Newsom’s anti-satire law tries to kill the joke — and the First Amendment
California’s governor has a new title: humor police. In July, Gov. Gavin Newsom published a tweet, declaring that a parody video of presidential candidate Kamala Harris should be “illegal.” True to his word—and just months before election season—California passed two laws that restrict political expression under the guise of prohibiting “materially deceptive content.” The first…