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The Babylon Bee, a website that skewers liberals, filed a lawsuit Monday challenging California’s new anti-satire laws, saying Gov. Gavin Newsom is trying to take the fun out of politics. One law forbids posting or sharing online “deceptive” content that harms a candidate’s “electoral prospects” ahead of an election, while another prods social media companies to police their platforms for anything that would run afoul of the new standard. Those who want to practice political satire — an area where Babylon Bee has few rivals — must attach a sort of product warning label which, The Bee says, effectively destroys the point of the satire. “Unfortunately for them, the First Amendment secures our right to tell jokes they don’t like,” Bee CEO Seth Dillon said. Joining The Bee in the lawsuit is Kelly Chang Rickert, a lawyer who is active online with her own thoughts on politics and social issues