📚 Summer school. Hakeem Jeffries holds 4 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
14.0% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% corporate-money cap. (FEC 2026)
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2Free & Fair Electionscritical
45%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
No 2020 election denial — but campaigned hard for California’s Prop 50 counter-gerrymander, calling it a “decisive response” (Oct 2025). The map counts.
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3The Dignity of the Opponent
48%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
The “either MAGA extremists break the country or we break them… break their spirit” line is the debit.
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4Fear Is Not Fuel
65%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Affirmative on policy, sharper on the stump (“hold the crooks accountable”).
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5Truth & a Kept Word
73%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Reliable public record. Keeps faith with his caucus and district.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
40%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Party leader; defines rather than breaks the line.
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7Morality
74%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No personal-ethics scandal on the record; disciplined and measured in personal conduct.
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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 →