Brian S Faughnan
@bsfaughnan.bsky.social
Lawyering in Memphis. Check out www.FaughnanonEthics.com for my thoughts on ethics and lawyering. Listen to my unrelated podcast, Listeners Like You, for everything else.
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
I’ll take the point. We outplayed them with only 10 men.
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’ll take the point. We outplayed them with only 10 men.
Episode 70 is out today. Cort reports on listening to Alt+J. We also reveal Brian’s next assignment. Will it be another audiobook or something else? What else do we cover? A lot of errors, you must be joking? You have to listen to find out. Download here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Listeners Like You
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Brian Faughnan & Cort Winsett get together biweekly and start talking with each other (and with you the listener) about what they’ve been listening to la...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Episode 70 is out today. Cort reports on listening to Alt+J. We also reveal Brian’s next assignment. Will it be another audiobook or something else? What else do we cover? A lot of errors, you must be joking? You have to listen to find out. Download here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Our Starboy > your Starboy.
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Our Starboy > your Starboy.
excellent, excellent first 45 minutes.
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
excellent, excellent first 45 minutes.
Sounds like it is time for another round of: why would you ever agree to a Chotiner interview request?
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Sounds like it is time for another round of: why would you ever agree to a Chotiner interview request?
Counting on Spurs to do anything helpful for us is a fool’s errand.
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Counting on Spurs to do anything helpful for us is a fool’s errand.
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If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If the NYT told the story of the homeless teenager exploited by Matt Gaetz with even half as much empathy as it tells the story of Olivia Nuzzi, it would be in danger of committing journalism.
Episode 69 is out today. We wrap up Brian’s extended listening assignment and Cort follows up on that whiskey podcast. And we finally resolve on an objective basis whose birthday is better. And we never make the obvious joke even once. Download here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Listeners Like You
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Brian Faughnan & Cort Winsett get together biweekly and start talking with each other (and with you the listener) about what they’ve been listening to la...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Episode 69 is out today. We wrap up Brian’s extended listening assignment and Cort follows up on that whiskey podcast. And we finally resolve on an objective basis whose birthday is better. And we never make the obvious joke even once. Download here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
We could use a lot more of this out of Jeffries. And others too.
Jeffries: “Nobody who's serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously…I'm not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz, who is woefully unqualified to be in whatever position he holds in the administration. He's a joke. These people are all jokes.”
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
We could use a lot more of this out of Jeffries. And others too.
Far too low. And also we use dollars not pounds.
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Far too low. And also we use dollars not pounds.
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Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
November 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump: "Hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us."
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Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Dick Cheney did more than anyone else to build up expansive and destructive executive branch powers in the wake of 9/11; he lived to see another president turn those same powers against his own daughter.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
He should be a warning sign to the GOP today but too many of them are in the cult.
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Apparently I’ve said something controversial by arguing that the future model for the Democratic Party are charismatic candidates who advocate for populist positions while never backing down to right wing intimidation campaigns. How is this even up for debate?
a man in a suit and tie stands in front of an elevator that says truly you need to stop
ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of an elevator that says truly you need to stop
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November 4, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Apparently I’ve said something controversial by arguing that the future model for the Democratic Party are charismatic candidates who advocate for populist positions while never backing down to right wing intimidation campaigns. How is this even up for debate?
Gillett much better/fairer that second 45. Can't believe we only won 1-0
Glad we're up 1-0 but Jared Gillett has ref'd an atrocious first half. He's let Spurs go through the back of our players time and again, and then worse whoever in VAR let Bentancur avoid a red. Pathetic.
November 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Gillett much better/fairer that second 45. Can't believe we only won 1-0
Glad we're up 1-0 but Jared Gillett has ref'd an atrocious first half. He's let Spurs go through the back of our players time and again, and then worse whoever in VAR let Bentancur avoid a red. Pathetic.
November 1, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Glad we're up 1-0 but Jared Gillett has ref'd an atrocious first half. He's let Spurs go through the back of our players time and again, and then worse whoever in VAR let Bentancur avoid a red. Pathetic.
thoughts about tech competence under the ethics rules: faughnanonethics.com/the-importan...
The importance of knowing how things work - Faughnan on Ethics
I could have titled this post: "In case you needed another reason not to use LinkedIn," but that wouldn't be fair. No one actually needs any additional reasons not to use that platform. The "grindset ...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
thoughts about tech competence under the ethics rules: faughnanonethics.com/the-importan...
Episode 68 arrives on this the spookiest of days. Some say we have no range. To them we say: Rainbow Kitten Surprise, MJ Lenderman, Neil Diamond, and Shohei Ohtani. We discuss them all and more. We’ve got range like a stove top. Download here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Listeners Like You
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Biweekly · Brian Faughnan & Cort Winsett get together biweekly and start talking with each other (and with you the listener) about what they’ve been listening to la...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Episode 68 arrives on this the spookiest of days. Some say we have no range. To them we say: Rainbow Kitten Surprise, MJ Lenderman, Neil Diamond, and Shohei Ohtani. We discuss them all and more. We’ve got range like a stove top. Download here podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
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Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Breaking on MSNBC:
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after filing a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to President Obama's house in 2023.
thoughts, prompted by a Texas case, about some of the issues raised in Tennessee by the imputation of conflicts of interest, and the limits on the ability to do non-consensual screening, involving people other than lawyers under RPC 1.10: faughnanonethics.com/conflicts-be...
Conflicts beyond lawyers - Faughnan on Ethics
I have written in the past about the perhaps "unique" approach that Tennessee has to the question of allowing non-consensual screens to cure conflicts arising from lateral movement of lawyers. That ap...
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October 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
thoughts, prompted by a Texas case, about some of the issues raised in Tennessee by the imputation of conflicts of interest, and the limits on the ability to do non-consensual screening, involving people other than lawyers under RPC 1.10: faughnanonethics.com/conflicts-be...
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If legacy media wanted to actually do its damn job everyone of them would be leading today with how the entire GOP spent the week lying about No Kings and spend the next week asking everyone of them non stop where antifa was this weekend
Alas we will get another week of regurgitating the next lie.
Alas we will get another week of regurgitating the next lie.
October 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If legacy media wanted to actually do its damn job everyone of them would be leading today with how the entire GOP spent the week lying about No Kings and spend the next week asking everyone of them non stop where antifa was this weekend
Alas we will get another week of regurgitating the next lie.
Alas we will get another week of regurgitating the next lie.
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Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Our federal tax dollars are being used to fund a network of government social media accounts that pump out disinformation 24/7. Even during a government shutdown. It’s definitely not essential work.