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URGENT: Our Tousi TV team has been arrested by the French in Calais for doing their job: filming a documentary on Europe’s illegal migrant crisis.
X.com ^ | Tousi TV

Posted on 04/18/2026 8:00:07 AM PDT by RoosterRedux

URGENT: Our Tousi TV team has been arrested by the French in Calais for doing their job: filming a documentary on Europe’s illegal migrant crisis. Phones confiscated. No information given.

This is not law enforcement. This is suppression. A direct assault on journalism


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KEYWORDS: europe; france; frogs; press; sillytoosie

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1 posted on 04/18/2026 8:00:07 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux

France needs the Iran treatment.


2 posted on 04/18/2026 8:04:02 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Should have let the Prussians have it in 1871.


3 posted on 04/18/2026 8:05:34 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

Immigration “problem”? Je n’cest pas! 🤔


4 posted on 04/18/2026 8:10:53 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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To: All
This arrest was of Tousi TV's documentary team.

Here's a description of Tousi that I found:

Tousi has more than 1.5 million YouTube subscribers, and nearly a million people turned to his livestream as he became one of the first online broadcasters to report that Khamenei had been killed in the joint U.S.-Israeli aerial assaults.

His coverage has consistently pushed one thesis: the Islamic Republic is structurally terminal and the conflict represents a historic liberation moment for the Iranian people.

Here's the video covering the subject on YouTube:

BREAKING: Tousi TV Arrested In France By Macron - British Embassy Informed

5 posted on 04/18/2026 8:11:07 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (The nocebo effect: Negative expectations and negative thinking lead to negative, unhealthy outcomes.)
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To: RoosterRedux

To the documentary team: Once more into the breach!


6 posted on 04/18/2026 8:14:56 AM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest holeYou had so much to offer, why didya offer your soul?)
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To: RoosterRedux

They were contacted by police a day or two earlier, but arrested on Saturday morning. So it will be at least two days before they can contact a lawyer or have a court appearance. They have not been charged yet, but report that the French police are treating them badly, like they were criminals.


7 posted on 04/18/2026 8:27:47 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Europe is on track for auto-destruction. Visit while you can.


8 posted on 04/18/2026 8:29:06 AM PDT by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: MtnClimber

Thx for that update.


9 posted on 04/18/2026 8:29:31 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (The nocebo effect: Negative expectations and negative thinking lead to negative, unhealthy outcomes.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Tousi also stated that the UK is getting to be a very bad place for free speech and that he is likely relocating his entire operation to Florida.


10 posted on 04/18/2026 8:30:24 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

The process is the punishment. The 21st Century Lawfare state. We really need some kind of global bill of rights on this.

How about having 24/7/365 courts? There is no reason to use the old banker hours court system. Let the accused be able to see a judge immediately.

Eventually, they’ll be let go.


11 posted on 04/18/2026 9:50:37 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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To: RoosterRedux
BTTT

Tousi TV has been a breath of fresh air for a few weeks and now he is being noticed.

12 posted on 04/18/2026 10:19:57 AM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: USA-FRANCE

Touché!


13 posted on 04/18/2026 10:25:25 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Groypers: “Low IQ” - PDJT)
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To: Antoninus

My wife and I will go to France maybe one more time in the Spring of 2027 to bike down the Dordogne from Massif Central to the coast.

That’s the last bit of the country I’m fairly sure I’m immune to assault by muslims.


14 posted on 04/18/2026 10:28:13 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Groypers: “Low IQ” - PDJT)
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To: RoosterRedux

“US Justice Department refuses to assist French probe into Musk’s X, WSJ reports”

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-justice-department-refuses-assist-french-probe-into-musks-x-wsj-reports-2026-04-18/

April 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has told French law enforcement it will not help with efforts to ​investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X, the Wall ‌Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a letter from the DOJ’s Office of International Affairs, dated Friday.

Paris prosecutors in February raided X’s French offices and ordered Musk to face questions ​in a widening investigation as part of a year-long investigation into ​suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or ⁠its executives.”


15 posted on 04/18/2026 10:30:57 AM PDT by CFW
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