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Tucker Carlson 'detained' in Israel as passport taken from him after interview
(www.the-express.com)
this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
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So it's somehow bad now to want bad things to happen to bad people? Color me a MAGAt then.
No, it's more that it's dumb to not take a breath and discuss why this is happening. Tucker may have hit a nerve, like him or not.
We know why this happened though. America, under Trump (and not really corrected under Biden), sold off their soft power, allowing other countries to walk all over us intentionally. And it's only going to get worse under further Republican control. Meanwhile, Democrats have taken the mantle of neo-liberalism and neo-conservatism, so unless we suddenly elect an entirely progressive government and start to work towards normalizing foreign relationships, the kidnappings will continue.
If he hit a nerve it was by platforming actual antisemitism, which only serves to further muddy the waters amid all the bad-faith accusations of antisemitism towards anyone who thinks a genocidal government regime is, like, not a good thing.
I really don't think there is any common cause to be found with a fellow like this, and the most likely outcome of this detention is that he will probably abruptly change his tune on Israel. And he may have some light internal bleeding.