Daniel J. Solomon is the former Assistant to the Editor/News Writer at the Forward. Originally from Queens, he attended Harvard as an undergraduate, where he wrote his senior thesis on French-Jewish intellectual history. He is excited to have returned to New York after his time in Massachusetts. Daniel’s passions include folk music, cycling, and pointed argument.
Daniel J. Solomon
By Daniel J. Solomon
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News How Did This Elections Expert Know It Would Be Trump All Along?
When he called the election in September for Donald Trump, the pundits trashed American University professor Allan Lichtman. After the Republican president-elect’s upset over Hillary Clinton, he wants the country to heed a message — do not trust polls. “Everybody told me I was absolutely wrong this time because all of the polls were telling…
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Breaking News Will Jared Kushner Be Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff?
Palace intrigue has set in at the Donald Trump camp, as the Republican president-elect’s campaign aides and surrogates scramble for position in the next administration. Among the chatter is the rumor that son-in-law Jared Kushner could be the new White House chief of staff. According to Politico, while Trump met with Barack Obama in the…
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Breaking News Jewish Democrat Josh Gottheimer Prevails in N.J. House Race
After an ugly contest that filled the airwaves with attack ads, Democrat Josh Gottheimer has won a New Jersey congressional race against Republican incumbent Scott Garrett. After all the ballots were tallied on Wednesday, the Jewish former Bill Clinton aide held a 3% edge over his Tea Party rival, a bright spot for liberals in…
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News Did George Soros’s Cash Scalp Anti-Immigrant Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio?
Gorge Soros saw his favored presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lose at the national level. But the leftwing billionaire vilified in Donald Trump ads met with success in at least one race, succeeding in his effort to remove from office Joe Arpaio, the anti-immigrant sheriff of Arizona’s Maricopa County. “We congratulate Paul Penzone and everyone who…
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Breaking News Bernie Sanders Has ‘Nothing Polite to Say’ After Donald Trump Win
Bernie Sanders set aside his grievances with Hillary Clinton during the general election, crisscrossing the nation on behalf of his ex-primary rival. He’s keeping his silence, though, in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the November election. “We have nothing polite to say,” Sanders adviser told CNN’s Jeff Zeleny on Wednesday, refusing to…
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News After Trump Victory, This Philadelphia Storefront Was Graffitied With Swastika
A few hours after Donald Trump clinched his victory in the presidential contest — also the 78th anniversary of Kristallnacht — anti-Semitic graffiti celebrating the leader appeared on a storefront in South Philadelphia. The graffiti included expressions such as “Sieg Heil 2016,” a reference to the “Hail Victory” Nazi slogan, and “Trump,” with the “T”…
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Breaking News New York Senator Chuck Schumer Is the Most Powerful Democrat in Congress — Now What?
It’s a frequent gag in Washington, D.C. that there’s no more dangerous place to be than between New York Senator Chuck Schumer and a camera. Schumer will have to use his skills with the press next January, as he becomes Senate minority leader in a town where both houses of Congress and the presidency will…
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Breaking News Win or Lose, Alt Right Sees Happy Days Ahead
Whether Donald Trump wins or loses the presidential election, white nationalists are riding high. They have made gains mainstreaming their movement, they say, and establishing a beachhead from which to advance their agenda. “Trump has shown that our message is healthy, normal and organic — and millions of Americans agree with us,” Matthew M. Heimbach,…
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