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Tess

@tesshoffman.bsky.social

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Not a bad friend to have in your friend pocket. She/her. “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.” —Frederick Douglass

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Our state must defend against the racist, fascist federal admin. Join SURJ Baltimore’s Anti-Racist Legislative Day to hear from our BIPOC-led partners about their priorities + what WE can do to ensure the bills pass! Sat Feb 7 2-4 pm Hybrid w/on-site childcare Info+RSVP: bit.ly/LegDay2026

Image of the Maryland State House in Annapolis with superimposed images of a raised fist and a map of Maryland. The text of the image reads: SURJ Baltimore Anti-Racist Legislative Day. Saturday, February 7th, 2-4 p.m. Hybrid. Zion Church of the City of Baltimore or on Zoom. RSVP: bit.ly/LegDay2026

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Maryland must defend against the racist, fascist federal administration. Join SURJ Baltimore’s Anti-Racist Legislative Day to hear from our BIPOC-led partners about their priorities + what WE can do to ensure the bills pass! Sat Feb 7 2-4 pm Hybrid w/on-site childcare Info+RSVP: bit.ly/LegDay2026

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Damn. I was curious about the purported Trump-Hegseth exchange circa 2000 so I looked up where the latter was then. He was at Princeton, not yet old enough to legally drink. www.newyorker.com/news/news-de...

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

satisfying timeline juxtaposition just now

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Immigrants’ rights are under attack—we must fight back. Join SURJ Baltimore’s Community Care Meeting to learn how to respond to ICE activity as bystanders. Together we can stand up for liberty and justice for ALL. Sat Aug 2 2-3:30 pm Hybrid Info+RSVP: tiny.cc/surjcommunity

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Goose meme. In the first panel, the goose asks, "But why would it end Republican control of Congress?" In the second panel, the goose, head down and ferocious, repeats the question while chasing a coward.

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-13-2...

"Here’s the thing: Once you give up the idea that we are all equal before the law and have the right to due process, you have given up the whole game. You have admitted the principle that some people have more rights than others. Once you have replaced the principle of equality before the law with the idea that some people have no rights, you have granted your approval to the idea of an authoritarian government. At that point, all you can do is to hope that the dictator and his henchmen overlook you."

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

At least 400 at the #TeslaTakedown in Owings Mills today, and again, super-heartening, positive response from drivers-by. Many thanks to everyone out there organizing these and showing up!

A woman stands in a crowd of Tesla Takedown protestors by a roadside on a sunny day. She is holding up a sign that reads, "Get Elon Musk out of our government and get his Tesla deathtraps off our White House lawn." At her feet is a second sign that reads, "No one elected President Musk! That DOGE don't hunt."

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Done:

Please restore transgendered people to your content about Stonewall. Editing these people out, via careful phrases like "the quest for LGB civil rights," makes a mockery of a page about the civil rights of LGBTQIA+ individuals, and it does so at a time when transgendered people are under particular attack by the Trump administration. Standing up for LGBTQIA+ rights was necessary in 1969--and it is necessary again in 2025. Be on the right side of history here.

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Tess @tesshoffman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Elon Musk is shown, head and shoulders only, in three-quarter view facing left, wearing a suit jacket and tie. To his right, the words "Lock Him Up" are superimposed on the background of the photograph.

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