ABOVE: Gaga speaks up for Dr. Ford on the eve of the votes that will all but ensure Kavanaugh's ascension to the SCOTUS.

BELOW: Keep reading for tons of hot men with VPLs, Murkowski's last stand, naked Mexican men tied to posts, Trump's toilet paper stroll and much, much more ...

Aitken captioned this one: “Dancers, Songkran12, GCircuit Pool Party.” #gcircuit (Image by Graeme Aitken)

Graeme Aitken, a gay-lit authority and author, has posted some great pics from his experiences at a Japanese circuit party and at Songkran celebrations in Thailand.

The images are full of life and color, and he captures both muscleboys and drag queens.

Keep reading for more of his excellent snaps ...

Joel Osteen Ministries has a gigantic church in Houston that would make a great shelter for the citizens of the Harvey-deluged city.

Osteen has so far refused to open it to his neighbors.

WTF? That and more of the day's hottest links, including North Korea's new provocation, Trump's insane Arpaio press-conference answer and more ...

Click to enlarge; Earhart figure is squatting in white in the center. (National Archives)

Huff Post: A new special argues that Amelia Earhart, the world's most famous female pilot and one of the most famous people ever to go missing, survived her final flight, only to be captured by the Japanese, dying in a Saipan prison.

A photo that suggests this was the case was discovered in a previously classified file in the National Archives, and was marked Jaluit Atoll.

The image appears to show a Caucasian man and woman surrounded by Japanese; there is also a Japanese ship seen towing something in the background that appears to be the same size as Earhart's aircraft.

Makes me wonder why the photo would not have been recognized as possibly containing an image of two famous missing people back in the day when the photo first arrived in U.S. hands.

I'm wondering if Earhart's fate will ever truly be known.

(Image via The New Press)

Edges of the Rainbow: LGBTQ Japan by Michel Delsol and Haruku Shinozaki is out now, offering a glimpse into the queer world of Japan.

Via press release:

Not gonna lie, Richard deAgazio's Facebook page is freaking me out a little. https://t.co/l5YCbmgkwE pic.twitter.com/TiFB0LWMtF

— Matt Peterson (@mattbpete) February 13, 2017

Richard DeAgazio paid for access to Trump at Mar-A-Lago by becoming a member of the ritzy club. Already, that is insane.

Worse, the dumb-ass was there when North Korea fired a missile in Japan's direction, and he was allowed to take cellphone photos of Trump and Japan's leader hunkering down and reading about the incident using a cellphone flashlight.

In the past, DeAgazio also posted a selfie with the man who carries the nuclear football — the nuclear codes for when Trump is away from the White House.

Why on earth would this have been allowed? Why would any normal human being think it's okay to make that person's face known?

Trump's team is not just unprepared — they're treasonously derelict in their duties. This person has to go. The CIA needs to get on this, pronto. More pressure needs to be exerted on Congress to act.

Avoiding a courtroom, Trump looks ready to settle his Trump U cases—without admitting wrongdoing.

Jeff Sessions—an avowed racist—is set to be our new Attorney General.

Mike Flynn—who is tight with Putin and Turkish lobbyist—is set to be our National Security Advisor.

Islamophobic Teabagger Mike Pompeo will run the CIA. Great.

Trump claims he kept Ford in Kentucky, out of Mexico. It's a lie, but media assists.

Ivanka Trump, running Trump's business in a blind trust, sits in on meets with foreign leaders.