The Quiet Deregulation That Should Terrify Everyone

This is what "cutting red tape" actually means

I know a lot of people are tired of hearing warnings about the Trump regime. I get it. The news cycle feels nonstop, and the daily barrage of negative headlines have become so common they almost feel paralyzing at times.

However, here’s the thing I keep coming back to:

• The danger isn’t just the loud promises

• ICE terrorizing our communities

• Trump threatening to invade other countries

• The gutting of our education system
  

It’s the quiet stuff. The boring stuff.

The policy changes that look “technical” or “bureaucratic,” but end up harming millions of people who never saw it coming.

And today, we got a perfect example of that.

More Perfect Union reported that the FDA has suddenly dropped a proposed rule that would have required asbestos testing in cosmetics.

Read that again.

The federal agency tasked with keeping products safe… just backed away from testing makeup for a known carcinogen.

Asbestos.
In cosmetics.
In 2025.

And before anyone shrug, let’s be extremely clear about what asbestos is. It’s not controversial.

It’s not “under review.”

It’s not something scientists are still debating.

It’s a deadly substance linked to:

• Cancer

• Mesothelioma

• Chronic illness

• And long, painful deaths

We have known this for decades. Corporations have known this for decades. Our government has known this for decades.

So why would the FDA suddenly drop a rule requiring testing?

We all know the answer - because mega corporations & their billionaire owners that make these products, do not want to pay for the testing. And the politicians who depend on corporate donors don’t want to upset the companies.

So instead of strengthening protections, we’re removing them, and we’re expected to believe that’s normal.

This is how deregulation actually works.
It’s not always a press conference or an executive order.

It’s a rule disappearing quietly.
It’s a guideline being “reconsidered.”
It’s an agency suddenly deciding safety is optional.

Then, a few years late, after the damage is already done, someone publishes a study showing increased cancer rates in young women who used a certain powder or foundation.

And everyone acts shocked. “How could this happen?”

So what do we do?

We support organizations and journalists exposing corporate influence inside federal agencies.
We stop pretending consumer safety is a luxury.
And we stop letting politicians use “regulation” as a dirty word while corporations walk away with record profits and zero accountability.

Because the job of government is not to protect corporate margins.
It’s to protect human beings.

And right now, that could not be further from the truth.

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We’ll keep watching this story, because everyone deserve to know what’s going on in our country, and the different ways the Trump regime is making us unsafe.

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Until next time,

Desmond