Stephen Miller Wedding, Bill Barr, AA Seat Puncher, Chaka Khan, Daytona 500, Justin Bieber: HOT LINKS

STEPHEN MILLER. Trump attends white supremacist senior adviser Stephen Miller’s wedding to Pence press secretary Katie Waldman at Trump International Hotel.

White House statement: The President is at Trump International Hotel for the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Miller. pic.twitter.com/U7DMg60Cgi

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) February 17, 2020

HERO’S WELCOME. Parasite director Bong Joon-ho received a very warm welcome after returning to South Korea.

BRAD PARSCALE. Trump campaign manager shares photo of Trump “winning” the Daytona 500, then deletes it after realizing it’s from 2004.

Trump’s campaign manager, @parscale, shared an image of Trump “winning” the #DAYTONA500.

One problem: the image was from February 2004 when George W. Bush served as Grand Marshal of the “Great American Race.”

Trump’s arrival is 3rd image.

Mr. Parscale has deleted this tweet. pic.twitter.com/08ERCPP95a

— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) February 16, 2020

CORONAVIRUS. 14 Americans on cruise ship test positive for coronavirus: “An additional 44 Americans from the Diamond Princess ship who tested positive for coronavirus will stay in Japan while they recover. Some have been hospitalized, but not all who are infected are sick. The State Department said it was in the process of transporting more than 300 Americans who had been quarantined on the Diamond Princess off Yokohama, Japan, when it got word of the positive tests for the disease now known as COVID-19.”

BILL BARR. 1,100+ ex-DOJ officials call on Barr to resign for doing Trump’s bidding. “Barr’s actions in doing the President’s personal bidding unfortunately speak louder than his words,” the group of ex-officials wrote in a letter shared on Sunday by Protect Democracy, a nonprofit watchdog group. “Those actions, and the damage they have done to the Department of Justice’s reputation for integrity and the rule of law, require Mr. Barr to resign.”

WENDI WILLIAMS. Woman in American Airlines seat punching controversy demands airline release name of passenger, and fire the flight attendant. “I want to know who he is. I would like to press charges against this man. Because, I was assaulted on this plane,” said Williams in an interview with TMZ. “And American Airlines, I would like the flight attendant Loretta fired.”

@BravoAndy Here’s a great jackhole! He was angry that I reclined my seat and punched it about 9 times – HARD, at which point I began videoing him, and he resigned to this behavior. The other jackhole is the @AmericanAir flight attendant who reprimanded me and offered him rum! pic.twitter.com/dHeUysrKTu

— wendi (@steelersfanOG) February 9, 2020

BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR. Chaka Khan’s National Anthem interpretation roasted on Twitter.

STACHE NO MORE. Justin Bieber has shaved off his facial fur.

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MALE MODEL MONDAY. Nolan Zarlin, Charlie Matthews, Victor Pinheiro, Tyler James and MORE.

TRAILER OF THE DAY. I Am Not Okay With This.

MONDAY MUSCLE. Titus Fauntleroy.

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Take a minute. Just one. Close your eyes. Give me 3 big inhale and exhales. Eyes still closed, slowly count your fingers and toes by moving them a little. Say out loud to yourself “Everything will turn out how it’s supposed to.” One more big breath. Open your eyes and do whatever you need to do in this moment. that’s for whoever needs it.

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Terminally-ill gay biker hired man to out him at his own funeral

A private investigator in Australia says a gay man hired him to out him at his funeral. His client was a biker who was too fearful to reveal his sexuality to his family and friends while alive.

The investigator, Bill Edgar, 51, lives in the Gold Coast, Queensland. He has made a name for himself as the so-called “Coffin Confessor.”

He says his unusual line of work began when ill clients started to ask him to do home sweeps when they were taken into hospital. This involved going to their homes and removing any embarrassing items or documents.

He told the Gold Coast Bulletin, “Sometimes when people fall ill and are taken into hospital, it’s not clear that they will come back out.”

However, one client then went further. Knowing he was going to die from cancer, the 79-year-old man asked Edgar to attend his funeral and give mourners a few home truths.

Related: Maryland family throws ‘gayceañera’ after 15-year-old comes out

He instructed Edgar to stand up and inform some of those gathered that the deceased wouldn’t have wanted them there and to ask them to leave. He was also to tell his former best friend, due to deliver the eulogy, that he knew he’d tried to seduce his wife.

Edgar did as he was instructed, to the shock of most of those attending the funeral.

That was in January 2017. Since that time, after hearing of Edgar’s ‘funeral crasher’ services, others have commissioned him. This has included a woman in her 70s wanting Edgar to inform her husband she’d been having affairs for quite some time behind his back, and outing the aforementioned man after his death.

Related: Whitney Houston comes out after her death. Again.

Talking to Queerty via Skype, Edgar revealed more about the 47-year-old gay “bikie” (Australian slang for biker) who hired him. He says the man, who he has not named, contacted him when he knew his illness was terminal.

“First off, he asked me if I could gate-crash his funeral and tell some home truths about some certain people in his family that he didn’t want there. He also asked me to reveal that he was gay.

“There were many people there who may have questioned his sexuality, and he was just putting it straight to them that he was [gay], and his lover was in the audience and was one of the mourners, but they weren’t going to know who it is. His last request was to have his motorcycle pushed into his grave on top of his coffin, and then all the boys filled it in.”

Edgar says when he interrupted the funeral, he was initially told to “f*ck off.”

“A couple of them stood up and had a go, but a few of them stood up and said, ‘We want to hear this, what our friend has to say, let’s hear the guy out.’ And once you’ve got the crowd on your side, you’re alright.”

Did Edgar know who the man’s lover was?

“He approached me later on, yes. I didn’t know who he was at the time. He was very grateful, very upset and emotional, and he said he had spoken to his lover for a long time about his death and how he was going to do his funeral.

“He was shocked at the way it was done, but at the same time, he was gobsmacked and loving it. It was like a little message to the whole crowd, but mainly to him. He said ‘It really hit me in the heart.’”

Related: ‘Nurse Jackie’ actor comes out as gay… and a bottom

Some will ask if it wouldn’t be better for people to tell others their thoughts and feelings before they died. Indeed, Edgar says he also had that attitude at first, “But I’ve got to say, I’ve seen how people act when someone’s knocking on death’s door and they can be very selfish. It’s like a loved one flicks a switch and they turn into monsters. Like vultures. It’s terrible.”

Edgar charges for the funeral crashing service. Although won’t specify fees, he says he’s charged up to $6,500 (AUS$10,000) before, saying it can involve travel all over Australia. Couldn’t people just write their loved ones a letter or leave a message in their will? It seems so dramatic to hire someone to interrupt a funeral.

“It’s their funeral, and I’m not there to respect the living,” Edgar replies. “I’m there to respect the dead, and it’s the only way the dead know something will be done. If you leave it up to someone else, they know a family member isn’t going to get up and read what they’ve left.

“So I say, ‘OK, you tell me exactly what you want said.’ We write it down together or I video it, and I stand up and say it and make sure it’s said. And I’m separate from the loved ones, the mourners, the family and friends. I’m a nobody. But I’m acting in the best interests of the person in the coffin.”

That said, Edgar says he was still surprised to be asked to out someone as gay.

“I thought we were in different territory,” he says, still genuinely taken aback. “We’re in 2020, for fuck’s sake… so many people are still scared of coming out. I guess I do find it difficult to understand why a lot of people don’t come out when it’s just the norm these days. I didn’t think it was so private or secretive, but it seems it still is.”

Related: Veteran TV host comes out as gay after 27 years of marriage

Edgar first hit the headlines for his unusual services last year and says he’s seen an increase in demand since that time. He says he’s been paid to crash 17 funerals and conducted 34 home sweeps. However, he’s keen to stress that most of the time, he’s asked to fulfill more pleasant requests on behalf of the deceased.

One woman hired him to send a letter every month to her husband, after her death, telling him she loves him and will not forget him. He says he’s often asked to do things to commemorate special anniversaries.

For Valentine’s Day last week, he was hired by a man who died in 2018.

“They always wanted to go away for a world trip together, and I’m to deliver a ticket for a world trip to a lady who’s going to be very surprised and very emotional.”

What he won’t do is cross any legal lines. One man, dying of pancreatic cancer, said he wanted his dog to be put down, so they’d die and “be in heaven together.” Edgar refused that particular request.

He also says that if someone tells him about committing a serious crime, he’d have to report it. He’d also never assist someone in ending their own life.

Until a person learns they have limited time left, it’s impossible to know how they will react to the situation, or what final arrangements they’ll want to make – or who they’d trust to fulfill them. Edgar’s services have certainly caught some people’s imaginations. He’s now in talks with producers about potentially turning his experiences into a screen drama.

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New Bloomberg Ad Blasts Bernie Bros: WATCH

Mike Bloomberg responded to accusations by Bernie Sanders that his past policies fail to generate the “energy and excitement to defeat Donald Trump” by releasing an ad featuring a montage of online threats made by Sanders supporters against rival candidates.

Mediaite reports: “Including screenshots of tweets, the Bloomberg ad included comments like ‘vote Bernie or bad things will happen,’ texts threatening someone where they live and ‘your kids go to school,’ and a cartoon suggesting Death was killing the supporters of Senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren, former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg, and former Vice President Joe Biden. The ad concludes with a Sanders clip saying it is important for people who hold different views to be able to engage in a civil discourse, ending with the Bloomberg campaign asking, ‘really?’”

We need to unite to defeat Trump in November. This type of “energy” is not going to get us there. t.co/bPuUZMs2d6 pic.twitter.com/Tdp6mpWjcX

— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) February 17, 2020

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‘Mostly heteroflexible’ guy wonders if he’s selfish for being curious

A particularly conscientious dude said he is “bicurious” and “mostly heteroflexible”… and concerned that he’s selfish for wanting to explore his sexuality with another guy.

“So I identify as mostly heteroflexible, but I’ve had the desire for years to hook up with another guy to see how it is. Basically oral and making out/foreplay only,” he wrote in a recent Reddit thread. “That said, even though I can express that on an app, I feel as though it’s selfish. I’m really only doing this to fulfill a sexual urge, and it feels thoughtless to a partner.”

Related: Bi-curious guy unsure how to proceed after girlfriend gives him permission to boink another dude

He went on: “So, I guess the general question is, if somebody directly suggests their desire is just to fool around (and, like, during the encounter, I’m going to put in my work to make my partner feel like a million dollars) and makes it clear that this is just for fun, is that morally okay? It just feels slightly rude and denigrating to whoever I hook up with that my only desire is to fuck around and fulfill a curiosity.”

Happily for this conflicted fella, commenters assured him that, with proper communication, he should feel free to have some fun.

“You just described 80% of the app users in wanting just a hookup, lol,” one wrote. “And there will be plenty of guys interested in fulfilling a curiosity of a ‘straight’ guy. Go have fun but trust your gut on any potential red flags or aggressive behavior.”

Another wrote: “As long as you’re honest about your intentions and what you’re up for, and you maintain those boundaries, you are not responsible for the other person’s feelings, unless you become aware that the other person wants more from you.”

Related: 15% of the general population may now identify as heteroflexible, study finds

A third commenter shared the wisdom he learned from his high school theater class. “They taught us that as long as the audience enjoys the show, you did a good job,” he wrote. “I don’t think they need to know your motivations. Just don’t be an asshole, be upfront with what you are willing to do, and be communicative and interactive.”

Sounds like this guy is headed for a happy ending… or two!

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