Team Biden moving to de-politicize the top ranks of the administration? Color us suspicious.

The Office of Special Counsel (an executive branch agency) just moved authority to enforce the Hatch Act, which supposedly bans government officials from engaging in political activity, from the White House to the quasi-independent Merit Systems Protection Board.

Historically, senior White House personnel have been on a long leash here, including White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre frequently and derogatorily using the term “MAGA Republicans” (and White House aide Kellyanne Conway criticizing Democratic candidates during the Trump years).

Somehow we don’t think this means a muzzle for KJP.

But the out-of-the-blue move raises the question: Why now?

Our guess: Biden (or whoever calls the shots at the White House) is tired of getting slammed by his own (dyed-in-the-wool lefty) staffers, who’ve been publicly whining that he’s been too supportive of Israel’s government since last November (despite his consistent hamstringing of the Jewish state).

Moving enforcement to an outside agency will discourage pesky discontents from publicly embarrassing Biden by tarnishing his leftists bonafides — without requiring him to get his hands dirty by being the one to bring the hammer down.

Of course, when it suits Biden, federal workers at all levels are not just allowed but encouraged and sometimes required to play politics.

Just look at his use of federal agencies to “get out the vote” in ways that disproportionately benefit Democrats (including the Big Guy himself).

Or his use of the Justice Department as a crew of flying monkeys to keep his election opponent tied up in court cases instead of on the campaign trail.

So it’s not surprising that these staffers came to the conclusion that it’s their right — nay, duty — to use their positions to draw attention to the progressive cause de jour: slamming Israel.

But just as with his handling of classified docs and his son’s shady business dealings, Biden has one set of rules for himself — and another for everyone else.