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Linda McMahon

Secretary of Education
2/7
🚫 Not Fit for Public Office
🚫 Not fit for public office. Fewer than three stars, and a critical Article fails (Open Books). This isn’t a close call. Expect to hear from us — often.

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1Open Bookscritical
41%☆ not yet
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
Holds a roughly $2.3B stake in TKO (WWE/UFC) while committing to divest education-related bonds.
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
82%★ earned
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
No election-denial or incitement on the page; peaceful-handoff record intact.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
58%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Uses "nonpartisan" framing with low personal contempt.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
42%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
A return-to-states vision, with a "patriotic civics" overlay, while cutting staff about 45%.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
56%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Rarely engages the critics' strongest case. No documented broken commitment on the record shown.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
58%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Frames dismantling her own department as a nonpartisan return of education to the states.
60
7Morality
75%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
Low personal contempt and no personal-ethics scandal on the record.
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 →

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