Methods behind the money
Money
Money is a later gate. Names print only as filed.
Financial support, lobbying, public awards, bidders & defense contractors, related entities, and assets are separate pipes. We do not mash them into an influence score. A hole stays a hole. Names print only where a filing already named them. We do not store a home address.
Open influence — committee seat × fundraising base
Pipes
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Financial support
Even where campaign filings are public, names print only as filed. An unnamed cell stays a hole.
hole
Lobbying support
Lobbying filings are not loaded on this kit. We do not fill client lists from a hash.
hole
Public money
Grants, contracts, and subsidies are a separate pipe. We do not mash them with campaign cash into an influence score.
hole
Bidders & defense contractors
Awarded contractors sit on USASpending. The full bidder universe (SAM) stays a hole. We do not invent names.
hole
Assets
Asset filings print only where a public register exists. Empty seats stay empty.
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Related entities
Nonprofit filings, related LLCs, insider deals, and corporations the 990 already named. We do not invent a network.
How the pipes work
Methods are sequences on public filings. Names a register already printed — PAC, corporation, contractor, 990 related org — go on the page. We do not store a home address. Third-party reporting is not a corpus.
hole · Public filing
Start with the wire
Press release is not the start. Amount, date, and who signed. Then the filing.
sourced · Public filing
OSINT, public signals only
Public signals only. We do not invent a classified corpus. The .gov page is the start.
hole · Public filing
Intel oversight by committee
The public record of the intelligence committee (or equivalent). We do not fill a classified dump. The committee of jurisdiction is the start.
No member money on this desk
The pipes above are the method. Totals wait for a harvest. We do not reconstruct a donor list from a hash.