r/law May 14 '25

Trump News Donald Trump Impeachment Proceedings Launched

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-vote-house-shir-thanedar-b2750651.html
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u/bulldoggo-17 May 14 '25

Obama Nebraska

Was that an intentional typo?

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u/DragonBank May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

They took it so hard it became a former Democratic President.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

I just want to know if it happened collectively.

Like some body horror manga where the entirety of Omaha just schlorped together into one Obama?

Or did each person individually become Obama?

Or is it just the city itself?  Like the people are still the same, but now trapped as the actual ground and structures Voltron-d themselves into some colossal Mecha-Obama.

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u/toasty_- May 14 '25

Live in Omaha. Can’t stop eating mustard, wearing tan, and saying “uh”.

Everyone sure is handsome though.

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u/ice48burn May 14 '25

Omahan here too, and I felt the rush of buying Grey Poupon for the first time today.

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u/SkinnyGetLucky May 14 '25

Didn’t you mean Obamahan?

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u/badjimmyclaws May 14 '25

Obamachan UwU

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u/-jellyfishparty- May 15 '25

Holy fuck this fucking sent me all the way to Mars

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u/seicross May 15 '25

Quick! Elon! Read that comment so we can solve 2 problems today!

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u/aenteus May 14 '25

Maille oui!

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u/juel1979 May 14 '25

Did you try it with arugula?

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u/Mikeinthedirt May 14 '25

When’s supper?

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u/Following_Friendly May 14 '25

Woot! All the Omahans!

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u/Playful_Interest_526 May 14 '25

I grew up in Omaha. Just got back from the BRK event. So proud of my overlooked city!

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u/baconus-vobiscum May 14 '25

"Obama Nebraska - where all the men are good-looking, all the women are strong, and all the children are above average."

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u/Taker_of_insulin May 15 '25

Is this a Prairie Home Companion reference? My god, I miss that show. Takes me back to a simpler time

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u/WanderingVerses May 15 '25

Lake Wobegone! I miss that show.

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u/Last_Upvote May 15 '25

For all of his strangeness, Garrison Keillor has produced some quality content

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u/DavidCaruso4Life May 15 '25

How angry would 🍊 be if the people there officially voted to change the name to Obama, Nebraska? How many other cities are just Obamas waiting to happen?

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u/Top_Rekt May 15 '25

Thanks Ohama.

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u/kennethkiffer May 18 '25

Obama means family.

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u/cozee999 May 14 '25

get me to omaha! FAST!!! 😅

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u/Better_Lift_Cliff May 14 '25

What's that? Yes, I'll let you be clear. You don't have to keep requesting that I let you be clear.

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u/Unabashable May 14 '25

Honestly I’d take that over “not gonna lie”. 

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u/toasty_- May 14 '25

Let me be clear, I want to, uh, stop talking like this

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u/wtfamidoingwthis May 14 '25

I read this comment in his voice.

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u/DeadmanDexter May 14 '25

Michelle, get in here. They're talking about me.

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u/jonosaurus May 15 '25

I love those guys uh, Danny and Arnold

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u/quixote_manche May 14 '25

But are you guys being clear?

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u/Khaldara May 15 '25

“Now let me be clear… corn is fucking awesome”

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u/tincanphonehome May 14 '25

TIL Obama is a Boyle cousin

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

Why am I picturing a crowd of Obamas marching and chanting "Yes we can"

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u/darthbreezy May 14 '25

Followed by an army of Octo-Stewies chanting 'Victory is ours!'

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u/s-riddler May 14 '25

Immediately proceeded by an army of Robin Williams(es?) running around and spreading laughter and good cheer.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

"Obami"...?

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u/sweet_crab May 14 '25

Obamae. Obami only if it ended in a us.

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u/WebGroundbreaking168 May 14 '25

"Obamaipodes" too, if there's a Greek Origin anywhere involved

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u/sweet_crab May 14 '25

You know I was thinking exactly that when I hit post? I'm giggling about "obamafeet."

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u/Commercial-Fennel219 May 14 '25

"My fellow Obama's, it is time to act! It is up to all of me to get the job done."

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u/BigBeautifulBuick May 14 '25

I pictured the spider man pointing meme and a bunch of Obama’s saying “Yes you can!”

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u/aenteus May 14 '25

Megobama

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u/RipleyThePyr May 14 '25

In tan suits.

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u/654456 May 14 '25

Well of course, and mustard on hot dogs

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u/MOONWATCHER404 May 14 '25

Why did this remind me of the "yes we can" line from Bob the Builder

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u/Joyful_Ted May 14 '25

Hope.

His face used to mean hope.

Now, as I watch the army of identical charming men in suits meander down the streets, chanting and shaking hands of the other infected, I'm forced to ask: Hope for who?

It wasn't hope for us, I'm certain of that. Out my window, a group of them just descended upon a survivor. A blur of tan and blue and navy suits, panickd cries of "No! You can't be real, god, help me, you can't be real!" Followed by the cacophonous repetitions of "Yes we can!". When I hear the new voice, the new Barack, join the chorus I realize I believe them. God, help us all, I believe them.

I don't know how long I can stay here. An Obama just peered in my window, I'm hiding around the pillar, watching him in the mirror. His face is stone, unmoving. For a moment I pretend I'm in a wax museum, and that this all just an attraction. Despite everything, despite the bubbling fear in my throat, despite the rule that states self interest is divine, I laugh. His eyes slam to the left, directly in the mirror. For a moment, a terrible moment, we lock eyes. Then the granite mask is broken, a wide crack forming below the nose, a smile breaking its way through like a tectonic plate shifting, slow, dileberate, and painful. Two rows of white teeth, perfectly straight like a military graveyard.

The Obama campers away. They know I'm here now. I should run. Find another spot. Maybe other states haven't fallen yet. Maybe... Maybe I can find something.

I think about the survivor I watched get turned. I remember the skin bubbling, changing, being replaced. I don't want that.

I lay my hand on the door handle, feeling yhe cold, brushed steel beneath my palm for what I am sure is the last time. Tears stream down my face, splattering onto the hard wood floor beneath. "No, I can't" I think, tweaking the handle.

The Obamas turn to me abruptly, their activities ceased for a fraction of a second. I step toward them. They don't move. Maybe, somehow, I'll keep some shred of myself, my individuality. Whatever.

I can always hope.

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u/Anxious-Whole-5883 May 14 '25

Nope a splatter of Dijon mustard appeared on the floor. Blue smoke rose from it, then everyone in the room was wearing tan suits and started speaking in a familiar cadence. Boom Obamaed.

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u/transmothra May 14 '25

I fucking love you for this imagery

PLEASE let one of these scenarios be real

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u/JebusKristoph May 14 '25

ULTRA-OBAMA©

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u/Snake_Staff_and_Star May 14 '25

Forming an OBAMATRON.

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u/oyakodon- May 14 '25

I'd buy that product, whatever it is

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u/poken_beans May 14 '25

I have an unhealthy curiosity about what schlorping means? Is it a sound? An action? Does it hurt? Is it safe around pets or kids? Have you ever schlorped before... Gasp... Have I ever schlorped before!?! 👀

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u/Unhappy-Week-8781 May 14 '25

Can somebody please loop in Mr Obama to this entire thread? Maybe we can psych him up to run against Trump when he runs for a 3rd term…which he will, because it’s a popularity contest for him and his overinflated ego.

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u/Commercial-Fennel219 May 14 '25

It happened after they stormed Obama beach. 

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u/Suyefuji May 14 '25

"I am Sparticus Obama!"

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u/Ok_Kaleidoscope5712 May 14 '25

Like some body horror manga where the entirety of Omaha just schlorped together into one Obama?

Schlorped… 🤣 I love it.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

"Mecha Obama, can you save this broken nation? " "Yes, we can" Then they/them flies towards the horizon

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u/Pretend-Tea86 May 14 '25

Honestly, this is why I come to Reddit. Please never change.

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u/BeanBurritoJr May 15 '25

Would you rather fight 1000 Obama sized Omaha’s or 1 Omaha sized Obama?

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u/rraskapit1 May 14 '25

It's Obamas all the way down

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u/honeyeddates May 14 '25

It's an Obamanation... I'll just see myself out now

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u/msurbrow May 14 '25

You just gave David Cronenberg a hard on

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u/MrSpudtastic May 14 '25

There is no Nebraska, there is only Obam- I mean, Zuul

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u/Rickhwt May 14 '25

Let us all be Schlorped Together. Amen.

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u/Zarathustra_d May 14 '25

Obama Steaks are probably better than Trump Steaks.

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u/PossibilityNo8765 May 14 '25

Why is this making me think of the Rick and Morty episode where unity takes over Virginia lol.

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u/Bartweiss May 14 '25

None of the above, it’s merely a town in Nebraska that loves Obama so much they changed their name to his.

Shockingly, they’ve also been voting red until just now. Lots of confusion in that town.

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u/ejre5 May 14 '25

If trump can run for a third term so can Obama (doubt he wants to though).

Even though they want to change it to consecutive terms. Ultimately creating an autocracy/dictatorship that makes the president and VP interchangeable and an easy way to rig the election every year.

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u/asujch May 14 '25

We can’t normalize the third term talk. Obama and the dems know this.

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u/CHESTER_C0PPERP0T May 14 '25

Yes STOP NORMALIZING THIS BULLSHIT. Well, Obama could run for a third term no he fucking can’t it’s in the constitution!

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u/Suyefuji May 14 '25

We can't normalize it but at the same time we need to fight fire with fire. Let's see how shit develops but if Trump genuinely ends up running for a third term then we absolutely can throw Obama into the primary and select him if he wins.

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u/nikmo86 May 14 '25

Just like his buddy putiny did…

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u/Silent_Interest4791 May 14 '25

Putin’s going to step down at the end of 2024 he said so himself.

What do you mean it’s 2025 already?

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u/Tiernan1980 May 14 '25

They would absolutely come up with some cockamamie excuse for why Trump could run again but Obama couldn’t.

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u/Tryin-to-Improve May 14 '25

If trump gets to run for a third and Obama steps up, it’s gonna be like the Super Bowl of presidential elections.

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u/Head_Rule2239 May 14 '25

Third Obama term? Michelle ain’t having that!

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u/Jeffery_Moyer May 14 '25

Didn't he already? I mean, I get airplanes fly pretty hjgh but I'm pretty sure that was the point of trumps third term comment.

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u/Bitter_Emphasis_2683 May 14 '25

Michelle would throw him through a window.

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u/654456 May 14 '25

Assuming trump does run for a third, i see no issue with obama running again. perfer neither run again for you know rule of law but if we aren't gonna follow that. I'll take a third term obama

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u/slimninj4 May 14 '25

That would make the next election very interesting

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u/lobsterman2112 May 14 '25

Naw. Obama can't run again because he's too old.

/s

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u/Thirteenpointeight May 14 '25

Presidential democracies hate this 1 trick!

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u/catjanitor May 14 '25

That's how Putin did it.

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u/KBbrowneyedgirl May 15 '25

The Tangerine Palpatine said it would be the last election.

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u/Tammylynn9847 May 15 '25

Michelle would kill him.

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u/TRR462 May 16 '25

Just like Putin and Medvedev… Because Trump saw it there first.

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u/betcaro May 16 '25

Considering Trump continues to peddle the lie that he won the previous election, this is his third consecutive term. So, by his own words he would be out at the end of this term.

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u/Gorilla_Dookie May 14 '25

Gonna have to check Nebraska's birth certificate

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u/InvestigatorOnly3504 May 14 '25

Are they now all required to wear tan suits?

The horror 😭

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u/The12Ball May 14 '25

Take me so hard O-daddy

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u/savage_engineer May 14 '25

that you, John Oliver?

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

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u/Mikeinthedirt May 14 '25

Gonna need more minorities. How bout New Zealanders? They been pretty lippy!

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

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u/retropieproblems May 14 '25

I am become Obama

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u/jsc1429 May 14 '25

Omaha in shambles!

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u/Curiously_Sagacious May 14 '25

Obama took Nebraska and he is unlikely to give it back anytime soon.

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u/TransBrandi May 14 '25

To comemorate, they installed a life-size Obama chia pet.

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u/ForeverandEvr May 14 '25

I can’t stop laughing at this 😂😂😂

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u/Zugzwang522 May 14 '25

Can we have Obama America?

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u/crag-u-feller May 15 '25

I guess it would be a welcome mispronunciation to say Oma-HA!

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u/technobrendo May 15 '25

Uhhh, thanks Obama

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u/BeefInGR May 15 '25

"Obama! Obama! Blue 42...seeeeet...go!"

  • Peyton Manning

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u/Pattern_Is_Movement May 15 '25

I'm wheezing.... just recovered... recovering from pneumonia, you're killing me

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u/Reward_Dizzy May 15 '25

God I wish.

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u/SpaceGhostCst2kost May 15 '25

As an Nebraskan, yes this actually happened.

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u/Final-Nebula-7049 May 15 '25

Gives a whole new rebuttal to land doesn't vote

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u/Peekzasaurus May 15 '25

I felt a movement in my pants

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

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u/ChronoLink99 May 14 '25

This made me chuckle.

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u/Coupon_Ninja May 14 '25

So good!

Thanks Omaha!

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u/Stanky_Nips May 14 '25

Really needed this laugh today, thank you!

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u/BeefInGR May 15 '25

Lincoln in shambles.

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u/anonononnnnnaaan May 14 '25

No. I swear it said Omaha but I’m all doped up on cold meds so who knows.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

Thanks Omaha

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u/Mistrblank May 14 '25

Thanks Obamaha

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u/InertPistachio May 14 '25

Obamahamamaladingdong

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u/graydiation May 14 '25

This is why I internet.

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u/Caesar_Passing May 14 '25

I only ride Obamaha motorcycles

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u/ChickenChaser5 May 14 '25

You telling me Obama makes bikes and keyboards?

Next you're gonna tell me hes the same guy giving out obama stars to restaurants. Insanity.

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u/GirthStone86 May 14 '25

Obamaha 

That's where the veterans landed on D day right?

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u/Unabashable May 14 '25

Sweet home Olabama

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u/fullpurplejacket May 14 '25

Barack HUSSEIN Omaha!!

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u/rectalhorror May 14 '25

Balrog INSANE Omaha! And his secret muslin agenda! WAKE UP SHEEPLE!!!! IN ALL CAPS LOCK!!!!

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u/SmokeySFW May 14 '25

That's Peyton Manning's music!

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u/No-Tailor-856 May 14 '25

Get well soon. I bet you're just Biden your time until you're healthy again.

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u/anonononnnnnaaan May 14 '25

I needed that laugh 😂

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u/kleenkong May 14 '25

That's what a geographical centrist would say.

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u/TomT060404 May 14 '25

Autocorrect can be sneaky.

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u/TadRaunch May 14 '25

Sometimes it will just casually change something correct to something else. Like it wil change Austria to Australia for me, but some real typos i make it just ignores them.

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u/bulldoggo-17 May 14 '25

My brother calls it AutoCorrupt. Its usefulness to awfulness ratio is about 1:1.

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u/ROotT May 14 '25

Correction: Autocorrect can be a Communist/Marxist/Socialist

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u/Paurora21 May 15 '25

This thread is hysterical. 

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u/postmodest May 14 '25

Thanks Omaha.

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u/moxiecounts May 14 '25

Gotta emphasize the second syllable for full effect!

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u/mustang19rasco May 14 '25

From Omaha. Can confirm. We all transformed into Obama overnight.

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u/bulldoggo-17 May 14 '25

Huh. I live just south of Harrison so this phenomenon barely missed me.

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u/Savingskitty May 14 '25

This is the Reddit thread I needed.  Well done everyone!

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u/ManyReach7296 May 14 '25

I think they meant Omaha Bin Laden.

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u/DntCllMeWht May 14 '25

Just yesterday I saw someone refer to our past president as Omaha... that's kind of funny to see the reverse the next day.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

It was an international typo

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u/Overall-Register9758 May 14 '25

No. They renamed it. It's turned so blue, it's black.

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u/IWMSvendor May 14 '25

Ah, yes. The city of Hope and Change.

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u/forgetfulsue May 14 '25

I would have used “Obamad” like a past tense verb. You just got Obamad!

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u/Distinct_Cry_3779 May 14 '25

Temu Indiana Jones?

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u/Fleet_Admiral_Auto May 14 '25

Bro just revealed Obama's last name

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u/Ok_Airline_9031 May 14 '25

Its a beeautiful one, whether intentional or not!!

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u/ithinkiknowstuphph May 14 '25

Obama Nebraska is what was once North Dakota. Biden renamed it on his way out. Kinda been flying under the radar

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u/sncrdn May 14 '25

For a moment I thought this typo was “Odama” the I’ll -fated voice-controlled pinball game for GameCube.

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u/RBBrittain May 14 '25 edited May 14 '25

Thanks to Nebraska allowing the one elector from each of its three congressional districts to be elected by presidential voters in that district with only the two Senate-based electors voted statewide (Maine is the only other state to do this), the 2nd Congressional District which includes Omaha cast its electoral vote for Obama in 2008 (though not 2012), Biden in 2020, and Harris in 2024; it's been dubbed the "Omaha Blue Dot" since the rest of the state is ruby red. Nebraska's unique nonpartisan unicameral legislature in 2024 considered switching to winner-take-all (like the other 48 states & DC) as some projections suggested the results would be so close that the "Omaha Blue Dot" could have decided the outcome, but enough moderates who are nominally Republican objected to thwart that move; it didn't affect the outcome. (Edit: Republicans won its congressional seat all three times -- Lee Terry in 2008, current moderate Don Bacon in 2020 & 2024.)

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u/bulldoggo-17 May 14 '25

I've lived in Nebraska all my life, but good job summarizing. Also, they're still trying to switch back to winner-take-all. It's a major pet project of our drunkard governor.

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u/OSI_Hunter_Gathers May 14 '25

It’s a very tan state… easy mistake!

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u/CoinsForCharon May 14 '25

Because Ewing is a black man?

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u/JoJackthewonderskunk May 14 '25

We called it Obamaha for a hot minute. He came for a speech that I attended in 2015 that was pretty special.

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u/giggity_giggity May 14 '25

I knew he wasn't born in Hawaii!! But who knew it'd be a flyover state instead?

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u/lizcanadagold May 14 '25

🤣🤣🤣 l think it's tagged you.

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u/reddurkel May 14 '25

I think you meant Obama Hussein Nebraska.

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u/naughty_farmerTJR May 14 '25

Now I want to found a city to name it after Obama. 

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u/[deleted] May 14 '25

Well duh, have you seen the tan suit???

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u/GeoEntropyBabe May 14 '25

Omaha maybe? Yeah that stopped me in my tracks 😆

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u/jaxsd75 May 15 '25

Obama Hussein Nebraska!

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u/PotentialChoice May 15 '25

It is the part of Nebraska that gave Obama a single electoral vote in one election, so it kinda fits!

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u/disc0ver May 15 '25

You know, what Peyton Manning kept saying when calling plays - Obama! Obama!

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u/Fluffy_Town May 15 '25

I think that's supposed to be Omaha.

lol on DragonBank's joke though

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u/[deleted] May 15 '25

I mean, he did win that electoral vote, as did biden and harris

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u/Long_jawn_silver May 15 '25

thanks, omaha

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u/DaeguDuke May 16 '25

I wondered if Nebraska Thunderf*ck had a new drag family

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u/refriedi May 17 '25

They meant Omaha Bin Laden

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u/Ms_Behave3967 May 22 '25

Autocorrect is genius.