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This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The verdict last week was almost as universal as it is ubiquitous: Joe Biden’s debate performance was a complete disaster. For five days, we all watched what seemed like a real-time political collapse, as Democrats found themselves gripped by a wave of panic.

The central committee of the Colorado Democratic Party on Monday night rejected a resolution on the Israel-Hamas war that called “for a return of hostages, a lasting ceasefire in Gaza and (an) initiation of negotiations for a lasting peace.” Fifty-five percent of the more than 250 members of the committee who participated voted against the resolution.

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Democratic congressional candidate Adam Frisch on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race, saying the country needs “a new generation of leadership” after the president’s poor performance during last week’s presidential debate. Frisch, who is vying against Jeff Hurd for the seat in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District this November, said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter, that the debate last week reinforced his belief that neither candidate is fit for president. “We need a president that can unite America to realize our nation’s unlimited potential.

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The media and other Democrats can’t campaign on their destructive and unpopular policies so they seek to scare Americans into accepting the agenda and narrative, no matter how much they have to lie.