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Among Elon Musk's geek army is trolling his brand-new fans by charging $1,000 to check out a manifesto about why he signed up with DOGE - only to find the post is blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of 6 baby-faced young boys with little-to-no federal government experience handpicked by the 'First Buddy' to sow havoc in the civil service.

He was the one who sent a company-wide email sent out to staff members at USAID telling them not to come into the company's Washington DC head office on Monday.

Kliger sent the guideline from a USAID email address he was supplied with as part of top-level access to its systems, together with fellow DOGE nerd Luke Farritor.

While the staff were kept home, DOGE gained access to the company's IT system, constructing security, and classified materials, and started dismantling it.

Just hours before he sent out the email, Kliger made a post on his Substack page entitled: 'Why DOGE. Why I quit a seven-figure salary to conserve America.'

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer just' with a $1,000-a-month charge - or $10,000 for a whole year - to access a single word of it.

However, those who were curious enough to spend the amazing cost discovered there wasn't even that - the post was totally blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among six baby-faced boys with little-to-no federal government experience handpicked by Elon Musk to sow havoc in the civil service

Kliger made a post on his Substack page entitled: 'Why DOGE. Why I quit a seven-figure wage to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is totally empty

'Poetically blank, please reassess your life choices,' one discuss the post read.

Kliger advanced his intricate trolling with a bizarre voicemail welcoming that pointed anybody who called his registered contact number to the post.

'I just composed a beautiful Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you just go there, it's behind the paywall, however I think it will address that concern for yogaasanas.science you ... it's pretty excellent,' he said.

The one-minute welcoming was a lengthened version of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to answer, but it is really tape-recorded.

Kliger first pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having problem hearing the call, then ultimately exclaiming, 'They said what? No, no, I don't believe that's right.'

The recorded message then made its pitch for the caller to read his Substack.

Despite its name, the Substack was not upgraded weekly, and only has two other posts - both of which are free to read.

Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not upgraded weekly, and just has 3 posts

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'subscriber only' with a $1,000 - or $10,000 for a whole year - to access a single word of it

They are both strident defenses of Donald Trump's most questionable cabinet nominations - Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth.

Gaetz was chosen for attorney-general however withdrew after a damning House report found he paid for sex with 17-year-old lady and various other misbehaviors.

Kliger's post entitled 'The Curious Case of Matt Gaetz: How the Deep State Destroys Its Enemies' portrayed Gaetz as an innocent victim who was 'framed'.

His other post, 'Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense: The Warrior Washington Fears', was a passionate defense of the former Fox News host's election filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was directly validated by the Senate despite his history of alcohol abuse and claims of sexual attack and harassment.

Kliger's claim that he left a 'seven-figure job' to sign up with DOGE is also dubious as his private sector work history didn't include such a role.

His latest job, according to his LinkedIn, was as a 'senior software engineer' at Databricks, a cloud computing firm in San Francisco, from May 2020 to last month.

Salaries for that position at Databricks vary from $102,000 to $308,000 a year according to Certainly, while Glassdoor puts the leading end at $321,000, consisting of benefit.

Kliger was the one who sent out a company-wide email sent out to staff members at USAID telling them not to come into the agency's Washington DC head office on Monday

The Berkeley graduate reportedly instructed all workers at the agency not to return to Washington head office on Monday

Kliger graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2020 and interned at Twitter in 2019 - well before Musk's takeover in 2022.

Musk last month appointed him a special advisor to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where various other Musk lackeys were set up.

The Tesla owner has basically taken control of the OPM, in addition to the General Services Administration, through his leadership of DOGE.

Kliger's now-deleted Github from his time at Berkeley claims he is an Eagle Scout, National Merit Scholar, National AP Scholar, a black belt first dan in Taekwondo, and an accomplished pianist.

'I desire to do work that will influence the future,' it checked out.

'Whether that implies developing software, researching system release, or operating in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and imagination towards fulfilling the obstacles I deal with.

'In my spare time, I delight in playing the piano and clarinet and going to music concerts at Berkeley. One of my favorite pastimes is playing online blitz chess.'

Kliger's father, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, an industrial realty company.

Musk last month selected Kliger a special adviser to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were installed

Who are Musk's other nerds?

Musk enlisted a troupe of young males aged 19 to 25 - 3 of whom are thought to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut expenses.

At just 19, Edward Coristine is the youngest of the fresh-faced bunch handling business America and longstanding government organizations.

According to WIRED, he's been dubbed an 'specialist' in his field, and specifics about his role aren't yet clear.

Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, in addition to Coristine, have actually apparently been granted A-suite level clearance for their work, indicating they can work out of the firm's top flooring with access to all physical areas and IT systems.

Musk's DOGE has been rapidly growing in power and broadening its remit, most just recently protecting clearance to access to limited parts of the General Services Administration buildings and IT systems.

These systems store delicate information including social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

Elon Musk employed a performers of young males aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are thought to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut costs

Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has been named for his function with DOGE, which is supposedly on a 'volunteer' basis at this phase.

After prevalent criticism about the guys's youth, Musk launched a declaration about the visits.

'Time to admit: Media reports saying that DOGE has a few of world's finest software application engineers remain in fact real,' Musk wrote on X.

Luke Farritor, 23

Luke Farritor has a known link to Musk already, having actually interned for SpaceX prior to landing his new gig.

Farritor, left of the University of Nebraska in order to start working for Nat Friedman, the Silicon Valley business owner behind GitHub.

Friedman explained Farritor as 'a nationwide treasure' after his appointment with DOGE was revealed.

He won part of a $700,000 reward in 2024 after using AI technology to help figure out a 2,000 year old document - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which researchers had actually been attempting, and failing, to solve for centuries.

The charred scroll was thought burnt beyond acknowledgment.

Luke Farritor has a recognized link to Musk currently, having interned for SpaceX prior to landing his new gig

Edward Coristine, 19

The youngest of Musk's elite squad is simply 19 and a trainee at Northeastern University in Boston.

Coristine supposedly interned at Musk's Neuralink for 3 months last summertime, after finishing high school.

Little is understood about Coristine's function at DOGE, nevertheless he is noted as an 'professional.'

WIRED cited sources alleging Coristine has actually been performing calls with staff in the department and making them 'discuss code they had actually composed and justify their tasks.'

Employees were apparently puzzled by his inclusion in the meetings, and later expressed concerns that they were not properly briefed on his identity or role, even throughout the call.

Coristine's dad, Charles, is the primary executive of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine when worked as an employee for the brand name.

Up until just recently, Coristine apparently utilized a social media manage called '@EdwardBigBaller.'

The youngest of Musk's elite team is just 19 and a trainee at Northeastern University in Boston

Akash Bobba, 21

Bobba is another 'expert' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.

According to a previous LinkedIn account, which has considering that been erased, Bobba was a financial investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.

He had also formerly interned for Meta and Palantir - who was founded by 2016 MAGA donor, Peter Thiel.

Just six years ago, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, local design United Nations. His daddy is a scholastic in computer system science.

Bobba spoke at his graduation ceremony from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, telling his schoolmates to 'value the complexity in life'.

" We live in an age where simpleness reigns supreme, where 30-second TikToks and 280-character tweets pertain to define our identities,' he said.

'This increasing determination to simplify even the most complicated narratives into spectacular bits, perpetuates false information and in the process divides the communities, families, and relationships we value.

'What's the solution, you might ask? Seek pain.'

Bobba is another 'specialist' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley

Ethan Shaotran, 22

Shaortran established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for experts. The startup earned a $100,000 grant from OpenAI in 2023.

The 22-year-old said in September he was a senior at Harvard University, and was working in the school's computing laboratory on autonomous vehicles.

Musk is famously attempting to develop self-driving cars at his Tesla headquarters.

Shaortran belongs to the Harvard Mountaineering Club and worked as a scuba divemaster in Hawaii over a gap year.

He likewise has a link to Musk, having participated in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his group were runner ups after they used xAI's Grok to create plausible reactions from X fans to a theoretical concern.

Shaortran established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for professionals. The start-up made a $100,000 grant from OpenAI in 2023

Gautier Cole Killian, 24

Killian was working as an engineer at Jump Trading, which specializes in high-frequency financial trades and algorithms.

Now, he is supposedly working as a 'volunteer' with DOGE, although in what capacity remains uncertain.

The 24-year-old finished McGill University.

Killian was working as an engineer at Jump Trading, which focuses on high-frequency financial trades and algorithms

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Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power

Musk is leading a remarkable civilian evaluation of the federal government with Trump's arrangement.

'It ended up being evident that it's not an apple with a worm it in,' Musk said in a live session on X Spaces early Monday.

'What we have is just a ball of worms. You've got to essentially eliminate the whole thing. It's beyond repair.'

Musk recently hinted he was likewise the mastermind behind Trump's choice to purge federal staff members by publishing a symbolic photo on X harkening back to his notorious Twitter cleanse.

At the time, he sent out a letter to personnel titled: 'A Fork in the Road.' The same title was used in Trump's recent email proposing generous lay-off bundles

Musk later shared on X that he commissioned an artwork of an enormous fork standing in the road, showing it was all connected.

Musk does not hold elected workplace, but on Monday was officially designated a 'unique civil servant' by the White House.

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