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This observation about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s head-wrecking pivot towards reasonableness makes her past Maga madness so much worse

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Nancy Mace just grossed everyone out with this bizarre tweet about Donald Trump and it expertly nails just how far American politics has sunk – 15 vote-winning responses

Donald Trump threw the most lavish of parties at Mar-a-Lago and they didn’t just misread the room, they misread the entire country

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‘One of the greatest social media posts’ went wildly viral and it’s a slow burn worth every second

A Republican senator’s ‘hard at work’ photo with Donald Trump was a glorious self-own and one spot in particular was solid gold

This incredible clip from Canada’s premier league final had English football fans totally losing their minds

24 hilarious times the fabulous James Fridman used his next-level photo-editing skills to brilliant comedic effect

Karoline Leavitt told Brits to watch GB News and managed the unlikely feat of uniting the whole of the UK

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Joe Rogan told Elon Musk that ‘AI music is my favourite’, and it speaks volumes about his taste