Illustration of Jiminy Cricket in the center of the button with green and blue text in rings around him on a white background

Jiminy Cricket, a character from the 1940 film Pinocchio, is the mascot for Disney’s commitment to ‘Environmentality’, which encourages staff and visitors to act in an environmentally responsible manner. First introduced as the mascot in 1990, Jiminy Cricket has appeared on multiple Earth Day buttons. Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22. This button was given to visitors to Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Florida on Earth Day in 1992.

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Socks was the pet cat of President Bill Clinton’s family during his presidency and became somewhat of a national celebrity in his own right. In order to keep from alienating dog lovers, Clinton adopted a chocolate Labrador retriever named Buddy shortly after moving into the white. Unfortunately, Socks and Buddy did not get along and when Clinton left the White House, Socks went to live with his former secretary. This button is from the 1996 presidential election, when Clinton ran for a second term and was re-elected.

Illustration of an elephant with a GOP sign draped over it and two people and a ladder next to it, a donkey with a DEMS sign draped over it and a group of people next to it and in the foreground an illustration of a man in black riding a camel and holding a flag and a small illustration of a cat holding a paper all over black text on a white background

This is a campaign button from the 1976 presidential election in support of the Prohibition Party’s presidential nominee, Benjamin C. Bubar from Maine.  He was an ordained minister and a lifelong politician who was the party’s nominee for 1980 as well. Bubar was the last Prohibition Party candidate to have had political experience before running for the presidency. The Prohibition Party has run candidates in every presidential election since 1872.

Photograph of Hillary Clinton with the orange hair and pierced ears of basketball player Dennis Rodman with red white and blue text on a white background

This button was created during the 1996 presidential campaign, in which President Bill Clinton was running for reelection against Republican candidate Bob Dole. That year, the Democratic Convention was held in Chicago, and the button draws a similarity between the names of then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and Dennis Rodman, NBA basketball star who was traded to the Chicago Bulls during the 1995-96 season. Clinton is pictured with Rodman’s hair and pierced ear, and the slogan plays upon the title of Rodman’s autobiography, Bad as I Wanna Be, which was published in 1996, as well.

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“Just Say No” is a slogan that was created by First Lady Nancy Reagan, and was used for an advertising campaign for the U.S. “War on Drugs.” The “Just Say No” campaign began in 1982, and officially lasted until 1989. By 1988, more than 12,000 “Just Say No” clubs had been formed across the U.S. The slogan was used during the 1980s and 1990s as a way to discourage children from engaging in illegal drug use.

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Clarence Thomas is a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. He succeeded Thurgood Marshall and is the second African American to serve on the Court. He was nominated by George H. W. Bush and is considered to be one of the more conservative members of the Court. Although there has not been an official movement to impeach Justice Thomas, there are several online petitions that call for his removal from the Court. These petitions cite various reasons for his impeachment, including sexual misconduct and his refusal to recuse himself during hearings that pose a clear conflict of interest.

Illustration of a leopard above black text on a yellow background

There are several organziations that want to protect animals, such as leopards, from the fur trade. These groups want to bring awareness to the negativities of wearing, or buying, leopard furs. There are also campaigns that help protect animals, such as the “Humane Society” and the “Big Cat Rescue,” These organizations try to help protect animals from laws, such as ones that create loopholes that enable real fur to be labeled wrongfully as faux. According to the “Big Cat Rescue,” between 1968 and 1970 the U.S fur industry imported 18,456 leopard skins, along with many other animal pelts. 

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 "If you don't like the news go out and make some of your own" was the tagline of radio journalist Wes "Scoop" Nisker. Wes Nisker was a radio news anchor in San Francisco in the 1960s and 70s. From 1968-1979 he was the news director for an underground radio station called KSAN that was known for giving a voice to the antiwar movement. His satirical newscasts include rock and roll music, interviews, and other sound clips. He got the nickname "Scoop" from the DJs because he had a source on the Chicago Conspiracy trials. Wes Nisker was heavily influenced by the beat generation, especially Jack Kerouac and is now a Buddhist meditation teacher and the author of several books including If You Don't Like the News Go Out and Make Some of Your Own, and Big Bang, Buddha, Baby Boom. He sees his Buddhist meditation as a antidote to materialism.

Illustration of Snoopy, Linus and Lucy from the Peanuts on a yellow background

The comic strip Peanuts, created by Charles M. Schulz (1922 – 2000), was published in newspapers from 1950 to 2000. The comic often addressed cultural, political or social themes. The scene shown on this button appeared in a strip that was first published on February 25, 1967. In the strip, Linus has a picket sign which reads “help stamp out things” but Lucy tells him that the sign should be more specific. Linus arrives back with a sign that now reads “help stamp out things that need stamping out.”

The character of Linus, considered to be the philosopher among his group of friends, first appeared in the comic strip on September 19, 1952. Lucy is the older sister of Linus, best known for being bossy, and she first appeared on March 3, 1952. Also, shown on this button is the character of Snoopy, who first appeared in the comic strip on October 4, 1950. Schulz drew nearly 18,000 strips featuring these characters during this career.