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Need advice? Ask White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer! by Sean Spicer Dear White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer: I’m very concerned about the direction this country is heading, and....Sorry......
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Things to Do Comedy: February 2017
Funny things to do all February long by Chipp Terwilliger Sarah Silverman One of the most influential comedians of the past 20 years returns to Portland to perform stand-up for the first time since...
View ArticleGood Morning, News: Trump Picks His New Supreme, GOP Bypasses Democracy, and...
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey GOOD MORNING, BLOGTOWN! Don't waste your time fighting blind-minded thoughts of despair. Hold on to your love. You gotta hold on. LET'S GO TO PRESS.Because the Trump presidency...
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Blazers Recap: Hornets Don't Sting
by Arthur Bradford The last time these two teams met, just about two weeks ago in Charlotte, the Blazers got blown out by 22 points. This game on Blazers home turf was a much different affair. The...
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Trump Names Neil Gorsuch as His Supreme Court Nominee
by Leilani Polk Neil Gorsuch, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.10th U.S. Circuit Court of AppealsDon't let his Democrat-heavy Denver homebase fool you. Federal appeals court judge Neil M....
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by Anonymous Stop wasting your time screaming through I Anonymous and write a letter to a state representative. You can even call representatives in other states to have your voice heard as well. I...
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Things to Do Tonight: Wednesday, Feb 1
by Mercury Staff Minority Retort It’s common knowledge comedy isn’t often a great place to be if you aren’t a cis/white/straight dude, so it’s good news that Minority Retort, Portland’s only regular...
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Deborah Kafoury and Ted Wheeler are Asking Landlords to Cut Snowbound Tenants...
by Dirk VanderHart As the city was just beginning to thaw after the punishing winter storms last month, the advocacy group Portland Tenants United penned a letter to Mayor Ted Wheeler. The group...
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As 2017 Shudders on, We May Find That Science Fiction Is Our Only Relevant Genre
by Erik Henriksen THE EXPANSE A show that spares no expanse!Earlier this week, the Hollywood Theatre screened Mad Max Fury Road: Black & Chrome, George Miller’s black-and-white version of his...
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Lola Kirke's Debut Kicks Around the Dusty Realms of Gram Parsons Country
by Ciara Dolan LOLA KIRKE All that’s missing is the Nudie suit.Georgia HilmerLOTS OF PEOPLE ask Lola Kirke what it’s like to play a musician on TV. She’s the star of Amazon Studios’ series Mozart in...
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As Snow Approaches, PBOT's Buying Road Salt... And Maybe Drones
by Dirk VanderHart Saltzman, talking saltz. (I don't care what you say.)Dirk VanderHartHere come the rain drones. As Portland braces for what might be inches of snow and accompanying freezing rain in...
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Bands I Pretended to Like for Boys. Part Seven: Ben Folds
by Kathleen Tarrant The summer before my sophomore year of high school, the year I transferred from public to private Catholic school, my friend Sarah and I decided to do one of those home box dye...
View ArticleOh, My Aching Skype!
by Anonymous Did you see the presser today? Our local gelatinous, flatulent, abhorrent torrent of diarrhea, Mars Martian (who knows, maybe that'll fool his ego-surfing), was the first ever...
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Good Morning, News: Sexist Band Names, Trump's Odd Feud with Australia, and...
by Doug Brown Good morning, Portland. These links aren't going to click themselves. Leo ZarosinskiWomen In Cages, Womb Ripper, Dead When I Found Her—is your band sexist? Find out in this week's...
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YGB Is Back with a Slew of Parties in February!
by Jenni Moore Miss Lopez MediaFIRST OF ALL: Happy Black History Month! When Natalie Figueroa—one of the founders and organizers of Portland’s premiere Young Gifted and Brown celebration—moved back to...
View ArticleAn Intriguing Idea to Stop Trump.......
by Anonymous I have been listening a bit and have heard it said that if even 50% of Americans JUST TOOK ONE DAY OFF, it would be 3 years cleaning up the mess.That sounds like just about the perfect...
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