3 CommentsThis morning at Bwog, we mourn over the loss of democracy.
Happening in the World: NASA astronaut Christina Koch broke the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, completing her stay on the International Space Station after 328 days. This marks just twelve days short of the all-US record set by Scott Kelly in 2016. (BBC)
Happening in the U.S.: The U.S. Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment, after falling short of the two-thirds supermajority needed for removal. Mitt Romney was one of the only Republican senators to vote in favor of conviction. (CNN)
Happening in NYC: The Department of Homeland Security has announced a suspension on Global Entry for all New York residents. The news comes in response to New York’s sanctuary and Green Light laws, which allow residents to apply for a driver’s license regardless of their immigration status. (NBC)
Happening on Campus: Alysson Portella, a visiting scholar at the Institute of Latin American Studies, will be giving a presentation on the racial social norms among Brazilian students from 1-2 p.m. at the International Affairs Building. (Columbia Events)
the impeachment we could not afford via WikiCommons
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@Anonymous My mom came into my room to bring me a plate of chicken nuggets and I literally screamed at her and hit the plate of chicken nuggets out of her hand. She started yelling and swearing at me and I slammed the door on her. I’m so distressed right now I don’t know what to do. I didn’t mean to do that to my mom but I’m literally in shock from the acquittal results yesterday. I feel like I’m going to explode. Why the fucking fuck is he acquitted? This can’t be happening. I’m having a fucking breakdown. I don’t want to believe the world is so corrupt. I want a future to believe in. I want Bernie to be president and fix this broken country. I cannot fucking deal with this right now. It wasn’t supposed to be like this, I thought he was polling well in Iowa???? This is so fucked.
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@Anonymous >loss of democracy
Learn to code. No “democracy” was lost because America is not and has never been a democracy. Only one chamber of one branch of government is democratically elected. The other represents the interests of their respective states first and foremost. Furthermore, the other two branches of American government have zero dependence on democracy. Our judiciary is an aristocracy while our executive is a limited monarchy. This heterogeneous structure balances the interests of the majority with those of minority groups, which is why the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and not the nebulous and fickle “will of the majority”. Our system of American government is much closer to that of the Roman Republic, which was categorically NOT a democracy.