After Sen. Darline Graham Nordone is sworn in, members from both sides of the aisle have lined up to shake her hand at the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's desk.
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Carolina Lumetta
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Carolina Lumetta
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Washington, DC Katılım Haziran 2020
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Did Rory Gilmore write this?
New York Magazine@NYMag
How did it come to be a socially acceptable fact of New York life that enjoying something popular involves waiting for over an hour? There have long been serpentine lines in New York City for the sorts of experiences you can't get anywhere else: Broadway tickets, skyscraper observation decks, Cronuts. This summer's lines, though, can seem borderline ludicrous: three to a street, blocks long, often for the types of things you can get almost anywhere in the city, like bagels, pizza, and pastries. They emerged slowly over the past few years and then, like a flood, a cumulative effect of TikTok constantly showing all of us what we are missing out on in our very own boroughs. The temptation is almost too strong — why not take the train 15 minutes to figure out if that slice of pizza is as good as everyone on your “For You” page is telling you it is? “It’s herd mentality,” one young woman, nearly rolling her eyes at herself for joining the hype, told Brock Colyar at Myka, a froyo chain. Now, especially along the Brooklyn waterfront and much of downtown, people wait for an ever-diversifying assortment of viral sweet treats, all the while petting each other's dogs, gossiping, minding their toddlers, checking Slack, and scrolling their remaining time in line away. Naturally, some New Yorkers are getting persnickety about the situation. As the haters’ thinking goes: waiting in line is lemming-like tourist behavior, what you do pissily at Disney World. (At least there you can pay for a fast pass.) Others champion the line people. “I don’t like when people make fun of the people who stand around in long lines,” the downtown writer known as Sotce recently wrote on her Substack. “Some people read Substack, some people wait in a line. Some people have vintage denim and read books by dead people. And really we all die.” For our latest cover story, Brock Colyar tackles the city's overwhelming line culture — talking to the people who revile the lines, the people who revere them, and the business owners who get hate mail over them even as their livelihoods depend on them. Read it, while you inevitably wait in line yourself: nymag.visitlink.me/YOVOIg
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Why did South Carolina keep electing Lindsey Graham? The voters knew him personally, and saw him all the time.
"Even when they disagreed with his policies, they loved him," @CarolinaLumetta said on Monday's RCP podcast.
RealClearPolitics@RCPolitics
On Monday's RCP podcast: — Lindsey Graham's legacy — McConnell gives proof of life — Iran War is back on — Rahm Emanuel's warning to Israel — 'Teen takeovers' and 'the end of reading' @CarolinaLumetta joins @TomBevanRCP, @abwalworth, and @CarlCannon youtube.com/watch?v=koQcvs…
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@BWLH_ No, the story explains that she has a history of mental health issues and seemed to be pretty detached from what was going on around her. The ending scene with her really shows this.
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Are you trying to imply she went missing because White guys rode The Metro and she was forced to behave?
Paul Kane@pkcapitol
She's not Rosa Parks, she's not Ruby Bridges. She's Bernita Bowlding, a mentally challenged woman who went missing for 5 days after infamous Orange Line ride. Truth is always more complicated than our online images. This @esilverman11 piece is haunting. notus.org/metro/viral-me…
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Darline Graham Nordone has had a crazy 48 hours. And tomorrow afternoon, she becomes a sitting U.S. senator, tasked with upcoming executive confirmation votes, potential Russia sanctions, a shutdown deadline approaching, and organizing her brother's funeral.
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In my first story with Kelley French for @NOTUSreports, I spoke to the woman pictured in the Metro photo on July 4.
She didn't know she went viral. Her family wants people to know their difficult reality. Please take some time with our story today notus.org/metro/viral-me…
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Bessent’s name has been floated for Graham’s seat. He’s maintained his SC residency and has good name recognition now.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent@SecScottBessent
As a South Carolina native, I can think of no more fitting tribute to Lindsey Graham's legacy of service to our state and our nation than seeing his beloved sister carry it forward. Darline has always been at her brother’s side and I know she will be an outstanding interim Senator. The U.S. Treasury will do everything possible to support her and her staff as they work on the President’s agenda and continue to provide strong constituent services for the great people of South Carolina.
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On Monday's RCP podcast:
— Lindsey Graham's legacy
— McConnell gives proof of life
— Iran War is back on
— Rahm Emanuel's warning to Israel
— 'Teen takeovers' and 'the end of reading'
@CarolinaLumetta joins @TomBevanRCP, @abwalworth, and @CarlCannon
youtube.com/watch?v=koQcvs…
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.@LeaderJohnThune quotes Billy Graham in remembering Sen. Lindsey Graham (no relation)
“I shall be more alive than I am now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the presence of God.”
Then through tears, Thune said, “I am comforted by the knowledge that in the end he has just changed his address, and that one day, Mr. President, we will laugh together again.”
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.@ChuckGrassley remembers Lindsey Graham on the Senate floor:
"He was infectious in the way he told a story, and of course, there was always a punchline. I was no stranger to being the butt of his jokes. Senator Graham loved to tell people how frugal I was, and that if I were ever to open my billfold, dust and moss would come out of it. I don't know how many times I've heard that."
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NEW: I just spoke briefly with the late Sen. Lindsey Graham's sister Darline Graham Nordone after President Trump recommended she serve as her late brother's interim replacement
"Actually, I'm just kind of like devastated right now," she said, declining to speak further about the potential appointment
Darline is a constituent of Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC), who also told me: "I have faith in Gov. McMaster that he will make the right decision, but I would support the president's recommendation"
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Graham's parents died when he was 20 and 21. He became his teenage sister's legal guardian and then adopted her so she could receive his military service benefits.
Trump has recommended Darline as the interim seat holder until November, when someone else will be elected for the full term.
Caleb Smith@CalebJSmith
For those just hearing about Darline Graham for the first time, these are must-watch videos written and produced by @howellgrp.
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Back in April I followed Lindsey Graham around on the campaign trail for a day. Fueled by Chick-fil-a and constituents, he fielded voter questions all day on Iran, reconciliation, etc. In our interview, he responded to the Disney drama for the first time.
"He argues he’s just now reaching his stride: 'I trust the voters to understand that I feel that what I have to offer to South Carolina is at its highest peak.'
wng.org/articles/linds…
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Plenty of Monday morning news for my @cspanwj debut
- The White House mourns Lindsey Graham
- more Iran strikes
- Trump to meet with House leadership this week to try to break a legislative logjam
- IndyCar showcase in DC
RealClearPolitics@RCPolitics
Lindsey Graham Leaves Vacuum For 'Trump Whisperer' In The Senate: RCP's @CarolinaLumetta realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/07/…
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Wanted to find a place for this nugget, never thought it would be in an obit
He shuttled between Jerusalem and the Gulf States so much that Graham joked with me at the Munich Security Conference this year that he was tempted to franchise a Chick-fil-A in the Holy Land (it would be closed on Saturdays, not Sundays, he noted).
politico.com/news/magazine/…
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After a weekend of Iran saying "the strait is closed" and the US saying "no, it's open," Trump reinstates the blockade, this time with a 20% cut from all cargo safely shipped due to US security.
Trump War Room@TrumpWarRoom
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I spent much of the last 24 hours looking back at my unpublished conversations with Sen. Lindsey Graham from the last six months and talking to some of the people he told me he worked with and trusted most in D.C.
Here's what they told @jewishinsider about Lindsey, his sudden passing, his legacy and the voids caused by his absence in Washington:
jewishinsider.com/2026/07/lindse…
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President Trump will meet with @SpeakerJohnson and @NRCC Chair @RepHudsonNC tomorrow afternoon, per the public schedule.
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