Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - June 4, 2026 AM

• Yesterday Lebanon and Israel decided on a ceasefire but it was also dependent on Hezbollah. Hezbollah calls the agreement shameless and rejects it
• Israeli strikes have killed 4 more Lebanese
• Yesterday Congress passed the Iran War Powers Resolution
• Trump says he is going to nominate acting attorney general Todd Blanche to be the attorney general
• An AP News investigation has found that The Trump administration has re-separated dozens of migrant children from their families, violating a landmark 2023 legal settlement intended to protect those previously separated
• Here in CA, votes are still being counted as we expected and Trump is not happy saying "they're trying to steal the election"
• Last night at a graduation ceremony at Fairfield High near Sacramento, CA a shooting killed 1 and injured 3 others. No suspect description has been released
• RFK Jr is looking into gaining state access to medical records to investigate possible links between vaccines, autism, and chronic illnesses
• The Senate begins voting today on funding DHS and ICE. A Vote-A-Rama has started which is a marathon session of debate and amendments
• Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump bought an island in Albania for a mere $1.4B

Kitchen Briefs - June 3, 2026 PM

• Iran says contact with the US has not been cut off but no progress has been made. Also according to Iran they targeted a US military vessel in the Sea of Oman but CENTCOM says that’s a lie
• To help negotiations along, Trump says he called Netanyahu crazy when they spoke
• In regards attack of Iran on Kuwait’s airport, Iran is claiming it was the fault of the US and a malfunctioning US patriot missile that was supposed to intercept Iranian missiles. CENTCOM says it was Iran
• In unredacted Epstein files it shows Trump flew on Epstein’s plane
• Today Trump said he believes a Vance Rubio 2028 ticket would be unbeatable
• Trump wants the UFC installation to be permanent
• Today Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer met with Maine Senate Candidate Graham Platner whose sexting while marriage scandal has come out
• A hostage standoff in Bakersfield, CA has ended with the suspect being killed by the FBI. The suspect held 10 people hostage yesterday in an office building and they were employees of the Kern County Superintendent of Schools. The suspect was Anthony Scott Searles-Harris, 41, who was a dishonorably discharged Army veteran with a history of trouble with law enforcement and was a registered sex offender.
• Polymarket has cut ties with George Santos and their paid relationship after learning he placed bets against himself attending Trump’s State of The Union.

Kitchen Briefs - June 3, 2026 AM

• Iran has attacked Kuwait striking a terminal at the international airport, killing one and wounding dozens of others. Iran says this should serve as a lesson to the US
• Trump said we don’t need boots on the ground because the US wiped out Iran’s military
• Israel has intercepted two missiles from Lebanon while Israel struck Lebanon and killed 2 more paramedics and a Lebanese soldier. Israel has also killed 3 more in Gaza and wounded 35 in the last 24 hours
• The Supreme Court decided yesterday that Alabama can use their GOP friendly map for the midterms and cut a seat held by a Black Democrat
• Former Rep George Santos is now under investigation for insider trading on the prediction market platform Kalshi
• The Anti Weaponization fund is dead the settlement says the IRS can’t investigate Trump, his businesses or his family
• A convicted January 6er has been hired for a counterterrorism job that oversees highly classified military operations
• Trump hasn’t been seen in actual public in a week
• Costs of revamping the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has gone from $1.8M to over $13M
• Indiana’s Gov Mike Braun is also celebrating Nuclear Family Month
• The Trump administration isn’t just canceling wind projects, they’re also dismantling the ocean monitoring system which will not only harm environmental research but harms the monitor of tsunamis and earthquakes
• Some Republican Senators are agreeing that Nat’l Intelligence Director nominee Bill Pulte lacks experience
• CBS’s Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes was fired yesterday after speaking the truth

Kitchen Briefs - June 2, 2026 PM

• Marco Rubio says the US will not remove sanctions on Iran in exchange for a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Any sanction relief would need to include Iran giving up its enriched Uranium
• Iranian outlets are saying Iran has stopped talking negotiations but liar liar pants are on fire Trump says talks continue
• Israeli attacks in Lebanon have killed 4 more
• The death toll in Ukraine is now up to 22
• House Ethics Committee is investigating Representative Jimmy Gomez over sexual misconduct allegations
• The Trump administration paid $1B to a French company to NOT build offshore wind farms and instead invest in fossil fuel projects. Had the project gone through, it would have powered 1.3M homes and potentially saved ratepayers $10B.
• Trump just signed an executive order on the oversight of AI to vet the national security risks up to a month before they go public
• On May 15th, a $10M settlement was announced as the result of a 2023 investigation into Texas Children’s Hospital. They were to stop allowing transgender children from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapies along with revoking medical privileges of 3 current doctors and 2 former ones. They have to also create a detransition clinic for transgender patients by this summer and keep a list of potential gender affirming patients
• The White House Correspondent’s dinner has been rescheduled for July 24
• Stay tuned for California election updates and a special interview later today

Kitchen Briefs - June 2, 2026 AM

• Israel continues to attack Lebanon with at least another 8 people killed and there was another attack on a hospital
• At least 3 more have been killed in Gaza due to Israeli attacks
• Russian strikes on Ukraine have killed 18
• Two people have been shot dead amid Kenya protests against the US Ebola quarantine center
• Trump has tapped Bill Pulte, head of Federal Housing Finance as the acting director of national intelligence replacing Tulsi Gabbard
• Newark mayor Ras Baraka is calling for the immediate closer of Delaney Hall and also threatening legal action if they do not get access to Delaney Hall
• Marco Rubio is testifying before Congress today for the first time since the start of the Iran war
• The New Mexico Truth Commission has begun investigating Epstein and his Zorro Ranch
• Milli Vanilli has pulled out of the Freedom 250 concert
• Tennessee has designated June as Nuclear Family Month defining a family as one husband, one wife and their children
• It is primary day in 6 states, including here in California

Kitchen Briefs - June 1, 2026 PM

• Happy Pride Month
• Trump claims he has not only had a call with Netanyahu but also with Hezbollah
• An Israeli drone struck southern Lebanon
• Netanyahu says he told Trump that Israel will continue to operate as planned into southern Lebanon. The Lebanese presidency says Hezbollah has said they’ll stop if Israel stops
• This morning Tehran said negotiations are stopped and now Trump says they’re moving at a rapid pace
• Florida is suing OpenAI saying it is not safe for children including aiding mass shootings and encouraging suicide
• Anthropic has confidentially filed for IPO after a $65B round
• An appeals court has ruled a Trump policy illegally banned transgender troops from the military
• The DOJ says it strongly disagrees with the temporary blocking of Trump’s Anti Weaponization fund but will abide by it
• On Sunday hackers got into the Instagram account of Chief Master Sergeant Of Space Force and posted pro-Iran propaganda and anti-US messages
• The US is slashing the number of embassies in Africa that process visas in an effort to limit migration
• A judge ruled that the hearing for Tyler Robinson who is accused of murdering Charlie Kirk will be public. This will be a preliminary hearing on evidence
• Minnesota Republicans had their convention over the weekend and had a moment of silence for Derek Chauvin, the officer who murdered George Floyd

Kitchen Briefs - June 1, 2026 AM

• Breaking News: Iran has stopped negotiations with the US due to Israel’s continued strikes on Lebanon
• Israel continues to expand attacks on Gaza and Lebanon
• Iran targeted the US base in Kuwait but missiles were intercepted
• The US has struck Iranian military sites over the weekend
• Oil prices are going back up
• Over 40 people have died in a growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. There are 260 confirmed cases and 1100 more possible infections. Hundreds are protesting outside of Kenya’s Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens
• Family visits with detainees at Delaney Hall in New Jersey have resumed
• Yesterday Trump named US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack as Special Presidential Envoy to Syria and Iraq
• Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell accepted the JFK award for Courage and used his speech time to warn that Trump’s political stress test will wreck public trust
• A new experimental pill is giving new hope for pancreatic cancer

Kitchen Briefs - May 31, 2026

• Trump has sent back revisions to Iran insisting on stricter terms around Iran’s nuclear capabilities and timelines regarding how the US will take control of and destroy Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile. He also wants the Strait of Hormuz opened without a toll permanently and is not liking the unfreezing of $12B
• Iran says they’ve shot down a US drone above territorial waters that they allege was to conduct hostile operations
• Netanyahu has ordered the expansion of invading Lebanon. The Lebanon death toll due to Israeli strikes is now at 3,412 with over 10K wounded since March 2nd. The death toll in Gaza is now at 72,939 with over 172K wounded since October 7, 2023
• Satellite imagery shows the erasure of southern Gaza as Israel expands control
• Israel has also launched new incursions into southern Syria
• France has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations
• Violence erupted last night in Paris during celebrations of PSG’s League title
• NASA has confirmed a meteor exploded over New England with the force of 300 tons of TNT
• Trump is claiming that artists have gotten the "yips". Trump will now be the headliner
• Trump wants a drone port on the roof of the White House
• Newt Gingrich praised Trump on Truth Social
• Today in New York City, the annual parade honoring Israel is taking place
• Tensions and protests continue to rise outside of Delaney Hall in New Jersey with rubber bullets being shot at protesters last night. The mayor of Newark has issued a curfew from 9pm to 6am. Gov Sherrill stated last night that her main focus is to protect law enforcement

Kitchen Briefs - May 30, 2026

• Still no decision from the Trump on a deal with Iran
• Israel continues to strike Lebanon and Gaza
• The US, UK and Australia are working together to develop underwater drone technology to protect undersea cables and boost defense
• Tensions are escalating outside of Delaney Hall in NJ as ICE supporters and protestors are clashing. As I scrolled Threads this morning I saw a video of two men yelling it out and one of them is our own Jolly Good Ginger
• January 6ers are trying to make their claims for the Anti-Weaponization Fund despite there being a freeze on the fund
• Dr. Sean Barbabella, Trump’s physician, says Trump just needs to lose weight and exercise more
• Troops must meet a standard weight in order to get a free ticket to the UFC fight at the White House
• A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis from Chicago was diverted to Madison, WI due to a passenger who tried to storm the cockpit

Kitchen Briefs - May 29, 2026 PM

• The Situation Room meeting has concluded without a decision announced
• Hezbollah is claiming responsibility for 22 military operations on Israeli troops and infrastructure
• Air attack sirens have been activated in northern Israel
• A federal judge ordered the removal of Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center saying it was named for President Kennedy and him only
• The nonprofit that is being investigated for helping fund E. Jean Carroll’s case belongs to Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn
• The White House has launched aliens.gov. No, it’s not about actual aliens, it’s about immigrants
• Trump bought stock in TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of UFC
• DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin is pushing a proposal to penalize sanctuary cities and states by reducing or eliminating customs processing at their airports
• Yesterday I hit 20K followers. Thank you for being here and thank you to LeLe Bakery in Los Gatos for this gorgeous treat to celebrate all 20K of you!