- American Pride Month comes to an end/ A slow news week
- A New third party? Reporting by Sharyl Attkisson and Tim Reid for Reuters talks about a new third party called the "Forward" party to compete with the Republicans and Democrats that is due to launch this fall. Is this the real deal, or just a party to run spoiler candidates against one party or the other? Why hasn't America had a successful third party?
- Covid stats update from Worldometers. Covid, like many diseases, has developed a pattern of peaking during cold weather months, and receding during warm weather in most of the world.
