Ryan Hodgson
@ryanhodgs.bsky.social
Father, concerned citizen, lawyer. Only here to hasten Donald Trump‘s demise; #resist and #resister and #resistance
Oof, Chelsea’s coaching carousel spins again.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Enzo Maresca has departed as head coach of Chelsea, the team announced, five months after winning the Club World Cup.
Chelsea and Enzo Maresca part ways with immediate effect
The Italian had been on a five-year deal through to 2029.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Oof, Chelsea’s coaching carousel spins again.
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January 1, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Honestly?
Right-wing media entered a crowded and fractured new era in 2025. Nick Fuentes reaped the rewards.
Why Media Matters is naming Nick Fuentes our 2025 Misinformer of the Year: www.mediamatters.org/misinformer-...
Why Media Matters is naming Nick Fuentes our 2025 Misinformer of the Year: www.mediamatters.org/misinformer-...
December 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Honestly?
Okay, so some dude in the jungle writes a book 20 years ago and suddenly chlorine dioxide's a miracle drug?
The unfounded idea that chlorine dioxide can be a miracle cure began to spread about 20 years ago when a gold prospector wrote a book claiming his team in Guyana fell ill with malaria and recovered after drinking safe amounts of chlorine dioxide.
Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Okay, so some dude in the jungle writes a book 20 years ago and suddenly chlorine dioxide's a miracle drug?
Dang, that's a bold move.
BREAKING: Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejects OLC and Russell Vought's effort "to starve the CFPB of funding."
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
Her order clarifies that the preliminary injunction she earlier entered in the case over Vought's efforts to "dismantle" the agency does not allow the new funding interpretation.
![Based on this reasoning, defendant Vought, the Acting Director of the CFPB, informed
President Trump and Congress on November 20, 2025:
I have determined that sums available to the Bureau under [the Dodd-Frank Act] will not be sufficient to carry out the authorities of the Bureau under Federal consumer financial law for Fiscal Year 2026. I make this determination based on the conclusion of the Office of Legal Counsel
(OLC) within the Department of Justice that there are no funds legally available for the Bureau to request from the Federal Reserve System[.]
Ex. A to Defs.' Notice [Dkt. # 147-1] at 2, 4.
And based on the same reasoning, Vought and the CFPB simply announced to the Court and the plaintiffs that the Bureau's funding is about to "lapse." Notice at 1. What was left unsaid was that claiming that funds are unavailable is tantamount to closing what is left of the Bureau, bringing any performance of statutory functions and any remaining ongoing compliance with the](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreidjs54tkya3btu4fkv7rroiwzsiyfhn3egoct6ybgxsy5jzmeo7fi@jpeg)
![terms of the preliminary injunction to a halt, even though the case has not yet been resolved on the
merits.
This prompted the November 23 filing of the motion now pending before the Court:
plaintiffs' motion to clarify the preliminary injunction [Dkt. # 148] ("Pls.' Mot.); Pls.' Mem. in
Supp. of Pls.' Mot. [Dkt. #148-1] ("Pls.' Mem."). Plaintiffs seek "clarification that the defendants may not justify a violation of the preliminary injunction by refusing to request" funding from the Federal Reserve, as, they maintain, the Dodd-Frank Act requires. Pls.' Mot. at 1. The motion is fully briefed. See Defs.' Resp. to Pls.' Motion [Dkt. #160] ("Defs.' Opp."); Pls.' Reply [Dkt. # 163]; Br. of Amici Curiae Former Fed. Rsrv. Offs, in Supp. of Pls.' Mot. [Dkt. # 162]
("Amicus Br.").
For the reasons set forth in more detail below, the Court will GRANT the motion to clarify.
The defendants' interpretation of the Dodd-Frank Act is contrary to the text and intent of the statute and the way it has been consistently interpreted by both the Federal Reserve and the CFPB; acting in accordance with the OLC's flawed reasoning would contravene the plain terms and implicit requirements of this Court's Order as it has been revised by the Court of Appeals; and making that
finding does not require any modification of the preliminary injunction.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreibtne5jajk5p7mjqjvkgllvhtcmg4aaieq72pumzn6ejvgibcszwi@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Dang, that's a bold move.
Wild how these legal ping-pong matches drag on.
NEW: California case over trans students' privacy rights heads to appeals court.
A Ninth Circuit administrative stay issued on Friday blocked a district court ruling that would upend state protections. More briefing was ordered due before the new year.
Tonight at Law Dork:
A Ninth Circuit administrative stay issued on Friday blocked a district court ruling that would upend state protections. More briefing was ordered due before the new year.
Tonight at Law Dork:
California case over trans students' privacy rights heads to appeals court
An administrative stay on Friday blocked a district court ruling that would upend state protections. Also: Law Dork 2025 thoughts. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.
www.lawdork.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Wild how these legal ping-pong matches drag on.