Thousands Of Bees Just Swarmed North Lawn Of The White House—And Everyone's Thinking The Same Thing
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Hi Friends,

On Sunday, far right Christians gathered on the National Mall for a Trump-administration prayer event. Separation of church and state, anyone?

One of the speakers at the event, MAGA author Eric Metaxas, made headlines at the event when he declared that God had "raised up" Trump to build his ballroom.

Truly peak MAGA cult vibes all around.

~ George Takei

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