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📚 Summer school. Jason Crow 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 → Rhetorical, not literal — an opinion on conduct measured against our civics standard. Ratings terms · Challenge this review
1Open Bookscritical
83%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
6.5% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% cap, and no corporate leadership PAC. (FEC 2026)
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
42%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Endorsed a Colorado amendment for emergency mid-decade redistricting (Colorado Newsline/CPR, Nov 2025). Backing a partisan gerrymander fails Free & Fair Elections.
3The Dignity of the Opponent
74%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Former Army Ranger with a measured, duty-focused tone; no documented dehumanizing rhetoric toward opponents.
4Fear Is Not Fuel
68%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
National-security messaging is serious but framed constructively rather than as partisan alarm.
5Truth & a Kept Word
75%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
No notable fact-check controversies; 2021 impeachment-manager record and statements show factual care.
6Against the Spirit of Party
55%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Shows independence on national-security and veterans matters, though generally aligned with party.
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No documented corruption, criminal, or credible personal-ethics matter on record.
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Every public channel, one click. Hold them to it — warmly, in the register of right speech.
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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 →
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