Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - August 10, 2026 PM

• Trump has said the US will seek compensation from Iran for all the people they have killed in many conflicts
• In regards to responding to Netanyahu, Trump said he’d reply via Truth Social
• A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Colombia and has killed at least 111
• Trump claimed today that our children are getting vats of vaccines so he’s signing an executive order to limit vaccinations and spread out the MMR shots
• The FBI and the NCAA are teaming up to help college athletes avoid sexual exploitation
• Representative Lauren Boebert’s son, Tyler has been charged with 5 felonies including sexual exploitation of a child, inducing/enticing, possession with intent, video exploitation, and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor

Kitchen Briefs - August 10, 2026 AM

• Israeli forces open fired in southern Lebanon and have injured at least 6 people in Gaza
• Yemen’s Houthis have attacked a port in the Red Sea killing at least 7
• Iran says it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the US meets specific conditions such as compensation, ending military threats and lifting sanctions
• At least 13 have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in deep Russia with another 75 injured
• Taylor Farms is now recalling guacamole and salsa for salmonella because of the jalapenos they contain
• The Pentagon just released 41 declassified UFO files which reports are saying prove nothing.
• The Pentagon has extended Trump's D.C. National Guard deployment through 2029 because he says it makes D.C. “safe and beautiful”
• AOC has shared that she’s freezing her eggs
• Katie Miller, wife of Stephen Miller has said she slept with former Congressman Eric Swalwell when she was a 22 year old intern

Kitchen Briefs - August 9, 2026

• Israeli gunfire has injured yet another child in Gaza
• Israeli settlers are continuing to raid the occupied West Bank
• Israel has rejected the 15 point plan for Gaza
• Texas based oil firm Greenland Energy received a strong government warning from the country of Greenland after unapproved drilling equipment was landed on the remote Jameson Land region
• Russia and Ukraine continued exchanging strikes overnight killing 7 more people
• A boat captain has been charged after his boat capsized near the Statue of Liberty killing a 27 year old mother and her 5 month old baby. 12 others were rescued from the water
• Kristi Noem unveiled a life size bronze statue of herself and her horse last week to honor her time as governor of South Dakota

Kitchen Briefs - August 8, 2026

• Yemen has announced they’ve launched strikes on Houthis
• More attacks on vessels in the Strait are happening. Iran attacked a UAE tanker, another vessel was struck by a projectile off the coast of Oman
• The IRGC says the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is conditional on the US fully accepting Iran’s conditions
• There are reports per CNN that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine is working quietly toward an exit from the war in Iran and is trying to protect the military
• Early this morning Todd Blanche was confirmed as Attorney General. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski voted with Democrats no
• Russia continued strikes last night and struck Kyiv killing 3 including a child
• The Senate has left the office for a planned 5 week break and did not pass the SAVE Act
• Trump keeps posting to truth Social and there are many AI images of him wearing 2028 hats
• Trump is obsessed with Taylor Swift and she fought back by having her song August muted from a recent White House post
• More wildfires in the news. 20,000 people have been evacuated in western Canada as a fast-moving wildfire has burned an unknown number of homes
• The defense attorney for the Tate brothers wants them to be free in the US while they fight extradition to the UK
• New legislation in California being proposed that would legally penalize content creators who fail to disclose paid political endorsements with fines of up to $5K per violation
• The administration is investing $3B in mineral projects to strengthen the US defense system and reduce reliance on China
• Yesterday the SEC dismissed it’s civil insider trading case against Terren Peizer who had been pardoned by Trump

Kitchen Briefs - August 7, 2026 PM

• Israel continues to strike Lebanon
• There are reports that Iran’s Supreme Leader Khameni is in critical condition and has been rushed to the hospital. He has not been seen since the February 28th strikes
• US appeals court has halted the construction of the ballroom saying it should be up to Congress
• Trump is again trying to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
• The Senate honored Lindsey Graham today by passing a bipartisan sanctions bill named for him targeting Russian oil purchasers and expanding penalties on Putin
• US intel reports state that Putin could attacks aimed at testing NATO unities
• A helicopter battling a Utah wildfire has crashed and there is no word on the two who were aboard
• Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana said he would vote for Todd Blanche to be confirmed
• Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirmed he’s still going to come to work for another term
• A Federal judge ruled the Shenandoah County School Board violated federal civil rights laws by reinstating Confederate names to two schools, ordering the board to promptly remove the names
• Tomorrow is national beer day, national cat day, national pickleball day, national frozen custard day, national garage sale day and the start of Elvis week

Kitchen Briefs - August 7, 2026 AM

• Israeli military is firing upon water-utility workers in Lebanon as they were repairing a water network
• Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan have all signed a joint defense agreement that states an attack on any one of them is an attack on all of them
• Iran and Oman say the final agreement on Hormuz has been finalized and now final wording and details will be announced soon
• 2 people have been killed and 14 injured in Yemen due to Houthi strikes
• In Thailand, a 14 year old killed his grandparents and then open fired at a school killing 5 teachers and injuring more than 30. He then took his own life
• The US economy unexpectedly lost 23,000 jobs in July and it’s being blamed on the war in Iran
• Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski has announced she will not vote to confirm Todd Blanche which puts his confirmation in limbo
• ICE has decided to release body cam footage only when it’s in their best interest
• By law, the government has to provide legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children. 100 nonprofits who do this work had their contracts expire last week and the administration has now awarded a $150M contract to Austin based firm Burke Law Group who specializes in advising "companies on complex environmental, regulatory, and enforcement matters”
• Last week we heard Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche say he wants a national abortion ban and now the new CDC director Dr. Erica Schwartz said she wants abortion surveillance
• Tennessee Representative Andy Ogles lost his primary yesterday
• Backyard poultry which has caused 814 illnesses across 44 states, including one death and 201 hospitalizations
• Today is National Purple Heart Day

Kitchen Briefs - August 6, 2026 PM

• Israel is firing artillery shells in southern Lebanon
• Trump said today that he thinks the war in Iran will end pretty soon. He said “I don’t think they can go much longer.”
• Trump was busy today signing more executive orders on immigration, including one limiting the number of people eligible for US citizenship after being born in the US
• Senator Mitch McConnell released a statement today saying he’s left rehab and is at home
• An offshore wind company said they’ve reached a $1.2 billion settlement with the administration to walk away from projects under development off New York, California and Louisiana
• The judge in the case Katie Phang has brought against the DOJ regarding the redactions of the Epstein files is now ordering Todd Blanche to appear in court
• The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents career IRS auditors, has joined a lawsuit challenging the settlement that would grant Trump and his offspring immunity from certain IRS tax audits, arguing it’s unlawful and unconstitutional

Kitchen Briefs - August 6, 2026 AM

• Trump is not happy that rumor has it that the US is short on munitions. He said the Pentagon has massive amounts of munitions and he’ll hunt down the leakers behind the report of a weapons shortage
• Israel is continuing air attacks in Lebanon and raiding the occupied West Bank. UNICEF says one child per day has been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire
• Dozens have been killed in Houthi missile and drone attacks on Yemen Emergency Forces camps
• Ukraine has hit two oil refineries deep in Russia
• Temporary Protected Status for Haitians has now ended and over 350,000 people in the US face potential job loss and deportation
• Senate Republicans voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt today and are referring him to the DOJ for potential prosecution
• Dr. Erica Schwartz has been confirmed as the new CDC director making her the first permanent leader in a year
• Britain has cleared the $110B merger between Paramount and Warner Bros
• Three people have been arrested for threatening witnesses in the Nolan Wells case and one of them is the defendants
• ICE set a record in July of 51,000 arrests surpassing June’s 46,000 but they haven’t hit their goal of 2,000 arrests per day
• Meta’s AI model, Muse Spark hacked another company during testing when it gained unintended internet access
• The FDA has just approved the first ever mRNA flu vaccine which means it can be produced faster and also easier to respond to new strains
• Canada’s Prime Minister had teleprompter issues and said “Unlike a certain world leader, I do not view this as a conspiracy”
• Mexican jalapenos have now been linked to a salmonella outbreak in Chipotles in 27 states

Kitchen Briefs - August 5, 2026 AM

• Iran says talks with Oman are going well and one or two issues remain
• The Houthis claim to have attacked a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea with ballistic missiles
• Israel has launched new attacks in southern Lebanon claiming a blatant violation of the ceasefire by Hezbollah
• Israeli forces are also carrying out new raids in the West Bank and are detaining Palestinians
• A Russian strike on Ukraine has killed 21
• Part of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the moon today and has left a 60 ft wide crater, ejecting lunar dust and rock
• An Associated Press investigation has revealed that 51 parents and spouses of active duty US troops have been detained since Trump came into office for the second time with at least 6 military family members being deported while 8 remain in federal custody
• Speaker Mike Johnson says he feels bad for Rep Max Miller
• The FAA is investigating after a commercial flight had an apparent loss of separation with Marine One
• Trump announced he’s rolling back the intended scope of the Endangered Species Act that the Radical Climate Activists were using to hold our great country hostage by
• The UK’s AI Security Institute has reported that Claude and ChatGPT attempted a backdoor project on GitHub and wrote malicious code that attempted to trick the humans into merging it with the project
• Michigan has said in its voting last night that they are not for Democrats who take AIPAC money and have put forward Abduel El-Sayed
• TKO Group Holdings, the parent company for UFC, says it lost $30M for its little rage cage match on the White House lawn
• Disney and TikTok have struck a deal to allow creators to use characters and scenes from Disney’s library for short form videos
• A big thank you to Angela for providing me with coffee for the week!!

Kitchen Briefs - August 4, 2026 PM

• Israel is setting off huge explosions in southern Lebanon. They’re also firing tear gas and destroying monuments in Gaza today
• Netanyahu said in a video today that Israeli troops are not withdrawing from Gaza until Hamas is completely disarmed
• Iran and Oman say their talks are going well
• Video shows a Russian drone chasing a Ukrainian street vendor in a human safari attack. The drone was remotely controlled and Ukraine says this amounts to a war crime
• Ohio Republican congressman Max Miller says he will not drop his reelection bid amidst abuse claims by his ex-wife
• An armed man was arrested today outside of the golf course owned by the guy in the white house in Rancho Palos Verdes
• The Senate Judiciary officially advanced Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general
• The current administration has accused OpenAI of discriminating against US workers and favoring foreign visa holders. OpenAI says no but has agreed to a paying a $1.2M fine and set aside $2 million to provide “back pay” to any U.S. workers found to have missed out on employment
• Trump decided he didn’t like the slope of the new white house lawn helipad
• Bronze statues near the Lincoln Memorial are being regilded with 23 karat gold leaf
• Oil companies made $93B in 3 months