 Behind the scenes, Alex Thompson of Axios, the most deeply sourced reporter on the Biden beat, has chronicled day after day the number of longtime staff and top Democratic officials who feel deeply angry and misled. These are the president's fans, many on his payroll. Lawmakers and top Democrats feel duped by Biden, his press office, his campaign co-chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, his top aides. They all promised the president was sharper than ever.