@LydiaMoynihan Imagine the court we could have had if Republican presidents were as accurate in their picks as Democrats. Regan: Kennedy, Bush: Souter, W. Bush: Roberts, Trump: Barrett, meanwhile Democrats have not missed since Kennedy appointed Byron White.
@JoshuaHiles@chiefschicktx@japan_nobunaga As you note Bleeding Kansas predates the civil war and is not “two states on opposite sides of the civil war.” It was the official position of the Lincoln Administration that Missouri (like the other border states) was part of the Union which is the same side as Kansas.
@chiefschicktx@japan_nobunaga Both Kansas and Missouri were part of the Union. Missouri had confederate sympathizers known as bushwackers who raided Lawrence and other parts of Kansas (as well as attacking Union loyalists in Missouri). But the states were on the same side of the civil war.
@JasonKander SpaceX is making the world a better place. So is Tesla. Elon Musk has done more to make the world a better place than almost every non-profit combined. He should keep his money and keep innovating.