Greetings! It’s Gay Pride Month in four days and I’ve been predicting a huge right-wing media backlash to the celebration.  The latest example: Newsmax offers an alarming op-ed by Tony Perkins, head of the conservative Family Research Council, that celebrates what Perkins perceives to be a faltering of Pride activism.  “While the destruction of the movement may not be imminent, we are seeing encouraging signs that through continued prayer, education, and activism, we can bring about the collapse of an ideology that seeks to normalize the abnormal — and shame what is good, right, and true,” writes Perkins....Donald Trump, book critic.  POTUS has dropped a full-throated endorsement of Fox News contributor Joe Concha’s latest book The Greatest Comeback Ever: Inside Trump’s Big Beautiful Campaign. Writing on a Truth Social post on Monday, Trump gushed that Concha “has written an incredible new book.” I’m hearing rumors that Trump may be reviewing Salman Rushdie’s new novel for The New York Review of Books....Armond White, the culture critic for the National Review, called Bruce Springsteen a “quisling” (traitor) for criticizing Trump during a May 14 concert in Manchester, England.  Here’s White’s article....Speaking of rock legends, Bob Dylan turned 84 over the weekend.  This line from his classic 1964 song Subterranean Homesick Blues seems more relevant now than ever: “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”...If you keep reading, I’ll keep Righting. Howard