📚 Summer school. Seth Moulton holds 6 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Open Books). 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
Own campaign is 4.2% PAC, but Runs Serve America PAC, a registered leadership PAC that accepts PAC contributions (OpenSecrets). Fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
82%★ earned
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
No 2020 election denial, no fake-elector role, and no documented support for partisan gerrymandering.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
68%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Frames disagreements as honest debate; his 2024 trans-athlete comments drew backlash but were policy framing, not dehumanizing rhetoric.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
68%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Runs on an affirmative service/veterans agenda through Serve America; message is aspirational more than grievance-driven.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
65%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Voted to certify the 2020 election; broadly consistent record, though his leadership PAC's spending drew a watchdog complaint.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
75%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Led the 2018-19 effort to deny Pelosi the speakership and publicly split with his party post-2024, taking real intra-party cost.
60
7Morality
72%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
Iraq War Marine veteran; a 2021 Campaign Legal Center FEC complaint alleged personal-benefit spending by his leadership PAC, slightly below default.
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 →