Tal Fortgang
@tal_fortgang
Legal Policy Fellow @ManhattanInst & misc. @tikvahfund | Writing @CityJournal @Commentary @thedispatch @NRO @WSJ & more | Past: @AEI @Princeton | Opinions mine
The Trump administration can crack down on organizations that block roads, vandalize buildings, and established Jew-free zones on campus. Ending civil terrorism isn’t hard. My op-ed in tomorrow’s @WSJ:
Progressivism and purity testing are basically synonymous nowadays
Overnight, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx office was vandalized. A fringe group calling itself the Boogie Down Liberation Front claimed responsibility and left behind this note: “The Bronx is sick and tired of people like AOC and Ritchie Torres using us as a stepping…
You never know what you might find at the bottom of a big, beautiful bill. Tucked away in the new law are a few short provisions that might spell the end of legal sports betting, writes @tal_fortgang on.wsj.com/44U3DhE
Great Satan thinks I may be working to undermine it. And I can’t fathom why!
Calla Walsh stood in Tehran chanting “Death to America! Death to Israel!” while praising the “Axis of Resistance” and glorifying terrorist martyrs. Now she’s calling the U.S. the “Great Satan” and whining about potential consequences when she gets home. Sorry, but if you stand…
For concision, we should start listing the parts of the INA that *don’t* justify deporting aliens affiliated with CUAD.
Let's not forget when they wanted to eradicate all of Western civilization! x.com/thestustustudi…
Ah, the pretend-lawyers have rediscovered the crime of incitement.
Inciting another to commit genocide is a criminal offence in the US. 18 US Code §1091, section (c)
Let's see how many of these are expulsions. Suspensions can be reduced, reversed, even expunged from an academic record. city-journal.org/article/barnar…
Columbia University has suspended for 1-3 years or expelled more than 70 students for their roles in the disruptive Butler Library protest during finals. Good. They deserve it. A spokesperson said, “Our institution must focus on delivering on its academic mission for our…
Nothing says “I’m a kind and empathetic educator” quite like saying “I’m a kind and empathetic educator” about yourself.
July 17: Rachel Griffin-Accurso posts a video with violent Hamas supporter Motaz Azaiza. Yay!!!!! July 21: Griffin-Accurso deletes her video with disgusting freak Motaz Azaiza, makes no acknowledgment of it, posts a condemnation of Hamas and a bunch of lies about Israel.
Even if it were true that a country had a hierarchy of citizens on the basis of religion, would the “liberal” position be that the nation needed to be destroyed and replaced by a different ruling ethnic group?
This is incredibly dumb @ezraklein. He supports Hamas, that isn’t liberal. He’s at least OK with a violent destruction of Israel and the murder of civilIans. That isn’t liberal. He has nothing to say about the massacre of the Druze in Syria, or of south Sudanese. That isn’t…
Have some free time over the weekend? Check out the latest episode of the @CityJournal podcast, hosted by yours truly and featuring @tal_fortgang, @RenuMukherjee1, and @CarolynGorman_.
My rant against third-worldism on @CityJournal "Third Worldism is not about race, nationality, or even poverty. Third Worldism is the belief that you’re entitled to use public spaces without any responsibility to care for them."
"There's a reason that crimes are prosecuted not by the victim. Crimes do not merely affect the person who gets stabbed--they are crimes against the community." @tal_fortgang on recent violence in NYC for @CityJournal Podcast:
Powerful insight from @tal_fortgang: Rolling back DEI mandates is only the beginning. To secure lasting reform, we must replace identity politics with a vision rooted in merit, purpose, and fairness. It’s time to build, not just oppose. civitasinstitute.org/research/the-c…
Congratulations to my colleague @jennmascott on her nomination to the Third Circuit ct. of appeals!
We’re proud to unveil the Manhattan Statement on Higher Education, which recapitulates the crisis of the universities and calls on President Trump to enact six principles for reform. The time for decisive action is now. thefp.com/p/the-presiden…