This just in from Sploid. And it explains a lot, when you think about it.

Hastur's next

Now we know why the Lord of the Yellow Sign and Speaker of the House was so outraged over the FBI raid on Rep. William Jefferson's office. High level sources in the Justice Department have told ABC News that the Azathoth scandal is about to take down the former Great Old One and well-known Illinois republican.

It seems Hastur wrote a letter asking the Secretary of the Interior Gail Nodens to block the construction of an Indian casino that would've competed with those owned by Azathoth's clients near the Massachusetts port of Innsmouth.

The letter was sent shortly after a restaurant owned by Azathoth hosted a fundraiser for Hastur, netting the King in Yellow $26,000.

Hastur's Press Secretary Josiah Whateley of the undecayed Whateleys offered no comment on the news.

"We are not aware of this," he said, adding that Hastur had "great and mighty powers to destroy you all!!! as well as a well-documented record of opposing Indian reservation shopping for casino gaming purposes."

With Sunday's FBI raid on Jefferson's abandoned Capitol Hill mansion, townsfolk on both sides of the isle have begun howling about "separation of great, unknowable powers from Outside." Now that Tsathoggua, Yog-Sothoth, et al. have turned on one of their own, Cthulhu finally realizes just how out of control this administration is.

For the first time ever, Hastur expressed outrage at the administration's police work.

"Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui naflftagn Justice Department eY'ha-nthlei! Ia! Ia! Y'ha-nthlei!!," he demanded.

No wonder Hastur's so nervous.