Luke Oh Bee

don’t forget to smile

[Astead @AsteadWH]

Bothers me when Politics World uses the rising number of political independents as a justification for more Joe Manchins.

“Independent” isn’t the same as the midpoint on a left/right spectrum, and most voters don’t neatly define themselves by ideology anyway

On @CNN @outfrontCNN with @ErinBurnett and @PaulRieckhoff

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

DNC Chair Ken Martin went on Pod Save America this week to justify burying his party’s 200-page autopsy on 2024 — the report some on his team say shows that Biden’s Gaza policy cost Harris the election.

Meanwhile, Graham Platner — the Maine Senate candidate polling 40 points ahead of his primary opponents, outraising Susan Collins, and running on small-dollar donations — told Jon Stewart that DNC leadership hasn’t reached out to ask why he’s winning.

The Democratic Party leadership won’t examine why it lost in 2024, and isn’t curious why a candidate is winning by 40 points in 2026.

“It’s the lack of curiosity… that bothers me,” Platner said.

[Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe]

This moment in a nutshell.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

hmm

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

They’re not even subtle.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

FFS, who writes this stuff for the Times? How dishonest are they? It’s an illegal invasion and occupation of Lebanon, not an expansion of ‘territory it controls.’ Can you imagine the NYT talking about Russia and Ukraine like this?
https://t.co/20UUcW06TK

[Austin MacNamara @gremloe]

Americans learning that governments can actually do things for the 1,688,354th time

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Democrats wondering how to do manosphere podcasts, meanwhile here’s the guy their leadership won’t endorse who won his primary in a landslide:

[David Sirota @davidsirota]

exactly 1 year apart

[Melanie D'Arrigo @DarrigoMelanie]

If you're a Democrat who thinks that Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination for NYC Mayor with the biggest voter turnout in NYC primary history because he used TikTok, and not because he shunned big money and ran on working class issues, then you are why Democrats lose.

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

"I know some of you have expressed concerns about my age. You are worried about a 33 year becoming mayor of New York City.

"And I want you to know, I hear you. That’s why this weekend I’ll be making a change.

"I’m turning 34."

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

The video of this incident is just as bad as it sounds. The priest is standing there, not doing anything remotely illegal, and without warning a masked DHS agent on the roof shoots him in the top of his head with a pepper ball.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

Can we...just accept that we suck at this?

I want to tell you a story that has made me kinda hopeless about Twitter's ability to affect positive things happening, and it starts with this tweet from Hillary Clinton.

https://t.co/CCWzdwPSUu

[Deb Krol @Debkrol]

Morning Twitterazzi! @ABecenti and I would appreciate it if you all would amplify the work we're doing at the Indigenous news desk at @azcentral here's an example. Thanks! https://t.co/Wxe9SC9UFd

[Michael Elizabeth Sakas @MichaelESakas]

I’m excited to introduce ✨Parched✨ a new podcast from @CPRNews! It’s about people who rely on the Colorado River and have ideas to save it. As climate change & population growth slam together in the southwest, we need to use water differently. (🧵1/)

https://t.co/z5RL4T0EiC

[CPW NW Region @CPW_NW]

While spring is officially here, winter continues to hold on in the NW. While the effects of this year's severe winter won't be seen until after the snow melts, NW Region staff and bios are preparing for a higher mortality rate this year.

Full story ➡️ https://t.co/54LPi6L1uS

[Annalise (she/her) @annalisemporter]

Some pretty sobering scenario-based model run results from USBR today at its first SEIS-for-near-term-ops webinar. Lots of power pool. Lots of dead pool. Second webinar is Friday: https://t.co/AthDUWd9bl

[Grant Burningham 🌍 @granteb]

With the help of @TheWaterDesk the Salt Lake Tribune has published our first article in a series on alfalfa, which is the number 1 water user in the state -- by far. Here are some of the more surprising findings: