Alex Zielinski Note: This post is not a one-stop-shop for people looking for easy advocacy on-the-go. It’s not a checklist, syllabus, or an all-in-one link repository. This is a starting point, intended for those looking to more effectively spend their time, energy, and resources to benefit Black people through direct financial assistance and personal (re-) […]
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Good Afternoon, News: Mostly Peaceful Portland Protest, No Curfew Tonight, and Barr Orders Assault in Name of King Trump
“Do I look like the sort of person who would order an attack on peaceful protesters and clergy, just so my grand, exalted leader Trump could have a photo op?” Bill Pugliano / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the […]
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Good Afternoon, News: Gov. Brown Deploys National Guard, a Weekend of Protests, and Trump Declares War on Americans
Hi. Trump just declared war on American citizens. Twitter Screen Shot Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • This afternoon, Gov. Kate Brown gave a press conference announcing that she’ll be deploying 50 National Guard troops […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Washington County in Phase One, an Unemployment Nightmare, and 100,000 Deaths Makes Trump “Sad”
In Oregon, our ancient unemployment system has left 200,000 without their first check. Joe Raedle / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • As of today, Oregon has a total of 4,086 positive […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: More Than 100,000 Americans Have Died Due to COVID-19
As of today, more than 100,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. Just think of the people who would still be alive if Trump weren’t president. Drew Angerer / Getty Images Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Family Parties Cause COVID Spike, States that Reopened Too Soon, and Trump Golfs as People Die
As national death toll rises to 100,000, Trump tackles the problem by playing golf. Leon Neal / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • According to the Oregon Health Authority, the state currently […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Memorial Day!
Uncut GemsIt’s beyond bizarre to know for a fact this exhausting, nerve-jangling drama is going to be the most watched thing on Netflix for the next couple of weeks, considering it’s a low-budget arthouse flick directed by the Safdie Brothers, who specialize in choppy, frenetic, aggressively off-putting narratives about amoralistic assholes spiraling down into a […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Sun May 24
The CBS Sunday Night Movie: TitanicThe latest in CBS’ revival of the old-school Sunday Night Movie is one of the biggest movies of all time, about a grimy sketch artist who sneaks onto a boat and romances a rebellious debutante, only for true love to be interrupted by one of the most famous naval tragedies […]
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The Best Things to Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Sat May 23
Hump!We at HUMP! were crushed to cancel our originally planned Spring re-screening, with the coronavirus crisis forcing us all inside. But after receiving enthusiastic support and permission from the filmmakers to show their films online, we knew that the show must go on! Even if we can’t watch together in movie theaters, we can still […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: Struggling Oregon Counties, Trump’s Deadly Corona Cure, and Remember to Stay Home on Memorial Day
To the surprise of no one (particularly medical experts), Trump’s Covid drug of choice is potentially deadly. Marta Ortiz / iStock / Getty Images Plus Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • According to the […]
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The Best Things To Do While Staying Home and Staying Safe: Fri May 22
Confinement Film FestivalSince we’re all stuck inside anyway, we asked local amateur filmmakers, artists, and creative people to send us short homemade movies that demonstrate how we are living, surviving (and occasionally thriving) under quarantine and social distancing orders… and oh boy! DID YOU DELIVER! We received a poop-ton of fantastic, funny, poignant, and mind-bending […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News: McConnell Wants Your Cheese, How to Be a “Karen,” and 36,000 Lives Could’ve Been Saved by Trump
The United States could have saved 36,000 lives if it had began social distancing just one week earlier. LifestylesbyGloria / iStock / Getty Images Plus Here’s your daily roundup of all the local and national news about COVID-19. (Like our coverage? Please consider donating to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) • According to the […]