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At the Great American State Fair, MAHA Meets Sno-Cones and Corn Dogs

State fairs are famous for their indulgent food, and the Great American State Fair, which opened yesterday on the National Mall in celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday, is no exception. But visitors strolling the rows of booths serving up cheesy fries, loaded nachos and cookies by the bucket will also be able to hear []

Truth or Satire: The Midway Between Fact and Fiction

The Great American State Fair is officially open. So is the competition between reality and satire.

Pancakes and holograms fail to draw crowds to Trump’s ‘Freedom 250’ fair

Great American State Fair highlights US political division on Washington’s National Mall

Despite Political Snubs, America’s 250th Fair Finds Unity on the Ground

As a roster of blue states fail to send delegations decrying politization, actual attendees noted the Great American State Fair is politics free and lots of fun. The post Despite Political Snubs, America’s 250th Fair Finds Unity on the Ground first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

LIVE: Trump hosts ‘The Great American State Fair’ for America’s 250th anniversary

Watch live from Washington as President Donald Trump hosts the Great American State Fair Kick-Off Celebration on the National Mall ahead of America's 250th birthday. #trump

Trump’s ‘The Great American State Fair’ remains fairly empty

With a 110-ft (33.5-m) Ferris wheel, a rodeo demonstration and an eye-popping array of junk food, “The Great American State Fair” opened on Washington’s National Mall on Thursday to start a 16-day celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary. Notably, the first couple of days drew sparse crowds. It remains unclear what the July 4th holiday []

Great American State Fair menu: Classic American fare merges with MAHA

The Great American State Fair’s menu was released this week, giving the public a taste of what Freedom 250’s 16-day festival on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall holds for them. The event lineup is set to feature an array of local restaurants, a food challenge brought by sandwich shop Bub and Pop’s, and a sprinkle of []

Trump humiliation continues as state fair airs live stream to literally no one

The Great American State Fair was hit with another humiliation after a photo was posted by Meghan McCain showing empty fields

How Trump politicized America's 250th birthday

For the past few weeks, visitors have flocked to the National Mall for the Great American State Fair, part of the celebration marking the nation's 250th anniversary. But in this milestone year, President Trump's approach to commemorating the anniversary has injected a more partisan tone into events meant to bring Americans together. Liz Landers reports from the fair.

’Great American State Fair’ kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations

’Great American State Fair’ kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations

Donald Trump rages over 'humiliating' Great American State Fair as stage falls apart

The Great American State Fair was held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to celebrate America's 250th anniversary, but the event descended into disaster for President Trump amid sparse crowds and a stage mishap

Trump teases ‘rally to America’ on National Mall Wednesday ahead of nation’s 250th

President Donald Trump previewed the upcoming “Rally to America” event on the National Mall in a video message Tuesday, reminding Americans that he will headline the celebration, which will mark the grand opening of the Great American State Fair. The event will take place Wednesday night, ahead of Thursday’s fair. The fair, which spans June []...Click to read more

Democratic-led states balk at 'Great American State Fair'

A grand state fair highlighting American culture is set to kick off on the National Mall this week ahead of the country’s 250th anniversary, but several states have publicly said they will not attend the event. At least seven states led by Democratic governors have opted not to send official representatives to the Great American...

Trump’s State Fair Commits a Cardinal Sin

I have been to a great state fair. I have now also been to Trump's state fair.

Here’s How The Great American State Fair Is Creating Little Patriots

Despite criticism, the Great American State Fair is doing exactly what it was intended to do: create lifelong memories in little patriots.

Trump ruins everything

While the reality TV version of Donald Trump would have put on the best semiquincentennial celebration ever, the real one is putting on a combination of banal partisan rally and D- underfunded county fair: I stopped by the Great American State Fair on Tuesday. The website listed the day’s theme as “Innovation, Technology Progress.” [] The post Trump ruins everything appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

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Trump’s Empty State Fair Eviscerated After Embarrassing Typo

Ken Cedeno / REUTERSPresident Donald Trump’s failing Great American State Fair has suffered another public embarrassment.The 16-day event on the National Mall was designed to kick off America’s 250th anniversary celebrations. However, Trump’s celebration continues to be plagued by bad luck, bad weather and bad attendance numbers.Power cuts on day one of the State Fair saw ice cream in the food hall melt, while the Ferris wheel was also briefly out of action due to generator problems. Read more at The Daily Beast.

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You’ve come to the right place. We have just the thing to tickle your funny bone. It happened at the Not Great American State Fair, which is a bonus for us, because in a manner of speaking, it reflects on Trump. The farce continues! If wishes were horses, we all could ride, but wish this

A Hour From Rockford, This Town Throws A Huge Strawberry Festival

A Hour From Rockford, This Town Throws A Huge Strawberry Festival

Vote Now to Name Indiana State Fair the Best in America

Vote Now to Name Indiana State Fair the Best in America

Scenes from the 16-day Great American State Fair, in photos

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 110-foot Ferris wheel, state pavilions and cowboy demonstrations were among the attractions at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall. Held as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration, the 16-day event showcased the history, culture and traditions of U.S. states and territories. ___ This is a photo gallery [] The post Scenes from the 16-day Great American State Fair, in photos appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Your Complete Guide to the 73rd Annual Dubuque County Fair

Your Complete Guide to the 73rd Annual Dubuque County Fair

The Great American State Fair Is a Great Trumpian Disaster

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‘That’s [bleeped] up’: Food-truck pirates turn National Mall into a lawless mess * WorldNetDaily * by Dylan Kresak, Daily Caller News Foundation

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'Great American State Fair' kicks off US 250th anniversary celebrations

The Great American State Fair kicked off in Washington, D.C., in a “World Fair-style celebration of America’s 250th birthday” on the 4th of July, organizers said. Gavino Garay takes a first look, where fairgoers donned red, white and blue, and religion and Trump were prominent themes throughout — a closeness that had some opening acts cancel their gigs over what they said was partisanship. #greatamericanstatefair #freedom250 #fair #july4th #fourthofjuly

Trump's Great American State Fair is "kind of rubbish"

Donald Trump's Great American State Fair, that 16-day celebration of all things America currently underway at the National Mall, kicked off this weekend not with a bang, but with something more akin to a whimper. The fair, which Jason Weisberger here at Boing Boing likened to a Spirit Halloween installed inside a failing megachurch, is currently limping along, according to many of the hilarious eyewitness accounts from folks who have suffered through a visit so that we don't have to. — Read the rest The post Trump's Great American State Fair is kind of rubbish appeared first on Boing Boing.

Inside Trump's Dreadful State Fair

Adam Gabbatt: Attendance at the Great American State Fair is sparse and the heat is extreme, but at least you can pay 25 for a pretzel

Gooey Strawberry Butter Cake

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PHOTOS: Behold the Assorted Weirdness and Sparse Crowds at Trump’s Great American State Fair 

The “Great American State Fair” kicked off last Thursday in Washington, D.C. While the event was ostensibly a celebration of...

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What the Media Missed About the Great American State Fair

Media outlets such as The Guardian and Forbes described the Great American State Fair as a disappointment because of extreme heat, weather delays, and lower-than-expected crowds. But as a volunteer during the event’s opening days, I saw firsthand that the event was much more than the negative headlines suggested. Presented by Freedom 250, the free...

USA TODAY visits the Great American State Fair. See videos from inside.

USA TODAY's Michelle Del Rey attended the Great American State Fair to find out if it was "packed with happy people" as President Donald Trump claims. Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usa250/2026/06/29/trump-great-american-state-fair-crowds-sparse/90743634007/ Sign up for our newsletter for the day's top stories, from sports to movies to politics to world events: https://profile.usatoday.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins trolls Trump by reporting on the state fair in the middle of an empty National Mall

The president has claimed the fair is “packed with happy people” but footage from the National Mall tells a different story