To think of a united front against the Republican Party and the larger right wing authoritarian movement that fails to include President Biden and the Democratic Party is the worse kind of sectarian nonsense. It has the smell of radicalism and left wing polltics, I suppose, but not the substance. It’s a form of radicalism that, strategically speaking, gives little thought to what kind of coalition stands any chance of defeating the gathering white nationalist authoritarian juggernaut, while preserving our democracy and setting the stage for a new era of social progress.

At a moment like this, don’t blame Congress or Washington for the failure to pass gun control regulation. Pin the tail on the donkey – the Repubican Party and its legislative obstructionism. Even to blame the gun lobby or NRA or the right wing media becomes a dodge if in the same breadth the GOP and its central role in blocking gun control laws, isn’t highlighted.

How many children and people have to die from gun violence before we seriously address this social contagion and existential trajedy? One would think that we are better than this, but the evidence is thin so far.