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 among six baby-faced boys with little-to-no government experience handpicked by the 'First Buddy' to plant havoc in the civil service.
He was the one who sent a company-wide email sent out to employees at USAID informing them not to come into the firm's Washington DC head office on Monday.
Kliger sent the direction from a USAID email address he was provided with as part of top-level access to its systems, in addition to 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 started dismantling it.
Just hours before he sent out the email, Kliger made a post on his Substack page entitled: 'Why DOGE. Why I provided up a seven-figure income to save America.'
Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer just' 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 among 6 baby-faced boys 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 income to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is completely empty
'Poetically blank, please reassess your life options,' one discuss the post read.
Kliger advanced his intricate trolling with an unusual voicemail greeting that pointed anybody who called his authorized phone number to the post.
'I just composed a gorgeous Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you just go there, it's behind the paywall, however I think it will answer that concern for you ... it's respectable,' he said.
The one-minute greeting was an extended version of the trick where the owner of the phone pretends to answer, however it is actually tape-recorded.
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 taped 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 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 'subscriber only' with a $1,000-a-month fee - or $10,000 for an entire year - to access a single word of it
They are both strident defenses of Donald Trump's most controversial cabinet nominations - Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth.
Gaetz was chosen for attorney-general but withdrew after a damning House report discovered he paid for sex with 17-year-old girl and various other misconducts.
Kliger's post titled '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 a passionate defense of the previous Fox News host's election filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.
Hegseth was narrowly verified by the Senate despite his history of alcoholic abuse and claims of sexual assault and harassment.
Kliger's claim that he left a 'seven-figure job' to sign up with DOGE is also suspicious as his private 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 company in San Francisco, from May 2020 to last month.
Salaries for 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 benefit.
Kliger was the one who sent a company-wide email sent to employees at USAID telling them not to come into the firm's Washington DC head office on Monday
The Berkeley graduate supposedly instructed all staff members at the agency not to go back to Washington headquarters 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 appointed him an unique advisor 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 over the OPM, along 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 first dan in Taekwondo, and an accomplished pianist.
'I want to do work that will affect the future,' it read.
'Whether that means developing software, looking into system release, or operating in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and creativity towards satisfying the challenges I deal with.
'In my spare time, I take pleasure in playing the piano and clarinet and attending music shows at Berkeley. One of my favorite leisure activities is playing online blitz chess.'
Kliger's dad, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, a business property company.
Musk last month selected Kliger an unique consultant to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were installed
Who are Musk's other nerds?
Musk employed a troupe of young males aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering functions and cut costs.
At just 19, Edward is the youngest of the fresh-faced bunch taking on 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, together with Coristine, have actually supposedly been approved A-suite level clearance for their work, implying they can work out of the firm's top flooring with access to all physical spaces and IT systems.
Musk's DOGE has been quickly growing in power and expanding its remit, most just recently protecting clearance to access to restricted parts of the General Services Administration buildings and IT systems.
These systems store sensitive information consisting of social security numbers, addresses and contact details.
Elon Musk got a troupe of young males 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 been called for his role with DOGE, which is reportedly on a 'volunteer' basis at this phase.
After prevalent criticism about the males's youth, Musk released a declaration about the consultations.
'Time to confess: Media reports saying that DOGE has some of world's finest software 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, left of the University of Nebraska in order to begin working for Nat Friedman, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur behind GitHub.
Friedman explained Farritor as 'a nationwide treasure' after his visit with DOGE was revealed.
He won part of a $700,000 prize in 2024 after utilizing AI technology to assist analyze a 2,000 year old file - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which researchers had been attempting, and failing, to solve for centuries.
The charred scroll was thought scorched beyond acknowledgment.
Luke Farritor has a recognized link to Musk currently, having actually interned for SpaceX prior to landing his brand-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, after graduating high school.
Little is learnt about Coristine's function at DOGE, nevertheless he is noted as an 'professional.'
WIRED pointed out sources alleging Coristine has actually been carrying out calls with staff in the department and making them 'go over code they had actually written and justify their tasks.'
Employees were apparently puzzled by his addition in the conferences, and later revealed issues that they were not effectively informed on his identity or role, even throughout the call.
Coristine's daddy, Charles, is the president of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine when worked as a group member for the brand.
Up until recently, Coristine reportedly used a social media manage named '@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 'specialist' 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 also formerly interned for Meta and Palantir - who was founded by 2016 MAGA donor, Peter Thiel.
Just six years ago, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, regional model United Nations. His father is a scholastic in computer technology.
Bobba spoke at his graduation ceremony from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, wiki.rrtn.org telling his classmates to 'appreciate the complexity in life'.
" We live in an age where simplicity rules supreme, where 30-second TikToks and 280-character tweets pertain to define our identities,' he said.
'This increasing willingness to simplify even the most complex narratives into spectacular tidbits, perpetuates misinformation and at the same time divides the neighborhoods, households, and relationships we treasure.
'What's the service, 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 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 operating in the school's computing laboratory on self-governing vehicles.
Musk is notoriously attempting to develop self-driving cars and trucks at his Tesla headquarters.
Shaortran is 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 participated in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his team were runner ups after they utilized xAI's Grok to produce possible actions from X fans to a hypothetical question.
Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for experts. The startup 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 apparently 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 a remarkable 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 also the mastermind behind Trump's decision to purge federal employees by posting a symbolic picture on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter cleanse.
At the time, he sent out a letter to personnel titled: 'A Fork in the Road.' The 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 a huge fork standing in the road, suggesting it was all connected.
Musk does not hold chosen workplace, but on Monday was officially appointed a 'special federal government staff member' by the White House.
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