In a satirical video posted on YouTube last year, The Babylon Bee invited viewers to visit California, saying “It’s America’s future” while showing images of homeless encampments, smog, wildfires and traffic.

“California is a premium state with premium ideas,” the narrator says. “We’ve got the highest housing prices, gas and taxes of any state, and more is always better.”

It was but one effective salvo the Babylon Bee has tossed in the direction of Gov. Gavin Newsom, who, despite his efforts to reach out to conservatives , remains a popular target of the right. And the Bee now has a new win in its column, with a federal judge ruling that a California law that prohibits some deepfake images and videos of politicians is unconstitutional.

The fact that the latest ruling seemed to cal

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