1 Elon Musk Chief Nerd's Elaborate $1,000 Troll Scam
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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 signed up with 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 out a company-wide email sent out to workers at USAID informing them not to come into the agency's Washington DC headquarters on Monday.

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

While the personnel were kept home, DOGE gained access to the agency's IT system, developing security, and classified materials, 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 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 sufficient to cough up the amazing cost discovered there wasn't even that - the post was entirely blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 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 quit a seven-figure income to save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is completely empty

'Poetically blank, please reevaluate your life choices,' one talk about the post read.

Kliger enhanced his elaborate trolling with an unusual voicemail greeting that pointed anybody who called his authorized phone number to the post.

'I just wrote a gorgeous Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it lags the paywall, but I think it will respond to that question for you ... it's quite great,' he said.

The one-minute greeting was an extended variation of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to answer, however it is actually tape-recorded.

Kliger initially pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having problem hearing the call, then ultimately exclaiming, 'They said what? No, no, I don't 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 upgraded weekly, and just has two other posts - both of which are complimentary to check out.

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

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer only' with a $1,000-a-month charge - or it-viking.ch $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 but withdrew after a damning House report found he paid for sex with 17-year-old lady and various other misbehaviors.

Kliger's post entitled 'The Curious Case of Matt Gaetz: How the Deep State Destroys Its Enemies' portrayed Gaetz as an innocent victim who was 'framed'.

His other post, 'Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense: The Warrior grandtribunal.org Washington Fears', was an enthusiastic defense of the former Fox News host's nomination filled with regular Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was directly verified by the Senate in spite of his history of alcohol abuse and claims of sexual attack and harassment.

Kliger's claim that he left a 'seven-figure task' to sign up with DOGE is also dubious as his economic sector work history didn't consist of such a function.

His latest job, 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, consisting of bonus.

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

The Berkeley graduate supposedly instructed all workers at the agency 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 designated him an unique adviser to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where many other Musk lackeys were installed.

The Tesla owner has 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 developing software, looking into system deployment, or operating in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and imagination towards meeting the challenges I face.

'In my extra time, I take pleasure in playing the piano and clarinet and going to music concerts at Berkeley. Among my favorite leisure activities is playing online blitz chess.'

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

Musk last month appointed Kliger a special consultant to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where many other Musk lackeys were installed

Who are Musk's other nerds?

Musk got 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 costs.

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

According to WIRED, he's been called an 'specialist' in his field, and specifics about his role 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, suggesting 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 rapidly growing in power and expanding its remit, most recently securing clearance to access to limited parts of the General Services Administration buildings and IT systems.

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

Elon Musk enlisted a performers of young men 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 actually been called for his function with DOGE, which is reportedly on a 'volunteer' basis at this phase.

After extensive criticism about the males's youth, Musk released a statement about the consultations.

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

Luke Farritor, 23

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

Farritor, left 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 using AI innovation to assist figure out a 2,000 years of age document - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had been attempting, and failing, to fix for centuries.

The charred scroll was thought burnt beyond acknowledgment.

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

Edward Coristine, 19

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

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

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

WIRED mentioned sources alleging Coristine has been performing calls with staff in the department and making them 'discuss code they had composed and validate their tasks.'

Employees were presumably puzzled by his inclusion in the conferences, and later revealed concerns that they were not correctly informed on his identity or function, even during the call.

Coristine's dad, Charles, is the president of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine once worked as a group member for the brand.

Up till recently, Coristine reportedly used a social networks deal with called '@EdwardBigBaller.'

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

Akash Bobba, 21

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

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

He had likewise formerly interned for Meta and Palantir - who was established by 2016 MAGA donor, it-viking.ch Peter Thiel.

Just 6 years ago, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, regional design United Nations. His father is a scholastic in computer system science.

Bobba spoke at his graduation ceremony from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, informing 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 desire to streamline even the most complex narratives into spectacular bits, perpetuates misinformation and at the same time divides the neighborhoods, 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 founded 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 automobiles.

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

Shaortran established 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 focuses on high-frequency monetary trades and algorithms.

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

The 24-year-old finished McGill University.

Killian was working as an engineer at Jump Trading, which specializes in high-frequency monetary trades and algorithms

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Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power

Musk is leading a remarkable civilian review of the federal government with Trump's arrangement.

'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 simply a ball of worms. You have actually got to generally eliminate the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'

Musk just recently hinted he was likewise the mastermind behind Trump's choice to purge federal employees by posting a symbolic image on X harkening back to his notorious Twitter cleanse.

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

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

Musk does not hold chosen workplace, but on Monday was officially appointed a 'special civil servant' by the White House.

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