Parisa Dehghani-Tafti
@parisaforjustice.bsky.social
Former public defender & innocence protection attorney, current elected prosecutor. Always social justice warrior. #Swiftie, #Trekkie, love Jane Austen
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.
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.
Here are 4 people working hard the last 24 hours got Miyares by attacking Jay : Trump, Vance, Miller, and Musk. It’s fine for us to engage in self critique as a party but let’s be clear about who and what we’ll face in Virginia with the wrong AG.
October 5, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Here are 4 people working hard the last 24 hours got Miyares by attacking Jay : Trump, Vance, Miller, and Musk. It’s fine for us to engage in self critique as a party but let’s be clear about who and what we’ll face in Virginia with the wrong AG.
Jay is for criminal justice reform; Miyares isn’t. Jay is for women bodily autonomy; Miyares isn’t. Jay will support a Spanberger agenda; Miyares won’t. Jay will oppose Trump’s federal troops in our communities; Miyares won’t. Enough with the endless self flagellation. We have too much at stake.
October 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Jay is for criminal justice reform; Miyares isn’t. Jay is for women bodily autonomy; Miyares isn’t. Jay will support a Spanberger agenda; Miyares won’t. Jay will oppose Trump’s federal troops in our communities; Miyares won’t. Enough with the endless self flagellation. We have too much at stake.
This is BS. My office (“far left prosecutor” per the GOP) is prosecuting this case and it would have been a crime regardless of which gender bathroom — or a parking lot for that matter. Elected leaders weaponizing what these victims went through for political purposes is its own depravity.
September 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This is BS. My office (“far left prosecutor” per the GOP) is prosecuting this case and it would have been a crime regardless of which gender bathroom — or a parking lot for that matter. Elected leaders weaponizing what these victims went through for political purposes is its own depravity.
The Board Is doing the moral, smart, safe thing.
I have a message for the Lt. Gov.:
If you break the law in Arlington, you will be held accountable — regardless of your identity. What we DO NOT DO here, what we WILL NOT DO here is treat like criminals kinds who just want to go to school.
I have a message for the Lt. Gov.:
If you break the law in Arlington, you will be held accountable — regardless of your identity. What we DO NOT DO here, what we WILL NOT DO here is treat like criminals kinds who just want to go to school.
August 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Board Is doing the moral, smart, safe thing.
I have a message for the Lt. Gov.:
If you break the law in Arlington, you will be held accountable — regardless of your identity. What we DO NOT DO here, what we WILL NOT DO here is treat like criminals kinds who just want to go to school.
I have a message for the Lt. Gov.:
If you break the law in Arlington, you will be held accountable — regardless of your identity. What we DO NOT DO here, what we WILL NOT DO here is treat like criminals kinds who just want to go to school.
I’m honored that I had the opportunity to say a few words in support of the School Board’s affirmation of the rights, dignity, and safety of trans and non-bianarybkids this evening. Because supporting all our kids— to include our non-binary and trans youth — is fundamental to public safety.
August 22, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I’m honored that I had the opportunity to say a few words in support of the School Board’s affirmation of the rights, dignity, and safety of trans and non-bianarybkids this evening. Because supporting all our kids— to include our non-binary and trans youth — is fundamental to public safety.
ICE smashing windows and pulling people out of their cars in South Arlington just now. THIS is what makes communities unsafe.
August 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
ICE smashing windows and pulling people out of their cars in South Arlington just now. THIS is what makes communities unsafe.
We creak a little more when we dance but there’s no one I’d rather creak with than you my love. Happy 22nd anniversary ❤️
July 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
We creak a little more when we dance but there’s no one I’d rather creak with than you my love. Happy 22nd anniversary ❤️
Still one of my favorite pieces of writing by James Baldwin and for those of us who know that no one is free until all of us are free, very apt on this court of July:
July 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Still one of my favorite pieces of writing by James Baldwin and for those of us who know that no one is free until all of us are free, very apt on this court of July:
Fighting for reproductive freedom is fighting for FREEDOM. Proud to support @reprorisingva.bsky.social with @stevedescano.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Fighting for reproductive freedom is fighting for FREEDOM. Proud to support @reprorisingva.bsky.social with @stevedescano.bsky.social
Arlington friends: Aderson and I are delighted to host an “almost” end-of-primary-campaign-season fundraiser for @takiskarantonis.bsky.social. I hope you’ll join us this Sunday June 8 at 3:30 for good food and good drinks to support and celebrate Takis for County Board. We’d love your company!!
June 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Arlington friends: Aderson and I are delighted to host an “almost” end-of-primary-campaign-season fundraiser for @takiskarantonis.bsky.social. I hope you’ll join us this Sunday June 8 at 3:30 for good food and good drinks to support and celebrate Takis for County Board. We’d love your company!!
I hate this framing by @nytimes.com implying that the administration defying a court order is some sort of regular political battle. It is not. The headline should state plainly that the administration is violating the constitution.
April 17, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I hate this framing by @nytimes.com implying that the administration defying a court order is some sort of regular political battle. It is not. The headline should state plainly that the administration is violating the constitution.
If you ever experience imposter syndrome, please realize that the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, CIA director, heads of DNI and NSA disclosed US war plans in Yemen by inadvertently including the editor in chief of the Atlantic in the signal group chat planning the war.
March 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you ever experience imposter syndrome, please realize that the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, CIA director, heads of DNI and NSA disclosed US war plans in Yemen by inadvertently including the editor in chief of the Atlantic in the signal group chat planning the war.
5/5 He said he felt fear that day; looking over at troopers massed on the other side of the bridge, he felt fear. But he knew if he had obeyed and turned back, he would have felt something much worse. Here’s to John Lewis, good trouble, no anticipatory obedience, and no turning back.
March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
5/5 He said he felt fear that day; looking over at troopers massed on the other side of the bridge, he felt fear. But he knew if he had obeyed and turned back, he would have felt something much worse. Here’s to John Lewis, good trouble, no anticipatory obedience, and no turning back.
3/5 The events were filmed by a news crew.That evening, ABC interrupted its Sunday night movie- Judgment at Nuremberg- to show a fifteen minute sequence of Lewis and other churchgoers being beaten by troopers wielding batons and billy clubs.
March 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
3/5 The events were filmed by a news crew.That evening, ABC interrupted its Sunday night movie- Judgment at Nuremberg- to show a fifteen minute sequence of Lewis and other churchgoers being beaten by troopers wielding batons and billy clubs.
James Baldwin, who remains this day one of my favorite authors, published an essay ten years after his father’s death, explaining what it meant to him to fight for a just world knowing he would never live to see it. This last paragraph should be a call of action for us in this present moment👇🏼
March 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
James Baldwin, who remains this day one of my favorite authors, published an essay ten years after his father’s death, explaining what it meant to him to fight for a just world knowing he would never live to see it. This last paragraph should be a call of action for us in this present moment👇🏼
Got that? It’s always been about race:
February 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Got that? It’s always been about race:
It is reckless and irresponsible for the Arlington Republican Party to ask the federal government to target Arlington democratic officials for criminal prosecution.
January 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It is reckless and irresponsible for the Arlington Republican Party to ask the federal government to target Arlington democratic officials for criminal prosecution.
So he wants to control TikTok by making it state owned media. What could possibly go wrong?
January 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
So he wants to control TikTok by making it state owned media. What could possibly go wrong?
From my perspective, all that mattered is who Don Scott is today and the tireless work he does to make our Commonwealth better. Congratulations @donscott757.bsky.social!
January 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
From my perspective, all that mattered is who Don Scott is today and the tireless work he does to make our Commonwealth better. Congratulations @donscott757.bsky.social!
In the water is wet category of news: MAGA GOP opposes me and is already trying to defeat me in 2027. I’m not going anywhere. Let’s make sure we keep Arlington and the City of Falls Church safe and just. Please contribute to my campaign using this link:
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January 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In the water is wet category of news: MAGA GOP opposes me and is already trying to defeat me in 2027. I’m not going anywhere. Let’s make sure we keep Arlington and the City of Falls Church safe and just. Please contribute to my campaign using this link:
secure.actblue.com/donate/paris...
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Hey folks, it’s expungement clinic time!
December 4, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Hey folks, it’s expungement clinic time!
Irony is not dead.
November 28, 2024 at 1:27 PM
Irony is not dead.