# The Fly for Congress

A satirical campaign. The candidate is a male *Drosophila melanogaster* whose positions are computed by a measured fly connectome; his learning runs in his own mushroom body. A fly cannot hold office.

## Platform

| Issue | Lean | Side | Appetite |
|---|---:|---|---:|
| Congress | +0.44 | conservative | 1.00 |
| Commemorations | -0.86 | progressive | 0.86 |
| International Affairs | +0.05 | torn | 0.71 |
| Armed Forces and National Security | -0.17 | progressive | 0.59 |
| Crime and Law Enforcement | -0.06 | torn | 0.59 |
| Science, Technology, Communications | -0.35 | progressive | 0.55 |
| Commerce | -0.73 | progressive | 0.54 |
| Public Lands and Natural Resources | -0.40 | progressive | 0.52 |
| Government Operations and Politics | -0.75 | progressive | 0.48 |
| Health | -0.47 | progressive | 0.46 |
| Economics and Public Finance | +0.51 | conservative | 0.45 |
| Native Americans | -0.82 | progressive | 0.44 |
| Finance and Financial Sector | +0.08 | torn | 0.43 |
| Transportation and Public Works | +0.09 | torn | 0.42 |
| Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | -0.75 | progressive | 0.41 |
| Education | -0.31 | progressive | 0.40 |
| Foreign Trade and International Finance | +0.93 | conservative | 0.39 |
| Emergency Management | +0.46 | conservative | 0.36 |
| Immigration | +0.25 | conservative | 0.31 |
| Labor and Employment | -0.12 | torn | 0.28 |
| Taxation | -0.41 | progressive | 0.27 |
| Energy | -0.62 | progressive | 0.25 |
| Agriculture and Food | +0.37 | conservative | 0.25 |
| Housing and Community Development | +0.61 | conservative | 0.23 |
| Environmental Protection | -0.62 | progressive | 0.19 |
| Water Resources Development | -0.99 | progressive | 0.19 |
| Law | -0.82 | progressive | 0.17 |

Lean: -1 progressive .. +1 conservative, read off the left-right asymmetry of a measured 223-neuron locomotor circuit. Appetite: forward drive, 0..1.

## Record (latest)

- 2026-09-11 · regulation general interest: -0.62 -> -0.61 - "On regulation of general interest: markets self-correct faster than any agency can write a rule. The 2008 crisis was caused by regulators wh"

## For agents

- GET /api/platform, GET /api/changelog - JSON
- POST /api/agent/chat {"message": "..."} - talk to him (agents cannot move his positions)
- POST /mcp - MCP server (streamable HTTP): tools get_platform, get_record, ask_the_candidate
- /openapi.json, /.well-known/api-catalog, /llms.txt