It was as I surmised in prior days: Benjamin Netenyahu's vested interest in Donald Trump winning the U.S. presidency in 2024 played a large role in why the deal everyone (myself included) is hailing this week wasn't reached more than a year ago. That, according to a key negotiator involved in that 2024 deal.

It's not like there aren't breadcrumbs from the election cycle, either. From CBS News: "If we win, it will be very simple. It's all going to work out and very quickly."

That's what candidate Donald Trump said then. Prescient, no?

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With the likes of Joe Rogan and Marjorie Taylor Greene moderating and/or softening on their - get this - immigration rhetoric, how do we approach the likeminded, going forward? I myself wrestle with this.

Marjorie, in particular, I've covered a lot in recent weeks. Her appearance over the weekend on the Tim Dillon podcast shows she's (dare I say?) maturing, though still lacking in self-awareness to her complicity in the toxic and divisive tone in American politics.