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   Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 00:44:21 JST Laffy

   Via historian Joshua Zeitz:

   This guy represents CA in Congress — one of 9 current states whose territory the US won in part or whole during the Mexican War of 1848. Then there is the Spanish American War that saw the US take Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Otherwise solid history.

   Kevin #McCarthy:

   Think for one moment. In every single war that America has fought, we have never asked for land afterward—except for enough to bury the Americans who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom

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     SFborn1940 (trainman@sfba.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 00:45:18 JST SFborn1940

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     @GottaLaff The Republican Alternate Universe at work.

     HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴 repeated this.
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     Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Nov-2023 00:45:18 JST Laffy

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     • SFborn1940

     @trainman Their base buys into it. That’s all that matters.