Joe Newman
@josephnewman.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, educator, poker player.
I don't write up breaking news too often but @mayorbowser.bsky.social's proposal to bring legal #poker and blackjack to the nation's capital caught my eye. #DC #pokersky pokerbook.substack.com/p/legal-poke...
Legal poker rooms in the nation's capital? It's on the table
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser is eyeing potential taxes on revenue from poker, black jack and bingo venues
pokerbook.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I don't write up breaking news too often but @mayorbowser.bsky.social's proposal to bring legal #poker and blackjack to the nation's capital caught my eye. #DC #pokersky pokerbook.substack.com/p/legal-poke...
The NBA should 100 percent find a way to make this happen randomly in real games.
I didn't really see the value in ESPN showing these virtual plays, but now that I've seen SGA fall through the court, I'm back in.
May 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The NBA should 100 percent find a way to make this happen randomly in real games.
While he's not the most polarizing pro poker player on tour, he's in the conversation. He's also headed to the Poker Hall of Fame (maybe this year) - hat tip to @dklappin.bsky.social @daraokearney.bsky.social )
pokerbook.substack.com/p/on-the-eve... #poker #pokersky
pokerbook.substack.com/p/on-the-eve... #poker #pokersky
On the eve of this year's WSOP, all eyes are on Scott Seiver
The Poker Hall of Fame beckons the defending WSOP Player of the Year but will he get the call this year?
pokerbook.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
While he's not the most polarizing pro poker player on tour, he's in the conversation. He's also headed to the Poker Hall of Fame (maybe this year) - hat tip to @dklappin.bsky.social @daraokearney.bsky.social )
pokerbook.substack.com/p/on-the-eve... #poker #pokersky
pokerbook.substack.com/p/on-the-eve... #poker #pokersky
Anyone who has ever been to Alcatraz - and there's 1.5 million visitors a year of all political inclinations who take the ferry there - knows how insane Trump is with his latest idea. #madking
May 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Anyone who has ever been to Alcatraz - and there's 1.5 million visitors a year of all political inclinations who take the ferry there - knows how insane Trump is with his latest idea. #madking
Stay calm and read @pkrugman.bsky.social. Oh shit, so much for calm. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-carel...
Will Malignant Stupidity Kill the World Economy?
Trump’s tariffs are a disaster. His policy process is worse.
paulkrugman.substack.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Stay calm and read @pkrugman.bsky.social. Oh shit, so much for calm. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/will-carel...
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Trump is set to leave the White House early today to go to his Florida golf club after setting the economy on fire with his devastating tariff announcement.
After Unveiling Tariff Plan, Trump Will Abandon White House Early Today for Miami Golf Club
Trump will then spend the night at Mar-a-Lago
meidasnews.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Trump is set to leave the White House early today to go to his Florida golf club after setting the economy on fire with his devastating tariff announcement.
Apparently, “America First” is another way of saying “America Alone.”
March 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Apparently, “America First” is another way of saying “America Alone.”
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We are celebrating black history month at my daughter’s school. You can’t erase history with executive orders.
February 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We are celebrating black history month at my daughter’s school. You can’t erase history with executive orders.
Obviously a staged ambush. I can't ever recall a VP sitting in on one of these oval office media gaggles. #standwithUkraine
February 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Obviously a staged ambush. I can't ever recall a VP sitting in on one of these oval office media gaggles. #standwithUkraine
Back in 2005, a few days after #huntersthompson killed himself, I posted a remembrance that, thematically, was off. I let the outrageousness of his life distract me from deeper meanings. Hopefully, I've corrected that error today. #poker pokerbook.substack.com/p/fear-loath...
Fear, loathing and Vegas 20 years after Hunter S. Thompson's death
The desert oasis is still humping the American Dream
pokerbook.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Back in 2005, a few days after #huntersthompson killed himself, I posted a remembrance that, thematically, was off. I let the outrageousness of his life distract me from deeper meanings. Hopefully, I've corrected that error today. #poker pokerbook.substack.com/p/fear-loath...
Remembering "Miami John" Cernuto
He leaves a poker legacy of being an ironman of the game.
pokerbook.substack.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Me: (channelling my inner Bobby Womack): I'm from the streets, baby. I grew up across 110th Street.
Wife: I used to live in a dorm that looked out on 110th Street.
Me: Did you ever see me?
Wife: I used to live in a dorm that looked out on 110th Street.
Me: Did you ever see me?
February 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Me: (channelling my inner Bobby Womack): I'm from the streets, baby. I grew up across 110th Street.
Wife: I used to live in a dorm that looked out on 110th Street.
Me: Did you ever see me?
Wife: I used to live in a dorm that looked out on 110th Street.
Me: Did you ever see me?
So now we have the answer to the trivia question: name one thing Trump did in his 2nd term that wasn't completely bonkers? (not that he actually has the legal authority to do this)
www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/b...
February 10, 2025 at 5:38 AM
So now we have the answer to the trivia question: name one thing Trump did in his 2nd term that wasn't completely bonkers? (not that he actually has the legal authority to do this)
www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/b...
www.cnn.com/2025/02/09/b...
Currently reading: The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism by Emmanuel Goldstein.
Highly recommend it to anyone trying to understand what's going on this country.
Highly recommend it to anyone trying to understand what's going on this country.
February 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Currently reading: The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism by Emmanuel Goldstein.
Highly recommend it to anyone trying to understand what's going on this country.
Highly recommend it to anyone trying to understand what's going on this country.
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Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe
Autogolpe
What’s really happening beneath the Musk/Trump chaos
paulkrugman.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Don't just ask how Musk/Trump actions serve their supposed purposes. Ask how they aid the attempt to seize power paulkrugman.substack.com/p/autogolpe
Opened my #fanduel account for first time in a long time and found a $1.50 balance. All I have to do is win one "sure" bet a day. If I can double up 20 times in a row, I'll be sitting on $1.5 million. Day 1 is in the books.
February 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Opened my #fanduel account for first time in a long time and found a $1.50 balance. All I have to do is win one "sure" bet a day. If I can double up 20 times in a row, I'll be sitting on $1.5 million. Day 1 is in the books.
I didn't write this with the intention posting to the substack, but I'm all about repurposing. #poker
Most memorable moment in WSOP history?
You know it if you've seen Rounders
pokerbook.substack.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I didn't write this with the intention posting to the substack, but I'm all about repurposing. #poker
Been a rough school year for our household with colds, norovirus, coughs etc. Elementary schools are just big petri dishes. Can't imagine what it's going to be like when we get rid of vaccine mandates. #makingmeaslesgreatagain
February 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Been a rough school year for our household with colds, norovirus, coughs etc. Elementary schools are just big petri dishes. Can't imagine what it's going to be like when we get rid of vaccine mandates. #makingmeaslesgreatagain
Never thought we’d achieve time travel in my lifetime. Welcome back to 1950!
February 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Never thought we’d achieve time travel in my lifetime. Welcome back to 1950!
Sometimes I feel like @bsky.app is the hub of the resistance and while I'm happy that it is less toxic than the other place, I also worry that it's an echo chamber.
January 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Sometimes I feel like @bsky.app is the hub of the resistance and while I'm happy that it is less toxic than the other place, I also worry that it's an echo chamber.
I took this photo 8 years ago today at a protest in DC that brought out about 20k people to protest Trump's Muslim ban (so, i was reminded on that other platform).
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January 30, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I took this photo 8 years ago today at a protest in DC that brought out about 20k people to protest Trump's Muslim ban (so, i was reminded on that other platform).
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Well, America got the dictator it always wanted. Are we really not even two weeks in?
January 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Well, America got the dictator it always wanted. Are we really not even two weeks in?
Love how these Crypto insiders are tweaked at the grifter-in-chief launching his own meme coin. Not b/c of the shady ethics but because they weren't given a headsup to buy before the price surge. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Crypto fans hoped Trump would make them legit. Then came the meme coins.
The launch of $TRUMP and $MELANIA crypto coins has disappointed some in the crypto industry, who fear they amplify the sector’s sillier and scammier side.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Love how these Crypto insiders are tweaked at the grifter-in-chief launching his own meme coin. Not b/c of the shady ethics but because they weren't given a headsup to buy before the price surge. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...