Twila Brase on REAL ID: A Trojan Horse for Total Surveillance

REAL ID: A Federal ID, Not a Driver's License

• 💡 The REAL ID is described as a federal ID under federal control, usurping states' rights and violating privacy, rather than just a driver's license.
• 🎯 It's noted that the REAL ID is not called a "real driver's license" but a "REAL ID," signifying its federal nature.
• 🔑 The official purpose includes accessing federal facilities, boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft, and entering nuclear power plants, with the potential for the Secretary to determine any other purposes.

Expansion of REAL ID Purposes and Surveillance Capabilities

• 🚀 The Secretary has the power to expand the required purposes of REAL ID without returning to Congress or the President, as declared in a 2008 Homeland Security rule.
• ⚠️ Potential future uses include opening bank accounts, getting married, or buying a gun, under the guise of national security.
• 🧠 The REAL ID is planned to be digitized and put on phones with remote and real-time access, incorporating biometric facial scans with detailed facial geometry data.
• 📈 This biometric data collection is framed as the government claiming the right to catalog coordinates of your body for control and surveillance.

Historical Context and Implementation of REAL ID

• 🧩 The REAL ID Act was slipped into a defense authorization bill after 9/11, with many voting on it unaware of its implications.
• 🚫 Initially, about 30 states objected to REAL ID, passing laws or resolutions against compliance.
• 📢 President Obama's 2016 ultimatum that one wouldn't be able to fly without a REAL ID led to widespread state conformity within three years.
• 💰 Many DMVs accepted federal money to build the REAL ID system, even when state laws prohibited it, often doing so secretly.

Refusing REAL ID and Alternatives

• ✅ Individuals can refuse a REAL ID and ask for a standard state driver's license instead; 45 states offer standard licenses.
• ✈️ REAL ID is not required to fly; the TSA accepts 16 different forms of ID, including US passports, passport cards, and military IDs.
• 🔒 Opting out of REAL ID may lead to losing ready access to essential services, but alternatives like passports or passport cards are available.
• 📢 It is encouraged to tell state legislators to introduce bills or pass resolutions to stop REAL ID and extract states from the system.

Concerns and Future Implications

• ⚠️ REAL ID is seen as a Trojan horse for vaccine passports, digital health credentials, and linking medical data to the ID.
• 🇨🇳 It sets the stage for a social credit system, enabling control over behavior, beliefs, or health status.
• 🌍 REAL ID harmonizes US identification standards with expanding global control frameworks pushed by organizations like the UN and World Economic Forum.
• 🗣️ The term "REAL ID" is a deliberate choice to make the system seem legitimate and good, masking its true intent of government control and submission.