Tucker Carlson's Nuclear Fan Fiction
60 million views for a claim he's been making since April.
Four Jewish school buses in Williamsburg were spray-painted with swastikas. The buses, in Brooklyn's heavily Orthodox neighborhood, also carried an obscenity about Israel, "America First" and "Free Palestine." Police and Shomrim, the Jewish neighborhood watch, are investigating. 1
Two House races on Tuesday's ballot pit pro-Israel against pro-Israel. In New York's 17th, Republican Mike Lawler faces Democrat Cait Conley in a district about 19% Jewish, per a 2024 study, and polls have it neck and neck. In Florida's 25th, Democrat Jared Moskowitz and Republican Scott Singer are both Jewish and mostly agree on Israel, so Singer is hitting Moskowitz over a war powers vote on the U.S. strikes on Iran. 2
Israeli forces detained 18 settlers during an outpost demolition in the West Bank. The Monday operation hit Givat Ora Yisrael, in Area B, which is supposed to be off-limits to Israeli settlers. The IDF said dozens of settlers attacked the forces and set tires on fire. Security sources called the outpost a staging ground for attacks on Palestinian villages. 3
Hero: Noam Sohlberg. The Supreme Court justice who chairs Israel's Central Elections Committee turned down Likud's request Monday to hold up certifying the October 27 election while a foreign-interference probe runs. The committee "has no authority to withhold the certification of the results," he wrote, and a delay would stretch the outgoing Knesset's term, which "contradicts fundamental democratic precepts." 4
Villain: Tucker Carlson. In an X post Sunday, Carlson claimed the Trump administration "may be within days of launching a nuclear strike on Iran," pushed by a "cornered and desperate" Netanyahu. By Monday evening it had more than 60 million views. He has predicted an imminent one several times since April. In our view, a Jewish leader secretly steering America into nuclear war is a very old story with a new prop. 5
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