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 Bernie Sanders Says Trump Isn’t ‘Draining Swamp’ With Billionaire Cronies Running Show
Bernie Sanders attacked Donald Trump on Sunday for breaking his promise to end corruption in Washington, D.C. by seating at his inauguration a coterie of wealthy donors. “I found it somewhat amusing that Mr. Trump, President Trump, was punching the establishment,” the Vermont senator told John Dickerson of CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “But right behind…
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Fast Forward ‘Alt-Right’ Puts Bounty on Head of Attacker Who Punched Richard Spencer — Nearly $5K and Rising
Richard Spencer’s white supremacist compatriots are now raising money to identify the man who punched the “alt-right” founder in the face at an Inauguration Day demonstration in Washington, D.C. “The ANTIFA thug who violently assaulted Spencer hid his face behind a mask, but some think they caught a glimpse of his face,” the appeal for…
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Fast Forward Ann Coulter Compares Women’s Marchers to Nazi ‘Brown Blouses’
Pink hats were the signature clothing at the Women’s March on Washington, but rightwing pundit Ann Coulter saw something more sinister behind them: brownshirts. Women’s March protests democratic transfer of power & the rts of 65 mill Americans. Remember Brown shirts? This is the Brown Blouses March. — Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) January 21, 2017 Coulter…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Gloria Steinem Hails ‘People Power’ at Women’s March
Gloria Steinem, the women’s liberation icon, took the stage at Saturday’s Women’s March on Washington, calling on attendees to embrace grassroots organizing. “I have met the people, and you are not them. We are the people. Just this march in Washington today required a thousand more buses than the inauguration,” she told the assembly, addressing…
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Fast Forward After Being Punched by Anti-Trump Protesters, Richard Spencer Demands ‘Alt-Right’ Vigilante Force
Richard Spencer told followers on Friday that he and fellow white supremacists might need their own protection force, after the ‘alt-right’ founder got punched in the face during an anti-Trump protest. If law enforcement can’t protect us from antifa assaults we will begin protecting ourselves. — Richard ? Spencer (@RichardBSpencer) January 21, 2017 Spencer did…
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Fast Forward Mega-Donors Got Best Seats at Trump Inauguration
President Donald Trump promised at his Friday inauguration to place the interests of the people before those of the elites. But he was surrounded by some very monied individuals while he made that pledge. A planning document leaked to the Intercept shows that the inauguration committee gave the best seats at the event to mega-donors…
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller, Steve Bannon Wrote Trump’s Inaugural Speech
President Donald Trump’s passionately nationalistic speech was written by two of his most hard-right aides, White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and Senior Adviser Stephen Miller. With its calls to put “America First” and end “American carnage,” address carried the trademarks of both of them. Trump had promised to write his own address. Miller served…
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Fast Forward David Frum: Donald Trump Worse Than Slaveholders
We’ve had a lot of bad presidents. But David Frum thinks the one we inaugurated on Friday is the worst — ever. And he’s making very clear that his characterization includes all the men who’ve led the country. The worst human being ever to enter the presidency, and I include all the slaveholders. — David…
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