Win Tickets to Late Night Action with Alex Falcone—Before it's Too Late!
by Megan Burbank After seven illustrious, variety-filled years, Portland's very own talk show, Late Night Action with Alex Falcone, is coming to an end. But dry your eyes! Because the Mercury is...
View ArticleMoronathon
by Anonymous When did everyone get so stupid? In your pocket you carry the sum of human knowledge but you don't know anything! Can you name 20 states? Can you name 20 presidents? Can you tell me who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Good Morning, News: Obamacare Cost Spike, a New Sheriff Candidate, and...
by Dirk VanderHart Election day is two weeks away, but you can vote now. We helped out with a portion of the races you'll see on your ballot. And we even offered up brief reasons on this election's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Savage Love Letter of the Day: Mom's Boundless Boundary Issues
by Dan Savage I'm a 26-year-old female living with my parents. Quick backstory: I failed out of college the first time I went, moved in with my abusive ex for three years, then moved back in with my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Need Help Voting? Try This Handy Mercury Voter's Cheat Sheet!
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey We would never tell you how to vote. Wait... we would TOTALLY tell you how to vote! Why? Because you are a busy mothereffer and don't have time to research every ballot measure...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bernie Sanders Is Crushing It, Raising Millions to Flip the Senate and...
by Ansel Herz Get it, brah!Gino Santa Maria / Shutterstock.comFirst there was this in today's Washington Post:Sen. Bernie Sanders, a loyal soldier for Hillary Clinton since he conceded the Democratic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ready Your Coffee Mugs! A Gilmore Girls Full-Length Trailer is Here!
by Megan Burbank Ready your coffee mugs, Gillies.WeedezignQuick! Set aside your electoral politics-related angst, because Netflix has finally released a full-length trailer for Gilmore Girls: A Year...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tender Loving Empire Is Raising Funds for Employees of NW 23rd Businesses
by Ned Lannamann Doug BrownIn the immediate aftermath of the horrible explosion at NW 23rd and Glisan, the news was mostly good: no fatalities, and firefighters had done a commendable job in clearing...
View ArticlePresident Obama Says Goodbye to "Mean Tweets"
by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey President Obama visited Jimmy Kimmel last night and once again blessed America by reading some of the most hilarious "Mean Tweets" written about him. (Don't worry—these are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Things To Do Tonight!
by Mercury Staff Blazers vs. Jazz How can you not be hyped for this Blazers season? How can you look at what the most overachievingest team in the league did last year, see that management doubled...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Donald Trump and His Campaign Manager Occupy Separate Realities
by Christopher Frizzelle He says, "We're winning this race. I really believe we're winning." She says, "We are behind."Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.comTrump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, America's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
It's Official: Terminal 1 Won't Become a Homeless Shelter
by Dirk VanderHart Terminal 1Dirk VanderHartUpdate, 4:12 pm: The Terminal 1 dream is dead. Less than an hour after we posted this, Housing Commissioner Dan Saltzman ended the suspense: The bid to put...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Former Police Chief Larry O'Dea Faces a Criminal Charge for Shooting His Friend
by Dirk VanderHart Six months after he mistakenly shot a friend, ex Portland Police Chief Larry O'Dea has been charged with a crime. The Oregon Department of Justice revealed today that it had brought...
View ArticleSorry I Threw Dog Shit on your White Honda
by Anonymous I was raking leaves. I'm getting too old to take care of my place. My back is killing me and I just got a property tax bill for $6000. I don't know how I will pay it. I picked up a pile...
View ArticleThe Handmaiden’s Cruel Beauty
A ravishing, demented effort from Park Chan-Wook. by Marc Mohan THE HANDMAIDEN runs almost two and a half hours, but it’s stuffed with enough narrative twists and detail to fill a movie twice as long....
View ArticleIssa Rae Will Cure Your Broken Pussy
There isn’t another show like Insecure. by Jenni Moore THERE ISN’T ANOTHER show like Insecure—a show by and for black women. Girlfriends went off the air in 2008, and Being Mary Jane and Scandal’s...
View ArticleWerner Herzog Versus the Volcano
The skeletons, cargo cults, and exploding lava Into the Inferno. by Erik Henriksen “IT IS HARD to take your eyes off the fire that burns deep under our feet, everywhere, under the crust of the...
View ArticleDavid Pumpkins Does Not Appear in Inferno
Sure, watch it on a plane—just make sure you fall asleep before the terrible ending. by Ned Lannamann TOM HANKS is Our Greatest Living Actor. This is nowhere more evident than in Sir Hanks’ latest and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bullseye Glass Might Have Polluted Groundwater, Too
State testing suggests heavy metals were draining from its roof for decades. by Daniel Forbes IN MID-SEPTEMBER, some seven months after Bullseye Glass entered a vortex of regulatory oversight and...
View ArticleHall Monitor: The Mayor’s Private Rap Session
City employees have questions about the police union contract, too. by Dirk VanderHart FOR EVIDENCE that Portland’s new police contract continues to be the city’s leading civic drama, look to the...
View Article