Kitchen Briefs - April 8, 2026 PM

• An Israeli drone attacked killed Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in Gaza
• Netanyahu and Trump claim Lebanon was not included in the ceasefire plan, but in fact the 10 point proposal did include Lebanon and Yemen.
• JD Vance will now be leading negotiations with Iran in Pakistan this weekend. He’s kicked off first impressions by saying Iran would be "dumb to let talks collapse over Lebanon"
• Trump is claiming China helped get Iran to negotiate
• 4 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz today. On a normal day it’s 150
• You know who is winning in all of this? Some 50 new Polymarket accounts who bet within hours of Trump’s announcement yesterday. These accounts made anywhere from $31K to $200K
• Congressional Democrats are going to attempt to pass a war powers resolutions but it’s expected to be blocked. Senate Dems are also set to vote on a war powers resolution next week. They’ve already tried this and failed…why? Because Republicans
• And the Pentagon is threatening the Vatican to the point that Pope Leo has canceled all events in the US. V from Under The Desk News broke this down beautifully moments ago