REAL-ID: Phony Security Real Authoritarianism

Because the federal government can’t force this on the states. And there’s, sounds like to me there’s a great lawsuit there in bringing up the Mack Prince case. So the only thing I see differently on here is the top corner over here. And there’s a star. That’s it. But that’s the only thing I see different. So what is the big thing that Dr. Paul is making out of this? Because I got to tell you this. I asked the guy at the DMV here in Arizona, right here, Chandler, Arizona, just down the street, which way is, oh no, it’s this way.

Sorry. It’s west of me. And he didn’t know what the difference was. Every time I go through an airport, the last five months, the TSA agent always says, don’t forget, in May, you have to have your real ID, your new driver’s license. So my other driver’s license, my other one is not expired. I can still use it if I want to, because none of you have to get it if you have a passport. You can use your passport instead of this. So what does my passport have that it fulfills the requirements of real ID? So Jack, hit me with what’s wrong with it.

Well, let Ron tell you, but also I want to point out that when you get that license, that data all goes to the federal government. So they fill up their database with you. You’re already there. Right. But that’s part of the plan. Second of all, they want to be able to attach the identification to electronic signatures so that they can add the real ID to your cell phone. Like you’re going to end up with some sort of either an app or a new edition of the cell phone that will have the real ID built in.

And then your phone will read it. When you hold up your license to your phone, then your phone becomes part of you, and then you can use your phone for identification. They don’t want to let anybody on an airplane without a real ID. That’s just simply to get you to do it. I don’t see how they can stop it, but also trains. They’re going to use trains now. And previously they left training people alone for the most part. But this is just another control mechanism. But Ron has a couple of good reasons why you may not be interested in doing it.

And then we’ll go ahead and let him tell us once I click on the right button here. Because like I said, I still don’t have to use this if I don’t want to. They’re saying you can you don’t have to use it, but you can’t fly. So I know you like I’ll use my passport. I can. Yeah, you can use it with the with that. All right. So hello, everybody. And thank you for tuning in to the weekly report. Real ID. It’s only security, real authoritarianism. Those who hope the second Trump administration would reject big spending, war and restrictions on liberty continue to be disappointed.

A new disappointment came when Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced her department would in May begin enforcing the real ID law. Passed in 2005, the Real ID Act created federal standards for driver’s licenses. The law requires everyone applying for a driver’s license to provide the DMV with his social security number, proof of legal residence and two proofs of his home address. The Real ID Act allows the Homeland Security Department to mandate, as it seems fit, the including of an additional items in the related government database, including biometric identifiers.

Biometric identifiers include personal data, such as retinal scans and fingerprints and DNA. People who doubt that this database will be used to violate the rights of US citizens should ask what a President J Edgar Hoover, a former FBI director who was notorious for collecting private information on politicians and other prominent individuals, would do with a database containing personal and even biometric information on American citizens. They should also consider the IRS’s history of targeting President’s political enemies. Americans also have the threat of violations of their rights by hackers. The government has a poor record of protecting data of US citizens.

Real ID supporters deny the law, turn state driver’s licenses into national ID calls because states have the no mandate to implement Real ID. However, citizens of any state that refuses to adopt Real ID will be unable to use their state-issued IDs for boarding an airplane or riding on a train. Once the initial uses of the Real ID are established, the government will then require Real ID for other activities. For instance, local transportation authorities may be offered federal funds to implement Real ID requirements for public transportation. Several pro- Second Amendment organizations oppose Real ID because it could be used to monitor gun owners.

There is nothing in the law prohibiting a future progressive homeland security secretary from requiring Real ID for a firearms purchase. Imposing a Real ID mandate on gun ownership would further the authoritarian objective of having a database containing the name and address of and how many and what type of firearms are owned by every law-abiding gun owner in the country. Real ID also menaces health freedom. One of the few victories for liberty during the COVID hysteria was the failure of vaccine passport schemes to be more widely imposed. These schemes attempted to forbid people from returning to their normal lives unless they proved they were fully vaccinated against COVID.

Real ID was marketed as a weapon in the war on terror. However, Thomas Massey, the most consistent and courageous defender of liberty in the world, found out that 9-11 hijackers used passports from their own countries. Representative Massey wrote, as long as the pilot’s door is locked and no one has weapons, why do you care that someone who flies has government permission? Like most post-9-11 security bills, Real ID does nothing to protect the It does, though, do much to endanger their liberty. Real ID could even be the final piece of the transformation of America into a total surveillance society where government monitors and thus controls our actions.

Americans who understand the danger must work to get the Trump administration to reverse this position. Thanks for listening. Yep, it is a very dangerous item. Well, Dr. Paul. Central Bank digital currency, if you put the two together, you know, you have the ultimate prison. You can’t travel and you can’t use your bank account and if they don’t like you on one side it reflects on the other. Your ID won’t work anywhere. [tr:trw].