Voters waiting in line to cast their ballots near Multnomah County Election Division headquarters this afternoon got a rude shock. According to one eyewitness, a Multnomah County Sheriffs deputy in a vehicle marked “Sheriff” rolled past a line of voters near SE Morrison and 11th chanting “Vote Trump” from his car. The Multnomah Count Sheriff’s […]
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Good Morning, Election Day! Here’s What (and Where) to Watch as We Finally Get this Thing Over With
Happy Election Day! https://t.co/jfd3CXLD1s pic.twitter.com/IfOBRuvQzJ— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 8, 2016 It all comes down to this, everybody. If you still haven’t voted, YOU NEED TO VOTE. You have until 8 pm to fill out your ballot and drop it off at one of these spots. Here are our humble recommendations. If you’ve already voted, […]
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I, Anonymous: The Best and Worst of Portland
Kalah Allen TO THE 20 OR 30 people who walked by a man sobbing uncontrollably and screaming for his life in the middle of the Burnside Bridge, you suck. You ignored the rope tied around his neck. You pretended not to hear him crying and screaming that he wanted to die. That he wanted to […]
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A Large Explosion Leveled a Building in NW Portland Wednesday Morning—No Serious Injuries Reported
Doug Brown One building was leveled, and another sustained heavy damage, after a gas leak caused a large explosion in NW Portland this morning. Injuries from the blast appeared minimal—fire crews were investigating the gas leak and had already evactuated buildings—but three civilians, two firefighters, two police officers sustained non-life-threatening injuries, agencies reported. The buildings […]
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Don’t Miss “The I, Anonymous Show”—This Monday, Oct 17!
You’re undoubtedly familiar with the Mercury’s wildly popular and long-running column, I, Anonymous. (For you newbies, that’s the weekly column and daily blog that features YOUR completely anonymous rants, apologies, and confessions!) Well, get ready for a welcome surprise: I, Anonymous is now a live monthly comedy show! Hosted by the wonderful and criminally funny […]
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Bud Pierce’s Wrongheaded Domestic Violence Comments Aren’t Going Away That Easily
Bud Pierce Wikimedia Commons You could feel it immediately when the words left Bud Pierce’s lips last Friday: A line had been crossed. Pierce, a Salem oncologist and the Republican nominee for Oregon governor, was in the middle of a debate with Gov. Kate Brown in front of the City Club of Portland when he […]
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Police Say Three Children Were Pepper Sprayed, Called a Racial Epithet
The block where the assault occurred. Google Street View A black Portland family says they were accosted in Northeast Portland this week by a cyclist who used a racial slur as he shot pepper spray at three children. The incident near NE Killingsworth and 9th, details of which have been circulating on social media, was […]
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Locking Biketown Bikes In Trees Simply Will Not Do
I’ll admit: I wasn’t not amused when, upon launch of the city’s Biketown system, someone took it upon themselves to flip an entire rack’s worth of bikes. It seemed a puckish initiation that would soon dissipate. Some, like Mercury Managing Editor Erik Henriksen, have persisted, but Henriksen’s a lost cause. .@erik_henriksen shocked you didn’t notice […]
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I, Anonymous: The Cheater’s Curse
Kalah Allen I WAS a good girlfriend. I listened to you talk about yourself and talk about yourself and talk about yourself. I was the blowjob queen, and I overlooked your belching hobby and the phlegm collection you kept in my sink. I was a fucking fool. I wasted nearly seven months with your smarmy […]
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Don’t Miss… The New I, Anonymous Show!
You are undoubtedly familiar with the Mercury’s wildly popular and long-running column, I, Anonymous. (For you newbies, that’s the weekly column and daily blog that features YOUR completely anonymous rants, apologies, and confessions!) Well, get ready for a welcome surprise: I, Anonymous is now also a live monthly comedy show! Hosted by the wonderful and […]
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I Will Never Vote for Donald Trump… But I Might Vote for This Trump T-shirt?
This weekend I saw a guy walking around the airport dressed in this t-shirt—and it made me have FEELINGS! At first I was like, “Boy, that guy flew into the wrong city.” But then I was like, “Ummm… wait… I think that t-shirt might be awesome?” What follows are eight reasons why it might be […]
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Don’t Believe the Anti-Measure 97 Site. The Mercury Hasn’t Made an Endorsement
We’ve still got a loooong way to go in the fight over Measure 97, which is shaping up to be a bloody-nosed, torn-shirt slap fest. The $3 billion corporate tax increase (for companies with statewide sales over $25 million) has big corporations forming up against Oregon labor, and should easily be the spendiest statewide item […]