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 May 7, 2025 is the day

REAL ID will be enforced when boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft’s 
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 I ain’t getting that shit. Just use your passport. 
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 you don't have a driving license? 
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 The OP is about your driver’s license not cutting it for boarding planes next year 
 most likely your license is already a REAL ID 
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 Nah. Mine doesn’t have a star. Didn’t realize the REAL IDs were replacing driver’s licenses. Guess I’ll have to get one when I renew my ID then. 
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 Damn.. mine has a star on a body of a bear... uh oh... 
 I didn’t have to get it, they just updated all new & renewals to the REAL ID after Jan 1, 2010 (Florida) 

The new credentials have a star in the upper right corner of the card 
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 They’ve pushed it back a few times 
 Phase 4 ? the boarding federally regulated commercial aircraft’s one ? 
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 Yeah I think it was originally supposed to go into effect in 2008. Seems like it’ll happen in May 2025 Maybe there will be another delay if there’s enough pushback but people are pushing back on privacy violations less and less nowadays. 
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 Ill just rock my passports  
 15yrs from now it'll be your nostr ID and if your WoT score isn't high enough, you dont get to fly and no refund. 

"Sir, you'll have to increase your WoT score to board your flight. It appears your only 13 points away. You may be able to make a positive post about the president now so you can gain the needed points to board the next flight."