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TSA may start charging a fee for travelers without a Real ID or other approved ID
CBS ^ | 20 Nov 2025 | Megan Cerullo

Posted on 11/21/2025 1:54:56 AM PST by blueplum

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I wouldn't mind paying $18, but to take it a step further, how about receiving a laminated Federal real ID card in return? A point-of-access issue sure would save hours in the hell-hole known as the DMV.....
1 posted on 11/21/2025 1:54:56 AM PST by blueplum
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I didn’t know that we can fly even without showing a ‘real’ ID...


2 posted on 11/21/2025 2:08:21 AM PST by paudio (Charlie Kirk is this era's MLK)
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This is aimed at illegals


3 posted on 11/21/2025 2:10:39 AM PST by C210N
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That's what I thought. I got a Real ID because I thought it was the only way I could fly.

I only fly about once a year. I wonder if paying an $18 fee would have been cheaper?

4 posted on 11/21/2025 2:11:28 AM PST by Angelino97
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To: blueplum

In third world countries, when the police hassle you about your papers, you can just slip them some cash to smooth the process. Glad we’re so different,


5 posted on 11/21/2025 2:15:20 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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A “Real” ID. You mean like an illegal alien named “No Name Given” who was issued a CDL? Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?


6 posted on 11/21/2025 2:25:40 AM PST by Bernard ("Nothing is as expensive as that which the government provides for free." - Ronald Reagan)
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Neither did I. An $18 fee for not having one sounds better than the $60 fee I was charged to get a new driver’s license.


7 posted on 11/21/2025 2:28:49 AM PST by Telepathic Intruder
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To: blueplum

The cost of being regulated keeps rising.


8 posted on 11/21/2025 2:31:36 AM PST by ComputerGuy
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You can still use a passport.

I refuse top get a “real ID”. Just on principle. Besides all you do is show some dmv worker your birth certificate and, I dunno, some bill with your name on it, pay $20 or $30 and get it in the mail.

Not much vetting involved. I did that already when I first got my dl.


9 posted on 11/21/2025 2:45:21 AM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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Folks are still flying around without Real ID? I thought folks without “Real ID” were supposed to be prevented from boarding. All in the name of “safety,” donchaknow. Nice to see that’s working out.🙄


10 posted on 11/21/2025 2:50:12 AM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Only if you’re an illegal alien.


11 posted on 11/21/2025 2:55:36 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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"Don't worry about it, Al, I'll pay the 18 dollars - no questions asked.".

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12 posted on 11/21/2025 3:03:19 AM PST by Karl Spooner
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TSA needs to be eliminated.


13 posted on 11/21/2025 3:54:30 AM PST by Bikkuri
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To: ComputerGuy

Abolish the TSA or have the Fed Government run the entire airline industry lock, stock and barrel: Full Fascism.


14 posted on 11/21/2025 4:14:09 AM PST by Theophilus (covfefe)
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Good thing this won’t bother the thirty million illegal invaders. They all have real id.


15 posted on 11/21/2025 4:17:55 AM PST by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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Exactly?
How about this, no REALID, no fly, bye


16 posted on 11/21/2025 4:18:39 AM PST by blitz128
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My solution...

Issue every adult American citizen, at no out of pocket cost, an American passport. Put minors on the parents’.

Make that the gold standard for ID.

Make passport fraud a capital offense.

Doing the above would solve a lot of problems.

And it would be use of taxpayer money I would heartily support.


17 posted on 11/21/2025 4:19:25 AM PST by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 )
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Can we shut the government down again? At least until the TSA assholes all starve to death.


18 posted on 11/21/2025 4:24:35 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: paudio

We use our Passports.

But Duffy or Noem needs to end this Real ID BS.


19 posted on 11/21/2025 4:35:14 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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“I refuse top get a ‘real ID’. Just on principle.”

Ditto!!!

This crap needs to be rescinded.


20 posted on 11/21/2025 4:36:53 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
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