Among Elon Musk's nerd army is trolling his new fans by charging $1,000 to read a manifesto about why he signed up with DOGE - only to find the post is blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 6 baby-faced kids 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 out a company-wide email sent to employees at USAID informing them not to come into the firm's Washington DC head office on Monday.
Kliger sent out the guideline from a USAID email address he was provided 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, building security, and classified products, 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 income to conserve America.'
Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'subscriber just' with a $1,000-a-month cost - or $10,000 for an entire year - to access a single word of it.
However, those who were curious sufficient to cough up the remarkable cost found there wasn't even that - the post was entirely blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 6 baby-faced young 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 entitled: 'Why DOGE. Why I provided up a seven-figure salary to save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is completely empty
'Poetically blank, please reassess your life choices,' one discuss the post read.
Kliger enhanced his sophisticated trolling with a bizarre voicemail greeting that pointed anyone who called his registered telephone number to the post.
'I just wrote a gorgeous Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, king-wifi.win it's behind the paywall, however I believe it will address that concern for you ... it's respectable,' he said.
The one-minute welcoming was an elongated version of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to answer, but it is really 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 do not 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 upgraded weekly, and just has two other posts - both of which are totally free to read.
Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not upgraded weekly, and just has 3 posts
Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer 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 nominations - Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth.
Gaetz was nominated for attorney-general but withdrew after a damning House report found he paid for sex with 17-year-old woman and numerous other misconducts.
Kliger's post entitled '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 previous Fox News host's election filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.
Hegseth was narrowly validated by the Senate in spite of his history of alcoholic abuse and claims of sexual assault and harassment.
Kliger's claim that he left a 'seven-figure task' to sign up with DOGE is also dubious as his personal sector work history didn't include such a role.
His newest 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 bytes-the-dust.com that position at Databricks range 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 telling them not to come into the firm's Washington DC head office on Monday
The Berkeley graduate supposedly advised all workers at the firm not to return 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 a special consultant 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 control of the OPM, together with 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 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 establishing software, looking into system deployment, or operating in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and imagination towards meeting the obstacles I deal with.
'In my extra time, I take pleasure in playing the piano and clarinet and participating in music performances 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 realty 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 geeks?
Musk got a troupe 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 handling business America and longstanding government institutions.
According to WIRED, he's been called an 'expert' in his field, and specifics about his function aren't yet clear.
Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, in addition to Coristine, have actually reportedly been granted A-suite level clearance for their work, implying they can work out of the agency's top floor with access to all physical areas and IT systems.
Musk's DOGE has actually been rapidly growing in power and broadening its remit, most recently securing clearance to access to limited 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 performers of boys aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut costs
Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has actually been called for his role with DOGE, which is apparently on a 'volunteer' basis at this phase.
After widespread criticism about the men's youth, Musk launched a declaration about the visits.
'Time to admit: Media reports stating that DOGE has some of world's finest software application engineers remain in fact real,' Musk composed on X.
Luke Farritor, 23
Luke Farritor 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 begin working for Nat Friedman, the Silicon Valley business owner behind GitHub.
Friedman explained Farritor as 'a national treasure' after his appointment with DOGE was revealed.
He won part of a $700,000 reward in 2024 after utilizing AI innovation to assist analyze a 2,000 years of age document - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had actually been trying, 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 squad 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 finishing high school.
Little is understood about Coristine's function at DOGE, nevertheless he is noted as an 'expert.'
WIRED pointed out sources declaring Coristine has been conducting calls with personnel in the department and making them 'discuss code they had composed and validate their tasks.'
Employees were apparently confused by his addition in the conferences, and later revealed concerns that they were not correctly informed on his identity or function, even during the call.
Coristine's daddy, Charles, is the primary executive of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine as soon as worked as an employee for the brand name.
Up up until just recently, Coristine supposedly used a social media manage 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 previous LinkedIn account, which has actually since been deleted, Bobba was an investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.
He had also formerly interned for Meta and Palantir - who was founded 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 technology.
Bobba spoke at his from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, telling his classmates to 'value the complexity 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 streamline even the most complex narratives into mind-blowing tidbits, perpetuates misinformation and in the process divides the communities, families, 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 established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for specialists. 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 laboratory on self-governing cars.
Musk is notoriously attempting to establish self-driving vehicles at his Tesla headquarters.
Shaortran becomes part of the Harvard Mountaineering Club and worked as a scuba divemaster in Hawaii over a gap year.
He likewise 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 develop possible responses from X followers to a theoretical concern.
Shaortran established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for experts. 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 financial trades and algorithms.
Now, he is supposedly 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 specializes in high-frequency financial 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 contract.
'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 have actually got to essentially eliminate the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'
Musk recently hinted he was likewise the mastermind behind Trump's decision to purge federal staff members by publishing a symbolic picture on X harkening back to his notorious 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 plans
Musk later shared on X that he commissioned an artwork of a huge fork standing in the roadway, showing it was all connected.
Musk does not hold chosen office, but on Monday was officially selected a 'unique federal government employee' by the White House.
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