Rafer Weigel

3X Emmy award-winning journalist, storyteller and video marketer. Chicago bred. San Diego based.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Insane corruption from a homeless project in Los Angeles, California

- The Weingart NGO got a $30 million dollar grant for homeless housing
- A senior citizen home was cleared of elderly residents
- The property was listed on the market for $11.2 million, but it was then sold to Weingart for $27 million (huge gap of money that disappeared)

The city pays the NGO extremely high rates, $400,000 per bed per year for homeless housing on this property

The building sits empty

The NGO has no obligation to put a homeless person in a bed, so they can bill for every room at $400,000 per year with no one in them

It doesn’t stop there. Taxpayers also cover the purchase, operations, upkeep, and problems even if the facility sits empty

The Weingart NGO operates around 10 similar homeless housing facilities

We need prison sentences for every Democrat involved in these deals and every NGO executive

Spencer says he will hand them over to the IRS and DOJ for investigation and prosecution

I saved him some time and looked up who handed the money out

Key Democrats Who Oversaw the Money

- Mayor Karen Bass (Democrat)
- Former Mayor Eric Garcetti (Democrat)
- Key member on the Housing & Homelessness Committee is Nithya Raman (Democrat) who has been involved in oversight and funding decisions
- LA County Board of Supervisors (All Democrats)

I think the problem is clear

[Bill Wells @MayorBillWells]

The same Supervisors who lecture the rest of us about "No Kings" are voting today to extend their own time in power.

Funny how that works.

Voters capped Supervisors at two terms in 2010. It passed by nearly 70%. Now the same politicians who benefit are asking voters to undo it, with ballot language written to mislead and a package of popular reforms wrapped around it for cover.

You don't get to march against kings on Saturday and crown yourself on Tuesday.

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

@OANN Big fan of that anchor @AngelNewsGal

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

@OANN That anchor @AngelNewsGal is a major talent

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

A #Chicago institution. My late father and Mike Royko played on his 16” softball team back in the 70’s. #RIP

[Billy Goat Tavern @Cheezborger]

It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Sam Sianis — the legendary, longtime owner of Billy Goat Tavern and a true Chicago original. Sam passed away peacefully this morning in his sleep, surrounded by his loving family.

Sam was more than a restaurateur; he was a Chicago legend. His tireless work ethic, devotion to his beloved Tavern, and deep love for this city made him a cultural icon and an inspiration to all who knew him. Above all, he was a devoted family man and a cherished friend to countless people whose lives he touched.

Loved by many, he will be deeply missed. May his memory be eternal.

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

Andrew is one of the good guys and an excellent reporter and writer. Please keep him in mind if you hear of any reporter/writer openings. #journalism and #news are rough businesses.

[Andrew Seligman @aseligmanap]

Some life news. I was laid off today after 21 years with the AP. I am now a free agent, so if you know of any openings …

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

He just doesn’t get how negotiations work.

[Mayor Brandon Johnson @ChicagosMayor]

There's no good reason to incentivize the Bears to leave the top tourist destination in Illinois or to gift them property tax reprieve when they already don't pay property taxes on a publicly-owned stadium. The Bears belong in downtown Chicago.

[Ald. Raymond Lopez @RaymondALopez]

Everyone should be arrested.
Every car impounded.
Period!

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

@pupsandpinot @jeepgunnar #News outlets have no 🏐🏐🏀. When I reported on Jussie Smollett my assist. news director told me to shut it down for fear of backlash. Outlets are more concerned with upsetting viewers than telling them what they need to know operating out of fear. Thus they only report crime

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

Part of the reason #Chicago corruption has been so rampant for decades is that #news outlets for decades has rarely held politicians and officials accountable. #journalism

[Chicago Contrarian @ChicagoContrar1]

You just can't hate Chicago media enough.

Yesterday, @CWBChicago reported Kim Foxx admitted under oath she believed two men convicted for a grisly murder were guilty of the crime, yet her office helped clear them.

This should have been front-page news.

Not one word.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

California Rep Kevin Kiley says they have learned the $100 million dollar pacific palisades Fire Aid concert money was laundered to nonprofits

“What we have learned is absolutely beyond belief — Tens of thousands of people donated raising a hundred million dollars for what they was were told was direct relief for the victims. But now we've learned that this money didn't go to the victims at all. Instead, it went to nonprofits”

Here are some examples

- CA Native Vote Project: $100,000 for voter participation for Native Americans
- Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE): $250,000 for programs prioritizing undocumented immigrants
- Altadena Talks Foundation: $100,000 went to supported podcasts, including Toni Raines podcast
- NAACP Pasadena: $100,000 political advocacy
- Los Angeles Black Worker Center $550,000 to political advocacy organizations
- Center for Applied Ecological Remediation: $500,000 for fungus/microbe/plant soil remediation projects

Over $500,000 went to bonuses for nonprofit leaders and consultants

[Brian W. Jones @SenBrianJones]

This Is Gavin’s Real Legacy

California is staring down $30 billion in structural deficits every single year and the state’s own analysts cannot tell you how many workers are on the payroll or what they cost. Billions in surpluses were squandered on programs that were never affordable and the Democratic supermajority ignored every warning. Californians will be paying for this long after Gavin leaves to chase his next job. #FixCalifornia

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[Bill Wells @MayorBillWells]

The State of California told El Cajon we could not do welfare checks on unaccompanied children.
That is not a talking point. That happened. The Department of Homeland Security asked our police to help. The state attorney general said no, citing SB 54.
That is the law we are challenging in court. And we will win.

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

Be the mayor that moves the @ChicagoBears to #Indiana @ChicagosMayor. That will cement your legacy as the worst #Chicago mayor in modern history.

[Chicago History ™️ @Chicago_History]

Let's talk about it. Mayor Brandon Johnson pushed back against a tax break for the Bears’ Arlington Heights stadium bid, arguing the $9 billion franchise shouldn’t be prioritized over school funding and working residents.

Via: @chicagosuntimes 👈🏼

#ChicagoHistory ☑️

[Ald. Raymond Lopez @RaymondALopez]

Businesses are closing because Chicago has been neither business friendly nor responsive since 2020. We refused to hold looters accountable. We downplay “smash & grabs” and shoplifting as nothing more than an insurance issue. We disregarded people’s enterprising spirit and faith in the American dream. We discounted the personal sacrifices people made because the narrative demanded crimes of the present be ignored as retribution for the sins of the past. In essence: reparations by criminal action. And yet somehow my fellow politicians act stunned by the outcomes they promoted.

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

Chicago: “We extended the red line.”

@ChicagosMayor: “Yes, but have we considered how this rail ties into the socioeconomic effects of centuries of racism?”

CTA riders: “We just want it to show up on time.”

This man could be at a hot dog stand opening & make it about racism

[Mayor Brandon Johnson @ChicagosMayor]

The Red Line Extension begins to rewrite Chicago's history on segregation while building a safer, more affordable city for all. @cta

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

Forget John Blackwell. I’m excited to see this kid as a freshman this season. I feel he’s gonna thrive in year one under Underwood’s top notch staff and could be another one-and-done which is great for the program #illini #illinibasketball @IlliniMBB

[Armchair Illinois @ArmchairIllini]

#Illini signee Quentin Coleman won the Iverson Classic 3 point shootout. Illinois is getting a star in the 5-star guard

[Media Lies @MediasLies]

Chicago Mayor Johnson is encouraging students to skip school today for anti-Trump "May Day" protests:

“You are creating action that will turn into power.”

Meanwhile, 11th graders in Chicago Public Schools are at just 24% proficiency in reading and 25% in math.

Priorities.

[Rafer Weigel @RaferWeigel]

#illinois gov @GovPritzker throws @ILJudgesAssoc under the bus for letting dangerous criminals walk the streets to commit more crimes.

[Mike Tobin @MikeTobinFox]

Gov JB Pritzker on case of the career violent criminal out with no bond due to Illinois’ Safe-T act, who allegedly shot 2 Police officers, Killed one: “in most of the cases where Republicans have complained about the SAFE-T, it's actually been the bad decision by an elected judge in Illinois or up. Or no hearing at all because the prosecutor didn't bring it to the judge. And that has been a reason why somebody gets let out. A judge can make this decision, a judge should have made the decision to keep that person in jail.”

[Brian W. Jones @SenBrianJones]

We have been saying it for years. This budget does not add up. Now we find out Newsom's administration made a $2 billion accounting error, Democrats knew about it in February and hid it from the public, and when they got caught Newsom's office had the nerve to say it was not an error. The Legislative Analyst's Office says otherwise. California has a $35 billion deficit and the people in charge of the money cannot be trusted with it. #FixCalifornia
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