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Lone Gunman: The man who killed 50 people in a calculated attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand has fired his lawyer and asked to represent himself in trial—akin to the choice made by another white nationalist terrorist, Dylann Roof.
Mourning 101: Meanwhile, New Zealand students perform a traditional haka dance during a vigil for the Christchurch victims and I am here for it.
Meet Egg Boy: The gutsy teenage boy who egged racist turd/Australian Sen. Fraser Anning—who partially blamed the New Zealand attack on the Muslim religion—during a Saturday press conference. Long live Egg Boy.
In Other Terrible Terrorist News: A man with a gun opened fire on a tram (light rail) in the Dutch town of Utrecht. Officials, who have yet to track down the shooter, are calling it a potential terror attack.
Will Brave Win? This is the somewhat vague question Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has posed in her official announcement to join the presidential race. This brings the number of Dems running for president to a modest 5 billion.
Unloveable: After throwing Affordable Care Act-supporting shade at the late Sen. John McCain, Donald Trump faced the rightful indignation of McCain’s daughter, Meghan. “No one will ever love you the way they loved my father,” Meghan reminded Trump after he posted a string of petty Tweets.
Was this headline written by the mob?? pic.twitter.com/x2MAu6kaeu
— Zack Bornstein (@ZackBornstein) March 17, 2019
Baltimore Rewinds: How the 2015 death of Freddie Gray erased years of work toward reforming Baltimore’s relationship with its police force and reignited the city’s widespread problems with violence crime.
NE Portland’s Geyser: A water main break flooded streets, homes, and shops near NE Alberta Saturday, causing semi-panic and a full-on power outage across Portland’s NE quadrant. It could still take a few days to repair.
Little Big Union: Little Big Burger announced its intention to unionize on Saturday, following the trailblazing work of Burgerville to become the second local burger chain with a union.
ICYMI: Hundreds of youth took to the streets of Portland last Friday to protest climate change inaction at all levels of government.
It’s the Mercury‘s Highball Week! Here are all the places you can get a tasty $5 cocktail between March 18 and 24. Thank us later.
RIP Dick Dale: The true king of surf rock has died. Here he is playing the classic ‘Misirlou’ in 1963.
