Josh's Eighth-Grade Social Studies Textbook

Josh thrusts the eighth-grade social studies textbook into Donna's grip mid-banter, its flagged page on the Lend-Lease Act snapping open under her fingers amid bullpen buzz. She scans FDR's neighbor-on-fire ethos—garden hose unhaggling—as Josh's rhetoric hammers moral imperative, her probing smile signaling buy-in before she hands it back, conviction sealed in the handoff.

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S2E19 · Bad Moon Rising

Josh Probes Donna's Leak 'Confession,' Sways Her with Lend-Lease

Josh thrusts the flagged eighth-grade social studies textbook into Donna's hands inside his office as a persuasive prop, directing her to the Lend-Lease Act page; she scans it, absorbing FDR's rationale amid his 'house on fire' pitch, then returns it post-conviction, transforming dry history into bailout ammunition that seals her buy-in.

Before: Flagged and held by Josh during walk from bullpen

After: Returned to Josh's possession in his office, post-persuasion

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S2E19 · Bad Moon Rising

Josh Seals Donna's Buy-In with Lend-Lease Fire Hose Analogy

Josh hands Donna the eighth-grade social studies textbook, flagged to the Lend-Lease Act page, serving as a tangible, accessible prop to crystallize FDR's garden hose ethos and WWII precedent; she examines it closely, internalizing the analogy for Mexico's crisis before returning it, transforming abstract policy into personal conviction.

Before: Held by Josh, flagged open to Lend-Lease Act page in his office

After: Returned intact to Josh's possession in his office

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