Megan Schwalm is full of energy. She sees the excitement and ambition in every member of the coffee group she started three years ago. Yet she is often afraid to trust what she sees and feels — afraid she will be let down again.

“We all know why Dems lost in 2024,” Xochitl Hinojosa, a former DNC spokesperson, said in a post. “The DNC has and should continue to make changes, and that is one of the reasons Dems have been winning up and down the ballot.”

Martin’s decision, first reported by The New York Times, spares top Democrats from more scrutiny about their campaigns, including former President Joe Biden, who withdrew from the race after announcing his second-term run, and his vice president, Kamala Harris, who became the nominee and lost to Trump.

The Democratic National Committee said Thursday that it would not release a highly anticipated “autopsy” of the 2024 election, a decision aimed at unifying the party that also sidesteps uncomfortable and lasting divisions over its loss to President Donald Trump.

The Democratic Party said on Thursday it would not release an internal review of its loss to Republican President Donald Trump in 2024, saying that a public airing of its failures would distract from focusing on winning future elections.

DNC Chair Ken Martin ordered a postmortem report after he assumed his post and said it would help the party learn from mistakes. Now he says releasing it would be a distraction.

Party leaders hope to avoid contentious fights over the party’s failing as it attempts to reboot for the 2026 midterms.