Here's the story of Rutherford Hayes

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Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir is the world's first lesbian to become a head of government. Frickin awesome. :)

First gay PM for Iceland cabinet

Iceland has announced a new government that will be headed by the modern world's first openly gay leader.

Johanna Sigurdardottir was named new prime minister by the country's coalition political parties.
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We won!

Last night, Lilly and I were there when the U.S. Senate passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act - without any harmful amendments. This is exactly what we had hoped for - and what women of this country need!

The vote count was 61 to 36. Check out how your Senators voted.

And watch this video we shot with Lilly right after the vote:


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It's a proud day for Virginia. A great day for America. I'll never forget this excitement. This is something you get once in a lifetime ( Read more... )

We've never experienced anything like this before. So we couldn't really predict what the polling place would be like today. I had the idea to be there at opening time, 6 a.m. to beat the crowds, everyone anticipating long lines. Since I'm usually up until at least 2 a.m., if I slept I would not be likely to wake up early enough. So I stayed up all ( Read more... )

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