Barack Obama is back—because of course he is. The man can’t resist a spotlight, especially one built with other people’s money. Between dark-money pipelines funneled through the Obama Foundation and new “Democracy on the Ballot” endorsements in New Jersey and Virginia, the former president is out here acting like the country’s substitute teacher—still grading the homework of a class that graduated eight years ago.
In Chicago, Obama’s Presidential Center continues to look less like a library and more like a temple to narcissism. The latest reports show the Foundation quietly routing funds through a maze of political nonprofits, the same “nonpartisan” entities now weaponized to bankroll activist networks across the country. It’s a museum of his own mythology—and apparently, a laundromat for his movement.
Meanwhile, Obama’s back on the campaign trail endorsing Democratic governors and weighing in on California’s Proposition 50 as though the world still needs his mid-tier TED Talks on democracy. He’s warning that Republicans are “rigging the system,” which is rich coming from the guy who literally spied on his successor’s campaign and pretends it was a public-service announcement.
Obama says he’s “worried about populists.” Translation: the people keep voting for folks he can’t control. He once promised hope and change; now he sells fear and compliance. The man who built a library to himself is now trying to re-write the chapters history already finished. Maybe he should have worried more about his failure of a foreign policy. Or he should spend more time right now worrying about Malia Ann’s flailing Hollywood career.
It’s less a comeback than a cover-up—and we’ve read this book before.
Citations
- PJ Media – “Obama Library Funds Are Secretly Flowing to Dark Money Networks” (Sept 27 2025)
- PJ Media – “Obama’s Presidential Center Perfectly Symbolizes His Terrible Presidency” (Oct 20 2025)
- News MEAw – “Trump Says Obama Threatened Democracy by Spying on His Campaign” (Oct 2025)
- AOL News – “Obama Foundation Targets Right-Wing Populist Movements” (Oct 2025)
- Black Enterprise – “Barack Obama Endorses NJ, VA Democratic Governor Candidates” (Oct 2025)
- AOL News – “Democracy on the Ballot, Obama Says, Urging Voters to Protect It” (Oct 2025)
- Washington Examiner – “Obama’s Endorsement Power: A Foray into New Jersey’s Governor Race” (Oct 2025)
- AOL News – “Obama Warns Republicans Want to Rig the System” (Oct 2025)
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