The President's Daily Brief

PDB Afternoon Bulletin | December 31st, 2025: The 2025 Stories We Didn’t Cover On The PDB

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Dec 31, 2025
The New Year's Eve edition dives into bizarre stories from 2025 that flew under the radar. A drunken raccoon wreaks havoc in Virginia, indulging in peanut butter whiskey and breaking into stores. Nantucket's Christmas stroll turns chaotic, with police reports heavily redacted. In Florida, a masked, naked man robs a meat market, leaving authorities baffled. Meanwhile, a 'masked intruder' in Ramapo turns out to be a deer with a plastic bag on its head, highlighting the year’s wild mishaps. It's a lighthearted look at the unusual happenings of the past year!
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ANECDOTE

Drunk Raccoon Liquor-Store Caper

  • Mike Baker recounts a viral Virginia incident where a raccoon broke into a liquor store, got drunk, hid in the ceiling, and was later released back into the wild.
  • Police later linked the same raccoon to other break-ins, giving it an unlikely rap sheet and a taste for peanut butter whiskey.
ANECDOTE

Nantucket Christmas Stroll Melee

  • Mike Baker describes a Nantucket Christmas stroll that devolved into a crowded bar brawl captured on video and police reports heavily redacted.
INSIGHT

Redactions Hide Holiday Brawl Details

  • Mike Baker highlights how heavily redacted police reports can obscure facts and read like classified documents during incidents involving the wealthy.
  • The Nantucket brawl shows transparency gaps when communities prefer to sweep public incidents under the rug.
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