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Ben Sargent's latest Loon Star State cartoon, from the July/August 2023 issue of Texas Observer magazine: texasobserver.org/issues/july-…

#TexasNeedsAnObserver! Become a member and get our magazine, six times per year: texasobserver.org/join

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Texas Observer July/August 2023: Abbott's Border Boondoggle

Delger Erdenesanaa looks at how Texas water plans ignore the climate. Justin Miller takes us into the growing problems of Greg Abbott's wall.
The Texas Observer
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We promise to have news soon, but as 5pm Central approaches, we're putting out one final call to donate and share to our GoFundMe and show our board that #TexasNeedsAnObserver—we'd like to hit $300k in 3 days if we can.

gofundme.com/f/laid-off-texas-…

(Thank you to EVERYONE that's already given, and we understand if you've given all you can. And thanks for putting up with all this fundraising, it's really making a difference this week, we promise.)

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“Among the unexpected sources of support for the magazine was the #fediverse—the collection of decentralized Mastodon servers that soared in popularity following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Many comments on the GoFundMe page mention that the donors learned about the Observer through #Mastodon—where the Texas Observer was one of the first journalistic outlets to set up its own server, @jamescanup said.”

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/m… via Guardian

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Texas Observer journalists raise $270,000 in bid to save publication

Magazine’s editors asked board not to lay off anyone for a month if staff raised $200,000 after Friday’s vote to cease publication
Julia Carrie Wong (The Guardian)
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