🚫 Not fit for public office. Fewer than three stars, and a critical Article fails (Free & Fair Elections). This isn’t a close call. Expect to hear from us — often.
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1Open Bookscritical
80%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
7.6% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% corporate-money cap. (FEC 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
30%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
A post appearing to endorse violence cost him Nonviolence.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
32%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
A suspended account over a post appearing to endorse violence, plus amplifying an antisemitic post, cost him Dignity.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
40%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Not held; no fear-restraint credit registers in the record.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
51%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Amplifying an antisemitic post cost him Truth. No broken commitments are flagged, so A Kept Word registers as held.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
68%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Only the bipartisan Laken Riley Act earns credit for reaching across the aisle.
60
7Morality
35%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
His account was suspended over a post appearing to endorse violence, and he amplified an antisemitic post.
60
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Scores are Independent 2026’s own editorial read against the Seven Articles — ≥60% earns the star. The first two Articles are critical: fail Open Books or Free & Fair Elections and there is no seal, whatever else holds. Each Article carries its founding quote as the yardstick. On bias →