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We are so close to hitting our goal

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  Look how close we are: That’s right, we are only $2,682 away from our goal!! We have no doubt we can hit this deadline — and we have a plan. If just 1 in every 4 people reading this email were to donate at least $9, we’d hit this goal INSTANTLY. Can we count on you to be the 1 in 4 people we need reading this email right now? Your donations ensure we can continue our work next month defending and electing bold, progressive, pro-choice DAs. Our work, our organization, and our movement are all fueled by folks across the country chipping in what they can spare because they believe that we can achieve a fair and just legal system. While abortion rights are at top of mind, our DAs are fighting each and every day to transform our criminal legal system from the inside out. By electing district attorneys who are ready to do the work, we can not only protect the people from abortion-related charges, but also free innocent people, and put an end to racist mass incarceration, poli...

POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Palfrey eyes the exits

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  View in browser   BY  LISA KASHINSKY SCOOP:  DEPARTURE LOUNGE —  Quentin Palfrey is planning to end his campaign for attorney general as soon as today, according to three people familiar with his thinking. Chatter about Palfrey potentially exiting the Democratic primary  and endorsing one of his competitors has grown in recent days as new polls showed the former assistant attorney struggling to keep pace with Andrea Campbell and Shannon Liss-Riordan, and with key endorsements breaking for his rivals. He also cut $140,000 of his $231,000 in pre-primary ad buys, according to ad tracker AdImpact. Palfrey did not respond to multiple requests for comment. Palfrey began telegraphing his attorney general campaign over a year ago,  when the 2018 Democratic lieutenant governor nominee  told the Boston Globe  he would run for the state’s top law enforcement job if Attorney General Maura Healey ran for governor. He racked up endorsements from Democrat...