Welcome to the RedState Weekly Briefing  — where we take a quick look at the week’s most viewed stories in case you missed any of them. Grab a cup of coffee (or something stronger if you're in a celebratory/holiday mood), and sit down with this 21st Century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication!

#1 - The Hilarious Peter Doocy Memes Have Arrived - and He's Earned Them — by Sister Toldjah

One bright ray of sunlight in the briefing room has been Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy, who has tied the Biden White House in knots for years, going toe to toe with a cast of characters including Biden himself, his former press secretary, Jen Psaki, and current press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, asking important questions that others in the room wouldn't dare.

Doocy, who Biden once infamously called a "stupid son of a b**ch" on a hot mic, has handled Jean-Pierre's patented evasiveness and deer-in-headlight moments like a boss, with one moment coming to mind how she tried to dunk him over the summer about not seeing him for a while, only to get the following response:

KJP to Fox News' Peter Doocy: "How are you doing? Are you doing good?"

Doocy: "I'm doing okay."

KJP: "I haven't seen you in a while."

Doocy: "Well, you guys haven't had a press briefing since President Biden dropped out of the race." pic.twitter.com/aX67ntMNoD

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 24, 2024

#2 - MUST SEE: Elon Drops Powerful Video of Reagan That Is True Now More Than Ever — by Nick Arama

Then Reagan really nails the problem of the "unelected bureaucracy" that truly determines more policy than the Congress of the United States (and now, may just have been running the country for the last four years). 

Reagan foreshadows DOGE and Sen. Rand Paul's Festivus report when he explains how they spent $249,000 on a study about the "Demography of Happiness." 

What did it find? He explains it found out that young people were happier than old people, they found out that people who earned more were happier than people who earned less.  And they found out that well people were happier than sick people. "That's $249,000 to find out it's better to be rich, young and healthy than old, poor, and sick."

#3 - Tim Walz Returns and Promptly Gets Destroyed for Insane Post — by Bonchie

We haven't heard much from Tim Walz since his failed attempt to become vice president. The spastic Minnesota governor had his sights set on Washington, but Donald Trump and JD Vance had other ideas. Given the incredible level of embarrassment Walz and Kamala Harris suffered in defeat, it's not surprising they'd hunker down for a while. 

Walz recently returned to do a little political pandering, though, and that's not going any better than the election for him. On Thursday, he made a post praising 38 men of the Dakota tribe who were executed in 1862, praising their "sacrifice" as a reminder to "recommit to accountability and healing for the Dakota people."

162 years ago, 38 Dakota men were hung in the largest mass execution in our nation’s history.

The sacrifice of these riders reminds us to recommit to accountability and healing for the Dakota people.https://t.co/Xa2ZEYvYxh

— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) December 26, 2024

#4 - NEW: Photos of Hunter and Joe Biden Meeting With Chinese Officials Emerge, Massive Cover-Up Exposed — by Bonchie

Notably, lawyers representing Joe Biden and Barack Obama worked with the National Archives to stop these photos from being released before the 2024 election. That alone would be treated as a major news story if we were talking about a Republican. The size of the cover-up here is immense, spanning former and current presidents along with US federal agencies.

Unfortunately, as is to be expected, mainstream "news" outlets have no interest in digging deeper into what is legitimately the biggest presidential scandal in modern history. You've got pictures of a vice president using taxpayer money to introduce his son to Chinese officials, some of which the Bidens would become entangled with professionally, including the reception of large sums of money. Then once Joe Biden became president, he weaponized the National Archives (just as he did against Donald Trump) to stop the release of damaging evidence to protect himself and his party politically.

#5 - Byron Donalds Floats Theory About the Biden Death Row Commutations, and He Might Be Right on the Money — by Sister Toldjah

Biden's announcement came some two weeks after he commuted the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39, which was done just a few days after he issued a sweeping pardon of his son, convicted felon Hunter Biden, in what many political observers view as Democrat privilege run wildly amok.

Though the death row commutations were particularly infuriating, some have suggested that maybe it wasn't Biden himself who was the driving force behind the move. Among them is Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who during a Fox News interview Thursday noted that he believed Biden didn't even know what he was signing:

Look, I think what’s happening with Joe Biden, nobody thinks he even knows about these clemencies or these pardons. This is the radical left staff that has been running this administration for the last four years. And so I agree with President Trump in what he said about these 37 individuals who have been granted clemency.