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Good Morning, News: Terrible Trump Appointments, Homeless Count Controversy,...
by Dirk VanderHart Levi HastingsWe awake this morning to a fresh round of hell: News that Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions—critical of the NAACP, opponent of sentencing reform—will be the next US attorney...
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Things to Do This Weekend!
Things to do for November 18-20 by Mercury Staff Even if the Mercury weren't hosting their annual Chili Jamboree, the weekend would still resemble a big ol' bowl heaped tall with quality food for your...
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by Anonymous To the man biking home at night in mid-November at Division and 10th with his son, no more than two, on the handlebars: There is a reason your son was crying. You had him breaking the...
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This Monday... It's the I, Anonymous Show!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey If you’ve been unlucky enough to miss the first two I, Anonymous Shows… well, it’s time to change your luck for the better! Some of the best/strangest/sickest I, Anonymous...
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Sex Magick Shouldn’t Be This Dull
by Kjerstin Johnson Had Anna Biller's The Love Witch come out in 1965, it would be part of the feminist cult-film canon. The vampy Elaine (Samantha Robinson) destroys the men in her life with sex...
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Voter Suppression Is a Real Thing—and It Will Get Worse
by Charles Mudede "Freedmen at a voter registration office, Macon, Georgia in 1867. During Reconstruction (1866-1876)." Everett Historical/shutterstock.comTrump’s campaign team totally freaked out...
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Resist Trump: The American City Is a Machine That Kills Fascism
by Dan Savage Jen GravesMost likely you are reading this from inside a city. Most likely you have been feeling despair and doubt and fear. Most likely you have wondered if this can still be your...
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Here's Where Cannabis Stands After This Nightmare of an Election
by Josh Jardine ISTOCK / YARYGINI WROTE A JOKE to make you feel better.Q: What’s the difference between Trump and cancer?A: You stand a chance of surviving cancer.Ha, ha! No, but seriously, we are all...
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Chloe Eudaly Says She'll Push for an Emergency Rent Freeze When She Takes...
by Dirk VanderHart Commissioner-elect Chloe EudalyChloe Eudaly's an old hand when it comes to tenants' rights rallies. Her frequent calls for stricter rental protections—such as an end to no-cause...
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Instead of Tweeting, Donald Trump Should Be Reading These Kids' Letters When...
by Ana Sofia Knauf Rather than sending out nonsensical tweets at 4 a.m., the Racist-in-Chief should try perusing this Facebook group instead.Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.comMolly Spence Sahebjami, who...
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Bleed for This: Miles Said Knock You Out
by Marc Mohan Poor Miles Teller. The guy’s not even 30 yet and it already feels like he’s in major need of a comeback. After achieving indie-darlinghood with The Spectacular Now and Whiplash, he...
View ArticleTrump Will Never Settle! (This Just In... He Settled.)
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Here's what Donald Trump said back in March in regards to the multiple lawsuits against his shady real estate school, Trump University:The phony lawsuit against Trump U could...
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Not Marchin', Just Plottin'
by Jenni Moore Danielle ChenetteAs a black woman who grew up as one of the few POC in a sea of predominant whiteness (I did ALL of my schooling in super-racist and homophobic Canby, Oregon), I’ve...
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Doug Loves Movies: Now More Than Ever
by Megan Burbank Follow your heart!VONSWANK.COM“People are out protesting a lot in Portland, so I feel bad telling ’em to stop protesting and come to my show so just, you know, follow your heart.”...
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The Tests for Driving While Stoned Aren’t Perfect Yet
by Vince Sliwoski ISTOCK / JAN PRIEMSDear Pot Lawyer,How can the police gauge stoned driving?MEASURING cannabis intoxication is tough and there is no generally accepted method. In Oregon, we do not...
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Things to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Portland Night Market Thousands of Portlanders will flock this weekend to the old Produce Row warehouse in the Industrial District for the final Portland Night Market of the year....
View ArticleDear Portland
by Anonymous I know how much you care about racism now that our country has elected Voldemort, however why not address some racism that stares us in the face right here in our city? I’m talking about...
View ArticleBaby Got Their Ba-Ba
by Anonymous I'm not surprised at how the Republicans are now gloating; it was to be expected. Like a toddler who throws a tantrum to get a prized toy, they are gloating over their victory. After...
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Johnny Marr’s Down-to-Earth Autobiography
by Ned Lannamann Beyond the Smiths in Set the Boy Free.JON-SHARDJohnny Marr’s autobiography is thick. Set the Boy Free, which tells the ex-Smiths guitarist’s story from his hardscrabble Manchester...
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by Anonymous Dear Mustang Arsonist:Perhaps you, like me, are pissed because the electoral college will put Trump in office even though Hillary carries the popular vote. Maybe it's that he's a...
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