Overturning Roe v Wade-June 25, 2022

The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade reverberated across the world, with health groups and U.S. allies criticizing the ruling as a step backward that could have global implications. https://t.co/HILX4yfItN

— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 24, 2022

Biden, "With Roe vs. Wade gone, let's be very clear. The health and life of women in this nation, are now at risk." pic.twitter.com/sSyJ6L8sdY

— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) June 24, 2022

WATCH NOW: Vice President Kamala Harris addresses Roe v. Wade getting overturned. https://t.co/X6C18NIDh0 https://t.co/YF1Trk2tPY

— CBS News (@CBSNews) June 24, 2022

The Supreme Court has struck down Roe v. Wade, which for nearly 50 years has protected the right to abortion.

Watch our coverage live from the newsroom of The Washington Post. https://t.co/Ozin9nXNoq

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 24, 2022

In their own words: U.S. Supreme Court justices on overturning Roe v. Wade https://t.co/MI7kaK7UuM pic.twitter.com/efksgW8nCg

— Reuters (@Reuters) June 24, 2022

Roberts wanted Supreme Court to stop short of overturning Roe v. Wade https://t.co/9RH5VIcIyl

— Fox News (@FoxNews) June 24, 2022

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the right to abortion, calling it "an evisceration of Americans' rights." https://t.co/OIp5o9cKP5 pic.twitter.com/mMEtg3bBl5

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 24, 2022

Mike Pence, the former vice president under Donald Trump and a likely Republican presidential candidate in 2024, praised the Supreme Court’s ruling on abortion, saying, “Today, Life won.” https://t.co/8XPsVOrQ36 pic.twitter.com/5BIBdofj3e

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 24, 2022

.@jayobtv was outside the Supreme Court today as anti-abortion rights groups celebrated the ruling overturning Roe v. Wade—and abortion rights groups "are settling in, they say, for the long haul…preparing to be protesting outside the court for quite some time." pic.twitter.com/17mS1HHoss

— ABC News (@ABC) June 24, 2022

House Republicans are hailing the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, which ended the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion. https://t.co/OIp5o9cKP5 pic.twitter.com/aQn5hGnH5k

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 24, 2022

Joining Justice Samuel Alito in the majority to overturn Roe v. Wade were Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. https://t.co/WASfGR2GG5 pic.twitter.com/5MmkFkDsTV

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 24, 2022

The decision by five Supreme Court justices to end the constitutional right to abortion has cast a renewed spotlight on what they said about Roe v. Wade during their confirmation hearings. Here is a sampling: https://t.co/8oYkmTPFsX pic.twitter.com/sRw3ZIpdKb

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 24, 2022

Justice Thomas argued that the Supreme Court “should reconsider” past rulings codifying rights to contraception access and same-sex marriage.

The suggestion came in the concurring opinion he wrote in response to the SCOTUS ruling overturning Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/jxDHIiMKoX

— POLITICO (@politico) June 24, 2022

Companies like JPMorgan, CVS, and Disney say they’ll help cover abortion travel fees following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade https://t.co/jRpShgnIyL pic.twitter.com/LpNMW4P3JM

— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) June 24, 2022

Advertisement

Tories get more than a bloody nose in by-elections-June 24, 2022

Tory ministers and supporters woke to hear their party had lost two by-elections overnight. One, Tiverton and Honiton, saw a 24,000 Tory majority overturned by the Lib-Dems-the biggest ever loss for the party, in a seat held by the Tories for over 100 years!

Liberal Democrats overturn Conservative majority of more than 24,000 to win Tiverton and Honiton by-election https://t.co/cnmS0U98wu

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 24, 2022

If you’re just waking up, Tories lose both by-elections. Tiverton an earthshaking result & a record-breaker – the largest Tory percentage majority loss in a by-election. The swing to LDs 29.9%, overturning 24k Tory majority. Will leave MPs feeling seats not safe under Johnson

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) June 24, 2022

Labour took back party of its former ‘red wall’ by winning a Wakefield, Yorkshire, seat:

Labour wins first by-election gain since 2012, retaking Wakefield seat from Conservatives https://t.co/LszBpSTiDR

— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) June 24, 2022

Quickly, in the wake of this, the party chairman, Oliver Dowden, resigned. He tells Boris Johnson: “Our supporters are distressed and disappointed by recent events, and I share their feelings”.

My letter of resignation to the Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/xd5MtM2o3n

— Oliver Dowden (@OliverDowden) June 24, 2022

He was not available for interviews about the elections and the party was struggling to field anyone for breakfast TV interviews.

Meanwhile, in Kigali, Rwanda, PM Johnson is putting on the brave face, carrying on regardless:

“Historic mandate”…. Next up for Johnson, an ONLY GOD CAN JUDGE ME tattoo pic.twitter.com/mRpfcujFno

— Marina Hyde (@MarinaHyde) June 24, 2022

Early indications are Tory voters fled from Johnson, rather than running towards Labour, so a general election win may still be a long shot.

January 6th Committee Hearings-Misusing the justice system-June 23, 2022

NEXT HEARING: Thursday, June 23rd at 3:00pm ET

Witnesses:
• Jeffrey A. Rosen, Former Acting Attorney General
• Richard Donoghue, Former Acting Deputy Attorney General
• Steven Engel, Former Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 22, 2022

Today, the Select Committee will tell the story of how Trump's pressure campaign stretched to every level of government, including the federal agency charged with the enforcement of our laws. https://t.co/rJ6IpXFpwV

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 23, 2022

Witnesses told the Select Committee that Trump considered offering pardons to a wide range of individuals connected to the President. pic.twitter.com/LRJat3Algf

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 23, 2022

Days after the Capitol attack and the final attempt to overturn the election, Members of Congress requested pardons.

Five days after the attack on the Capitol, Representative Mo Brooks requested pardons for himself, Representative Gaetz, and others. pic.twitter.com/f0xLm5SKtT

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 23, 2022

When Trump's efforts failed to overturn the election, he sought to replace Jeffrey Rosen, the Acting Attorney General, with a lawyer who he believed would inappropriately put the full weight of the Justice Department behind the effort to overturn the election.

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 23, 2022

Former Trump White House lawyer Eric Herschmann on Jeff Clark’s plan to overturn the election:

"Congratulations, you just admitted your first step or act you would take as Attorney General would be committing a felony…" pic.twitter.com/wVG7zGoTmP

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 23, 2022

"Every single allegation, we checked. We ran down the rabbit trail to make sure our numbers were accurate."
– Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State pic.twitter.com/n19ES17KXT

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 23, 2022

Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers' journal from December 4, 2020: "I do not want to be a winner by cheating. I will not play with laws I swore allegiance to with any contrived desire toward deflection of my deep, foundational desire to follow God’s will…" pic.twitter.com/lKLfgDBvA9

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 22, 2022

Strike day on Summer Solstice-June 21, 2022

Tube and national rail strikes

🗓 From Tuesday 21 to Sunday 26 June

— Transport for London 🏳️‍🌈 (@TfL) June 15, 2022

Rail union RMT statement on the forthcoming Rail and Tube strikeshttps://t.co/SGipcU13uy pic.twitter.com/zl08Jd7tUa

— RMT (@RMTunion) June 18, 2022

Mick Lynch of the RMT says funding cuts made by a "government of billionaires" are to blame for rail strikes – accusing ministers of 'telling everyone else they've got to tighten their belts while they're raking it in'.

Live: https://t.co/RbM7anaJHc

📺 Sky 501 and YouTube pic.twitter.com/u2mrE1Jo6k

— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 20, 2022

🚨New poll🚨

A majority of UK adults say that the rail strikes this week are 'justified'.

Justified – 58%
Unjustified – 34% pic.twitter.com/LH24uTgKuZ

— Savanta ComRes (@SavantaComRes) June 21, 2022

. @GBNEWS were setting up this taxi driver to slag off the rail unions about this week’s strikes. Watch what happens next. Not surprised the questions stopped there! pic.twitter.com/dqPHa9z9ps

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) June 20, 2022

Grant Shapps’s rail-strike blame game joins fellow ministers’ absurdities in a vision of Tory Wonderland https://t.co/CZvSRVqP9Z

— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) June 21, 2022

Man beats rail strike by paddling to work in £74 kayak https://t.co/JSVXHNw3fk

— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 21, 2022

Londoners get on their bikes (and e-scooters) on Tube/train strike day 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️🚲https://t.co/bEO2sPQArj

— Ross Lydall (@RossLydall) June 22, 2022

Enjoy the longest day of the year troops. Pic by @gazstevo #SummerSolstice2022 pic.twitter.com/Blyi3WAVm4

— Being Scottish (@BeingScots) June 21, 2022

French parliamentary elections 2022-June 20, 2022

France’s government is now stuck with a stalemate, after elections on Sunday, June 19, as the legislature is now a majority of parties different than the president, after Macron gained victory in April.

France, national parliament election today:

Final result: parliamentary groups

Ensemble-RE: 251 (−99)
NUPES-LEFT|G/EFA|S&D: 135 (+77)
RN: 88 (+80)
UDC-EPP|RE: 68 (−68)
Left-wing oversea MPs: 18
…

+/- vs. 2017

More: https://t.co/cmT3vCQb6G#Législatives2022 #France pic.twitter.com/D0uY8xWNqc

— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) June 19, 2022

France, national parliament election today:

Final result: per party

LREM-RE: 168 (−140)
RN-ID: 88 (+80)
LFI-LEFT: 66 (+49)
LR-EPP: 62 (−50)
MoDem-RE: 48 (+6)
PS-S&D: 28 (−2)
Horizons-RE: 27 (new)
…

+/- vs. 2017 final result

More: https://t.co/cmT3vCQb6G pic.twitter.com/mCC9UYsbX9

— Europe Elects (@EuropeElects) June 19, 2022

🇫🇷#France, legislative election results (2nd round):

Here is a map of who won in every constituency.

Ensemble! secured a plurality in the National Assembly.

The NUPES coalition becomes the largest opposition group, RN the largest opposition party.#Legislatives2022 pic.twitter.com/CxS4plRbRI

— World Elects (@ElectsWorld) June 19, 2022

“We are looking at very strong blocks on both the far left and the far right.” @PedderSophie tells “The Intelligence” about France’s shock election result https://t.co/bX8u2hAdjd

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) June 20, 2022

The legislative election results in France are quintessentially French: it leaves no-one happy (except maybe Le Pen) and the country effectively paralyzed.

It's rather paradoxical that at most elections the big losers are always France and the French people… pic.twitter.com/JPiXSw8CWD

— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) June 20, 2022

Crypto meltdown?-June 19, 2022

The week began badly for cryptocurrency assets:

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies plunged in price Monday, after a major crypto lender halted all withdrawals citing “extreme market conditions.”

It is the second collapse of a part of the cryptocurrency world in the last two months.https://t.co/NW0tXs7M6I

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 13, 2022

Markets have history as a guide:

Timeline of the 2008 financial collapse and the events that occurred. Someone should start this graph for #cryptocurrency. pic.twitter.com/u0E17M6NZu

— nextbigtrade (@nextbigtrade) June 17, 2022

Is cryptocurrency a Ponzi scheme?

Everyone invested in a Ponzi scheme thinks they can get to the doors in time. Most are wrong.
The entire cryptocurrency space is a self-assembled Ponzi scheme. With luck, it will fully collapse and, lacking sufficient new suckers, never come back. https://t.co/c47oYESiLX

— Nicholas Weaver (@ncweaver) June 13, 2022

The week ended worse:

The price of Bitcoin plummeted on Saturday below $20,000 for the first time since November 2020, driven partly by the recent collapse of two big cryptocurrency projects. https://t.co/65clMfGd4T

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 18, 2022

Constitutional Court Rules Parts of 2018 Emergency Powers Regulations Unconstitutional: Roshaine Clarke v A.G. Judgment-June 18, 2022

This morning (June 17, 2022), the Constitutional Court handed down its judgment in the matter of Roshaine Clarke v Attorney General of Jamaica, a …

Constitutional Court Rules Parts of 2018 Emergency Powers Regulations Unconstitutional: Roshaine Clarke v A.G. Judgment

For more context, the Attorney General responded to the ruling:

Statement by the Attorney General of Jamaica 

The Attorney General of Jamaica has acknowledged the ruling by the Supreme Court of Jamaica in the case of Roshaine Clarke v The Attorney General of Jamaica regarding the constitutionality of the Emergency Powers Regulations 2018. pic.twitter.com/iJl5OvdlTg

— Robert Nesta Morgan (@NestaJA) June 18, 2022

Heatwave in Europe-June 17, 2022

It was sweltering in London, in the 90F/30C range, till evening.

UK hospitals put on Heat Wave Level 3 Alert as 34C scorcher set to wreak havoc on Britshttps://t.co/bJdzwrJkay pic.twitter.com/M2Kq24WQXn

— Daily Star (@dailystar) June 17, 2022

Hot nights, closed schools and disruption to nuclear power production as the European heat wave creeps north https://t.co/46xSPYH2by

— Bloomberg UK (@BloombergUK) June 17, 2022

It’s been building up all week, with temperatures above 40C/105F:

Today 15 June Spain and France are still with scorching temperatures up to 42.7C at Talavera de la Reina (Toledo province, central highlands). An historic heat wave will sweep France,Benelux,UK,Germany,Switzerland and possibly Poland. Many records will be smashed. Stay tuned. pic.twitter.com/h4fhnYyQvR

— Extreme Temperatures Around The World (@extremetemps) June 15, 2022

Pence got a (presidential) pounding-June 16, 2022

Donald Trump attempted to pressure the former Vice President into going along with an unlawful scheme to overturn the 2020 election.

Today, the Select Committee is going to reveal the details of that pressure campaign. https://t.co/kEUuXutXvs

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022

President Trump was told repeatedly that Mike Pence lacked the Constitutional and legal authority to do what Trump demanded he do.

Testimony from Marc Short, the Vice President’s Chief of Staff, who served in the Trump administration in multiple positions over four years: pic.twitter.com/adAR9Fif6u

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022

Donald Trump continued to pressure Mike Pence leading up to the Joint Session of Congress. On January 6, Trump called Pence.

Here's what the President family members and staff said about that call: pic.twitter.com/gravPfdzjl

— January 6th Committee (@January6thCmte) June 16, 2022

Goodbye (support for), Internet Explorer-June 15, 2022

It may not be anyone’s favourite browser now, but many knew nothing else than Internet Explorer for many years. But, from today, Microsoft will no longer offer support for the software:

Goodbye, Internet Explorer: Microsoft to retire 27-yr-old browser on June 15 | https://t.co/Eben6hgjCX pic.twitter.com/KYaVNuVGGM

— Economic Times (@EconomicTimes) June 15, 2022

Microsoft is officially ending support for its iconic web browser Internet Explorer today, June 15. It was 26. pic.twitter.com/PAN1MioJ2e

— IGN (@IGN) June 15, 2022

I was initially a user of Netscape, as the forerunner of web browsers, but moved to Internet Explorer once it because integrated with Microsoft applications, especially the Windows suite, which was a feature of the hardware I had to use for work. I used the open-source Mozilla (later Firefox) for a long time, before gravitating to Safari (the browser associated with Apple’s operating systems, MacOS) with the increased personal/home use of Apple devices, and Google Chrome (which works well with MacOS), as an alternative. Microsoft stopped offering Explorer for Apple/Macintosh in the early-2000s. Not surprisingly, for a long-time Apple products user, I steer away from Microsoft software, so rarely use the successor to Explorer, Microsoft Edge, unless forced to.

Most browsers are stable, so it often comes down to ‘feel’ and look and ease of adjustment. Some browsers don’t work well with some institutional set-ups, which can be a modern bane to productivity.