Kitchen Briefs

Kitchen Briefs - August 21, 2026 PM

• The newest report from the Lebanese Ministry of Health says at least 4,348 people have been killed in Israeli attacks
• Israel continues to attack Lebanon
• Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts signed a temporary order allowing construction on the ballroom to continue
• DHS confirmed that only 185 noncitizens voted in Nevada
• The Pentagon fired the editor in chief and a top reporter of Stars and Stripes for insubordination
• Trump announced that Ed Martin is leaving the DOJ to focus on election legal battles.
• New documents show that National Park Service projects that were high priority were relegated to low priority so that repairs to the reflecting pool and other Freedom 250 projects could be prioritized
• Trump’s importing beef from his friends in Argentina
• More recalls and this time on nearly 40,000 bottles of Clear Eyes Maximum Itchy Eye Relief, over a “lack of assurance of sterility”
• Trump is heading to South Carolina to campaign for Darline Graham
• A shoutout and thank you to Angela for supplying me with wine for the weekend!

Kitchen Briefs - August 21, 2026 AM

• Turkey has requested an Interpol red notice for Netanyahu and Moskovitch over the Gaza bound Global-Freedom Flotilla
• China says the new US sanctions on Iran will not resolve anything and is calling for dialogue between Iran and the US
• Israeli settlers shot and killed a 17 year old boy in the occupied West Bank
• The Israeli army is setting off massive explosions right now in Lebanon
• A charter plane has crashed at a remote site in western Alaska killing all 8 on board
• Residents in Gary Indiana are on their 10th day without power after storms on August 11th
• Trump announced he’s cutting tariffs on ground beef to help Americans
• The California Energy Commission approved the nation’s first energy-efficiency standards for replacement tires for passenger vehicles and trucks starting in 2029
• The biographer for Trump, Michael Wolff, shared letters from Natalie Harp to Trumpe and The Daily Beast has released them

Kitchen Briefs - August 20, 2026 PM

• 94% of the population of Gaza are in need of shelter aid which is 1.98M Palestineans. Nearly 2/3s are living in tents or makeshift shelters
• The US is imposing new sanctions on Hezbollah and re-designating it as a global terrorist
• The US has told China to get with the program over the proposed sanctions on Iran
• Oil prices are up
• Russia has put Conor Kennedy, son of brain worm rot RFK Jr, on their wanted list for serving with Ukraine’s International Legion in 2022
• A new Ford class aircraft carrier is under construction and was set to be named the USS Doris Miller to recognize an enlisted Black sailor who helped carry wounded sailors to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor. They Navy is now considering renaming it to Trump
• The US has quietly sent 2300 Mexicans to Guatemala and Honduras and is doing so to deter illegal immigration by sending Mexican citizens further away
• CNN’s Scott Jennings is rumored to be a favorite to replace Karoline Leavitt
• Secretary Hegseth’s wife has been traveling by his side to keep him out of trouble
• Federal agents seized devices today from former congressman Eric Swalwell at the San Francisco airport and his DC home in regards to the allegations of sexual assault
• And now alfaalfa sprouts are linked to food poisoning in Minnesota and Wisconsin

Kitchen Briefs - August 20, 2026 AM

• Trump posted on Truth Social last night declaring the most crushing economic operation ever taken against any country
• Turkey, Egypt and Qatar have joined in condemning Israeli attacks on Gaza
• Qatar’s foreign minister is calling for a halt to blackmail in the Strait of Hormuz
• The Israeli army is firing heavy artillery in Lebanon
• CENTCOM has confirmed that the USS George Washington has been deployed to the Middle East
• 16 more people in Ukraine have been killed due to Russian attacks
• 5 news reporters and 2 members of the military were invited to an event at Vandenberg Space Force Base, north of Santa Barbara. Security officers thought they were gate crashers and detained them at gunpoint
• Derek Chauvin. who murdered George Floyd, is trying for a 3rd time to have his conviction vacated and state murder charges dismissed
• A state police helicopter and small plane collided midair in in Carlisle, 120 miles west of Philadelphia killing the Cessna 150 pilot
• Secretary Sean Duffy’s tax payer funded reality show The Great American Road Trip debuted on YouTube
• Soldiers in the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion at Fort Stewart, Georgia, can receive a four-day pass to play Grand Theft Auto VI
• Yesterday, V of Under The Desk News wrote an incredible Substack on the background of Natalie Harp
• A big thank you to Diane for supplying me with coffee this week

Kitchen Briefs - August 19, 2026 PM

• The UK is calling on Israel to ensure significantly more aid to Gaza
• Bahrain, Jordan and the UK have condemned Israeli attacks on Syria’s air base
• Senator Chris Van Hollen says Israeli forces must be held accountable for 500 war crimes in Gaza
• At least 3 more people have been killed by Israeli explosives in southern Lebanon
• Trump says the US might resume talks with Iran maybe at some point but right now the situation is so good
• Trump decided to show the press his new grass and a stone that even a hammer can’t break
• The US debut hit $40T and happened sooner than expected
• Eliza Orlins shared today that $68.3M is being spent on the Freedom 250 IndyCar race around the National Mall this weekend
• GreenWise Organic Frozen blueberries have been recalled for potential e.Coli
• Harry and Megan have moved back to Britain this month
• Moderna has announced initial results from an mRNA cancer vaccine stopped melanoma from returning

Kitchen Briefs - August 19, 2026 AM

• Israeli military is claiming attacks overnight in Gaza City killing 9 including the women’s police chief. Hamas is calling it a war crime
• Two men have been killed in Lebanon by an explosion of munition that Israeli forces left behind
• The Israeli Army has ordered a criminal investigation into the killing of a 5 year old Palestinian girl in Gaza along with her family and 15 paramedics but said it would not launch investigations into the attacks that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors without Borders
• 47 Palestinian families which is over 300 people face imminent displacement from their homes in Jordan Valley due to Israeli forces and settlers severing their water pipes
• The US has sanctioned the International Criminal Court President and a Senior Prosecution Lawyer claiming it’s to protect Americans but the ICC has never charged a single American citizen. The ICC is currently looking at potential Israeli war crimes in Gaza
• Trump is pausing his 50% tariffs on Canada for 3 days on $20B worth of Canadian imports just hours before they were to go in effect
• Senator Darline Graham, said in a debate that she’s not that informed on national security
• Natalie Harp’s brother is now speaking out and seems not to be a fan of her relationship with Trump
• It was voting day yesterday and Trump mailed in his ballot
• The new White House helipad isn't just for helicopters. It's for cocktail parties too!

Kitchen Briefs - August 18, 2026 PM

• This morning I shared that the UAE had detected incoming missiles. They were two ballistic missiles that targeted maritime navigation and fell into the sea launched from Iran. Iran’s foreign ministry is dismissing the accusation as baseless
• The UAE has announced that all trade, commercial exchange and financial transactions with Iran have been halted until further notice
• At least 7 Palestinians including a child have been killed in an Israeli air attack west of Gaza City and Israel says they were targeting Hamas commanders
• Israel says their attack on Syria today was because Syria was on the verge of permitting Turkish troops to deploy at the airbase so they decided to return to the status quo
• Palm Beach County Clerk of Court Michael Caruso was arrested this morning and charged with 5 felonies including kidnapping, enticing or luring a child and child abuse involving a family member who was under 12 at the time. He was immediately suspended from office by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
• The administration has decided to move ahead with plans to rescind a quarter-century-old rule that blocked logging, road building and other development on national forest lands
• The Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison is suing the governor of Texas, Ken Paxton seeking to compel the extradition of ICE agent Christian Castro who fired a gun through the front door of a home injuring a man and then accused him of trying to attack Castro and another agent with a broom handle and snow shovel
• The Justice Department is trying to revive criminal charges against Kilmar Abrego Garcia
• ICE officers arrested a minor league coach for the San Diego Padres after arriving in Texas for work. Oswaldo Pirela has lived in the US for 12 years and applied for asylum in 2015. He is married to an American citizen and has two children. According to DHS he came to the US legally in 2014 and was granted permission to stay until 2018 and that his work authorization and pending application do not confer legal status
• Outshine Popsicles are now being recalled for glass and Oma’s Pride dog food has been recalled for salmonella
• Trump posted on Truth Social claiming that the census bureau has uncovered 24,000 noncitizens voted illegally and this helps prove he won the election
• Construction on the White House Thomas Jefferson columns has been completed and Trump says it turned out beautifully
• The University of Miami gave RFK Jr its original 1994 Ibogaine investigational new drug application which could help the FDA fast track the psychedelic's approval

Kitchen Briefs - August 18, 2026 AM

• Trump posted on Truth Social an image of the Strait of Hormuz with a circle and the title of New U.S. Territory. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson called him delusional
• Iran claims the US is begging to talk and and accused Israel of doing everything it could to sabotage and prevent the original memorandum of understanding from happening.
• The IRGC deputy commander said today that the enemy which would be the US is in a state of helplessness and does not know what to do
• Israel struck an airbase in Syria 8 times and US ambassador Tom Barrack is deeply concerned over the escalation
• Netanyahu inaugurated a major road named after him in the West Bank. Netanyahu Road is part of the Israeli government plan to construct 12,000 new units in occupied Palestine
• The UAE’s defense ministry has just posted that systems are detecting a missile threat and are telling citizens to seek shelter
• South Korea’s president is pushing to reclaim wartime operational control of the country’s military from the US and accelerate its nuclear-powered submarine program
• Russia isn’t happy with the UK as the Ukraine is using British made drones in it’s deep strike campaign
• The USS Benfold lost power for 4 days in the South China Sea rendering their generators inoperable and the crew without toilets, air conditioning or adequate water
• Disney is suing the FCC over its retaliatory campaign against ABC
• Google is buying all of Spirit Airlines’ data to feed its AI models
• OpenAI is launching a new ChatGPT for teens promising a more age-appropriate chatbot
• I read a story last night about 404 Media placing a tracking device inside of a rare book to see where it would end up. It went to an Amazon warehouse facility in Las Vegas where employees claim their receive massive shipments of printed books which they cut the bindings off of in order to scan the books more quickly. If you can today, buy a book, gift a book, read a book

Kitchen Briefs - August 17, 2026 PM

• Iranian forces have detained at least 2 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank after searching 100 buildings interrogating Palestinians on suspicion of planning attacks
• Israeli troops have stormed a rehabilitation hospital in Bethlehem in the West Bank
• Jared Kushner wrapped up his talks and went on Fox News saying if Hamas voluntarily surrenders its weapons and tunnels in the next 60 to 90 days, it will mean the removal of a major security threat and a win-win for Israel
• Senator Jon Ossoff made a comment over the weekend about how all Trump really cares about is his ballroom and flying around with his aide Natalie on the defense Qatari gifted jet
• Natalie Harp a mic said we won the 2020 election. We shouldn’t be afraid to say it because it’s true
• Trump is calling the news about the USS Abraham Lincoln fake news
• Bulldozing in Big Bend National Park has been paused so the head of CBP can do an on the ground evaluation
• Luigi’s state murder trial has been postponed indefinitely due to a double jeopardy fight
• Walmart tomato soup kits have been recalled due to Listeria
• A record number of kindergartners missed their required vaccines last year as the executive order takes aim at state mandates
• ICE is trying to lure local police officers into helping them by pitch legal insurance from possible financial consequences if they’re accused of on-duty misconduct
• Congressman Jimmy Gomez is being investigated by the House Ethics committee for alleged sexual misconduct with a staffer
• Thank you to John and Carol who over the weekend saw my obvious need for liquid sanity and more coffee!

Kitchen Briefs - August 17, 2026 AM

• Trump says Iran should wave the white flag but that he has no timeline and isn’t in any hurry
• Trump has decided to scale back military drills in South Korea
• The Houthis are claiming an attack on Saudi vessels in the Red Sea
• At least 5 more Palestinians have been killed and 18 injured in new Israeli attacks on the Gaza strip
• Russia and Ukraine continue to trade more strikes
• According to Trump vandals have struck again. This time there are large patches of grass that is dead on the National Mall near the WWII memorial which is the exact same spot as the the big stage and crows were for the Freedom 250 July 4th celebration
• Bulldozing continues at Big Bend National Park to make way Trump’s wall
• Attorney General Todd Blanche was on Meet the Press yesterday and when asked if he would act independently of the White House, he said no
• The Supreme Court just declined for a second time to hear from Trump on overturning the verdict that awarded E. Jean Carroll $5M
• Lake Powell hit a record low just a week after Lake Mead also hit a historic low last week. This elevates the ongoing crisis of the Colorado River system since it’s a key resource for wildlife, hydropower and more than 40 million people in 7 states
• World Liberty Financial, the crypto company owned by Trump and his family is collaborating with Hong Kong based WorldClaw to provide access to Chinese artificial intelligence models flagged by Washington for security risks
• Actress Hayden Panettiere has died at the age of 36