Some Things to Bear In Mind About Trump's Trans Military Ban
by Dan Savage Here are Trump's asshole tweets from earlier this morning:After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or...
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The Pentagon Thought Trump Was Announcing a Military Strike On North Korea
by Dan Savage This detail in Buzzfeed's report is straight-up terrifying:President Trump tweeted on Wednesday that transgender people cannot "serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military," repeating a...
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Get Your Tickets Now for the I, Anonymous Show!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey It’s back! One of Portland’s funniest (and sauciest) comedy nights, the I, Anonymous Show, returns for its August outing with more of the crazy rants, curious confessions, and...
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White Woman Slapped Police Car Before Being Shot By Cop, Says Report
by Charles Mudede TwitterAccording to a search warrant obtained from Hennepin County District Court by Minneapolis Public Radio and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, the white woman, Justine Ruszczyk,...
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Danza para la Resistencia at Music of the Revolution
by Josh Jardine There is no way to sugarcoat this—things in this country right now are pretty fucked up. Every day it seems that the environment, women, civil rights, and all things decent and moral...
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Former Republican Majority Leader Admits Obamacare Repeal Was a Long Con
by Eli Sanders Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.Mark Wilson / Getty ImagesAs flagged by Paul Waldman in the Washington Post, there's an important—if too late—confession in this Washingtonian...
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Two Terrible Healthcare Bills Down, One More to Go, Probably... But Who...
by Rich Smith Two pale miseries colluding on how best to kill people. Mark Wilson / GETTYThe plan to completely repeal Obamacare just died on the floor of the Senate. One sad laugh is that more...
View ArticleThings to Do Thursday!
10 things to do for July 27 by Mercury Staff Night of the Living Dead There are legends in film history, and then there are legends. George Romero is the latter. Horror as social commentary? He did...
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Things to Do This Week: July 28-30
by Mercury Staff Welcome to the last weekend of July, where basically everything is happening all at once. Two giantlocal music fests are breaking out simultaneously, at the same time as a theater...
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Good Morning, News: The County's Declining Jail Capacity, the Portland...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. Link time. First up is this week's Mercury feature by Rachel Petrovich on an "existential clusterfuck" that led her to Muay Thai at the age of 44. Pick up a print...
View ArticleJames Cordon Has a Song In His Heart for LGBT Troops
by Dan Savage Corden's team pulled this charming number together in a single day. Nice job![ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
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City Staffers Who Investigate Cops Might Finally Be Able to Recommend Discipline
by Dirk VanderHart It's another quirk of Portland's slapped-together system for police accountability: When internal affairs investigators at the Portland Police Bureau or staffers for the city's...
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Portland Burger Week 2017: Burgers of NE Portland
by Mercury Staff Migration Brewing: PHO King Best Burger MEGAN NANNAAT LAST. After an entire year of waiting—you’ve been so patient!—the Portland Mercury’s Burger Week is almost here!From Monday...
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City of Ghosts Review: The Tragedies—and Triumphs—of Raqqa’s Citizen Journalists
by Emilly Prado Hamoud al-Mousa wears a sleek black suit as he holds the 2015 International Press Freedom Award that was given to him and the dozens of other reporters behind citizen journalist group...
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Oregon Brewers Festival: Our Picks for This Year's Best Beers
by Dustin Guy Dustin GuyThe arrival and erection of vast white tents stretching across Tom McCall Waterfront Park heralds the return of Portland’s biggest beer event, the venerable Oregon Brewers...
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Big Banks Are Still Scared of Pot
by Will Patterson NASTASIC / GETTY IMAGESDear Pot Lawyer,Why is it so hard for canna-businesses to get a bank account?In one of my recent columns, I mentioned that banking is still one of the biggest...
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Transcripts Suggest 24-Year-Old Terrell Johnson Was In Crisis When He Was...
by Doug Brown The MAX bridge where Terell Johnson was shot on May 10. Google Samson Ajir was expecting Terrell Johnson to be armed well before he encountered, then killed, the man on May 10.The...
View ArticleApples and Oranges
by Anonymous So I just got passed over for a promotion after working for three months at a tech company. The promotion didn't even involve a raise, and they knew I wanted it.I can only think that this...
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GOP'S "Skinny Repeal" in Danger Thanks to a "Pig in a Poke"? WHAT?
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey "Did he just threaten to poke my pig?"GettyThe Washington Post is reporting that the GOP's "Skinny Repeal"—which is a scaled-back version of Obamacare that Senate leader Mitch...
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Who Said It: Anthony Scaramucci or Tommy from Goodfellas?
by Steven Hsieh GETTY / CHIP SOMODEVILLA, GoodfellasNewly-installed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci talks like someone shoved a Martin Scorcese script up his ass. Case-in-point:...
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