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 Progressive Democrats Create ‘Grow a Spine’ Gift List for Chuck Schumer
Progressive activists want Chuck Schumer to get serious about standing up to President Trump — and they want your help. They’ve set up a toungue-in-cheek Amazon.com wedding registry to encourage members of the Democratic Party grassroots to buy gifts that might stiffen the Senate Majority Leader’s resolve. “He’s the Democratic Senate leader, but he keeps…
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Fast Forward Stuck for Slurs, Ben Shapiro Calls Lena Dunham a ‘Potato’ — Again
Ben Shapiro is continuing his verbal assault on Lena Dunham, with the right-wing pundit referring to the artist as a “human potato” and ridiculing her father’s parenting skills. “She actually thinks that she’s some sort of poetic genius,” he said on his Wednesday podcast, reading aloud a poem that the “Girls” creator penned after the…
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Fast Forward It’s Richard Spencer vs Max Blumenthal on Twitter
Richard Spencer and Max Blumenthal are feuding on Twitter, after the anti-Zionist writer criticized a radio host for inviting the white supremacist luminary onto his program. The exchange started with Blumenthal slamming television and radio personality David Pakman for giving a platform to Spencer. He went on to complain that while Pakman would not host…
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Fast Forward Kushner Companies’s Sale of $16 Million Brownstone Sets New Record
The White House is priceless, but $16 million ain’t too shabby. That’s the record-setting price of a Brooklyn brownstone owned by the Kushner Companies, whose scion Jared Kushner is father-in-law Donald Trump’s right-hand man on Middle East peace and other issues. A townhouse at 27 Monroe Place is currently under contract for $16 million, a…
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Fast Forward Does Trump Get Itchy Twitter Fingers When Jared’s Observing Shabbat?
Does Jared Kushner’s Shabbat observance lead father-in-law Donald Trump to go off the rails? It’s an open question after this weekend, when the new leader picked a fight with the media as his top adviser and crisis manager unplugged for the day. “He wasn’t rolling calls on Saturday when this happened,” an unnamed source told…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner’s Name Scrubbed From Pro-IDF Group Board
Jared Kushner’s name has been scrubbed from the national board of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, apparently following questions from the press about his continued involvement in the group. Ha’aretz had asked Kushner’s spokesman about his affiliation to the organization, given President Donald Trump’s desire that his son-in-law help him negotiate Middle East…
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Fast Forward Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Gets Into Public Spat With Trump
Rahm Emanuel’s capacity for talking smack might have gotten him into a war of words this week as the Chicago and former White House chief of staff scrapped with President Donald Trump. The mayor ridiculed Trump over a recent obsession about the size of the crowd at his inauguration. “You didn’t get elected to debate…
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Fast Forward Trump Economic Adviser Gary Cohn Gets $100M Golden Handshake From Goldman Sachs
Gary Cohn, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the National Economic Council, will receive severance in excess of $100 million as he exits Goldman Sachs, the Wall Street firm where he was second in command. The finance behemoth will give him $100 million, and will also permit him to cash in on $23 million of…
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