{{ image:1, width:500 }} Turn Your Home Into a Tiny Desk Concert The very first installment of our sheltered-in-place Things To Do roundup made sure to shout out NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series as a must-subscribe on YouTube, and that’s still true. But in the meantime, the Tiny Desk Concert has become the most reliably […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: New Camps to Protect Houseless, Bundy Endangers Fellow Idiots, and a Good COVID Plan (Doesn’t Involve Trump)
“Hey dummy, when we need your help we’ll ask for it.” Chip Somodevilla / Staff / Getty 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 yesterday, Oregon had 1,321 positive COVID-19 cases (that we know […]
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The Best Things to Do (While Staying Home and Staying Safe) in Portland: Fri April 10
Go to Pickathon!Pickathon’s response to COVID trying to mess up everyone’s outdoor music festival fun? A 60-day long streaming series, spanning multiple online platforms, and featuring full sets by artists including Jeff Tweedy, Mac DeMarco, People Under the Stairs, Damien Jurado, Charles Bradley, Tank and the Bangas, and many, many more. Many of these performances […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Update: COVID Traps Oregon Prisoners, 1 in 8 Workers Lose Jobs, and Bill Barr is a Lying Traitor
Attorney General Bill Barr joins Trump in spreading deadly disinformation. Bill Pugliano / 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 Wednesday, there were 58 new Oregon COVID-19 cases (28 of those […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: New Grants for Local Business, Sex During Covid, and School’s Out for the Year
Gov. Brown announces that Oregon schools will be out for the rest of the school year. Wirachai / 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’!) • As of Tuesday, the number of […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: COVID-Related Gun Sales, Trump Staff Shakeup, and Wisconsin GOP is Anti-Life
Corrupt Wisconsin Republicans happily put voters lives at risk. Scott Olson / 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’!) IN LOCAL NEWS: • As of Monday, Oregon’s confirmed COVID-19 count stood at 1,132 cases […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Oregon Cases Top 1,000, Boris Johnson Taken to ICU, and Wells Fargo Screws Us Again
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is sent to intensive care after developing serious COVID symptoms. 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’!) • Oregon saw its number of coronavirus cases pass […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: “Cautious Optimism” in Oregon, Landlords vs. Rent Forgiveness, and Why Is Jared Kushner in Charge of Anything?!?
Oregon health experts say we should be “cautiously optimistic”—but keep up your distancing! 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 comin’!) • As of yesterday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Rent & Mortgage Forgiveness, America’s Dumbest Governor, and (Yay!) SOCIAL DISTANCING IS WORKING
In the competitive race for “Dumbest American Governor,” Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is hands-down the DUMBEST. Kevin C. Cox / 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 comin’!) • First, the good news: SOCIAL DISTANCING […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: It’s Pandemic Rent Day, Florida Finally Wakes Up, and Justin Bieber… CANCELED
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis right; his idiot friend left. 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 the confirmed number of COVID-19 cases has jumped from 690 to […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: How to Withhold Rent, Bundy is Back, and Gov. Brown Has a Cold (DON’T PANIC)
Gov. Kate Brown has a cold—but cool your jets, it’s probably not coronavirus! Governor’s Office 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 yesterday, there were 606 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Oregon, and 16 […]
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Today’s Coronavirus News Roundup: Portland’s Small Business Grants, Suing FOX News, and Social Distancing is WORKING, People!
Riddle: What has two thumbs and is a deadly, lying sack of shit? (Psst. It’s FOX News’ Sean Hannity.) Ed Rode / 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 comin’!) • The strict social distancing […]