Jay Boller
@jayboller.bsky.social
Co-owner/editor of @racketmn.com • News tips please: jay@racketmn.com • Sign up to support our work: bit.ly/JoinRacket
Reposted by Jay Boller
my favorite (now annual!) racketcast episode of the year is here:
RacketCast, Ep. 39: Biggest MN Turkeys of 2025 - Racket
No disrespect to actual turkeys—we're talkin' local bozos.
racketmn.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
my favorite (now annual!) racketcast episode of the year is here:
Did you make the cut? 😬
RacketCast, Ep. 39: Biggest MN Turkeys of 2025 - Racket
No disrespect to actual turkeys—we're talkin' local bozos.
racketmn.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Did you make the cut? 😬
Reposted by Jay Boller
Brush up on the ballot with @naomikritzer.bsky.social !
RacketCast, Ep. 38: Twin Cities Election Guide Spectacular Feat. Naomi Kritzer - Racket
A special bonus episode to prepare you for voting.
racketmn.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Brush up on the ballot with @naomikritzer.bsky.social !
Podcasting through paternity leave!
RacketCast, Ep. 37: The Parkway Pervert Feat. John Waters - Racket
His prescription for these divided times? 'You have to make people laugh, then they'll listen, and then you have sex with 'em.'
racketmn.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Podcasting through paternity leave!
Reposted by Jay Boller
more and more people are coming to minnesota for reproductive or gender-affirming care. i talked to some of the pilots who can help 'em get here.
Meet the Volunteer Pilots Flying Patients From Red States to Reproductive Care - Racket
Removing barriers to bodily autonomy, one prop plane flight at a time.
racketmn.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
more and more people are coming to minnesota for reproductive or gender-affirming care. i talked to some of the pilots who can help 'em get here.
Reposted by Jay Boller
My first @racketmn.com article is LIVE AF!!!
I am famously Racket-pilled and insist you all subscribe to their esteemed press.
I am famously Racket-pilled and insist you all subscribe to their esteemed press.
ladies love looking into PACs and campaign finance
i talked to kelly rogers for her piece too! please read this!
@kellyrogers.bsky.social
racketmn.com/meet-the-big...
i talked to kelly rogers for her piece too! please read this!
@kellyrogers.bsky.social
racketmn.com/meet-the-big...
Meet the Big-Money Donors Trying to Buy Your Vote in Minneapolis - Racket
PACs will flood this November’s election in Minneapolis with almost $2 million, most of that going to boost the chances of Mayor Jacob Frey and centrist City Council candidates. Who’s bankrolling this...
racketmn.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My first @racketmn.com article is LIVE AF!!!
I am famously Racket-pilled and insist you all subscribe to their esteemed press.
I am famously Racket-pilled and insist you all subscribe to their esteemed press.
Reposted by Jay Boller
Wild scoop from the Minnesota Star Tribune, which includes a high-ranking Homeland Security official calling Kash Patel a “giant douche canoe” www.startribune.com/trump-offici...
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
www.startribune.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Wild scoop from the Minnesota Star Tribune, which includes a high-ranking Homeland Security official calling Kash Patel a “giant douche canoe” www.startribune.com/trump-offici...
Reposted by Jay Boller
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show
A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
I watched the whole thing (huge pain tolerance for ingesting bad media), and every "solution" involves lower corporate tax rates, deregulation, and punching left. It's the same old project, nothing new here.
Who's Bankrolling 'A Precarious State,' Rick Kupchella's New Twin Cities Doomer Doc? - Racket
Plus Replacements biopic in the works, enter the STOP Slumlords Ordinance, and Barn Bluff history in today's Flyover news roundup.
racketmn.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I watched the whole thing (huge pain tolerance for ingesting bad media), and every "solution" involves lower corporate tax rates, deregulation, and punching left. It's the same old project, nothing new here.
Reposted by Jay Boller
Who exactly is paying for all this vague scaremongering?
Who's Bankrolling 'A Precarious State,' Rick Kupchella's New Twin Cities Doomer Doc? - Racket
Plus Replacements biopic in the works, enter the STOP Slumlords Ordinance, and Barn Bluff history in today's Flyover news roundup.
racketmn.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Who exactly is paying for all this vague scaremongering?
Reposted by Jay Boller
The University of Minnesota’s efforts to breed a hardy hop could help local growers and breweries. Here’s why we don’t have it yet. racketmn.com/would-the-ho...
Would the Honeycrisp of Hops Revitalize MN Beer? - Racket
The University of Minnesota’s efforts to breed a hardy hop could help local growers and breweries. Here’s why we don’t have it yet.
racketmn.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The University of Minnesota’s efforts to breed a hardy hop could help local growers and breweries. Here’s why we don’t have it yet. racketmn.com/would-the-ho...
Reposted by Jay Boller
As you know, it's International Podcast Day. Celebrate by liking + subscribing to RacketCast, our year-old pod that's only interesting to Minnesotans.
racketmn.com/category/pod...
racketmn.com/category/pod...
September 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As you know, it's International Podcast Day. Celebrate by liking + subscribing to RacketCast, our year-old pod that's only interesting to Minnesotans.
racketmn.com/category/pod...
racketmn.com/category/pod...
Reposted by Jay Boller
My favorite part of the Sibling Rivalry that @moreneighbors.org and @sustainstpaul.bsky.social hosted at @blackhartstp.com tonight was when the @racketmn.com editors were forced to talk about Saint Paul & they mentioned the survey in which I chastised them about not talking about Saint Paul enough.
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
My favorite part of the Sibling Rivalry that @moreneighbors.org and @sustainstpaul.bsky.social hosted at @blackhartstp.com tonight was when the @racketmn.com editors were forced to talk about Saint Paul & they mentioned the survey in which I chastised them about not talking about Saint Paul enough.
Reposted by Jay Boller
a while ago i became obsessed with the 2013 mayoral race in mpls: 35 candidates, yes, but also the city’s first real test of ranked-choice voting, + the race set up our current political landscape in both predictable and surprising ways.
jay & i interviewed lots of people about it—here’s a 🎁 link!
jay & i interviewed lots of people about it—here’s a 🎁 link!
'Call It the Clown Car': An Oral History of Minneapolis's 35-Candidate 2013 Mayoral Election - Racket
Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choiced voting and, finally, a new mayor.
racketmn.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
a while ago i became obsessed with the 2013 mayoral race in mpls: 35 candidates, yes, but also the city’s first real test of ranked-choice voting, + the race set up our current political landscape in both predictable and surprising ways.
jay & i interviewed lots of people about it—here’s a 🎁 link!
jay & i interviewed lots of people about it—here’s a 🎁 link!
Reposted by Jay Boller
Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choice voting and, finally, a new mayor.
'Call It the Clown Car': An Oral History of Minneapolis's 35-Candidate 2013 Mayoral Election - Racket
Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choiced voting and, finally, a new mayor.
racketmn.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choice voting and, finally, a new mayor.
Nobody ASKED for a 6,000-word oral history on the wildest mayoral election in city history, but here it is:
'Call It the Clown Car': An Oral History of Minneapolis's 35-Candidate 2013 Mayoral Election - Racket
Thirty-five candidates. Three dozen debates. Two unrelated pirate-centric elements. The first real test of ranked-choiced voting and, finally, a new mayor.
racketmn.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Nobody ASKED for a 6,000-word oral history on the wildest mayoral election in city history, but here it is:
Reposted by Jay Boller
C'mon...
Racket's Sept-Member Fall Membership Drive: Get Your First Month for $1! - Racket
Heckuva deal for new members.
racketmn.com
September 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
C'mon...
Reposted by Jay Boller
Fun times talking about the importance of altweeklies with the crew of @racketmn.com @coyotemedia.org and @emmaruthless.bsky.social and @usefulnoise.bsky.social
we talk about the good, bad, and the ugly of them and I tell the story of one of my favorite and most notorious columns.
we talk about the good, bad, and the ugly of them and I tell the story of one of my favorite and most notorious columns.
September 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Fun times talking about the importance of altweeklies with the crew of @racketmn.com @coyotemedia.org and @emmaruthless.bsky.social and @usefulnoise.bsky.social
we talk about the good, bad, and the ugly of them and I tell the story of one of my favorite and most notorious columns.
we talk about the good, bad, and the ugly of them and I tell the story of one of my favorite and most notorious columns.
I went to gas station Flavortown.
We Reviewed Guy Fieri's New Line of Holiday Gas Station Food. For Journalism. - Racket
Steer clear of this part of Flavortown.
racketmn.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I went to gas station Flavortown.
Reposted by Jay Boller
HUGE TEAM MINNEAPOLIS ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣
Saint Paul better prepare for trouble! Team N4MN is excited to announce that Jessica Armbruster, Jay Boller, and Keith Harris aka Team Racket will be repping us on the mic one week from today at Sibling Rivalry!
Tickets: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Saint Paul better prepare for trouble! Team N4MN is excited to announce that Jessica Armbruster, Jay Boller, and Keith Harris aka Team Racket will be repping us on the mic one week from today at Sibling Rivalry!
Tickets: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
September 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
HUGE TEAM MINNEAPOLIS ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣
Saint Paul better prepare for trouble! Team N4MN is excited to announce that Jessica Armbruster, Jay Boller, and Keith Harris aka Team Racket will be repping us on the mic one week from today at Sibling Rivalry!
Tickets: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Saint Paul better prepare for trouble! Team N4MN is excited to announce that Jessica Armbruster, Jay Boller, and Keith Harris aka Team Racket will be repping us on the mic one week from today at Sibling Rivalry!
Tickets: actionnetwork.org/ticketed_eve...
Reposted by Jay Boller
and here's my Rilo Kiley review again, for the daytime crew
At the Palace, Rilo Kiley Reminds Adults What They’ve Lived Through - Racket
Touring for the first time since 2008, the reunited band brought fans back to the 2000s, a time it’s hard to be nostalgic for.
racketmn.com
September 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
and here's my Rilo Kiley review again, for the daytime crew
Reposted by Jay Boller
Some are calling it the deal of the century—it's certainly the deal of the month. Now through the end of September (er, Sept-member), sign up for Racket for a single dollar!
Racket's Sept-Member Fall Membership Drive: Get Your First Month for $1! - Racket
Heckuva deal for new members.
racketmn.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some are calling it the deal of the century—it's certainly the deal of the month. Now through the end of September (er, Sept-member), sign up for Racket for a single dollar!
We ordered 60, about 30 left. This run is LIMITED.
September 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
We ordered 60, about 30 left. This run is LIMITED.
Reposted by Jay Boller
September 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Reposted by Jay Boller
Come on, man.
Gimme a Freakin' Break! Alleged Union Buster Ann Kim Was Never 'Canceled.' - Racket
Plus U of M labor drama, Euro Target cometh, and one sweet little cabin in today's Flyover news roundup.
racketmn.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Come on, man.