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Are you REAL ID ready?
On May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities.
A REAL ID is a driver’s license or state ID card that doubles as a federally recognized form of identification, along with facial recognition technology. With a star in the corner of the ID card, next to “USA,” individuals are considered national, not State, citizens.
Federal agents would have everyone believe that this is the only acceptable ID on the market. NOT TRUE.
Why oppose it? The NYCLU says the REAL ID is a REAL threat to privacy and is an unfunded mandate that will cost billions of dollars to implement, including higher license fees. More than that, a digital ID is a tool to connect everyone to the Internet of Things (IoT),, through the Identity of Things.
Biodigital Convergence
Radio Frequency ID, once called RFID has been used by farmers to tag and track animals. The latest farm rule would make RFID tags mandatory for cattle and bison being transported across state lines. The reasons against RFID are many. Hear what one small farmer has to say and how to stop the mandated use of RFID tags.
Now, RFID will be adapted from animals to humans as a REAL digital ID, to be tracked, monitored, and integrated into the Internet of Things (IoT).
REAL ID is the entry point to a Biodigital Convergence, the merging of humans with machines.
In the coming years, biodigital technologies could be woven into our lives in the way that digital technologies are now. Biological and digital systems are converging, and could change the way we work, live, and even evolve as a species. More than a technological change, this biodigital convergence may transform the way we understand ourselves and cause us to redefine what we consider human or natural.
Accepting a REAL ID is giving “implied consent” to everything that will follow.
Nodes on the Network
The role of Digital ID (DID) or REAL ID, is synergistic with the IoT and A.I. Humans with digital ID become a ‘node on the network,‘ an Avatar, a device, “for security” reasons. In the process, energy is harvested to run systems, such as blockchain.
Each device within the IoT ecosystem is assigned a unique digital identity, enabling it to be recognized, authenticated, and authorized within the network.
Digital identity establishes trust in the IoT ecosystem, crucial for the seamless interaction of devices, systems, and users.
Decentralized identity for blockchain.
* Under the U.S. Constitution, no one is required to submit to REAL ID, or any National ID system.
The following information is directly taken from the Minnesota Health Freedom group, Citizens Council for Health Freedom:
Real ID is an unconstitutional National ID that will end state and personal sovereignty.
REAL ID History
In 2005, Congress passed an unconstitutional law requiring all American citizens to be issued a “National Identification card” (U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander’s words on the Senate floor) – a REAL ID. In 2008, the Department of Homeland Security issued a rule requiring all states to conform to the unconstitutional federal law and issue REAL IDs for driver’s licenses and identification cards.
More than half of the states REFUSED this usurpation of states’ rights—25 states passed laws prohibiting compliance and 12 states passed resolutions opposing REAL ID. Federal deadline after deadline passed with little state compliance. In 2016, President Obama issued the “You can’t fly” lie. In 2017, U.S. Senator Rand Paul sponsored a bill to repeal REAL ID, but it did not advance (Senator Paul is now the chair of the U.S. Senate’s Homeland Security committee).
The news media parroted the “you can’t fly” lie, and Americans began pressuring state legislators to comply. By 2018, most states were in compliance with the federal rule, but a majority of cards were not.
Find the 15 other acceptable identification documents that can be used to fly on the TSA website. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) accepts several photo IDs when boarding domestic flights.
What is REAL ID
REAL ID is an unconstitutional National ID that will end state and personal sovereignty (CCHF Public Comment).
- Fully imposed, it will be digitized, potentially put on your phone, made real-time and remotely accessible, and used to track and control movement, purchases, and transactions (AAMVA Testimony).
- REAL ID could become a Chinese-like social credit system, linked to a global ID.
The expanding use of biometric and digital ID systems are potential threats to medical privacy, patient autonomy, and individual freedom. REAL ID opens the door to tracking, profiling, and control over your medical choices and daily life. - Don’t buy the lie. You can still fly – without REAL ID.
- Indeed you may be able to fly without any ID, according to Gilmore vs. Gonzalez. Processes are in place today if you lose your ID, including questions you need to answer (i.e. What was the color of your first car?) and a search.
How to Avoid REAL ID
Don’t get one
If you have one, change it back to a state ID. Just go to your state’s DMV and tell them you want a regular driver’s license — without the star in the corner
(This is important because we want the number of people WITHOUT the Real ID to INCREASE to demonstrate that we are rejecting this intrusion into our privacy and freedom and rights.)
Get a passport instead. [The U.S. passport book and passport card are both REAL ID compliant.]
Use other forms of ID
Get the word out to others
Tell your representatives you do not want it — go to RefuseRealID.org
Do NOT comply with the TSA facial scans at the airport — just say “No thank you, please check my ID yourself.”
Take Action
- Contact your U.S. Senator and U.S. Representative and ask them to withdraw the TSA “progressive enforcement” rule and repeal the law. TAKE ACTION TODAY.
- Use social media to share your request with Congress, President Trump, and alert Americans.Check your current ID for a “star”. If it has a star then it’s a National ID, not a state ID.
- Make the switch to a standard ID or driver’s license today. Don’t wait for renewal. Five states do not allow you to have a standard ID (Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Wyoming). States like North Carolina, make your choice clear.”
- Get a passport and passport card if you’re nervous about flying, but do not get a REAL ID.Tell everyone you know the truth about REAL ID – it’s a federal takeover of state and personal sovereignty.
Peggy Hall, the Healthy American, is one of few talking about your rights on this subject and how to proceed. Listen to her here:
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