Loon Star State: Hoax
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A version of this story ran in the January / February 2024 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:
- Drifting Toward Disaster—Our multipart series on the changing face of Texas waterways, under threat from pollution to overuse of aquifiers to the climate crisis.
- Hella Hail Coming Down in Texas—Climate change is creating more extreme weather, in winter as well as in summer, according to Fall 2023 Reporting Fellow Paula Levihn-Coon.
- Texas Workers, Congressman Launch ‘Thirst Strike’ for Heat Protections—On the other side of the aisle, Democrats are raising the alarm about the threat of heat on the workers who toil in it.
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