Daniel Suitor
@danielsuitor.com
Former and occasional tenants rights attorney. Landlords do not @ me. New England then, Minneapolis now, housing and economic justice forever.
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Daniel Suitor
@danielsuitor.com
· Nov 8
To offer a primer on my personal lore:
- moved to Minnesota for law school in 2019
- while in school, wrote a long paper on the civil rights of unhoused people scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/3302/
- used to work for a tenant's rights nonprofit
- now suing banks and corporations for working people
- moved to Minnesota for law school in 2019
- while in school, wrote a long paper on the civil rights of unhoused people scholarship.law.umn.edu/mlr/3302/
- used to work for a tenant's rights nonprofit
- now suing banks and corporations for working people
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Because of this incident, the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota has opened its Detention Line today (11/18) until 5:00. If individuals have a family member who has been detained, they are available to help at 651.641.1011. Additional resources can be found at stpaul.gov/immigration-resources.
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Because of this incident, the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota has opened its Detention Line today (11/18) until 5:00. If individuals have a family member who has been detained, they are available to help at 651.641.1011. Additional resources can be found at stpaul.gov/immigration-resources.
new custom url if u even care
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
new custom url if u even care
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Approaching 3 hours since Katie was cuffed and taken by masked federal agents while peacefully protesting and filming today and our lawyers still can’t get anyone to tell us where they actually took her.
Fucking absurd.
Fucking absurd.
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Approaching 3 hours since Katie was cuffed and taken by masked federal agents while peacefully protesting and filming today and our lawyers still can’t get anyone to tell us where they actually took her.
Fucking absurd.
Fucking absurd.
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Good information on the street is invaluable, but I'll have no handwringing when folks turn out to observe/resist non-ICE actions right now. Other cops have an easy path to not be mistaken for ICE -- wear identifiable uniforms, no masks, and show badges. They can make this stop whenever they want!
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Good information on the street is invaluable, but I'll have no handwringing when folks turn out to observe/resist non-ICE actions right now. Other cops have an easy path to not be mistaken for ICE -- wear identifiable uniforms, no masks, and show badges. They can make this stop whenever they want!
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I have many options, but these are probably the Most Perfect ones.
(people will tell you Illinois, and I love it, but it needs editing)
I have many options, but these are probably the Most Perfect ones.
(people will tell you Illinois, and I love it, but it needs editing)
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
I have many options, but these are probably the Most Perfect ones.
(people will tell you Illinois, and I love it, but it needs editing)
I have many options, but these are probably the Most Perfect ones.
(people will tell you Illinois, and I love it, but it needs editing)
this is literally a bad Bill Simmons joke from the early '00s?? Yup ... these are his readers
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
this is literally a bad Bill Simmons joke from the early '00s?? Yup ... these are his readers
have graduated from watching this at 12:30 a.m. to watching it at 8:30 a.m.? is this progress?? can't say
it is literally impossible for me to overstate how load-bearing this Pere Ubu performance of "Breath" was for me during the lockdown 😭
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYq...
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
have graduated from watching this at 12:30 a.m. to watching it at 8:30 a.m.? is this progress?? can't say
why is so much violence being chosen on a Sunday night, it is the Lord's evening and we should all be ashamed
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
why is so much violence being chosen on a Sunday night, it is the Lord's evening and we should all be ashamed
It is quite funny to me that a founder of California YIMBY thinks it's disqualifying and mockable to be a tenant's rights attorney. Think about who you see yourself in coalition with. If you consider yourself a "YIMBY" but you oppose tenant's rights, you're just an unpaid lobbyist for landlords.
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It is quite funny to me that a founder of California YIMBY thinks it's disqualifying and mockable to be a tenant's rights attorney. Think about who you see yourself in coalition with. If you consider yourself a "YIMBY" but you oppose tenant's rights, you're just an unpaid lobbyist for landlords.
Latonya and Cory this is your lawyer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep writing this shit
Ending my (very brief) social media hiatus to announce that I am the proud recipient of not one, but TWO, DFL Code of Conduct incident reports.
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Latonya and Cory this is your lawyer speaking. I am advising you today to please keep writing this shit
Someone on the Minneapolis subreddit caught Waymos being delivered. We need the City Council need to ban the use of driverless cars. The technology isn't there. Our city cannot be a testing ground for 1.5 ton autonomous projectiles.
November 16, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Someone on the Minneapolis subreddit caught Waymos being delivered. We need the City Council need to ban the use of driverless cars. The technology isn't there. Our city cannot be a testing ground for 1.5 ton autonomous projectiles.
singing "Candle in the Inn" today
[to the tune of "Candle in the Wind"] 🎶Goodbye, Dragon Inn🎶
November 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
singing "Candle in the Inn" today
playing "I'll Be Missing You" while checking to see which losing centrist/AOM candidates have nuked their campaign websites
Puff Daddy [feat. Faith Evans & 112] - I'll Be Missing You (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Bad Boy Entertainment
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
playing "I'll Be Missing You" while checking to see which losing centrist/AOM candidates have nuked their campaign websites
Me sending Minnesota Government Data Practices Act requests: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me reviewing MGPDA data received from requests: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me reviewing MGPDA data received from requests: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Me sending Minnesota Government Data Practices Act requests: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me reviewing MGPDA data received from requests: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me reviewing MGPDA data received from requests: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
For no reason at all, I'm just thinking about how the four incumbent Council Members that the losers behind A Precarious State attacked for their DSA ties got a cumulative 64% of the vote in their wards, beating their next-closest opponents by 32%.
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For no reason at all, I'm just thinking about how the four incumbent Council Members that the losers behind A Precarious State attacked for their DSA ties got a cumulative 64% of the vote in their wards, beating their next-closest opponents by 32%.
well, I guess it's time for me to do my do my national duty and be a hot straight woke influencer 🫡🫡🫡
Tim Miller makes a plea for more straight, woke influencers: "This is a message for hot straight men with muscles who work out, and who are also woke. We just need you to just do a little bit of commentary."
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
well, I guess it's time for me to do my do my national duty and be a hot straight woke influencer 🫡🫡🫡
@biketrouble.bsky.social RE: the latest Racketcast, watching every '90s movie shot in Minnesota feels like the first Racket spinoff podcast to me!
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
@biketrouble.bsky.social RE: the latest Racketcast, watching every '90s movie shot in Minnesota feels like the first Racket spinoff podcast to me!
And if you're worried that donating or allocating to HOME Line means putting money in my pockets, fear not! I haven't worked there in over a year! You can support their good work even if you hate my guts and don't want me to see a dime
✨ Day 1: Consider becoming a monthly donor — a way to provide steady, year-round support that keeps renters informed, protected, and housed.
homelinemn.org/donate-to-ho...
homelinemn.org/donate-to-ho...
Donate to HOME Line — HOME Line
HOME Line helps tenants by providing the information and advice they need to solve their rental problems. We can only do this work with a strong network of supporters. That’s where you can make the di...
homelinemn.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
And if you're worried that donating or allocating to HOME Line means putting money in my pockets, fear not! I haven't worked there in over a year! You can support their good work even if you hate my guts and don't want me to see a dime
This goes for Minneapolis too. Last I knew, they were getting a big discount on HOME Line's services, a ~$150k underpay. And that's based on HOME Line's very modest budget, where none of us were paid much. I made $58,000/year at the end. Our ED made like $72k. Not the nonprofit industrial complex.
Last I knew, St. Paul paid HOME Line about $25,000/yr. Meanwhile, St. Paul accounts for 14% of the hotline work, around 3k callers per year, behind only Minneapolis (25%). I promise it takes >$100k in resources to serve St. Paul. And yet DSI and council offices will just tell you to call HOME Line 🤷
Rights without enforcement aren't rights: they're homework assignments for people who can't afford lawyers.
Read my full piece: minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/14/i...
#rentersrights #stpaul #minneapolis #tenants #rights #rentstabilization #rentcontrol #landlords
Read my full piece: minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/14/i...
#rentersrights #stpaul #minneapolis #tenants #rights #rentstabilization #rentcontrol #landlords
November 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This goes for Minneapolis too. Last I knew, they were getting a big discount on HOME Line's services, a ~$150k underpay. And that's based on HOME Line's very modest budget, where none of us were paid much. I made $58,000/year at the end. Our ED made like $72k. Not the nonprofit industrial complex.
Last I knew, St. Paul paid HOME Line about $25,000/yr. Meanwhile, St. Paul accounts for 14% of the hotline work, around 3k callers per year, behind only Minneapolis (25%). I promise it takes >$100k in resources to serve St. Paul. And yet DSI and council offices will just tell you to call HOME Line 🤷
Rights without enforcement aren't rights: they're homework assignments for people who can't afford lawyers.
Read my full piece: minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/14/i...
#rentersrights #stpaul #minneapolis #tenants #rights #rentstabilization #rentcontrol #landlords
Read my full piece: minnesotareformer.com/2025/11/14/i...
#rentersrights #stpaul #minneapolis #tenants #rights #rentstabilization #rentcontrol #landlords
If tenants are to be protected, cities need to pay for enforcement of the rules • Minnesota Reformer
Create elaborate protections on paper, provide minimal enforcement, then blame tenants for the resulting dysfunction.
minnesotareformer.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Last I knew, St. Paul paid HOME Line about $25,000/yr. Meanwhile, St. Paul accounts for 14% of the hotline work, around 3k callers per year, behind only Minneapolis (25%). I promise it takes >$100k in resources to serve St. Paul. And yet DSI and council offices will just tell you to call HOME Line 🤷
the only potential use of AI that I am excited about is the ability to execute a visual ban on certain meme formats across all applications and websites, such as the S*dn*y Sw**n*y staring meme
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the only potential use of AI that I am excited about is the ability to execute a visual ban on certain meme formats across all applications and websites, such as the S*dn*y Sw**n*y staring meme
HOME Line's research, albeit a few years past, suggests the average eviction for nonpayment (90% of cases) is over $1,500 to $2,000. This just makes sense.
St. Paul offers $2,500 emergency rent assistance for tenants facing eviction. www.twincities.com/2025/11/13/s... Council Member @cheniquajohnson, who worked on this effort, says her East Side ward has highest eviction rates in Ramsey County
St. Paul offering $2,500 for those facing eviction. Here’s how it works.
Landlords can receive up to $2,500 in one-time grants if they agree not to evict a tenant.
www.twincities.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
HOME Line's research, albeit a few years past, suggests the average eviction for nonpayment (90% of cases) is over $1,500 to $2,000. This just makes sense.
i would say unemployment is going really well for me, thanks for asking
having an Extremely Normal One and realizing at 2:30 am that I'm likely a distant relative of Fred W. Suitor, a former socialist mayor of Barre, Vermont and official in the quarry-worker's union
(source is a genealogy published by another relative in the late '80s. Daniel George is my grandfather)
(source is a genealogy published by another relative in the late '80s. Daniel George is my grandfather)
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fred W. Suitor
Suitor c. 1932
Mayor of Barre, Vermont
In office
1929–1931
Personal details
Born 1879
Leeds, Quebec
Died May 10, 1934 (aged 55)
Occupation Labor leader and politician
Fred W. Suitor (1879 – May 10, 1934) was an American labor leader and politician from Vermont. Suitor was a leader in the Quarry Workers' International Union of North America. Elected Secretary-Treasurer of the QWIUNA in 1911, he maintained that position until 1930. In 1915, he was president of the Vermont Federation of Labor.[1] He was the second socialist mayor of Barre, Vermont after Robert Gordon.
Labor
As a child, he worked part-time in a Quebec copper mill. He eventually became a blacksmith and worked in Vermont's large granite industry. In 1908, at the age of 29, Suitor became a business agent for the Quarry Workers union. In 1911, he was elected Secretary-Treasurer of the union, a position he continued in until 1930. He held other positions of influence in the union until his death in 1934.
Politics
In politics, Suitor was a member of the Socialist Party of America, which distinguished him from some other high-ranking labor leaders who were often opposed to socialism. He was twice a candidate of the Socialist Party of Vermont for Governor (1912 and 1932).[2] He was also involved in municipal politics in Barre and was elected as the city's mayor from 1929 to 1931.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ccm7gttkbfs2eyyrlpshmeun/bafkreigijvm52nrft55cxxccddtjxgnqfyc3ccpjynkla3kixwqybljw3i@jpeg)
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
i would say unemployment is going really well for me, thanks for asking
having an Extremely Normal One and realizing at 2:30 am that I'm likely a distant relative of Fred W. Suitor, a former socialist mayor of Barre, Vermont and official in the quarry-worker's union
(source is a genealogy published by another relative in the late '80s. Daniel George is my grandfather)
(source is a genealogy published by another relative in the late '80s. Daniel George is my grandfather)
November 13, 2025 at 8:54 AM
having an Extremely Normal One and realizing at 2:30 am that I'm likely a distant relative of Fred W. Suitor, a former socialist mayor of Barre, Vermont and official in the quarry-worker's union
(source is a genealogy published by another relative in the late '80s. Daniel George is my grandfather)
(source is a genealogy published by another relative in the late '80s. Daniel George is my grandfather)
Read a Second Book Hive, we need to steel ourselves and hone our blades for the "Let people enjoy things" discourse we're going to get a year from now.
I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Read a Second Book Hive, we need to steel ourselves and hone our blades for the "Let people enjoy things" discourse we're going to get a year from now.