Mike's Notes

A compact stack of letter-sized briefing pages—typed lines punctuated by quick pen annotations and margin scrawl. Edges show light creases and a folded corner; inked corrections pepper key phrases. Mike flips, taps, and holds the pages while speaking, using them as an immediate handheld script during the press exchange.

2 appearances

Purpose

Reference notes used by Mike to read and support quoted lines and ensure accurate wording during the press briefing.

Significance

Serves as the documented source for a terse Vice Presidential line that Mike reads into the record; the notes provide evidentiary footing for questioning, catalyzing a tonal pivot and escalating the briefing's political stakes.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Podium Levity That Tilts Toward Trouble

Mike's notes function as the evidentiary prop: he reads the Vice Presidential quote from them, using the pages to press C.J. for clarification and to convert private wording into public record, thereby triggering the communications maneuver.

Before: In Mike's hands or on his lap, annotated and ready for reference.

After: Still in Mike's possession, having been used to read the Vice Presidential quotation aloud and to sustain his questioning.

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S1E2 · Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc

Comic Pivot, Optics Escalate

Mike uses a small stack of notes to quote the Vice President verbatim, holding the pages as evidence to demand clarification—the physical notes convert rumor into attributable text and sharpen the question's force.

Before: In Mike's possession, containing the quoted Vice Presidential line and other briefing material.

After: Still with Mike and visibly used as the source for his quoted challenge; remains evidence of the line prompting the briefing's defensive shift.

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