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 Morning Joe Scarborough Rips Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen’s ‘Dumb Thug’ Routine
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s pit-bull attorney, took a shot Wednesday morning at Joe Scarborough, telling the cable news anchor to shut his “big mouth” after Scarborough speculated about the leaking of an old Trump tax return. Scarborough, who hosts MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” responded in a major way, advising the pugilistic Cohen to “save your dumb…
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Fast Forward The Israeli In Middle Of Buzzfeed Fake News Probe Into Trump And Russia
An Israel “cyber consultant” has reportedly been circulating fake documents that purport to show a shady deal between President Trump and Exxon Mobil to appoint the company’s former chief executive Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. According to BuzzFeed News, which obtained the false papers, the trove claims the Trump Organization real estate firm was…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Vice Co-Founder Makes ‘10 Things I Hate About Jews’ Video
Following a visit to Israel, Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes — who left Vice a decade ago — launched into a rant against Jewish people and the Jewish state, in a post inventively titled “10 Things I Hate About Jews.” According to McInnes, Hebrew is “spit talk” and “whole language is clearing your throat, it’s like…
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Fast Forward Jared Fogle Got Beat Up In Prison Because’s He’s ‘God’ To Fellow Pedophiles
The man who last year administered a whipping to convicted child molester Jared Fogle said that he brought the beat-down on the disgraced Subway pitchman because he was being celebrated by his fellow pedophiles in prison. “Jared is their hero,” the assailant Steve Nigg told the Hollywood gossip site TMZ. “You would not believe how…
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Fast Forward QUIZ: Who Said It? Ex-Porn Star Jenna Jameson Or Provocateur Pamela Geller
Following her conversion to Judaism, ex-porn star Jenna Jameson has been praising Israel, tearing into Muslims and celebrating Trump, tweeting with a ferocity perhaps only matched by the new occupant of the White House. Jameson might be the Jewish right’s biggest provocateur since Pamela Geller, the anti-Islam extremist who’s managed to capture national attention with…
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Fast Forward Rothschild Caribbean Estate Goes On Sale For $67 Million
A sprawling Caribbean estate first owned by Benjamin de Rothschild, complete with a coconut grove and private beach, can be yours for a hot $67 million. The “Girasol” property, located on the French-Dutch island of St. Barts, otherwise known as St. Barthelemy, includes two villas, with six bedrooms in total. Its private shoreline runs for…
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Fast Forward Richard Blumenthal Promises A Law To Knock Down Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’
Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal promised on Sunday to introduce a bill reversing President Trump’s Muslim ban, bringing a crowd of hundreds to their feet at a town hall in the state’s town of Bridgeport. According to Politico, the second-term senator was short on details, saying that he was “going to be working with my colleagues”…
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Fast Forward Intel Buys Israeli Self-Driving Car Company In Record Deal For $15 Billion
Intel is buying Israeli driverless car firm Mobileye for a whopping $15.3 billion, putting the tech company squarely in the game to develop self-driving vehicles and confirming the Jewish state’s status as an innovation hub. “Congratulations to Mobileye! Israeli genius, Israeli pride,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter after the deal’s announcement. Added Science…
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