Hey, Tulsi was gonna get a cabinet position - don't know what happened... Guess Putin needed her elsewhere.

Survey of 25,000 people in Middle East and North Africa also shows 52% of 18- to 29-year-olds are thinking about migrating

By Kate Hodel @ TheGuardian.com/Global Development (funded by Gates), June 24

The Arab world is turning its back on religion and on US relations, according to the largest public opinion survey ever carried out in the region.

A survey of more than 25,000 people across 10 countries and the Palestinian territories found that trust in religious leaders has plummeted in recent years.

By Alexandra Hudson @ aier.org (American Institute for Economic Research),  June 18

Technology is often condemned as a pox on American public discourse. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as other social media technologies, are criticized for promoting division and creating echo chambers. Despite this, several tech platforms have been developed in recent years and months, and their creators are committed to enabling Americans to fall back in love with conversation, rigorous debate, ideas, and learning — practices that were essential to the zenith of culture — not to mention democracy — [....]