Dear Friends + Interlocutors,

Meanwhile, Bibi Netanyahoo has accepted an invitation to speak to a joint session of the U.S. Congress for a fourth, repeat, fourth time! I am honestly flabbergasted. What a discraceful spectacle it will be. What will the rest of the world think? Do we need this? 

Will the trained seals on Capitol Hill jump to their feet in numerous ovations, to salute this war criminal, con man and serial liar who has been taking Uncle Sam to the cleaners all his adult life? I expect they will. They did so before. In Washington, nothing has changed. It is in the bag.—Patrick