Here it is!

The Obamas' official White House family portrait!

Malia and Sasha are growing up before our very eyes!

But where's Bo????

The country's First Dog belongs in the photo!

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Ronan Farrow, offspring of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen has been appointed as a liaison to non-governmental organizations working in Pakistan.

And he's only 21!

Sounds a little young, don't you think?

Humanitarian groups met with Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holobrooke were shocked with Ronan's appointment.

A humanitarian official described other representatives reaction to the news saying:

"You have seasoned, experienced NGO officials dealing with some very sensitive foreign policy and humanitarian aid issues, whose main contact in Holbrooke's office is a [21] year old whose experience has been traveling to southern Sudan with his mom."

How is traveling to Sudan make someone qualified?

But, a State Department confirms that the so called "prodigy" who has worked with Holobrooke since he was a teenager, is well qualified:

"He's very qualified for the job, and has already helped explain the current situation re: Pakistani procurements to key NGOs, including a meeting he organized today with InterAction and its affiliated NGOs."

One official even said that the celebuspawn is "a friggin' genius and a true activist for Darfur … Went to college at age 11 and then to law school at 16."

Hopefully the "friggin' genius" isn't a"friggin' mistake".

[Image via AP Images.]

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This is fantastic news!

The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill was cleared in the Senate today officially making it through the last obstacle in Congress and making a huge stride in the way of LGBT equality!

President Barack Obama has promised to sign it later this month.

YES!

Human rights are for EVERYBODY!

We're making amazing progress slowly but surely and we need to keep it up! Nothing that's worthwhile comes easy!

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It's not that he doesn't deserve it, but the last person who rose from the ranks of Survivor was Elizabitch Hasselbeck.

Forgive us for being skeptical!

Survivor Cook Islands winner Yul Kwon was appointed to deputy chief of Consumer and Governmental Affairs at the Federal Communications Commission. His duties will include being responsible for handling consumer inquiries and complaints, as well as being the public face of the bureau.

And he's more than qualified!

Kwon's accomplishments include lecturing at the FBI Academy, drafting science and technology legislation as an aide to Senator Joseph Lieberman, and clerking for Judge Barrington D. Parker on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals. And he's a practicing lawyer who went to Yale Law School, where he served on the editorial board of the Yale Law Journal.

Mayjahly impressive, so why would he ever choose to do reality TV?!

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They had no idea and they are pissed!!!

Famed musicians, such as R.E.M. and Pearl Jam have filed a series of Freedom of Information requests, asking the government to declassify documents that would reveal which artist's catalogs were used in several prisons and military detention centers, including Guantanamo Bay.

The music may have been used in controversial interrogation methods (aka torture) in which detainees are forced to listen music at extreme levels for hours on end.

The requests were filed by Close Gitmo Now, a grassroots organization aimed at pressuring Congress to support President Obama's intentions to close Guantanamo Bay prison. Their allegations are based of the testimony of former prisoner and guards that identified music from artists ranging from Britney Spears to AC/DC to the Sesame Street theme song.

It may sound funny, but "it's very scary to think that you might go crazy because of the music, because of the loud noise," said Ruhal Ahmed, a former detainee who is suing the government for the abuse.

The musicians have not verified whether they would take legal action, but we'd be surprised if they didn't!

"We have spent the past 30 years supporting causes related to peace and justice. To now learn that some of our friends' music may have been used as part of the torture tactics without their consent or knowledge is horrific," said R.E.M in a statement. "It's anti-American, period."

Terrible!

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Because you really want to have the backing of Congress when you make decisions about your acting career.

Nicole Kidman showed up on Capitol Hill this morning, acting as the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Fund for Women and speaking with Congress to promote the International Violence Against Women Act. (It needs more funding.)

Subsequently, she delved into how Hollywood portrays women and how she won't be taking anymore roles that "sexually objectify and demean women,", though in the same breathe, she insists that Hollywood has done just as much good as harm to public views of women.

She continues on to say:

"I can't be responsible for all of Hollywood but I can certainly be responsible for my own career. I am far from an expert, I rely on the people I've met to make the case," she continued, adding that crimes like rape and domestic violence recognize 'no borders, no race or class.' …'In the real world, the laws go unenforced and impunity is the norm. We need the money."

So it will be strictly a Lifetime movie career for you from now on, Nicole? That's where all the strong women movies are at!

We kid. We kid.

We think she is doing a good thing, standing up for the rights of women. Keep it up!

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Or a whole LOTTA booby!?

Meghan McCain posted this pHOto on her Twitter and apparently received some criticism about her chosen attire. The senator's daughter doesn't see anything wrong with her boobalicious shot.

Here's what she had to say through multiple tweets:

"so I took a fun picture not thinking anything about what I was wearing but apparently anything other than a pantsuit I am a slut, this is why I have been considering deleting my twitter account, what once was fun now just seems like a vessel for harassment."

"I am going to take some more time to think about it but seriously I was just trying to be funny with the book and that I'm a dork staying in."

"when I am alone in my apartment, I wear tank tops and sweat pants, I had no idea this makes me a "slut", I can't even tell you how hurt I am."

"ok I am getting the fuck off twitter, promise not to delete my account until I sleep on it, thank you for the nice words supporters"

"I do want to apologize to anyone that was offended by my twitpic, I have clearly made a huge mistake and am sorry 2 those that are offended."

We didn't even notice the book in that picture!

We don't think you're a slut, Meghan, but it was a tit, we mean BIT, much!

P.S. CLICK HERE to "follow" Perez on Twitter!

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And it's for a good cause!

Emilio Estefan and Eva Longoria were just two of the 23 Obama-appointed leaders from the American Latino community who spoke in Washinton D.C. on Tuesday to support the effort to fund the National Museum of the American Latino.

Caliente!

Other proud supporters include Commission Chair Susan Gonzales and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis!

Very impressive, but where is Miz Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor?!

Maybe her invite was lost in the mail - like ours!!!

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Conservative hoo-ha Rush Limbaugh has placed a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams, which has sent liberal members of the NFL and Democrats into a tizzy!

According to reports, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL will not stand for Limbaugh's "divisive comments… [which] are not what the NFL is all about."

Diss!

Over on Capitol Hill, Democratic Texas rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is leading a campaign against the conservative talk show host, hoping to convince the NFL that Limbaugh is the wrong man for the job.

In case you forgot, Limbaugh quietly left ESPN's Sunday NFL Countdown in 2003 because he stated on-air that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was "overrated because the media wanted to see a black quarterback succeed."

Is this the kind of guy who should own a football team?????

We think not!

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