@guardian

#UShistory #Economics #Equality

(9/n)

...presidency was coming to a close, [...] strides his administration had made to curb the nation’s exorbitant income inequality in 👉“the largest investments in reducing inequality since the #GreatSociety”.👈

Indeed, by the end of 2016, 👉taxes and transfers cut the share of income accruing to the richest 1% of households by just over a fifth...more than under any government since at least #JimmyCarter’s.👈

They...

Trump’s Iran deal could place his legacy in the hands of Tehran

He lambasted Jimmy Carter during the 1980 hostage crisis; now Trump’s presidency could be similarly blemished

The Guardian
On 18 Jun 1978: President #JimmyCarter hosts the first White House Jazz Festival; performers include Lionel Hampton, Teddy Wilson, #OrnetteColeman, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Cecil Taylor, Zoot Sims, #HerbieHancock, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Chick Corea, George Benson, McCoy Tyner, and Ron Carter.

The Most Enduring White House Marriages, from Jimmy and Rosalynn's Stunning 77 Years to the Bidens and Bushes' Upcoming Milestone

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://people.com/longest-white-house-marriages-photos-11972406

Updated May '26:
Dozens of real estate projects paying to use his name will be developed in foreign countries *during his term* as #President.
This, from the party who made #JimmyCarter sell his family peanut farm.
This, from the party who allowed the former U.S. Post Office to be rented to a government employee despite its prohibition in the lease, encouraging millions in bribes to be laundered by international visitors to his hotel, five blocks from the #WhiteHouse.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/trump-foreign-development-tracker/
Twenty-five Trump-branded real estate projects will be developed in foreign countries during Trump’s presidency - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Over the course of Trump's second term, real estate developers will be working on developing Trump-branded projects around the globe.

CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Because that was the plan.
#JimmyCarter
"The regime released the remaining 52 hostages just minutes after Reagan was inaugurated in January 1981."
#Iran
#Iranwar
#Algiersaccords
https://theconversation.com/iran-dragged-out-the-1979-hostage-crisis-to-humiliate-the-us-it-may-try-to-do-the-same-to-trump-now-284821
Iran dragged out the 1979 hostage crisis to humiliate the US. It may try to do the same to Trump now

The regime was built for resilience. The US president will struggle to get an acceptable deal unless he’s willing to compromise.

The Conversation

Berlusconi returns to power in Italy; Terry Tyler arrested in Louisiana; Battle of Soyang River in Korean War; British General Strike betrayed.

Charleston Five longshoremen face state repression; Jimmy Carter clinches Democratic presidential nomination; Two of "Trenton Six” convicted in racist frame-up; June Tenth movement in Korea against Japanese rule.#2001 #1976 #1956 #1926 #Longshoremen #ILA #AFL-CIO #Korea #Japan #June10thMovement #JimmyCarter #1976elections
This week in history: June 8-14

This week in history: June 8-14

Charleston Five longshoremen face state repression; Jimmy Carter clinches Democratic presidential nomination; Two of "Trenton Six” convicted in racist frame-up; June Tenth movement in Korea against Japanese rule.

World Socialist Web Site

@GetMisch

Many Americans believed that both #Trump and #JimmyCarter were Christians.

The world is not what it appears to be. Many are deceived.

#BlackEyeClub