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The Taliban is not only in Afghanistan. There is an American Taliban: the Trumpian Republican party. The Afghan Taliban and its Mullahs claim divine authority from the Koran (Qur'an), the Islamic sacred book, claimed to be the word of God dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel. The Taliban pretend to be the true believers. The Afghan Taliban perverts and distorts the teachings of the Qur'an and Mohammed – to achieve control. The American Taliban claims divine authority from the Bible, Christianity, rallies and their cherished demagogues Regan, Rand Paul, Trump, DeSantis, and Abbot. The American Taliban perverts and distorts the teachings of Jesus and the New Testament – to achieve control.

The Afghan Taliban’s devotion to the Koran and Islam is imaginary – and dishonest. The Republican devotion to Christianity, the Bible and American values is also imaginary – and dishonest.

What’s with anti-abortion and the American Taliban? In the 1960s the US Conference of Catholic Bishops was railing about abortion. In 1990s it was the Christian Coalition. Then it was Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention who declared “making abortion illegal is more important than any other issue.” The Bible does not actually prohibit abortion. Look it up. The Afghan and American Talibans are about control – not about facts and truth.

The Afghan Taliban presents Muhammad as illiterate – acquiring all knowledge from God. Of course, the similarity of Old Testament content with Muhammad’s revelations put the lie to Muhammad’s supposed illiteracy. American and Afghan Talibans dispense with factual learning, knowledge and science as unnecessary and ungodly. Talibans demand loyalty to the Supreme Ruler. Anything goes so long as there is a righteous justification either ordained by some religious imperative or as revealed by the Supreme Ruler. Obedience is the requirement.

The American Taliban is creating a society dominated by autocratic Supreme Rulers. The character of that society is to be a population of supreme white men, pro-life zealots, and subjugated women. Supreme Rulers in the American Taliban society have complete control over those who are not Republicans. Members are required to suspend their individual judgment and be obedient. Popular mandate be damned. A Supreme Ruler’s delight!

The Afghan Taliban claims the right to jihad if confronted with non-believers. The American Taliban claims the right to insurrection if confronted election results it does not like. January 6th is the American Taliban in action. The Afghan Taliban “educates” in madrassahs - a sort of a religious and brainwashing school experience designed to produce semi-literate men. The American Taliban uses rallies, social media, home schooling, Bible thumpers and anti-reality acolytes to produce pliable Americans that ridicule vaccines, masks and science.

The Afghan Taliban's war against women is direct, immediate and violent. Women are denied basic rights, are excised from the workplace and education and are completely subjugated to men. They have been beaten, shot and stoned in the street.

  

The American Taliban’s war against women is crafty, sly and deceitful. It seeks to kill Roe v. Wade by the death of 1000 cuts. The Texas heartbeat law is a slick end run around Roe. Of course, it is not a lot different from Georgia’s – except that Georgia’s does not have a “turn in a good Samaritan” and get $10,000.00 reward provision. Watch what the Republicans do. Pay no attention to what they say – they are the American Taliban and they will lie, cheat, and steal to take power They want to limit a woman’s right to her own body and they want to limit the right to vote.

We are in a war for the soul of America. On one side, there are those who despise America, the American Way, and who want to be the Supreme Rulers – American Mullahs. They are called Republicans – the American Taliban. On the other side are those who stand for truth, justice and the American Way. We who reject the American Taliban are the true patriots. We believe in what the Constitution says. We believe in civil rights and equal rights for all. We believe in fair play. We believe in government by and for the people. We are Democrats.

It's been a bad week for democracy in the Unites States. The most important thing we and our elected representatives must do immediately is protect our voting rights. If Republicans get their way and prevent sage and easy access to the ballot and if they succeed in being able to control the counting of votes, then legislation addressing existential issues like climate change and social justice will never be passed. All that work to elect Biden, Ossoff and Warnock will come to nothing if we can't protect voting rights.

If you haven't already done so, please contact our US Senators to tell them it's URGENT that they pass the John Lewis SOON. We can't afford to wait.

Contact Jon Ossoff: https://www.ossoff.senate.gov/contact/

Contact Raphael Warnock. https://www.warnock.senate.gov/ (scroll down to contact area of the page)

And if the blatant support of vigilante "justice" on the part of Texas Republicans is worrisome, please read the ProPublica investigative report below about Steve Bannon's plan to insert extremists into the polling places. After you've read that, we hope you'll be inspired to sign up to be a temporary poll worker or volunteer to be a poll watcher.

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