

I don’t know…this mightve been a believable outcome by like 2002 or 2003 or so…W in power, USA PATRIOT act in effect, ICE replacing INS. A few years later and Sarah Palin has a legit shot at veep and kicks off the tea party movement.
Democrats had also just recently (as in, 2000) lost the presidency due to a SCOTUS decision and environmentalists who thought Gore wasn’t good enough (Nader’s vote count in FL was higher than Bush’s official final margin).
Most domesticated bee species aren’t native to the US. It’s quite possible they are just getting bee-ported.