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The leaks are flying out the White House as staffers who want Old Joe to step aside seek to spread the word about his declining health. According to a report from Axios, Biden staffers are preparing large documents with instructions for his every move, including something as simple and obvious as walking up to the podium. The report explains: Before a presidential event, the White House sends event staffers a document to emulate when preparing their own materials for the president. One template — a copy of which was obtained by Axios — is short and simple, with one large...

President Biden on call with staff just now: “Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can, as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running." "No one is pushing me out.” "I'm not leaving. I'm in this race to the end and we're going to win." ..... Snip..... In the same call, vice-president Kamala Harris – whose name has been increasingly floated around as Biden’s replacement – continued to voice her support for Biden, with reports of her saying: We will not back down. We will follow our president’s lead. We will fight and we will win....

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN NewsNight,” Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-CA) responded to questions on reporting that President Joe Biden had afternoon naps built in as part of his debate prep by stating that “if the President needs to find schedule accommodations to help to facilitate his focus on advancing our country on behalf of next generations, let’s find those accommodations, but let’s be clear about what’s at stake.” Host Abby Phillip asked, “So, here’s what The New York Times is reporting, Sen., that the President, in meetings, would basically, according to people who’ve been with him, has recently been halting,...