Toni
@toniwaterman.bsky.social
Global citizen anchored (for now) in DC. International correspondent for FSN. Ex-Int'l Biz Anchor @ChannelNewsAsia. Ex- @WGBH + @ABC. Love travel + Belgian beer + big fish.
To recap #brownUniversityShooting presser
- 2 dead, 8 in critical but stable condition
- Unclear if victims are students, faculty, or outsiders
- Suspect: male, dressed in black - still at large
- Finals taking place in the building between 2p-5pm - shooting reported at 4.05p
#BrownUniversity
- 2 dead, 8 in critical but stable condition
- Unclear if victims are students, faculty, or outsiders
- Suspect: male, dressed in black - still at large
- Finals taking place in the building between 2p-5pm - shooting reported at 4.05p
#BrownUniversity
December 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
To recap #brownUniversityShooting presser
- 2 dead, 8 in critical but stable condition
- Unclear if victims are students, faculty, or outsiders
- Suspect: male, dressed in black - still at large
- Finals taking place in the building between 2p-5pm - shooting reported at 4.05p
#BrownUniversity
- 2 dead, 8 in critical but stable condition
- Unclear if victims are students, faculty, or outsiders
- Suspect: male, dressed in black - still at large
- Finals taking place in the building between 2p-5pm - shooting reported at 4.05p
#BrownUniversity
Officials confirm 2 dead, 8 in critical, though stable, condition in #BrownUniversityShooting
Suspect(s) still at large.
Suspect(s) still at large.
December 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Officials confirm 2 dead, 8 in critical, though stable, condition in #BrownUniversityShooting
Suspect(s) still at large.
Suspect(s) still at large.
#Hegseth tries to draw a parellel between ISIS fighters and people aboard these alleged drug boats.
"Do you arrest ISIS? Pat them on the head and tell them not to do it again? Or do you end the problem?"
"Do you arrest ISIS? Pat them on the head and tell them not to do it again? Or do you end the problem?"
December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#Hegseth tries to draw a parellel between ISIS fighters and people aboard these alleged drug boats.
"Do you arrest ISIS? Pat them on the head and tell them not to do it again? Or do you end the problem?"
"Do you arrest ISIS? Pat them on the head and tell them not to do it again? Or do you end the problem?"
#Trump: "I want those boats taken out"
Says he still hasn't gotten "a lot of information" about the double-tap attack.
#Venezuela
Says he still hasn't gotten "a lot of information" about the double-tap attack.
#Venezuela
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#Trump: "I want those boats taken out"
Says he still hasn't gotten "a lot of information" about the double-tap attack.
#Venezuela
Says he still hasn't gotten "a lot of information" about the double-tap attack.
#Venezuela
#Hegseth - amid questions over potential war crimes - says:
“We’ve only just begun striking narco-boats and putting narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean”
Frames this as a fight for America's communities - 'cartels come in and take over'
“We’ve only just begun striking narco-boats and putting narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean”
Frames this as a fight for America's communities - 'cartels come in and take over'
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
#Hegseth - amid questions over potential war crimes - says:
“We’ve only just begun striking narco-boats and putting narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean”
Frames this as a fight for America's communities - 'cartels come in and take over'
“We’ve only just begun striking narco-boats and putting narco-terrorists at the bottom of the ocean”
Frames this as a fight for America's communities - 'cartels come in and take over'
Hegseth, who is facing criticsm over reported "kill all" order, sitting right next to #Trump in today's #CabinetMeeting.
December 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hegseth, who is facing criticsm over reported "kill all" order, sitting right next to #Trump in today's #CabinetMeeting.
#Trump says some of his cabinet members have become "stars"
Public imagine v. important to him.
#CabinetMeeting
Public imagine v. important to him.
#CabinetMeeting
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
#Trump says some of his cabinet members have become "stars"
Public imagine v. important to him.
#CabinetMeeting
Public imagine v. important to him.
#CabinetMeeting
#Trump says National Guard troops will be deployed to #NewOrleans "in a couple of weeks" at the request of the governor, who the President says has called him.
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#Trump says National Guard troops will be deployed to #NewOrleans "in a couple of weeks" at the request of the governor, who the President says has called him.
#Trump repeating claims he's dropped drug prices by 200, 300...800%
Which is mathamatically impossible.
#CabinetMeeting
Which is mathamatically impossible.
#CabinetMeeting
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
#Trump repeating claims he's dropped drug prices by 200, 300...800%
Which is mathamatically impossible.
#CabinetMeeting
Which is mathamatically impossible.
#CabinetMeeting
#BREAKING: #Trump administration launches "full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern" after National Guardsmen shooting.
x.com/USCISJoe/sta...
x.com/USCISJoe/sta...
USCIS Director Joseph B. Edlow on X: "At the direction of @POTUS, I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern." / X
At the direction of @POTUS, I have directed a full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern.
x.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#BREAKING: #Trump administration launches "full scale, rigorous reexamination of every Green Card for every alien from every country of concern" after National Guardsmen shooting.
x.com/USCISJoe/sta...
x.com/USCISJoe/sta...
Hong Kong leader says 279 people are uncontactable as fire rips through residential blocks.
#HongKongFire
#HongKongFire
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Hong Kong leader says 279 people are uncontactable as fire rips through residential blocks.
#HongKongFire
#HongKongFire
Death toll rises to 36 in Hong Kong, as fire engulfs residential blocks - HK fire department
#hongKongFire
#hongKongFire
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Death toll rises to 36 in Hong Kong, as fire engulfs residential blocks - HK fire department
#hongKongFire
#hongKongFire
White House offical tells me the Trump Administration was not given any notice about these new rules and that they are closely assessing any impact these export controls may have.
This seems certain to complicate trade talks and upcoming Trump - Xi meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
This seems certain to complicate trade talks and upcoming Trump - Xi meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
China puts new limits on rare earths as Xi’s meeting with Trump looms
China has put new export controls on rare earths, used in U.S. defense technology and computer chips, ahead of a meeting between the two countries’ leaders.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
White House offical tells me the Trump Administration was not given any notice about these new rules and that they are closely assessing any impact these export controls may have.
This seems certain to complicate trade talks and upcoming Trump - Xi meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
This seems certain to complicate trade talks and upcoming Trump - Xi meeting.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
UN has now issued a statement on escalator-gate....and it's pure gold:
September 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
UN has now issued a statement on escalator-gate....and it's pure gold:
LATEST on Texas flooding:
* death toll rises to 59 - including 38 adults, 21 children
* 11 camp mystic campers still unaccounted for, along with one counselor.
* +400 first responders working to locate people
* death toll rises to 59 - including 38 adults, 21 children
* 11 camp mystic campers still unaccounted for, along with one counselor.
* +400 first responders working to locate people
July 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
LATEST on Texas flooding:
* death toll rises to 59 - including 38 adults, 21 children
* 11 camp mystic campers still unaccounted for, along with one counselor.
* +400 first responders working to locate people
* death toll rises to 59 - including 38 adults, 21 children
* 11 camp mystic campers still unaccounted for, along with one counselor.
* +400 first responders working to locate people
Trump says his adminitration will move forward on a number of polices now that the Supreme Court has limited nationwide injunctions... including:
Ending sanctuary city funding
Suspending refugee resettlement
Freezing unnecessary funding
Stopping taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries
Ending sanctuary city funding
Suspending refugee resettlement
Freezing unnecessary funding
Stopping taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries
June 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump says his adminitration will move forward on a number of polices now that the Supreme Court has limited nationwide injunctions... including:
Ending sanctuary city funding
Suspending refugee resettlement
Freezing unnecessary funding
Stopping taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries
Ending sanctuary city funding
Suspending refugee resettlement
Freezing unnecessary funding
Stopping taxpayers from paying for transgender surgeries
Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth texts top secret war plans to other Trump officials and a journalist via Signal - a commerical messaging app.
What was that about Hillary's emails??
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
What was that about Hillary's emails??
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat
The conversation among the defense secretary and other national security officials on a commercial messaging app mistakenly included the editor in chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
www.nytimes.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth texts top secret war plans to other Trump officials and a journalist via Signal - a commerical messaging app.
What was that about Hillary's emails??
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
What was that about Hillary's emails??
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/u...
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Court orders Musk out of the Treasury computer payment systems until it can sort out whether the DOGE is a legal government entity.
BREAKING: we just blocked Musk & Trump out of the Treasury systems!
Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
Court order just secured — big win by us at @sddaction.bsky.social & our partners including @publiccitizen.bsky.social!
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Court orders Musk out of the Treasury computer payment systems until it can sort out whether the DOGE is a legal government entity.