Dan Schnur

California

Columnist at Jewish Journal (Los Angeles)

Husband. Teacher. Green Bay Packer fan. Host of weekly webinar "Politics in the Time of Coronavirus" - Tuesdays at 11 AM. More at: https://t.co/gHss7Joia6

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Articles

Trump’s Craving for Deals

3 days ago | jewishjournal.com | Dan Schnur

Both Donald Trump’s friends and his foes have learned that keeping up with the president’s changing moods, changing priorities and changing goals is no easy task. So let me do my best to catch us up on Trump and his latest thinking on Israel. Just about two months ago, I wrote that the president was focused on winning the Nobel Peace Prize he believed had been unfairly denied him during his first term in office.
When The Courts Get In The Way

5 days ago | allsides.com | Dan Schnur

From the Center This whole separation of powers thing can be extremely annoying—especially if you are a politician in a hurry. As of the beginning of May, the Trump Administration had faced at least 328 lawsuits over the president’s aggressive use of executive power. Bloomberg (Lean Left bias) has reported that judges issued more than 200 orders in 128 cases to stop administration actions while allowing challenged policies to proceed in 43 cases.
AJC's Moment

1 week ago | jewishjournal.com | Dan Schnur

We have cried. We have mourned. We have cursed the antisemitic hatred that caused the senseless slaughter of two vital and committed young people whose only crime was enjoying a spring evening by sharing it with other supporters of the state of Israel. So what do we do now? We will say “Never again.” Again. We will talk about how this massacre was different from Poway and Pittsburgh, while knowing that it was more of the same senseless bile we have faced and will always face.
When Both Parties Are Overconfident

1 week ago | allsides.com | Dan Schnur

From the Center When the House of Representatives finally passed its budget legislation in the pre-dawn hours last Thursday morning, it was hard to tell which party was more energized. Some of this was due to understandable exhaustion, as the members had been working past midnight for the previous several days. But it was also based in the near-universal conviction among the members that the final budget outcome would produce a sweeping election victory for their party next November.
Using Ethnic Studies to Malign Jews May Get Harder

2 weeks ago | jewishjournal.com | Dan Schnur

Even once the war in Gaza has concluded, its foul residue here in the United States will still remain. Antisemitism certainly did not appear in this country as a result of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks, but many American Jews were caught off-guard by the persistent strength and resilience of the animosity toward our community.
When Biden Returns to Center Stage

2 weeks ago | allsides.com | Dan Schnur

From the Center Joe Biden’s first campaign for president took place, albeit briefly, in 1988. It represents an extraordinary twist of historical fate to think that forty years later he would still be in a position to have an outsized impact on the outcome of the 2028 race. But it appears that may be the case. Biden will not be a candidate himself, of course.
Is Trump Getting Bored with Israel?

3 weeks ago | jewishjournal.com | Dan Schnur

Eight years ago, after taking the initial overseas trip of his first term to Saudi Arabia, Trump made a point of spending time in Israel before returning to the U.S. But this week, the American president’s visit to the Middle East will include a return to Saudi Arabia, followed instead by stops in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates with no time at all in the Jewish state.
When Trump Plays Chicken With China

3 weeks ago | allsides.com | Dan Schnur

From the Center There is one news story that matters more than any other in the world right now—the burgeoning fight between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. We have spent a good amount of time in this space over the last several weeks talking about Trump’s threatened trade war, but it has become increasingly clear that the standoff between the US and China over tariffs and other rules governing international commerce will shape the global economy for years to come.
Will Antisemitism Bill Survive?

1 month ago | jewishjournal.com | Dan Schnur

We know that our nation’s politics have become exceedingly and intolerably polarized in recent years. We have become resigned to the new reality that support for Israel in the U.S. has become an increasingly partisan issue. But perhaps there is space in even such a balkanized landscape for the two warring parties in Washington to briefly put aside their weapons and stand together against the dire threat of antisemitism.
When We Watch a 2024 Election Rerun

1 month ago | allsides.com | Dan Schnur

From the CenterThere are those who believe that Donald Trump won the 2024 election by forfeit. Trump’s bombast, his questionable personal conduct, and his hyper-aggressive approach to immigration, inflation, and other public policy matters thrilled his base and repulsed his critics. But the swing voters who ultimately decided this election chose him based on their perception that he would be more effective on their top priorities than Kamala Harris, who made little impression on them at all.