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Fax on Campaign Updates and Donna's Hiring

Donna carries this printed fax into Josh's bullpen area at night, handing it over amid campaign news. She reads aloud sections detailing updates, but a $30 million re-earmark interruption prompts Josh to demand the rest. The key line announces Abbey Bartlet's appointment of Donna as First Lady's Chief of Staff, hitting Josh like a gut punch as Maddi Tatem, Amy, and Max barge in frantically.

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Purpose

Delivers campaign updates including personnel announcements like Donna's hiring as First Lady's Chief of Staff

Significance

Catalyzes Josh's stunned reaction to Donna's promotion, ruptures their dynamic, rewards her ambition, and immediately reshuffles White House staff relations amid political pressures

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S4E17 · Red Haven's On Fire

Donna Hired as First Lady's Chief of Staff — Josh Stung

The campaign fax serves as the event's catalyst: Donna brings it into the bullpen, reads campaign endorsements and personnel news aloud, and its single line — announcing Donna's hiring by the First Lady — instantly shifts room dynamics. The fax also contains the campaign bullet points that frame the moment as part professional update, part personal announcement.

Before: Contained in a stack of campaign papers carried by Donna in the bullpen.

After: Remains in Donna's possession or on the bullpen desk as the group digests its contents; it has become evidence of personnel change and a public document.

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