Why is it defensible for an administration to wait until the last days of their term, right around election time, to do their job?

See here for a rebuttal of the same argument on a different topic:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41626381

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41626251

Short answer is that you're just not paying attention.

The FTC under the current administration has been going gangbusters the entire term.

On what basis do you make the accusation that the administration has been sandbagging their own policy changes?

I think the main reason to vote for the current administration is because of the actions taken by the FTC in the last four years. It isn't just this last month.

I would recommend reading the newsletter "Big" by Matt Stoller for context.

Lina Khan seems widely hated across the aisle, so that's a good first step.

The SEC has also taken unprecedented actions under Rohit Chopra.

Damn we better pull Amy Coney Barrett off the Supreme Court then