Greetings and welcome to this edition of Faith
to Live By. I'm Pam Christian, your host of this
weekly podcast, where each week I seek to help
us explore current events from a biblical and
prophetic perspective. For the past couple of
weeks, we've been exploring how governments of
the world are imposing various restrictions on
their citizens for all types of basic living
activities, including employment, shopping, and
travel. My guest again today is Twyla Brays helping
us understand how the Real ID Act in the United
States runs a parallel with the restrictions
many other nations are imposing on their citizens
and how all such requirements are efforts to
extinguish any and all personal freedoms and
liberties to enslave the people of the world
under a single totalitarian oligarchy. Not sure
if what I just said is true? Then sticking around
to listen to this entire podcast is even more
important for you to make certain you are not
deceived. No one wants to be deceived. Yet, as
I've often said, unless we intentionally examine
what we believe and why we believe as we do,
we can easily be deceived and not realize we
are. After all, it is the very nature of deception
that the victim is unaware. I know my audience
is well informed and able to recognize such restrictions
as the Real ID Act have been systematically implemented
to incrementally bring all the people of the
world under the control of a one -world government.
This is all part of the long -term goals that
the self -anointed oligarchs have been working
for decades upon decades to enslave the people
of the world under what they call the Great Reset
to establish their multinational entity for a
one -world government. If you don't believe that
there has been such a group effort to extinguish
your personal, God -given freedoms, then you
are among those who have been utterly deceived
by their highly orchestrated manipulation tactics.
If you still trust your government, regardless
of what nation you reside, you have become prey
to their agenda. Mill Kay was my guest not too
long ago who perhaps more succinctly than most
is able to articulate the reality of the world's
condition with the explanation of how we got
to the point we are, which is exceedingly dangerously
close to being conquered by evil. Evil working
through power -hungry and greedy men and women
who believe they are in a position to act as
God over all humanity. Mel Kay wrote in her book
titled Americans Anonymous Restoring Power to
the People One Citizen at a Time, quote, We are
in the battle of our lifetime and possibly an
epic battle unlike anything we have seen in the
past. With the specter of global totalitarianism
looming, not one nation or principality, but
the entire world is at stake. As I say all the
time, they are not after the United States. They
are after conquering and capturing the world,
and the United States is in the way. Once they
defeat and destroy our nation from within and
from without, they can easily take the rest of
the world. That is why we must stand in our power,
remain firm in our commitment to truth, be fearless
and brave, refuse to comply and neither capitulate
nor allow one more inch of infringement on our
sovereignty or freedom." The time for us to stand
strong against the evils in this world is now
more than ever. God has prophetically promised
he has been exposing all manner of evil wherever
it exists so his children that is all Christ
believers worldwide can unite in prayer using
our spiritual weapons of warfare to defeat the
enemy there is no power and authority the enemy
fears more than that of Christ at work in and
through his people As God's people in this world
have become more aware of the extent of evil,
we are uniting in our assignment to call and
tear down evil. The enemy's plans have been being
torn down over the past five years and knowing
they are very close to losing every goal they
have ever worked for over the past 100 years,
the enemy is using what limited abilities he
has left to work all manner of havoc, all over
the world all at the same time. Hearing reports
this past week of what is going on in all the
countries of the world at the very same time
is in the natural entirely overwhelming. This
is why we must remain engaged in our spiritual
reality so we will indeed realize the victory
over evil Christ has already died to provide
us. God's promises are certain and we must remain
focused to get us through what is certain to
be the most turbulent times the world has ever
seen now and going through into early next year.
This very real spiritual war between good and
evil is the very reason I started this podcast
in July of 2020 to help all of us learn the truth
to no longer be deceived and fight for our God
-given rights not just for those here in the
United States but for all the people of the world.
There is one being that has always sought to
overthrow God and assume control over all humanity
and that being is known as Satan. Even if you
have not yet come to believe in God and Satan,
who are the entities behind all good and evil
in this world, the existence for which is best
described according to the Christian faith in
contrast to all other world religions and philosophies.
But even if you haven't come to believe that,
you must admit at the very least all human beings
have been subject to a global battle of good
versus evil. Our choice then is to decide which
side of the battle we want to be aligned with,
good or bad. There is no middle ground. If you
are not intentionally aligned with all that is
good, by default you are aligned with all that
is evil. If you are not willing to put the effort
in to fight against evil for the promotion of
all that is good, then you are the same as an
intentional enemy against good. In the words
of Mel K, quote, the totalitarian blog behind
the Great Reset and the public -private partnership
stakeholders, along with their United Nations
and World Economic Forum tentacles and the International
Banking Cartel have invested everything in their
Agenda 2030 and their 17 Sustainable Development
Goals of total power, control, surveillance,
and slavery system will not be defeated without
our full commitment to our freedom and future
against them." Being armed with truth is our
first order of business and this is exactly what
I seek to help us become each and every week
with this podcast. Because our best opportunity
for victory over these tyrannical oligarchs is
to have the vast majority of people of the world
armed with truth, I suggest your role to this
end is to share this podcast with as many people
as you can far and wide. Citizens of America
need to hear today's podcast about the Real ID
Act and learn what we must do to resist it. Similarly,
citizens of all other nations need to hear this
podcast and consider it in light of the many
restrictions and requirements imposed on them
by their governments. Because of the significant
advancement of evil in our day, all of us must
become intentional about our existence, our alignments,
and affiliations, and much more fully and properly
aware of the impact sinister forces are having
upon us, our lives, our families, our societies,
our culture, values, and ethics, and we must
be willfully engaged in the fight against evil.
We must take responsibility for the fact that
evil has advanced to the state it has because
too many of us have been apathetic and complacent
and generally disengaged in society, abdicating
our civic responsibilities to others who do not
have our best interest at heart. The Real ID
Act, in part, impacts our ability for air travel.
Something I certainly don't want to be a problem
for us who plan on being part of my Christian
ground tour of Greece in April 2026. And if you've
been thinking about being part of this trip I
want to be sure you know how to get your name
on the reservation list. We want to get a group
of about 30 people signed up because this size
group is best for this type tour. And the more
people who sign up the less the trip costs each
one of us. Some who have previously signed up
have had to let me know that their plans have
changed, which means we have more spots available
now which we want to fill up. At this point it's
just a matter of putting your name on the reservation
list with your final confirmation in the next
month or so. I'll explain more about this process
of placing your name on the reservation list
later in the podcast. But now let me share my
interview with Twyla Braze on the truth about
the existence of the Real ID Act to help you
know what you must do to protect yourself. and
your loved ones. I want to move now on to how
this whole HIPAA awareness allowed you to become
aware of the deception with what's known as the
real ID in the United States. Let's talk about
that now. Yeah, so I think real ID is in the
news because the government is saying you can't
fly without it, that sort of thing. That's a
lie. I'll just start out right here. You can't
fly is a lie. But I think the history of it is
beneficial for people to understand and why we
are where we are now, because this law for the
real ID passed in 2005. It passed through the
US Senate without a single hearing. It was just
tacked onto a must -have defense spending bill
and they never had a hearing, they never had
a vote, they had nothing. It just appeared for
the final vote on the defense spending bill.
So it was put in there without proper vetting
and without proper time for the American public
to even understand what was happening. So that
too was a bit of a deception. And what the law
says is it's essentially telling the states that
they need to change their driver's licensing
system to now create a federal ID. So the real
ID is not a state driver's license. It's not
a state ID. It's not a state ID that simply or
a state driver's license that simply has a star
on it. It is a federal ID, a federal identification
card for a national surveillance system. Well,
when the states figure this out in 2007, 2008
and 2009, they passed bills. A lot of states
passed bills saying we are not going to do this
because this violates our rights. This is an
unfunded mandate. It's going to be extraordinarily
expensive and it violates privacy rights because
it's becoming a federal ID. And it's not just
for flying. So you have to understand what the
law says. The law says that under the definition
section, there's a definition of official purposes.
And so this is the official purposes for the
Real ID. And so it says that the official purposes
for the Real ID are for access to federal facilities,
access to nuclear facilities, access to commercial
flight. And then it adds these words, and for
any other purposes that the secretary shall determine.
So this is not limited to flight or federal buildings
and nuclear facilities. Nope, the secretary all
by him or herself without going back to Congress
or back to the president. could decide things
like, well, you need a real ID to buy a gun.
You need a real ID to access medical care. You
need a real ID to get married, to go to college,
to rent a car, to rent a hotel room, to open
a bank account. You know, this is what's happening
with national IDs around the globe. These are
the kind of things that they cannot do without
their national ID. What's being created here
is not only a federal ID, but a national. ID
and this of course, you know We are a country
of 50 states who limited the federal government
into what they could do and put that into the
Constitution and all the other rights in the
Tenth Amendment It says all the other rights
are accorded to the states and to the individuals
Well, this is the federal government commandeering
the states Getting them to pass laws to say We
will conform with real ID. We will do whatever
the federal government wants us to do. We will
print federal ID cards. We will agree to not
call them federal IDs. We will still have them
look like a state ID. Essentially, the federal
government hijacked the DMVs and the DMVs played
along with it. And so now the American public
thinks that what they have are state driver's
licenses with a star. So, you know, in 2007,
2008, 2009, all these states, you know, said
no. And Real ID got stuck. And it got stuck for
about nine years. And then President Obama, at
the end of 2015, shouted from the rooftops that
you will not be able to fly in 2016 if you don't
have a Real ID. Well, this was the first time
that the major media probably even knew this.
Anyway, they picked up on it, they heralded it
everywhere, and now you had constituents of state
legislators contacting them and saying, fix this.
I have summer homes, I have winter homes, I've
got children, I've got grandchildren, I've got
places to go, I've got vacations to take, I need
to fly. So everybody just believed President
Obama, and state legislators, nine years later,
they just gave up. They gave up states' rights.
They gave up individual rights. They gave up
privacy rights. They didn't stand up like the
legislators in 2007, 2008, and 2009. And so now
here we are. So that was 2016 where 2016, 2017,
and 2018 states all moved to conform with the
federal government. They bowed to their constituents
without telling their constituents that they
were giving up their constitutional rights. And
so now you have all the states who have agreed
to conform with the Real ID Act, agreed to issue
federal IDs under federal control. But COVID
interrupted that a bit. They essentially pushed
back deadlines. There's been probably about six
or seven deadlines in total because people were
just not getting the real ID and legislators
were saying no to the real ID and states weren't
ready to issue real IDs and they didn't have
enough money for the new equipment. You know,
thing after thing after thing caused delay. So
now here is where we are. They said that on May
7th of this year was the deadline to have a real
ID or you wouldn't be able to fly. And that has
always been a lie. So first and foremost, the
TSA has 16 different identification cards that
you can use to fly. Or maybe even before that,
what you need to know is there's no law anywhere
that says you need any kind of ID to fly. This
is just something the FAA came up with, but it's
not backed by a law. FAA is a regulatory agency.
It's not. legislators. There's no law requiring
you to have an ID. But everybody has, you know,
followed this. But above and beyond that, now
we have this law that says you need a real ID
for for flight. And I don't actually even think
that the law has said or any real ID compatible
other ID. But the TSA has chosen to have 16 different
IDs. And of course, your passport will always
work for flight, because it's going to work for
flight over the globe. So it's always been a
lie. And it's a lie that is meant to convince
you to go and give up your constitutional rights
and get this federal ID. Now, your listeners
are probably thinking, well, so what? It's a
card with a star. What's the big idea? Is this
really? worth it fighting over? The DMV has testified
to Congress, December 5th, 2023, of their plans
to digitize the ID, put it on our phones, and
have remote access, real -time remote access
to our phones. Now, just imagine if they think
you've done something wrong and they just turn
it off. Turn it off. What are you going to do?
Where are you going to go? How are you going
to buy anything? So what we're really looking
at here is the creation of a foundation for the
American version of the Chinese social credit
system. And so that this ID becomes a digital
tracker, a digital controller. It'll control
whether you get access, whether it'll monitor
every transaction that you have. A digital ID
pings the government, the DMV, every time you
use it. They'll know where you're at. They might
know what you're buying. It depends on, you know,
what comes back at them. But it can be, you know,
what is that word when you triangulate, right?
You can triangulate, you know, and who else is
standing next to you? Who are you talking to?
You know, and they use their card too. So the
two of you are going to a concert together. The
two of you just bought fishing equipment. You
know, whatever it is, they can have that information.
So this is really, you know, oh, and then it's
biometrically controlled. I didn't even mention
that. So the federal law and the rule require
a biometric, starting with your face. And you
should be incensed about this. This is a Fourth
Amendment violation, because what they have done
is they have claimed a right to collect and catalog
the coordinates of your body for their control.
They are going to make your body your identifier.
Something that can never be changed, but something
that can be faked and hacked and used to digitally
impersonate you. But you, unlike a social security
number, you can't change your body parts. You
can't change your face. You can't change your
thumb. You can't change your poem. You can't
change your gait. You can't change your eyes,
except by, you know, like major surgery, right?
This is a complete violation. The government
has claimed this and they're hoping we just don't
notice. And so many people don't notice because
they're going to the airport and when the TSA
at the checkpoint says, stand in front of that,
give me your ID and stand in front of that camera,
they're just doing it. They don't realize, I
believe this is what's happening. They're not
only being desensitized to let the government
claim their body as their identifier. They're
also, I believe, I believe that this is training
their machines. They're artificial intelligence
machines. So when you hand them the ID, which
you took a picture in, who knows what clothes
looking, who knows how that day, right? Now they've
got a new picture of you. Now they've got new
hair shadows on men. They've got you in a hat.
They've got you in this. They've got you in that.
And they say that they're getting rid of the
picture, right? But are they getting rid of the
data? Are they getting rid of the digital, you
know, bytes that are coming in about different
pieces of you? I think they're training the machines
to be able to see you better in a crowd than
just, you know, using the picture on your ID.
So you have to understand this is so big. This
is so big. It should not be coming out of the
Trump administration. Kristi Noem, Secretary
of Homeland Security, she's lying. She lied on
April 11th when she said, if you come without
a real ID, you won't be able to travel. That's
what she said on April 11th. The deadline was
May 7th. On May 6th, she stood before Congress
and they said, so people without real ID won't
be able to fly. She said, oh, no, no, no, no,
no, no. If they come with the regular ID, there'll
just be a few more security steps and then we'll,
we'll make sure that they meet their travel itinerary.
That's what she said. And then the very next
day, on the so -called deadline. She put on Instagram
that said, today, in all caps, if you do not
come with your real ID, you will not be able
to fly. So she said one thing to Congress on
May 6, and she said another thing to the world
on May 7. So she is putting everybody into this
violation of constitutional rights, this national
federal identification system that could be hooked
up with a global ID system, could become a VAX
passport, could become a national patient ID
linking all of your medical records together,
could become so many things. All right, now I'm
going to ask you for conjecture. The question
is, do you believe that Kristi Noem is part of
a larger effort to actually continue to deceive
the American people for tracking and surveillance?
I don't know that question. What her intentions
or mindset is, I have no idea. But the fact of
the matter is, if you were a real conservative,
you would not be working to get people into an
unconstitutional national identification system
that when you are out of your position and when
Trump is out of office and when someone like
Gavin Newsom comes in, A system that he would
use to keep you in his 15 minute cities. A system
that he would use to make sure that you paid
taxes for all your carbon use. Now we can see
how far you travel and where you go and we can
see all the miles. We can just categorize them
because we've got it all digital now. If you
were a real conservative you wouldn't do that.
So we may not actually know the answer but there's
enough other evidence through these years that
we can make some pretty accurate conjecture.
And I'm in agreement with you. You know, we may
be somewhat protected while President Trump is
in office, but what about the future? With that
in mind, is your organization, because you're
specific for health freedom, is your organization
helping people fight against this real ID and
the claims that they are making of what we can
and cannot do so that we can fight back and maintain
our freedoms? Because as you said, this is unconstitutional.
It violates our rights as American citizens.
There's got to be... some pushback that we can
do. Yeah I think it was um Brent Weinstein who
called it the possibility that we'd be going
to some sort of totalitarian system because that's
what it sets up. That's what's happening with
it in China. Why would we do it in the United
States? So our organization is leading the charge.
I realize we're a health freedom organization
but we also know that this will lead to no card
no care. We know that it will be the VAX passport.
We believe it will be connected globally and
it will be used to share all sorts of information
about each and every one of us. And we are also
very concerned that the way that they would force
everybody into a Real ID is they would say as
the very next official purpose of the Real ID
would be access to medical care. Not everybody
has to fly, but everybody needs a doctor. So
yes, as a health policy organization, we are
very involved. We are leading the charge across
the country. We have all sorts of documents on
our RefuseRealID .org web page. It's a very special
page. Documents to help you say no, documents
to help you turn in your real ID. All sorts of
people in all sorts of states around the country
are having success. Some of them are not, and
they're letting us know. And so if your listeners
are making those kinds of efforts to switch back.
Do not wait for your renewal period. Do it right
now. The DMVs have gone rogue before. All right,
let's talk about that because that was one of
the things I also wanted to bring up. You were
just ahead of me. It's wonderful. But there are
options in many states where we can, if we've
already accepted the real ID, we can go back
to the Department of Motor Vehicles and ask for
a standard state ID, correct? Standard state
ID or a standard state driver's license? So there
are 45 states that do not require the Real ID.
Only five states do, and that's Texas, Wyoming,
Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida. Did I list
them all? Anyway, so those five states... don't
give you any option whatsoever. But there are
other states that don't give you an option once
you've made the switch. And we've been finding
that out because of what people are telling us.
And we're not sure if it is that the state doesn't
allow it or the individual DMVs don't allow it.
And you could maybe go to a different DMV and
make a switch. We're not we're not sure about
that yet. We know that from somebody and several
people in California. They they called it easy
peasy They just went to made the switch somebody
somewhere else the DMV agent said I will I you
know, I don't want to be nosy But why don't you
want this car? Why do you want a state driver's
license? And she just kind of demurred, right?
She just didn't give a lot of information the
person who was making the switch So the agent
said so is it that you don't want to federal
ID? So that was interesting, right? So the DMVs
know that this is a federal ID. And so, you know,
it'll be up to your listeners wherever they are
to figure out whether or not their state would
say no. Minnesota, it's really easy. We fought
it here for two years. And so everything is really
easy here to make the switch because if, for
example, in Minnesota, we have a law so strong
that if Kristi Noem would say for health care
access, you need a real ID, the law, the real
ID law in Minnesota that conforms to the federal
ID, that law goes poof. It's gone. So that entire
law is repealed the second that HHS would add
something beyond commercial flight to that required
uses. And that is one thing that we are encouraging
legislators. There's like legislators in 10 different
states already and there's I think another two
who are working on legislation to stop conforming
or to shut down the real ID in their state or
to put poison pills in it like that like if you
add anything else you know we're done so um so
yeah I encourage people don't wait because those
DMV agents who went rogue In those nine years,
remember I said there was basically nine years
between when the state said no and Obama shouted
from the rooftops? We discovered that there were
a whole bunch of states that even though there
were laws against it in their state, they were
taking federal money and moving the state into
real ID compliance behind the backs of their
governors, behind the backs of their legislators.
So if you have three years until you need to
re -up, don't wait. Get it now. There are 44
% of all drivers licenses and IDs that are not
real ID compliant and Homeland Security and TSA
are desperate to get that number down and we
are Determined to get that number up. We want
it to be not just 44 % non -compliant. We wanted
to be 46 48, 50, 52. We want to change the trajectory
and we need the American people to work with
us to make this happen. So go to RefuseRealID
.org and there's even one page it's red on the
top and it says lose your real ID. Lose your
real ID and it gives you all the instructions
but usually it's just as simple as going in there
and saying I don't want this real ID anymore
I want a state driver's license and it's usually
that simple. Wow, this has been a wealth of information,
especially for all of us here in the United States.
But you did make reference to how a lot of this
is a parallel to what's happened in communist
China, where there is serious tracking and surveillance
of people there, so much so that they have a
social credit score that can impact their bank
accounts, their spending, their travel, and on
it goes. we are on that kind of trajectory here
in the United States and I'm supposing other
nations of the world most definitely are on the
same kind of a trajectory. With that in mind
they may not have the constitution of the United
States to protect them but there's got to be
other things that people around the world can
do because more and more we are seeing global
trends to try to take over people around the
world and enslave us. What do you recommend on
that big note? Well, on that, you know, there's
got to be people just like there are in China,
right? Just like there were in Hong Kong who
protested everything. But I think... I think,
you know, protesting, trying to become part of
your own government to start to turn it around,
to figure out who are the contractors for these
countries doing this. Because in America, there's
a contractor called Idemia. And everybody should
look up Idemia. Idemia sees you. They're the
ones who are running the cameras at the TSA.
They're the ones who are doing the TSA pre -check.
They've got the the cameras in every port, well
not every port, but lots of the big ports around
this nation. And they're doing most of the driver's
license cards for the states in the United States.
Are they global as well? They are in France.
So they're a French company. They used to be
called MorphoTrust and they're now called IDEMIA.
I -D -E -M -I -A. Just look them up and see.
You can see their videos about their cameras.
They want to see you from about 20 feet back.
They want to use your face to already put a name
to who you are. So they show all of this on their
website, what their plans are, all the different
companies. countries that they're working with.
So the whole thing is going up in this direction.
And there are publications like Biometric Update.
It's news, it's free, it's online, which tells
you every day the latest things with national
ID cards and digital ID cards and the companies
that are working on them and the countries they're
being imposed in and all that sort of thing.
America stands as a beacon of light in this world
of darkness in so many ways. And we are headed
down into that world of darkness, which is why
our organization is bound and determined to turn
this around. Because I believe that Americans
want to be in the world of light and freedom.
And they just think that digital ID is convenient
and they don't really realize anything about
the real ID. So they've been duped in so many
ways. And if they understand the chains that
are coming around their hands and around their
homes and around their country through a digital,
a national and federal digital ID biometric controlled
system that they can be tracked and they can
be controlled from anywhere. They are not going
to agree to this. So I want to just say thank
you for having me on to talk about this. Alright,
now Twyla, we've talked a lot about HIPAA, we've
talked about Real ID, and that's very specific
to the United States of America. Now I know that
as things go in the United States, there is something
of a forerunner to the rest of the nations in
the world. And I'm very concerned with what's
been going on with the globalists, that there
are many other nations in the world that are
being subjected to the same kind of tracking
and surveillance that we're finding ourselves
experiencing here in the United States. Speaking
to my listeners from around the globe, because
this is a global podcast, what would you say
to them that they need to know that this is not
just isolated to the United States, but they
could take action in their own respective countries?
Well, I think that there are always people in
every country who are lovers of freedom and actually
I think that they always look to the United States
to try to get information and advice and ideas
for what they can do but they have to move in
their own country and So, you know to tell the
story about how these digital systems can be
used to control them To see what happened in
China. Are they looking they have to they have
to share that but they also should you know try
to get a position in government like as a member
of their ruling party you know who can actually
move to to you know get them out of to extract
them from these kind of programs on digital ID
they should also look at the companies and they
should track these companies like who are these
companies So in America, it is IDEMIA that is
really the one who's doing this all for the government.
And IDEMIA is spelled I -D -E -M -I -A. And IDEMIA
is who's running the cameras at TSA PreCheck,
who's running the entire identification system
at TSA PreCheck. as well as the TSA checkpoints.
And they also have ports all around the country
that they have cameras in. So they are perfecting
their system to know you by your biometrics and
to know who everybody is and to be watching.
So I like to say, find out the companies that
are doing these systems for the countries that
they're in and then start watching those companies.
Start sharing with members of the political parties
or the people who are in power about how this
is impacting the country, impacting your freedom,
impacting your privacy. See what they're doing.
Just think that because you can't see anything
around you that you're not being tracked, followed,
and profiled, or that data isn't being collected
on everything that you do because you have a
digital ID. Don't think of this as a convenience.
Understand that this is a method of control,
no matter what country you're in. It's not about
convenience. This is about control. So you have
to, you know, think differently about it. Absolutely.
You know, Twyla, we've just had an initial conversation
of both HIPAA and the Real ID and how both of
these really violate person's God -given rights.
And that is international. Our rights from God
are international. And I definitely want to have
you back, especially as we're finding legislation
and different things taking place that can help
reverse this. I want to get some updates from
you. So please make a point of putting me on
your short list that I can have you back soon.
Oh, absolutely. We'd love to come back. Thank
you so much. So part of what I didn't like learning
is that the Real ID Act passed without a hearing
or a vote and was actually tagged onto a defense
spending bill. This is evidence of tyrannical
management of we the people. I also don't like
that this is actually a method for the federal
government to take charge over our state department
motor vehicles. which usurps our state representation
of us as citizens. The way this all came down
means our legislators, who are supposed to represent
us, gave up and allowed efforts that are entirely
unconstitutional and that also promote globalism
to prevail. The real ID cards are said to have
enhanced security aspects that make counterfeiting
the ID more difficult. But more, the Real ID
card contains compliance that helps pave the
way for secure mobile identifications on smartphones.
Claims are that this system will not create a
federal database and that each state maintains
their own records. So why are the feds involved
in this ID process at all? There are just too
many unsupported issues for me. Patrick G. Eddington,
a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, wrote,
The premise for requiring the real ID is the
assumption that all of us are terrorists first
and a citizen of the Republic a very distant
second. Who do we have to thank for this terrible
idea? The 9 -11 Commission. In fact, it was one
of its core recommendations. As the Commission
noted in its final July 2004 report, quote, all
but one of the 9 -11 hijackers acquired some
form of U .S. identification document, some by
fraud. Acquisition of these forms of identification
would have assisted them in boarding commercial
flights, renting cars, and other necessary activities.
In response, the Commission recommended that
the federal government quote, should set standards
for the issuance of birth certificates and sources
of identification such as driver's licenses,
end quote. But the 9 -11 report continued, quote,
fraud in identification documents is no longer
just a problem of theft. At many entry points
to vulnerable facilities, including gates for
boarding aircraft, sources of identification
are the last opportunity to ensure that people
are who they say they are and to check whether
they are terrorists." End quote. Eddington responds,
quote, the entire notion that an identification
card is the last opportunity to rule out terrorists
is refuted by the fact that the most effective
last -ditch protection against bad actors among
the public boarding an aircraft is physical screening
of the passengers themselves and their luggage.
End quote. And of course this physical screening
of passengers and their luggage to discover if
any weapons are attempted to be brought on board
aircraft sets the population up to be even more
accepting of personal biometric data collection
under the guise of safety. But getting back to
a point Eddington made that I really liked, he
wrote quote, I'm not aware of a single post -9
-11 incident in which an actual terrorist, such
as the so -called shoe bomber or the underwear
bomber, boarded an aircraft with a fake ID. Yet
those two made it aboard aircraft with explosive
or incendiary devices that could have brought
down the planes they were on and killed all aboard.
TSA's struggle with passenger screening technologies
and procedures is well known and represents a
far bigger safety issue than determining who
is boarding a given aircraft by their ID card.
The Real ID Act effectively institutes a form
of mass surveillance and verification that doesn't
discriminate between those who have a given reason
for suspicion and those who do not. The Real
ID Act also raises several constitutional issues
that have never been adjudicated. The Supreme
Court has consistently ruled that the federal
government can't directly prohibit interstate
travel, but by making it increasingly difficult
to travel without Real ID, the government accomplishes
a similar result indirectly. The question becomes
whether the security benefits of Real ID justify
the burden placed on particular modes of travel.
The record to date clearly shows they do not.
Eddington concludes his article stating, finally,
It implicates the principle of proportionality
in constitutional law, whether the restriction
on rights is proportional to the government interest
being served. The differential treatment of air
and rail travel exposes the hypocrisy and the
inconsistency in how the government assesses
security risks and the appropriate responses
to those risks. The government has no business
knowing who I am or why I am traveling domestically
on an airliner unless I'm wanted for a crime
or have given reason to suspect my intentions
by having weapons on my person or in my luggage
during screening. Real ID obliterates the idea
of freedom of travel, which is why it should
be abolished." End quote. So with just this much
so far, we have ample good reason to get rid
of the Real ID Act. And I'm not sure if Twyla
made it clear enough, but you have options. Even
though Tulsi Gabbard and others are making the
public believe the Real ID is required, All US
states allow you to choose not to upgrade to
a real ID compliant license, effectively allowing
you to keep a standard ID by simply not applying
for the real ID compliant version when you renew.
While the Real ID Act sets federal standards,
states are not mandated to require all residents
to have a Real ID. They continue to offer standard
non -compliant IDs for residents who prefer them
or who do not need them for federal purposes.
Five states previously resisted the Real ID mandate,
but now issue federally accepted enhanced driver's
licenses, EDL, as an alternative. These EDLs
serve the same function as a real ID for domestic
air travel and other federal purposes, but are
not required for residents. The states included
Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Vermont, and Washington.
And if you are a resident of any of these five
states, I suggest you look into what these EDLs
actually entail before you accept it. States
that don't have an EDL are still offering their
standard state driver's license. If you have
already secured a real ID and you want to return
to your DMV and apply for a standard state license,
you can. It will mean filling out the necessary
application and paying any required fees, but
you will be removing yourself from the unconstitutional
restrictions and making a statement to our federal
and state governments at the same time. Now,
with a standard driver's license, you will need
to show a valid United States passport to enter
a federal building or for domestic air travel.
This is what I and my husband have opted to do.
While nationwide enforcement propaganda for federal
purposes began in May 2025, several states and
civil liberties organizations continue to oppose
the law on the grounds that it creates a de facto
national ID and is an invasion of privacy. Here
are some actions you can take. First, opt for
an alternative ID where possible. In some states,
you can obtain a drive -only license, which is
not a Real ID compliant driver's license, and
it's solely for the purpose of driving. Using
a non -compliant ID for state functions and a
passport for federal purposes like air travel
can help resist the normalization of Real ID
as a national ID. For air travel and accessing
federal facilities, you can use a United States
passport or another TSA approved ID instead of
a Real ID compliant state license. This can help
push back on the idea that Real ID is the only
form of identification. You can contact your
state legislators to voice your opposition and
encourage them to propose or support measures
that roll back state -level Real ID compliance.
You can contact federal representatives contacting
your United States senators and congressional
representatives and asking them to repeal or
reform the Real ID Act. You can argue that it
infringes on privacy rights and that other secure
identification methods already exist. You can
sign petitions. Participate in online petitions
such as those hosted on platforms like Action
Network calling for the repeal of the Real ID
Act. You can support advocacy organizations.
You can donate or volunteer with organizations
that have historically and continue to oppose
the Real ID Act. Opposition has drawn support
from groups spanning the political spectrum including
civil liberties groups, libertarians, immigration
advocates, and state -level organizations. They
use strategic litigation and advocacy to challenge
government surveillance and national ID systems.
Using an internet search, I found a long list
of different organizations, including the American
Center for Law and Justice. You can help raise
public awareness, spread information about the
privacy and surveillance concerns associated
with the Real ID Act, and challenge its purpose
as a national ID. Use social media, community
meetings, and online forums to inform others.
My faithful listeners know the advancement of
evil we have been subjected to is multi -pronged
and by design has been launched on all possible
fronts. As God explained in his prophetic word
through Julie Green, which she posted on October
6th, we are in a war with countless battles occurring
simultaneously. It is the intention of the enemy
to have a scattered distracted and ineffective
by the sheer magnitude of assaults. Through Julie,
God said, quote, You may be asking, Lord, what
do we do? Our enemies are targeting every part
of our lives. They are targeting our nations,
our freedoms, our children, our health, our minds,
our finances, our well -being. What can we possibly
do about this? What kind of choice do we have
if our enemies have this type of hold already
in place and have designed all these things against
us? How do we fight them back? My children, God
says, you war. You worship. and resist while
the wicked are restricted." End quote. God says
you war, worship, and resist. W -A -R. While
the wicked are restricted. As we war, the wicked
are restricted. No matter what the battlefront,
the victory is assured by the same tactic in
every situation. Worship and resist. We worship
God for who he is and what he has promised and
what he has already done. God has revealed our
enemies are petrified of born -again Christians.
The enemy knows the power we have over him and
his schemes when we wield the authority and the
power we have in Jesus Christ. God knows we have
not been properly taught how to wield his power
but he is now by the Holy Spirit raising us up
to speak decree and declare our victory in Christ.
Next week I plan on readdressing our world economy
and financial concerns in light of the United
States government being shut down and all that
entails not just for Americans but for the world.
If you need a good shot of hope and encouragement
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