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Just looking over the calendar for June. It’s a good thing that the weather is good because it is going to be really busy in the state and the country.

We can start off with the fact that June is Gay Pride month and some cities and towns are already celebrating this weekend. 

Where? Well we can start with the Quad Cities whose festival is in Rock Island and started yesterday and goes through tomorrow. They are also priding up in Dubuque today. Sioux City kicked their festival off yesterday and goes through tomorrow. Finally down in Ottumwa they got a little party going this afternoon. Iowa’s Pride fests are listed by date here. 

Ooo – looks like there is a big party next week in Des Moines and in North Liberty and Fort Madison – check it out! Iowa City, Burlington and Fort Dodge in the weeks that follow and Cedar Rapids has a party on the Fourth of July weekend.

What else have we got in June? How about a presidential debate? We got one scheduled on June 27th on CNN. It will be worth watching just to see if Trump can be controlled or will he act like a baby? Or for that matter will Trump be in jail at that time? Put it on you calendar.

When we speak of June we are talking about the third branch of federal government taking the spotlight as the SCOTUS announces their decisions before they skedaddle out of town following the end of their session. This year decisions are already coming out. This year it looks like the rich and powerful will get more rich and more powerful thanks to SCOTUS.

Decisions are handed down on a schedule that the Court creates themselves so there is no set schedule. The best way to keep on top of what is happening is check out a web site called scotusblog.com Amy Howe has been in charge there for quite a while. This year’s decisions promise to be controversial.

Did I mention there are the party primaries this coming Tuesday? Don’t miss it! Some very interesting races this year. Perhaps the most interesting is the Democratic battle to see who will take on MAGA congress member Zach Nunn. Nunn has done nothing to help Iowa in two years. This is the first step in the process to send him back to Iowa.

Will there be any Trump trials in June? I don’t know of any. I do have a dream that soon we will be seeing Trump being locked up for one of his many crimes. June would be a great time to seethe lockup take place.

It sounds like there may be more northern lights coming next week as the solar storms that have been throwing off coronal mass ejections will once again be facing our earth. It is really hard to forecast just what the sun will do, but conditions look like there may some more northern lights coming starting now and going forward for a week or two.

Finally, a reminder that next Thursday is the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Europe by Allied troops. It is sad that on this 80th anniversary we have politicians who are trying to be a latter-day Hitler. Please keep with the solemnity of the day.

That should be enough to keep most of us busy for a month or so.