Hello, everybody, and thank you for tuning in to the weekly report. Real ID. Fony 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 Christy Noem announced her department would in May begin

enforcing the Real ID law. Pasted in 205, 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 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 U.S. citizen should ask what a present-day, 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 U.S. citizens.

Real ID supporters deny the law

turns state driver's licenses

into national ID cards

because states have the no mandate

to implement real ID.

However, citizens of any state

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