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Year in Review: Loon Star State in 2018

by Ben Sargent | Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 3:00 pm CST

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Best of 2016

Year in Review: Ben Sargent’s Loon Star State

Wed, Dec 21, 2016 |

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Loon Star State: ‘Shine Boy’

Tue, Dec 20, 2016 |

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Loon Star State: Trump and the ‘Rigged Election’

Tue, Nov 22, 2016 |

In Loon Star State: Trump cried foul before the elections even happened. But it was his own party that's made a habit of putting fingers on the scale. Read More

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Loon Star State

Loon Star State: ‘More Lipstick!’

Thu, Oct 20, 2016 |

In October's Loon Star State, award-winning cartoonist Ben Sargent imagines the Texas GOP's mighty struggle to doll up Donald Trump. Read More

Loon Star State September 2016

Loon Star State

Loon Star State: Unemployment Benefits

Tue, Sep 27, 2016 |

In this month's award-winning Loon Star State cartoon by Ben Sargent, a post-'Dancing with the Stars' Rick Perry goes looking for a new gig — again. Read More

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Politics

Loon Star State: Old Tea Partiers’ Home

Tue, Aug 16, 2016 |

This month in Ben Sargent's award-winning Loon Star State cartoon: Tea Partiers miss the glory days as Trump-touting whippersnappers take over the GOP. Read More

Loon Star State

Loon Star State: Donald’s Hair

Fri, Jul 8, 2016 |

In this edition of Ben Sargent's award-winning cartoon, Loon Star State, Texas Republicans trek through the grim wilderness of the Donald's coiffure. Read More

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Loon Star State: Office of the Head Christian

Wed, Jun 8, 2016 |

In the June edition of Ben Sargent's award-winning Loon Star State cartoon, Dan Patrick reworks the job description of "lieutenant governor," just slightly. Read More

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Politics

Loon Star State: The Donald Gets Dressed

Thu, May 12, 2016 |

In this month's edition of Ben Sargent's award-winning cartoon, Loon Star State, Donald Trump finds a selection of non-sartorial brown shirts. Read More

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