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Susie Wiles
White House Chief of Staff
📚 Summer school. Susie Wiles holds 4 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 → Rhetorical, not literal — an opinion on conduct measured against our civics standard. Ratings terms · Challenge this review
1Open Bookscritical
40%☆ not yet
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
A career corporate lobbyist, with tobacco and mining clients.
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.
3The Dignity of the Opponent
58%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
A disciplined "Ice Maiden" with little documented contempt in the record.
4Fear Is Not Fuel
55%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
The record is limited on vision, consistent with a behind-the-scenes operator.
5Truth & a Kept Word
63%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
The record is thin on direct engagement of critics. No documented broken commitment on the limited record.
6Against the Spirit of Party
60%★ earned
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
A genuinely bipartisan operator's reputation, having once worked for moderates.
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
A disciplined operator with a genuinely bipartisan reputation and no personal-ethics scandal on the record.
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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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