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From actress to political activist!

Jennifer Garner has combined her powers with Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa and Education Secretary Arne Duncan to go to Capitol Hill to try and raise money for a totally worthwhile cause!

Jennifer Garner and Co. plan to introduce a bill called the Strong Start for Americas Children Act that they hope will expand the access that toddlers from poor families have to quality early education.

Garner has for a long time been a BIG advocate for expanding early education, and says that a lot of the problems that children from poor families go through later - may be resolved if they

Tags: amazing, capitol hill, cute and contemporary families, jennifer garner, perezcious parenting, politik, stuff 4 kidz

Lily Allen jumped right back into the pop world with her brand new video, and landed right in the middle of some hot water!

Hard Out Here aims to satirize sexual objectification in pop music, but some critics are saying Lily didn't just miss the mark! They're outright calling her racist!

Wha??

Apparently the offended parties believe Lily's video, which features six black backup dancers showing off their best Miley Cyrus twerking moves, is somehow praising Lily's white body and denigrating theirs!

Well, Lily herself has something to say on the matter- quite a lot actually! She writes:

Tags: dance, gifs, hard out here, lily allen, music minute, politik, racism, racist, response, video

Listen up gay couples! You can now get legally married in paradise!

Hawaii's state Senate on Tuesday voted 19-4 to legalize marriage equality, making them the 15th state to extend equal marriage rights to same-sex couples!

Yessssss!!!

The bill now heads to Governor Neil Abercrombie, who has promised to sign it into law!

Senator J. Kalani English spoke about this historical moment for Hawaii, saying:

"This is nothing more than the expansion of aloha in Hawaii.”

We expect there'll be A LOT of rainbow leis being worn around the islands now!

Gay couples in Hawaii will actually beat Illinois down the aisle! The Midwestern state voted to legalize same-sex marriage earlier this month but their new law won't take effect until next year!

Better late than never!

Hooray for LOVE!

[Image via Twitter.]

Tags: equality, gay gay gay, hawaii, inspiration, marriage, marriage equality, politik, wedding waltz

It's not exactly a secret that some people aren't the biggest fans of the Affordable Care Act. Heck, even Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley couldn't help but poke fun at Obamacare at the CMA Awards!

Well President Barack Obama has heard the people's frustrations, and he's totally sorry about it!

Aside from the buggy website, one of the biggest complaints towards Obamacare is that some Americans are at risk of losing

Tags: affordable care act, apology, barack obama, cancellation notice, change, health, health care, health insurance, obamacare, politik, president barack obama, sorry

The Queen hath spoken!!!

And we really like what she's saying, LOLz!!!

Madonna has joined the Love Conquers Hate campaign in their effort to spread awareness about Russia's tragic intolerance of the LGBT community!

She joins Ricky Martin, Jonah Hill, yours truly, and other Hollywood celebs in the fight to change the oppressive country's anti-gay laws before the upcoming Winter Olympics!

This is perfect because, if there's one person who knows you should never have to justify your love, it's Madonna!!!

She just posted a picture of it to her Instagram and captioned the photo:

Tags: doutzen kroes, gay gay gay, inspiration, instagram, jonah hill, kevin bacon, love conquers hate, madonna, politik, ricky martin

What a refreshing first step in the right direction!

Today the U.S. Senate passed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a law which outlaw LGBT discrimination against individuals in the workplace!

This has the makings of a landmark civil rights moment and it could potentially changes the lives of millions for the better, but it's still far too early to celebrate this as a victory.

ENDA passing in the Senate is a HUGE deal, in order for it to become federal law the bill must also be passed by in the House of Representatives.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner has already said he opposes the law and it's very possible he may not even allow a vote.

Yes, this is the same John Boehner who recently orchestrated the catastrophic government shutdown.

President Barack Obama cast support for the bill today on Twitter.

He said:

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A marvelous Maine couple just upheld the sanctity of their marriage and the sanctity of our democracy with one AH-Mazing gesture!

David Johnson and his wife Jennifer adore each other completely, but they adore their country even more!

That's why the perfectly awesome patriots ran against each other for the Ward 1 seat in a recent Waterville, Maine election!! Their purpose was to encourage local participation and show the community around them that good-natured debates about the role of government can occur without any political yucky-ness!

We're sure this is exactly what the Founding Fathers had in mind when they designed our system of government! Well, except for the part about women running for stuff! And non-white or non-property owners or non-males doing that whole voting thing!

Hmm, maybe they weren't so perfect after all!

Tags: congress, david johnson, government, jennifer johnson, love line, maine, marriage, patriots, politik, waterville