The West Wing

NASDAQ

Description

Leo barricades the Oval Office after crowd dismissal, slamming Bartlet with Antares CEO Jake Kimball's ashen arrival: an 80-million-chip recall scheduled for Thursday obliterates every product line, annihilates the firm, vaporizes 98,000 jobs—75,000 American—and delivers a brutal kidney punch to NASDAQ as markets hemorrhage in the corporate death spiral. Kimball unravels toward suicide; the exchange embodies raw vulnerability, economic pulse spiking Bartlet's crisis calculus amid Oval infernos.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

2 events
S3E18 · Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Leo Unveils Antares Chip Recall Catastrophe

Looms as Antares recall's brutal casualty, with Bartlet invoking its impending 'kidney punch' from stock evisceration, framing the crisis as a market-shattering event demanding presidential reckoning amid Oval deliberations.

Active Representation

Via anticipated financial hemorrhaging referenced in briefing

Power Dynamics

Indifferent market colossus poised to punish faltering corporation

Institutional Impact

Reiterates markets' unforgiving role in amplifying corporate failures

Organizational Goals
Reflect accurate valuation of Antares post-recall Signal broader sector vulnerabilities to investors
Influence Mechanisms
Stock price volatility dictating corporate fate Investor panic amplifying economic contagion
S3E18 · Enemies Foreign and Domestic
Fitzwallace Exposes Russian Heavy Water Reactor in Iran

NASDAQ's impending 'kidney punch' from Antares' recall haunts the room's edge, Bartlet's cited stats underscoring market hemorrhage as the briefing shifts to nukes, framing economic fragility as a multiplier for diplomatic resolve against proliferation.

Active Representation

Through forecasted stock plunge referenced in crisis math

Power Dynamics

Dictates corporate fate, indirectly pressuring executive action

Institutional Impact

Highlights finance's chokehold on policy priorities

Organizational Goals
Maintain market stability amid sector-wide recall Absorb shock without systemic investor panic
Influence Mechanisms
Aggregate trading signals national economic health Job loss projections leverage political urgency

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S3E18
Leo Unveils Antares Chip Recall Catastrophe

After dismissing a crowd from the Oval Office, President Bartlet retreats to his desk for a private moment with Leo McGarry, who urgently reveals that …