Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. KLH49 / Getty BIGFOOT—The passage of Senate Bill 5816—drafted by Sen. Ann Rivers and intended to make Bigfoot the official cryptid of Washington State—has been delayed. “Rivers said a third-grader in her district […]
Erik Henriksen
With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.
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John Oliver and David Letterman Make TV Great Again
Thanks, John and Dave!
Thanks, John and Dave!
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Here Are the Oregon Politicians Who Have Cashed Checks from the NRA
kenlh / Getty Images The National Rifle Association—formerly a dorky club for target-shooting enthusiasts, currently a fundamentalist group valiantly lobbying for white American males’ god-given right to buy AR-15s and shoot however many kids they can before the cops show up—donated heavily to Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, lavishing $11,431,118 upon Trump even as they […]
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Good Morning, News: White House Knew about Porter Abuse, Portland Housing Squabbles, and “Huggy” Jeff Kruse Is on the Loose!
Stay up to date on Portland news and politics. Looking for fun? Here are the best Things to Do in Portland today. Mark Wilson / Getty Images TRUMP AIDES “SCRAMBLED TO PROTECT” PORTER—Following the resignation of White House staff secretary Rob Porter—after two ex-wives detailed “years of consistent abuse“—CNN reports that for months, senior aides […]
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Here and Now: HBO’s New Drama Is Set in Fantasy Portland
There’s more Portland™ in the first five minutes of Here and Now than most of the city’s residents see in a week: A young gentleman with an unfortunate man bun bikes across the Burnside Bridge and along a gentrified stretch of North Mississippi, then hops off to flirt with a tattooed beardo at Spin Laundry […]
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Surprises and Horrors in Full Bleed, Portland’s New Comics and Culture Quarterly
Also Included: Punk Rock, U-Boats, and Alan Moore Fighting a Demon
Also included: punk rock, U-boats, and Alan Moore fighting a demon.
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TV Review: HBO’s Here and Now Is Set in Portland—For Better or Worse
A Surreal Drama from True Blood and Six Feet Under’s Alan Ball
A surreal drama from True Blood and Six Feet Under creator Alan Ball.
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The Cloverfield Paradox Review: Netflix’s Surprise Sci-Fi Movie Is… Well, It’s Something
Netflix It’s a strange, unpredictable time for movies. A lot of changes are happening very quickly, and perhaps no film embodies them better than The Cloverfield Paradox. It was only a month or two ago that Paramount scuttled plans for The Cloverfield Paradox‘s theatrical release, choosing instead to sell the film to Netflix. And yesterday […]
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The Road Movie Offers a Friendly Reminder: NEVER DRIVE IN RUSSIA
“Never drive in Russia” is the first takeaway from The Road Movie, an hour-long compilation of footage from Russian dash cams. As Wired wrote in 2013, “The sheer size of the country, combined with lax—and often corrupt—law enforcement, and a legal system that rarely favors first-hand accounts of traffic collisions, has made dash cams all […]
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Goddammit, All I Want Out of Life Is for Somebody to Make Bill & Ted 3 Happen
Cinema scholars have long agreed on the fact that the three finest films ever made are, in no particular order, Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941), Federico Fellini’s 8½ (1963), and Stephen Herek’s Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989). Notably, only one of those films was deemed great enough to warrant a sequel (Bill & Ted’s […]
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The (Possibly Only) Good Episode of the New X-Files Is On Tonight
I love The X-Files more than I love most of my family members, and The X-Files breaks my goddamn heart. It’s always been a hit-or-miss show, with brilliant episodes sitting right next to terrible ones, and its recent revival—with six episodes in 2016, and a 10-episode limited series that’s currently airing—has only exacerbated its frustrating […]
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The Road Movie Review: Crashes, Psychos, and Roadkill
The Fast and Furious: Moscow Drift
The fast and furious: Moscow drift.