#independence party

[1900scartoons]

Ticket Of the New Party

July 29, 1908

Two men stand on the Platform of the Independence Party. On the left is Presidential Nominee Thomas L. Hisgen, on the right is Vice Presidential Nominee John Temple Graves. Both of them look identical to a portrait of William Randolph Hearst on the wall behind them. There is also an empty picture frame that has a sign that reads 'Portrait of William Jennings Bryan.'

The caption reads "Candidates of the independence party, from telegraphic description."

On July 29, the Minneapolis Tribune reported that the Independence Party had nominated Hisgen and Graves as the Independence Party candidates for President and Vice president. A delegate who voted for Bryan nearly started a riot. Hearst had founded the party.

See Also: William Randolph Hearst; William Jennings Bryan

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/6162/rec/2029

[fafefae]

the american voting system is NOT EQUIPPED to support a 3rd party without ranked choice voting. and until we get RCV, it's one or the other. and it WILL be one or the other.

a lot of 3rd party candidates sound great, but they do not have a realistic chance at winning. be realistic. you know who does have a chance at winning? the household names, trump or harris.

splitting the vote by going 3rd party is what made trump happen in 2016, it was hillary clinton's downfall. it was USED by state sponsored internet trolls to spread propaganda, destabilize and divide the left. it was endorsed by trump himself, he tried it in 2020 too, and he's doing it again now because he knows it might be the only chance he has at winning.

be VERY wary of anyone telling you vote 3rd party. it's trump or harris. it won't be stein, de la cruz, or sherman, or fucking anybody else ive never heard of, because nobody is talking about independent candidates, and EVERYONE is talking about trump and harris.

it will be trump or harris for president, and it will be trump if you vote 3rd party. and ill tell you as an anarchist, i would rather have kamala harris and all her flaws in office over the fascist donald trump who would see me and my queer siblings and my friends and family of color dead.

do not split the fucking vote.

[bugbeast]

Self promo for my newest card game, Jewel Thief; but you can play it for free! First, though, let's cover the basics...

TL;DR - Its a 4+ player competetive card-matching game with four rule variants; buy it here or look for the orange text in this post to learn how to play it with a regular deck

"What is Jewel Thief?"

It's a card matching game with a villain; one player tries to match jewels in a 36 card grid while their opponent, the titular Jewel Thief, periodically steals cards from the board. You can check out its page on The Game Crafter for more information, but it'll spoil the rest of this post

"What makes it special?"

The game's turn structure would theorettically allow you, perhaps via some kind of infinite cloning machine, to play a round of Jewel Thief til the heat death of the universe. While I wouldnt recommend that, its lack of a player cap (and ease of set-up; seriously, all you do is put cards on a table) makes it a good party game choice.

But that's not all!

There are three extra rule variants that drastically alter the gameplay while keeping card matching and stealing as main mechanics. I believe the cards are versatile enough to allow for many custom games, too

"Okay, but why should I buy a silly game from some bug nerd?"

First off, ouch. Second off, that's the best part; you dont have to buy it to play it! Jewel Thief can be played with a standard 52 card deck. Here's how:

Step 1. Remove the 10s, Jacks, Queens, Kings and Jokers

Step 2. Download the free rules from the shop page

Step 3. Play the game, matching cards based on their values. You'll need to designate a value as the Diamond jewel for game 4

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That's it for my little self-promo. If you dont buy the game, I hope you'll at least give it a try and consider supporting my future projects.

I also post art and photography, which you can find under the bugbeast art and bugbeast photos tags. I hope you check them out

Thank you for your time <3

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Edit (Mar. 25, 2024) : Thank you to everyone who liked and reblogged this; if you play the game I encourage you to share your thoughts in the comments and/or reblogs (even if you hated it). Feel free to share any custom games or house rules you come up with, too. I'd love to try them!

Edit (Aug. 10, 2024) : Final edit most likely; gonna blaze this one more time for good luck then maybe start work on a postmortem for the project, maybe give a little backstory for anyone who cares. Life is a little rough right now, but fate willing, I'll be able to work on/post about my future projects, including the future of Jewel Thief itself

[myvoteismyvoice]

[0fps]

JANE DOE ❖ undercover r&b

The big bad daddy who cussed you out every day is gone and yet you still miss him. What are you, a bunch of daddy's boys?

[marzipanandminutiae]

as a woman who grew up with an emotionally abusive mother constantly telling me I needed to wear more makeup/more revealing clothing/date (boys) more/go out to "normal" parties more, I despise "she should be at the club"

god forbid some people- especially young women, who already have to deal with a thousand different behavioral standards from a thousand different directions -not have the same dreams and desires for their lives as you do for yours

fucking hell. the correct response to "women should stay at home and have kids and be submissive wives" prescriptivism was not MORE PRESCRIPTIVISM

(I also just saw a poll asking if people partied as teenagers, and OP responded that the answers were "killing them" because No was winning. like? why is everyone so personally invested in other people having a very specific kind of fun?)

[kellymdoodles]

I made Dungeon Meshi Tarot card prints!

I’ll be drawing more characters soon so stay tuned…

[fatedroses]

Man meets Morbol

[c-reaturesque]

Printed tights coming soon 🪽

[arkangelo-7]

Okay, but, imagining Clark Kent and Lois Lane, ace reporters, being in charge of moderating the presidential debate is fucking hilarious.

Like—it’s a shit show from the beginning. Lois is too much of a boss bitch to allow anyone to talk over her and you bet her ass she’s turning off the mic the MOMENT one of the presidential nominees goes over their time limit or tries to interrupt her.

She also religiously fact checks both parties right in the middle of their rebuttals, and it gets so bad that she actually ends up debating both the nominees at one time. Total chaos. No one has any idea where she stands politically because she’s just arguing with everyone and calling out the BS on both sides of the aisle.

And then there’s Clark.

Clark, who, don’t you forget, is actually a damn good reporter. (You don’t skip that much work without getting fired if you aren’t just fucking spectacular at your job, this guy’s got to be like the Kobe Bryant of reporting.) Even though he’s not entirely sure that he should be moderating a presidential debate (he’s technically an immigrant and has, technically, been illegally voting in elections since 2008), he ends up doing very well.

Clark asks a lot of insightful and relevant questions, but gets so irritated when neither of the candidates actually answer the damn question that he has to take a five minute break to keep from burning the studio down with his heat vision. He’s also not as effective as one would think at corralling Lois, which means she spends half the night drilling into these presidential candidates while Clark is in the background trying very hard not to loose his shit.

The debate ends with two thoroughly angered politicians, an indictment by FOX news, a cease and desist from CNN, a formal twitter apology from the Daily Planet, and two very pissed off (but patriotic) reporters.

[1900scartoons]

Seven - Count 'Em - Seven - Presidential Candidates - Uncle Sam Has a Button For Every Day Of the Week

August 2, 1908

Uncle Sam is drawn to resemble a different presidential candidate each day of the week. Sunday he resembles the Republican Candidate, Taft. Monday he resembles the Prohibition candidate, Chafin. Tuesday he resembles the Populist Party candidate, Watson. Wednesday, he resembles the Independence Party candidate, Hisgen. Thursday he resembles the Socialist Party candidate, Debs. Friday he resembles the Democratic candidate, Bryan. Saturday he resembles the Socialist Labor Party candidate, Preston.

The 1908 Presidential Election was in full swing.

See Also: William Howard Taft; William Jennings Bryan

From Hennepin County Library

Original available at: https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/Bart/id/5744/rec/2033

[phykoha]

him again cuz I’m off work and warmed up. (Sorry for giving him a kinda yan vibe lol. But what can I say crazy is fun to draw)

((also do his hair stalk antennae things vibrate or shake when he’s excited. I was imagining a rattle snake noise when I was drawing this lol)) ✨✨✨✨✨✨🏃‍♀️💨💨💨💨

bye

WONDERFUL YET AGAIN SOUP UWAAHHH

[kirbylover34]

I just realized, the people that are voting for Jill Stein or not voting at all, are aware of the existential threat that is Trump. They are all listening to his deranged fascist rhetoric project 2025 plan, and despite knowing all this, they continue to believe that voting Kamala isn’t worth it because they are frustrated. But listen If you’re willing to throw away everything you have for a group of people you have no deep personal connection with, over your OWN friends and families that will be impacted by Trump, then you aren’t as noble as you think you are.

[myvoteismyvoice]

[pinkfairiesteaparty]

[ayeforscotland]

This is some niche Scottish party politics posting so I’ll try and explain this to everyone who isn’t as familiar.

Scottish Labour are the branch office of the UK Labour Party in Scotland. However, due to the slightly more left-wing nature of Scottish politics - they have to toe a particular line compared to UK Labour who are shifting more and more to the right to appease the right-wing majority in England.

Scottish Land Reform is a really hot issue. The vast majority of Scotland is owned by a handful of people so it could bring about some really positive change if something was done about it.

So Scottish Labour puts something out like this knowing that it’ll speak to the vast majority of people who believe in land reform.

But how it’ll go is the Scottish government (Led by the SNP and the Scottish Greens) will move to do something about it and will pass a bill. Scottish Labour will also support it.

The Scottish Conservatives will oppose it with the backing of the UK Conservatives, and use some UK legal nonsense to block or impede it.

Scottish Labour will then withdraw their support, and then put out a load of press releases about the Scottish government and the UK government needing to work together.

Scottish Labour did this with the Deposit Return Scheme, the Gender Recognition Reform Act and for Low Emission Zones. They will 100% do it with this one.