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 - only to discover the post is blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of six 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 a company-wide email sent to staff members at USAID telling them not to come into the agency'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 personnel were kept home, DOGE gained access to the firm's IT system, constructing security, and classified products, and began 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 income to conserve America.'
Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer only' with a $1,000-a-month fee - or $10,000 for an entire year - to access a single word of it.
However, those who wondered adequate to cough up the extraordinary charge discovered there wasn't even that - the post was completely blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of 6 baby-faced young boys with little-to-no federal 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 quit a seven-figure wage to save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is totally empty
'Poetically blank, please reassess your life options,' one comment on the post read.
Kliger enhanced his fancy trolling with a strange voicemail greeting that pointed anybody who called his authorized phone number to the post.
'I simply composed a lovely Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it lags the paywall, but I believe it will address that concern for you ... it's pretty excellent,' he said.
The one-minute welcoming was a lengthened variation of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to address, however it is really taped.
Kliger first 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 updated weekly, and only has 2 other posts - both of which are totally free to check out.
Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not updated weekly, and only has three posts
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
They are both strident defenses of Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet nominations - 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 girl and various 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 previous Fox News host's nomination filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.
Hegseth was directly verified by the Senate regardless 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 suspicious as his economic sector work history didn't consist of such a role.
His most current 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 top end at $321,000, including perk.
Kliger was the one who sent out a company-wide email sent out to staff members at USAID telling them not to come into the company's Washington DC headquarters on Monday
The Berkeley graduate reportedly instructed all employees 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 consultant 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 essentially taken over 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 wish to do work that will influence the future,' it checked out.
'Whether that indicates establishing software application, investigating system release, or working in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and creativity towards satisfying the obstacles I deal with.
'In my extra time, I enjoy playing the piano and clarinet and attending 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 appointed Kliger an unique advisor to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were set up
Who are Musk's other geeks?
Musk employed a troupe of boys aged 19 to 25 - 3 of whom are thought to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering functions and cut expenses.
At simply 19, Edward Coristine is the youngest of the fresh-faced lot handling corporate America and longstanding government institutions.
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, along with Coristine, have reportedly been given A-suite level clearance for their work, meaning they can work out of the company's leading flooring with access to all physical spaces and IT systems.
Musk's DOGE has actually been quickly growing in power and broadening 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 information consisting of social security numbers, addresses and contact details.
Elon Musk enlisted a performers of boys aged 19 to 25 - 3 of whom are thought to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut expenses
Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has been called for his function with DOGE, which is apparently on a 'volunteer' basis at this phase.
After extensive criticism about the men's youth, Musk released a declaration about the consultations.
'Time to confess: Media reports saying that DOGE has some of world's finest software application engineers remain in reality true,' 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 brand-new gig.
Farritor, left of the University of Nebraska in order to start working for engel-und-waisen.de 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 utilizing AI innovation to assist figure out 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 believed scorched beyond acknowledgment.
Luke Farritor has a recognized 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 three months last summer, after finishing high school.
Little is learnt about Coristine's function at DOGE, however he is listed as an 'professional.'
WIRED pointed out sources declaring Coristine has been performing calls with staff in the department and making them 'discuss code they had actually written and justify their tasks.'
Employees were presumably confused by his inclusion in the conferences, and later revealed concerns that they were not appropriately informed on his identity or role, even throughout the call.
Coristine's father, Charles, is the of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine once worked as an employee for the brand name.
Up up until just recently, Coristine reportedly used 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 'specialist' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.
According to a former LinkedIn account, which has since been erased, 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 6 years earlier, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, local design United Nations. His dad is a scholastic 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 reside in an age where simpleness reigns 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 stories into mind-blowing tidbits, perpetuates false information and while doing so divides the communities, households, and relationships we cherish.
'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 professionals. 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 autonomous cars.
Musk is notoriously trying to establish self-driving vehicles at his Tesla head office.
Shaortran is 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 team were runner ups after they utilized xAI's Grok to develop possible actions from X followers to a theoretical question.
Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for professionals. The startup 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 financial trades and algorithms.
Now, he is supposedly 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 specializes in high-frequency financial 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 arrangement.
'It became obvious 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 eliminate the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'
Musk recently hinted he was likewise the mastermind behind Trump's decision to purge federal workers by posting a symbolic image on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter cleanse.
At the time, he sent out a letter to staff entitled: 'A Fork in the Road.' The same title was utilized in Trump's current email proposing generous lay-off packages
Musk later shared on X that he commissioned an art work of an enormous fork standing in the roadway, indicating it was all connected.
Musk does not hold chosen office, however on Monday was formally designated a 'unique civil servant' by the White House.
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