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Obama Foundation is raising big bucks but hiding the identities of its mega-donors
American Thinker ^ | 10/5/2018 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 10/05/2018 1:00:41 PM PDT by antidemoncrat

The planned Obama presidential library "Presidential Center" that wants to grab priceless lakefront property from taxpayers for a vast campus that amounts to a cenotaph-like monument to the wonderfulness of the 44th president of the United States.

The Obama Foundation decided to mask the identities of its mega-donors. With Obama out of office in 2017, I presume that federal restrictions and disclosure requirements also went by the wayside. Would it be too cynical of me to wonder if any foreign actors were among the mega-donors?

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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KEYWORDS: megadonors; obama; obamafoundation; obamalibrary
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They meant to say Obama temple. Also during his presidential campaigns he received thousands of "donations" in the form of untraceable gift cards but no one ever questioned or pursued that.
1 posted on 10/05/2018 1:00:42 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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Will it take the shape of. a Greek Temple with a Zeus-like statue of the ass-eater in chief ?


2 posted on 10/05/2018 1:03:13 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President)
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Hence the term “shadowy cabal” used to describe the persons who put Turtle Obama onto the fence post.


3 posted on 10/05/2018 1:03:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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The Obama Presidential Center is his final resting place.....dedicated to the Sun God.


4 posted on 10/05/2018 1:04:17 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: antidemoncrat

George Soros, Tom Steyer, Melinda Gates... Really not a mystery.


5 posted on 10/05/2018 1:08:51 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: antidemoncrat

How will they depict a presidency whose main trade-mark was to bow to everyone except the U. S. Citizen?


6 posted on 10/05/2018 1:09:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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Will it have a sectioned off place for a bath house....


7 posted on 10/05/2018 1:15:17 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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The tax-exempt Obama Foundation decided to mask the identities of its mega-donors.

And we know why.....as president the Halfrican was laying the groundwork,
giving away billions of our tax to oil-rich Third World African countries....knowing it was coming back to him.

Obama's $1.3B giveaway to Iran was paid in cash Jan 22 and Feb 5 from a little-known fund administered by the US Treasury.
The so-called Judgment Fund is made up of tax dollars Congress has permanently approved in the event it's needed....

SOURCE: fiscaltreasury.gov

The Judgment Fund was established to pay court judgments and Justice Department compromise settlements of actual or imminent lawsuits against the government. It is administered by the Judgment Fund Section, which is a part of the United States Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service. The Judgment Fund Internet Claims System (JFICS) is the application used to process all Judgment Fund claims.

The Judgment Fund is a permanent, indefinite appropriation available to pay judicially and administratively ordered monetary awards against the United States. The Judgment Fund is also available to pay amounts owed under compromise agreements negotiated by the U.S. Department of Justice in settlement of claims arising under actual or imminent litigation, if a judgment on the merits would be payable from the Judgment Fund. The statutory authority for the Judgment Fund is 31 U.S.C. 1304.

If funds for paying an award are otherwise provided for in the appropriations of the defendant agency, the Judgment Fund may not pay an award. A federal agency may request that payment of an award be made on its behalf from the Judgment Fund only in those instances where funds are not legally available to pay the award from the agency's own appropriations.

Amounts paid vary significantly from year-to-year. Federal agencies are not required to reimburse the Judgment Fund except when cases are filed under the Contract Disputes Act (CDA) or the No FEAR Act (Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act).

We can be contacted at judgment.fund@fiscal.treasury.gov or 202-874-6664.

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UT-OH----J.Ansari Zarif, the Iranian deputy for parliamentary and Iranian affairs within Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said he would expose "everyone who allegedly accepted bribes" to facilitate Obama's nuke deal with Iran. "... we will reveal which western politicians received monies during nuclear negotiations to make #IranDeal happen,” Mr. Zarif reportedly said.

Looks like Obama and his crowd got filthy rich on this deal.

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In case you wondered how the Halfrican intended to pay for his billion dollar "presidential center."
Obama said no federal funds will be used......just tax dollars with an Iranian postmark.

8 posted on 10/05/2018 1:16:15 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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Pretty much the same ones behind the attempts to destroy this Republic every week.


9 posted on 10/05/2018 1:17:29 PM PDT by antidemoncrat
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To: GOPJ; Jane Long; MinuteGal; jsanders2001; V K Lee; HarleyLady27; stephenjohnbanker; ...

F/L Michele, her mother and daughters in the Moriccan palace.
Look at that smile----Obama gave her $100 million tax dollars "to teach Muslim girls."

AND GET THIS: The $100 mill is to be held by the Obama Foundation, to be doled out when necessary (cue laugh macchine here).

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NOTE WELL: The $100 million came out of the Millenium Challenge Fund at the State Dept----Hillary's fave slush fund.

ACTION NOW: Demand the books be opened-----taxpayers demand to know where the Millenium funds are going.

Call President Trump: Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414

US CONGRESS SWITCHBOARD: (202) 224-3121

U.S. Department of Justice
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Comment Line: 202-353-1555
Switchboard: 202-514-2000

To report tax-free non-profit crimes: EMAIL enforcement@SEC.gov

To report fraudulent fund-raising:
FBI tip line web site----https://www.fbi.gov/tips
FBI electronic fraud unit----www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes/internet-fraud
FBI Major Case Contact Center: 1-800-CALL-FBI (225-5324)

10 posted on 10/05/2018 1:24:59 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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This should do for little bammy . . .

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11 posted on 10/05/2018 1:25:40 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: antidemoncrat

Most donors have either “Sheik” or “Mohammad” as part of their names.


12 posted on 10/05/2018 1:28:11 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Sessions couldn't find his own ass if Al Franken was grabbing it at the time ))))
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VIA THE TAX-EXEMPT "OBAMA FOUNDATION"
OBAMA GIVES 50 MILLION TAX DOLLARS IN AID TO KENYA;
O'S KENYAN HALF-BROTHER READY TO CASH IN---

The tax-exempt “charity” named for their absent Dad. Malik spends most of his time in Kenya with his 12 wives while Obama finances his half brother, Malik, a major fundraiser for the Muslim Brotherhood.

MORE HERE http://shoebat.com/shoebat-foundation/obamas-wahhabist-fundraising-empire/

The Malik Obama IRS filing exposes that Lois Lerner used govt offices to apparently aid and abet money laundering and tax evasion----and that, most egregiously, Lerner used govt offices to grant an alien resident---Malik, who resides in Kenya---with documented ties to terrorist organizations---tax-exempt privileges that she denied to authentic Americans (based solely on the spurious fact that Americans run conservative organizations which are disliked by president Obama).

The alien resident---Malik, who resides in Kenya---was granted Tax-exempt statust via a falsified 501 (c) (3) application. Malik Obama's workplace is located in the Sudan-- on file & listed on his own website.

Apparently the alien resident---Malik, who resides in Kenya---was granted tax exempt status as the modus operandi to collect US taxpayers dollars & funnel them overseas. Also troubling are Malik's joint overseas investments.

BACKSTORY----OBAMA'S HALF-BROTHER LINKED TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
WND | Jerome R. Corsi / August 2013 / FR Posted by barmag25

NEW YORK – Malik, Pres Obama’s half-brother in Kenya could cause the White House more headaches over new evidence (1) linking Malik to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and, (2) establishing a controversial tax-exempt fast-tracked by then-IRS supervisor Lois Lerner.

Malik Obama’s duties as overseer of the Muslim Brotherhood’s international investments is one reason for the Obama administration’s support of the Muslim Brotherhood, according to an Egyptian report citing the vice president of the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt... Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/08/obamas-brother-linked-to-muslim-brotherhood/#ldfzAyHJuZUAkSp5.99 (Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com .....

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Malik's tax-free Obama Foundation (named after dear old Dad), fast-tracked by Lois Lerner for IRS tax-exempt status, is based at a Virginia UPS store, according to its website. The organization’s IRS filings list another Virginia address that is actually a drug rehab center where the foundation does not appear ever to have been based.

As first reported by The Daily Caller, foundation was speedily approved for IRS exemption by Lois Lerner, the self-same IRS senior official at the center of the targeting of conservative organizations that have waited over two years to receive tax exempt status. The IRS thoughtfully gave Obama Foundation retroactive fund-raising status.......which it stupidly never applied for.

The tax-exempt Barack H. Obama Foundation is run by Abon’go “Roy” Malik Obama, the half-brother of Barack Obama.

The foundation’s mission statement is “to provide people everywhere with resources to uplift their welfare and living standards in memory of dad---Barack H. Obama: in the region of his birth, Kenya, and beyond.” Its guiding principle is “the inherent belief that no one can truly enjoy the riches he has reaped if his neighbor suffers....."We seek to elevate the human condition so that everyone can live in dignity and truly enjoy having one another as neighbors.”

(waiting for hysterical laughter to die down)

Despite raising more than $250,000, the alleged charity doesn’t seem to have done much. Its website claims the organization has built a madrassa and was building an imam’s house as well as some “proposed latrines,” but there is no other evidence that the nonprofit was working to “mitigate social-shortcomings in areas of education and literacy, health and well-being, poverty, and lack of community infrastructure in such basic needs such as water, electricity, shelter and sustenance,” as the site says.

Alton Ray Baysden, a former Dept of State employee, allegedly a registered Republican, who helped start the Barack H Obama foundation, declined to comment before seeing copies of a reporter’s passport and govt ID, along with a description of the article’s “motivation” and “slant.”

Repeated reporters' phone calls went to the organization’s voicemail and were not returned.

Kenya-resident, Malik Obama, in Muslim dress, holds up
photo of his half brother Obama in Muslim dress, taken
during O's circa 1972 visit to Kenya.

13 posted on 10/05/2018 1:30:05 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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May the crimes of the elite be punished. May the taxpayers not be forced to fund the crimes of the elite. May true justice return


14 posted on 10/05/2018 1:34:14 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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Chip and Johanna could fix that up real nice for 60k.


15 posted on 10/05/2018 1:35:20 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Free)
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To: antidemoncrat

China , China ,China and maybe Russia


16 posted on 10/05/2018 1:39:18 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Liz
Here's some very serious mischief Obama has started campaigning for.

See What's Happening Around the Country

The NDRC is targeting 12 states during the 2018 election cycle, including 10 gubernatorial races, 19 legislative chambers, 3 ballot initiatives, and 6 down-ballot races. There are 7 additional states on our Watch List.

https://democraticredistricting.com

Change the rules when you're losing...the thing hidden behind the curtain the MSM has cast over this effort.

17 posted on 10/05/2018 1:41:46 PM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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Will Barack Obama's $7 BILLION US tax dollars to Power Africa turn the lights out on energy poverty?

US president's promise to double power access in sub-Saharan Africa is bold, but realising its potential will not be easy (NOTE Hillary's top State Dept aide Cheryl Mills was a US govt employee while developing projects in Sub-Sahara Africa at the same time------she undoubtedly benefited from this move.)
First published on Thu 4 Jul 2013 10.13 EDT

Power play … Barack Obama showcases the 'soccket' ball, which harnesses kinetic energy, at a power plant in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP

On Sunday, standing in the shadow of the Ubungo power plant in Dar es Salaam, Barack Obama launched a multi-billion dollar effort to "plug Africa into the grid of the global economy". At face value, the US president's Power Africa initiative is welcome. It's an ambitious, aspirational commitment to "double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa". No doubt action is needed – if trends continue, more people in Africa will be without access to modern energy services in 2030 than today. Obama prioritising energy is therefore cause for celebration.

But what can be done to ensure that the potential of Power Africa is realised – that it delivers for poor people across the continent rather than for the portfolios of US exporters, such as General Electric? Striking a balance Rightly, the initiative recognises the importance of off-grid solutions in Africa's sustainable energy future. But of the $7bn dedicated to Power Africa over the next five years, the amount allocated to decentralised solutions looks disproportionately small. Establishing a $2m off-grid fund will do little to address the policy, finance and capacity challenges – such as ease of doing business, availability of startup capital, or the absence of a rural energy agency – of scaling up off-grid options, including micro-hydro schemes and solar home systems. International Energy Agency modelling gives equal priority to on- and off-grid energy investment (pdf) as it estimates that, to reach universal energy access by 2030, 55% of new connections will need to be off-grid.

Services not just supply Big grid generation alone will not end energy poverty. Nor will the traditional emphasis on energy supply. Connection to the grid does not equate to energy access unless it is reliable and people can afford to meet their energy needs, including lighting, heating, cooking and communication. Planning and measuring progress therefore needs to focus on access to energy services, not connections to energy supplies. This service-focused approach has been championed by the UN sustainable energy for all initiative through the global tracking framework, which sets out a new way of defining and delivering energy access. Power Africa runs the risk of being an innovative mechanism using an outdated concept of access; grid electricity is just one piece of the puzzle, and to truly power Africa it's necessary to invest in energy for community services, such as health and education, alongside energising homes and businesses.

Who benefits, who delivers? $5bn of the $7bn Power Africa fund will "support US exports for the development of power projects". With the initiative announced during a US-African trade mission, Obama made no secret that "my own nation will benefit enormously if you reach full potential". General Electric, frequently mentioned by Obama during the launch, will no doubt be among the beneficiaries.

There are two issues at stake here. First, can such a high proportion of tied aid be healthy, or represent value for money? Second, can overreliance on the private sector be justified when public and civil society organisations have a better track record of delivering for the poorest people? Belief among governments and donors in the power of markets to mobilise capital fails to recognise the role of the public sector and civil society in delivering services in the developed world. Obama's administration would do well to reflect on their own national development. At the beginning of the 1930s, only one in 10 rural farms in the US had access to electricity; 20 years later, almost all had access and rural electrification was complete. How? Through a Roosevelt New Deal programme, providing subsidised finance to farmers' co-operatives to build, operate and maintain power lines in areas where private companies would not venture.

Today, civil society remains a major power producer in rural areas of the US, with co-operatives providing power to an estimated 42 million people in 47 states (accounting for about 11% of the total kilowatt hours sold in the country). In low-density populations across Africa, just as in the US, the private sector will struggle to make a profit (US co-ops serve an average of seven consumers per mile of line, compared with an average of 34 consumers for investor-owned utilities). Alongside investing in the private sector, will Power Africa support others who have expertise in delivering to remote, rural communities?

For those who, like Practical Action, have been long-term advocates for energy-enabling development, it is exciting to see funds on the table. Power Africa clearly positions the US administration as a serious player in the drive to deliver energy access. But it is not alone; it sits alongside equally heavy-hitting commitments from, among others, the European commission, which has pledged to deliver modern energy services to 500 million people in developing countries by 2030. The ability to power Africa will, in no small part, depend on a coherent and complementary approach – the international energy community needs to aspire to connect donor dots as well as African homes, community services and businesses.

Helen Morton is head of global advocacy at Practical Action
www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/jul/04/barack-obama-africa-energy-poverty

18 posted on 10/05/2018 1:47:33 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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Didn’t realize North Face (popular tent maker) made unfashionable clothing. Leave it to Michelle to break through that barrier.


19 posted on 10/05/2018 1:48:18 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 $215.71 from 50% increase in 1.2183 yrs)
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BTW, you are donating mega-bucks to the Pesidential Center.........Here’s how.

ITEM--- Soon as they occupied the WH, Obama placed his COS Rahm Emanuel in control of the US Dept of the Treasury.

"Mr President, you are now in complete control of the US Treasury."

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THE SMOKING GUN---WSJ REPORT--On Jan 20, 2009 Timothy Geithner was appointed Obama's Secy of the Treasury. But within three weeks, the Obama White House tightened its grip on Treasury. Obama put his COS, Rahm Emanuel, in charge of Treasury---Rahm Emanuel's dual role was an unusual move. When he got to Treasury, WH COS Rahm Emanuel was so involved in the inner workings that the phrase "Rahm wants it" had become an unofficial mantra among subservient govt staffers, prostrate in obeisance, scurrying to accede to Rahm's wishes, according to Treasury government officials. Reported by WSJ / 05/31/09

More here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113406528875137.html

20 posted on 10/05/2018 1:52:38 PM PDT by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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