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U.S. Government Shutdowns

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GroupSeriesValue (days)SourceConf.
Nov 20 1981Republican2Estimate0.97
Sep 30 1982Republican1Estimate0.97
Dec 17 1982Republican3Estimate0.97
Nov 10 1983Republican3Estimate0.97
Sep 30 1984Republican2Estimate0.97
Oct 3 1984Republican1Estimate0.97
Oct 16 1986Republican1Estimate0.97
Dec 18 1987Republican1Estimate0.97
Oct 5 1990Republican3Estimate0.97
Nov 13 1995Democrat5Estimate0.97

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Dec 15 1995Democrat21Estimate0.97
Sep 30 2013Democrat16Estimate0.97
Jan 19 2018Republican3Estimate0.97
Dec 21 2018Republican35Estimate0.97
Nov 20 1981Democrat~2Estimate0.50
Sep 30 1982Democrat~1Estimate0.50
Dec 17 1982Democrat~3Estimate0.50
Nov 10 1983Democrat~3Estimate0.50
Sep 30 1984Democrat~2Estimate0.50
Oct 3 1984Democrat~1Estimate0.50
Oct 16 1986Democrat~1Estimate0.50
Dec 18 1987Democrat~1Estimate0.50
Oct 5 1990Democrat~3Estimate0.50
Jan 19 2018Democrat~3Estimate0.50
Dec 21 2018Democrat~35Estimate0.50
Nov 13 1995Republican~5Estimate0.50
Dec 15 1995Republican~21Estimate0.50
Sep 30 2013Republican~16Estimate0.50
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GET/api/v1/charts/1d2ae5aa6848Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data linkOpen
GET/api/v1/charts/1d2ae5aa6848/dataEvery point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSVMax
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curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/1d2ae5aa6848/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"
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claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

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