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What Hypocrisy?

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On Sunday, Legal Insurrection posted an article about the grand opening of the President Obama Presidential Center.

The article reports:

Former President Barack Obama is warning that requiring proof of citizenship to vote would “disenfranchise millions,” but eligibility for tickets to his presidential center’s grand opening is limited to U.S. citizens and lawful residents and requires identity verification to claim the prize.

Obama weighed in this week against the Republican-backed SAVE Act, which would require documented proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. He framed the proposal as a direct threat to voter access and urged Americans to oppose it, calling it unnecessary and harmful to participation.

“Republicans are still trying to pass the SAVE Act—a bill that would make it harder to vote and disenfranchise millions of Americans.” 

Other Democrats echoed that argument, saying the measure would impose documentation burdens that many Americans do not readily have access to, including passports, birth certificates, or other records used to verify citizenship, particularly among lower-income and older populations. 

At the same time, the sweepstakes tied to the opening of the Obama Presidential Center lays out firm eligibility requirements. The official terms limit entry to “United States citizens and lawful permanent U.S. residents,” excluding anyone who does not meet those criteria.

Winners are also required to provide identifying documentation, including taxpayer identification information, and must clear security screenings and verification protocols before attending the event, consistent with standard procedures for high-profile public gatherings.

Those conditions are not incidental. Access depends on legal status and the ability to confirm identity through official records, with eligibility rules clearly defined in advance of the event.

Unfortunately, this is typical of some of our Democrat party members. Photo id is generally needed to get into some of their events, yet they don’t see the necessity of having photo id to exercise your right to vote.

I Guess Beauty Is In The Eyes Of The Beholder

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On Tuesday, Red State posted an article about the ongoing construction of President Obama’s Presidential Library. It truly is an eyesore.

The article reports:

The Obama Presidential Center has taken plenty of heat, mostly because it’s one of the ugliest buildings humanity has ever produced. Soviet architects would be in awe of the brutalist, menacing design of the $850 million ode to the 44th president.

But what some have termed a “Klingon prison” just got weirder and, if possible, less attractive with the addition of a colossal display on its sides with words from the former president’s 2015 speech in Selma, Alabama. It might be inspiring — if you could actually read it:

The article includes the following:

The article continues:

“Not the ideal design.” Well, that’s certainly a contestant for understatement of the year. “I gave up after developing a headache three lines from the top,” one commenter noted.

It’s not a traditional presidential library — the physical archives won’t even be stored there, as is usually the case. Instead, the National Archives will manage them off-site and make digital versions available to the public. Its real purpose is to act as some sort of monumental community organizing project.

One person posted the following on X:

The Library is expected to open in June.

Once Corrupt, Always Corrupt

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Former President Obama has repeatedly bragged that there were no scandals during his presidency. He conveniently overlooks the IRS targeting of conservative groups, fast and furious, the New Black Panthers intimidating voters, etc. He created the most political justice department in history and played a major role in trying to undercut the administration that followed him. He really hasn’t changed–he is still working to “fundamentally transform America.” Oddly enough, some of us like a lot of the way America currently works and don’t want it transformed.

On Friday, The New York Post reported:

Millions of dollars sent to Barack Obama’s foundation has ended up being donated to a progressive fund that supported anti-Israel groups, accused of setting up encampments at Ivy League universities, according to public documents.

Donations to the Obama Foundation, set up by the former president to build a 19-acre campus including a museum, athletic facility and fruit and vegetable gardens in Chicago, totaling $2 million were instead sent on to Tides Foundation in 2022 and 2023, according to its latest available federal tax filings.

…The third-party grant-making group is under scrutiny by the House Ways and Means Committee for handling donations for anti-Israel groups such as the Adalah Justice Project, Samidoun and the People’s Forum. Such groups helped set up pro-Palestinian demonstrations and college encampments after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel that left 1,200 Israelis dead.

After this story was published Friday, a spokeswoman for the Obama Foundation told The Post that the $2 million was granted to more than 50 organizations across the country to help reduce “surging summer violence” and provide “safe spaces”  for young people.

The article also notes:

Meanwhile, the foundation admitted it has so far spent more than $615 million building the Obama Presidential Center, which is scheduled to open in spring 2026, according to its website.

The group, which received just $129,320 in donations in 2022, spent more than $27 million on salaries.

Among the highest-paid board members are Valerie Jarrett, a former senior adviser to President Obama and CEO of the foundation, who raked in more than $750,000 in compensation in 2023.

Robbin Cohen, executive vice president of the Obama Presidential Center, took in nearly $650,000 in 2023, according to the tax filings. Cohen is a former president of the Pritzker Realty Group, founded by Penny Pritzker, a philanthropist who is also on the Obama Foundation board of directors. Pritzker, whose brother, JB Pritzker, is the governor of Illinois, does not draw a salary.

The center, located in Jackson Park on the city’s South Side and taking up 20 acres, is still under construction, rising like a concrete monolith out of the ground. The privately funded project was started in 2021 but suffered many setbacks during its construction, including blowing through its original $500 million budget.

The corruption continues…