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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 - just to find the post is blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 6 baby-faced young boys 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 out to workers at USAID informing them not to come into the company's Washington DC headquarters on Monday.

Kliger sent the direction from a USAID email address he was provided with as part of high-level access to its systems, in addition to fellow DOGE nerd Luke Farritor.

While the personnel were kept home, DOGE gained access to the firm'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 titled: 'Why DOGE. Why I quit a seven-figure income to conserve America.'

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer only' 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 enough to spend the extraordinary cost found there wasn't even that - the post was completely blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of six baby-faced young 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 quit a seven-figure salary to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is totally empty

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

Kliger enhanced his fancy trolling with a bizarre voicemail welcoming that pointed anyone who called his authorized phone number to the post.

'I just composed a stunning Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it lags the paywall, however I think it will address that concern for you ... it's respectable,' he said.

The one-minute welcoming was a lengthened version of the prank where the owner of the phone pretends to respond to, however it is in fact tape-recorded.

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 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 only has two other posts - both of which are 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 just' 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 discovered he paid for sex with 17-year-old lady and various other misconducts.

Kliger's post titled '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 an enthusiastic defense of the previous Fox News host's nomination filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was directly verified by the Senate despite his history of alcohol abuse and claims of sexual assault and harassment.

Kliger's claim that he left a 'seven-figure task' to sign up with DOGE is likewise suspicious as his economic 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 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 top end at $321,000, including benefit.

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

The Berkeley graduate supposedly instructed all workers at the agency 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 advisor to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where many other Musk lackeys were set up.

The Tesla owner has actually 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 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 release, 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 take pleasure in playing the piano and clarinet and participating in music concerts at Berkeley. One of my favorite pastimes is playing online blitz chess.'

Kliger's daddy, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, a commercial property firm.

Musk last month designated Kliger an unique advisor to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where various 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 just 19, Edward Coristine is the youngest of the fresh-faced bunch handling business America and longstanding federal government institutions.

According to WIRED, he's been dubbed an 'professional' 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 reportedly been approved A-suite level clearance for their work, meaning they can work out of the company's leading flooring with access to all physical areas and IT systems.

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

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

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

After widespread criticism about the males's youth, Musk launched a declaration about the appointments.

'Time to admit: Media reports stating that DOGE has some of world's finest software application engineers remain in fact real,' Musk wrote on X.

Luke Farritor, 23

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

Farritor, left 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 visit 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 scientists had been attempting, and failing, to resolve for centuries.

The charred scroll was thought burnt beyond acknowledgment.

Luke Farritor has a known link to Musk already, having 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 three months last summer, after graduating high school.

Little is learnt about Coristine's role at DOGE, however he is noted as an 'expert.'

WIRED mentioned sources alleging Coristine has actually been performing calls with personnel in the department and making them 'go over code they had actually written and validate their tasks.'

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

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

Up till recently, Coristine supposedly utilized a social networks deal with named '@EdwardBigBaller.'

The youngest of Musk's elite team is simply 19 and setiathome.berkeley.edu 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 previous LinkedIn account, which has actually since been deleted, Bobba was a financial investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.

He had actually also previously interned for Meta and Palantir - who was established by 2016 MAGA donor, Peter Thiel.

Just 6 years back, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, local 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, telling his classmates to 'appreciate the complexity in life'.

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

'This increasing determination to streamline even the most complex stories into astonishing tidbits, perpetuates misinformation and while doing so divides the communities, families, and relationships we value.

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

Bobba is another 'specialist' 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 operating in the school's computing lab on autonomous cars.

Musk is famously attempting to develop self-driving automobiles at his Tesla headquarters.

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 create possible actions from X fans to a hypothetical question.

Shaortran established 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 specializes in 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 finished McGill University.

Killian was working as an engineer at Jump Trading, which focuses 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 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 basically eliminate the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'

Musk just recently hinted he was likewise the mastermind behind Trump's choice to purge federal workers by publishing a symbolic image on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter cleanse.

At the time, he sent a letter to staff entitled: 'A Fork in the Road.' The same title was utilized in Trump's recent email proposing generous lay-off plans

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

Musk does not hold elected office, but on Monday was officially selected a 'special civil servant' by the White House.

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