Posted on 06/20/2026 12:56:54 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
The Barack Obama Presidential Center is finally open to the public. The Obamas threw themselves an invite-only launch part.....
Here are six things we learned:
1) It really is that ugly.
The primary edifice, sometimes called the Obamalisk, is a hulking gray tower that appears to have been based on a model that just won third prize in a middle-school architecture competition for gifted nerds.....
2) It was built on stolen land.
Former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, who makes $740,000 as CEO of the Obama Foundation, kicked things off by recognizing the "original inhabitants" of the stolen land on which the center now looms over the poverty-stricken neighborhood whose residents will soon be priced out due to gentrification.
"We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi nations," Jarrett said. The Obama Foundation does not appear to have any plans to return the land to its rightful owners, but the audience clapped in solidarity with the performative gesture. How touching.
3) Joe Biden needs a more attentive minder.
Sleepy Joe was up to old tricks at the opening ceremony. The event was over, his fellow dignitaries were backstage, and the crowd was starting to leave. Doing what comes naturally, Biden wandered over to the podium, removed his aviators and shouted, "Where's my granddaughter?"...
5) Tom Hanks is a national treasure.
The Hollywood legend could hardly contain his displeasure when MS NOW correspondent Jacob Soboroff, son of a wealthy Los Angeles real estate developer, interrupted his schmoozing to ask him about how it felt to be in the presence of greatness. "Alright, what can I do for the 800 people watching MS NOW?" the actor barked.
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6) The Obamas are finally giving themselves the credit they deserve.
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There is the Metropolitan Correctional Center (federal prison in the downtown of Chicago) that has really a lot more “curb appeal” than the monstrosity erected in the name of “Chicago’s favorite son” Barack Hussein Obama. I knew of it years ago, because for fifteen years, I was employed by the Federal government at the VA Regional Office at 536 South Clark, about two blocks south of where the prison is located, and I frequently walked past it on the way across the Loop to the Chicago & Northwestern train station.
Make ‘em casino on grounds. Play ‘em Three-Card-Monty and Roulette, other fun games. Make ‘em heap big wampum from tourists.
How is pulp fiction ever a positive reference. Is a foul disgusting movie
No sh!t, Sherlocke. After her latest pact with the Devil, she had to give that up. All she got for it was Bill’s little friend going limp for the next five years.
“Hope Hands” are square and “hope lanterns” are invisible.
That’s what Bill used say and Webb Hubbell put it to the test.
The Obamas. Forgot to sarc tag it.
That really is an ugly building. I don’t know what they were thinking.
The Democrats have been unable to refute the claims that Michelle is a man because they don’t know the definition of a woman.
IS THIS TRUE?
5) Tom Hanks is a national treasure.
The Hollywood legend could hardly contain his displeasure when MS NOW correspondent Jacob Soboroff, son of a wealthy Los Angeles real estate developer, interrupted his schmoozing to ask him about how it felt to be in the presence of greatness. “Alright, what can I do for the 800 people watching MS NOW?” the actor barked.
Her last words will be:
“Oh, what a world, what a world!”
If the Washington Free Beacon says it, it must be true!/;-}
Oh my LOL 🤣😂😂🤣🤣
Maybe put up a Kenyan flag. What an Obamination.
i’ll bet there is a “prayer room” in there, a “prayer room” facing east towards Mecca.
The building fits right in with the “ugly art” communists in this country have been foisting on us for decades.
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