Morning writer, daytime trial lawyer, evening reader.https://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lwk3ubzncc25I once had the state seek a 6 month mandatory minimum sentence for a client because he was designated a “habitual misdemeanor offender.” His “crime”: stealing a tomato from Publix so he could eat something. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Aug 2025 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwk3ubzncc25https://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lwe25cnvpc2cGeneral checkpoints are unconstitutional and illegal. Police know this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2025 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwe25cnvpc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lw2infgfxk23Speed kills. With GPS and the level of tech we have in cars now, there’s no rational reason we don’t have geo-fenced speed governors. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2025 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw2infgfxk23https://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lvwjrpll5s2bDoctors and lawyers will be losing their jobs to this? [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2025 00:40 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvwjrpll5s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lvrb34tqr22pWe’ve given up everything to accommodate drivers and cruelly penalized those got in their way https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/opinion/children-traffic-death-parents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.cE8.R0kg.KBe_6Tp6pCJB&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare06 Aug 2025 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvrb34tqr22phttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3luqo6o6cyc2oHow long till Trump pardons her in exchange for her helpful statements and testimony [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2025 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3luqo6o6cyc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lue524w7622bLawyers put their bar number on this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jul 2025 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lue524w7622bhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3luavb7wdyk2gTaking his logic, if you want people to drive cars/trucks/suvs on the road, make it safe. In Florida last year, almost 3,200 people died from crashes, and over 245,000 were injured. Public transit has a much safer record than that. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jul 2025 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3luavb7wdyk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3ltnmcp4ph22jWhat a time to be alive [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jul 2025 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltnmcp4ph22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3ltk6jcatf22uSo here I am, attending the defense medical examination of my client, and the orthopedic doctor has Amazon Alexas in the exam rooms and around the office in order to communicate. There’s gotta be HIPAA concerns, no?09 Jul 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltk6jcatf22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3ltfxytzjfc2gThis isn't an overreaction. The memo is fairly clear that, yes, the DOJ is going after naturalized citizens who lied on their applications to obtain citizenship, but it is also going after those who have committed conduct and crimes after obtaining citizenship. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article309926220.html07 Jul 2025 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltfxytzjfc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lt7muxdhzc2sWeather will weather, but with climate change, it is only getting worse. But we’ve given up trying to stop climate change, slow it, or reverse it. Now we can’t even forecast it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Jul 2025 11:14 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt7muxdhzc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lszdkhp76c2iSometimes people ask why my wife and i waited so long to have a kid. The only answer is we were waiting for Bluey and Ms. Rachel02 Jul 2025 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lszdkhp76c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3lsw4aouvx22kWhat’s the contingency plan for Trump’s ICE concentration camp in the Everglades when a hurricane hits? Because yes, it’s when, not if.01 Jul 2025 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsw4aouvx22khttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3ls7fw2huzc2yTrump is a twice-impeached, convicted felon. No one should be surprised he violated the Constitution, US law, international law, and his own words when he ordered the strike.22 Jun 2025 15:44 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7fw2huzc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/georgepalaidis.bsky.social/post/3ls7eww6d2k2yTrump said he would give two weeks before making a decision on striking, and within days launched an enormous strike. Not that anyone could trust him, but any credibility in these negotiations is gone.22 Jun 2025 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:5ugns3c4yc2kvyg42sysiw5x/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls7eww6d2k2y