Daniel Stublen

Washington-based editor/writer for @AFP.
Followers will see a disproporionate amount of tweets about North Carolina and French politics + science and food.

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

"I cannot describe to you how much joy President Trump’s leadership and friendship brought to Lindsey"

[Stephen Miller @StephenM]

At the end of a particularly thrilling and rollicking meeting in the Oval Office, Lindsey Graham turned to the room and said: “I’ve never had this much fun in my life.”

I cannot describe to you how much joy President Trump’s leadership and friendship brought to Lindsey. Meetings with Graham at the White House were filled with camaraderie, kinship and uproarious laughter.

As heartbreaking as his sudden passing is, I hope it will bring some measure of comfort to those who cherished him to know just how much he was living his dream every day. Very rarely in life do you get to be exactly where you want to be, when you want to be there, with who you want to be with, doing precisely what you want to do — that was every moment for Lindsey.

When President Trump won in Nov 2024, Lindsey was exultant. Elated. And determined. He couldn’t wait to spearhead work, as the Budget Chairman, on the reconciliation bill that would cement President Trump’s most important campaign promises. I’ll never forget the senate lunch, when a couple Senators were a tad off the program, and Lindsey — in his inimitable way — made sure everyone was onside by the time we left. It was a glorious thing to witness. He knew how to move a room.

Lindsey was a senator’s senator. The job was everything to him. Truly did he believe in the splendor of the office and the noble lineage behind it, of which he was the worthy heir.

He was a senator in the mold of those who fashioned the institution, someone who still had the ability, in a heated exchange, to use rhetorical power to change the course of events.

Which is why we will never forget his legendary Kavanaugh moment. We rarely think that we are out of time with our friends, so while there is a lot more I wish I could have said to Lindsey, I am glad that more than once I told him what that moment meant to the whole nation and why he was the only Senator who could have done it with such utter perfection.

Most importantly, I had the chance to tell him on many occasions what his friendship meant to me and to us all. There was never once a time he didn’t answer a phone call and lend whatever assistance was required. It was never a question with Lindsey. He believed deeply in the code of friendship and loyalty.

The fact that Lindsey started out as a political opponent only to become one the President’s most steadfast and faithful supporters underscores that Lindsey believed emphatically in the voice of the people.

There is a lot more I would like to say. His passing, at a time when he had never been more dynamic, is as unexpected as it is shocking. In many respects, Lindsey was the last of a breed of American Senator whose like we may not yet see again for a long time.

He lived every minute in the arena, a political gladiator to the very last.

More than anything now, our thoughts are with his Sister, nieces and loved ones.

We pray that God will ease their sorrow and heal their pain.

Lindsey can never be replaced and will never be forgotten.

Godspeed, my friend.

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

Another US Senate candidate kicking out reporters à la J.Crockett v. @elainejgodfrey

[Bryan Anderson @BryanRAnderson]

U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley's campaign has barred certain outlets from covering his events, myself included for @TheAssemblyNC. At an event yesterday, police were called. We'll continue to cover this race. #ncpol #ncsen

Full Statement Below:

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

@AdamTuss @nbcwashington Placing multiple signal lights at the circle going to cause major headaches

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

@AdamsMorganNews @PepcoConnect Is the interminable roadwork on 18th nearby related to this?

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

National Park Service is requesting comments on Trump's proposed mega-arch next to Arlington Cemetery
https://t.co/mRsUqJNzUK

[Scott Nover @ScottNover]

New: The Washington Post reconstructed journalist Amal Khalil’s final hours in Lebanon found that Israel’s military denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive.

w/ @suzanHaidamous, @mmkelly22, and @MohamdEch

https://t.co/ar48t6g4ei

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

“The social post in question was taken down because it violated the UNC System’s Equality Policy, which requires neutrality on political and social issues,” a university spokesperson told The News & Observer.

[Under the Dome, N&O @underthedome]

UNC athletics celebrated Pride month in social media post. Now, it’s deleted. https://t.co/2P22sWXF0s

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

“The current report reflects all medications deemed clinically relevant to disclose at this time,” the White House said in a statement.

[Dan Diamond @ddiamond]

For years, Trump took a hair-loss drug — Propecia (finasteride).

Now it’s no longer on his medical reports.

I asked the White House if Trump still uses it, and officials said they’re not obligated to disclose all his medications.

https://t.co/80QluMs2Ap

[Gang Suppression Force - Haiti @GSForceHaiti]

The GSF is on the ground in Port-au-Prince. Forces are patrolling, and the mission has shifted from planning to action. With the reach, capability, and mandate to go where needed, this is just the beginning.
#GSFHaiti #PortauPrince #Security

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

9 years into a two terms as president, Macron still trying to rally against French pessimism

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Croyons dans le pays !!!

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

@WoodyWhite5 @NCStateAuditor Had forgotten how horrific the UNC system rebrand looks

[Laura Loomer @LauraLoomer]

Thank you for the birthday card, President Trump! 🇺🇸

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

This graphic from @FT shows trump has suddenly gotten very interested in trading stocks

[nick roll @_stopdropnroll_]

News of attacks often takes days to emerge from far-flung, rural areas.

But as the smoke cleared Monday, it appeared that Sunday was particularly deadly, with strikes by the military and attacks by bandits killing around 100 civillians across the country https://t.co/Kt60PFpVrU

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

@wmata The MetroPulse app also has major issues auto-updating on its end, especially after you've clicked on a bus stop.

[Acyn @Acyn]

AG Todd Blanche tells Kristen Welker that individuals selling 86 merchandise or posting messages similar to Comey’s seashell post will not be prosecuted:

“Of course not. That’s posted constantly. That phrase is used constantly.”

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

Paramount CEO David Ellison’s dinner “honoring the Trump White House and CBS White House correspondents"... is being held at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.
https://t.co/db2vJbSMQZ

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

@carlquintanilla were you asked to not appear on CNBC this morning becauase of the Trump interview?

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

Days after the president blasted the Pope as “weak on Crime,” his own DOJ moved to dismiss criminal cases against individuals convicted of conspiring to use force to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

Some of the conduct for which Rhodes was convicted:

[Daniel Stublen @dstublen]

Trump blames "the fake news" for making people believe the AI image showed him as Jesus.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Q: Did you post that picture of yourself as Jesus Christ?

Trump: I did post it, I thought it was me as a doctor. It's supposed to be me as a doctor, making people better. And I do make people better