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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 young boys with little-to-no government experience handpicked by the 'First Buddy' to plant havoc in the civil service.

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

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

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

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

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

However, those who were curious enough to cough up the extraordinary charge found there wasn't even that - the post was entirely blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among six 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 entitled: 'Why DOGE. Why I gave up a seven-figure wage to save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is totally empty

'Poetically blank, valetinowiki.racing please reassess your life options,' one discuss the post read.

Kliger furthered his elaborate trolling with a bizarre voicemail welcoming that pointed anyone who called his registered phone number to the post.

'I simply composed a gorgeous 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 respectable,' he said.

The one-minute greeting was an extended variation of the trick where the owner of the phone pretends to address, however it is really tape-recorded.

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

The tape-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 2 other posts - both of which are totally free to read.

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

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'subscriber only' with a $1,000-a-month fee - or $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 nominated for attorney-general but withdrew after a damning House report found he paid for sex with 17-year-old woman and many other misconducts.

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

Hegseth was directly verified 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 likewise suspicious as his economic sector work history didn't consist of such a role.

His newest job, according to his LinkedIn, was as a 'senior software application 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 akropolistravel.com puts the leading end at $321,000, including bonus.

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

The Berkeley graduate reportedly instructed all workers at the company not to go back to Washington headquarters 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 an unique adviser to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were installed.

The Tesla owner has essentially taken control of the OPM, together with 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 wish to do work that will affect the future,' it read.

'Whether that means establishing software, looking into system implementation, or working in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and imagination towards satisfying 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 activities is playing online blitz chess.'

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

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

Who are Musk's other nerds?

Musk employed 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 costs.

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

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

Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, in addition to Coristine, have actually reportedly been granted A-suite level clearance for their work, meaning they can work out of the agency'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 recently protecting clearance to access to limited parts of the General Services Administration structures and IT systems.

These systems save sensitive information consisting of social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

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

Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has actually been called for his role with DOGE, which is supposedly on a 'volunteer' basis at this stage.

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

'Time to admit: Media reports stating that DOGE has some of world's finest software application engineers remain in reality real,' Musk composed on X.

Luke Farritor, 23

Luke Farritor has a recognized link to Musk currently, 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 national treasure' after his appointment with DOGE was revealed.

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

The charred scroll was believed scorched beyond recognition.

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

Edward Coristine, 19

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

Coristine apparently interned at Musk's Neuralink for three months last summer, after finishing high school.

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

WIRED mentioned sources alleging Coristine has been carrying out calls with personnel in the department and making them 'go over code they had actually composed and justify their tasks.'

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

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

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

The youngest of Musk's elite team is simply 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 since been deleted, Bobba was a financial investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.

He had likewise 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 model United Nations. His daddy is an academic in computer science.

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

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

'This increasing willingness to simplify even the most complex narratives into mind-blowing tidbits, perpetuates false information and while doing so divides the communities, households, and relationships we value.

'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 established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for specialists. 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 working in the school's computing laboratory on autonomous vehicles.

Musk is notoriously attempting to establish self-driving cars and trucks 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 likewise has a link to Musk, having taken part in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his team were runner ups after they utilized xAI's Grok to create possible responses from X fans to a hypothetical question.

Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for experts. 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 concentrates on high-frequency financial trades and algorithms.

Now, he is reportedly working as a 'volunteer' with DOGE, although in what capability 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 an extraordinary civilian review of the federal government with Trump's agreement.

'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 have actually 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 workers 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 exact same title was utilized in Trump's recent email proposing generous lay-off bundles

Musk later on shared on X that he commissioned an artwork of a massive fork standing in the roadway, suggesting it was all connected.

Musk does not hold elected workplace, but on Monday was formally selected a 'unique government employee' by the White House.

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