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The calls are growing louder for President Joe Biden to step aside after his debate performance set off alarm bells throughout the Democratic Party.

The 81-year-old president appeared frail and feeble during last week's debate, highlighting voter concerns about his advanced age, and Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that donors and Democratic lawmakers are frustrated with Biden's campaign and inner circle for allowing the president to flop in such a disastrous manner — and then trying to explain it away.

Democratic governors are seeking answers from the White House about President Joe Biden's poor performance in last week's debate.

The governors took part Monday in a call organized by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to discuss their concerns about the 81-year-old president, according to multiple sources who spoke to CNN.

Donald Trump has made clear he intends to test the boundaries of the presidency immediately if he's re-elected to a second term, and MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski reacted in horror upon hearing his plans.

The presumptive Republican nominee and his allies have stated his authoritarian intentions for another presidency, and Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei told "Morning Joe" that the former president would step back into the White House with a stronger grasp of the office and a firm grasp on the Republican Party.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that grants partial immunity to Donald Trump introduced new chaos into White House governance, according to a former cabinet official.

The conservative court ruled 6-3 to grant the former president — and presumably future commanders-in-chief — immunity for official acts, which Chief Justice John Roberts wrote would include conversations with federal officials.

The U.S. Supreme Court severely weakened the election interference case against Donald Trump by granting partial immunity to the former president — and Justice Clarence Thomas may have given federal Judge Aileen Cannon ammunition to remove special counsel Jack Smith.

The former president's legal team argued last month before Cannon that Smith's appointment was unconstitutional, and Thomas wrote a concurring opinion in the immunity case that agrees with that view of the special counsel, which former federal prosecutor Chuck Rosenberg told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" was a specious argument.

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski on Monday challenged one of the New York Times editors who called on President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race.

The newspaper's editorial board formally called for Biden to step aside after his faltering performance in Thursday night's presidential debate against Donald Trump, and board member Mara Gay justified that position Monday on "Morning Joe."

MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski challenged Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro to defend president Joe Biden's debate performance in a contentious morning-after interview.

The Democratic governor, who's been floated as a future presidential candidate himself, appeared Friday on "Morning Joe" to praise Biden's accomplishments as president and express support for his re-election, but Brzezinski pressed him to say the 81-year-old president was the best option to take on Donald Trump's threat to democracy.

Democrats are "freaking out" at the highest levels about president Joe Biden's debate performance, according to MSNBC's John Heilemann, and may have engaged in some difficult discussions about how to move forward without him as the party's nominee.

Voters have expressed concern about the 81-year-old president's age, and numerous Democrats expressed alarm at Biden's notable lack of vigor and inability to challenge Donald Trump's steady stream of falsehoods and low blows, and Heilemann revealed that party leadership are considering their options.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski bickered on the air over president Joe Biden's performance in the first presidential debate.

Scarborough opened Friday's episode of "Morning Joe" by openly questioning whether the president was up to the task of defeating Donald Trump and serving another four-year term, saying Biden "tragically did not rise to the occasion," but Brzezinski took exception to panelist Mike Barnicle's unvarnished criticism.

President Joe Biden has an opportunity to remind voters that Donald Trump is a convicted felon who's been found liable in court for sexual abuse, and conservative attorney George Conway says he should drive that point in over and over in their first presidential debate.

The president and the presumptive Republican nominee will face off Thursday night in Atlanta, and Conway told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that many viewers have not likely seen Trump in awhile and probably have no idea that he's been "unraveling" since leaving the White House under the cloud of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

A conservative explained that the debate between Donald Trump and president Joe Biden would reveal how little the presumptive Republican nominee knows about policy or anything else.

The twice-impeached convicted felon will face off against the president Thursday night in a debate hosted by CNN in Atlanta, and The Bulwark's Charlie Sykes told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that it would present voters with an important contrast.

Share prices for Donald Trump's social media company are plummeting, and CNBC's finance reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin suggested the presumptive Republican nominee might cash out before the election to fund his campaign.

Trump Media is officially valued at $6 billion, but experts including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman believe it's worth only a fraction of that. Hoffman has suggested around $40 million.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough called out Donald Trump for running a public relations campaign for the first presidential debate instead of preparing.

The former president's campaign spokeswoman bragged to Fox News that he was taking part in campaign rallies and "hostile media interviews," when Trump was over on Newsmax talking to former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, and the "Morning Joe" host mocked his allies' outlandish efforts to manage expectations for his face-off against president Joe Biden.