Your loving government overlords want to wish you a happy New Year, but not with confetti or champagne.

Rather, they ring in the new year with a fresh batch of terrible new laws.

To kick off the celebration, Governor Gavin Newsom has just signed a bill into law that will require fast food chains that operate in California to pay their employees a minimum of $20 per hour.

“Why not make it $100 an hour?” Glenn Beck scoffs, noting that the law doesn’t seem to recognize how business actually works — that businesses will have to lay off employees when they can’t afford their labor.

“You can’t just print money like the United States of America,” he adds.

But the festivities in California are just ramping up. The state is also initiating a new law that any business that sells toys can be fined if they aren’t selling gender-neutral toys.

The toys have to be clearly marked and sectioned, and stores that refuse to comply will face a $250 penalty for the first violation and a $500 penalty for every subsequent offense.

Glenn believes there’s one clear reason for this new law.

“To make a statement: this store will comply,” he explains.

Illinois might take the cake with some of the worst new laws of 2024: allowing non-citizens to become police officers and sheriffs and requiring landlords under state law to rent or sell property to noncitizens and illegal aliens.

The state is also shutting off state funding for public and school libraries that ban books for political reasons, including books that promote LGBTQ+ ideology.

“I’m noticing a trend here, on some of these laws,” Glenn says.

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