1 Elon Musk Chief Nerd's Elaborate $1,000 Troll Scam
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Among Elon Musk's geek army is trolling his new fans by charging $1,000 to read 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 plant havoc in the civil service.

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

Kliger sent the instruction from a USAID email address he was provided 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 firm's IT system, developing security, and classified materials, and began dismantling it.

Just hours before he sent the email, disgaeawiki.info 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 'subscriber only' with a $1,000-a-month cost - or $10,000 for an entire 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 one of six baby-faced boys with little-to-no 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 offered up a seven-figure wage to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is entirely empty

'Poetically blank, please review your life options,' one remark on the post read.

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

'I simply wrote a lovely Substack on this, garagesale.es the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it's behind the paywall, but I believe it will answer that question for you ... it's respectable,' he said.

The one-minute welcoming was a lengthened variation of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to respond to, however it is really taped.

Kliger initially pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having trouble hearing the call, then eventually 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 just has two other posts - both of which are free to read.

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

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer only' 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 chosen for attorney-general but withdrew after a damning House report discovered he paid for sex with 17-year-old woman and numerous other misconducts.

Kliger's post titled '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 frequent Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was directly validated by the Senate despite 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 dubious as his personal sector work history didn't include such a role.

His most recent job, according to his LinkedIn, was as a 'senior software application engineer' at Databricks, a cloud computing company 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 top end at $321,000, consisting of benefit.

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

The Berkeley graduate reportedly advised all staff members at the firm 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 selected him a special adviser to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where various other Musk lackeys were set up.

The Tesla owner has actually 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 very first dan in Taekwondo, and an accomplished pianist.

'I want to do work that will influence the future,' it read.

'Whether that suggests establishing software application, investigating system implementation, yewiki.org or operating in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and creativity towards meeting the difficulties I deal with.

'In my extra time, I take pleasure in playing the piano and clarinet and participating in music performances at Berkeley. Among my preferred pastimes is playing online blitz chess.'

Kliger's dad, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, a commercial property company.

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

Who are Musk's other geeks?

Musk enlisted a performers of boys aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are thought 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 bunch taking on corporate America and longstanding federal government organizations.

According to WIRED, he's been dubbed an 'professional' 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 supposedly been approved A-suite level clearance for their work, meaning they can work out of the agency's leading floor with access to all physical areas and IT systems.

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

These systems store sensitive data including social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

Elon Musk got 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 expenses

Finally, Killian has actually been called for his function with DOGE, which is reportedly on a 'volunteer' basis at this stage.

After extensive criticism about the males's youth, Musk launched a declaration about the appointments.

'Time to admit: Media reports stating that DOGE has a few of world's best software application engineers remain in truth true,' Musk wrote on X.

Luke Farritor, 23

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

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

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

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

The charred scroll was believed charred beyond acknowledgment.

Luke Farritor has a known link to Musk currently, having actually interned for SpaceX prior to landing 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 supposedly interned at Musk's Neuralink for three months last summertime, after finishing high school.

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

WIRED mentioned sources declaring Coristine has actually been carrying out calls with personnel in the department and making them 'discuss code they had written and justify their tasks.'

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

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

Up till just recently, Coristine supposedly used a social networks 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 'specialist' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.

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

He had actually also previously interned for Meta and Palantir - who was established by 2016 MAGA donor, Peter Thiel.

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

Bobba spoke at his graduation event from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, telling his schoolmates to 'value 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 willingness to streamline even the most intricate stories into sensational tidbits, perpetuates false information and in the process divides the communities, families, and relationships we cherish.

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

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

Ethan Shaotran, 22

Shaortran founded 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 laboratory on self-governing automobiles.

Musk is famously trying to develop self-driving vehicles 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 taken part in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his group were runner ups after they utilized xAI's Grok to develop plausible actions from X fans to a theoretical question.

Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for specialists. 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 monetary trades and algorithms.

Now, he is supposedly 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 concentrates on high-frequency financial trades and algorithms

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Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power

Musk is leading an amazing civilian review of the federal government with Trump's contract.

'It emerged 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 recently hinted he was likewise the mastermind behind Trump's choice to purge federal staff members by posting a symbolic photo on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter clean.

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

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

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

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