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That is actually addressed in the purchase agreement.

The United States could have just taken all of Mexico, but it didn't. It paid for the land. The population of the western states was made up of Americans anyhow, less than a thousand Mexican citizens lived in those areas at the time.

Ken Buck has a AR-15 mounted to the wall behind his desk in DC.

It bought them all, but Mexico was really poor so they got it cheaper. The US was willing to pay $50 million.

In Southern Indiana, where drugs, violence, a failing economy, and diehard MAGA Republicans have complete power, this is the lead story. Welcome into life in small town America.

The Gadsden Purchase was for $10 million in 1854 and established the Southern border.

Correct, but the Spanish American War was of conquest. Guam, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa were won through war.

Technically the United States bought Texas and the rest of the Western States, after a war with Mexico.

The United States didn't buy The Philippines or Puerto Rico. It did buy the Western States.

Does our system work, absolutely.

Does Trump look for loopholes, absolutely.

Essentially Trump pardoning himself for all his thousands of crimes.

That's not the system of Government we have in the United States and no one proposing to tear up the Consitution to start a new Government.

Everyone who has ever argued against militaries patrolling foreign waters just lost their argument. This is why.

Subscribe, it's one of the best newspapers on the planet. All media is owned by Billionaires.

Check the modlog, usually it is someone insulting another user.

Uncivil comments are removed. Continued uncivil behavior can lead to a ban. Probably the case here.

“We’re not here to make money,” she said.

Yet a list of prices is taped to the front window of the school building: $250 for diploma services, a $50 application fee, $35 for a diploma cover and $130 to walk in a cap and gown at a ceremony.

Ok sparky. You do you.

Trump is the central MAGA organization.