Hi. I’m Francine Colman-Gutierrez. And here are some things you’re totally wrong about in your teeny tiny bubble full of safe space. “The Supreme Court will stop him.” No, they won’t. They’re all gonna bite it in, like, 15 minutes, and be replaced with judges from Law & Order. Wrong. “Congress will grow some balls.” […]
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There are No Male Bylines in Our Paper or Blog Today… Here’s Why
MARLOWE DOBBE It’s the shameful open secret of our industry: Journalism is kind of a boys’ club. Since 2009, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts has tracked the gender breakdown of bylines in major publications as well as lesser known literary outlets, and what they’ve found is damning: Very few of the surveyed publications are hitting […]
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Every Story in Tomorrow’s Issue of the Mercury is By a Woman or Nonbinary Writer
MARLOWE DOBBE In solidarity with those striking on A Day Without a Woman, Wednesday’s issue of the Mercury will only include bylines belonging to women and non-binary authors. We’re among many outlets across the country who have chosen to structure coverage around the strike in some way. Some news organizations, like Gizmodo Media Group, will […]
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Press Secretary Sean Spicer Has Mad Tweet Game
Here’s a now deleted tweet from White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer: Soooo… what do you think?
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Geek Out and Get Woke with These Essential Podcasts
From Whiskey Sour Feelings Hour to Pod Save America, here’s what’s keeping us sane. CLOCKWISE FROM RIGHT: ANOTHER ROUND BY JON PREMOSCH / BUZZFEED, CODE SWITCH BY HUGO ROJO / NPR, AND 2 DOPE QUEENS BY MINDY TUCKER When the world’s on fire, it can be difficult to remember we’re living in a golden age […]
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Geek Out and Get Woke with These Essential Podcasts
From Whiskey Sour Feelings Hour to Pod Save America, Here’s What’s Keeping Us Sane
From Whiskey Sour Feelings Hour to Pod Save America, Here’s What’s Keeping Us Sane
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Ask a Feminist: What Would Tim Kaine Do?
You can’t be an anti-choice feminist. That’s not a thing. Getty / MivPiv Do you have a question for a feminist? Please send ’em to askafeminist@portlandmercury.com. For more on why I’m doing this, scroll to the bottom of the post. Dear Feminist,I am new to feminism and I feel weird about abortion. I just don’t […]
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Witches Across the Country Will Cast a Spell on You-Know-Who Tonight
You’ve fucked with the wrong magic community, Donald Trump. Getty / VeraPetruk This morning, I heard a rumor from witch-adjacent friends that covens across the country plan to put a spell on Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote by 2,864,974 votes, tonight at midnight. I have good news: This tantalizing rumor appears to be […]
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Trump Yanks Back Protections for Transgender Youth
Sara D. Davis / Getty Every day one thinks, “President Trump cannot sink any lower”—and yet? Once again he distinguishes himself as simply a terrible human being without an ounce of compassion for those who need our help the most. From the Washington Post: The Trump administration on Wednesday revoked federal protections for transgender students […]
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The Best of THE WORST Seminars at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)
The annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is going down February 22-25 in National Harbor, Maryland—and DO YOU HAVE YOUR TICKETS YET? No? Well perhaps you just don’t know enough about this conference which is designed for hard-right conservatives, alt-right snowflakes, lipstick-wearing gun nuts, the proudly deplorable, and cardboard cut-out saluting Trump supporters. Featuring a […]
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Poll: Is White House Flat-Out Lying, or Purposefully Planting Fake News? You Be the Judge!
Win McNamee / Getty Today the AP broke the story that the Trump administration is considering mobilizing “as many as 100,000 National Guard troops to round up unauthorized immigrants,” adding that the sweep will take place “as far north as Portland, Oregon, and as far east as New Orleans, Louisiana.” The AP got this information […]
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Source: Intelligence Agencies Prepared to Go “Nuclear” on Trump; Watch Him “Die in Prison”
“Can someone please bring me a shovel? This hole I’ve dug still isn’t deep enough.” WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY The steel animal trap of justice seems just about ready to snap on President Trump after an absolutely humiliating week of blunders, ethical missteps, and growing suspicion of his collusion with Russia. And yet? He just […]