Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - March 31, 2026 AM

• The Supreme Court has backed the challenge to conversion therapy ban in Colorado. The argument is that the law bans talk therapy claiming to violate the First Amendment
• At least 11 people, including three children and two mothers, were killed in a strike on the Iranian city of Mahallat
• Israel has passed a law introducing the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis
• Iran is threatening US tech companies in the region and includes Boeing, Tesla, Meta, Google and Apple
• Trump is telling the UK and other countries who are now unable to get jet fuel from the US that the US “won’t be there to help you anymore just like you weren’t there for us”
• Republican House Budget Chair Arrington says Congress can pay for Trump’s Iran war by further addressing Medicaid and SNAP
• Hegseth says the US will negotiate with bombs while also praying for God’s protection, peace, and safety over those involved in the Iran war, ending it in the name of Jesus Christ
• Trump’s approval rating is officially the lowest of all Presidents in American history
• The Financial Times claims that a broker connected to Pete Hegseth contacted BlackRock in February about making a multimillion-dollar investment in a defense-focused fund
• Trump is working on his Presidential library plans which he wants to be a skyscraper in Florida to the tune of $1B
• Sony Pictures is releasing a series starring Laura Dern based on the book Perversion of Justice the Jeffrey Epstein Story by journalist Julie K. Brown. Reminder that the full files have yet to be released
• Photos of Kristi Noem's husband have been released
• The White House wants Thanksgiving photos of Karoline Leavitt to be pulled

Kitchen Briefs - March 30, 2026 PM

• The UAE has announced that distance learning will continue until at least mid-April
• A reporter asked Karoline Leavitt about Trump’s threats and how they actually are war crimes
• Oil prices settled today at just over $102, the highest since 2022
• Lindsey Graham is suddenly changing his tune and telling Trump to wind down the war
• Wait times at TSA are starting to return to normal now that TSA employees are receiving their paychecks
• The Michigan synagogue attack that happened earlier this month was indeed an act of terrorism inspired by Hezbollah
• The Army is now investigating after MAGA follower Kid Rock shared a video of 2 Apache helicopters hovered over his pool saluting him
• My current reads are Kiss, Marry Kill by Lori Gold and The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin

Kitchen Briefs - March 30, 2026 AM

• We are officially into the 5th week of this war that Trump claimed would take four weeks or less. This morning Trump threatened again to obliterate Iran if a peace deal is not met. He’s threatening to hit civilian infrastructure which is actually a war crime
• The US and Israel has struck 75 police stations in Iran. Al Jazeera says it’s an effort to make the Iranian state collapse
• The NY Times reports that the US used a new weapon called the Precision Strike Missile
• Israel has dropped over 80 explosives on Tehran’s weapon production sites in their latest strike and Iran’s heavy water production plant is no longer operational
• Iran threatens to target political and military officials homes
• Marco Rubio says Trump prefers diplomacy and that the Strait of Hormuz is going to reopen one way or another
• The UK says this isn’t our war and will not send troops to Iran
• Iran has released a Lego video today
• Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in the war. Switzerland has also done the same
• A secret military bunker is to be built under the new ballroom at the White House
• Last week Trump took to his social media and said he wants to get rid of the "unaffordable care act". This week Republicans are looking at doing just that so they can fund his war
• Corn tortillas in California must now contain folic acid. A similar law in Alabama takes effect in June with a number of other states looking at this as well. This move is aimed at reducing Hispanic infants’ disproportionately high rates of serious conditions called neural tube defects
• Also in California, a group of Epstein survivors have filed a Federal class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Google over the release of their personal information made public by the Department of Justice as this violated federal privacy law.
• Chesney the kangaroo hopped an 8 foot fence at a petting zoo in Wisconsin and was missing for 3 days because stray dogs spooked him

Kitchen Briefs - March 29, 2026

• The Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran
• Photos show and confirm that Israeli strikes at a US base in Saudi Arabia ​​destroyed a US E-3 Sentry surveillance aircraft and multiple KC-135 refueling tankers while wounding at least 12 American service members
• Meet The Press
• Philippines, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have gone to four day work weeks
• Thailand has suspended fuel exports, instructed govt employees to work from home and to increase temperatures at home to save electricity
• Vietnam is encouraging remote work, public transport and seeking alternative oil supplies
• Myanmar & Cambodia have implemented odd-even fuel rationing systems and Cambodia has closed ⅓ of their petrol stations
• Japan and South Korea have released emergency oil reserves
• Egypt has ordered malls and restaurants to close by 9pm and government buildings by 6pm
• Kenya has imposed a ban on fuel exports
• Israeli soldiers assaulted CNN reporters and there will be an investigation according to Israeli forces
• Ukrainian President Zelensky says satellite imagery of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia was shared by Russia with Iran
• Israeli police prevent Catholic leaders from celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at Jerusalem church for the first time in centuries
• CPAC gave their nod to JD Vance for the 2028 Presidential pick
• Kash Patel is pushing to release investigative files related to Eric Swalwell who is a Congressman and running for California governor
• Trump is golfing once again this weekend which brings his golf total from us the taxpayers to $101.2M
• Over 8M people turned out across the country for the No Kings Protests

Kitchen Briefs - March 28, 2026

• Israeli strikes kills journalists in Lebanon
• WHO says five separate attacks on Southern Lebanon kill nine paramedics
• Yemen’s Iran backed Houthi rebels enter the war with missile strikes against Israel
• Trump confirmed to FOX the CIA briefed him that Iran’s new leader may be gay
• Iran is claiming to have struck targets in Kuwait and Dubai and that they killed 500 Marines. Centcom claims no personnel have been attacked in Dubai
• New Anti Fraud Task Force
• Trump likes losers
• Last night the House passed a funding bill that the senate already rejected and rejected the Senate funding bill that passed at 3am the night before. This bill now goes back to the Senate where it is set to fail once again therefore allowing Republicans to keep this shutdown going on even longer
• Not only were some of Kash Patel’s emails and photos leaked from this week’s hack but his porn username spiderKash was also revealed
• The WH app requires your location but also biometrics
• Over 3000 No Kings Protests planned for today across the country

Kitchen Briefs - March 27, 2026 PM

• According to US Central Command over 300 service members have been injured due to the War in Iran
• US stock market closes out the worst week ever since the war in Iran started
• The House did not pass the funding bill but Trump went ahead and signed an executive order to pay TSA employees back pay and current pay. According to NPR it’s unclear where this money will come from and if it’s even legal
• The White House has just launched an official app
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr bragged about the Trump administrations media takeover
• Hegseth removed four Army officers—two women and two Black men—from a one-star general promotion list earlier this month
• Tiger Woods was involved in a roll over car crash and has been arrested for DUI again

Kitchen Briefs - March 27, 2026 AM

• Iran targets Saudi capitol, hits Kuwait port and warns that gulf hotels hosting US troops are legitimate military targets
• Lebanon is facing a humanitarian catastrophe under Israeli strike
• Israel vows to escalate strikes on Iran
• Overnight 5 Senators approved a funding bill to fund DHS and parts of CBP but not ICE. Now it heads to the House for approval
• Iranian hackers have claimed to have hacked into Kash Patel’s email and released photos and more. The Justice Dept confirms the breach
• Trump has decided to tell people he’s going to ignore refunding tariffs despite a court order
• The treasury has decided to put Trump’s signature on new paper currency
• Florida Democratic Rep Sheila Cherfilus McCormick has been found guilty of House Ethics violations. This included misusing FEMA funds for her campaign and personal use
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to ban state officials from using insider information to bet on prediction markets through a new executive order
• Senator Fetterman condemns hateful speech about US Service members
• Private investigators removed computers and hard drives from Epstein in 2005
• UBS bank shows transactions to Maxwell to fund her home purchase in New Hampshire where she hid out after they said they indicated they cut ties with her
• Faith Kates, founder of Next Management had a decades long relationship with Epstein and introduced him to models
• Vermont has a 14 year old on the ballot running for Governor
• Tomorrow there are nationwide No Kings protests scheduled

Kitchen Briefs - March 26, 2026 PM

• Trump claims peace talks are going very well and halts his energy strike plans for another 10 days
• Iran has banned their sports teams from traveling to countries deemed hostile
• Australia is banning people outside the country holding visitor visas linked to Iranian passports from entering for 6 months
• Wall street has it’s worst day since the war started
• There is a new Covid variant on the rise called Cicada
• Evita Duffy-Alfonso said that unmarried women tend to “vote very, very poorly” — without “the security of a male”
• The original Bond girl Ursula Andres is celebrating today as $23M of her property, artwork and assets have been recovered in Tuscany
• New video shows that Minnesota Liam Conejo Ramos and his father flew on a Delta commercial flight with 3 plain clothed ICE agents to TX
• Excavators have found $1M in gold coins from a Spanish Shripwreck off a stretch of Florida

Kitchen Briefs - March 26, 2026 AM

• Israel and the US say an IRGC navy commander has been killed by Israeli strikes
• The US demands Iran accept defeat or be hit harder than before
• Israel is expanding a buffer zone into south Lebanon
• Trump is holding a cabinet meeting and he has said that all of his leaders pretty much agree that they’re doing a phenomenal job.
• Speaker Mike Johnson gives Trump a participation award
• Today Nicholas Maduro the former leader of Venuzuela will appear in court
• Joe Kent former DOD is offering to testify on behalf of Tyler Robinson
• Michael Flynn, former national security advisor for Trump sued the DOJ for $1.2M and won
• The USPS is seeking a temporary 8% price hike due to fuel costs
• The IOC has banned transgender women from the Olympics
• Video Game called Five Nights at Epstein

Kitchen Briefs - March 25, 2026 PM

1. Iran says no talks and Trump threatens to hit harder
2. KKKaroline Leavitt says “if you’ve heard it from POTUS, then obviously it’s true.”
3. For the 9th consecutive time, Republicans rejected the bill presented by the Democrats to fund DHS
4. At a monthly Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prayed for violence against those who deserve no mercy.
5. Former chief of staff for Republican state senator Rauscher of Alaska, Craig Scott Valdez has been arrested for child sex exploitation and sex trafficking
6. A Los Angeles just awarded $3M in damages to a 20 yr old woman from Chico from Meta and YouTube who were found liable in social media addiction because she started watching YouTube at the age of 6 and got on Instagram at the age of 11.
7. Melania walked into the white house tech summit today with an AI powered robot
8. The NBA is taking steps to possibly add teams to Las Vegas and Seattle
9. Voters were asked what words they think of when they think of Trump.