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Get Pampered Like a Pig at the Iberico Fermin Dinner
by Andrea Damewood There aren’t many of us with $200 to blow on one dinner, but if you’re looking to celebrate the (PLEASE OH GOD PLEASE) impending impeachment of our pig-in-chief, or looking to blow...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Getting Off with a Selfish Top
by Dan Savage I’m a poz guy in his 50’s. I live in a city in the middle of America and lost my partner almost nine years ago. I’ve been taking care of an elderly parent and haven’t made time to have a...
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Federal Judge Says Jeff Sessions Can't Block Northwest Immigrant Rights...
by Sydney Brownstone The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project has provided legal help to people like Daniel Ramirez Medina, the 23-year-old DACA-recipient formerly detained in Tacoma by immigration...
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Good Morning, News: An Anarchist Interview, Mount St. Helens, and More Trump...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Time to click some links. 37 years ago...Our feature, out in print as of yesterday, is by Ciara Dolan and it's about everything you could possibly want to know...
View ArticleBREAKING: Donald Trump's Witch Hunt Not Greatest Witch Hunt
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey This morning, Donald Trump tweeted this...This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2017...which...
View ArticleTo All the Single Women in Portland
by Anonymous I am sorry that I don't make 6 figures, am not over 6 feet tall, am not a hipster, or am full of myself. I am sorry for being the nice, sweet, flower bearing guy that you say you are...
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Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Dead at 52. Goddamn It.
Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell is dead. by Sean Nelson Chris Cornell, 1964-2017. Rest in peace.Late Wednesday night, we lost one of the most successful and well-loved musicians in Seattle rock...
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Anarchist Interviews, Part 2: "May Day Was a Complete Success"
by Doug Brown May Day in PortlandDoug BrownAfter May Day—where windows at businesses and government buildings downtown were smashed, a few fires were set in the street, and more than two dozen people...
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The Craft Cannabis Alliance Wants to Help Keep Your Weed Local
by Will Patterson 4X6 / GETTYDear Pot Lawyer,I try to buy groceries from local sources. How can I make sure my pot is local too?All pot for sale in your neighborhood dispensary is local, in the sense...
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RIP Chris Cornell Read This 2015 Interview with the Seattle Music Icon
Chris Cornell Interview, Extended Version by Sean Nelson Editor's Note: This 2015 interview is from our sister paper the Stranger in Seattle. Of all the unlikely rock stars who emerged during the big...
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Fleet Foxes Return with an Abstract, Experimental Folk Album
by Ciara Dolan FLEET FOXES Thurs 5/18 Crystal BallroomShawn BrackbillNext time you’re looking for someone to blame for the Pacific Northwest’s recent influx of transplants, I’d (jokingly) recommend...
View Article10 for $10: Your Best Bang for the Buck Shows, May 19-21
by Mercury Staff Wild Combination: A Birthday Tribute to Arthur Russell The world would have surely come around to the avant-disco and minimalist classical music of the late Arthur Russell eventually....
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Conservatives on Twitter Still Convinced That the Deadly Accident in Times...
by Charles Mudede ferrantraite/GettyJudging from Twitter, US conservatives and ISIS have something in common at present: they want the deadly accident that happened around noon in Times Square to be...
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Savage Love Letter of the Day: Young Lovers Lie, Cheat, and Wonder Why Their...
by Dan Savage I've been in a two-year relationship with a guy who was my first serious partner and my first sexual experience. It was all great with little ups and downs—until seven months ago when I...
View ArticleFirst Responders in Milwaukie, Oregon-Police Dept
by Anonymous I don't often read positive news about the Milwaukie, Oregon, first responders. I want to thank you all for the good job you do to keep us safe. I have never met one, but see you stop...
View ArticlePaul Ryan is a Slime-ball
by Anonymous On January 20, 2009 Republican Leaders in Congress literally plotted to sabotage and undermine U.S. Economy during President Obama's Inauguration. The senior GOP members plotted to bring...
View ArticleTRIGGERED SNOWFLAKES!
by Anonymous I call on all non-alt-right whackos to start labeling alt-right whackos with the same labels they apply to us. When the orange-haired-monster-in-chief runs to Twitter in a fit of rage,...
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Good Morning, News: Traffic Violence in Times Square, Portland's Twee Parking...
by Dirk VanderHart Doug BrownOh you thought the Merc's Doug Brown was done asking anarchists what was up with their May Day behavior? You thought wrong.As someone who'd never want to smoke pot around...
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Pickathon Starlight Series, Episode 8: Joseph
by Ned Lannamann Jovelle TamayoThis captivating video comes from last year's Pickathon, where literal sister act Joseph performed, armed only with an acoustic guitar and three intertwining harmonies....
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Things to Do This Weekend: May 19-21
by Mercury Staff Is this weekend weird? Is it thoughtful? Is it complicatedly creative and rewarding in off-kilter yet thoroughly satisfying (and maybe unnerving) ways? It is all of those things and...
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