Political Caption Competition

Humans have a word for everything but can’t comprehend true value of anything, it seems.
ACT leaders and followers could be described by one of many synonyms of sly but I can’t decide which. Here’s the choice: cunning, shonky… and there’s more –
crafty
clever
wily
artful
guileful
tricky
conniving
scheming
devious
designing
deceitful
duplicitous
dishonest
disingenuous
underhand
sneaky
untrustworthy
manipulative
calculating
Machiavellian
foxy
shifty
fly

Could it be all of the above? But you’ve missed one: Flea.
Flea, the common name for the order Siphonaptera, includes 2,500 species of small flightless insects that live as external parasites of mammals and birds.

I’m not sure though @ Grey that it’s a full definition. Fleas often ingratiate themselves on their hosts pretending friendship. But since they’re basically pretty thick in the brain department, it’s all about survival instinct. (Habit [learned ideology, rehearsed talking points and platitudes] over intelligence [critical thought and appropriate responses to current conditions]}

Lately, birds seem to be doing better than mammals. Could they evolve perhaps into delivering a parallel Working Groups?