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One of Elon Musk's geek army is trolling his new fans by charging $1,000 to check out a manifesto about why he joined DOGE - only to discover the post is blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 6 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 out to staff members at USAID telling them not to come into the firm's Washington DC headquarters on Monday.

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

While the staff were kept home, DOGE gained access to the agency's IT system, constructing security, and classified products, and started dismantling it.

Just hours before he sent out the email, Kliger made a post on his Substack page entitled: 'Why DOGE. Why I quit a seven-figure salary to save 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 were curious sufficient to spend the extraordinary charge 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 federal government experience handpicked by Elon Musk to plant 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 save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is totally empty

'Poetically blank, please review your life choices,' one the post read.

Kliger enhanced his sophisticated trolling with a bizarre voicemail welcoming that pointed anybody who called his authorized contact number to the post.

'I just composed a beautiful Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it's behind the paywall, but I think it will answer that question for you ... it's respectable,' he said.

The one-minute greeting was a lengthened version of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to address, but it is in fact tape-recorded.

Kliger first pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having difficulty hearing the call, then eventually exclaiming, 'They said what? No, no, I don't think 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 updated weekly, and just has 2 other posts - both of which are 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 '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 elections - Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth.

Gaetz was nominated for attorney-general however withdrew after a damning House report found he paid for sex with 17-year-old lady and numerous other misbehaviors.

Kliger's post titled '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 a passionate defense of the former Fox News host's election filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was narrowly validated by the Senate regardless of his history of alcoholic 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 economic sector work history didn't include such a role.

His newest 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 bonus offer.

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

The Berkeley graduate apparently advised all workers at the firm 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 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 basically taken control of the OPM, along 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 influence the future,' it checked out.

'Whether that indicates establishing software, investigating system release, or working in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and creativity towards satisfying the obstacles I face.

'In my extra time, I enjoy playing the piano and clarinet and attending 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 business realty firm.

Musk last month selected Kliger a special adviser to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, forum.batman.gainedge.org where numerous other Musk lackeys were installed

Who are Musk's other geeks?

Musk enlisted a performers of boys aged 19 to 25 - 3 of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut expenses.

At simply 19, Edward Coristine is the youngest of the fresh-faced bunch taking on corporate America and longstanding government institutions.

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

Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, surgiteams.com along with Coristine, have actually reportedly been given A-suite level clearance for their work, implying they can work out of the company's top 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 just recently protecting clearance to access to limited parts of the General Services Administration structures and IT systems.

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

Elon Musk got a troupe of boys aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering functions and cut costs

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

After widespread criticism about the males's youth, Musk released a statement about the visits.

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

Luke Farritor, 23

Luke Farritor has a known 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 begin working for Nat Friedman, the Silicon Valley business owner behind GitHub.

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

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

The charred scroll was believed charred beyond recognition.

Luke Farritor has a recognized link to Musk already, having interned for SpaceX prior to landing his 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 season, after graduating high school.

Little is learnt about Coristine's function at DOGE, nevertheless he is listed as an 'specialist.'

WIRED mentioned sources declaring Coristine has actually been conducting calls with personnel in the department and making them 'go over code they had composed and validate their tasks.'

Employees were apparently confused by his inclusion in the conferences, and later on revealed concerns that they were not correctly briefed on his identity or function, even throughout the call.

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

Up until recently, Coristine apparently used a social networks handle 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 'professional' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.

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

He had actually likewise formerly 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 daddy is a scholastic in computer technology.

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

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

'This increasing desire to simplify even the most complicated stories into spectacular bits, perpetuates misinformation and in the procedure divides the communities, households, and relationships we cherish.

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

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

Ethan Shaotran, 22

Shaortran founded 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 famously attempting to establish self-driving cars and trucks at his Tesla headquarters.

Shaortran becomes part of the Harvard Mountaineering Club and worked as a scuba divemaster in Hawaii over a space 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 used xAI's Grok to produce plausible responses from X followers to a hypothetical question.

Shaortran established 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 focuses on 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 specializes in 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 arrangement.

'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 simply a ball of worms. You've got to basically get rid of the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'

Musk recently hinted he was also the mastermind behind Trump's decision to purge federal workers by posting a symbolic photo on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter clean.

At the time, he sent a letter to staff titled: '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 art work of an enormous fork standing in the road, showing it was all linked.

Musk does not hold elected workplace, however on Monday was formally designated a 'special government staff member' by the White House.

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