It’s the dignity of the political process that I find most inspiring. a katz / Shutterstock.com You might’ve heard that Hillary Clinton won yesterday’s New York primary. Lies! Well, not lies, exactly, but also not the complete story. Bernie actually won the overwhelming majority of counties. Across the vast majority of the state, Sanders came […]
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Hall Monitor: Idling Threats
Truckers Want to Kill the Gas Tax, and Steve Novick’s Making Phone Calls
Truckers want to kill the gas tax, and Steve Novick’s making phone calls.
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Trump Supporters, Haters Clash! Rent Control’s Rolling!
Trump supporters, haters clash! Rent control’s rolling!
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Hillary’s Devoting Significant Attention to Black Victims of Violence
Clinton & Sharpton. Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com I’m you’re looking to have your breath taken away by some stories of the real people behind political posturing, well, feast your eyes on this New York Times article about Hillary Clinton’s relationship with the mothers of black victims of violence. The whole profile reads like it was […]
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Ted Wheeler Is Now “Leaning” Toward Local Air Regulations. He Wasn’t Last Week.
Doug Brown Portland mayoral candidate Ted Wheeler now says he’d tentatively support creating a local air authority to regulate polluters, after news emerged this week that the state of Oregon should have been requiring strong protections at Portland glass factories for years, but didn’t know it. “I took some heat early on for accusing the […]
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Bernie Sanders Gets Crowd FIRED UP in Closing Statement at Democratic Debate
Last night’s Democratic debate in New York between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders was a fiery one, and especially so in the debate’s closing statements. In this video, both do a fine job, but Bernie really gets his base pumped up with his fire ‘n’ brimstone speech about sticking it to the 1 percent, and […]
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Liveblogging One More Democratic Debate
The contestants nervously await a decision about which one will have to leave the Big Brother house next. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Oh hello, candidates! It’s been far too long since we invited you into our homes to holler unpleasantly. Please, come in, kick off your shoes, and get ready to yell about policy. Bernie, […]
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Dildogazi: I Disapprove of Ted Cruz Stimulating His Genitals—But I Will Defend to the Death His Right to Rub One Out
Thanks to Mother Jones and Ted Cruz’s former college roommate… we get to think about Ted Cruz laying back in his bed in college dorm, slipping his right hand into his ripe boxer shorts, and slowly and carefully cranking one out while his traumatized college roommate pretends to sleep in the next bed. Take it […]
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Bernie’s the Most-Liked Candidate, Isn’t That Nice for Him?
At a recent rally, Bernie sprouted tree branches from his back so he could share apples with all in attendance. a katz / Shutterstock.com Poor Bernie Sanders — he’s still trailing way behind Hillary Clinton, even though he keeps winning states, and even though a lot more people hold a favorable opinion of him than […]
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Let Us All Rejoice in What a Lousy Time Trump’s Been Having Lately
It seems really likely now that Trump will be unable to make the delegate minimum. Action Sports Photography / Shutterstock.com How’s your day going so far? Not so good? (Mondays, ugh.) Well perhaps it will cheer you a bit to know that Donald Trump’s day is probably going worse. And it’s not just one or […]
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Everything as Fuck: Women for Hillary
I’m encountering something disturbing on social media. I’m not sure if you’re seeing the same thing, but since you’re reading this in the Portland Mercury, I’m going to assume you are. What I’m encountering is my fellow liberals tearing each other apart like naan in a Colonial British restaurant in a gentrifying neighborhood over which […]
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A Local Activist Disrupted a Mayoral Forum Thursday… And Filmed the Whole Thing
For something like the fifth time, local activist and city council candidate Sara Long interrupted a mayoral forum tonight, this one hosted by the National Association of Minority Contractors of Oregon. At past events, Long has protested the exclusion of candidates beyond state Treasurer Ted Wheeler and Multnomah County Commissioner Jules Bailey. Tonight, Bailey was […]