{"id":621491,"date":"2026-06-19T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=621491"},"modified":"2026-06-19T12:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T12:04:07","slug":"obama-center-debut-ceremony-mocked-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=621491","title":{"rendered":"Obama center debut ceremony mocked"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The formal opening of the Obama Presidential Center this Thursday in Chicago was a hot mess from beginning to end.<\/p>\n

It began with a \u201cland acknowledgement\u201d kicked off by former Obama administration official Valerie Jarrett.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019d also like to take a moment to recognize the original inhabitants of the land upon which we are gathered today,\u201d she said. \u201cWe honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa and the Potawatomi nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Obama center opening opens with a land acknowledgement:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Nations.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/aR9oM8Ee2t<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The opening continued with performances from leftist entertainers, including Bruce Springsteen and John Legend.<\/p>\n

But missing from both the opening launch and the sycophantic establishment media\u2019s coverage of it was any mention of all the subcontractors who\u2019ve been allegedly screwed over by former President Barack Hussein Obama.<\/p>\n

A number of subcontractors who were hired to complete the project have since claimed they are still owed hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in unpaid labor\/construction costs.<\/p>\n

Included among the subcontractors is Mike Owen, whose company, Adamson Plumbing, is still reportedly owed nearly $4 million for the work it completed on the presidential center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive,\u201d Owen told Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Listen:<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\" OBAMA CENTER SUBCONTRACTOR: \u201cWe\u2019re crushed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\ud83d\udccd\"On the ground in Chicago, Mike Owen told me his company is nearly $4 million in the red \"\ud83d\udfe5\" after working on the Obama Presidential Center.<\/p>\n

\"\ud83d\udcac\" \u201cI feel like an aluminum can that\u2019s been thrown in front of a steamroller.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\ud83d\udcb0\" \u201cOur\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/sKB1TZkPxN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Dorgan (@M_Dorgan) June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to several other subcontractors whom Fox News spoke with, the whole process has been bad thanks to what the network described as \u201crepeated design changes, rework, scheduling disruptions, extensive oversight and years-long compensation disputes that still remain unresolved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owen explained that construction on the presidential center took far longer than anticipated, causing his company to waste millions in labor\/overhead costs as the project\u2019s parameters kept changing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said the losses have drained the company\u2019s reserves, created uncertainty for employees and could ultimately force layoffs,\u201d according to Fox News.<\/p>\n

The stress has also affected his health.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t had eight hours or six hours sleep in over a year,\u201d he told Fox News. \u201cI\u2019m cooked emotionally. I feel like an aluminum can that\u2019s been thrown in front of a steamroller. We\u2019re crushed. And I have to fight for my company and for my people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, he\u2019s had to watch as celebrities who worship Obama celebrated the launch of the center.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of hard seeing some local and national celebrities high-fiving and back-slapping here about the work that\u2019s been done,\u201d Owen said. \u201cThe backdrop of a coming celebration is kind of hard to swallow for me and for some of my peers at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

But he stressed that he\u2019s only speaking out now after months of failed attempts to get paid.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs for me and my company, I\u2019m at the end of my rope and I see no other choice than to have to tell my story,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is not to embarrass anybody, but this is just to make sure that the truth gets told out here of what has happened to the companies that poured their heart and soul into getting this job complete and operational.\u201d<\/p>\n

Omar Shareef, the president of the African American Contractors Association, added that many of the subcontractors, particularly the black ones, are afraid to speak out because of all the Obama worship.<\/p>\n

Listen:<\/p>\n

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MILLIONS OWED: Some minority-owned and local subcontractors who helped build the Obama Presidential Center say they\u2019re owed millions and face financial ruin as the campus prepares to open on Juneteenth.<\/p>\n

A Fox News Digital investigation found claimed losses ranging from hundreds\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Gq8j4TBrSg<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cThey are scared to death about talking about it,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve never seen this happen since I\u2019ve been in business. The building does look nice, but the fact doesn\u2019t matter that they\u2019re not paying our damn contractors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shareef also called out the irony and hypocrisy of the presidential center being billed as a boon for black people, even as black subcontractors are getting screwed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe promise was that this project was going to uplift minority contractors and uplift the community,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our Black contractors are not getting their money? Some of the people have put their mortgages up, they\u2019re going to lose their bonding\u2026 they are going to lose their relationship with their supplier as well as their banker.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a bad signal to put out the fact that seven to eight to maybe 10 of our contractors in our community are going to be eliminated from doing business because of the debt that they incurred on this particular project. If they would have known it was a Trojan horse or a Pandora\u2019s box, I don\u2019t know if they would have raced as much as they did to be a part of it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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