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Back in the late 90s, early 2000, I was part of a successful effort, called Fight the Fingerprint, in which Twila Brase (CCHF), Electronic Privacy Information Center, ACLU, and many "Christian" organizations put a a stop a national "rule" that would have required biometric ID (fingerprints) on all state-issued driver licenses and ID cards. World Net Daily still has archived articles on that effort to Stop the National ID (Sadly, WND has gone full MAGAtard and is no longer reliable but they do have a search function that brings up the old articles). Now, must states use facial recognition photo equipment and the photos are entered into a centralized data base -- without the applicant's knowledge.

Few people know that it was Newt Gingrich who pushed through Congress the law (now codified at Title 42, Section 666) that requires applicants for any license (driver, pilot, business, hair dresser, etc) to submit a social security number.

This last week, I went to renew my driver license was denied renewal. I was told I had to take a social security card to the state driver license office so they could verify it.

Donald Trump is an advocate of a Biometric based entry/exit system for travel. Trump is also a proponent of mandatory E-Verify (to work and, eventually, to travel).

The universal ID scheme is a globalist agenda. Musk, Thiel, Bezos, Lutnick, Bessent, Gates, Zuckerberg, Kushner..., and Trump, are setting the stage for this soon-to-be mandatory system where no one will be able to buy, sell, travel -- or get medical treatment -- without a government-approved biometric ID.

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Excellent post. Since the REAL ID requirement crap “to travel on commercial aircraft” started showing up, I felt it was a yet another method to “keep track of us”. Then when I looked into all the documentation required to get one, I said “forget it, I’m not doing that”. My CDL was not due for a renewal so I forgot about it. And I also knew that for travel one could use a valid US passport, which I have, so I knew that is what I would use to travel within the U.S, so I never fell for the REAL ID propaganda about domestic air travel.

Then last fall my CDL was slated for “renewal”. I got on the CA DMV website (because CA wants you do do all this kind of activity on their digital platform) and looked at what I needed to do to renew my CDL. Because I am over 70 I had to do an “In person” visit to a DMV office. While I was perusing the CA DMV website I looked to see if one could just “renew the DL for a regular DL, not a REAL ID”. It took a bit of digging but I found that I could get a regular CDL, which is what I did. And my DL has no “red star” in the upper right hand corner, only “FEDERAL LIMITS APPLY”.

A side note, unless one does some deep digging, the possibility that one can get a “regular DL” in the State of California is not at all widely publicized or available. All through the DMV offices, there are signs about the REAL ID deadline. It’s as if a regular DL or ID card doesn’t exist anymore.

I have a number of ‘freedom (medical and personal) patriot warrior type’ friends who all applied and got the REAL ID. They never even questioned if there was an alternative ID that they could use or obtain, instead of the REAL ID. Or of the digital tracking device aspect of the REAL ID.

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