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[Nav Toor @heynavtoor]

A US senator walked up to an airport checkpoint and refused to have his face scanned.

His name is Jeff Merkley. He is the senator from Oregon. He has spent three years trying to get the TSA to tell travelers something the TSA already admits on its own website.

The face scan at the checkpoint is optional. Almost nobody is told.

There is one sentence that stops it. Here is the sentence, and everything the TSA does not want you to know about saying it.

First, the TSA's own words. From the TSA website:

"Travelers who do not wish to participate in the facial recognition technology process may decline the optional photo, without recourse, in favor of an alternative identity verification process, which does not use facial recognition technology to verify their identity."

Optional photo. Without recourse. Those are their words, not mine.

The TSA also says this on the same page:

"Travelers will not lose their place in line for security screening."

And using the alternative method "does not take longer."

So the two things a TSA agent might tell you at the checkpoint, that you will hold up the line or take longer, are ruled out by the TSA's own website.

Now the sentence. When you get to the checkpoint, before the scan, say this:

"I do not consent to the scan and would like to have my ID manually verified."

That is it.

The officer will take your physical ID, either a driver's license or a passport, and check the photo against your face the way they did for the last twenty years. Merkley has documented himself doing this on flights between DC and Portland.

Here is why almost no one knows.

Senator Merkley has been pushing this since July 2023. He went to Reagan Washington National Airport that summer to publicly demonstrate the opt-out and to challenge the TSA on how the program is being run. The Washington Post covered it.

In May 2025, Merkley introduced the Traveler Privacy Protection Act with Senators John Kennedy of Louisiana, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Roger Marshall of Kansas. Two Republicans, two Democrats. The bill is endorsed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Public Citizen, and three other watchdog groups.

Merkley's own words from that press release:

"Folks don't want a national surveillance state, but that's exactly what the TSA's unchecked expansion of facial recognition technology is leading us to."

And:

"Americans have the right to opt out of using TSA's facial recognition at the airport, and we need to protect that right. Our Traveler Privacy Protection Act safeguards the freedoms and privacy of all Americans by making sure no one is required to have their face scanned to travel."

Here is what the TSA is planning.

Facial recognition is currently at more than 84 US airports. The TSA plans to expand it to more than 430. That is nearly every commercial airport in the country. And per the bill's findings, the TSA is "eventually planning to make this technology mandatory for all travelers."

Right now it is optional. That window is closing.

The TSA says the technology is not being abused. Their exact wording:

"Biometrics are not used for surveillance. Facial recognition technology is solely used to automate the current manual ID credential checking process and will not be used for surveillance or any law enforcement purpose."

Take them at their word. The point is not that the TSA is doing something illegal. The point is you get to choose.

Here is the 5-minute action you can take tonight, before your next flight.

- Memorize the sentence: "I do not consent to the scan and would like to have my ID manually verified."

- Have your physical ID out and ready. Driver's license or passport. Not a screenshot on your phone.

- When you get to the podium, hand the agent your ID and say the sentence in a normal tone. Do not apologize.

- If the agent pushes back or tells you it will take longer, calmly repeat the sentence. If they still refuse, ask for a supervisor.

- This applies to TSA checkpoints only. International arrivals into the US go through Customs and Border Protection, which is a different agency with different rules. For most US domestic flights, the sentence above is what you need.

Here is the last thing.

The TSA already admits, on its own website, that this is optional. A sitting US senator has spent three years asking them to put that in plain sight at the checkpoint. They have not. The signs at the podium do not tell you. The agents often do not tell you. The airline app does not tell you.

Congress is being lobbied by the airlines to keep it that way. Reuters reported in July 2025 that the airline industry publicly opposed Merkley's bill.

Right now, before the 430 airport rollout, you still have a one-sentence way out.

Say the sentence. Show your ID. Walk through.

[TV Addict @TVAddict71]

I just can't understand the way they make fun of the people who are obviously extremely loyal to them because those people trust them. I need them to get knocked down. Dee needs to be humbled the most. #BB28

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[MEL GIBSON @Melgibsonact]

🚨 Stephen A. Smith DROPS TRUTH!

“How come it was okay to celebrate ICE under Obama, networks even rode along showing their ‘marvelous work’ but now with Trump it’s suddenly evil and ICE needs to be banned?”

[GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE @GOP_is_Gutless]

🚨 MAJOR MEDIA CENSORSHIP EXPOSED:

Last week, President Trump was set to address the nation. ABC, NBC, and CBS refused to air it, claiming “the President lies.”

They then criticized a speech the public never got to see firsthand.

But award-winning reporters Catherine Herridge & John Solomon confirmed the President’s info was correct.

Why the blackout? Networks violated the public interest under the Communications Act of 1934.

This is dangerous censorship in a free society.

The First Amendment is under attack.
#MediaBias #Censorship #TrumpAddress

[TONY™ @TONYxTWO]

“A lot of people hate Trump, and that's fine. But if you're watching a news network that refuses to air the president of the United States, they're not giving you a chance to think for yourself. They're telling you what to think.”

Couldn’t be more true!! If you hate Trump and watch the news, you’ve probably been programmed 🎯

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

🚨@C__Herridge CONFIRMS the election documents President Trump released show the Deep State WORKED HARD to hide information from Trump.

“This was a massive effort... So all the levers of power China had to influence the US election.”

This is treason.

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

BREAKING: Big Election Integrity Win for Trump Administration

One night after delivering a national address on election integrity, President Trump has achieved a major legal victory.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has temporarily cleared the way for the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with its proposed election mail rule, staying a lower court order that had blocked the policy.

The proposed rule would require states to provide voter registration lists and serialized ballot barcodes before USPS would process and deliver federal election ballots through the mail.

In its ruling, the appeals panel said USPS is likely to prevail on appeal for two separate reasons.

First, the court found the legal challenge was likely premature because it targets a proposed, not final, rule. Second, the panel indicated the policy would likely not violate the Postal Service's 2021 settlement agreement with the NAACP.

The judges also accepted USPS's argument that leaving the injunction in place would prevent the agency from finalizing the rule in time for the 2026 elections.

President Trump gets a big win in court as the administration pursues further election security measures, such as passing the SAVE America Act.

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 NOW: NBC, CBS and ABC face MASS calls to have their FCC privilege licenses reexamined or REVOKED after they refuse to air President Trump's primetime, bombshell address surrounding elections tonight

Are they COLLUDING to filter and censor the President of the United States?

What are they afraid of?!

Good thing X is the media now! IT WILL ALL COME OUT and the people will find out anyway.

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

🚨President Trump's 9PM address tonight will "SHOCK" the Fake News with evidence that will prove our elections aren't as perfect as they claims, per WH Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt.

"Everything... will be backed by facts & evidence..."

Follow: @BoLoudon

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

A tsunami of 2020 voter fraud is heading towards Washington, D.C. right now. Do you hear it? God bless President Trump.

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

🚨MSNBC, now MS NOW, has CAVED - and is now airing President Trump's prime time address from the White House.

"Every American deserves to know that when they cast their vote, that vote will be counted accurately."

Follow: @BoLoudon

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

🚨BOMBSHELL: China not only helped steal the 2020 presidential election, but the Deep State HID this information from the American people.

Trump won 2016, 2020, and 2024 all by landslide victories.

Follow: @BoLoudon

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

No other President has done more to stop voter fraud and ensure the United States has free and fair elections than President Trump.

God bless Trump, the greatest president ever.

[Bo Loudon @BoLoudon]

🚨BREAKING: 278,000 NONCITIZENS have been EXPOSED to be registered to vote in federal elections by President Trump.

Why is the mainstream media silent on this?🦗

God bless Trump.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

The DOJ needs to track down and JAIL EVERY SINGLE "journalist" in America who took a PENNY from China to assist them in RIGGING the 2020 election

ABSOLUTELY NO MERCY.

Per a newly declassified intel report, "the Chinese government sought to identify US journalists who had reported negatively on the US president and pay them large sums of money to write more negative articles about him as many as they could"

[.🇳🇴 @Ndiayee0]

La FIFA doit ouvrir une enquête sans attendre concernant cette action de Harry Kane.

[José Ramón Fernández @joserra_espn]

¡NORUEGA ENLOQUECIÓ! 🇳🇴

90 mil personas recibieron a su selección tras el Mundial.

El príncipe de Noruega tocó el tambor y toda la ciudad hizo el “remo noruego”. IMPRESIONANTE

[Gina Milan @ginamilan_]

Hakeem Jeffries: “The Republican economy is a complete mess. You deserve better.”

Also Hakeem Jeffries: watching Jay-Z from a luxury suite in NYC on Saturday night.

🤡🤡🤡

[CONSTITUTION X 🇺🇸 @ConstitustionX]

🚨 BOMBSHELL ALERT 🚨
The fraudsters who looted BILLIONS from Minnesota families just got the rug pulled out from under them!
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent just dropped the hammer: The IRS is launching MASSIVE, RELENTLESS AUDITS on every bank, MSB, and dirty-money middleman who helped launder the stolen cash.
THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO HIDE.
No more hiding behind shell companies.
No more wiring taxpayer dollars to Somalia while American families suffer.
Every dirty transaction is about to be TORCHED under the microscope.
For once, the IRS is hunting the REAL criminals — not you.
Follow the money. Expose them all. Prosecute without mercy.
The Great Reckoning is here.
Thank you, Sec. Bessent! 🇺🇸💥
RT if you want every last fraudster dragged into the light!