When we last left what looked like it could be the amended fiduciary rule's NeverEnding Story that started at least three presidential administrations ago, (i) the DOL lost two cases involving the Retirement Security Rule in Texas at the district-court level, Americans for Consumer Choice, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Labor and American Council of Life Insurers v. U.S. Department of Labor, (ii) the Biden-era DOL appealed the cases to the Fifth Circuit, and (iii) the DOL under Trump II asked the Fifth Circuit if it could have more time to consider whether to continue those appeals.
On November 24, 2025, the DOL filed a motion with the Fifth Circuit “to dismiss its appeals” in the Consumer Choice and ACLI cases. The motion expressly stated that the appellees in Consumer Choice “do not oppose this motion” and that the appellees and intervenors-appellees in ACLI “consent to this motion”. There may be some process left, but there seems very little doubt that the knives are now out (hold that thought), and what's now known as the Retirement Security Rule is, as Monty Python might phrase it, Now Dead Yet.
Speaking of Knives Out (I told you to hold that thought), I just saw the latest iteration of the series on Netflix. It is (unlike the second installment) good. It was fun.
And it had Glenn Close. Not surprisingly, she was really good. But, honestly, I don't care a whit about what this movie or performance was or wasn't. As I've previously bemoaned, it's incredible that Glenn Close has never tajen home the Oscar. Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts and Marissa Tomei have Oscars and Glenn Close doesn't? Meryl Streep has 384 Oscars (by my count) and Glenn Close doesn't have one? I respectfully submit that the Close snub is the worst acting snub of 'em all* - and quite the enduring one.
Look, they found a way to give Oscars to Paul Newman and John Wayne, and I'd really like to hope that figure out a way to give Glenn Close this one. End it now and don't even put it up for a vote. The most obvious omission was for Fatal Attraction, but the whole situation is a debacle.
Aa I've observed, at least the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame finally fixed its arguably most egregious omission when it inducted Bad Co. Now, when it comes to Glenn Close and the Oscars, in the words of Keenan Thompson's Oscar Rogers,* just - FIX IT!!!
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* Another indefensible omission? Diane Warren. She's been nominated 5,637 times (again, by my count), and still hasn't won. Someone needs to find a way to honor this maestro. who so embodies John Hughes' sentiment, "You couldn't take that song out of the movie; nor could you extract the movie from the song."
** How's THAT for a fortuitous first name here?
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