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Loon Star State

Loon Star: Gun Crazy

by Ben Sargent | Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:55 CST

Loon Star: The Huddled Masses

Fri, Jul 12, 2019 |

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Loon Star: Trump University, Department of Mendacity

Ben Sargent's latest 'toon takes on Trump's "truth."

Tue, Jun 25, 2019 |

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Loon Star: Vaccinating Against Ignorance

Ben Sargent takes on anti-vaxxers at the Legislature.

Tue, Jun 18, 2019 |

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Loon Star: Thanks for the Little People

And their sales taxes.

Mon, May 13, 2019 |

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Loon Star: The Paxton Defense

Ben Sargent on the latest Paxton family incident.

Fri, Mar 15, 2019 |

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Loon Star: VOTER FRAUD ALERT

Ben Sargent on the voter fraud scandal.

Fri, Feb 15, 2019 |

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Loon Star: Bull Pulpit

Ben Sargent on the president's soapbox.

Thu, Jan 24, 2019 |

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Year in Review: Loon Star State in 2018

The year in political cartoons from the strangest state in the union.

Wed, Dec 19, 2018 |

Trump’s sophomore year in the White House made for plenty of ammunition for political cartoonist Ben Sargent. In the pages of the Observer in 2018, the fo...Read More

Loon Star: Blue Wave

Ben Sargent on the 2018 midterms.

Wed, Nov 7, 2018 |

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