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Angie Craig to Neo-Fascists at Minnesota State Fair: Want a Literal Cookie?
Plus this year's crop art, 21 bus merch, and a new veg joint in today's Flyover news roundup.
Doin’ Minnesota State Fair Beers 2025: The Best and Worst of the Year’s New Beers
Including this year’s big talker—Pryes’ Royal Raspberry soft serve.
Free Tunes at the Fair, Ren Fest, Racket Turns 4: This Week’s Best Events
Plus food trucks, a bike party, and last call (for the summer) for the Twin Cities River Rats.
Frey Guy Deletes Tweet Accusing Fateh of ‘Brazen Cheating’—But Not Before Right-Wingers Run With It
Plus Uptown Cub rises from the dead, the MN county where newspapers are flourishing, and the best (or least worst) TP at the fair in today's Flyover news roundup.
RacketCast, Ep. 33: Emergency MN State Fair New Food Roundtable!
We're so stuffed.
What Else? It’s a State Fair Open Thread.
As we do every week at this time, we're turning Racket over to you, the readers.
The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2025 Minnesota State Fair
Enjoy 7,000 words of reviews set to our proprietary Scarf!, Shrug, Skip rating system.
Freeloader Friday: 125 Free Things To Do This Weekend
Plus free music at the Minnesota State Fair.
On the Big Screen This Week: 2 Kurosawa Crime Classics, a Kpop Singalong, and an Animated Chinese Blockbuster Sequel
Pretty much all the movies you can catch in Twin Cities theaters this week.
Klobuchar Makes Anti-AI Stance All About Her
Plus Uptown Cheba Hut is alive, the Greenway turns 25, and we're prepping for the fair in today's Flyover news roundup.
