The Republican Party by its words and actions has removed itself from what might be described as the normal (or the historically constituted) continuum of US politics. Its mission, in contrast to the Democrats, is to lay waste to the structures of democracy and democracy in toto. If that doesn’t motivate you to become involved in the fall elections, I’m not sure what will.

Not only is the opening salvo of this paragraph – “The leadership of the Democratic Pary is corporate and awful” – tactically stupid, but it is also strategically wrong. And thus it serves no good purpose.

The accent of democratic minded people, ranging from Never Trump Republicans to the left, should be on maximum unity and united action of the Democratic Party and broad democratic front this fall and on election day.

Only a strategic alliance of all democratic minded organizations and people – not least the Democratic Party – offers the chance of defeating the powerful opponents of democracy and democratic rights, gathered in and closely aligned to Trump and the Republican Party. Any idea that the alliance is temporary and tactical, to be dispensed with at the first sign of a weakening of this retrograde and authoritarian political bloc is wrongheaded. The accent within this expansive and diverse coalition defending democracy for the foreseeable future should be on finding common ground and cooperation, not contestation and division.

The Warriors are Golden, Again!

Steph served up a masterpiece and the defense was extraordinary. Everybody contributed. The Warriors have changed the geography and algebra of basketball. To watch them is – I don’t know – heavenly.

A modest proposal to SCOTUS decision: Pick a contested congressional election in your area (could be an adjacent state). Send a contribution to the Democratic candidate in that cd. Commit to calling 50 voters each week after Labor Day in that cd. And volunteer to canvass door to door 3 times between now and election day.