The President's Daily Brief
PDB Afternoon Bulletin | December 31st, 2025: The 2025 Stories We Didn’t Cover On The PDB
31 Dec 2025
Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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It's Wednesday, the 31st of December. The clock is ticking on 2025. Is it just me or did the past year go by in a complete blur? Welcome to the year's final episode of the PDB Afternoon Bulletin. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage. And I cannot wait to see what 2026 brings.
And the PDB team will be here morning and afternoon to keep you informed as we make our way through the new year. All right. Let's get briefed. Now, usually when I say, all right, let's get briefed, that means we're about to take a look at the most pressing international and national security stories of the day.
But since it's the last afternoon bulletin of the year, the PDB Board of Advisors decided that we should do something a little different. We're going to set aside our usual coverage and highlight some of the year's more bizarre and entertaining stories that obviously didn't make the cut for coverage in 2025.
Our first story takes us to Virginia, the state of Virginia, where a drunken crime spree went viral. And of course, I'm talking about everyone's favorite liquored-up raccoon. You may have seen this story by now. Earlier this year, police responded to reports of a break-in at a liquor store, only to discover that the suspect was still inside.
Surveillance footage showed the culprit helping himself to alcohol, knocking over bottles, and generally behaving like a customer who'd been over-served. Officers eventually found the suspect hiding in the ceiling. The suspect, it turned out, well, was a raccoon, a trash panda, a wash bear, and he was very, very drunk.
At the time, it seemed like a one-off, maybe a bizarre encounter between law enforcement and a raccoon who'd made some poor life choices. The animal was safely removed. Reportedly, the police took his car keys and had him Uber home. No humans were harmed, and the story quickly went viral for obvious reasons. But as it turns out, the liquor store break-in wasn't his only crime.
Police later revealed that the raccoon had a bit of a rap sheet. Investigators connected him to at least two other break-ins in the area, including incidents at a nearby karate studio... and another business. In those cases, the raccoon forced entry, rummaged through the premises, and caused property damage before disappearing back into the night.
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Chapter 2: What unusual crime did a raccoon commit in Virginia?
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Welcome back to the final PDB Afternoon Bulletin of 2025, where we're taking a look at stories that didn't make the cut for coverage during the past year. Next up, we got Florida Man, and he was busy this year. Although, to be fair, when is Florida Man not busy? And as usual, he did not disappoint.
Our next story takes us to Lake City, Florida, where police say a man walked into a local meat market and committed a robbery while wearing absolutely nothing. Nothing except for a face mask. Well, at least he's still following pandemic protocols, so that's very considerate. According to investigators, the suspect entered the store completely naked, approached the counter, and demanded money.
Employees initially believed he was armed after noticing something wrapped in cloth in his hand. What's that package you've got there, fella? It turned out there was no weapon, just a man in his wiener in a meat market making some very questionable decisions.
Police say the suspect took more than $1,000 from the cash box before fleeing the scene, still naked, still masked, and apparently confident in his getaway plan. Officers responded quickly, setting up a perimeter or erecting a dragnet, if you will, and using the description of naked man with face mask and bag of cash, located the suspect a short time later.
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