homes and it’s annoyed all the right people in the best way appeared first on The Poke.

The Strait of Vermouth – sorry, Strait of Hormuz – is back open to commercial vessels this weekend, after a 10-day truce was agreed between Israel and Lebanon. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, calling it “the Strait of Iran”. "IRAN HAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT THE STRAIT OF IRAN IS FULLY OPEN AND READY […] The post The White House declared the Strait of Hormuz is “completely open and ready for business” like it was some kind of victory – 14 people happy to rain on Trump’s parade appeared first on The Poke.

Few leaders in world history have had the ability to confidently avoid the truth on camera quite like Donald Trump. The US President took some time out of his busy schedule ordering McDonald’s deliveries to the White House to share an update on his war with Iran. Mind you, this is a war that Trump […] The post Donald Trump just said the war with Iran was going ‘swimmingly’ and it turned out he’s not waving but drowning appeared first on The Poke.

Working in an office in the days before the internet must have been great. If your line manager wanted to tell you to pull for your finger out and do some work, they’d have to physically come and speak to you. Which means, often, they wouldn’t have bothered, and you could have frittered away the […] The post ‘What are your favourite passive aggressive corporate phrases and what do they actually mean?’ – 23 translations necessary to navigate work appeared first on The Poke.

The President of the United States appears to be trying just about everything he can to distract the public from the Epstein Files. The big orange man has attacked multiple countries, dismantled the American economy, and put the entire globe on alert for World War III, all in the last 4 months. And yet, the […] The post Donald Trump dismissed the Epstein survivors as ‘victims or whatever’ and it didn’t speak volumes, it bellowed them appeared first on The Poke.

The current US White House administration is full of billionaires who live in solid gold palaces. They desperately want to position themselves as the party of the people but any time they open their mouths they shatter that ilusion. The worst offender: Scott Bessent. With every new update on the economy, the US Treasury Secretary […] The post Trump’s Treasury secretary just said Americans feel great about the economy, they just don’t know it – 15 people who knew precisely how they felt about that appeared first on The Poke.

To the world – apologies – of Donald Trump, where the president has been doing his best to show some interest in the affordability crisis gripping the United States right now. Specifically, Trump has been talking corner stores, a phrase it turns out the president has never heard before. But don’t take our word for […] The post Donald Trump said he’d ‘never heard of a corner store’ – 14 funniest and most on-point comebacks definitely worth ringing up appeared first on The Poke.

It’s Friday, the evenings are getting lighter, the weekend awaits – and Twitter has been very funny recently. We’ve gathered some of our favourite posts from the past week, and we hope you enjoy them as much as we did. 1. My wife and I are planning a 3 week kitchen remodel , so I […] The post Our 25 Favourite Funny Tweets of the Week appeared first on The Poke.

We’ve featured no end of comedy show answers on these pages – unintentionally comedy, obviously – but none of the others are quite so jaw-dropping as this. It’s a moment from ITV’s The Chase which has just gone viral again for reasons which will surely become obvious. We’ve seen it before and we still don’t […] The post This incredible Chase answer has just gone viral again and you don’t have to be a woman to appreciate it (but it helps) appeared first on The Poke.