Parisa Dehghani-Tafti
@parisaforjustice.bsky.social
Former public defender & innocence protection attorney, current elected prosecutor. Always social justice warrior. #Swiftie, #Trekkie, love Jane Austen
Shining a light in solidarity.
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Shining a light in solidarity.
James Baldwin wrote that the real tragedy of our lives is this: fear of our own morality leads us to do all sorts of (and this is my paraphrase) destructive stupid shit. We’re witnessing this truth every day: an old man with all the power in the world destructively acting out his fear of death
January 21, 2026 at 12:04 AM
James Baldwin wrote that the real tragedy of our lives is this: fear of our own morality leads us to do all sorts of (and this is my paraphrase) destructive stupid shit. We’re witnessing this truth every day: an old man with all the power in the world destructively acting out his fear of death
This is an extraordinary speech, all the more so because it was written by the Prime Minister himself. It says something about how far we’ve fallen that neither in substance nor in tone could this speech have been delivered by the current occupant of the White House.
January 20, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This is an extraordinary speech, all the more so because it was written by the Prime Minister himself. It says something about how far we’ve fallen that neither in substance nor in tone could this speech have been delivered by the current occupant of the White House.
Marie Antoinette had a peasant village, the Hameau de la Reine (The Queen's Hamlet), built on the grounds of Versailles, where she and ladies of her court would role play at being peasants……
“Let them eat cake”— Entertainers wearing dog masks and Rococo-era 18th-century European aristocratic court costumes danced for Mar-a-Lago guests at a party this weekend
January 15, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Marie Antoinette had a peasant village, the Hameau de la Reine (The Queen's Hamlet), built on the grounds of Versailles, where she and ladies of her court would role play at being peasants……
My career has been in criminal justice: formerly public defender and innocence protection attorney, and now chief prosecutor. Two things I’ve learned: full police power let loose on one group eventually turns on everyone; full police power is easy to turn on but nearly impossible to turn off.
January 13, 2026 at 3:21 AM
My career has been in criminal justice: formerly public defender and innocence protection attorney, and now chief prosecutor. Two things I’ve learned: full police power let loose on one group eventually turns on everyone; full police power is easy to turn on but nearly impossible to turn off.
Notice the exact same model that’s long been used to dehumanize Black victims of state violence is now being deployed to dehumanize Renee Good, a White woman. We can’t pick & choose who counts as human and who is worthy of our care and concern because “none of us are free until all of us are free.”
January 12, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Notice the exact same model that’s long been used to dehumanize Black victims of state violence is now being deployed to dehumanize Renee Good, a White woman. We can’t pick & choose who counts as human and who is worthy of our care and concern because “none of us are free until all of us are free.”
A lesson for our times: The “ideal Ayran baby” worshiped in Nazi Germany was a in fact a Jewish child.
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
A lesson for our times: The “ideal Ayran baby” worshiped in Nazi Germany was a in fact a Jewish child.
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
Hessy Levinsons Taft, Jewish Baby on Cover of Nazi Magazine, Dies at 91 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
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Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
Happy New Year!!!! Friends near and far! May next year be our year!
a happy new year greeting card with fireworks in the background
ALT: a happy new year greeting card with fireworks in the background
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January 1, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Happy New Year!!!! Friends near and far! May next year be our year!
The idea that there are Americans who are more “real” than others has always been a part of political conversation but it’s wild that it’s now mainstream to talk about so-called heritage Americans, which seems to be no more and no less than plain racism.
December 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The idea that there are Americans who are more “real” than others has always been a part of political conversation but it’s wild that it’s now mainstream to talk about so-called heritage Americans, which seems to be no more and no less than plain racism.
I should no longer be surprised at this point and yet it never ceases to amaze me how nowadays people like this gentleman equate wealth with virtue and having a fat bank account with providing value for your community.
Lutnick: "Now these people make a gift to the United States of America of $1 million, so you know these are the best people coming in. This is raising the value of the people coming into this country."
December 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I should no longer be surprised at this point and yet it never ceases to amaze me how nowadays people like this gentleman equate wealth with virtue and having a fat bank account with providing value for your community.
There are days when it feels like as a nation we are trapped inside a house full of (mostly but not all) men forcing us to deal with their pathologies and their fear of dying.
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
There are days when it feels like as a nation we are trapped inside a house full of (mostly but not all) men forcing us to deal with their pathologies and their fear of dying.
There’s nothing like a smart wealthy dude who just “discovered” an issue generations of Black folks, activists, academics, and journalists have shouted from the rooftops since forever. In the year of our lord 2025, this man is “shocked” to learn there is such a thing as mass incarceration
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
There’s nothing like a smart wealthy dude who just “discovered” an issue generations of Black folks, activists, academics, and journalists have shouted from the rooftops since forever. In the year of our lord 2025, this man is “shocked” to learn there is such a thing as mass incarceration
Many of you all have been asking, so here’s an article to give you an update on the request from the House Judiciary Committee. www.arlnow.com/2025/12/02/a...
Arlington’s top prosecutor fires back at House committee over allegations of ‘political bias’ | ARLnow.com
Arlington's commonwealth's attorney is returning fire to the House Judiciary Committee for questioning her handling of an ongoing criminal investigation, accusing it of overstepping its authority. Com...
www.arlnow.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Many of you all have been asking, so here’s an article to give you an update on the request from the House Judiciary Committee. www.arlnow.com/2025/12/02/a...
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
Side by side on the front page of the New York Times. Tax planners excited to save billionaires an extra million or two on their taxes. A woman dumpster-dives in the back of a Walmart to feed her family.
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Side by side on the front page of the New York Times. Tax planners excited to save billionaires an extra million or two on their taxes. A woman dumpster-dives in the back of a Walmart to feed her family.
This: “Hope … is the ability to imagine a better world it possible and then to build it brick by brick…”
"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."
Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope
His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This: “Hope … is the ability to imagine a better world it possible and then to build it brick by brick…”
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November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Tonight is a great night for Virginia democrats. A lot of folks worked hard to get us here but it has to be said that @bluevirginia.bsky.social has been a key media outlet showing how tell the story of how the democratic party can fight and win.
Does this qualify as "blue tsunami" territory? ;) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/live... h/t @notlarrysabato (great graphics!)
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Tonight is a great night for Virginia democrats. A lot of folks worked hard to get us here but it has to be said that @bluevirginia.bsky.social has been a key media outlet showing how tell the story of how the democratic party can fight and win.
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We’re rallying support for criminal justice reform. Join us for a FREE TACO BAR & MARGARITAS Wednesday, November 5th from 6-8PM in Falls Church, VA. We’re honored to have special guests @parisaforjustice.bsky.social and Del. @HopeforVirginia.bsky.social!
justiceforwardva.com/blog/2025/10... #valeg
justiceforwardva.com/blog/2025/10... #valeg
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We’re rallying support for criminal justice reform. Join us for a FREE TACO BAR & MARGARITAS Wednesday, November 5th from 6-8PM in Falls Church, VA. We’re honored to have special guests @parisaforjustice.bsky.social and Del. @HopeforVirginia.bsky.social!
justiceforwardva.com/blog/2025/10... #valeg
justiceforwardva.com/blog/2025/10... #valeg
Tonight’s democratic sweep of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and state house in Virginia, governor in New Jersey, and Mayor in New York City shows a broad coalition devoted to democracy, good government and the rule of law can win.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Tonight’s democratic sweep of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and state house in Virginia, governor in New Jersey, and Mayor in New York City shows a broad coalition devoted to democracy, good government and the rule of law can win.
Because this is a pending case I will make no comments other than, as our brief stated, that an impartial criminal investigation should always be balanced with respect for constitutional rights.
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Because this is a pending case I will make no comments other than, as our brief stated, that an impartial criminal investigation should always be balanced with respect for constitutional rights.
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
The Battle in Virginia Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Arlington up showed up yesterday!!
"Yesterday was a massive EV day in Virginia. The state cast nearly 87% of the final day in 2024's IPEV, overwhelmingly powered by the biggest localities...Arlington County cast 109%(!) despite being down a location vs 2024" - @DjsokeSpeaking bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
November 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Arlington up showed up yesterday!!
We joined a big turnout in Arlington today and voted for @spanbergerforva.bsky.social for governor @senatorhashmi.bsky.social for LT. Gov @jonesjay.bsky.social for AG, @hopeforvirginia.bsky.social for delegate @takiskarantonis.bsky.social for county board, and Moe Bryant for school board.
November 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We joined a big turnout in Arlington today and voted for @spanbergerforva.bsky.social for governor @senatorhashmi.bsky.social for LT. Gov @jonesjay.bsky.social for AG, @hopeforvirginia.bsky.social for delegate @takiskarantonis.bsky.social for county board, and Moe Bryant for school board.
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BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Lawyers allege cover-up after fed shoots at man during D.C. traffic stop
Neither D.C. police nor the Department of Homeland Security have explained why the Homeland Security agent fired his weapon.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...