One of Elon Musk's nerd army is trolling his new fans by charging $1,000 to check out a manifesto about why he signed up with DOGE - only to discover the post is blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 6 baby-faced kids 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 staff members at USAID informing them not to come into the firm's Washington DC head office on Monday.
Kliger sent out the instruction from a USAID email address he was supplied with as part of high-level access to its systems, in addition to fellow DOGE nerd Luke Farritor.
While the staff were kept home, DOGE gained access to the agency's IT system, developing security, and classified materials, and started 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 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 a whole year - to access a single word of it.
However, those who were curious enough to spend the remarkable fee found there wasn't even that - the post was entirely blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 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: 'Why DOGE. Why I quit 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 sophisticated trolling with a bizarre voicemail welcoming that pointed anybody who called his registered telephone number to the post.
'I just wrote a lovely Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you just go there, it lags the paywall, but I think it will answer that concern for you ... it's pretty great,' he said.
The one-minute welcoming was a lengthened version of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to answer, but it is in fact recorded.
Kliger initially pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having difficulty hearing the call, then eventually 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 upgraded weekly, and just has 2 other posts - both of which are totally 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 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 nominated for attorney-general but 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' depicted 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 nomination filled with regular Trump-ally talking points.
Hegseth was directly validated 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 join DOGE is likewise dubious as his economic sector work history didn't include such a function.
His most current task, 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 benefit.
Kliger was the one who sent out a company-wide email sent out to workers at USAID telling them not to come into the agency's Washington DC head office on Monday
The Berkeley graduate reportedly advised all staff members at the firm 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 designated him an unique advisor to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were installed.
The Tesla owner has 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 checked out.
'Whether that implies developing software, looking into system implementation, or operating in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and imagination towards satisfying the difficulties I deal with.
'In my extra time, I enjoy playing the piano and clarinet and participating in music performances at Berkeley. Among my preferred leisure activities is playing online blitz chess.'
Kliger's dad, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, an industrial realty company.
Musk last month selected Kliger an unique adviser to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where various other Musk lackeys were installed
Who are Musk's other nerds?
Musk employed a troupe of boys aged 19 to 25 - three of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering functions and cut expenses.
At simply 19, Edward Coristine is the youngest of the fresh-faced lot taking on corporate America and longstanding government organizations.
According to WIRED, he's been dubbed an 'expert' in his field, and specifics about his function aren't yet clear.
Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, together with Coristine, have apparently been approved A-suite level clearance for their work, implying they can work out of the company'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 just recently protecting clearance to access to limited parts of the General Services Administration structures and IT systems.
These systems store sensitive information including social security numbers, addresses and contact details.
Elon Musk got a performers of young men aged 19 to 25 - 3 of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering functions and cut expenses
Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has been called for his role with DOGE, which is apparently on a 'volunteer' basis at this stage.
After widespread criticism about the males's youth, Musk released a statement about the appointments.
'Time to confess: Media reports saying that DOGE has a few of world's finest software engineers remain in truth real,' Musk wrote on X.
Luke Farritor, 23
Luke Farritor has a known link to Musk currently, having interned for SpaceX prior to landing his new gig.
Farritor, dropped out 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 revealed.
He won part of a $700,000 prize in 2024 after utilizing AI innovation to help analyze a 2,000 year old document - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had been trying, and failing, to solve for 103.6.222.206 centuries.
The charred scroll was believed scorched beyond recognition.
Luke Farritor has a known 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 squad is just 19 and a trainee at Northeastern University in Boston.
Coristine reportedly interned at Musk's Neuralink for three months last summer season, after finishing high school.
Little is understood about Coristine's role at DOGE, however he is listed as an 'expert.'
WIRED mentioned sources alleging has been conducting calls with staff in the department and making them 'go over code they had actually written and justify their jobs.'
Employees were supposedly puzzled by his inclusion in the meetings, and later on expressed issues that they were not correctly informed on his identity or role, even during the call.
Coristine's daddy, Charles, is the president of popcorn empire, utahsyardsale.com LesserEvil. Coristine once worked as an employee for the brand name.
Up up until just recently, Coristine reportedly utilized a social networks handle called '@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 'expert' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.
According to a former LinkedIn account, which has actually since been deleted, Bobba was an investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.
He had actually also previously interned for Meta and Palantir - who was founded by 2016 MAGA donor, Peter Thiel.
Just 6 years back, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, regional design United Nations. His daddy is a scholastic in computer technology.
Bobba spoke at his graduation ceremony from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, informing his classmates 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 define our identities,' he said.
'This increasing willingness to streamline even the most complicated 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 'professional' 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 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 automobiles at his Tesla headquarters.
Shaortran is part of 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 gotten involved in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his group were runner ups after they used xAI's Grok to produce possible reactions from X fans to a theoretical concern.
Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for specialists. 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 financial 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 concentrates on 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 contract.
'It became 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've got to generally get rid of the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'
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At the time, he sent out a letter to staff entitled: 'A Fork in the Road.' The very 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 a massive fork standing in the road, showing it was all connected.
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