Right-wing groups are 7 states away from triggering a constitutional convention that could rewrite the US Constitution in unpredictable ways.

The richest 20 Americans own more than half the population. To spread the wealth, vote for progressives.

Five San Francisco thugs shot Mario Woods dead. They said he had a knife and wouldn't drop it — though he made no move to attack them. Maybe he did have one.

If I were in that situation, I might be in real danger, even if I were holding a gun — since I have no training, skill or experience in such a confrontation. However if five thugs with pointed guns think they are in danger from a man with a knife at his side, they must be incompetent.

A thug has been convicted of a felony for pointing a gun at a man's head. The man had done nothing to warrant attention; the thug was showing off how much power he had.

Many prisoners in the US are left destitute when they get out of prison because the state sues them for just about everything they have got, or even more.

If this happened to me, I'd withdraw the money as cash and toss it onto a street, just to spite the state.