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 - just to discover the post is blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of six baby-faced 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 a company-wide email sent to staff members at USAID telling them not to come into the agency's Washington DC head office on Monday.
Kliger sent the instruction 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 firm's IT system, developing 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 wage to save America.'
Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'subscriber just' with a $1,000-a-month fee - or $10,000 for an entire year - to access a single word of it.
However, those who were curious sufficient to spend the extraordinary cost found there wasn't even that - the post was entirely blank.
Gavin Kliger, 25, is among six baby-faced kids 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 quit a seven-figure wage to save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is entirely empty
'Poetically blank, please reassess your life options,' one talk about the post read.
Kliger furthered his fancy trolling with a bizarre voicemail greeting that pointed anyone who called his registered contact number to the post.
'I simply wrote a gorgeous Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it's behind the paywall, however I think it will answer that question for you ... it's quite great,' he said.
The one-minute greeting was an extended version of the trick where the owner of the phone pretends to address, however it is in fact 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 do not 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 two other posts - both of which are free to check out.
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 a whole 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 however withdrew after a damning House report found he paid for sex with 17-year-old woman 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 nomination filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.
Hegseth was narrowly confirmed by the Senate despite 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 private sector work history didn't include such a function.
His latest 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, including reward.
Kliger was the one who sent out a company-wide email sent to staff members at USAID informing them not to come into the firm's Washington DC head office on Monday
The Berkeley graduate supposedly advised all staff members at the company not to return to Washington head office on Monday
Kliger finished 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 a special consultant to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where various other Musk lackeys were installed.
The Tesla owner has essentially taken over the OPM, along with the General Services Administration, through his leadership 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, fishtanklive.wiki and an accomplished pianist.
'I desire to do work that will influence the future,' it checked out.
'Whether that means developing software, investigating system implementation, or working in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and creativity towards fulfilling the difficulties I face.
'In my extra time, I enjoy playing the piano and clarinet and going to music performances at Berkeley. One of my preferred activities is playing online blitz chess.'
Kliger's father, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, an industrial property firm.
Musk last month selected Kliger an unique consultant to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where various other Musk lackeys were installed
Who are Musk's other nerds?
Musk got a performers of young males 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 lot taking on corporate America and longstanding federal government institutions.
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, in addition to Coristine, have apparently been given A-suite level clearance for their work, indicating they can work out of the firm's top flooring with access to all physical areas and IT systems.
Musk's DOGE has been rapidly growing in power and broadening its remit, most recently protecting clearance to access to restricted parts of the General Services Administration structures and IT systems.
These systems save delicate information consisting of social security numbers, addresses and contact details.
Elon 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 functions and cut costs
Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has been named for his role with DOGE, which is reportedly on a 'volunteer' basis at this phase.
After widespread criticism about the males's youth, Musk released a declaration about the visits.
'Time to confess: Media reports saying that DOGE has some of world's finest software engineers remain in reality true,' Musk wrote on X.
Luke Farritor, 23
Luke Farritor has a recognized link to Musk currently, having 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 business owner behind GitHub.
Friedman explained Farritor as 'a national treasure' after his visit with DOGE was made public.
He won part of a $700,000 reward in 2024 after utilizing AI innovation to help figure out a 2,000 years of age document - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which researchers had actually been attempting, and failing, to resolve for centuries.
The charred scroll was thought charred beyond acknowledgment.
Luke Farritor has a known link to Musk currently, having 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 three months last summer, after finishing high school.
Little is understood about Coristine's role at DOGE, however he is listed as an 'expert.'
WIRED pointed out sources alleging Coristine has actually been performing calls with staff in the department and making them 'review code they had actually written and validate their jobs.'
Employees were supposedly confused by his addition in the conferences, and later revealed issues that they were not effectively briefed on his identity or function, even during the call.
Coristine's dad, Charles, is the primary executive of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine once worked as a team member for the brand name.
Up up until recently, Coristine supposedly used a social networks handle called '@EdwardBigBaller.'
The youngest of Musk's elite team 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 given that been deleted, Bobba was an investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.
He had likewise previously interned for Meta and Palantir - who was established by 2016 MAGA donor, Peter Thiel.
Just six years ago, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, regional design United Nations. His father is an academic in computer system science.
Bobba spoke at his graduation ceremony from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, telling his classmates to 'appreciate the intricacy in life'.
" We reside in an age where simplicity reigns supreme, where 30-second TikToks and 280-character tweets pertain to specify our identities,' he said.
'This increasing willingness to simplify even the most complex stories into sensational bits, perpetuates misinformation and at the same time divides the neighborhoods, households, and relationships we cherish.
'What's the service, you might ask? Seek pain.'
Bobba is another 'expert' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley
Ethan Shaotran, 22
Shaortran established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for experts. The startup 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 working in the school's computing laboratory on autonomous automobiles.
Musk is famously trying to establish self-driving cars and trucks 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 gotten involved in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his group were runner ups after they used xAI's Grok to develop possible reactions from X followers to a hypothetical question.
Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for specialists. The start-up 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 monetary trades and algorithms.
Now, he is supposedly 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 concentrates on high-frequency monetary trades and algorithms
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Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power
Musk is leading an amazing 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 just a ball of worms. You've got to generally eliminate the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'
Musk recently hinted he was also the mastermind behind Trump's choice to purge federal employees by posting a symbolic photo on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter cleanse.
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 current email proposing generous lay-off packages
Musk later on shared on X that he commissioned an art work of a huge fork standing in the road, showing it was all connected.
Musk does not hold elected workplace, however on Monday was formally designated a 'unique civil servant' by the White House.
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