Ben Sargent

Loon Star: Trampled Liberty

The latest cartoon from Ben Sargent.

September 18, 2020, 8:00 AM, CDT

A version of this story ran in the September / October 2020 issue.

To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, visit our Loon Star State section, or find Observer political reporting here.

Read more from the Observer:

Death in Dalhart: After a farmworker in the rural Texas Panhandle died of complications from COVID-19, his family and federal investigators want answers.
Conception Deception: An East Texas doctor who allegedly used his own sperm to impregnate patients remains in practice. Why has the Texas Medical Board let him keep his license?
Voting Begins in a Month. Here’s What Is at Stake in Texas: In an election that will chart the state’s political future for a generation, Democrats are waging an unprecedented offensive against embattled Republicans.

<div id="pico">To see more political cartoons from Ben Sargent, <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/topics/culture/loonstarstate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">visit our Loon Star State section,</a> or find <a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/topics/politics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Observer political reporting here.</a>
Read more from the Observer:
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<a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/larsen-farms-dalhart-farmworker-death/">Death in Dalhart:</a> After a farmworker in the rural Texas Panhandle died of complications from COVID-19, his family and federal investigators want answers.
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<a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/fertility-fraud-east-texas-kim-mcmorries/">Conception Deception:</a> An East Texas doctor who allegedly used his own sperm to impregnate patients remains in practice. Why has the Texas Medical Board let him keep his license?
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<a href="hhttps://www.texasobserver.org/texas-elections-2020/">Voting Begins in a Month. Here’s What Is at Stake in Texas:</a> In an election that will chart the state’s political future for a generation, Democrats are waging an unprecedented offensive against embattled Republicans.
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