Kitchen Briefs

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

Kitchen Briefs - August 4, 2026 AM

• Trump says talks with Iran are underway. Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US is securing a deal with Iran to open the Strait today or tomorrow and Iran says they’re talking to Oman about the Strait
• Two vessels have been struck in the Strait of Hormuz and one crew member is missing after abandoning ship
• Two more Palestinians have been killed due to Israeli strikes and 10 wounded in the last 24 hours. The death toll in Gaza is now at 73,377
• Yemen’s Houthis say they have hit a target near an airport in Saudi Arabia
• Ukraine is striking Moscow and killed 5
• Senator Wyden of Oregon has released a new report around the bankers who not only helped Epstein but kept in close contact with him while seemingly knowing he was a sex trafficker
• Confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general is set for a vote today
• A man has been arrested for arson for one of the fires in Washington
• Edwin Lopez-Cornejo, a 41 year old man from El Salvador, has died while in ICE custody at Delaney Hall in New Jersey
• A US district judge issued an injunction yesterday blocking New York’s law that prohibits ICE agents from wearing masks
• Trump is arriving today for a fundraiser dinner at his golf club in Rancho Palos Verdes.
• It’s voting day in Michigan
• Leonardo DiCaprio and Jeff Bezos are teaming up to lead a $200M project to save 100 of the world’s most threatened species
• A federal appeals court ruled in favor of Arkansas’s 2023 book-ban law, overturning an injunction that prevented the law from taking effect for the past three years

Kitchen Briefs - August 3, 2026 AM

• Trump says negotiations with Iran will start today and that Iran’s choices are "a deal or total surrender". Iran says there are no talks underway
• Trump not only wants credit for oil profits but is not demanding oil prices go down
• Israeli settlers beat and pepper sprayed an elderly man in the occupied West Bank. The man was on his own land
• Russia claims a Ukrainian drone hit a beach killing 7 and injuring 40
• Israel has formally voiced its concerns to the guy in the white house of the peace plan with Hamas and even Netanyahu’s spokesperson says what has been relayed to the public does not reflect Israel’s plan
• Todd Blanche has formally rescinded the anti weaponization fund and now Cornyn and Tillis say they’ll approve his nomination
• Senate appropriators passed a continuing resolution over the weekend to keep the government funded until December 11th
• Almost 65,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Washington due to wildfires
• Two people in Michigan have died from the Cyclospora outbreak
• The American Red Cross declared its second ever national blood crisis. The Red Cross is offering Amazon gift cards to donors in August and a bonus for those with type O blood
• RFK Jr is now saying parents you should definitely vaccinate their kids
• Thank you to Janice for my coffee today!

Kitchen Briefs - August 2, 2026

• Trump has called off strikes on Iran after Saudi Arabia’s crowned prince called him and tried to speak to his ego
• Gaza’s death toll has risen to at least another 18 due to Israeli strikes
• Israeli forces set fire to houses in Lebanon and 5 Lebanese Army soldiers have been injured
• Israel’s Energy Minister says Israel currently controls 70% of Gaza and should take full control
• Three people have been killed in Moscow after a bomb detonated at a restaurant which was a Ukrainian drone strike
• Wildfires are raging in Washington with over 250,000 acres burned, 600 structures have been burned and 5000 people have been evacuated
• A mass shooting at an In-N-Out in Idaho Falls killing 3 and injuring 7
• Louisiana and Alabama are joining Florida to investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci
• Capitol One is seeking the dismissal of Trump’s latest suit along with Eric Trump
• The administration is working to rollback federal requirements of Head Start next week potentially dismantling the 60 year old anti-poverty program. It’s all part of Project 2025
• The Department of “War” took to social media this weekend posting “Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying ‘Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?’ And I said ‘Here I am. Send me.’ with images of soldiers and the words Send Me
• Good news for Exxon Mobil and Chevron who reported massive profits last quarter
• California minimum wage will go up to $17.40 on January 1st while the federal minimum wage continues to be stuck at $7.25 since 2009
• A huge thank you to John for supplying me with both coffee and wine this week

Kitchen Briefs - August 1, 2026

• The Israeli army claims to have destroyed 5 Hamas arms depots in Gaza
• Israel struck another town in southern Lebanon and more in Gaza killing at least 4
• The US warns citizens in the middle east that they should leave if possible as the US plans to further attack Iran this weekend
• Within the week, Iran is set to receive 400 new missiles from China
• Russia continues to strike Ukraine and Zelensky says Ukraine is being overwhelmed only able to shoot down one of 27 Russian missiles
• Spain has installed a 1600 foot barrier on the sea border between its North African territory and Morocco to prevent further migrant crossing
• Cyber attacks on US water systems has now grown to 7 states and appears to be the work of Iran
• The DOJ has admitted no, there were no vandals who harmed the reflecting pool because it was actually the installation crew
• Trump threatened to bring back the anti-weaponization fund if Todd Blanche isn’t confirmed

Kitchen Briefs - July 31, 2026 PM

• Israeli settlers attacked a sheep farm today firing shots and injuring a 10 year old in the West Bank. Settlers also illegally seized an ancient archaeological site and turned it into a swimming pool
• The US military is posting on social media that the Strait of Hormuz is open to commercial vessels
• Treasury Secretary Bessent says the US is searching for Iranian assets all over the world
• The former Israeli chief of staff says Netanyahu has capitulated with the Gaza peace plan
• Trump says the US is decimating Iran
• An F-35 fighter jet has crashed near Miramar air base outside of San Diego
• Authorities are releasing the ransom notes in the Nancy Guthrie case in the hopes that someone recognizes the writing
• Today is the last day of funding from the federal government for legal services for children who entered the US alone
• Trump said he saw what happened in Spain yesterday with hundreds of thousands of migrants, no it was 60,000 and he says that could happen in America if Republicans don’t get elected
• There was a cyber attack in Minnesota targeting 30 water systems
• The National Archives sent an email to staff at offices in San Bruno, just south of San Francisco, Chicago and Seattle that they will be closing and records will need to be relocated
• The headline says Oprah is closing her school for girls in South Africa but she’s actually turning it over to the provincial education department
• Minocqua Brewing Company in Wisconsin is about to lose its alcohol permit and the owner says it’s in retaliation to him offering free beer
• Are you registered to vote?

Kitchen Briefs - July 31, 2026 AM

• Trump has announced that thanks to The Board of Peace, there’s a new peace plan on the table between Hamas and Israel
• Another Palestinian has been killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza
• Iran continues to launch strikes and Kuwait says they have destroyed drones entering its airspace
• Iran claims it has struck and stopped 2 oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
• 60,000 people crossed Spain’s border from Morocco in 24 hours
• FIFA presidential advisor Carlos Cordeiro resigned today over Infantino’s plan to sell off World Cup
• Trump doubled down this morning about how mad he is that Senator Cornyn won’t confirm Todd Blanche
• Have you heard of Meredith O’Rourke also known as "the princess of darkness". She’s helped Trump raise $800M
• ABC submitted a 119-page filing to the FCC accusing the agency of "attempted censorship" and retaliatory action over the network's broadcast programming and editorial choices
• Ohio Congressman Max Miller’s ex-wife has filed for a restraining order against him and has accused him of abuse
• Scouting America is currently hosting its National Jamboree and decided to eliminate spaces for gay youth, women and scouts of color because Hegseth demanded it
• Trump is taking his cabinet on a little retreat this weekend at Camp David
• The bots went rogue again. First it was OpenAI and now it’s Anthropic who discovered during testing that Claude models hacked another company

Kitchen Briefs - July 30, 2026 PM

- Iran says they didn’t strike the vessel in Egypt and is saying it was false flag operations because they want Egypt secure

Iran claims it struck US assets at a base in Bahrain

- Israeli restrictions on aid are crippling Gaza relief efforts. The UN Palestinian refugee agency says half their vehicle fleet is inoperable because they won’t give them spare parts or lubricant oil

- Senate Republicans with the exception of Collins, Paul and Murkel voted to let Trump continue his war

- Katie Phang won big in court today when the judge said unredacted Epstein files needed to be turned over and the DOJ

- Trump is now saying he might remove his nomination of Todd Blanche as attorney general

- The administration has decided to wrap up the coverage for Medicare Part D which covered prescriptions in response to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act

- On Thursday, the Union of European Football Associations and its 55 member associations unanimously voted to boycott all FIFA competitions in protest of the plan to sell to private investors

- RFK Jr has launched a new cooking show because the sacred ritual of cooking at home has been abandoned

Kitchen Briefs - July 30, 2026 AM

• The IRGC is claiming an attack on the US military base in Kuwait. Two drone hangars and a fuel tank for an aircraft and military helicopters were set on fire and destroyed at the base
• The IRGC is claiming to have attacked Jordan’s al-Azraraq airbase and to have destroyed 3 US F-35 fighter jets, caused heavy damage to 3 others and have said they killed a number of enemy officers and technical and mechanical personnel
• Iran has also struck two vessels, one was US owned at an Egyptian port. This is the first strike on Egypt
• Kuwait says one person was killed in an Iranian strike of a building of a Chinese company
• An Israeli drone attack in northern Gaza has killed four more including 2 children
• US forces bombed a building on Iran’s Qeshm Island killing a couple and their 2 year old child. An 11 and 7 year old were pulled from the rubble and are receiving medical care
• Yesterday the US struck a deal with Lockheed Martin for a contract worth $58.6B to produce more Patriot interceptor missiles
• Poland is blaming Russia for firing a missile into its territory as Russia is unleashing deadly attacks on Ukraine with at least 8 killed
• The vote to confirm acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has been delayed because Senator John Cornyn refuses to yield
• US Space Force awarded SpaceX $1.6B to launch 18 Falcon 9 missions from Vandenberg Space Force Base through 2027
• The National Urban League released its annual “State of Black America” report today and says The American Dream is even further out of reach for Black Americans since the Civil Rights Movement thanks to the current administration
• Florida’s attorney general has launched an investigation into Dr. Fauci over his “lack of candor to Congress”

Kitchen Briefs - July 29, 2026 PM

• Iran confirms the US/Saudi attack killed at least 4 people affiliated with the IRGC
• The Israeli military ordered an evacuation for a refugee camp in Gaza City and then struck it twice
• Other Israeli strikes have killed 2 more Palestinians
• Dr. Fauci pleaded the 5th 100 times today. The committee is expected to vote next week on whether to hold him in contempt
• The deadline passed on Monday for Trump to file a Supreme Court rehearing petition on birthright citizenship
• Alex Jones is calling for Trump's immediate impeachment because of a social media post on April 7th
• Matthew Wingate, the government-relations director for defense and foreign policy at the Heritage Foundation tried to take a 9 mm gun magazine with 10 rounds in it through security into a Senate office building on Friday
• A reporter asked Epstein survivors how acting attorney general Todd Blanche has been condescending to them
• Yesterday Marjorie Taylor Green put a ring on it in Vegas and married Brian Glenn
• The White House is not happy that John Mellencamp paused his concert over the weekend to call renaming the Gulf of Mexico was a stupid idea
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