Posted on 05/31/2026 12:58:34 PM PDT by Libloather
CHICAGO — Valerie Jarrett has gone from friend, confidante and special senior advisor to Barack Obama during his two terms in office to CEO of the Obama Foundation.
And with less than a month to go, she’s about to witness the birth of the Obama Presidential Center. The 19.3-acre campus in Chicago’s Jackson Park neighborhood is set to open to the public June 19.
“It exceeds my wildest expectations. I think we’ve really done a great job. We worked with the community to help us on the design and the jobs and the feel,” she said. “I think people will feel at home here.”
It took 10 years from start to finish to make the center happen.
But the center did not come without controversy. Critics didn’t like the architectural design. Some say the $830 million dollar project will cause home prices to rise. Others scoff at the traffic issues it will bring.
From taxpayer burdens to land use, it’s seen it’s share of debate.
“I would welcome all those folks to come and visit the campus and see for themselves what it looks like,” Jarrett said. “There were those who didn’t want us to build in a park, cross lanes of traffic. I think for those who were critical, they would say, ‘Wow!’”
Jarrett says part of the theme throughout the museum is stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. She says it will give people the incentive to affect the kind of change they want to see in America.
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You nailed it!
I hope it falls on her…
Did she pay a fee to enter, or was she special?
There is no liebarry yet. That’s where you’ll be able to find Cankles’ 30,000 deleted emails.
As per 2026 federal tax filings based on 2024 data, “Obama Foundation CEO
Valerie Jarrett” was paid approximately $740,000 annually.-——— Fox News
Jarrett has received this same compensation amount of $740,000 in 2024, 2023, and 2022, according to reports. Some reports indicate her 2024 total compensation package, including other benefits, was as high as $755,862.
Her pay reflects the growth of the Obama organization, which saw total salaries and benefits
rise to over $40 million......... as it worked on the $850 million Obama Presidential Center.
This salary exceeds the top leadership pay at
several other major presidential foundations.
-—Fox News
Probably the ugliest building I have ever seen....
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Maobama probably agrees with you... I don’t think I saw one picture of the building when I breezed through the website...
https://www.obamalibrary.gov/#event-number-86
I don’t know why I never thought of it before since I spent so much time there but the design is essentially a windowless Kaiping Diaolou....
https://baike.baidu.com/en/item/Kaiping%20Diaolou%20and%20Villages/21633
Jarrett is a grifter and a hard core leftist who hates the USA and prefers to see the Islamic World prosper while Americans suffer.
One of her greediest confidence games occurred in her hometown when she wanted to charge a state university for her travel expenses to deliver a commencement speech. She backed down after their was a public outcry.
his is the usual comment of those I’ve seen. From thepictures of it, how anyone can think it beautiful is beyond me. It really sucks in my opinion. By contrast, the Clinton library is not too bad.
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Emits definite Mordor vibes.
(how anyone can think it beautiful is beyond me)
Well now, these ARE the same people who
attend and cheer for Homosexual Pride Parades
So.....
It looks like a butt plug. Maybe that is why Obama likes it.
It is the ugliest abomination of a
structure that I have ever seen 🤣🤣
It’s Obama’s
Fortress of Gay Solitude 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
[[Just look at who’s all thrilled about It.]]
Old people with cataracts
The Maoist crust expressing their humanity.
Jarrett, a far leftist, born in Shiraz, Iran, and a hater of all things American, is the perfect lizard woman to be CEO of Obama’s (born in Kenya and a hater of all things American) ghastly eyesore of a presidential library.
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