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Sam DeLeo

@samdeleo.bsky.social
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Writer of fiction & nonfiction; editor; amateur networker; social media dabbler; reluctant user of semicolons

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LaurieKafka @lauriekafka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Todd Blanche is getting away with it because no judge is HOLDING HIM IN CONTEMPT! No one will do anything to stop this regime from any of their illegal actions, which in essence, says to all of us that our laws no longer matter!
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Why is certainty a sign of strength? My latest essay in The Good Men Project @goodmenproject.bsky.social goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
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The Importance of Being Earnestly Right
Why is certainty a sign of strength?
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Carolirene @carolirene75.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is a good one.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Why do we keep believing fascism will play by the rules?? By its very definition, fascism breaks the law with impunity and criminalizes the legal actions of its opponents—it subverts the rule of law.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
R.I.P. Wendell Berry, and thank you.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
When it gets to be too much, I have trouble taking this masculinity stuff seriously. The Good Men Project published my essay "Man Enough Just Ain't Enough, Man" goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
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Man Enough Just Ain’t Enough, Man
More military and martial arts fighting, more steroids, testosterone, more phallic rockets to heaven, or at least to Mars.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
@goodmenproject.bsky.social The Good Men Project recently published my essay "The War Inside": goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
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The War Inside
Winning and being true to oneself
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
@goodmenproject.bsky.social The Good Men Project published my essay about playing chicken with a semi. It was decades ago in another life but, needless to say, I don't recommended it. goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
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Deathmatch
Competition as killing.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Just learned The Good Men Project (@goodmenproject.bsky.social) published my essay, "Blank Decade," about men's difficulty in expressing emotion, so for effect, I'll pretend I'm not pleased 🙄: goodmenproject.com/featured-con...
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Blank Decade
It was absurd behavior, but we weren’t able to see it in that light at the time.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
exactly, and most especially if they believe their impunity depends on them...
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A story on stepfathers and stepsons... open.substack.com/pub/samdeleo...
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Blank Decade
Memories of our muted lives
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Judges can rule all they want against the administration, but it means nothing unless the laws are enforced. If lawbreakers are not held accountable, then there is no rule of law. And if murder is permitted, why would they fear fixing an election???
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Roblee14 @vegasdude83.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Fascists will never tell you what they are but they will always show you
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Wrote an essay about #UFCFreedom250 samdeleo.substack.com/p/man-enough...
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Man Enough Just Ain't Enough, Man
More military and martial arts fighting, more steroids, testosterone, more phallic rockets to heaven, or at least to Mars
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🅽ew🆂mart EN 🍋‍🟩 Verified. Not Amplified. @toppnews.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
#attack #Gaza #genocide #Israel #survivors #Trump #SHUT UP, PIGGY 🐷 #Trump administration #Washington 🌐 www.newsmart.ch
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
A provision in the justice code allows judges to appoint local and national members of law enforcement—not just marshalls/deputies from the Dept. of Justice—to arrest those who have committed contempt. That this has not happened is why we are where we are, and why there is no longer any rule of law.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
The Third Reich knew repeating unchallenged lies can lead to their acceptance as truths. This administration will sow doubt about the midterm elections being stolen until they can create ways to steal them. How many times do they need to show us what they are doing before we fight back against it?
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WendyTSRQ @wendytestaberger.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
If Cankles shows up at MSG to watch game three of the NBA Championship series I desperately hope the whole place erupts with a sustained chant of "JEFFREY EPSTEIN, JEFFREY EPSTEIN" over and over until Cankles flees.
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Santa(har)Monica @ngmh.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Why does a president need immunity from committing TAX FRAUD unless he is and has been committing tax fraud?
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Feels like we should be talking in this way about this topic more often: pluralistic.net/2026/05/27/u...
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Pluralistic: AI and a world without migrants (27 May 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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pastajoe.bsky.social @pastajoe.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
R.I.P. Sonny Rollins.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
What if the individualistic and traditionally masculine stereotype doesn't really exist in war? I wrote a short essay on the subject. samdeleo.substack.com/p/the-war-in...
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The War Inside
Winning and being true to oneself
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Today Gov. Polis, in an inexcusable overreach to act as both judge and jury, has disgraced not only the state of Colorado, but all Americans who believe no one is above the law. This quisling-like action makes me feel sick and ashamed to be a Coloradan, and it should haunt him the rest of his life.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I know about men behaving badly because I was one of them. Isn't it past time we put a stop to it and demand accountability? I wrote this essay about it: adelaidemagazine.org/man-vs-fear
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
My latest essay on how competitiveness sometimes pushes men too far. open.substack.com/pub/samdeleo...
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Deathmatch
Competition as killing.
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
There is now a massive street party with huge crowds dancing in Budapest. Hugs, tears and bottles opening. Orban is gone, Peter Magyar took power
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Charlie Austin @chuckles-s.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Just in case!
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
How many times does his treason need to be proven? Our military is meant to protect our national security.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Why is our very existence now threatened by men beholden to a destructive interpretation of masculinity? I plan on exploring this topic here and welcome your feedback: open.substack.com/pub/samdeleo...
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What Does It Mean to Be a Man?
Essays on rethinking masculinity and reclaiming our humanity
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
#NuggetsLakers #DearNBAofficials; "Push off": The offensive foul of elbowing a defender with one's forearm, either to create space or attempt a shot.
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Skip, the Online New Yorker (terrifying, i know) @badposter.lol · 15/03/2026
why are Trump and Epstein trending together? are you guys implying they had some sort of friendship? what would a reality tv star have to do with a new york financier?
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T2T @tradesman2trader.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Yup Trump sees everybody for $10 billion it seems “ the Epstein files proved Donald Trump raped children” Ted Lieu The orange paedophiles response? BTW - Ted is a courteous hero
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a cricket is crawling on the ground next to a caption that says i hear nothing but crickets
ALT: a cricket is crawling on the ground next to a caption that says i hear nothing but crickets
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Clay Nobles @claynobles.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
BREAKING: YES! Philadelphia's superstar DA Larry Krasner sends a shiver through MAGA world by announcing plans to prosecute the "Epstein class" on a state level — which means they can't be pardoned. This is EXACTLY what we've all be screaming for... "Hey Epstein class, you may think that 👇
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Greg Morosoff @gregmorosoff.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
TED LIEU: "The Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped children." A sitting congressman said this on the record. #TheAlliedForces
TED LIEU: "The Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped children."

A sitting congressman said this on the record.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
If you believe Trump was worried about children seeing the "disgusting" Bad Bunny dancers, you likely also believe he's going to allow a free and fair midterm election. If we STILL can't that understand sociopathy is not political, we will never be prepared to counter what's coming.
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
I’ve now seen the unredacted Epstein files. I am sickened, I am enraged, but I am also heartsick for every woman and girl who experienced this horrific trauma and abuse. I will do everything in my power to get them justice and hold AG Bondi accountable. Democratic Rep. Becca Balint (Vermont)
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Follow Philly: Arrest, indict, prosecute, then let judges sentence them and fight with force against any attempts to free them with authorized immunity. Make them pay the price. Judges can't maintain the rule of law without the physical action of the enforcement of said laws.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
IMO, these aren't unplanned excessive uses of force, they're sanctioned executions. Ross worked at CBD when the tactic of standing in vehicle paths to justify shooting drivers was used. Did Ross look surprised to you? Then don't be yourself. We're not in Kansas anymore, time to wake up. RIP Alex P.
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The Good killing and standing in front of her car - Working Immigrants
One’s initial response to the fatal incident was shock. Renee Nicole Macklin Good, on January 7, 2026, at about 9:30 AM in the Central neighborhood of South Minneapolis, was shot to death by ICE offic...
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
pretty fascinating...
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
You're both correct. • Sociopaths hurt others, including killing an innocent woman and terrorizing a community; and, sociopaths hurt others to cover up what they feel threatens their power to continuing hurting others: "What's right is what I want; what's wrong is what you won't let me do."
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
What we still don't grasp about #Jan.6th • The coup succeeded. • Our democracy isn't under threat, it's gone. We now have a fascist dictatorship unanswerable to any laws. • Regarding power, we've never believed in right and wrong, only privilege or its absence. We're paying for that history now.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Keeping informed and involved with what's going on can be exhausting. Sometimes it feels healthy to unplug for a bit... ...I read somewhere that a buddha, whose name I can't remember, said "I wouldn't pluck a single hair from my head to save the world." As a balding, old guy, I can relate.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Why did Payton (#Broncos) pass on two chances for 2 with only 5-point leads? Anyone understand that strategy?
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
If death is the question that asks, "Have you had enough?", my answer is definitely yes on the green bean casserole. (Let the Thanksgiving references begin.)
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Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 17/11/2025
Trump knows they're not going to share evidence in an ongoing investigation. So what does he do? He orders the DOJ to investigate Epstein-Dem connections to effectively lock away the files, then urges release of the files to create the false image of innocence. Don't be fooled.
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Sam DeLeo @samdeleo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Laura Trump unavailable to sing soprano parts because she was busy solving the Unified Field Theory...
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