Millions of dollars donated to Barack Obama’s foundation has suddenly been moved into the hands of a radical, far-left group.
According to public documents and records, money intended for the former president’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.
Donations to the Obama Foundation, set up by Obama himself to build a 19-acre Chicago-area campus including a museum, athletic facility and fruit and vegetable gardens totaling $2 million were instead sent on to Tides Foundation in 2022 and 2023, according to its latest available federal tax filings obtained by The New York Post.
According to the report, the millions in donations was earmarked to “support local organizations that are working to reduce violence in communities,” according to the nonprofit’s filings.
Tides Foundation, which is 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.
However, the group is under intense public scrutiny and 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.
According to The Post, the aforementioned 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.
It’s also been reported that 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.
In addition to sending millions in donations to the far-left 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.
Fueled by soaring operational budgets and huge salaries for executives, Obama’s pet project has already surpassed the total budget set out when Obama first proposed the building before he left the White House.
The towering grey property will eventually serve as the headquarters of the Obama Foundation and will house a museum, library and education center dedicated to his eight years as president.
The project was initially estimated to cost $300 million, before the budget was revised to $500 million in 2017, and then again to $700 million in 2021.
Earlier this month, the foundation reported spending an extra $90 million to prepare exhibits and $40 million in operating costs for the first year alone.
Executives at the center raked in a total of $6.1 million and are among the best paid of all cultural centers in the nation, with CEO Valerie Jarrett paid $740,000 last year, according to reports.
Controversy surrounding the project has swirled over the past few years as it departs from precedent by being run by the private, nonprofit Obama Foundation rather than the National Archives and Records Administration, the federal agency overseeing all other recent presidential libraries and museums.
Critics like former Nixon library director Timothy Naftali warned this privatization opens the door for partisan curation of the archives meant to remain an impartial public resource.
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President Trump is right about the Jeffrey Epstein case.
We shouldn’t be obsessed about it right now – not the way every political pundit and mainstream outlet is. Not because, as he claims, it’s a “Democrat hoax.” That’s just another smokescreen.
I have no doubt the abuse, the cover-ups, the missing files are real.
The survivors deserve justice.
But Trump is right about one thing:
Epstein is a distraction. A convenient controversy.
One that keeps Americans fixated on the past… and not on what’s coming.
Because while the media fans the flames of Epstein outrage…
A crisis that could devastate your wealth, upend the dollar, and accelerate the collapse of America’s economy.
This is what I’ve been warning about for years. And now, with September 30 fast approaching – the deadline for America’s 2026 budget – the reckoning I predicted is nearly here.
And it won’t just affect Wall Street or Washington. It could hit your savings, your retirement, your ability to afford life in this country.
That’s why I released this crucial broadcast alongside my good friend and the CEO of my company, Jared Kelly.
To show you why this crisis is now irreversible… the trigger I believe could set it all off… and how to position your money to benefit from what’s to come.
This is the story they should be covering. But they’re not.
This is the story that actually affects you. In a way no secret Epstein file ever could.
And this could be your final chance to prepare. Before it’s too late.
If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or the military consequences of the lie.
It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus, by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State (Democrats).
Just think about these three people – AOC/Gavin/Crockett. They claim to be Democrats and for the people.
AOC is a progressive who uses the Democratic Party to back Hamas/socialism and hasn’t done anything for the area in New York except spew hate.
Then you have Pelosi’s nephew Gavin – following her order to destroy our country. Look at CA and when they burned it down the fire hydrants did not have any running water to put out the fire. Look at Seattle and all of the country when BLM burned down the cities. Gavin wants to run for president so he can continue his Auntie’s dirty work.
Then you have Crockettt who is trying to build her star status as a troublemaker.
We must remember all of these people in the voting booth and what they have done to destroy our country and what DOGE proved about the Obama/Biden administration and how bad they were and how they stole our money/the colleges/and the children who they destroyed with their lack of education.
They are not capable to run our country. They only know how to lie/cheat/steal.
We do have a Democratic Party in Texas who have come forward and ARE AGAINST ANY VIOLENCE which is a good thing. I hope and pray more come forward to help run those people who are bad and need to be thrown out of office.
09/28/2025
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On July 4 and the days that followed, Kerr County folks came together to immediately begin the rescue, recovery and rebuilding process that was needed after the flood that so devastated our county.
We didn’t hesitate to work side by side with our neighbors. No one was concerned about identity labels; we all just recognized the importance of doing the “right thing” by helping our neighbors, the families of the campers and the weekend guests at various RV parks and camp grounds.
We all found a way to help, and we continue to do so. It was a community of kind and compassionate folks who answered the call to action and that continues to do so.
Several folks recently contacted me about remarks made on social media and in conversations immediately following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Those remarks placed blame on the “liberal left.” And, quite frankly, they were disturbing.
You know us. We worship and sit side by side in our church pews; we serve on nonprofit boards; we are veterans who served in wars and conflicts to preserve our democracy and the right to free speech; we are teachers, police men and women, firefighters and rapid responders; we are caregivers; we are members of our medical community; we are election judges and clerks; we attend and support all the events found in our county; we are retirees who choose to live in Kerr County; we play on all the various sports teams in our county; we are parents and grandparents; we gather at the Dietert Center; we are your waiters, your yard men and women, service employees; we are artists and musicians; we are businessmen and women; we are students; and we are members of this community who did the “right thing” after July 4.
We are a collection of individuals dedicated to the principles of integrity, compassion, justice and service.
The Kerr County Democratic Party does not excuse political violence of any kind. We believe in the freedom of speech as protected by the First Amendment.
We do not excuse threats of violence directed at any elected official or politician, any child, all school children, any person of color, any person who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community, any immigrant documented or undocumented, and any person who holds a different opinion than ours.
A mere ten days ago, Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) basically ordered a hit on ICE, and now it has paid off.
When you compare ICE agents, who are guilty of nothing more than enforcing the law, to “slave patrols,” as Crockett did, there is no question that you are encouraging violence against those “slave patrols.”
We all know that the slave patrols that worked on behalf of Democrat slave owners in the Democrat-controlled Old South were the lowest of the low, were evil incarnate, and deserved whatever they had coming to them.
Ask yourself: What is a good and moral person supposed to do when faced with “slave patrols” other than take necessary action to eliminate them? You have a moral requirement to murder slave patrols, no?
Here is part of what Rep. Hoochie-Mama told MSNBC less than two weeks ago, and keep in mind she represents the Dallas region where Wednesday’s ICE shooting took place:
So, listen, if we want to figure out how we are going to be safer, we probably need people that have actual intelligence and will actually pay attention to data and facts and go from there. But what they’re doing right now, it almost feels like, you know, I’ve seen the memes about the purge and all these things, but as somebody who understands history, when I see ICE, I see slave patrols. Now, I never lived through the slave patrol period. But if you know the history of policing in this country, then you understand that they were born out of slave patrols.
The result of this deliberate attempt to incite violence against ICE, per the FBI, is exactly what Crockett and MSNBC and all Democrats want—terrorism, violence, and murder:
“While the investigation is ongoing, an initial review of the evidence shows an ideological motive behind this attack,” FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X. “One of the unspent shell casings recovered was engraved with the phrase ‘ANTI ICE.’ More updates will be forthcoming.”
“These despicable, politically motivated attacks against law enforcement are not a one-off,” he added. “We are only miles from Prarieland Texas, where just two months ago an individual ambushed a separate ICE facility targeting their officers.”
What is a moral and virtuous person supposed to do about masked men who jump out of cars and disappear people, if not kill them? After all, disappearing people is pure evil, no?
The left doesn’t target ICE agents for assassination because ICE disappears people. They claim ICE disappears people so they can murder them.
Democrats like Crockett and Newsom have declared war on us. Not a political war, but a hot war where they deliberately activate the countless number of dangerous loons in their party (Antifa, Black Lives Matter, transsexuals) to murder us. After the assassination of Charlie Kirk, we all saw how the corporate media and Democrats reward the assassins and encourage further assassins…
First, the left assassinates us. Then the left smears the victim. Then the left celebrates the assassination. Then the left defends the celebrants. Then the left welcomes those who commit, encourage, and celebrate murder into the Democrat Party.
And why ICE?
Easy answer: To rig our elections.
Democrats cannot govern. Normal People are fleeing their failed cities and states in droves. The lower the population in these failed states, the fewer congressional seats in the U.S. House and the fewer electoral votes that decide who’s president.
Democrats are making up for that loss of population by inviting the unvetted third world into our country by the tens of millions. Democrats don’t care if they are murderers, drug dealers, rapists, or child traffickers. The Democrat Party is a party of mercenary sociopaths who want voters at any price, including 300,000 missing children.
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On July 4 and the days that followed, Kerr County folks came together to immediately begin the rescue, recovery and rebuilding process that was needed after the flood that so devastated our county.
We didn’t hesitate to work side by side with our neighbors. No one was concerned about identity labels; we all just recognized the importance of doing the “right thing” by helping our neighbors, the families of the campers and the weekend guests at various RV parks and camp grounds.
We all found a way to help, and we continue to do so. It was a community of kind and compassionate folks who answered the call to action and that continues to do so.
Several folks recently contacted me about remarks made on social media and in conversations immediately following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Those remarks placed blame on the “liberal left.” And, quite frankly, they were disturbing.
You know us. We worship and sit side by side in our church pews; we serve on nonprofit boards; we are veterans who served in wars and conflicts to preserve our democracy and the right to free speech; we are teachers, police men and women, firefighters and rapid responders; we are caregivers; we are members of our medical community; we are election judges and clerks; we attend and support all the events found in our county; we are retirees who choose to live in Kerr County; we play on all the various sports teams in our county; we are parents and grandparents; we gather at the Dietert Center; we are your waiters, your yard men and women, service employees; we are artists and musicians; we are businessmen and women; we are students; and we are members of this community who did the “right thing” after July 4.
We are a collection of individuals dedicated to the principles of integrity, compassion, justice and service.
The Kerr County Democratic Party does not excuse political violence of any kind. We believe in the freedom of speech as protected by the First Amendment.
We do not excuse threats of violence directed at any elected official or politician, any child, all school children, any person of color, any person who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ community, any immigrant documented or undocumented, and any person who holds a different opinion than ours.
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