Watchdog group asks to unseal records of DOJ's subpoenas of congressional staffers' messages A watchdog group is asking a federal court to unseal documents on DOJ subpoenas of the personal messages of members of Congress during the Trump-Russia investigation ... 05/2/2024 - 9:30 am | View Link
DOJ announces $139M settlement with Larry Nassar victims for claims of FBI misconduct The watchdog report found the FBI was notified of Nassar's behavior but failed to act for more than 14 months, a period where Nassar is alleged to have abused at least 40 more girls and women. 04/23/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
Anti-Catholic FBI memo's origin revealed as bureau absolved of 'malicious intent' An FBI Richmond, Virginia ... The inspector general said a review of text messages and other conversations had between those who crafted the memo at the time "did not identify any evidence ... 04/19/2024 - 10:23 am | View Link
DOJ in final stages of settlement negotiations with victims of Larry Nassar over FBI misconduct: Sources Once finalized, the settlement would resolve a series of tort claims filed against the Justice Department and the FBI in 2022 by the long list of athletes and patients who reported abuse by Nassar ... 04/17/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Cracking down on pandemic aid fraud, DOJ claws back $1.4 billion and charges 3,500 people The Justice Department said 3,500 people have been charged and $1.4 billion recovered through pandemic fraud investigations. Lawmakers and the White House are asking to extend the deadline to ... 04/9/2024 - 9:11 am | View Link
“Donald Trump’s political operation raised more than $76 million in April, campaign officials told donors on Saturday,” Politico reports.
“Trump advisers revealed the number, up from $65.6 million in March, during a presentation at a private Trump campaign and Republican National Committee-hosted donor retreat.”
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) became the latest Republican to hit Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) over her plan to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), The Hill reports.
Said Crenshaw: “She needs her time in the spotlight, you know, and it’s been a while, and I think it’s one last ditch effort to get attention, is what she’s looking for.”
“Charlie Spies, the Republican National Committee’s chief counsel, was pushed out of his new role just two months after taking the job, amid a storm of controversy over conflicts involving other clients at the firm where he still works,“ the New York Times reports.
“Mr. Spies, a veteran election-law lawyer whom the R.
“On his first visit to Europe in five years, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, appears intent on seizing opportunities to loosen the continent’s bonds with the United States and forge a world freed of American dominance,” the New York Times reports..
“The Chinese leader has chosen three countries to visit — France, Serbia and Hungary — that each, to a greater or lesser degree, look askance at America’s postwar ordering of the world, see China as a necessary counterweight and are eager to bolster economic ties.”
Gary Moore is one of the least talked about guitarists of his time, but man could he rock.
Still Got the Blues For You is in my mind his signature track.
Music Radar conducted an excellent interview with Moore and he discussed his music and guitar playing in general.
Moore also has some advice for the prolix guitar player, and we have surely all been one, coming down with acute case of fretboard diarrhoea and using too many notes in our solos.
Take a phrase, says Moore, and work on it, playing around with all the different permutations, accenting the first, second, or maybe the last notes, working on the dynamics – these are all ways of workshopping your phrasing and learning how to make more out of something simple and familiar.