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The species is cooked.
The filings are public.
We are also monkeys.

535 members. One PAC dependency ratio each. Every dollar links to a FEC filing someone was legally required to submit. Correlation ≠ causation — the math is rude anyway.

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Margin test 🍌Monkey fight club PAC conduit (404 members)

◆Highest PAC dependency: Sarah Elfreth — 90.1% of PAC $◆16 members at SEVERE (editorial composite)◆AIPAC LDA TTM $4M — different bucket, different paperwork, same species◆J Street LDA TTM $680,000 — counterweight bucket, still monkeys◆5 Tier-1 weapons systems indexed (authorized, not endorsed)◆76 Federal Register arms notices — bureaucracy cosplaying as morality◆P.L. 118-50 supplemental $26.4B — separate bucket, same deficit◆22 active Israel FARA registrants — foreign agents, domestic paperwork◆19 races where tagged PAC $ exceeded the winner's vote margin — different units, rude anyway◆LD-203 lobbyist conduit index live — follow the banana crumbs◆404 members with earmarked PAC conduit — Schedule A never sleeps◆Tagged PAC $ is a bucket. Lobby $ is a bucket. FARA is a bucket. Your monkey brain wants one number. We refuse.◆Severity is editorial. The filings are not. Correlation ≠ causation — the math is rude anyway.◆Every number links to a primary source. We are monkeys with citations.◆Highest PAC dependency: Sarah Elfreth — 90.1% of PAC $◆16 members at SEVERE (editorial composite)◆AIPAC LDA TTM $4M — different bucket, different paperwork, same species◆J Street LDA TTM $680,000 — counterweight bucket, still monkeys◆5 Tier-1 weapons systems indexed (authorized, not endorsed)◆76 Federal Register arms notices — bureaucracy cosplaying as morality◆P.L. 118-50 supplemental $26.4B — separate bucket, same deficit◆22 active Israel FARA registrants — foreign agents, domestic paperwork◆19 races where tagged PAC $ exceeded the winner's vote margin — different units, rude anyway◆LD-203 lobbyist conduit index live — follow the banana crumbs◆404 members with earmarked PAC conduit — Schedule A never sleeps◆Tagged PAC $ is a bucket. Lobby $ is a bucket. FARA is a bucket. Your monkey brain wants one number. We refuse.◆Severity is editorial. The filings are not. Correlation ≠ causation — the math is rude anyway.◆Every number links to a primary source. We are monkeys with citations.

Chamber spectrum

Who glows hottest in the enclosure?

535 scored members

Severe16
High199
Moderate107
Low107
None106

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Ratio Wall

Your species built the enclosure. We just alphabetized the arson — tagged PAC $ ÷ total PAC $, ranked by math.

535 members · 16 at SEVERE

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Documented use

HRW & Bellingcat say the quiet part out loud. We link; we do not adjudicate.

16 Tier 2 reports

receipts await →

LDA filings

Lobby disclosure forms — legal activity in ugly PDFs. Different bucket from PAC $; same species.

Live from lda.gov

follow the paperwork →

Pinned votes

Supplementals and arms-sale disapproval — the official XML someone was legally required to publish.

12 roll calls indexed

primary sources inside →

Monkey fight club

Two members enter, one URL leaves. Side-by-side receipts for when your group chat gets feral.

the enclosure beckons →

PAC spending

Schedule B disbursements — where tagged committee money actually went. Spoiler: not to you.

don't merge the buckets →

FARA registrants

Foreign Agents Registration Act paperwork — foreign agents, domestic filing cabinets. Statutory label, separate bucket.

22 active Israel registrants

your brain wants one number →

Money → weapons

P.L. 118-50 from appropriation to Federal Register notice. The pipeline is obscene; we drew a map.

118-50

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Tier 2 — They assert; we link · human deficit edition

Documented weapons use

HRW, Amnesty, Bellingcat — attributed reports only. We index battlefield claims; we do not state them in our voice. Monkeys read the footnotes.

Full index (16) →

Gaza 7Lebanon 3Iran 3US policy 3

535

Congressmonkeys tracked

16 SEVERE · 199 HIGH · we counted

Avg PAC dependency

Tagged $ ÷ total PAC $ — the ratio of shame

$3.6M

AIPAC LDA (TTM)

Live from lda.gov

Israel FARA

Active registrants

Weapons systems

76 FR notices

Highest PAC dependency this cycle

Correlation ≠ causation — dollars from public filings.

Sarah Elfreth

Rep. MD-3

PAC dependency90

Four buckets. Zero mixing. Maximum monkey discipline.

Monkey brain wants one big number to scream about. We refuse — civilization runs on separate legal buckets. Each one links to its own primary source. Monkeys with citations.

PAC $

Electoral capture

FEC Schedule A — tagged committee receipts. Default ON.

LDA lobbying

Access spend

Senate lobbying disclosures. Never merged with PAC totals.

FARA

Foreign gov

Foreign-agent registrations — separate legal bucket.

Foreign aid

Policy context

Congressional appropriations context — not campaign finance.

Ledger below. Jokes above. Dollars link out.

Top 10 — hall of fame / infamy

2024 cycle · 2026-08-04

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#	Member	Dependency	Votes	Severity
1	Sarah ElfrethRep. MD-3	90.1%	—	HIGH
2	George LatimerRep. NY-16	69.8%	—	HIGH
3	Wesley BellRep. MO-1	58.4%	—	HIGH
4	Jimmy GomezRep. CA-34	52.3%	46.2%	HIGH
5	Dave MinRep. CA-47	33.2%	—	HIGH
6	Thomas MassieRep. KY-4	29.1%	0%	HIGH
7	Cory A. BookerSen. NJ	24.9%	85.2%	HIGH
8	Jake AuchinclossRep. MA-4	11.5%	76.9%	HIGH
9	Mark B. MessmerRep. IN-8	11.0%	—	HIGH
10	Brian J. MastRep. FL-21	10.6%	30.8%	HIGH

Featured pipeline — follow the debauchery

P.L. 118-50 — Israel Security Supplemental (H.R. 815)

April 2024 supplemental: FMF, Iron Dome replenishment, drawdown authority — traced from law text through votes to transfer notices.

Trace bill → weapons → FR notices →

The species is cooked.The filings are public.We are also monkeys.