Kitchen Briefs - May 6, 2026 AM

• Project Freedom has been paused due to the great progress made in the Strait. Probably the best ever but Trump said if an agreement isn’t reached, the US will start "bombing Iran at a much higher level and intensity"
• Oil prices have dropped and stocks rose this morning
• According to the Washington Post, satellite images reveal Iranian attacks caused significantly more damage to US military infrastructure than the Trump administration has admitted
• Israel has killed at least 7 more in southern Lebanon
• The FBI is currently raiding the offices of Virginia Democratic Senator Louise Lucas who led redistricting changes
• Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is going on Day 2 of closed door questioning with the House Oversight Committee over his relationship with Epstein
• A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit against DHS alleging they used an improper customs summons to obtain private data from Google following his online criticisms of our Trump
• DHS is ending their rapid training for ICE agents
• Trump took to social media to talk about his ballroom again
• Did you catch the CA Gubernatorial Debate on CNN last night? Former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called out Sheriff Chad Bianco for being an oath keeper and he admitted it proudly.
• Ted Turner has passed away at the age of 87. He launched CNN, the first 24 hour news channel in 1980

Kitchen Briefs - May 5, 2026 PM

• Russian attacks have killed 26 in Ukraine
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio played his hand today as Press Secretary
• A Newsmax reporter today asked Hegseth and Jt Chiefs of Staff Caine when Trump decided to capitulate on his promise to the Iranian people that they would have control of their government
• Iran is saying their attacks on the UAE were actually aimed for the US
• The East Potomac Links Golf Course has tested positive for lead, Chromium PCBs and Petroleum byproducts
• Trump has restored the Presidential Fitness tests for schools
• GameStop is making a bid of $56B to buy eBay hoping to rival Amazon
• Check out my Kitchen Voter Guide on Sway Sway.co/michelleglogovac

Kitchen Briefs - May 5, 2026 AM

• Israel is extending the detention of 2 activists they took from the Gaza bound mutual aid flotilla boat until at least May 10th. They are from Spain and Brazil
• The UAE says it has intercepted 15 missiles and 4 drones from Iran
• Israel continues its attack on Lebanon and launched raids on two more towns. Since the so-called ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 834 Palestinians
• Hegseth says the US has created a security dome for ships in the Strait
• Iran has allegedly attacked the US 10 times since the ceasefire but Hegseth that’s not enough to restart combat
• Trump says the war in Iran will probably last another 2 weeks, maybe 3 but time is not of the essence
• House Dems are suggesting Israel has a nuclear program
• Supreme Court allowed its recent Voting Rights Act of 1965 ruling to take effect immediately, bypassing the standard 32-day waiting period for Louisiana to redraw congressional maps
• The House Republicans put forth newest bill to fund $1B for the ballroom and $70B to ICE as a reconciliation bill which only needs 51 votes to pass
• At least $300K of tax dollars funded settling sexual harassment claims against 6 former Congresspeople or their offices
• Trump is trying to persuade Sen Fetterman to flipping sides
• Trump said he might do a 3rd term and leave office in 8 or 9 years
• Marjorie Taylor Greene is claiming Trump told her he has friends who would be harmed if the Epstein files were released and also threatened to harm her son if she was disloyal
• Trump is sending Marco Rubio to Italy to try to smooth things over with Pope Leo after now calling him weak
• The Department of Education has opened an investigation into the all-women's Smith College for allowing Trans-women in
• The VA conducted investigations into employees who attended the vigil for Alex Pretti
• Instagram will end it’s end-to-end encryption of messages on May 8th meaning they can see everything
• Find Out Media has just launched a new social media app called Find Out Social
• Last night at the Met Gala Bad Bunny showed up looking the way we all feel…like we’ve aged 50 years
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Kitchen Briefs - May 4, 2026 PM

• This is the 100th Kitchen Brief!!!!
• Trump is hitting social media early today sharing posts about how his ballroom is necessary, AI images of how he’s a leader because he doesn’t kneel or bow and claims he’s made the US $45B with his intel investment
• There’s a new documentary called Everyone Is Lying To You About Money by Ben McKenzie
• Hegseth will be holding a press conference since the ceasefire is in jeopardy
• Chevron CEO says physical shortages of oil supply around the world are about to appear
• The US claims it has sunk 6 or 7 small Iranian boats while Iran says no. Trump responded with they better hope the ceasefire sticks or he’ll blow Iran off the face of the Earth
• Elon Musk has settled his SEC lawsuit over Twitter disclosures for $1.5M instead of the original $150M and without admitting wrongdoing
• Rudy Guiliani has pneumonia
• In regards to the East Potomac Links Golf course,Democracy Forward filed a suit last night to halt it
• The judge in the case of alleged White House Correspondent’s Dinner Cole Allen asked why the jail put him on suicide watch and they claimed because his manifesto said he didn’t think he’d get out of that night alive and apologized to him for the conditions
• The guy who invented the Roomba now has plans to invent an AI powered pet robot

Kitchen Briefs - May 4, 2026 AM

• Project Freedom is what Trump is calling a naval mission guiding stranded ships out of the Strait. Iran says this is a breach of the ceasefire and claim two missiles hit a US frigate which is a warship. The US denies that.
• The UAE is responding to Iranian drone attacks and are reporting a fire at an oil facility
• Israeli strikes have struck 6 new Lebanese towns and 6 medics have been injured
• Oil prices are climbing
• Italy has opened an investigation into the treatment of the Gaza activists taken from the mutual aid boat
• The Supreme Court has temporarily restored mail access to the abortion pill
• Former Mayor of New York Rudy Guiliani is reportedly in critical condition in a Florida hospital
• Yesterday, Trump had a dentist appointment in Florida despite the White House having an in house dentist
• Trump took to his social media account again saying Rep Hakeem Jeffries is Low IQ and called for his impeachment for criticizing the Supreme Court and then referred to his perfect phone call that led to his own impeachment
• Trump is planning on doing an overhaul of the East Potomac Golf Links to help beautify DC

Kitchen Briefs - May 3, 2026

• Trump is reviewing Iran’s proposed plan in between posting about how low IQ Bill Maher is and comparing him to a less funny Jimmy Kimmel. The IRGC says Trump “must choose between an impossible military operation or a bad deal”
• Israel has approved a deal to buy F35 and F15 fighter jets from Lockheed and Boeing which equates to an approximately $118B deal
• Russian drone strikes have killed 10 in Ukraine as Zelensky says have struck oil tankers and a terminal
• Two US Servicemembers are missing in Morocco after military exercises. The two were on a hike after the day’s activities and a search and rescue operation has been launched
• US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, former Fox News host, claims she has proof the secret service member shot at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner was done so by the suspect
• Danco Laboratories filed an emergency request with the Supreme Court to immediately pause a lower court ruling that blocks mail-order access to mifepristone
• The $400M ballroom that would be paid for by donations from Meta, Apple, Google and so on with deductible donations might be paid by taxpayers. Lindsey Graham said he’s introducing legislation for you and me to pay for it instead. Don’t forget to vote him out by voting for Dr Annie Andrews
• Trump is promising very interesting UFO files
• In AI news, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said AI actors and writers will not be eligible for Oscars
• Kentucky Derby was yesterday and Golden Tempo defeating 23-1 odds and making trainer Cherie DeVaux the first female trainer to win the Derby
• Captain Jon Jackson who was supposed to fly his last Spirit Airlines flight and retire. His son mentioned to the Southwest pilots that it was supposed to be his last flight and when they landed in Baltimore, they were welcomed with a traditional water cannon, cheering employees and passengers in the terminal and a bottle of bubbly. Thank you Southwest!

Kitchen Briefs - May 2, 2026

• In Lebanon, the death toll after 2 months is now 2,659, with 8,183 people injured, another 41 in the last 24 hours. Israeli forces also killed 7 in Gaza in the last 24 hours with their current death toll since October 7, 2023 to 72,608. Since their so-called ceasefire in October, 828 people have been killed. Israel has also just carried out further air attacks in Lebanon and set fire to a number of houses
• Iran is working on a new law on managing the Strait of Hormuz and it includes preventing Israeli ships from passing
• Spirit Airlines has shut down.
• The US is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany
• New York Archdiocese has offered $800M to settle sex abuse claims from approximately 1300 survivors
• Trump was all over social media posting AI images of himself and being a racist
• Trump says we might take over Cuba

Kitchen Briefs - May 1, 2026 PM

• Federal Appeals Court has rejected access to abortion pills via mail
• Trump is not happy with the new proposal from Iran and said we might just not be able to get to a deal
• Trump also said today that the US has already won the war but he wants to win by a bigger margin
• Israeli attacks have killed 12 more in Lebanon
• Trump said he’s hiking tariffs on cars from the EU from 15% to 25% starting in July
• Spirit Airlines is set to fold but Trump confirmed today that he’s sent over a final proposal to them
• Pope Leo has appointing Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala to lead West Virginia Catholics
• Pizza Hut is bringing back it’s book program!
• Tonight is book club and we are discussing The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin and Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. For my personal reading, I’ve started The Library of Flowers by L.C. Chu and The Art of Pacing by my friend Elizabeth Svoboda