Obama hard up for $$$

[Pandora]

I got a new email from Obama, actually from David Plouffe, Obama's Campaign
Manager.

He said if I donate even 5 bucks I could be one of the lucky ones who will be picked to fly out and watch him give his speech at the convention. Actually he will not give his speech at the convention. Full email below. You too can be a lucky ducky if you just give Obama at least 5 bucks!

Gosh it feel's so personal and the chance of a life time. If I won, would anyone here buy my tickets? I figure my chances cant be any worse than the lottery to win.



Crystal --

I wanted you to be the first to hear the news.

At the Democratic National Convention next month, we're going to kick off the general election with an event that opens up the political process the same way we've opened it up throughout this campaign.

Barack has made it clear that this is your convention, not his.

On Thursday, August 28th, he's scheduled to formally accept the Democratic nomination in a speech at the convention hall in front of the assembled delegates.

Instead, Barack will leave the convention hall and join more than 75,000 people for a huge, free, open-air event where he will deliver his acceptance speech to the American people.

It's going to be an amazing event, and Barack would like you to join him. Free tickets will become available as the date approaches, but we've reserved a special place for a few of the people who brought us this far and who continue to drive this campaign.

If you make a donation of $5 or more between now and midnight on July 31st, you could be one of 10 supporters chosen to fly to Denver and spend two days and nights at the convention, meet Barack backstage, and watch his acceptance speech in person. Each of the ten supporters who are selected will be able to bring one guest to join them.

Make a donation now and you could have a front row seat to history:

https://donate.barackobama.com/yourconvention

We'll follow up with more details on this and other convention activities as we get closer, but please take a moment and pass this note to someone you know who might like to be there.

It will be an event you'll never forget.

Thank you,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

 

[Phoenix68]

I got a new email from Obama, actually from David Plouffe, Obama's Campaign Manager.

He said if I donate even 5 bucks I could be one of the lucky ones who will be picked to fly out and watch him give his speech at the convention. Actually he will not give his speech at the convention. Full email below. You too can be a lucky ducky if you just give Obama at least 5 bucks!

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U.S. Economy Under Obama; 2009-2017
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President Obama’s Policies REVIVED The Economy
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Obama Recovery About To Make Spanky Look Good
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Barack Hussein Obama; The Greatest President Of Modern Times
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[mark francis]

I got a new email from Obama, actually from David Plouffe, Obama's Campaign
Manager.

He said if I donate even 5 bucks I could be one of the lucky ones who will be picked to fly out and watch him give his speech at the convention. Actually he will not give his speech at the convention. Full email below. You too can be a lucky ducky if you just give Obama at least 5 bucks!

Gosh it feel's so personal and the chance of a life time. If I won, would anyone here buy my tickets? I figure my chances cant be any worse than the lottery to win.



Crystal --

I wanted you to be the first to hear the news.

At the Democratic National Convention next month, we're going to kick off the general election with an event that opens up the political process the same way we've opened it up throughout this campaign.

Barack has made it clear that this is your convention, not his.

On Thursday, August 28th, he's scheduled to formally accept the Democratic nomination in a speech at the convention hall in front of the assembled delegates.

Instead, Barack will leave the convention hall and join more than 75,000 people for a huge, free, open-air event where he will deliver his acceptance speech to the American people.

It's going to be an amazing event, and Barack would like you to join him. Free tickets will become available as the date approaches, but we've reserved a special place for a few of the people who brought us this far and who continue to drive this campaign.

If you make a donation of $5 or more between now and midnight on July 31st, you could be one of 10 supporters chosen to fly to Denver and spend two days and nights at the convention, meet Barack backstage, and watch his acceptance speech in person. Each of the ten supporters who are selected will be able to bring one guest to join them.

Make a donation now and you could have a front row seat to history:

https://donate.barackobama.com/yourconvention

We'll follow up with more details on this and other convention activities as we get closer, but please take a moment and pass this note to someone you know who might like to be there.

It will be an event you'll never forget.

Thank you,

David

David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America

Obama reportedly has a nest egg of more than a billion dollars but is unwilling to contribute much of anything towards the construction of his library in Chicago in spite of promising to raise more than $500,000 for the troubled project.

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

"Reportedly". BULLSHIT!
All you do is lie, lie, lie.
Evil Fascist Fundie ignoramus!

 

[Phoenix68]

Obama reportedly has a nest egg of more than a billion dollars.....

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Lemme guess....that's what they say, right???
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[mark francis]

"Reportedly". BULLSHIT!
All you do is lie, lie, lie.
Evil Fascist Fundie ignoramus!

Money donated to build Obama library sent on to Tides group

Money donated to build Obama library being sent on to politically charged Tides group
By
Isabel Vincent
Published Sep. 26, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET

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 Obama Foundation has given out $2 million to a progressive “dark money group” that backed nonprofits organizing anti-Israel protests. Raphael Pour-Hashemi / BACKGRID

The cash was earmarked to “support local organizations that are working to reduce violence in communities,” according to the nonprofit’s filings.

Tides Foundation — also funded by Democratic mega-donor George Soros — is a network that operates as a fiscal sponsor for groups that have not registered with the IRS as charities.

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 Obama Presidential Center will include athletic facilities and gardens, spread out over several acres on the South Side of Chicago.

The Tides Foundation raked in cash from groups that organized anti-Israel encampments at Ivy League universities, including Columbia University. James Keivom

“The Tides Center played an administrative role in the program by processing grants while Cities United [a nonprofit] managed the application process,” the spokeswoman said in an email. Grants ranged from $15,000 to $30,000 each over the two summers.

Tides has also handled donations for Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, which sued the group in California Superior Court last year. It alleged “egregious mismanagement” of more than $33 million in its funds, according to court documents. That lawsuit is ongoing.

In addition to sending donations to Tides, the Obama Foundation has sent more than $3 million in 2022 and 2023 in grants to Gofundme.org for undisclosed “grassroots leaders to empower girls through education,” according to the group’s filings.

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.

The Obama Foundation has spent more than $615 million on the Obama Presidential Center, which is scheduled to open in the spring of

Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is suing the Tides Center for its “egregious mismanagement” of $33 million in donations.

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.

Billionaire investor George Soros is also an investor in the Tides Foundation.

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.

“It’s a monstrosity … it’s taking way too long to finish and it’s going to drive up prices and bring headaches and problems for everyone who lives here. It feels like a washing away of the neighborhood and culture that used to be here,” Ken Woodward, a lawyer and father of six who grew up in the area, said earlier this year.

Neither the Obama Foundation nor the office of Barack and Michelle Obama returned requests for comment Thursday.

 

[mark francis]

"Reportedly". BULLSHIT!
All you do is lie, lie, lie.
Evil Fascist Fundie ignoramus!

Barack Obama

Obama Presidential Center deposits just $1M into $470M reserve fund aimed to protect taxpayers

The Obama Presidential Center is facing fresh scrutiny over its failure to fund a promised $470 million taxpayer safety net as part of a deal with Chicago

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Obama Presidential Center deposits just $1M into $470M reserve fund aimed to protect taxpayers​

The Obama Foundation was required to create the fund in order to take control of a sprawling 19.3-acre section of a public park​

By Michael Dorgan Fox News
Published September 27, 2025 8:47am ED

Law professor blasts Obama Presidential Center for failing to fill $470M fund​

NYU law professor Richard Epstein warns taxpayers could be left holding the bag after Obama Presidential Center fails to fund $470M endowment
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When the Obama Foundation snagged a sweetheart deal to build its beleaguered Obama Presidential Center in a Chicago public park, it pledged to create a $470 million reserve fund to spare taxpayers should the project ever go belly up.

But new tax filings show the foundation has only deposited $1 million into the fund and has not added to it in years, with critics saying the empty promise could potentially leave Chicagoans on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars.