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Mercury May 2024 Primary Election Endorsements:...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/03

by The Mercury Election Strike Force [The Mercury Election Strike Force is News Editor Courtney Vaughn, News Reporter Taylor Griggs, Arts & Culture Editor Suzette Smith, and Editor-in-Chief Wm. Steven Humphrey. We do not endorse in uncontested races. Oh and by the way, putting these endorsements together takes LOTS of hard work—and that's on top of our regular excellent reporting. Show your appreciation for the Mercury with a small

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The Mercury Primary Endorsements May 2024 Cheat Sheet!

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/03

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Phenomenal Portland News Reporters Covering PSU

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/03

by Anonymous I Anonymous, would like to commend the incredible work the Portland news reporters have been doing covering the Portland State University protest. These men and woman are remaining professional, unbiased, and positive. The Fox 12, KOIN 6, KATU, and KGW reporters are top notch, and we as viewers really appreciate it truly. THANK YOU!

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Police Arrest 30 During Portland State University...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/03

As cops swarm the urban campus to disband a days-long occupation, teachers denounce police response to campus protests across Oregon. by Courtney Vaughn This story has been updated with the latest number of arrests and additional details about Thursday's police response and an attack on protesters. Police cleared Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar library this morning, three days after students and

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Where to Get Food & Drink for Cinco de Mayo 2024 in...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

Tacos, Margaritas, and More by EverOut Staff This Sunday, May 5, is Cinco de Mayo. Technically, the holiday commemorates the Mexican Army's victory over the French in the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza. In the United States, it's also a day to celebrate Mexican American culture. Get ready to celebrate with food and drink specials from local restaurants, plus some

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Ticket Alert: Billie Eilish, Slipknot, and More...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

Plus, More Event Updates for May 2 by EverOut Staff The party’s not over! Billie Eilish is bringing her Hit Me Hard and Soft tour to the Moda Center this winter. Slipknot has also announced a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut self-titled album. Plus, viral crooner Stephen Sanchez is coming to Troutdale this September. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus some news

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I'm not a gold-digger but......

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

by Anonymous but..... I work hard and earn a decent salary. Much more than my partner. He is very hardworking but his chosen field and position in that field has him struggling often. I will never say this to him (because what kind of asshole would do that) but I often cant do things id like to with my partner because he either cant afford it or I am tired of paying for him. Do I have the right to feel like I work hard enough to be

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The People’s Courts Serves up Pickleball With a Side...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

The People's Courts, an Actual Review The People’s Courts Serves up Pickleball Courts With a Side of Apizza Scholls The Portland rec center opened to much fanfare in August 2023. Here's how it's doing. Rec center and pickleball stronghold, the People's Courts opened to much fanfare last August. Here's how it's doing. by Melissa Locker Since it was invented on Bainbridge Island in 1965, pickleball has sought

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AN ANTI-WAR OLDIE AGAINST JROTC

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

by Anonymous JROTC or Junior ROTC: a DOD program proposed for Portland schools. There are many reasons why not to embed this military recruitment program in our schools. Yet as our memory of past military misadventures fades, taking JROTC aboard may seem like no big deal. Nonetheless, I am distressed that JROTC teaches history(!) as part of its curriculum. Will the students learn that many wars were wars of choice and subject to mission

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FREE TICKETS THURSDAY: Enter to Win Free Tix to See...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

by Wm. Steven Humphrey Who's ready to have some fun? Well, the Mercury is here to help with FREE TICKETS to see some of Portland's best concerts and events—our way of saying thanks to our great readers and spread the word about some fantastic upcoming performances! (Psst... if you want to say thanks to the Mercury, please consider making a small monthly contribution to keep us alive and kickin'!) And oh boy, do we have some fun events

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"Support Our Troops"

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

by Anonymous Do you remember those patriotic bumper stickers that say, “Support Our Troops”? Of course you do. Well, I hated those stickers and that message with every sphincter in my body. What I can’t abide is vacuous messaging and ritualistic posturing. And those stickers were guilty of both – in spades. You see, the stickers did not signify solidarity with America’s fighting men and women. If it did, veterans wouldn’t be made to wait

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Clarity

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

by Anonymous Clarity is a simple word used to describe a simple concept. The dictionary defines it as: “the quality of being coherent and intelligible.” The purpose of communication is to impart information, or perhaps to persuade someone to do or not to do something through the application of a well-reasoned argument. It would seem that both ends would be served by clarity. And since humans rely on communication as the basis of their

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POP QUIZ PDX: Sassy Ass Trivia About Runaway Animals,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

See how well YOU score on this week's super fun trivia quiz! by Wm. Steven Humphrey WELL HOWDY THERE, BRAINY BUTT! It's time once again to put your brainy-brain to the test with this week's edition of POP QUIZ PDX—our weekly, local, sassy-ass trivia quiz. And this week, your brain will be tested on how much you know about local runaway animals, track-jumpin' trains, and billion dollar babies! (Surprise, some are

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Good Morning, News: Portland State Library Stand-Off,...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/02

by Suzette Smith The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. 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 us. Thanks for your support! Good Morning, Portland! Once again we join you from a police perimeter. The morning news might be short today because we're monitoring the PSU

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The Best Things To Do in Portland This Month: May 2024

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/01

The Postal Service & Death Cab For Cutie, Oregon AAPI Food and Wine Fest, and More by EverOut Staff Welcome to May, the homestretch of spring that brings with it a host of major local happenings, fun holidays, and chances to reap the bounties of April showers. To help guide you through all of the options, we've compiled a curated version of our top picks below—you can also browse a more comprehensive collection

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Reverse Evolution and MAGA

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/01

by Anonymous Evolution is quirky. On the face of it, the genetically fittest survive long enough to reproduce faster and better, so their genes come to dominate the species gene pool. That works, that is, until the process produces an organ, the human brain, that is able to reverse-engineer genetic progress. Then things go to shit in a flash. Why? Because that organ evolves non-biologically faster than its host ever could through gene

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Illusion

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/01

by Anonymous This morning I saw a picture of Trump sitting at the defendant’s table at his criminal trial in New York. I thought to myself, this bloated chump of ours is all veneer. I ask myself, how can someone so fat be so thin at the same time? Our forever-blond boy is the shimmer that obscures the rot; he is the gloss that masks the dearth of substance. He is MAGA: a Mirage Announcing Grand Artifice. He is a Kodak snapshot of

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Good Morning, News: Campus Protests Continue (in...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/05/01

by Taylor Griggs The Mercury provides news and fun every single day—but your help is essential. 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 us. Thanks for your support! GOOD MORNING, PORTLAND! It's supposed to be a little warmer and drier today than it was yesterday, but I'm not going to make any promises. It's May

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SAVAGE LOVE: Quickies

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/30

Online lust, stinky butts, and falling in love with one's sex worker—all these and more in this edition of Savage Love "quickies"! by Dan Savage 1. I’m 53-year-old straight woman. I’ve been talking with a guy online for three years — text, voice, video. I am in love with him. He is my daily companion and says he loves me. He lives 269 miles away. He doesn’t want to meet me, although he isn’t married, and

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Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy PSU Library; Police...

Portland Mercury ·

2024/04/30

As colleges around Oregon and the US stage occupation-style demonstrations, a library takeover at Portland State University prompts calls for protesters to leave peacefully, amid threats of prosecution. by Courtney Vaughn This story has been updated to note Tuesday's campus closure. College campuses across the US are seeing sit-in style protests against the war in Gaza, and Portland is no exception. A few hours

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