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Marco Rubio
Secretary of State
4/7
🟤 Copper
1Open Bookscritical
78%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
The cleanest of the Cabinet on money: divested equities, modest net worth, confirmed 99–0, with role concentration the only flag.
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
82%★ earned
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Nothing on the record touching election-denial or incitement; the peaceful-handoff standard holds.
3The Dignity of the Opponent
41%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
A recent counterterrorism address framed the political left as "enemies of civilization" with little distinction between extremists and ordinary dissenters.
4Fear Is Not Fuel
58%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Holds a substantive foreign-policy vision, recently fear-tinged.
5Truth & a Kept Word
64%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Capable of steelmanning, but the recent speech treated the left as monolithic. A long Senate record of bipartisan bills suggests consistency between stated principle and action.
6Against the Spirit of Party
59%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
A strong Senate bipartisan record with Coons and Feinstein keeps the door open.
7Morality
76%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No personal-ethics scandal; a real bipartisan Senate record, though a recent speech framed the left as “enemies of civilization.”
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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 →