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The Kansas City Chiefs became back-to-back Super Bowl champions on Sunday. The victory solidified Taylor Swift’s status as chief right-wing anti-hero.  For weeks now, conservatives have been floating unhinged conspiracy theories accusing Swift of dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce as part of a deep-state plot to help President Joe Biden win the 2024 general election in November. It’s certifiably insane, but as with most conspiracy theories believers are able to twist reality into a confirmation. For some…

One state lawmaker wants Nebraska to take measures to protect it from cyberattacks. His answer? Hire its own hacker.State Sen. Loren Lippincott presented a bill Thursday to the Legislature’s government committee that would give the Nebraska State Patrol $200,000 to hire “an ethical hacker.” The hacker would spend his or her days trying to break into the state’s computer network, as well as election equipment and software, to find any vulnerabilities in those systems.Lippincott said he got the idea from a nephew of his who…

The United Auto Workers elected reform candidate Shawn Fain as its next leader, according to Mr. Fain and his opponent, marking an upheaval in the union’s top ranks and creating a wild card for auto makers ahead of contract talks in Detroit.Mr. Fain, a 54-year-old who started his career as an electrician and rose through the UAW ranks while working at factories now owned by Stellantis STLA -0.63% NV, has struck a more strident tone ahead of…