📚 Summer school. Daniel S. Goldman holds 5 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Free & Fair Elections). Assignment: summer school for Civics, watch every Schoolhouse Rock episode five times, and submit a one-page report — due before the end of the year. Report to summer school →
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
5.8% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% cap, and no corporate leadership PAC. (FEC 2026)
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2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Embraced NY's Democratic mid-decade redraw targeting Malliotakis's seat (City & State NY, Jan 2026). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
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3The Dignity of the Opponent
62%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Fierce Trump critic; pointed rhetoric but no documented pattern of dehumanizing opponents as a class.
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4Fear Is Not Fuel
60%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Messaging leans heavily on democracy-threat and rule-of-law alarm given his impeachment-counsel background.
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5Truth & a Kept Word
70%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
No notable fact-check violations on record; former prosecutor with fact-focused public statements.
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6Against the Spirit of Party
42%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Reliable Democratic caucus voter with little documented independence at personal cost.
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7Morality
70%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
2022 disclosures showed large holdings in defense, oil and Fox with conflict-of-interest optics; pledged a blind trust, no charges (City & State, HuffPost).
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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 →