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Among Elon Musk's geek army is trolling his brand-new fans by charging $1,000 to read a manifesto about why he joined DOGE - just to discover the post is blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of 6 baby-faced 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 out a company-wide email sent out to workers at USAID telling them not to come into the company's Washington DC headquarters on Monday.

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

While the personnel were kept home, DOGE gained access to the agency's IT system, building security, and classified products, and began 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 wage to save America.'

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'subscriber just' with a $1,000-a-month fee - or $10,000 for an entire 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 completely blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 6 baby-faced kids with little-to-no federal government experience handpicked by Elon Musk to plant havoc in the civil service

Kliger made a post on his Substack page titled: 'Why DOGE. Why I offered up a seven-figure salary to save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is completely empty

'Poetically blank, please reevaluate your life options,' one comment on the post read.

Kliger furthered his elaborate trolling with an unusual voicemail welcoming that pointed anybody who called his authorized phone number to the post.

'I just composed a beautiful Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it lags the paywall, but I believe it will respond to that concern for you ... it's pretty great,' he said.

The one-minute greeting was an extended version of the trick where the owner of the phone pretends to address, but it is in fact taped.

Kliger initially pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having trouble hearing the call, then ultimately exclaiming, wiki.snooze-hotelsoftware.de 'They said what? No, no, I don't think that's right.'

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

Despite its name, the Substack was not updated weekly, and just has 2 other posts - both of which are totally free to read.

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

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'subscriber just' with a $1,000-a-month cost - or $10,000 for an entire 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 nominated for attorney-general but withdrew after a damning House report discovered he paid for sex with 17-year-old lady and numerous other misconducts.

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

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

Hegseth was directly confirmed by the Senate in spite of his history of alcohol abuse and claims of sexual assault and harassment.

Kliger's claim that he left a 'seven-figure job' to join DOGE is likewise suspicious as his economic sector work history didn't include such a function.

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

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

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

The Berkeley graduate supposedly advised all employees at the company not to go back to Washington head office on Monday

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

Musk last month designated him an unique adviser to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where various other Musk lackeys were set up.

The Tesla owner has actually essentially taken control of the OPM, along with the General Services Administration, through his management 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 read.

'Whether that implies developing software application, investigating system deployment, or operating in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and creativity towards meeting the challenges I deal with.

'In my extra time, I delight in playing the piano and clarinet and participating in music shows at Berkeley. One of my favorite activities is playing online blitz chess.'

Kliger's daddy, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, a commercial real estate firm.

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

Who are Musk's other geeks?

Musk got a performers of boys aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are thought to still remain in college - to fill engineering roles and cut costs.

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

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

Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, together with Coristine, have reportedly been granted A-suite level clearance for their work, meaning they can work out of the company's top flooring with access to all physical spaces and IT systems.

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

These systems keep delicate data consisting of social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

Elon Musk got a performers of young guys aged 19 to 25 - 3 of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut costs

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

After extensive criticism about the men's youth, Musk released a declaration about the visits.

'Time to confess: Media reports saying that DOGE has a few of world's best software engineers remain in reality true,' Musk wrote on X.

Luke Farritor, 23

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

Farritor, left of the University of Nebraska in order to begin working for Nat Friedman, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur behind GitHub.

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

He won part of a $700,000 reward in 2024 after using AI innovation to help analyze a 2,000 year old file - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had been trying, and failing, to resolve for centuries.

The charred scroll was thought burnt beyond acknowledgment.

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

Edward Coristine, 19

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

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

Little is known about Coristine's role at DOGE, however he is noted as an 'expert.'

WIRED cited sources alleging Coristine has been conducting calls with staff in the department and making them 'go over code they had actually written and justify their jobs.'

Employees were apparently confused by his inclusion in the conferences, and later on revealed issues that they were not correctly briefed on his identity or function, even throughout the call.

Coristine's father, Charles, is the president of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine when worked as a staff member for the brand.

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

The youngest of Musk's elite squad 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 given that been deleted, Bobba was a financial investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.

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

Just 6 years earlier, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, local model United Nations. His dad is a scholastic in computer technology.

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

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

'This increasing determination to simplify even the most intricate stories into sensational tidbits, perpetuates misinformation and while doing so divides the neighborhoods, 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 start-up made a $100,000 grant from OpenAI in 2023.

The 22-year-old said in September he was a senior at Harvard University, and was operating in the school's computing laboratory on self-governing cars.

Musk is notoriously attempting to establish self-driving vehicles at his Tesla headquarters.

Shaortran is part of the Harvard Mountaineering Club and worked as a scuba divemaster in Hawaii over a space year.

He likewise has a link to Musk, having actually gotten involved in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his group were runner ups after they used xAI's Grok to develop possible reactions from X followers to a hypothetical question.

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

Gautier Cole Killian, 24

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

Now, he is reportedly 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 concentrates on high-frequency monetary trades and algorithms

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Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power

Musk is leading an extraordinary civilian evaluation of the federal government with Trump's contract.

'It became 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 basically get rid of the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'

Musk just recently hinted he was also the mastermind behind Trump's decision to purge federal employees by publishing a symbolic picture on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter clean.

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

Musk later shared on X that he commissioned an artwork of a massive fork standing in the road, indicating it was all linked.

Musk does not hold chosen office, however on Monday was formally selected a 'unique federal government worker' by the White House.

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