government overreach

LA City Council Votes to Publicly Name - and Perhaps 'Commandeer' - Hotels That Refuse to House Homeless During COVID-19 Outbreak

"Each hotel brings new hope, each room could save a life," Mayor Eric Garcetti said, according to KABC-TV.

CT Dem State Rep That Claims To Champion Women Hits Women-Dominant Industry With Massive Gov't Regulations

Yesterday, the Democrat-dominant state of Connecticut decided to put up entry barriers for low-income individuals to enter the nail salon industry. State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, who championed the...

California's Set to Implement More Than 1,000 New Laws in 2019

More than 1,000 new laws are set to go into effect in California this year, ranging from kinda-okay rules to completely ridiculous ones. But regardless of how you feel about each new regulation, one thing’s...

Boston Mayor Wants to Make it Mandatory For Doctors to Know if You Own Guns

Most people we know have had a visit or two with a doctor. The visit usually goes along the lines of the doctor asking questions like: How are you feeling? What’s concerning you? Have you had a fever...

Government Overreach: FDA Looks to Place Ban on Menthol Cigarettes and Flavored E-Cigs

The agency is expected to announce a proposed ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes and flavored e-cigarettes in order to “curb nicotine addiction in both minors and African-Americans," according...

The Environment Is Worth Preserving, But It's Not the Government's Job to Do It

Believe it or not, it is possible, even in our polarized society, to hold two thoughts in one’s head at the same time: that the environment is worth the effort to preserve, and that preserving it...

South Africa Targets First White-Owned Farms for Government Seizure

The South African government has started the process of forcibly seizing white farmers’ property for redistribution to the country’s black natives, according to local reports.

First They Came For Your Straws, Now They Want Your Party Balloons

Cities across the nation like Seattle, San Francisco, and even entire countries like the United Kingdom have made moves to ban single-use plastic straws to fight the ever-growing plastic pollution issue....

San Francisco May Force Tech Workers To Eat Out For Lunch - Seriously

No, this is not The Onion.

Ohio Argues to Strip Parents' Custody For Not Accepting Their Child's Transgenderism

It doesn’t matter that she’s their child.

California May Start Jailing or Fining Waiters $1,000 For Offering Plastic Straws

If you’re a waiter at a California Applebee’s who dares offer your customers a plastic straw to go with their size-regulated soft drink, that mere thoughtful gesture might soon net you a $1,000 fine...

Wanna Offer Fitness Tips? Yeah, You Need a License For That

All over America, state politicians keep demanding fitness instructors pay for licenses just to do business. In fact, the feds already passed such an onerous law in 2014, it's just not being executed.

California Suburb Charges 12 With Misdemeanors For Feeding the Homeless

A group of benevolent volunteers including a 14-year-old girl were charged with misdemeanors.

Seattle’s Now Charging a $10 Tax On a $16 Case of Gatorade

Yeah, they’re looking at you, dude with the Big Gulp.

NJ Town Plans to Fine Drivers Who Use Their Streets Via Navigation Apps

Mass. Churches Win A Huge Victory Over State Attacks on Religious Freedom

For now, at least, it appears churches in Massachusetts have retained their constitutional right to operate according to their own religious beliefs free of overreaching state mandates.  The...

Mass. Churches Fire Back At Transgender Bathroom Mandate

The Alliance Defending Freedom filed a lawsuit today on behalf of four Massachusetts churches and their pastors, alleging the state illegally encroached on religious freedom when it demanded churches open...

Report: Hair-Braiding Laws Restrict Workers & Kill Jobs

According to a report from the Institute for Justice, a libertarian law firm, occupational licensing requirements are harmful toward workers who simply want to earn “an honest living in the...