Among Elon Musk's geek army is trolling his brand-new fans by charging $1,000 to check out a manifesto about why he joined DOGE - only to find the post is blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 6 baby-faced young boys 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 to workers at USAID telling them not to come into the company's Washington DC head office on Monday.
Kliger sent the direction from a USAID email address he was supplied with as part of high-level access to its systems, along with fellow DOGE nerd Luke Farritor.
While the personnel were kept home, DOGE gained access to the company's IT system, developing security, and classified materials, and began it.
Just hours before he sent the email, Kliger made a post on his Substack page entitled: 'Why DOGE. Why I quit a seven-figure income to conserve 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 enough to spend the extraordinary fee discovered there wasn't even that - the post was totally blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of 6 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 titled: 'Why DOGE. Why I offered up a seven-figure wage to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is completely empty
'Poetically blank, please review your life options,' one discuss the post read.
Kliger furthered his fancy trolling with an unusual voicemail welcoming that pointed anyone who called his registered contact number to the post.
'I simply wrote a lovely Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it lags the paywall, but I believe it will answer that concern for you ... it's respectable,' he said.
The one-minute welcoming was an extended version of the trick where the owner of the phone pretends to address, but it is in fact 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 do not 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 only has 2 other posts - both of which are complimentary 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 just' 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 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 woman and many other misbehaviors.
Kliger's post entitled 'The Curious Case of Matt Gaetz: gratisafhalen.be 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 a passionate defense of the former Fox News host's election filled with frequent 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 also dubious as his economic sector work history didn't consist of such a function.
His most current 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, including benefit.
Kliger was the one who sent out a company-wide email sent out to staff members at USAID informing them not to come into the company's Washington DC headquarters on Monday
The Berkeley graduate reportedly advised all staff members at the agency not to return to Washington headquarters 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 appointed him an unique 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 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 desire to do work that will affect 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 satisfying the obstacles I deal with.
'In my extra time, I take pleasure in playing the piano and clarinet and going to music shows at Berkeley. One of my favorite activities is playing online blitz chess.'
Kliger's dad, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, a commercial real estate firm.
Musk last month selected Kliger a special 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 nerds?
Musk enlisted a performers of young men 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 handling corporate America and longstanding federal government institutions.
According to WIRED, setiathome.berkeley.edu 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, together with Coristine, have actually apparently been granted A-suite level clearance for their work, indicating they can work out of the agency's leading flooring with access to all physical areas and IT systems.
Musk's DOGE has actually been rapidly growing in power and expanding its remit, most recently protecting clearance to access to limited parts of the General Services Administration structures and IT systems.
These systems keep sensitive information including social security numbers, addresses and contact details.
Elon Musk employed a performers of young guys aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are thought to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut expenses
Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has actually been called for his role with DOGE, which is apparently on a 'volunteer' basis at this phase.
After extensive criticism about the men's youth, Musk launched a statement about the appointments.
'Time to confess: Media reports stating that DOGE has some of world's finest software engineers remain in fact real,' Musk composed on X.
Luke Farritor, 23
Luke Farritor has a known link to Musk currently, having actually interned for SpaceX prior to landing his new gig.
Farritor, dropped out 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 consultation with DOGE was made public.
He won part of a $700,000 prize in 2024 after using AI technology to assist analyze a 2,000 years of age file - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had actually been trying, and failing, to solve for centuries.
The charred scroll was thought burnt beyond recognition.
Luke Farritor has a recognized link to Musk already, having interned for SpaceX prior to landing his brand-new gig
Edward Coristine, 19
The youngest of Musk's elite team is simply 19 and a trainee at Northeastern University in Boston.
Coristine supposedly interned at Musk's Neuralink for three months last summer season, after graduating high school.
Little is understood about Coristine's role at DOGE, nevertheless he is noted as an 'expert.'
WIRED cited 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 apparently puzzled by his inclusion in the meetings, and later revealed concerns that they were not properly informed on his identity or function, even throughout the call.
Coristine's father, Charles, is the primary executive of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine once worked as an employee for the brand.
Up up until recently, Coristine supposedly used a social media handle named '@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 'professional' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.
According to a former LinkedIn account, which has considering that been deleted, Bobba was an investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.
He had also formerly interned for Meta and Palantir - who was established by 2016 MAGA donor, Peter Thiel.
Just 6 years ago, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, regional design United Nations. His father is an academic in computer technology.
Bobba spoke at his graduation ceremony from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, informing his classmates to 'appreciate the complexity 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 desire to simplify even the most intricate stories into marvelous tidbits, perpetuates false information and while doing so divides the communities, households, and relationships we value.
'What's the solution, you might ask? Seek pain.'
Bobba is another 'professional' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley
Ethan Shaotran, 22
Shaortran established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for professionals. 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 lab on self-governing vehicles.
Musk is famously trying to develop self-driving vehicles at his Tesla head office.
Shaortran belongs to 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 gotten involved 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 theoretical question.
Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for experts. The start-up 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 supposedly working as a 'volunteer' with DOGE, although in what capacity remains uncertain.
The 24-year-old graduated McGill University.
Killian was working as an engineer at Jump Trading, which specializes in high-frequency financial trades and algorithms
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Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power
Musk is leading an amazing 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 basically 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 posting a symbolic photo on X harkening back to his notorious Twitter clean.
At the time, he sent a letter to staff entitled: 'A Fork in the Road.' The exact same title was used in Trump's current 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, showing it was all connected.
Musk does not hold chosen office, however on Monday was officially designated a 'special civil servant' by the White House.
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