Kitchen Briefs - April 8, 2026 PM
- An Israeli drone attacked killed Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in Gaza
- Netanyahu and Trump claim Lebanon was not included in the ceasefire plan, but in fact the 10 point proposal did include Lebanon and Yemen.
- JD Vance will now be leading negotiations with Iran in Pakistan this weekend. He’s kicked off first impressions by saying Iran would be "dumb to let talks collapse over Lebanon"
- Trump is claiming China helped get Iran to negotiate
- 4 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz today. On a normal day it’s 150
- You know who is winning in all of this? Some 50 new Polymarket accounts who bet within hours of Trump’s announcement yesterday. These accounts made anywhere from $31K to $200K
- Congressional Democrats are going to attempt to pass a war powers resolutions but it’s expected to be blocked. Senate Dems are also set to vote on a war powers resolution next week. They’ve already tried this and failed…why? Because Republicans
- And the Pentagon is threatening the Vatican to the point that Pope Leo has canceled all events in the US. V from Under The Desk News broke this down beautifully moments ago