S. Hawkins

Living where scientific, environmental, and agricultural policy meet. Raising goats, chickens, native plants, and more on a small California farm.

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Cyclosporiasis, the parasite causing the current explosive diarrhea outbreak, is at a level 20x higher than its yearly average.

This comes just 1 year after the Trump admin removed a cyclospora tracking mandate from the 'Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network.'

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

I would like to again thank the voters who insisted the Supreme Court wasn’t that big of a deal in 2016. Congrats! You did it! You showed that woman you hate!

[S. Hawkins @castlerockfarm]

I am shocked to be seeing this in *December*. Sure, Southern California is warmer and drier than Northern California, but these conditions don't normally exist this late in the calendar.

[NWS Los Angeles @NWSLosAngeles]

A Particularly Dangerous Situation Red Flag Warning is in effect for the coasts, valleys and mountains in the #SantaAnaWind prone corridor of Los Angeles/Ventura Counties, Monday night into Tuesday.

Red Flag warnings are in effect for portions of SoCal Mon-Wed.

[Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @JudiciaryDems]

Matt Gaetz shouldn’t be able to resign away an ethics investigation.

RT if you agree.

[S. Hawkins @castlerockfarm]

@AdamSheikh @kimHi99 There's absolutely no reason to think the price of eggs will go down- he put forth no plans to do so.

[Kurt Andersen @KBAndersen]

Nice to see his popular vote margin shrink to 1.4%. And while it’s only a cute bit of symbolic solace, REALLY nice to see his total sink below 50%. In other words, 50.1% of voters voted against him.

[Mary L Trump @MaryLTrump]

The Media Want to Blame Kamala Harris: They should take a look in the mirror

[𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @NashIsHere4It]

For real, tho.

[Alex Conant @AlexConant]

Amazing chart from @semafor

[Julia Davis @JuliaDavisNews]

Meanwhile in Russia: Putin's presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev said, "To achieve success in the election, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. As a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them."

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

When Obama tried to use recess appointments because Republicans were filibustering nominees, not because of their qualifications, but just to block him from filling posts, the Supreme Court slapped him down. Now watch them give Trump a complete greenlight.

[S. Hawkins @castlerockfarm]

@johnastoehr Exactly

[Max Fisher @Max_Fisher]

Dems delivered the most economically populist admin in decades, got handed a massive electoral defeat, and now every pundit is like "hey have you guys considered economic populism"

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

If you voted for Donald, don’t you dare thank a veteran for their service today. You voted to eliminate VA Hospitals & Clinics, to slash benefits for disabled Veterans, & to eliminate Veteran jobs in the federal workforce. You’re not welcome for our service. #VeteransDay

[S. Hawkins @castlerockfarm]

@jordanlaubaugh @ChrisMurphyCT Yes! This! So many of the working class men I deal with are awash in right wing media all day and there's no counterbalance to it. They live in a world of different "facts" and it's incredibly hard to pierce that bubble.

Dems are terrible at marketing too.

[AlexandruC4 @AlexandruC4]

President Trump’s new Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, was accused in a 20 page letter to the FEC of working with Russian Intelligence Services in 2018.

[The New Republic @newrepublic]

“He’ll start throwing people in jail, and I’d be at the top of the list,” said Gen. Mark Milley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff—a man not given to hyperbole, who understands how autocrats operate.

https://t.co/bJAmdlsKIF

[Simon Rosenberg @SimonWDC]

Jared Kushner’s buddies take over Univision and the Latino vote swings to Trump. Am sure it’s a coincidence.

https://t.co/QDshh12nVj

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

"The problem is most people simply do not absorb quality information. Instead, increasing numbers have a media diet that is mostly a bunch of lies, conspiracy theories, and irrelevant diatribes that right-wing propagandists use to deceive people." https://t.co/xNISfugUS4

[I Smoked Lindsey Graham @BlackKnight10k]

Low key, China is going to invade Taiwan in a year or two and the world will be chipless. He's still out here quietly saving the world and no one cares