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  It's  O ur  D emocracy! Today’s Action:   Tell President Biden to decriminalize marijuana! Today's Top Stories: GOP official filmed escorting Trump operatives into election HQ same day as voting machine breach Newly released surveillance video shows how easy it was for local GOP party officials and agents of the Trump campaign to execute their conspiracy to steal electronic election data in Georgia. VIDEO OF THE DAY:  Biden's press secretary wrecks Ted Cruz with perfect smackdown After a reporter thought he had Karine Jean-Pierre cornered with a gotcha question about comments Ted Cruz made regarding border policy, she calmly but brutally leveled the Texas senator and cowardly Republicans who reliably vote with him. The prison sentence Trump could face for stealing classified documents... No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen:  Wow. Steve Bannon to surrender after criminal indictment filed in New York Trump's favorite white nationalist is expected to surrender to ...

  Today: The first disqualification of a public official for participating in the January 6 attack An historic ruling Robert Reich Sep 6 Today, a state court ruling with huge implications was issued: A New Mexico state district court judge disqualified Otero, New Mexico, county commissioner Couy Griffin (the leader of “Cowboys for Trump”) from holding public office because Griffin participated in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 . The ruling immediately removes Griffin from his position as a county commissioner. It also permanently bars him from serving as a presidential elector and from holding or seeking any future local or federal office. State District Court Judge Francis Mathew based his decision on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which states that No person shall … hold any office … under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath … to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in...

  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...