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The DG Distribution Map is intended to highlight the rural density of Dollar General Stores. It's based on a 3-layer scrape of Dollar General's store location database, cross-matched against the Census Bureau's town/county directory. If you want to run the scrape yourself, you can download the Python files from my GitHub repository.
Gift travel can act as a backdoor lobby to influence Congress and other political bodies. Israel is by far the largest destination for international travel in both the House and the Senate. Based on a scrape of thousands of congressional disclosures, I determined that Israel accounted for about 28% of privately-funded House travel in 2025.