Michael Rocha

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

I can't remember a time when the headline of a story has ever aged more poorly.

[jay plemons @jayplemons]

Adam Carolla destroys the “both sides” nonsense: The Democrats are batshit crazy.

@adamcarolla "One side is pushing hard for transgender kids, and wants to over-regulate and tax your life and wants Elon Musk dead.

And the other side wants lower taxes and they want to own guns and they want the government to leave them alone.

The right did not ruin Los Angeles and California. The right didn't ruin Seattle. It didn't ruin Chicago. It didn't ruin Portland. The right didn't ruin anything. The left ruined shit.

Defund the police is a shit idea that gets people killed. Fund the police is a good idea that saves more lives. Abolish ICE is a batshit crazy idea too, and rounding up criminal felons is a good idea, so F off."

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

Congrats to Knicks fans everywhere

[Unbiased Mets Fan @TheMetsX]

“Let’s completely destroy a grown man’s means to provide for his family because the Knicks won a basketball game”

These people are fucking morons, hope they get facially recognized and prosecuted

[Steve Krakauer @SteveKrak]

This instinct to dunk on those who authentically wanted change in Los Angeles - many who are Democrats - seems counterproductive. Spencer Pratt decided to run because his house burned down and there was no accountability or even effort to help him rebuild.

Jon voted for Katie Porter because some things are bigger than winning... because the message matters to people. The smug dismissiveness about the Pratt movement - which really wasn't about Pratt himself, but about his priorities and policies - is unfortunate.

[Aaron Torres @Aaron_Torres]

I try not to get political. But LA is where I live, and I am here to tell you: There is 0.0 percent chance these results are legit.

Nithya Raman has no base. No one knew who she was until Spencer Pratt torched her on debate stage. She gave a concession speech on Tuesday.

I really hope the federal government and @USAttyEssayli are investigating

(Again, apologize for getting political. Feel free to unfollow if this bothers you.

But a light needs to be shined on what's happening)

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Me trying to figure out how votes get counted in LA

[Michael Rocha @MRochaTweets]

This right here.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[Favian Renkel @FavianRenkel]

FIFA has officially unveiled the Team Base Camp Training Sites for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Bookmark this to save for later!

Here is where every participating nation will be based during the tournament:

🇩🇿 Algeria — University of Kansas (Kansas City)
🇦🇷 Argentina — Sporting KC Training Centre (Kansas City)
🇦🇺 Australia — Oakland Roots/Soul Training Facility (San Francisco Bay Area)
🇦🇹 Austria — UC Santa Barbara, Harder Stadium (Goleta)
🇧🇪 Belgium — Seattle Sounders FC Performance Centre and Clubhouse (Renton)
🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — RSL Stadium (Sandy)
🇧🇷 Brazil — Columbia Park Training Facility (New York/New Jersey)
🇨🇦 Canada — National Soccer Development Centre (Vancouver)
🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire — Philadelphia Union facilities (Philadelphia)
🇨🇩 Congo DR — Houston Training Centre (Houston)
🇨🇴 Colombia — Academia Atlas FC (Guadalajara)
🇨🇻 Cabo Verde — Waters Sportsplex (Tampa)
🇭🇷 Croatia — Episcopal High School (Alexandria)
🇨🇼 Curaçao — Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton)
🇨🇿 Czechia — Mansfield Multipurpose Stadium (Dallas)
🇪🇨 Ecuador — Columbus Crew Performance Centre (Columbus)
🇪🇬 Egypt — Gonzaga University (Spokane)
🏴 England — Swope Soccer Village (Kansas City)
🇪🇸 Spain — Baylor School (Chattanooga)
🇫🇷 France — Bentley University (Boston)
��🇪 Germany — Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem)
🇬🇭 Ghana — Bryant University (Boston)
🇭🇹 Haiti — Stockton University (New York/New Jersey)
🇮🇷 IR Iran — Centro Xoloitzcuintle (Tijuana)
🇮🇶 Iraq — The Greenbrier Sports Performance Centre (Greenbrier County)
🇯🇴 Jordan — University of Portland (Portland)
🇯🇵 Japan — Nashville SC facilities (Nashville)
🇰🇷 Korea Republic — Chivas Verde Valle (Guadalajara)
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — Austin FC Stadium (Austin)
🇲🇦 Morocco — The Pingry School (New York/New Jersey)
🇲🇽 Mexico — Centro de Alto Rendimiento, CAR (Mexico City)
🇳🇱 Netherlands — KC Current Training Facility (Kansas City)
🇳🇴 Norway — UNC Greensboro (Greensboro)
🇳🇿 New Zealand — University of San Diego, Torero Stadium (San Diego)
🇵🇦 Panama — Nottawasaga Training Site (New Tecumseth)
🇵🇾 Paraguay — Spartan Soccer Complex (San Francisco Bay Area)
🇵🇹 Portugal — Gardens North County District Park (Palm Beach Gardens)
🇶🇦 Qatar — Westmont College (Santa Barbara)
🇿🇦 South Africa — CF Pachuca, Universidad Del Futbol (Pachuca)
🏴 Scotland — Charlotte FC facilities (Charlotte)
🇸🇳 Senegal — Rutgers University (New York/New Jersey)
🇨🇭 Switzerland — SDJA (San Diego)
🇸🇪 Sweden — FC Dallas Stadium (Dallas)
🇹🇳 Tunisia — Rayados Training Centre (Monterrey)
🇹🇷 Türkiye — Arizona Athletic Grounds (Mesa)
🇺🇾 Uruguay — Mayakoba Training Centre Cancun (Cancun)
🇺🇸 United States — Great Park Sports Complex (Irvine)
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — Atlanta United Training Centre (Atlanta)

#FIFA #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WorldCup2026 #FIFAWC #FIFAWC26 #FIFAWorldCup2026

[Liz Benichou @basedinmalibu]

So let me get this straight…

Spencer Pratt runs on cleaning up the streets of Los Angeles, fixing the homeless crisis, making sure reservoirs and fire hydrants actually have water, saving dogs and making LA safer and cleaner for everyone…

…and the media calls that “MAGA”? 🤔

Since when did wanting functioning infrastructure, safe streets, and competent leadership become controversial?

Shouldn’t that be the goal of EVERY politician regardless of party?

I guess some people would rather hand out free stuff while cities continue falling apart.

[Justine Bateman @JustineBateman]

People with “knowledge of how our government works” in leadership positions has exactly been our problem in LA and CA. The result has been blatant incompetence and the loss of billions of our tax dollars.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

LMAO

[Michael Rocha @MRochaTweets]

The future is teal. 🦈

[Michael Rocha @MRochaTweets]

California in a nutshell.

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 Here is 10 minutes of me confronting the California politicians who authored the "Stop Nick Shirley Act"...

When confronted about AB 2624:
- Lied about authoring the bill
- Couldn't justify the bill
- Acted like they didn't know about the bill

This bill will CRIMINALIZE exposing fraud, violates the 1st Amendment, protects NGOs from disclosing taxpayer dollars, and these politicians see no problem with it. The fraud is now exposed and they need new laws to hide it.

EXPOSE ALL THE FRAUD.

[Michael Rocha @MRochaTweets]

As a real estate agent that has worked in San Francisco in the past, I can tell you that this is also happening up north.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

Los Angeles Mayor candidate Spencer Pratt confirms that “the number 1 buyer of Pacific Palisades dirt lots is China”

“China is taking over Los Angeles and Karen Bass is just letting them take it”

China isn’t buying the lots directly, they’re being very secretive. They establish companies based in New Zealand and then purchase Los Angeles properties with New Zealand companies, that are owned by China

Chinese buyers accounted for 15% of all foreign international buyer purchases nationwide in America

But get this

California was the top destination for these Chinese buyers, attracting 36% of their US purchases. 71% paid in all cash deals

Democrats are letting China buy out California’s home inventory

[Michael Rocha @MRochaTweets]

@WrestleOps Take away Brock “retiring” and the main event, this Wrestlemania was on par to a classic episode of Sunday Night Heat.

[Michael Rocha @MRochaTweets]

What this #wrestlemania will be remembered for…

[Michael Rocha @MRochaTweets]

No one in the draft will have the immediate impact on the bengals defense like he will. Not to mention, the Super Bowl window is closing for Burrow and company. Need to win NOW. This was a great pickup.

[trey wingo @wingoz]

So let me get this straight: it’s a deep defensive draft… so you trade away a top 10 pick where you could lock up a younger player for up to 5 years…. for an older ( but very good) player…who can walk in 2 years as a free agent?

[Ian Rapoport @RapSheet]

#Giants star Dexter Lawrence is being traded to the #Bengals in a pre-Draft blockbuster that includes the No. 10 pick heading to the Giants, per me and @MikeGarafolo.

NYG gets premium draft compensation, Cincy gets a lynchpin, while Sexy Dexy gets a new, big-money extension.