Welcome to Inauguration Eve, and 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 so inclined), and sit down with this 21st Century Weekend Edition of your favorite (online) publication!

#1 - Wildfire ActBlue 'Donation' Scandal Explodes, Elizabeth Warren Implicated While Obama Bros Go Berserk — by Bonchie

Why exactly are Democrats trying to get people to donate relief funds through a partisan fundraising operation? Especially since that operation skims off 3.95 percent, and that's assuming every single other dime ends up passing through untouched. To put it lightly, that's hardly a benefit of the doubt ActBlue and these Democrat politicians should be receiving. 

But while many suspected these donation links, which require the entry of an email, are being used to build political contact lists, the manipulation may go much deeper than initially expected. According to the DC Reporter, one political laid out how this affects the Super PAC in question, calling it "the most evil **** I have ever seen."

#2 - Trump Reveals List of People Blacklisted From His Administration – They're ‘Suffering From TDS’ — by Rusty Weiss

It's absolutely thrilling to know this man is going to inject his sense of humor into the political scene over the next four years. Going from calling someone "birdbrain" to ending it with a very formal "Thank you for your attention to this matter" is simply brilliant.

God love him.

None of these names are a surprise, of course. They range from your average Never Trumper to people who could potentially have a treason case made against them.

#3 - Biden and Harris Hold a Wildfire Briefing, and It Turns Into a Total Disaster — by Bonchie

So taxpayers are on the hook to pay the salaries of government officials from another country but American disaster victims are only given a pittance of $770 after losing everything. It's an absurd perversion of priorities that continues to play out in a way that is impossible for the public to ignore. 

If anyone is still confused as to why Donald Trump won the 2024 election, this is one of the reasons why. Democrats have projected their care and empathy (with other peoples' money, of course) on everyone but the people they supposedly exist to represent and protect. That's not a commentary on the right of Ukraine to defend itself, which it certainly possesses. It's a commentary on Americans always getting the short straw when they are the ones paying the bills.

#4 - HEARING: John Ratcliffe Roasts Adam Schiff, Sets the Record Straight on Hunter Biden Laptop — by Bonchie

In case you aren't acquainted with the details, Ratcliffe is nailing Rep. Adam Schiff in the above excerpt. He was the "chairman of the intelligence committee" that went on various news programs to lie to the American people and claim that the Hunter Biden laptop was a Russian information operation. That ultimately led to Schiff being censured and prevented from rejoining the committee after Republicans won the House of Representatives in 2022. 

Ratcliffe, who was DNI during Trump's first term, was the only major intelligence official to come out and tell the truth about the laptop. He did so under a barrage of attacks from the press claiming he was misleading the public to protect the soon-to-be second-term president. In the end, he was vindicated while people like Schiff never apologized for the falsehoods they pushed. That is exactly why Ratcliffe is the right man to lead the CIA. That organization has been politicized and weaponized against Americans for far too long. The time to bring everyone back in line is now, and those who don't want that can "find a new line of work."

#5 - The Assessments From Biden Insiders on Karine Jean-Pierre's Tenure Have Started - and They Are Brutal — by Sister Toldjah

By default, White House press secretaries are the faces of the people who occupy the Oval Office, and considering Joe Biden's state of mind, which undoubtedly was known by the higher-ups in his administration, it was important for them to have someone at the podium who could provide the clear and concise updates he wasn't giving.

Instead, it ended up being a glorified romper room under Jean-Pierre's leadership, which was a disservice to the American people, who deserved to know what was going on but who instead continually had their intelligence insulted.

In any event, I'm looking forward to seeing what Karoline Leavitt brings to the table as President-Elect Donald Trump's press secretary. I suspect she will be making White House press briefings great again, which will be a refreshing change from the past four years.