ICYMI A prayer festival backed by #Trump took place in DC yesterday.
Speakers including top #government officials framed the #UnitedStates as a nation founded to be explicitly #Christian [nope]. #Trump delivered a video message reading a #Bible passage aloud.
Until Trump, it was virtually unheard of for #US ofcls to publicly tie the nation to a specific set of #religious beliefs.
#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState
The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.
#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/
The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.
#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
The admin has awarded lucrative contracts for 250th anniversary celebrations to #EventStrategies, the company that organized the rally #Trump held on #Jan6, 2021 that was followed by the attack on the Capitol. (NYT reported Event Strategies has at least $13 million in #federal contracts.) Owners of that company, which was paid $688,000 for its work organizing that rally, denied responsibility for the ensuing #insurrection.
#law #FreedomOfReligion #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/politics/jan-6-contracts.html
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