Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - April 6, 2026 AM

• Iran has delivered a response to Pakistan about the US proposal to end the war which includes protocol for the strait and lifting sanctions. They reject the ceasefire and are demanding for an end
• Iran is claiming that the efforts to rescue the crewmember over the weekend exceeded just that and believe the US stole enriched uranium. Although there is no credible evidence to support that, the fact is that the operational scale and strategic location raise flags
• Sharif University in Iran has been bombed. This is comparable to MIT and many engineers from the university have gone on to work in Silicon Valley and other tech companies
• Israel has carried out strikes on Iran’s petrochemical facilities including the world’s largest gas field which is shared with Qatar
• According to the UAE, Iran has launched a large scale attack in the last 24 hours, although all strikes were intercepted
• Trump is once again posting his thoughts on Truth Social and today it was with an islamophobic video. Talks of the 25th Amendment have started circulating but impeachment is what is needed at this point
• Elon Musk’s security team was deputized by the US Marshalls and allowed to carry their firearms in some federal buildings per a request from the White House. This despite them lacking the necessary training
• The Holocaust Museum removed educational materials linking Nazism to American racism and canceled or altered programs focused on democratic fragility
• Steve Bannon wins in the Supreme Court which will likely lead to the dismissal of his conviction
• Californians, Steve Hilton has just received Trump’s endorsement. If you know what’s good for you, don’t vote for another TV celebrity and one who has the ok from the current president
• Savannah Guthrie returns to the Today Show. Her mother Nancy has been missing since February 1st

Kitchen Briefs - April 5, 2026

• The missing crew member from the F15 has been rescued. The military operation involved the CIA and the destruction of at least 2 US military aircraft
• Trump continues to prove how unhinged and deranged he is. He’s on a media tour saying he’s going to blow everything up and also that Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are leading negotiation talks
• Trump took to Truth Social with a special Easter message saying: "Tuesday will be Power Plant day and bridge day, all wrapped up in one in Iran. There will be nothing like it! Open the fuckin’ strait you crazy bastards or you’ll be living in hell. Just watch! Praise be to Allah."
• Iran continues to push out Lego videos in response to Trump. They are saying his threats are war crimes and crimes against humanity
• The US Government has also demanded that real-time satellite imagery of the Middle East be cut off from us
• Pope Leo's Easter message

Kitchen Briefs - April 4, 2026

• The US and Iran are racing to find the missing pilot
• How did Iran take down the F-15? Turns out there’s a tutorial online that the Chinese put out that details passive sensor tactics. Highly skilled civilians with STEM backgrounds are sharing technical military analyses online to assist Iran
• US Central Command which is a regional combatant command responsible for U.S. military operations in the Middle East, Central Asia, and parts of South Asia normally updates on X
• Trump says Iran has 48 hours left on his 10 day threat before “hell will rain down” while Iran says the US and Israel belong in the stone ages
• Over 1 Million Lebanese people have been displaced due to Israeli strikes
• The Trump boys are trying to sell their drone interceptors to Gulf countries
• UNICEF reports that over 1.2M children have been impacted by this war with the majority from Lebanon
• A Russian drone struck a market in Ukraine killing 5 and injuring 21
• Analysts warn that US stockpiles of advanced interceptors and missiles could be exhausted by mid-April. The US and allies expended 11,294 munitions in the first 16 days alone, costing roughly $26 billion. They’re being consumed faster than annual production rates can replace them
• My friend Ricky, The Gay Liberal, posted a reel last night about how Israel and the Trump administration is trying to block Catholic services during this Holy week. I’ve also just learned that actions have been taken to prevent Catholic clergy from entering ICE facilities to provide services
• One of my favorite shows is Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum. Season 4 has just debuted!

Kitchen Briefs - April 3, 2026 PM

• Update from earlier one of the two crew members who ejected from their plane over Central Iran has been rescued. Another aircraft was shot down but the pilot has been rescued
• Trump is dismantling the US Forest Service
• Trump is trying to cut $73 Billion to housing, social services, healthcare, NASA, and other domestic programs to fund $1.5 Trillion military spending in 2027
• Trump is back to obsessing over Alcatraz and wants $152M to cover the first year’s of costs to reopen it into a secure prison
• The US is willing to insure up to $40 billion in potential losses for commercial tankers willing to transit the Strait of Hormuz
• Polymarket is taking bets on the missing pilot being rescued
• AG Todd Blanche says partying or emailing Epstein isn’t a crime
• In happy news, Orca whales have been spotted in Seattle which is a first

Kitchen Briefs - April 3, 2026 AM

• A US fighter jet has been shot down in central Iran. State media and an unnamed US official both confirm. A US search helicopter looking for the pilots has also been struck
• Seven rockets have been launched from southern Lebanon towards northern Israel
• This after Israeli strikes hit water facilities in Southern Lebanon, cutting vital services
• A US Israeli drone strike has hit a humanitarian aid warehouse in Iran
• 2000 more prisoners are set to be released from Cuba as Trump has made it clear he wants a change in leadership and placed an oil embargo on the country
• Iran has released another Lego video this time featuring Pete Hegseth. V from Under The Desk News fact checked it
• Hegseth has also now made policy change that allows military members to carry personal firearms on military bases
• Interim AG Todd Blanche says there will be no further Epstein files released
• SpaceX has been talking to Saudi Arabia about a potential $5Billion investment
• Today in history, the Unabomber was arrested in 1996 and Martin Luther King Jr delivered his final speech in 1968 as tomorrow marks the anniversary of his assassination 58 years ago
• And in beautiful news, the first image of Earth taken by Artemis II has arrived and it’s stunning

Kitchen Briefs - April 2, 2026 PM

• IRGC claims new strikes on Amazon Data Centers in Bahrain and Dubai
• Pam Bondi is out
• Hegseth has asked Army Chief of Staff Randy George to step down immediately
• Today is in fact liberation day. It’s officially one year since Trump liberated families from their hard-earned money and socked them with higher costs implementing his tariffs.
• The ballroom just got the green light again from a commission of Trump loyalists who sit on the National Capital Planning commission
• And today in history, Pope John Paul II died in 2005, John Gotti was convicted in 1992 and Global Covid cases surpassed 1 million in 2020
• Learn a second language

Kitchen Briefs - April 2, 2026 AM

• Today the US and Israel are targeting a centuries old medical research center in Tehran, a bridge near the capital and steel plants today
• Yesterday Trump said people refer to him as King and compared himself to Jesus on Palm Sunday
• Oil prices continue to surge to $110/barrel and stocks fall
• The US Embassy in Iraq is urging US citizens to leave after threats from Iran
• Trump is talking about getting rid of Pam Bondi and blaming any bad press on Karoline Leavitt
• AP news has fact checked last night's ramble
• Markwayne Mullins’ first order of business has been to scrap the policy Kristi Noem put in place demanding her review for contracts over $100K
• In random news did you set up a Gmail account using a weird name that you wish you could change? Google is now letting you do just that!

Kitchen Briefs - April 1, 2026 PM

• Artemis II has launched for its orbit around the moon
• President Trump will be addressing us this evening and has already said he plans on telling everyone how great he is
• Meanwhile the President of Iran issued an open letter to America. He defended Iran’s actions said they were not a threat. He blamed the United States for escalating the conflict and argued that the actions of strikes on infrastructures and citizens could amount to war crimes. He criticized U.S. foreign policy history, and urged Americans to question the justification and consequences of the war
• A funding bill to finally end this partial shutdown has been agreed upon and it basically mimics what the Senate passed
• Trump cut his appears in the Supreme Court hearing short today because he didn’t like what he heard. Justices were not swayed by the arguments to end citizenship birth rights
• Florida has become the 3rd state to enact a law requiring documented proof of citizenship to vote
• SpaceX has confidentially launched their IPO could go in June and make Elon even richer than he already is
• Thank you to Lele Cake/Lele Bakery for my celebration dessert

Kitchen Briefs - April 1, 2026 AM

• Over one month into this war and Trump is finally going to address the nation tonight. He's also talking about leaving NATO
• Trump claims Iran’s new president has asked for a ceasefire but that Trump wants the Strait reopened as a condition
• The Supreme Court is currently hearing the case on limiting birthright citizenship and in yet another first, Trump is sitting in
• Yesterday I shared that the aircrew who flew over Kid Rock’s pool were suspended…nope
• Joy Ann Reid shared last night that Israel has opened the sewage water dam into the Wadi Gaza Stream polluting the river and causing untreated waste to mix with seawater. The Wadi Gaza is the only significant surface water source in Gaza
• NASA is preparing to launch the first crewed mission around the moon in more than 50 years
• DHS has paused their new immigrant warehouse purchases since there are now reviews of the contracts that occurred under Noem

Kitchen Briefs - March 31, 2026 PM

• Trump has just said that the US military will leave Iran in the next two to three weeks
• American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad today
• The Iran Military Media account on X posted the following today: Dear people of America, we know this war is not your war with IRAN and will will not forget your support over the past month. With us, the missiles. With you, the streets. Do not doubt that all of us, together, will defeat the stupid, war-mongering yellow pig!
• A judge has blocked the White House ballroom construction until Congress approves it
• Trump signed an executive order creating a nationwide list of verified eligible voters, centralizing voter eligibility data ahead of this year's midterm elections. The order, first reported by the Daily Caller, tasks the Department of Homeland Security and Social Security Administration with creating the voter list while seeking to bar the Postal Service from sending absentee ballots
• A Federal judge has blocked Trump’s order to end funding to NPR and PBS citing the First Amendment
• Montana Governor signs a law defining sex by reproductive system
• Washington's Gov has signed a 9.9% income tax on earnings over $1M
• Oracle has started mass layoffs…because they need to fund an AI data center
• Tyler Robinson’s defense team claims the bullet that killed Charlie Kirk does not in fact match his gun. The bullet fragment analysis came back as inconclusive
• The University of Pennsylvania must comply with a federal subpoena seeking a list of Jewish community members
• The Army has suspended the air crew who flew over lame Kid Rock’s house
• Thank you to my follower Easy E for alerting me to a lawsuit that has been filed by retired lawyer James Rickher to stop the minting of the Trump coin. The law he’s using for his case dates back to 1866 which bans living individuals on US currency