Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - September 22, 2026 PM

• Iran is saying explosions have been heard off Qeshm island
• Trump told reporters at the UN that the US had a very good meeting with the Iranian delegates
• Trump once again claimed Iran’s navy has been eliminated
• Trump is saying Artificial Intelligence should be changed to Super Intelligence because that’s what it is
• The FBI was hacked by a group called ShinyHunters
• Trump signed an agreement today with Denmark and Greenland to strengthen Arctic and North Atlantic security
• A judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Wilber Rafael Garces Perez
• Hurricane Polo has turned into a Category 5 hurricane
• A Utah postal worker has been charged after it was discovered he threw away 300 mail in ballots
• The Mamdani administration has just secured New York’s largest ever labor settlement against Door Dash for $131.5M
• The administration is removing 760,000 Affordable Care Act enrollees over fraud claims or because the people simply don’t exist
• Thank you to John for providing me with a glass of wine tonight…I’m thinking it’ll be a Justin Sauvignon Blanc from Costco!
• Would you be interested in a virtual book club?

Kitchen Briefs - September 22, 2026 AM

• The United Nations General Assembly has kicked off
• Yemeni forces are under attack as Houthi drones drop munitions
• Israel is threatening to displace all of Gaza City’s residents if Hamas takes a single captive
• Two Palestinians have been killed in another Israeli drone attack in Gaza City
• Iran says it will reverse engineer the underwater drone it seized from the US
• Iran also says they’re ready to open the Strait of Hormuz and lift blockades if the US eases military pressure
• Trump said media reports suggesting the US military is extremely short on weapons stocks after this war with Iran are cowards and traitors because it’s not true
• Trump spoke at the UNGA about Iran and AI
• No criminal charges will be filed in the death of Nolan Wells
• Under a new program from the Department of Justice, nonviolent offenders who were convicted of felonies can have their gun rights restored.
• Utah Republican Senator John Curtis is calling on the Senate Judiciary Committee to investigate the funding of Don Jr’s wedding by the Russian oligarch
• At least 6 major medical systems have entered formal agreements with the DOJ to end medical gender affirming care for youth under 19
• The White House has launched Trump TV
• VP JD Vance yesterday referred to the far left as the fart left
• A first edition To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee was found in an Oxham shop
• A 6 year old girl in China has broken the women’s record for the Rubik’s cube twice in one day

Kitchen Briefs - September 21, 2026 PM

• Iran says vessels and cargo owned by the US and Israel confiscated by Iran are up for sale
• The US Ambassador to the UN says the civilian casualties in Iran were unintentional and incidental
• Armed Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian homes in the West Bank
• Iran says what the US has done has only brought Iran and Pakistan closer together
• The UK has agreed to provide air to air refueling to Saudi Arabia
• Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $1.2B contract missile contract from the US Army
• Flights at major airports on the east coast have been delayed after there was a circuit failure on the primary cable that carries radar and communications data
• Trump used the new helipad today but there was no media to capture it
• Yesterday a helicopter crashed while fighting the current fire in Yosemite National Park killing 2
• Wilber Rafael Garces Perez who was shot by ICE is Austin, TX has been detained and still has the bullet in his back
• A hunter in Ellendale, Delaware mistook a woman who was walking in a field with a man and two children for a deer and he fatally shot her
• California has declared a state of emergency ahead of a potentially historic El Niño season expecting extreme storms and flooding
• Natalie wrote for Trump on Lies Social about clowns

Kitchen Briefs - September 21, 2026 AM

• Israeli warplanes have attacked multiple towns across Lebanon
• Another Palestinian has been killed by a drone attack in Gaza
• On Saturday hundreds of thousands of students in Gaza returned to school for the first time in 3 years in makeshift tents and damaged buildings
• Saudi led coalition aircraft have carried out a strike in Yemen on Houthis
• A senior official with the Houthis is warning countries against joining Saudi Arabia in Yemen’s revived Civil War
• Iran says they are ready after the threats made by Trump
• The US is now threatening to ground Iranian airlines worldwide starting Wednesday
• Two crew members have been wounded after a cargo vessel was struck in the Strait of Hormuz
• Russia’s elections included Kremlin interference
• More than 1.9M people are being urged to evacuate in Japan due to a typhoon
• China is accusing Anthropic of sharing user data with US intelligence
• CNN, MS Now and Politico have filed a lawsuit against the ban on their access to the white house. In response to the ban, ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and even Fox News have announced they will boycott press pool coverage of Trump
• An investigation revealed the United States has deported more than 25,000 people to 35 countries under secretive agreements with nations having no ties to the migrants
• Trump says he’ll create an AI force
• The FAA is rolling out a $875M AI traffic control tool today at DC airports
• Senator Ted Cruz said that in reference to the guy in the white house nicknaming him Lyin Ted, he’s an instinctual genius
• A Venezuelan DoorDash man is in serious but stable condition after ICE shot him in Austin, TX during a traffic stop
• Trump has said he’s going to demand drug manufacturers split certain childhood immunizations into five separate doses with 6 month intervals
• Converse put out a new ad in which the image evokes a KKK hood and lynching. They’ve apologized and said they got it wrong
• Paramount reached an agreement today with a group of states led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta to settle the antitrust lawsuit
• Cindy Crawford’s son Presley Gerber has died at the age of 27
• Thank you to Pam for my Monday morning coffee!

Kitchen Briefs - September 20, 2026

• Israeli forces are launching an artillery strike in Syria
• Israel’s Far Right National Security Minister Ben Gvir stormed another mosque today with Israeli forces
• Israeli settlers backed by the military are stoning Palestinian cars south of Bethlehem
• Ukraine has launched its largest attack on Russia launching hundreds of drones
• Iran has sent the US 7 conditions to end the war through Qatari mediators
• The US Military claims 1B barrels of oil have been escorted through the Strait
• Fox News had Trump on today and e said it’s a question of when…and if…he will blow up all of Iran because they better behave themselves
• Secretary Hegseth is making the war in Iran a biblical one and is calling it the Send Me Tour straight from the Book of Isaiah
• Trump says the new arch will double as a military complex able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition
• Ed Sheeran returned to the stage last night
• Trump has referred to the MAGA Inc PAC money as his money and now there’s an FEC complaint against him
• Health officials in California and across the Bay Area are warning of a possible measles exposure after an unvaccinated person traveled all over the state via trains and buses

Kitchen Briefs - September 18, 2026 PM

• Germany is cutting their fuel taxes as oil prices continue to climb
• The US has issued a warning to allies that there is now a 5 year delay in key weapons deliveries
• The Israeli army is facing a severe troop shortage and is going to suspect leave for soldiers
• Another Israeli strike in Gaza City has killed one person
• The Israeli military set fire to a government hospital in Lebanon
• An AI chatbot claimed in an intelligence report that a Chinese ship was carrying nuclear weapons components. It wasn't
• Trump says he’s banning CNN, MS Now and Politico from the White House because of their unfavorable coverage
• The new cost of the war in Iran is $43.6B
• Trump announced today that he supposedly has a deal with Denmark to bolster the US military presence in Greenland and that it gives the US permanent control over security and all other needs
• Trump claims Don Jr is going to pay back the Russian oligarch for his wedding
• Usha Vance sits on the board of the Kennedy Center
• The Pentagon is moving forward with mandatory testosterone testing for most male troops
• Singer songwriter composter and actor Duncan Sheik passed away yesterday

Kitchen Briefs - September 18, 2026 AM

• The Houthis have struck a ship in the Strait
• Armed Israeli settlers are attacking and assaulting farmers in the occupied West Bank
• Israeli airstrikes have wounded 2 people in Lebanon while Israeli gunfire has wounded 2 women at refugee camps in Gaza
• Israeli forces are advancing 9 military vehicles in Syria
• At least 16 people are dead after a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into a mosque building in Pakistan
• 3 people are dead and 8 injured in a school shooting in the Philippines
• Poland is warning NATO that Russia is planning hybrid strikes on Ukrainian ally countries and will claim them to be accidents
• The US military is moving drones to South America ahead of anticipated counternarcotics operations
• The US is denying visas for Palestinian officials for UN meetings
• Trump is in North Carolina campaigning for Whatley who is running against Roy Cooper
• Trump told attendees at the outdoor industry dinner that he’s so powerful, he could ban fishing
• Chipotle is now partnering with Palantir
• Warren Buffet has stepped down as chair from Berkshire Hathaway
• The hold out juror on the Lindsay Clancy trial is speaking out
• The NFL season kicked off last night at the new stadium for the Buffalo Bills and the Barenaked Ladies led 60K fans in the national anthem for Canada
• Farmers have started to let people know if they’re Democrats and are seeing a surge in business
• Gas prices keep going up
• Claude was used to hack into ChatGPT as a test

Kitchen Briefs - September 17, 2026 PM

• Israeli settlers have blocked a road to a Palestinian village and are throwing stones at cars and damaging properties. Israel is also carrying out massive explosions in Lebanon
• The IRGC says it has struck a Togo flagged tanker in the Strait
• The US is responding to the claims of committing war crimes calling it "nonsense"
• Netanyahu is campaigning for himself and claiming only he and his party can get the job done with Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza
• The US is granting visas for Iranian delegates to attend UN meetings in New York
• Brazil’s President says he’s going to the UN meetings just so he can tell Trump to stay out of Brazil’s elections
• The US State Department has approved the sale of 48 F-35 Fighter jets to Saudi Arabia
• Trump says he has a very big decision coming up on whether he wants to annihilate Iran or not
• A judge has ordered the Kennedy Center to provide 30 days notice before any physical changes are made
• An F-16 fighter jet crashed in Michigan during training exercises, the pilot ejected safely
• HHS Secretary Kennedy has told anti vaccine activists that they have a friend in the White House
• The US Fish and Wildlife Director signed an internal memo interpreting the Endangered Species Act to prohibit only intentional killing or wounding of protected animals
• The FBI internally warned that there’s a small group of women who were allegedly creating fake “tradwife” dating profiles to lure and dox ICE agents
• The Wall Street Journal has shared that Americans have spent $107B more on gas and diesel since the start of the war in Iran

Kitchen Briefs - September 17, 2026 AM

• One person has been killed and two injured following a drone interception in Saudi Arabia
• Jordan has signed a Defence Cooperation Agreement with France
• Ireland is boycotting the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027 due to the ongoing lives lost in Gaza
• Human rights experts commissioned by the UN says they have found reasonable grounds to believe the United States has committed war crimes
• The SEC has cleared the path for tokenized trading which brings the market closer to trading 24/7
• Trump is now saying the Kennedy Center could be ripped down if his name doesn’t get put on the building
• Macklemore has donated his $1M earnings from the Ed Sheeran tour to Palestinian aid efforts and challenged Robert Kraft to match it
• Japan now has over 100K people over the age of 100 and over 87% of them are women
• A school mom leaked a WhatsApp chat revealing Meghan Markle's personal information
• My current read is Murder At the Movies by Alicia Malone

Kitchen Briefs - September 16, 2026 PM

• Israel is conducting explosions in 3 southern Lebanese towns
• Congressman Gregory Meeks of New York said he is placing a hold on the sale of bombs to Israel
• The DOJ has charged 5 people in a plot to murder a Russian dissident in the DC area
• The Feds have raised the interest rate for the first time in over 3 years
• The House voted unanimously to hold Leon Black in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas in the investigation of the Epstein files
• House Speaker Mike Johnson canceled tomorrows session and sent Congress home to campaign for the midterms
• Vice President JD Vance recorded a video begging voters for another chance
• Paramount is threatening to leave California if the antitrust suit against their merger isn’t dropped
• Charlie Kirk’s family is claiming there wasn’t enough security to protect him since he was a close friend of Trump
• Voter registration is the top trending topic in the US this week and “how do I register to vote?” is the top trending question. You can register at vote.gov
• Thank you to Alex for my wine tonight!