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Toby's Milwaukee Journal Newspaper

Toby sprawls the Milwaukee Journal across the White House Mess table, fresh newsprint crackling under his grip as fingers punch the article—unnamed source blabbing President Bartlet's green bean grudge. Prop fuels his sharp pivot from Martian sol math to leak outrage, Josh's scoff shattering the moment while cosmic probe hype hangs overhead, pages curling like petty scandal's first grip.

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S2E9 · Galileo

Josh-Toby Banter: Martian Sols and the Green Bean Leak

Toby reads Toby's Milwaukee Journal Newspaper at the table during Mars banter, then thrusts it forward implicitly by quoting its front-page story on an unnamed White House source revealing President Bartlet's green bean aversion, pivoting the conversation from cosmic trivia to leak damage control and underscoring narrative tension between grandeur and gossip.

Before: Unopened or freshly spread on Mess table under Toby's grip

After: Left on table or carried as they exit, pages marked by Toby's handling

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S2E9 · Galileo

Leo Delegates Mars Stamp Duty to Toby, Enlisting Josh

Toby's Milwaukee Journal, fresh from green bean leak reveal, rests on the table as he looks up just before Leo's entrance; it anchors the disrupted banter on petty scandals, symbolizing distractions Leo overrides with bureaucratic imperative, left behind as they exit.

Before: Open and read by Toby at Mess table

After: Abandoned on table in White House Mess

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