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History in the Making! Republican-Led Senate Breaks 100-Year Record for...
by Bobby Roberts During his speech at the Republican National Convention last night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) peeked out from behind the tissue-paper facade obscuring his refusal to...
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Wine Cocktails That Go Beyond the Spritzer
by MJ Skegg Chris RyanTHINK “WINE COCKTAIL.” At best it evokes brunch-time bottomless mimosas, or at worst, sickly spritzers served at family functions in a weak attempt at sophistication and taming...
View ArticleLiving The Dream
by Anonymous Why do people say this shit when you ask how they're doing? What the fuck does it even mean? Did you really grow up dreaming of working in some corporate cube-farm or selling cell phones...
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Six Candidates Who Are More Exciting Than the Old White Dudes on Hillary's VP...
by Matt Baume What a wild duet.Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.comAccording to "reports," which are never inaccurate, Hillary Clinton's spending two days cloistered at home to make her VP choice, and it's...
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Theater Has a Well-Documented Diversity Problem. One Local Company Is Doing...
by Megan Burbank Playwright Quiara Alegria Hudes.Ande Whyland“For our first 17 seasons we really focused on the mid-20th-century masters... people who are in the theater textbooks,” says Profile...
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Boris Johnson Shaping up to be England's Donald Trump
by Matt Baume Boris Johnson: somehow always looks as though he's just been blasted in the back by a fire extinguisherJacek Wojnarowski / Shutterstock.comDespite all outward appearances, Boris Johnson...
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Good Morning, News: Police Reform, Diversity at a Portland Theater, and Ted...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Please enjoy these high-quality links. Doug BrownIn print this week is our fantastic annual Bike Issue. You're not going to want to miss this:•Meet Your New Bike...
View ArticleThe "Homeless"
by Anonymous When homeowners complain about the homeless, three things always come up: syringes, sex and drug dealing. Then the children and the out-of-town seniors. But my story is as good as...
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The Green Party Responds to Dan Savage, Says He's "Dead Wrong"
by Ansel Herz "We’re willing to not only run for dog catcher but also go to the mat for a ballot position to do it."Green PartyDan Savage, the other day:Where are the Green Party candidates for city...
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Different Day, Different Couple, Same Issues,...
by Dan Savage I'm a 34 year-old gay male in a new relationship with a 28 year-old bisexual undocumented immigrant. For a year we were friends with benefits, and he wanted more, but I was reluctant...
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Today in "Now Do You Hate Pokémon Go Yet?"
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey "Play my game, or FUCK YOUUUUUUU."The grumbling has already started in earnest, and yet many of you are still playing Pokémon Go with vigor. GOOD FOR YOU. Let's see if you have...
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For Women's Rights, Ohio Is a "Preview of What America Would Look like If...
by Heidi Groover Spotted in downtown Cleveland during this week's Republican National Convention.HGA political party's convention is like a glimpse into a future in which they are in power, their most...
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Weekend at Bernie's is a Vulgar Delight
by Dirk VanderHart This town knows its way around an irreverent nostalgia stage production. In recent years, we’ve been tickled by theatrical renditions of the Swayze classic Road House and the...
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Maze Koroma's Hip-Hop Is Built to Last
by Ben Salmon MAZE KOROMA Flowers for all! And sick rhymes.Riley BrownMAZE KOROMA isn’t going anywhere. The 24-year-old Portland native has seen a parade of rising rappers leave his hometown over the...
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Lights Out: TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ON! TURN THE LIGHTS BACK ONNNN!
by Andrew Wright YouTube is bursting at the seams with horror shorts, the vast majority of which traffic in the same old jump scares and photoshopped demon faces. David F. Sandberg’s Lights Out,...
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Auditor's Report: 416 Misconduct Complaints Filed Against the Portland Police...
by Doug Brown The city auditor's Independent Police Review (IPR)—"the central intake point for police misconduct complaints"—just released its annual report for 2015, providing statistics about...
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Mike Pence Once Gave Cover to Regimes that Execute Homosexuals
by Matt Baume Mike Pence wants you to trust him.lev radin / Shutterstock.comTonight at the RNC, gay libertarian (and Gawker-obsessive) Peter Thiel will take the stage, presumably to reassure the...
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This Week's Style Events
by Elizabeth Mollo Slim pickin's this week folks:BLTNFrom now until July 27th jewelry brand BLTN is holding an Online Sample Sale which will include samples (duh), discontinued styles, and seconds...
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Is Hazelnut Grove About to be the First-Ever Homeless Camp to Host a Festival?
by Dirk VanderHart This city's proved in recent weeks that—against all odds—it hasn't yet reached its upper limit for angst over homeless camping. And while social service workers, neighbors, and the...
View ArticleNBA Moves All-Star Game Out of North Carolina
by Dan Savage Suck it, bigots:The National Basketball Association announced Thursday that it would not hold the 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte, N.C., in a reaction to state legislation passed earlier...
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