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Real ID is a legislative wisp from the Bush-era War on Terror

7 May 2025

9:00 PM

7 May 2025

9:00 PM

The Real ID moment is here, the Y2K panic of 2025. Today is the deadline to update your driver’s license, leading to frantic predictions of something no one alive has ever seen before – long lines at the DMV. Will the center hold, or will the need to have a digitally embossed star on a piece of plastic finally bring the Republic down once and for all?

I predict a quiet day.

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