alt Hacker News> These appointees are explicitly forbidden from deferring to peer reviewers or routinely ratifying their recommendations.
In what world did someone think that's a good idea? Don't these rule changes need to be approved before enacted?
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halJordan • yesterday at 4:38 PM
Bro. Come off it. Absolutely no one thought that caligula appointing a horse to the Senate was a good idea (apocryphal as it is). Everyone thought that Aurelian's reforms were great.
They let caligula's debauchery happen, and killed Aurelian over his reforms for exactly the same reason. Corruption.
The rule is still open for comment.
FTA: The public comment period closes approximately July 13, 2026 (45 days from May 29 publication). Comments must be submitted to regulations.gov, Docket OMB-2026-0034.