📚 Summer school. Mike Johnson 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
8.6% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% corporate-money cap. (FEC 2026)
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2Free & Fair Electionscritical
40%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Fails twice over: a role in the 2020 election-objection effort, and as Speaker he championed the Texas five-seat mid-decade gerrymander while calling California’s map a “power grab” (Aug 2025).
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3The Dignity of the Opponent
66%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Genuine personal respect for Jeffries — “Hakeem is a friend” — and told Trump to drop a racist video of him.
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4Fear Is Not Fuel
62%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
More governing than fear, though shutdown-era blame sharpened.
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5Truth & a Kept Word
72%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Broadly accurate public record. Keeps his word within his conference.
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6Against the Spirit of Party
40%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Closely aligned with Trump; little breaking from his own side.
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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; a values-forward personal reputation, though closely tied to Trump.
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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 →