A Historical Moment
by Anonymous I didn't vote for either. It seems like a dream. I'm not surprised though. He may be one of the only ones that has ever said exactly what was on his mind. Controversial and inconceivable...
View ArticleMorning, News: Formerly Known as “Good Morning, News”
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey MORNING, BLOGTOWN. Thought it would be over by now, but it won't stop. Thought that I would self destruct, but I'm still here. Even in my years to come, I'm still gonna be...
View ArticleRecap: The Blazers Blot Out The Suns, 124-121!!
by Aris Hunter Wales Last night was election night in the grand ol’ U.S. of A. If you weren’t waiting in line at the polls, or sitting in traffic on the way to a ballot box, odds are your mind was...
View ArticleGood Morning, America. Welcome To Your White Supremacy
by Ijeoma Oluo The White Supremacist House. ESB Professional/shutterstock.com#mc_embed_signup{padding: 20px; background:#fff;font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;width:100%;}To get this delivered to...
View ArticleJim Jarmusch Mythologizes the Stooges in Gimme Danger
by Ned Lannamann The Stooges are hardly the type of band to be given the preening rock-doc treatment. Despite the esteem they accrued in the years after their 1974 breakup, the abrasive Michigan...
View Article"Fuck Donald Trump": Video From the Downtown Portland Election Night Protest
by Doug Brown Will CorwinSeveral hundred Portlanders took to the streets for a few hours late last night to voice their displeasure that Americans voted for national suicide. They gathered downtown at...
View ArticleThings to Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Rae Sremmurd, Lil Yachty, Eearz, BoBo Swae, Impxct The Tupelo, Mississippi-hailing hip hop duo consisting of brothers Khalif "Swae Lee" Brown and Aaquil "Slim Jxmmi" Brown hit the...
View ArticleThe Disgust. The Grief. The Shock. And What to Do About It.
by Christopher Frizzelle I took this photo last night and I still can't believe the words I see there on the screen.Soon, we'll be past shock. We'll be onto anger. I can't wait for anger. I wish I...
View ArticleHeads Up: There Will Likely Be A Big Donald Trump Protest Downtown Today
by Doug Brown Click the picture for the Facebook event pageHey, did you all hear the news? Word on the street is reality show host Donald Trump was elected as the next president. Yeah, it's confusing...
View ArticleWe Can't Go On. We'll Go On.
by Megan Burbank The StrangerSince yesterday, I've been unable to eat or sleep, and I've been fielding angry, shocked texts from my friends across the country and my female relatives. I'm in Beckett...
View ArticleAmerica Has Been Marinating in White Supremacy for Hundreds of Years
by Ciara Dolan If you marinate something in white supremacy, it will probably taste like white supremacy.iStock.com/Aunt_SprayTrump won, and it really fucking sucks. You're probably pretty upset right...
View ArticleCops Helped A Massive Anti-Trump Protest Shut Down I-5 on Wednesday
by Dirk VanderHart Doug BrownFor the second time in the very short period Donald Trump has been president-elect, protestors headed to Interstate 5 this evening. And in an exceedingly rare instance...
View ArticleDump Protesters
by Anonymous Upset about the new president? Y'all just followers. You hear what he's said. You buy into the gossip. You hate what he believes and his image. All the while, little do you know, you're...
View ArticleMorning, News: Trump's Still President-Elect, and Portland Is Still Furious
by Dirk VanderHart Doug BrownWhat did the first day of President-elect Trump (ugh) look like? Very, very angry. In Portland, thousands of chanting protestors took to the streets—and two of the city's...
View ArticleIt's Not "the Economy, Stupid"
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Doug Brown"It's the economy, stupid."That's the reasoning coming from Trump supporters across the country for voting for the most clearly inexperienced president in history....
View ArticleStop Telling People of Color to Calm Down
by Ciara Dolan Here's what people of color are already dealing with: Day 1 In Trump's America[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleMore Anti-Trump Protests Planned For This Afternoon
by Doug Brown A Donald Trump protest on November 9Doug BrownThousands of people gathered downtown yesterday and marched through the streets to protest President-elect Donald Trump. It was massive....
View ArticleWhy Protesting Trump Now Is So Important
by Ned Lannamann Demonstrators in Portland, Oregon; November 9, 2016.Doug BrownLast night thousands took to Portland’s streets, in addition to the thousands more across the country, to protest our...
View ArticleOregone? Two Portlanders Are Pushing for State Secession After Trump's Victory
by Dirk VanderHart The United States and Cascadian flags reside side-by-side in the Mercury news cave.Dirk VanderHartIt took less than 24 hours for Donald Trump's victory to inspire a formal proposal...
View ArticleAfter a Week Like This, You Should See Arrival This Weekend
by Erik Henriksen Hahahahahaaaa! Hell of a week, am I right? Ha! JESUS SHITTING CHRIST.There are things we can do to make this better.These things will come in time: Marching. Volunteering what time...
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