After his surprise visit to China, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un left with backing for a possible second summit with US President Donald Trump, state media said. Mr Trump and Mr Kim first met last June, but progress over denuclearisation has since stalled. Chinese President Xi Jinping said he hoped the two leaders “meet each…

You know where this article is going.  If I won the lottery I doubt you’d ever hear from me again.  I’d vanish. Source: Note To Lottery Winners: Don’t Tell Roommates You Won $10 Million : NPR

What if there were a way to eliminate student debt? No, really. Student debt reached a new height last year — a whopping $1.5 trillion. A typical student borrower will have $22,000 in debt by graduation, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Now, Silicon Valley is backing a novel idea that proposes to rewrite the…

Food stamp recipients will have access to their full benefits for February, even if the partial government shutdown continues, U.S. Department of Agriculture officials announced Tuesday night. USDA said they will work with states to load benefits onto recipients’ cards by Jan. 20, just within the deadline for a provision that allows them to pay out benefits, even…

It’s Erin Trejo’s birthday.

Newsom lost me with this one.  Yes, we all want to feed the world and make it free of starvation.  We want to do good deeds: recycle, etc.  But, maybe – just maybe – we need to start at home by making sure the average person in the US … you know, the legal ones…

First time RBG has missed oral arguments in the 25 years she’s been on the bench. Source: U.S. Supreme Court’s Ginsburg to miss Monday’s oral arguments

My opinion: Over the past year I’ve read many articles spouting the illegal immigration numbers.  On the right, some say as many as 2.5 million enter into the U.S. by various means.  On the left, they say it’s more like 2,500.  I don’t believe either. But, $5B for a wall that has already proven successful…

Chalk this up as something I’m not hearing too much about in the American mainstream news cycles. I doubt China’s escalation of rhetoric would necessarily start World War III, but in today’s environment… Who knows? Source: China willing to use ‘force’ to absorb Taiwan if necessary – Washington Times

Long story short: Wall St gets the elevator, employees get the shaft. Source: As a grocery chain is dismantled, investors recover their money. Worker pensions are short millions. – The Washington Post