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Obama selling ugly merch shaped liked
his presidential center — as architects
reveal he pushed for ‘Death Star’ design

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Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 5/5/2026 8:41:30 PM

Former President Barack Obama’s presidential library is hocking pricey merch shaped like the unsightly Chicago tower — as the project’s architects revealed the former commander-in-chief himself was behind the “Death Star” design that’s been widely mocked since construction began. Ungainly lapel pins that “capture the silhouette” of the Obama Presidential Center are going for $30 in the online store. “The pin represents the intersection of bold design and global leadership,” the website reads, noting the proceeds go to the Obama Foundation “to inspire, empower and connect people to change their world.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: ConservativeYankee 5/5/2026 8:45:24 PM (No. 2101064)
There's not a thing in the online store that caught my interest.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: ConservativeYankee 5/5/2026 9:04:42 PM (No. 2101067)
May I add that the online store is selling: Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul Alinsky.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Flyball Dogs 5/5/2026 9:20:31 PM (No. 2101070)
I like the design. Perfect tornado shelter.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 5/5/2026 9:22:25 PM (No. 2101072)
If I was the architect, I'd be trying to distance myself from that design. Blaming it on Obama is a good start.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 5/5/2026 9:46:57 PM (No. 2101077)
It's designed to look like his life....ugly, nasty and empty.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: padiva 5/5/2026 9:55:00 PM (No. 2101080)
'unfired paper clay' What will happen to it if it gets wet?
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Reply 7 - Posted by: seamusm 5/5/2026 10:02:43 PM (No. 2101082)
O'Mama wanted a phallic symbol for Michael.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: itsonlyme 5/5/2026 10:05:48 PM (No. 2101084)
The Chosen One Black Messiah Swine Excrement
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Reply 9 - Posted by: MickTurn 5/5/2026 11:34:00 PM (No. 2101097)
Hey Barry Obummer, where are your rubber "TOYS"??????
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Vaquero45 5/5/2026 11:44:18 PM (No. 2101100)
As always, he’s as full of crap as a Christmas goose. “To inspire, empower, and connect people to change their world…” Do you know who’s doing THAT? Donald Trump, that’s who.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: crashnburn 5/6/2026 12:38:00 AM (No. 2101105)
Looks like a mutilated and abused R2D2. There isn't enough money in the world, nor whisky, to entice me to tour the "center". I'd much rather revisit the Reagan Library.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: JimBob 5/6/2026 1:51:28 AM (No. 2101109)
That hideous thing reminds me of The Mask of Sorrow in Magadan, Russia, a monument to the many thousands of people who died building The Road of Bones and in the Soviet Gulags. link: https://publicdelivery.org/ernst-neizvestny-mask-of-sorrow-magadan/
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Reply 13 - Posted by: DVC 5/6/2026 2:50:08 AM (No. 2101122)
Re #12. That sculpture has a cross and a face (actually many smaller, too) so, frankly it is much more meaningful that O'Bummer's ugly mess.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Petronius 5/6/2026 4:41:13 AM (No. 2101124)
Looks like a big old trash bin.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: DiegoDude 5/6/2026 6:26:37 AM (No. 2101131)
Looks a little top heavy. Let's see if it lasts 10 yrs. The architect who designed this butt ugly pos, better leave the country
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Reply 16 - Posted by: CivilServant 5/6/2026 7:11:26 AM (No. 2101146)
A Cubist interpretation of a flaccid penis. Why am I not surprised the Wan was the one whom pushed for it??
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Strike3 5/6/2026 7:31:15 AM (No. 2101157)
Just like the life of the Obamas, the Death Star is an ugly, unappealing, symbolic manifestation that is un-American and sinister.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Rumblehog 5/6/2026 7:59:02 AM (No. 2101185)
It looks like one of those mock buildings our local Fire Department trains at.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: felixcat 5/6/2026 8:02:02 AM (No. 2101188)
The Obamas, Mark Hamill and Barack’s legacy have not aged well.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: mifla 5/6/2026 8:06:22 AM (No. 2101194)
Rumor has it that a closet in the lower level has been reserved for the Biden Presidential Library - for a yearly stipend.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: hershey 5/6/2026 8:15:56 AM (No. 2101202)
Death Star...fitting for his political carreer ....
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Sorosisbehindit 5/6/2026 8:18:50 AM (No. 2101204)
I think it would make a great high security prison for the deep state players.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: mobyclik 5/6/2026 8:50:36 AM (No. 2101234)
I wonder if the few visitors will have to show I.D. to enter? There's no way in hell someone can haul in enough explosives to dent that hunk of concrete.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: varkdriver 5/6/2026 9:00:43 AM (No. 2101246)
Actually I like the building. It was designed by famous Soviet architect Lou B. Yanka (work with me here, folks!) #5, I was speed-reading your response and spit out some coffee. I thought it said "It's designed to look like his WIFE - ugly, nasty and empty..." Ha!
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Reply 25 - Posted by: paral04 5/6/2026 9:35:24 AM (No. 2101268)
It looks like one of those buildings where the guy goes up and calls Muslims to prayer 5 times a day. Maybe Obama will take that job on after the place is completed.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: jimkata 5/6/2026 11:45:51 AM (No. 2101309)
I'm sure he was also behind that Maoist, angry, MLK statue in DC.
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Reply 27 - Posted by: Starboard_side 5/6/2026 12:47:02 PM (No. 2101340)
I predict the "center", which is not being considered a Presidential Library, will be a huge flop. It will only gain regular visitors because the City of Chicago will force their schools to make it mandatory to visit. What will be interesting is how they spin what they display but also what they don't display. Most Presidential Libraries have extensive details covering nearly every moment of their life. This would include letters, report cards, would show how and why he traveled to Pakistan when it was on a restriction by the U.S. State Department, how he moved from place to place as a child, how he chose Occidental College instead of some other college, etc.
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Reply 28 - Posted by: JHHolliday 5/6/2026 8:18:35 PM (No. 2101446)
Reminds me of Shelley's 'Ozymandias'. The full poem is online and fits this building.... 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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