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RICHARD The story’s getting read. 15,000 uniques every ten minutes. And we already have TV asks from Morning Joe, Today Show, GMA. EILEEN Anything from the General? RICHARD Nothing yet. EILEEN Well, I have a date with a bottle of wine and my couch. RICHARD Eileen. This is very good work. With a half smile, Eileen exits the office. Job. Well. Done. INT. EILEEN’S APARTMENT - LATER Bad TV plays. Eileen is sprawled on the couch. A GLASS OF WINE on the coffee table, next to the remnants of TAKEOUT. Her phone rings. She checks it, hits speaker. EILEEN How we doing? RICHARD(ON SPEAKER) The General’s team is going after your source. EILEEN Shocker. Who’d he hire? RICHARD Baxter. Crisis Management. EILEEN Big time. He’s nervous. Twitter? RICHARD It’s scattered. A bit from the right and the left. EILEEN The left? RICHARD The General’s a Dem. Don’t engage.
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