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Again, text PDB to 9889-898. It's Wednesday, the 31st of December. Hmm,

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

years 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

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