Aug 26, 2025
National & Minnesota Report We learned long ago to “Beware the Unititended Consequences”, but Donald J Trump’s (R) most recent bout showing his (lack of) brilliance, while he sports a hat making an unfounded, contrary statement, (Trump was Always Right...
Aug 26, 2025
Minnesota Report Good Question. We believe it is not likely. Why because Governor Tim Walz (DFL) doesn’t need the job, as we previously expressed, he has three pensions, so he is fine financially. So what does his decision mean? We declare its Domino Theory, he moves...
Aug 26, 2025
Mineesota Report This is our opinion and go ahead and sue us. Jim Cockerall, through Madison Equities and screwed St Paul. He through and through, with the acquisitions of properties such as the Lowery Building, the building which housed the Hat Trick bar, the...
Jul 25, 2025
Minnesota Report Yesterday, we learned State Representative Kaohly Her (DFL-64A, St Paul) is committed to file for mayor of the Capitol City when the filing opens on April 29th. She is a four-term legislator, Hmong woman, who had the fortune to be in the right place...
Jul 25, 2025
Minnesota Report Since, our inception in 1995, Checks & Balances has prided itself on offering analytics based on numbers. Here are the numbers associated with all of the expected candidates in the mayoral contest at this time. 2025 St Paul Mayoral Candidate...
Jul 22, 2025
National & Minnesota Report Donald J Trump (R) has carefully curated a brand of dominance, vitality, and so-called “alpha masculinity.” But the image has always been manufactured, and now—under the weight of age, indictments, and cognitive erosion—it...
Jul 22, 2025
National, Arizona, California, Nebraska, New York & Pennsylvannia Report The passage of the what Donald J Trump (R) dubbed as the Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) and Democrats call the Big, Bunch of Bullshit, has thrown a stark spotlight on the deep ideological fault...
Jul 22, 2025
National, Arizona, California, Nebraska, New York & Pennsylvania Report Target Audience: Student Voters, Recent Graduates, Young Professionals, and Working-Class Parents Objective: Leverage the Big Beautiful Bill to Flip Republican-Held Swing Seats CORE STRATEGIC...
Jul 22, 2025
Minnesota Report Some will question the rationale for a legislator to endorse a candidate for Minneapolis Mayor. Its quite simple to understand why a fellow state senator will put forward their support for a colleague in Sen Omar Fateh (DS-62, Minneapolis) it because...
Jun 27, 2025
Minnesota Report We attended the in state viewing of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman (DFL-34B, Brookyn Park), her husband Mark and their Golden Retriever Gilbert. It is another sad day coupled with hugs, concern for our state’s democracy and questions of where we are...
