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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 - just to find the post is blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of six baby-faced kids with little-to-no 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 informing them not to come into the company's Washington DC head office on Monday.

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

While the staff were kept home, DOGE gained access to the firm's IT system, developing security, and classified products, and started dismantling it.

Just hours before he sent the email, Kliger made a post on his Substack page titled: '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 cost - or $10,000 for a whole year - to access a single word of it.

However, those who wondered adequate to spend the extraordinary cost found there wasn't even that - the post was completely blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among six baby-faced kids with little-to-no 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 quit a seven-figure income to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is completely empty

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

Kliger enhanced his fancy trolling with a bizarre voicemail welcoming that pointed anybody who called his registered telephone 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 believe it will address that concern for you ... it's quite great,' he said.

The one-minute welcoming was an extended version of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to answer, however it is really recorded.

Kliger initially pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having difficulty hearing the call, then ultimately exclaiming, 'They said what? No, no, I do not believe that's right.'

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

Despite its name, the Substack was not upgraded weekly, and only has 2 other posts - both of which are complimentary to check out.

Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not updated weekly, and only has 3 posts

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

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

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

Kliger's post entitled 'The Curious Case of Matt Gaetz: How the Deep State Destroys Its Enemies' represented 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 previous Fox News host's nomination filled with regular Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was narrowly confirmed by the Senate in spite of his history of alcoholic abuse and claims of sexual assault 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 function.

His newest task, 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, including reward.

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

The Berkeley graduate supposedly instructed all workers 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 selected him a special advisor to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were set up.

The Tesla owner has basically taken over 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 very first dan in Taekwondo, and an accomplished pianist.

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

'Whether that means developing software application, researching system release, or operating in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and imagination towards fulfilling the challenges I face.

'In my extra time, I delight in playing the piano and clarinet and attending music concerts at Berkeley. Among my preferred pastimes is playing online blitz chess.'

Kliger's daddy, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, a business realty firm.

Musk last month selected Kliger an unique consultant to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where various other Musk lackeys were installed

Who are Musk's other geeks?

Musk enlisted a troupe of young guys aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut costs.

At simply 19, Edward Coristine is the youngest of the fresh-faced lot taking on corporate America and longstanding federal government institutions.

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

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

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

Elon Musk employed a performers of boys aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are thought to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering functions and cut expenses

Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has actually been called for his role 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 stating that DOGE has a few of world's finest software engineers remain in truth 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 brand-new gig.

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

Friedman explained Farritor as 'a national treasure' after his consultation with DOGE was made public.

He won part of a $700,000 prize in 2024 after utilizing AI technology to assist decipher a 2,000 year old document - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had been trying, and failing, to fix for centuries.

The charred scroll was thought scorched beyond acknowledgment.

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

Edward Coristine, 19

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

Coristine reportedly interned at Musk's Neuralink for 3 months last summer, after graduating high school.

Little is learnt 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 composed and justify their jobs.'

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

Coristine's daddy, Charles, is the chief executive of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine once worked as an employee for the brand.

Up up until recently, Coristine apparently used a social media handle 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 'specialist' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.

According to a former LinkedIn account, which has actually because been deleted, Bobba was a financial investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.

He had actually likewise previously 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, regional model United Nations. His father is an academic in computer system science.

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

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

'This increasing determination to simplify even the most intricate narratives into marvelous tidbits, perpetuates misinformation and at the same time divides the neighborhoods, households, and relationships we cherish.

'What's the service, 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 specialists. The start-up 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 operating in the school's computing lab on self-governing automobiles.

Musk is notoriously trying to develop self-driving cars at his Tesla head office.

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

He also has a link to Musk, having actually taken part in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his group were runner ups after they used xAI's Grok to create possible responses from X fans to a hypothetical question.

Shaortran established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for specialists. 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 concentrates on high-frequency monetary trades and algorithms.

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

The 24-year-old graduated McGill University.

Killian was working as an engineer at Jump Trading, which focuses 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 ended up being apparent 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 get rid of the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'

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

At the time, he sent out a letter to staff titled: 'A Fork in the Road.' The very same title was utilized in Trump's current email proposing generous lay-off packages

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

Musk does not hold chosen workplace, however on Monday was formally designated a 'unique civil servant' by the White House.

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