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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Fast Forward Larry Krasner, Anti-Trump Attorney, Wins Race For Philadelphia DA
Larry Krasner has spent three decades as an outsider, representing activists from the anti-AIDS and Black Lives Matter movements as a criminal defense lawyer. He’s now poised to become the ultimate insider after winning a Democratic primary to be Philadelphia’s next district attorney. “I always did this because I think trials should always be fair,…
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Fast Forward Is Trump Yelling At Everyone — Even Jared?
As the ship of state founders under new revelations that President Trump turned over classified information to Russia, all those on deck are getting wet – including son-in-law Jared Kushner, whom Trump is said to be angry with. According to The New York Times, Trump described Kushner as “incompetent” during an angry rant that a…
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Fast Forward Sean Hannity: I’m ‘Looking Into’ Seth Rich’s ‘Suspicious’ Death
After an investigation revealed that Seth Rich was in contact with WikiLeaks prior to his unsolved murder, Fox News personality Sean Hannity has vowed to “look into” what he calls the former Democratic National Committee staffer’s “suspicious” death. Looking into all this. Thank you. Sean https://t.co/0Wg85vSUj5 — Sean Hannity (@seanhannity) May 16, 2017 My original…
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Fast Forward Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel: Democrats Too Focused On Trump
Rahm Emanuel, the tough-talking Obama aide and current Chicago mayor, does not think his fellow Democrats are appealing to the middle class. “We believe we’re for them, but they don’t — if they don’t hear we’re for them, then we got a problem. It’s not just for the string of policies. It’s also a set…
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Fast Forward American Tourist Sets Guinness Record — By Finally Getting Into Israel
Israel was the last stop on Dustin Pfundheller’s mission to visit every country on the planet and become the world’s youngest traveler to have done so. But the 31-year-old dentist reached his milestone on Monday, after state authorities granted him a long-wished-for tourist visa. Pfundheller, who has now stopped in at 236 countries, was initially…
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Fast Forward Dershowitz: Russia Leaks ‘The Most Serious Charge’ Against Sitting President
Alan Dershowitz sounded a somber note on accusations that President Trump gave Russia highly classified intelligence in a meeting last week, declaring it “the most serious charge ever made against a sitting president.” “Let’s not underestimate it,” the retired Harvard Law professor said in a Monday night appearance on CNN, adding that Trump “revealed more…
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Fast Forward Could Jared, Ivanka And ‘New York Wing’ Save Trump From Himself?
President Trump’s foreign policy and national security advisers have set up a “fence” around him, controlling the flow of information to the Oval Office and presenting him with sensible options in order to preserve American stature abroad. Now, there’s a rumor coming from within the administration that a similar move could be afoot on domestic…
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Fast Forward Kushner Companies Nix China Pitch After Visa Controversy
Kushner Companies is canceling two upcoming presentations to Chinese investors after the real estate business ran into suspicions of corruption last week, when Nicole Kushner Meyer appeared to hawk American visas at a business pitch while promoting her brother Jared Kushner’s ties to the White House. The real estate company has been trying to raise…
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