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

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among six 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 company's Washington DC headquarters on Monday.

Kliger sent out the direction 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 agency's IT system, building security, and classified products, and began 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 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 extraordinary cost found there wasn't even that - the post was totally blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of six baby-faced 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 income to save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is totally empty

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

Kliger enhanced his intricate trolling with a strange voicemail greeting that pointed anybody who called his registered contact number to the post.

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

The one-minute welcoming was an extended variation of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to answer, but it is actually taped.

Kliger initially 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 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 free to read.

Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not updated weekly, and just has 3 posts

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer just' with a $1,000-a-month cost - 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 chosen for attorney-general however withdrew after a damning House report found he paid for sex with 17-year-old woman and various other misconducts.

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 Washington Fears', was an enthusiastic defense of the former Fox News host's election filled with regular Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was narrowly validated 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 job' to join DOGE is also suspicious as his personal sector work history didn't consist of such a role.

His latest 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 vary from $102,000 to $308,000 a year according to Certainly, while Glassdoor puts the top end at $321,000, including bonus.

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

The Berkeley graduate supposedly instructed all workers at the company not to go back 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 an unique adviser to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were set up.

The Tesla owner has actually basically taken control of the OPM, in addition to the General Services Administration, through his management 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 establishing software, researching system deployment, or working in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and creativity towards meeting the challenges I face.

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

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

Musk last month designated Kliger an unique adviser 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 nerds?

Musk employed 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 costs.

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

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

Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, along with Coristine, have supposedly been approved A-suite level clearance for their work, meaning 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 quickly growing in power and broadening its remit, most just recently securing clearance to access to restricted parts of the General Services Administration buildings and IT systems.

These delicate information consisting of social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

Elon Musk enlisted a performers of young men aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut expenses

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

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

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

Luke Farritor, 23

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

Farritor, dropped out 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 appointment with DOGE was revealed.

He won part of a $700,000 reward 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 researchers had actually been trying, and failing, to solve for centuries.

The charred scroll was believed scorched beyond recognition.

Luke Farritor has a recognized 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 just 19 and a trainee at Northeastern University in Boston.

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

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

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

Employees were presumably puzzled by his addition in the meetings, and later on revealed issues that they were not appropriately informed on his identity or role, even throughout the call.

Coristine's father, Charles, is the primary executive of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine as soon as worked as a team member for the brand.

Up till just recently, Coristine apparently utilized a social networks deal with called '@EdwardBigBaller.'

The youngest of Musk's elite team 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 former LinkedIn account, which has considering that been deleted, Bobba was an investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.

He had likewise previously interned for Meta and Palantir - who was founded by 2016 MAGA donor, Peter Thiel.

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

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

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

'This increasing desire to simplify even the most complex stories into sensational bits, perpetuates misinformation and at the same time divides the communities, families, and relationships we value.

'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 established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for professionals. 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 self-governing automobiles.

Musk is famously attempting to develop self-driving cars and trucks 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 likewise 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 produce plausible reactions from X followers to a theoretical concern.

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

The 24-year-old graduated McGill University.

Killian was working as an engineer at Jump Trading, which focuses 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 contract.

'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 essentially eliminate the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'

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

At the time, he sent out 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 packages

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

Musk does not hold elected workplace, but on Monday was formally selected a 'unique civil servant' by the White House.

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