This week’s chaos comes straight from the fried-butter heart of the South, where fireworks are legal and moonshine doubles as holy water.

I’m working on a horror-comedy creature-feature called Carniegeddon—a romp with blood, flesh eating balloon animals, and demon clowns so evil even Satan’s like, “nah, too much.”

#WIPWednesday #HorrorComedy #KillerClowns

Trump pardons Nevada politician who paid for cosmetic surgery with funds to honor a slain officer

President Donald Trump has issued a full pardon for loyalist Michele Fiore, who paid for her plastic surgery with funds that were meant for a statue honoring a slain police officer. The Nevada Republican politician announced the pardon Thursday on her Facebook, saying she's grateful to the president. Fiore was awaiting sentencing on federal fraud charges and had been facing the possibility of decades in prison. Fiore is a former Las Vegas city councilwoman and state lawmaker. She was appointed as a judge in rural Pahrump, Nevada, after losing a bid for state treasurer in 2022.

AP News
@AndySocial That such a serious story should be responded to by the White House website in such a childish way - still beggars belief. #KillerClowns
Hard not to wonder if eugenics is an underlying motivation here and a healthy population/workforce is seen as an expense rather than a desirable. Especially in the context of AI. Experts fear rise in diseases as layoffs halt health research: ‘Incredibly bizarre gaslighting’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/health-layoff-future-science-disease?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #KillerClowns #publichealth
Experts fear rise in diseases as layoffs halt health research: ‘Incredibly bizarre gaslighting’

Trump administration’s dismantling of institutions under guise of ‘efficiency’ will lead to a grim future for Americans

The Guardian
For ‘fake news’ or ‘alternative facts’ read: inconvenient truths. For ‘scuffles’ read: fascist bully behaviour. #KillerClowns https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/markwayne-mullin-violence-fake-news-b2728698.html
GOP senator believes there would be less ‘fake news’ if violence could be used against reporters

Oklahoma’ Sen. Markwayne Mullin began his diatribe by alluding to the historical shooting of Kentucky Congressman William Taulbee by news reporter Charles Kincaid in 1890

The Independent
Dave Portnoy’s complaint: “I don't care if you're right or left ... It's obvious these texts are real. It's obvious they're classified. It's obvious we gave away strike information two hours before it happened. ... Somebody has to go down for this." #signalgate #KillerClowns
Sorry, You Don’t Get To Declare ‘Case Closed’ On War Crime Planning Over Signal

Remember when government officials discussing sensitive information over unsecured channels was treated as a national crisis worthy of endless investigations? Apparently, those days are over. While…

Techdirt
@fj hasn’t read Machiavelli’s The Prince has he? #KillerClowns