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GOOD MORNING, SUNDAY! It’s the perfect time to catch up on some of the great reporting and stories the Mercury churned out this week! (PRO TIP: If you despise being “the last to know,” then be one of the first to know by signing up for Mercury newsletters! All the latest stories shipped directly to your email’s in-box… and then… YOUR HEAD.)
• ICE Violated Portland Policies with Detention Practices, City Leaders Say
Anti-ICE protesters have spent months calling on Portland leaders to revoke a permit allowing ICE to operate in the South Waterfront. This week, Mayor Keith Wilson said ICE violated conditions of its land use permit by holding detainees longer than allowed.
In this week’s sassy trivia quiz: panic at Mount St. Helens, the latest in Charlie Kirk hypocrisy, and a visit to hell (AKA the mall food court). See how well YOU score! 🧠
• Sen. Merkley: US Aid Fuels Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Following a recent trip to Israel and the West Bank, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley says the US and its allies have a moral obligation to stop providing military aid for the war in Gaza.
From 1984-2011, this downtown dive was a venue where, impossibly, musical legends, locals, and total unknowns shared a stage—as well as its disgusting bathroom.
This week: the future Mrs. & Mr. Taylor Swift, Trump is the King Midas of poop, and a shout-out to the baldies. 🧑
• Megadoc Is an Essential Portrait of Grand Delusion
WE ALL THOUGHT we were done talking about Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, but this new, making-of documentary has 1) Ryan Gosling being charming, 2) Aubrey Plaza dominating all the sniveling goblins that are her co-stars, 3) Coppola yelling at Shia LeBeouf.
• Album Review: Portland Band Obedient Refuses Complicity on Rastafarsi
Obedient—a Portland supergroup of heavy hitting heavy hitters—released their third LP, Rastafarsi. The unrelenting vocals of Lacey Karbomb, free jazz sax chaos, and a punk backend that don’t stop. 😮💨
• Book Review: Shared Homes Bring Hope and Chaos in Wolf Bells
Red Clocks author Leni Zumas has a new novel out—this time she’s speculating about our empathetic potential, in a quietly subversive story about a multigenerational, intentional community.
• In Horizon, Nothing Stays Still For Long
Tahni Holt and Emma Lutz-Higgins’ performance at the Time-Based Arts Festival involved human-sized rock sculptures and a Eurhythmics needle drop.
WOW, THAT IS A LOT OF GOOD READIN’. I hope you didn’t have any other plans this weekend! Dig in, and remember: Producing all this hard work costs moolah—so please consider contributing to the Mercury to keep it all coming! Thanks!
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