Republicans are supposed to protect Americans from Big Government overreach.
But one red state governor just proved the establishment will sell out cheap.
And Alaska's Republican Governor just betrayed conservatives with this AI surveillance scheme.
Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy Builds Digital Control Grid
Alaska Republican Governor Mike Dunleavy's administration dropped a bombshell Request for Information last month that should send chills down every conservative's spine.¹
His Department of Administration wants to transform the state's myAlaska login portal into an AI-driven surveillance system that can automatically handle transactions, submit applications, and manage personal data on behalf of residents.
The proposal describes "Agentic Artificial Intelligence" modules that would read documents, fill out forms, verify eligibility, and even initiate digital payments without any human involvement.²
This is a Republican governor building exactly the kind of centralized government control system conservatives have warned about for decades.
Dunleavy wants Alaska to create a single platform linking up to 300 different government services under one digital umbrella managed by artificial intelligence acting as your proxy.
The system would integrate facial recognition and fingerprint authentication, massively expanding the state's biometric data collection.³
Trump-endorsed Dunleavy won reelection in 2022 as the first Republican Alaska governor to win a second term since 1978.⁴
Now he's using that mandate to build surveillance infrastructure that makes Communist China jealous.
Architecture Gives Government Access To Everything
The architecture gives the system access to personal identifiers including names and Social Security numbers, biometric data like fingerprints and facial recognition, health records, financial information, travel history, and purchase records.⁵
All of this flows through a single government-controlled platform where AI software makes decisions supposedly with user consent.
But once Alaskans authorize an AI system to manage their identity, that consent checkbox becomes permanent permission for surveillance.
The state promises NIST security standards, audit trails, and human override features that depend entirely on government enforcement the proposal leaves undefined.
Dunleavy campaigned on protecting Alaskan freedom and resisting federal overreach.
Instead he's building the exact centralized government control system conservatives fought against when Obama was president.
Centralized biometric databases create catastrophic risks when breached because you can't reset your fingerprints or face like you reset a password.
The 2015 Office of Personnel Management breach exposed fingerprints of 5.6 million federal employees to foreign hackers who still threaten those Americans today.⁶
Alaska Follows Global Digital ID Blueprint
Alaska's betrayal fits the broader pattern sweeping Western nations toward mandatory digital identity systems.
The European Union is rolling out standardized digital identity wallets across member states while Australia implemented mandatory age verification for search engines combined with comprehensive digital ID systems.⁷
Over 100 countries worldwide have implemented or are developing national digital identity systems, with governments issuing approximately 5 billion digital identities globally.⁸
Alaska's proposal specifically mentions using W3C Verifiable Credentials and ISO 18013-5 standards, the identical frameworks forming the basis of national and international digital ID programs.⁹
This exposes the move as part of coordinated effort toward interoperable identity systems that can track citizens anywhere.
Once these systems become required for accessing financial services, healthcare, and basic government benefits, "consent" stops being voluntary.
President Trump reversed Biden-era federal digital identity programs in June 2025, eliminating federal guidance while Biden policies enabled illegal alien benefit fraud.¹⁰
But Republican Governor Dunleavy is charging ahead with state-level implementation anyway.
Alaska conservatives already see through Dunleavy's establishment facade.
Alaska Watchman editorials have blasted him for backing down on contentious issues and refusing to confront activist courts that violate the state constitution.¹¹
State Representative Christopher Kurka challenged Dunleavy in 2022 specifically because the governor "chose to stand down" instead of defending freedom during COVID.¹²
Republican governors who actually defend conservative principles oppose digital ID systems.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis firmly rejected digital driver's licenses in November 2025, stating "the convenience of a digital drivers license is outweighed by the potential for government to abuse it."¹³
DeSantis understands surveillance infrastructure threatens American freedom regardless of which party controls government.
Dunleavy apparently doesn't.
Now Dunleavy wants to hand artificial intelligence continuous access to monitor Alaskans through government databases while controlling their access to essential services.
That's not standing tall for Alaska.
That's selling out conservative principles to build the surveillance state conservatives are supposed to oppose.
When Republicans in red states build the same Big Government control systems as Democrats in blue states, Americans have nowhere left to run.
¹ Biometric Update, "Alaska seeks major AI overhaul of state services through myAlaska mobile app," December 2025.
² Reclaim The Net, "Alaska Plots AI-Driven Digital Identity, Payments, and Biometric Data System," December 2025.
³ Slay News, "Alaska Quietly Advances Sweeping AI-Powered Digital ID System," December 2025.
⁴ National Governors Association, "Mike Dunleavy," January 2025.
⁵ Slay News, "Alaska Quietly Advances Sweeping AI-Powered Digital ID System," December 2025.
⁶ Identity.com, "Privacy Concerns With Biometric Data Collection," November 2025.
⁷ My Privacy Blog, "Global Digital ID Systems Status Report 2025," September 2025.
⁸ Ibid.
⁹ Slay News, "Alaska Quietly Advances Sweeping AI-Powered Digital ID System," December 2025.
¹⁰ Nextgov/FCW, "Trump guts Biden-era digital identity policies," June 2025.
¹¹ Alaska Watchman, "Gov. Dunleavy must summon strength to resist leftist AK Legislature," November 2024.
¹² Alaska Watchman, "Rep. Kurka launches campaign for governor," November 2021.
¹³ FL Voice News, "DeSantis firmly says 'no' to digital ID," November 2025.
