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

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among six baby-faced kids 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 out to workers at USAID telling them not to come into the company's Washington DC head office on Monday.

Kliger sent out the direction 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 company's IT system, developing security, and classified materials, and began dismantling 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 salary to save America.'

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

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

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of 6 baby-faced kids 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 titled: funsilo.date 'Why DOGE. Why I gave up a seven-figure wage to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is completely empty

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

Kliger advanced his intricate trolling with a bizarre voicemail welcoming that pointed anybody who called his registered telephone number to the post.

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

The one-minute welcoming was a lengthened variation of the trick where the owner of the phone pretends to address, however it is in fact taped.

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 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 upgraded weekly, and just has two other posts - both of which are complimentary to read.

Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not updated weekly, and just has three posts

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer just' 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 girl and many other misbehaviors.

Kliger's post titled 'The Curious Case of Matt Gaetz: How the Deep State Destroys Its Enemies' represented 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 nomination filled with regular Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was directly validated 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 sign up with DOGE is likewise dubious as his personal sector work history didn't include such a function.

His most current 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, including perk.

Kliger 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

The Berkeley graduate apparently advised all employees at the agency not to go back 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 consultant to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous 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 first dan in Taekwondo, and an accomplished pianist.

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

'Whether that suggests developing software, researching system deployment, or working in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and creativity towards meeting the challenges I deal with.

'In my extra time, I delight in playing the piano and clarinet and participating in music concerts at Berkeley. One of my preferred pastimes is playing online blitz chess.'

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

Musk last month selected Kliger an unique advisor to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where many other Musk lackeys were set up

Who are Musk's other geeks?

Musk employed a performers of young men aged 19 to 25 - three 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 handling business America and longstanding federal government organizations.

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 apparently been given A-suite level clearance for their work, meaning they can work out of the firm's top floor with access to all physical areas and IT systems.

Musk's DOGE has 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 store delicate data including social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

Elon Musk enlisted a troupe 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

Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has been named for his function with DOGE, which is apparently on a 'volunteer' basis at this stage.

After widespread criticism about the men's youth, Musk launched a statement about the appointments.

'Time to confess: Media reports stating that DOGE has a few of world's finest software engineers remain in 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 brand-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 visit with DOGE was made public.

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

The charred scroll was believed charred beyond acknowledgment.

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

Edward Coristine, 19

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

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

Little is understood about Coristine's function at DOGE, however he is noted as an 'specialist.'

WIRED cited sources alleging 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 puzzled by his addition in the meetings, and later expressed issues that they were not properly briefed on his identity or function, even throughout the call.

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

Up up until recently, Coristine apparently used a social media deal with named '@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 former LinkedIn account, which has actually given that 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, Peter Thiel.

Just six years ago, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, local design United Nations. His daddy is an academic in computer system science.

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

" We live 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 streamline even the most complex narratives into spectacular tidbits, perpetuates misinformation and in the procedure divides the neighborhoods, families, and relationships we value.

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

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

Ethan Shaotran, 22

Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for specialists. The startup 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 working in the school's computing lab on self-governing automobiles.

Musk is famously trying to establish self-driving automobiles at his Tesla head office.

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 actually taken part in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his group were runner ups after they used xAI's Grok to produce possible reactions from X followers to a theoretical question.

Shaortran established 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 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 monetary trades and algorithms

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Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power

Musk is leading an extraordinary civilian review of the federal government with Trump's agreement.

'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 recently hinted he was also the mastermind behind Trump's choice to purge federal workers by publishing a symbolic image on X harkening back to his infamous 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 recent email proposing generous lay-off bundles

Musk later shared on X that he commissioned an artwork of an enormous fork standing in the roadway, indicating it was all linked.

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

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