11/12/21: Dictators End the Week Extremely Strong

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Wow dictators really threw their weight around to end the week. China’s Xi Jinping decided to make a resolution on top of his decree a little while back that he could be President for life. Now he is considered as powerful as the founding father of the People’s Republic of China Mao Zedong. That story here (00:23:45)

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(00:07:55) - This Day in History: in 1927 Joseph Stalin took over as undisputed leader of the Soviet Union

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(00:23:45) - #1 - Grand Emperor Xi Jinping has made a resolution making him as powerful as Mao Zedong the founding father of the People’s Republic of China

TikTok International Moment

(00:31:45) - Eastern EU - Belarus/Poland/Ukraine borders. The EU is thinking about building a wall, and is worried about Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko instigating conflicts at the border

(00:36:34) - Yemen - Biden administration is calling for the immediate release of the Yemeni staff of the U.S. Embassy in Sana’a who are being detained by Iran-backed Houthi separatists who control the city

(00:38:18) - Taiwan - A police officer got his thumb bit off by a very drunk driver who fought him

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