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Good Morning, News: Oregon AG Goes After RFK, a...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/03

by Wm. Steven Humphrey If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there

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Goodbye Long Time Sexter

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/02

by Anonymous I told you I would like to eat your ass like Wisconsin voters made Elon eat theirs. To which you replied "What if I told you I actually liked Elon Musk, would you still eat my ass?" The answer is a profound hard no. And I'll double-down and tell you, our saucy, nearly decade long sextcapade is now completely, and firmly over. You just turned me off on every possible level. So farewell to our secret, little, dirty talk. It

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To the white boy that keeps barking in my ear

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/02

by Anonymous Hey man, this is the second time you’ve done this and if you do it a third time I’m either gonna beat the shit out of you or push you off your stupid little scooter and have your friend add insult to injury. What the actual fuck is your problem? Why me? Does my homo swag really threaten you that much? Do I have a giant invisible “kick me!” sign on my back? I don’t know, I don’t care! I hope you get hit by a car.

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Good Morning, News: Elon Musk Loses in Wisconsin,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/02

by Taylor Griggs If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no

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National "Tesla Takedown" Day Draws Hundreds to...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/02

Protesters turn up the pressure for drivers to dump their Teslas and boycott the company as its billionaire CEO wields unchecked power over the US government. by Kevin Foster Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Portland Tesla dealership on Saturday, March 29, joining over 200 protests across the nation in a movement dubbed “Tesla Takedown.” The peaceful protest called on Americans to sell their Teslas, drop

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The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: April 2025

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/02

Beabadoobee, Portland Panorama, and More by EverOut Staff The first full month of spring brings a bouquet of entertainment options across genres to our fair Rose City. Below, we've compiled the biggest concerts, food events, theater shows, author talks, and other great things to do, from Beabadoobee to Alyssa Edwards: Crowned and from the inaugural Portland Panorama film festival to TEDxPortland 2025 -

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Metro Says “Yes” To ODOT's I-5 Plan

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/01

The agency plans to begin construction on the Rose Quarter project this summer, but doesn’t have the funding for the entire $1.5-1.9 billion plan. by Taylor Griggs The Metro Council voted on April 1 to move the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) I-5 Rose Quarter plan forward, approving $250 million in additional funding for the freeway expansion project. Most members of the Council agreed that while

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Shaken, Stirred... and Make It Quick

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/01

Speed Rack is the femme-fronted, speed-bartending competition we've been thirsty for. by Ben Coleman Portland has a lot of bars and a lot of bartenders. And a lot of those bartenders aren’t dudes, despite the somewhat bro-y atmosphere food service gets sometimes. Femme bartenders put up with a lot and don’t always have an opportunity to earn accolades beyond the after-shift tip pool. Enter Speed Rack,

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SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/01

Get your sex advice lickety-split with this edition of Savage Love: Quickies! by Dan Savage 1. How does one find the clitoris? I’m told the clitoris is not hard to find — go north, young man — but if one tries to find it and one fails, one should pull over (or pull out) and ask for directions. 2. If someone tells you to “do whatever you want,” should you? Someone who says that and means will eventually say it to

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Mercury Music Picks: Kraftwerk Techno Daddies,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/01

Plus transcendent classical, Bay Area noise, and more! by Nolan Parker Two days ago, as I was hauling the last loads out of the charred remains of my old, burnt out apartment building, a stranger who had been watching me from the bar next door came out to offer condolences for my having lost my home. Giving me a hug, they said they had put $10 on their tab for me at the bar. This simple, profound act moved me to

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Good Morning, News: Cory Booker's Marathon...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/01

by Courtney Vaughn If you’re reading this, you probably know the value of the Mercury’s news reporting, arts and culture coverage, event calendar, and the bevy of events we host throughout the year. The work we do helps our city shine, but we can’t do it without your support. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is

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At what cost?

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/01

by Anonymous I seem to have woken up in my mid thirties having missed the point where I became this subservient house wife type. I want to leave my decade + relationship but we are so intertwined in multiple aspects of our lives that I can't see a way out. I also can't imagine this person not being in my life but I feel completely done with living with them. Not sure if I am hitting some mid life shit where I just need a drastic change

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ODOT Wants To Start Building The I-5 Rose Quarter...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/04/01

Critics are skeptical the transportation agency will fulfill its promise to reconnect the Albina neighborhood with caps over I-5. by Taylor Griggs After nearly a decade of planning and frequent political and financial obstacles, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is closer than ever to breaking ground on its I-5 Rose Quarter project—at least, part of it. ODOT’s full plans for I-5 through Portland’s

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French Documentary Direct Action Keeps Focus off...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/03/31

Portlanders can see the defiant, slow media movie at Clinton Street with co-director Ben Russell in attendance. by Dom Sinacola Direct Action has no characters. Someone may appear in one scene, and then, several sequences later, enter the frame again. Maybe. Direct Action never names anyone; it only shows you their hands—picking through a mud-heavy bucket, playing piano, or making a huge mass of dough, the camera

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Baseball Days, Pikachu Nights: Inside Portland’s...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/03/31

Card collectors do commerce the fun, old-fashioned way. by Corbin Smith An enormous stuffed Pikachu hanging from a pole—like Christ at Golgotha—lords over the Portland Ballroom at the Oregon Convention Center. With a small knowing smile on her face, she observes the action at the Front Row Card Show, a big traveling collectables show that is setting down in Portland for the first time. What does she see from her

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The Top 42 Events in Portland This Week: Mar 31–Apr...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/03/31

Kraftwerk, ManiFest Festival, and More by EverOut Staff We've taken stock of everything happening this week and distilled our findings into one handy guide, just for you. Read about all of our picks below, including events from Emma Pattee to Kraftwerk: Multimedia Tour 2025 - 50 Years of Autobahn and from ManiFest - A Nail Art Movement to How Did This Get Made?—Live! MONDAY READINGS & TALKS Emma PatteeEmma

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THE TRASH REPORT: They Like Green LAND, not Green...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/03/31

Scrub in, because we're digging deep into this week's pile of garbage-y gossip. by Elinor Jones Hello, and welcome to the Trash Report! I'm Elinor Jones, writing to you from the highly niche, but real mood described as "this season of White Lotus is ending pretty soon and then I won't know what to talk to people about." I hope you're more normal than I am! The news has been so horrible lately, I'm really steering

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Good Morning, News: Portland Loves Portland Again,...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/03/31

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If you need a ride home, Creed will be your chauffeur

Portland Mercury ·

2025/03/31

by Anonymous Listen, dude, we don't care what they had you doing, obviously we've all got a whole "under new management" thing going on here and we recognize the value you can bring to the project. No one's saying you aren't an asshole, but we all know they're assholes too, ya know. anyways, we count you among our peoples, so we'd love to have you on board. We promise not to give you anything easy, I mean the whole set of projects, all

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YOUR SUNDAY READING LIST: Tenants vs. Landlords, Some...

Portland Mercury ·

2025/03/30

by Wm. Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It's the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being "the last to know," then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email's in-box... and then... YOUR HEAD.) • Cash-Strapped Tenants Say Landlords Flout Housing Rules at Low-Rent

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