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One of Elon Musk's nerd army is trolling his new fans by charging $1,000 to read a manifesto about why he joined DOGE - only 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 sow havoc in the civil service.

He was the one who sent out a company-wide email sent 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 provided with as part of high-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 ura.cc classified materials, 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 provided up a seven-figure income to conserve America.'

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

However, those who were curious enough to cough up the remarkable cost discovered there wasn't even that - the post was entirely blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of 6 baby-faced kids 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 salary to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is entirely empty

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

Kliger advanced his sophisticated trolling with a bizarre voicemail greeting that pointed anyone who called his authorized contact number to the post.

'I simply wrote a lovely Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you just go there, it's behind the paywall, but I think it will address 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 answer, however it is in fact tape-recorded.

Kliger first pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having difficulty hearing the call, then ultimately 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 only 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 '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 questionable cabinet elections - Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth.

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

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 an enthusiastic defense of the previous Fox News host's election filled with regular Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was directly confirmed by the Senate regardless of his history of alcohol abuse and claims of sexual attack and harassment.

Kliger's claim that he left a 'seven-figure job' to join DOGE is also suspicious as his personal sector work history didn't consist of such a function.

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 puts the leading end at $321,000, consisting of reward.

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

The Berkeley graduate supposedly instructed all staff members 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 selected him a special adviser to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where many other Musk lackeys were set up.

The Tesla owner has essentially taken control of 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 first dan in Taekwondo, and an accomplished pianist.

'I want to do work that will influence the future,' it read.

'Whether that means establishing software application, investigating system deployment, or working in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and creativity towards fulfilling the challenges I deal with.

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

Kliger's father, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, an industrial property company.

Musk last month selected Kliger a special 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 geeks?

Musk enlisted a troupe 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.

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

According to WIRED, he's been dubbed an 'expert' 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 actually supposedly been given A-suite level clearance for their work, suggesting they can work out of the agency's top flooring with access to all physical spaces and IT systems.

Musk's DOGE has actually been rapidly growing in power and broadening its remit, most just recently securing clearance to access to restricted parts of the General Services Administration structures and IT systems.

These systems store delicate data consisting of social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

Elon Musk enlisted a troupe of boys 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 named for his role with DOGE, which is supposedly on a 'volunteer' basis at this phase.

After extensive criticism about the men's youth, Musk released a declaration about the visits.

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

Luke Farritor, 23

Luke Farritor has a recognized link to Musk already, 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 nationwide treasure' after his appointment with DOGE was made public.

He won part of a $700,000 prize in 2024 after using AI technology to help figure out a 2,000 years of age file - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had actually been trying, and failing, to fix for centuries.

The charred scroll was thought scorched beyond recognition.

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

Edward Coristine, 19

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

Coristine apparently interned at Musk's Neuralink for 3 months last summer, after finishing high school.

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

WIRED pointed out sources declaring Coristine has actually been conducting calls with staff in the department and making them 'discuss code they had written and validate their jobs.'

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

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

Up till recently, Coristine supposedly used a social networks 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 'specialist' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.

According to a former LinkedIn account, which has because been erased, Bobba was a financial 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 six years earlier, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, local model United Nations. His dad is an academic in computer science.

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

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

'This increasing desire to simplify even the most intricate stories into mind-blowing bits, perpetuates misinformation and while doing so divides the communities, households, and relationships we value.

'What's the service, 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 lab on autonomous automobiles.

Musk is famously trying to establish self-driving cars and trucks at his Tesla headquarters.

Shaortran belongs to the Harvard Mountaineering Club and worked as a scuba divemaster in Hawaii over a space year.

He also has a link to Musk, having taken part in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his team were runner ups after they used xAI's Grok to develop plausible responses from X followers to a hypothetical question.

Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for professionals. 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 supposedly 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 concentrates on 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 ended up being apparent 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 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 employees by publishing a symbolic picture on X harkening back to his notorious Twitter cleanse.

At the time, he sent out a letter to staff titled: 'A Fork in the Road.' The very same title was used in Trump's current email proposing generous lay-off bundles

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

Musk does not hold elected office, but on Monday was officially designated a 'special civil servant' by the White House.

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