Joseph Darius Jaafari @JosephJaafari Twitter profile

Last Seen Profiles

@R_u_90

@CTBoysHoops

@parkcheonyal

@HdadSanEsteban

@stw_pdg

@NobodyImpawtant

@yam_it_up

@HalalGems

@nanaseaoiii

@Buratino76

@TheSafeAnnaAnon

@kkyukirby

@tariqueisso

@jandakembangstw

@druve_janne

@EmilKot

@hipipo

@TanteS4ng3

@UCLAEMRes

@EvaVixenStag

@shuravko

@harutsugu_tube

@glassborobball

@fc_univ

@kimetsu_fr

@Actress_Garage

@kuromugi_bler

@dul_turkporno

@kaoruyaoi

@kachnickab

@iToim_mn

@helicoptero2024

@stw_pdg

@TotheteautXZh

@SissyRamya

@CHlURAN

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

@captain_madden @AmirTalai This isn't the own you think it is

22

158

45K

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

My poor dad praying right before flipping the tahdig is peak Persian cooking.

656

2K

35K

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

One of the nurses I spoke to today broke down crying in the middle of our interview. She was sobbing at the fact protesters simply didn't care about others. "I'd rather be broke than see my loved ones dead: #harrisburg #Pennsylvania #protest #reopenPA

Health care workers show up at ‘Reopen PA’ protest to urge people to stay home | WITF

Update: A line in this story was changed to remove reference to one person’s workplace because that person could p […]

www.witf.org

179

2K

5K

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

@PpollingNumbers @mitchellreports Hey, there. This isn't true. Please delete @TwitterSupport @mitchellreports

58

232

2K

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Me at 23 with my first FOIA denial: “Ok, thank you for your response!” Me at 33 with a recent FOIA denial: “Please cite the law and don’t give me some lame jargon because I WILL forward this to an attorney and write a story about how you’re hiding this.”

10

100

2K

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

@jolinegkg @DaveBiscobing15 @Garrett_Archer @abc15 Hi. Investigative reporter here. I was once told that I didn't look "professional" because of my tattoos, and I only wear jeans and a tee shirt. That same year, I received more scoops on my beat than many others I knew by simply looking like the people I covered.

5

25

1K

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

@captain_madden @AmirTalai This exploded for no reason. Subscribe and support gay local news that combats this kind of nonsense. If you're in Phoenix, there's only one.

LOOKOUT

LOOKOUT is a nonprofit news site dedicated to covering LGBTQ+ issues and people in Arizona

www.lookoutphx.org

4

844

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

For the past ten years, private companies have been using prisoners as a source of cheap and captive labor in order to avoid paying for rising market wages, taxes, and workers compensation, an @azcentral and @kjzzphoenix investigation found. THREAD!!!

Arizona changed how it sells prisoners to companies. The state raked in millions, but workers were...

Inmates work for far less than minimum wage, sometimes at dangerous jobs that leave them injured. The state says it follows all federal laws.

www.azcentral.com

16

389

658

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

In June #DanielRobinson was reported missing. A month later, a rancher found Robinson's car crashed on his land in #Buckeye . His story has gained national attention in the wake of #GabbyPetito , but there is a bigger story the media hasn't investigated. But we did. 🧵

10

204

549

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

It is insane that Fox News has the exclusive interview with George Santos… and Tulsi Gabbard is annihilating him in really simple questions during the Tucker Carlson hour. I feel like I’m in an alternate dimension.

30

44

472

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

This is... concerning. Gannett, a news company, is so short-staffed they can't issue us...*checks notes*... press badges? Before one of the most contentious election seasons? When we might need them to identify ourselves for safety???

16

86

436

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

It's our final story in our series on prison labor. This story, we're taking you to Willcox, a city of about 3,000 people, whose entire city runs almost COMPLETELY off of prison labor. This is one of my favorite stories, and let me tell you why:

7

134

387

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Lawmaker: “we want this law that imposes harsher penalties to deter this activity.” Me: Can you provide any evidence where imposing harsher penalties actually deters crime? Lawmaker: “I have no empirical evidence that this will deter it. I just think it will.”

5

79

368

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Here is a thread of SOME the places where prison labor was used in AZ. Note that this is only *verified* businesses/agencies between 2017 and 2021. The total number is likely HUNDREDS more. So, that being said, lets start off with... SCHOOLS! 👨‍🏫

5

154

307

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Thank GOD for @azrepublicguild , as Gannett is announcing they are cutting all 401k’s matching, and requiring people to take 5 days off. They’re also offering unpaid leave, a salary reduction with time reduction, and voluntary severance. This is… awful.

9

89

317

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

@ElijahSchaffer Somebody gonna tell him this isn’t a trans flag?

11

2

315

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

My god are people still on their crazy trains re: recreational marijuana?

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

2 years

these Hannity EXTREMISM graphics are a laugh riot

272

505

4K

29

39

288

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

In part 2 of this series: we challenge DOC’s loftiest claims on why they sell prisoners to private companies. They had 2 arguments: the work reduces the chance people come back, and it helps get them work once they’re out. We found out that’s a lie. THREAD

Arizona prisons boast that laborers won’t end up back behind bars. That’s not true

The job skills obtained by prisoners at Arizona businesses are not helping to keep recidivism low, a first-of-its-kind analysis finds.

www.azcentral.com

11

131

259

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Last year, I reported on a rural shooting where a white resident shot at BLM marchers going from Milwaukee to D.C. Nobody was charged, and residents wondered how someone can shoot into a crowd of people and not get punished. We've finally gotten answers. But keep reading...

2

83

258

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

11 months

Some professional news. At the end of July, I’m leaving the Republic to take on @lookoutphx full time as EIC. We’ve received funding to build out the newsroom as the nations only investigative non profit outlet dedicated to LGBTQ+ issues, and it’s about time. More to come soon

33

24

278

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

I promise you nobody is giving you their drugs for free. I PROMISE you. NOBODY is giving you their drugs. For free.

Ryan Marino, MD

@RyanMarino

2 years

I’ve been dealing with fentanyl misinformation publicly for ~5 years. I’m overly familiar with every myth if not every single new story. Fentanyl misinformation is not an accident. This isn’t just happening by accident:

530

5K

25K

7

49

253

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

@bf_cuties @SeanHardingXXX I’m an investigative reporter. 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾

1

5

208

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

A gay couple is being terrorized out of their home in Arizona... for flying a pride flag.

A Gay Couple is Being Run Out From Their Queen Creek Home

Threats, homophobic slurs, and property damage is making this queer couple reconsider moving to Phoenix's most sprawling suburb.

lookoutphx.substack.com

35

111

247

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

As a reporter, the real story I'd look into is why there are Bibles in the lounge, and if all religions are represented. THAT is a more worthy story.

David Caltabiano

@DavidCaltabiano

1 year

CAUGHT ON VIDEO: AZ Dem lawmaker/ordained minister busted swiping Bibles from House's members-only lounge. She calls it a ' little playful commentary' for separation of church and state, Republican leadership are not laughing. #azfamily

530

1K

2K

25

35

231

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

@jolinegkg @DaveBiscobing15 @Garrett_Archer @abc15 Literally the only time I *had* to wear a suit is when I was required to put on a dress jacket because I was doing an interview in the Army and Navy Club in DC, which requires you to wear a jacket.

2

5

223

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

@alwayssurprised @PpollingNumbers @mitchellreports @TwitterSupport The county filed to the supreme court to allow an appeal to either appeal the commonwealth court decision or uphold it. Basically, in layman's: they want the supreme court to review the case to see if can be overruled. No decision has been made.

6

7

163

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

Protests remain peaceful, but the Trump supporters are outnumbering the Biden camp, with groups of armed militia showing up to line the front of the protest.

29

39

174

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Guys, even the PHARMACIST was shocked that @gannett ’s health insurance was so bad, it wouldn’t even cover my pain killers, OR my antibiotics. She looked at me square-eyed and said, “whoever you work for clearly doesn’t care about your health.” This is nuts.

8

27

186

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

I don't think people know what communism means.

Kelly Townsend

@AZKellyT

3 years

Seen in Communist China today. Oops, I mean Arizona.

2K

193

515

3

26

172

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

@bf_cuties @SeanHardingXXX I mean, if it’s true and it can be vetted and ppl willing to go on record at some point, I literally can get it published in a house-name publication.

1

8

163

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

There's more to come on this story, this is just the beginning of Buckeye's response to this missing persons case, but feel free to read below. Unfortunately its behind a paywall -- le sigh

Months after he was reported missing, police haven’t acknowledged the suspicious circumstances...

A relentless investigator and a tireless father team up search for a young geologist who went missing after a car crash that just doesn't add up.

www.azcentral.com

8

19

174

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

10 months

So I can FINALLY announce the big news I promised. @lookoutphx received $400k in seed funding from AJP and Google News to build out its newsroom to be America’s first accountability news outlet solely for Phoenix’s LGBTQ+ community.

American Journalism Project

@JournalismProj

10 months

We’re thrilled to introduce the four teams who will participate in the local news incubator, launched with support from @GoogleNewsInit . Representing regions across the country, these teams have compelling ideas for filling a local news gap in their communities. Learn more: 🧵🔽

1

15

31

10

28

177

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Are you excited to go to college and live on campus at @ASU ? Just know that the bed you're going to sleep on is made from clothes stolen from prisoners, who then have to turn it into a slurry, and into a foam, and then sew it together for you to sleep on. Comfy?

6

64

150

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Me, walking to work: “Oh awesome! An hour long episode of The Daily! What’s it about?” The Daily: *focuses on Arizona and specifically Maricopa County where there is a bunch of election deniers and we live in a very dystopian part of the nation*

6

16

153

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Lol there are no rapid COVID tests available at any Walgreens in Phoenix. And the city’s locations that do a rapid test costs $200. And there’s no possibility to pay except for cash. Insurance won’t cover it. Why do we live like this?

24

22

148

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Some more professional news. I'm leaving my job at Spotlight PA and moving west, to Phoenix, at the beginning of June. More to come on what I'll be doing, but either way, expect the same kind of accountability reporting on prisons police, with a focus on the Southwest and Arizona

16

3

157

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

I can announce that starting in June, I'll be working on the @azcentral investigations desk. Excited to be part of such a strong team, and even more excited to do the kind of accountability reporting I did on police and prisons and bring it to the southwest.

15

2

150

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

A PA Post investigation found that inmates are price-gouged by private companies who provide commissary. Our interactive story is here:

In Pa. jails, women are paying more than double for the same tampons they’d get on the outside. |...

When Rachel Santiago began serving a sentence at the Riverside Correctional Facility in Philadelphia, she had to surrend […]

www.witf.org

9

98

134

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

When crossed with my ex from Canada to the U.S. at Washington, we were held for an hour. The guy — obviously uncomfortable — said at one point to him, "I'm sure there are plenty of good Abdul Ibrahims in the world. This just sucks for you." I've never bit my tongue so hard.

Rowaida Abdelaziz

@Rowaida_Abdel

4 years

NEW: The detainment of Iranians & Iranian-Americans in Washington was not the first of its kind — nor likely the last. Individuals from SanFran to the Boston described to me strikingly similar experiences. The border harassment has gotten worse under Trump

17

264

400

2

38

134

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Arizonans: did you know that chair you’re sitting on might be made by someone who was paid less than $1 an hour? And who had their hand mangled and won’t be able to work? And is a ward of the state?

5

45

144

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

This is an Op-Ed so I won't go so far as to say it should be fixed. But because AZCentral has only dedicated this issue to a single Op-Ed, it probably deserves a lot more nuance than what is written here. For example:

Laurie Roberts

@LaurieRoberts

1 year

The Washington Elementary school board will no longer accept student teachers from Arizona Christian University. It seems the university’s budding educators are simply too Christian for the school district. via @azcentral

185

47

217

8

43

141

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

@defenestr8rboi This doesn’t shock me. Asset seizure essentially gives the govt ability to take say you’re a committing a crime without needing proof, and sell everything you have. I get why the progressive bloc is doing. The others, I assume, is because… they just like Ukraine?

10

2

133

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Fun fact about cows, they like to wander and find new things to explore, and they love salty things. Car metal, apparently, is a bit of a rare delicacy for cows -- and they're notorious for licking them to the point of destroying the paint.

1

8

136

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

So, the car found was not the way the car crashed, a crash specialist says. The car wasn't there days before, and the data doesn't back up how police say the car crashed there. Still, Buckeye PD say Daniel's case is not considered suspicious.

2

17

134

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Personally, I hate the paywall. I think the kind of journalism that investigative teams do should 100% be available for free to the public. My entire job is in the public interest. If we charge for anything, it should be for the funnies.

2

6

129

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

The rancher who found the car called BS. He said he'd never seen helicopters or planes fly close to the ground over his land. Daniel's car was in the middle of it, and he works around every edge of ground. If there was a helicopter, he would've seen it.

1

9

121

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

But there are a few more strange things: the car's black box (the airbag deployment system) says the car was crashed at an odometer reading 11 miles less than when it was found. It also says the car was turned on 46 more times after the crash.

1

12

119

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

This story is powerful. @elibhager amazingly shows the dysfunction in our state's welfare system: Instead of spending money on parents who need financial help, the state diverts funds to investigate and remove children from parents because they are poor.

A mother needed welfare. Instead, Arizona used welfare funds to take her son

Arizona spends a majority of its welfare budget on the Department of Child Safety. The agency then investigates many poor parents, sometimes removing their children for reasons stemming from their...

www.azcentral.com

10

79

115

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

But if the helicopters were flying so low, how could they have missed this big blue piece of metal on the ground in the middle of the desert? Picture of a drone shot from 300 feet after the car was found:

2

13

116

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

@Gannett sent out an email almost immediately advising reporters to act calm and composed right now in order to avoid bias. Awesome. Yes. Exercise caution. But, also, how about a message of “if you are in need of help or distraught, take some time for mental health.”

4

19

120

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

Last week was tough. A close friend's sister died, then Josh passed away and my heart was broken. The hard part of grief is having to do it alone. And yet, we're required to right now. So, I wrote a piece on it for @TeenVogue .

My Friend Died of COVID-19 and I'm Learning How to Grieve in Isolation

If you're in isolation, dealing with grief is a new burden.

www.teenvogue.com

5

21

110

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

Some personal news/exciting NEWS for Phoenix: I'm starting a Substack and quarterly mag that will focus and center Phoenix's LGBTQ+ community. We won't launch until Jan. 2023, but you can get an early sub now for 60% off. A very small thread on why I'm doing this:

LOOKOUT

@lookoutphx

1 year

"It's not enough to be seen. It's time we are heard." - An open letter from LOOKOUT's executive editor @JosephJaafari .

0

3

5

22

117

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

In July, 2 constables broke into an apartment and shot someone dead. The constables said the man killed himself by shooting himself in the head ... twice. A month later, we found, one of those constables held a gun to a tenants head during an eviction. 🧵

‘Cowboy’ constable involved in deadly July shooting pulls gun on another evicted tenant

In July, Marcus Mungeam lost his life after one of Constable Doug Clark's eviction attempts. A month later, Clark held Giovani Markovich at gunpoint.

www.azcentral.com

5

86

111

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

But there's another piece of confusion: he swears the car was not there a few days before, when he was in that exact area rounding up his cattle. And he says if the car had been there for a month, his cattle would've found it weeks before.

1

14

110

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

You can read the full story (for subscribers) here:

This Arizona city is built on prison labor. That keeps taxes low. But what’s the real cost?

The work done by prisoners saves Willcox more than $1 million a year. Residents think it’s a plus for everyone. Prisoners tell a different story.

www.azcentral.com

10

31

100

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

I can't thank my team enough for the help. It was a small story that turned into a beast. But I hope this helps show readers that @azcentral is dedicating resources to ppl who have long been ignored in the southwest. Please subscribe if you can, and if not, please reach out.

2

12

103

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Three days after Daniel went missing, his father, David, came out to Arizona to find his son. He didn't trust that Buckeye were doing their jobs trying to find his son. One example: they wouldn't do a helicopter search, at first.

1

10

107

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

The system also said the wheel was pulled 45 degrees for a full five seconds before the crash -- basically making a very, very, very long turn. But the wheel tracks left over show a straight line into the ditch where the car was found.

1

7

101

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

EXCLUSIVE: as a result of our ACI investigation, The Republic has learned that the state hired itself and PRISONERS to refurbish and fix their own broken cell doors instead of hiring professional manufacturers.

Prisoners are refurbishing their own cell doors. And the state's making money from it

“We shouldn’t be making money off ourselves,” said one ACI worker who was adamant the company was overcharging the public.

www.azcentral.com

7

40

98

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Are you a health nut? Do you enjoy the packaged salads at @sproutsfm , and enjoy supporting place that are ethically sourced? @YourTaylorFarms uses prisoners who end up only getting 50 cents of all their wages to package those leafy green for you.

2

41

91

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

If Gaga can straight up dance and sing in head gear and masks, you can wear a goddamn cloth mask to go grocery shopping.

1

11

90

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Journalism is really a weird industry. We demand inclusion, and we demand equality and fairness, and we demand empathy — but higher ups rarely give reporters of color the same grace.

2

24

90

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

You like tacos? @MacayosMex restaurants use prisoners at their green chile processing plants. A few lawsuits show prisoners have had injuries including an arm mangled in a grinder.

2

36

84

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

You can read more of these examples and other findings, including how these jobs don't actually help with job prospects, and the solution might be to simply pay these people fair wages and give them workers' compensation benefits, here:

Arizona changed how it sells prisoners to companies. The state raked in millions, but workers were...

Inmates work for far less than minimum wage, sometimes at dangerous jobs that leave them injured. The state says it follows all federal laws.

www.azcentral.com

2

30

84

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Read our story here:

A Pa. prosecutor waited months after receiving a police report to charge a man who shot at protes...

Charges were also brought against a marcher who was shot in the face and who police say returned fire.

www.spotlightpa.org

4

19

87

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

It's unclear from the police report, but it looks like it took a call from Daniel's aunt -- who lives in Philly and married to a police officer -- to demand Buckeye do a helicopter search. Detectives told David and search volunteers the "helicopter was so low you could touch it."

1

9

89

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Enter: prison labor. You can read the story on their excuse. But what perplexed me most was that when we asked around, EVERYONE thought the prisoners loved their jobs and were treated well. But had anyone ever TALKED to a prisoner? Spoiler alert: no.

2

13

78

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Yo, I want to give an award to Lee at the Eyman Complex in Florence for his impossibly amazing handwriting. This is letter art!

12

3

82

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

Last night was an interesting lesson in misinformation’s reach into communities, and how the religious right is trying to frame bigotry as a religious freedom.

In Washington Elementary School Board battle, lawmaker and evangelicals double down on religious...

Washington Elementary School Board battle emboldens Republicans who promote religious discrimination... A new "Eyes on the State"... and our next Listening Session is March 30.

lookoutphx.substack.com

11

29

82

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

We found more than 2 dozen schools had contracted to use prison labor to do everything from taking out the trash to HVAC repairmen, as Elfrida school district specifically looked for. But the contracts required prisoners never be seen.

3

22

80

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

Before you board, @AmericanAir says they want people to abide by CDC guidelines. But here’s 1 thing about CDC guidelines: it all includes some level of social distancing. My flight last night was PACKED. I couldn’t even request a seat change. Second flight? The same.

6

36

79

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Can we all agree that journalists at their core are meant to be a voice for the voiceless and powerless — the poor, the starving, the hurt, and the dead — not mouthpieces and apologists for those with the best PR machine?

4

12

83

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Thursday at noon, join @justinJprice and @JimmyJenkins and myself to discuss our series The Prison Sell, published in partnership between @azcentral and @kjzz . We’ll talk outcomes and possible solutions, and hopefully hear from you, on what you think needs to happen.

2

46

81

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

I just got choked up. It’s not necessarily an immigrant parents dream to see their kid become a writer. My father has NEVER said he was proud of my work till this a.m.; it only took 32 years, a few overdoses, homelessness and tens of thousands of dollars in schooling.

5

3

77

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Since then, prison labor became a selling point for priavte companies. We found that hundreds of companies in Arizona used prisoners to make products for them, or do menial jobs that would have normally gone to the public, or would have at least paid a higher prevailing wage.

2

25

73

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

For the first time, we gave them a voice, and told the city exactly what it was they were taking part in. Now it's up to the citizens to decide if they want to continue in their practice and make it better for the people who work there? Or if they want to keep going on as normal.

1

8

72

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

To be clear: is Manchin saying that vocal dissent is not how his democracy works?

The Recount

@therecount

2 years

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) responds to Democrat backlash following his announced opposition to Build Back Better: “Well, guess what? I’m from West Virginia. I’m not from where they’re from, [where] they can just beat the living crap out of people and think they’ll be submissive.”

418

68

256

15

11

70

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

Because I got dozens of y’all sending me the link (including past professors) I’ve decided to throw my hat in the ring for @mccormickspices ’s Director of Taco Relations. Why, you may ask? Just hear it from the people.

4

2

73

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

For @TeenVogue , I wrote about the parallels we can learn from naming AIDS a gay disease when it was first discovered. The stigma that followed gay men hampered public health, and it could happen again if we don't properly call it the coronavirus.

Calling the Coronavirus the "Chinese Virus" Could Cause Irreversible Stigma

It echoes how politicians created fear of gay men during the AIDS crisis with "Gay-Related Immune Deficiency."

www.teenvogue.com

14

30

71

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

This is a huge blow against federal public defenders, especially in Arizona, where you only get one chance to exhaust a claim. So if you had a bad lawyer your first time, and got another bad lawyer a second time, only to find out both had serious issues later, you’re SOL.

SCOTUSblog

@SCOTUSblog

2 years

The Supreme Court rules 6-3 against two men on Arizona's death row who say they received ineffective assistance of counsel in state court. SCOTUS says that federal courts reviewing their cases can't hold evidentiary hearings to fully assess their ineffective-counsel claims.

218

416

962

3

33

68

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

If you're attending today's inauguration at the Capitol, you can thank a prisoner for setting up the space, cleaning it, and then making sure you never have to see them. Worth questioning if @katiehobbs knows about this, and supports it, or even addresses it.

5

14

78

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

People are figuring it out, so I'm coming clean. I did something really awesome recently. I got gay engaged.

8

0

71

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

For nine months, the DA of Bedford County, Lesley Childers-Potts, said she wouldn't file charges until the investigation was finished. @RyanDeto and I reported on this two months after the shooting, when State Police were also cagey on releasing details...

A changing story by police on a rural Pa. shooting helped fuel white vigilantes and misinformation

Video footage from the night of a shooting in Bedford County does not support state police accounts that a confrontation preceded shots being fired at a group of civil rights marchers.

www.spotlightpa.org

1

12

70

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

I'm posting a thread of all the issues I've noticed in queer communities in Arizona that I have NOT seen covered, and I think its due time there is someone dedicated to covering these issues: If you have more, add to this tweet. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

4

19

71

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

A guy in the hot tub at my gym kept talking to me about Jesus for literally 10 minutes even though I kept saying I don't believe in it. Saw my ring and asked about my wife. Said I had a husband and he went "that's cool, so long as you don't push your beliefs on me." 🙃🙃🙃

10

4

73

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

2

15

63

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

FYI: Prison labor for profiteering was seen as a no-no in Arizona. Prison labor to save the state money on food, clothing, etc.? That was something (generally) people could agree on. That changed in the 90's, when the state's prison population swelled.

2

14

65

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

By focusing and centering a community’s voice that rarely gets the spotlight, @azcentral is now getting queries from prisoners on how to become a subscriber from the inside of prison. This is my second one today.

3

9

70

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

But I continued pushing, and for five more months, I tried to understand why a shooting that was caught on multiple cameras, and had multiple eye witnesses, was taking so long to investigate. Then, we learned this week, the investigation's been finished for months...

1

6

66

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

6- The framing from all the far-right outlets is this is discrimination against Christians, which has turned into a firestorm of misinformation, and has now trickled into the Op-Ed section where I work. It's not true, and can easily be disproved if our reporters do the work

0

7

71

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

For months, @AzCorrections has been denying us at @azcentral very basic public data by saying it’s not public. First, they said they can’t provide us ANY data on who they incarcerate or have incarcerated. They told us their database is not a public record. But wait...

5

15

67

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

I'm in Williamson Valley at this tiny firehouse where voters are *really* showing up. The inspector at this site said it's usually a dead location (she said that one midterm 10 people showed up). By my count, they already have had about 50-75 people show up.

2

4

71

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

We called Potts yesterday, and tried to confront her about her sitting on the report and charges. She ignored our calls and emails. Just this morning, she filed charges — two months after receiving the report that recommended the charges...

1

7

65

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Like the reality is that press badges are actually sometimes more harmful to have in many cases, but they are also INCREDIBLY HELPFUL if you find yourself in a bind and need to get in someplace for safety. I've *actually* had to do this during protests.

0

63

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

3 years

But the charges are shocking for the people who were shot at, because their friend who got shot in the face is also being charged the same as his shooter. Even though the police report mentions that it was retaliatory gunfire in his defense...

1

7

61

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

And that's what excites me most about this story. See, many of the people in Willcox truly believe that their workers love the job. They think that the work is enjoyable because they're told by DOC or the city that they are. But never has a person's voice been attached to it.

1

9

60

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

In AZ, prisoners must work. That meant that with the larger prison population, was a massive workforce that could be used at the benefit of the state. But privatizing public goods in is a popular conservative sticking point. So it seemed natural to extend it to prisoners.

4

20

62

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

4 years

@paulkrugman has a very different version of history than me and other MENA people who grew up after 9/11. The first hate crime of 9/11 – directed naively at a Sikh – was in my neighborhood of Mesa, Ariz. It was terrifying living in a conservative place & having to hide

Paul Krugman

@paulkrugman

4 years

Overall, Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly. Notably, there wasn't a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence, which could all too easily have happened. And while GW Bush was a terrible president, to his credit he tried to calm prejudice, not feed it 2/

15K

932

5K

4

29

54

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

1 year

1- ACU has students sign a clause that specifically targets LGBTQ+ people. As in, in order to attend and graduate, you have to sign a pledge affirming the school's belief that same-sex marriage is wrong.

2

8

69

Joseph Darius Jaafari

@JosephJaafari

2 years

Finally let's end with... HIGHER EDUCATION Besides @ASU buying beds from ACI that is made literally from stolen prisoners' clothing, the university has a great deal going where they partner with ACI to reupholster almost every piece of furniture in the university dorms. Forks up!

2

18

62