🚫 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
3%☆ not yet
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
A Project 2025 architect who founded an advocacy think tank; no verifiable good surfaced on the money row.
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
60%★ earned
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Enemy-framing of public servants weighs against the standard, though no election-denial or Jan-6 involvement appears on the page.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
2%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
On record wanting civil servants "traumatically affected" so they "not want to go to work" — enemy-framing of public servants.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
3%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
No verifiable good surfaced; the record credits nothing on forward vision.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
14%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
No verifiable good surfaced on engaging opponents' case. The record shows nothing to credit and no cross-aisle or reassuring commitment kept.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
3%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
No verifiable good surfaced; the enemy-framing leaves no door open.
60
7Morality
30%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
On record wishing civil servants “traumatically affected” so they would not want to go to work — cruelty toward public servants.
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 →