Staff Reports
Biden’s former administration officials have apparently returned to their natural habitat, quickly disappearing into the swampy underbelly of Washington, D.C. After being swept away by Trump’s incoming team, many ex-Biden bureaucrats are finding juicy job offers at prominent law firms, universities, and activist organizations. Nothing says “drain the swamp” like a revolving door of political insiders heading straight back to their well-heeled positions.
Take Gina Raimondo, for example. The former Secretary of Commerce under Biden has now secured herself a pretty prime spot at the Council on Foreign Relations. She’ll be focusing on economic policy and artificial intelligence while serving as co-chair of a task force on economic security. One could only imagine the kind of brainstorming these distinguished fellows will be cooking up—perhaps how to regulate the air we breathe or what shade of green the next economic initiative should be.
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— IJR (@TheIJR) February 18, 2025
Meanwhile, Wally Adeyemo, Biden’s ex-deputy treasury chief, is off to the hallowed halls of Columbia University. After promoting economic policies during the Ukraine crisis, he’ll pivot to tackling energy policy in academia, as if these policies would magically shift just because he’s now on a college campus. His move raises an eyebrow on whether he’ll be googling “How to Save the World with Taxpayer Dollars”.
Not to be outdone, former Deputy Agriculture Secretary Xochitl Torres Small is going back to school as a fellow at the University of Chicago’s esteemed Institute of Politics. Here, she will rub elbows with other former Biden bigwigs, like the infamous Pete Buttigieg, who seem to have mastered the art of sliding seamlessly from one cushy governmental position to another. It’s almost like a game of musical chairs, only the music is a never-ending symphony of big-government spending.
On the climate front, Chris Creed, who headed the Department of Energy’s loan programs, is now buddying up with leftist billionaire Tom Steyer at Galvanize Climate Solutions. After approving taxpayer loans to green tech ventures that even the inspector general warned against, his new role makes perfect sense. Could this be the start of a new trend where public servants turn into green crony capitalists as soon as they exit the political stage?
As if that wasn’t enough, a handful of ex-Biden staffers like Ike Irby and Andrew Bates are launching their own ventures in Washington. Irby is rolling out Ike Kirby Strategies, while Bates is kicking off Wolfpack Strategies. One wonders if their primary industry focus will be promoting the idea that Biden is still fit to run for President or developing new strategies for spinning reality into acceptable narratives.
In short, the lineup of ex-Biden officials heading into high-paying roles at institutions that either uphold the status quo or further leftist agendas is almost comedic in its predictability. This happy little circle of back-patting only underscores the kind of “change” that the Biden administration really represented—a change that looks all too familiar to anyone who’s been paying attention to the annual political theater in D.C.
