Peep the stickie. Megan Varner/Getty Images We are practically breathing down the neck of the January 5 runoff in Georgia, an election that will determine which party has the power in the Senate. In both Georgia Senate races on the November 3 ballot, no candidate received 50% of the vote, which forced a runoff as […]
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Flipping Georgia: Sen. Kelly Loeffler Self-Isolates After Mixed Coronavirus Test Results
COVID is probably doing a backflip inside of Kelly Loeffler’s body right about now. Kevin C. Cox/Getty The countdown is on to the January 5 runoff in Georgia, an election that will determine which party has the power in the Senate. In both Georgia Senate races on the November 3 ballot, no candidate received 50% […]
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Following Election Setbacks, Portland Progressives Plot Path Forward
Portland City Hall K Marie There was plenty to cheer Portland progressives on election night: City voters passed measures for universal preschool and authorized the establishment of a new police oversight board, while voters across the state decriminalized possession of small amounts of narcotics and authorized the use of therapeutic psilocybin. But in other races, […]
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Georgia Runoff Roundup: Why Moving to Georgia Just to Vote is a Bad Idea
Will this twink have a debate partner? Is it a felony to move to Georgia just to vote? Here’s the latest round-up on what’s going down in Georgia. Jessica McGowan/Getty There are only seven weeks until the January 5 runoff in Georgia, an election that will determine which party has the power in the Senate. […]
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The U.S. Finally Assembles a Team of COVID Avengers
Sorry, Better Business Bureau, “BBB” stands for Build Back Better now. BuildBackBetter.com The Biden-Harris campaign will chug ahead with its promise to “Build Back Better,” a confusing tagline that I always say in the wrong order. (Build Better Back? Better Build Back?) Over the weekend, the team added more details to its newly launched transition […]
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Good Afternoon, News: Special Post-Election “You’re Fired, Trump” Edition
Biden and Harris win, and HELL YEAH WE’RE CELEBRATING! Joe Raedle / Getty News Here’s your daily roundup of all the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to the Mercury to keep it comin’!) GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME BACK, AMERICA! With the election of Joe Biden and […]
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Here’s Who Biden/Harris Should Thank for Their Victory
Lots of work from lots of different kinds of people put these two in office. DREW ANGERER / GETTY THEY’VE CALLED IT. FINALLY. NBC, ABC, AP, NYT, every fucking media acronym you can think of now projects Joe Biden to win the Keystone State and therefore the presidential election of 2020. After five days of […]
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Biden/Harris Win! (BYE, BITCH!)
HIGH FIVE! Biden campaign Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be our next president and vice-president, according to calls made by multiple news outlets Saturday morning. The calls were made after it became clear that Biden had a strong enough lead in Pennsylvania that Donald Trump couldn’t make up the vote gap, pushing the former […]
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Georgia Looks Ahead to Presidential Recount, Two Possible Senate Runoffs
I believe Rev. Raphael Warnock can beat out Trump lackey and Republican incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler in the Georgia Senate runoff. Jessica McGowan/Getty With a presidential election recount on the state’s horizon, the battle for control of the Senate will stretch into next year if Georgia has anything to say about it. Peach State law […]
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I Used to Be Addicted to Heroin. Oregon Decriminalizing Drug Possession Is a Historic Victory for Human Rights.
Chanin Wardkhian / Getty images Every time a car pulls up behind me while I am driving, my fingers tighten around the steering wheel, my heart races, and my palms sweat. I panic, thinking it might be a cop. I am a commissioner on the state’s Alcohol and Drug Policy Commission, a gainfully employed writer, […]
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“This was never about me”: Q&A with Teressa Raiford on the Mayoral Election
Teressa Raiford On the ballot, Portland’s mayoral election looked like a clear runoff between incumbent Mayor Ted Wheeler and competitor Sarah Iannarone. But for progressive Portlanders closely following the election, the November 3 race also included a third candidate: Teressa Raiford. Raiford, founder of police accountability group Don’t Shoot Portland, was a candidate in the […]
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Portland Protesters Break Windows, Law Enforcement Stoke Chaos in Post-Election March
Suzette Smith The day following the 2020 presidential election saw downtown Portland thrown into chaos after approximately 150 black clad protesters broke off from a rally in Waterfront Park to march through downtown, with some breaking windows along the way. The “Unified Command”—a term coined by Gov. Kate Brown to define the combined command of […]