One of Elon Musk's geek army is trolling his brand-new fans by charging $1,000 to check out a manifesto about why he joined DOGE - only to find 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 out a email sent to employees at USAID informing them not to come into the company's Washington DC headquarters on Monday.

Kliger sent the guideline from a USAID email address he was supplied 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, developing security, and classified products, 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 offered up a seven-figure income to save America.'

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'subscriber only' with a $1,000-a-month cost - or $10,000 for a whole year - to access a single word of it.

However, those who were curious enough to spend the extraordinary charge found there wasn't even that - the post was entirely blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of six baby-faced boys with little-to-no 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 gave up a seven-figure income to conserve America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is totally empty

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

Kliger enhanced his elaborate trolling with a strange voicemail welcoming that pointed anyone who called his authorized contact number to the post.

'I simply composed a gorgeous Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you just go there, it's behind the paywall, but I believe it will address that question 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 really taped.

Kliger first pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having problem hearing the call, then eventually exclaiming, 'They said what? No, no, I do not believe 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 complimentary to read.

Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not upgraded 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 questionable 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 many other misbehaviors.

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 election filled with frequent 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 task' to join DOGE is likewise dubious as his personal sector work history didn't consist of such a function.

His latest 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 vary from $102,000 to $308,000 a year according to Certainly, while Glassdoor puts the top end at $321,000, consisting of reward.

Kliger was the one who sent out a company-wide email sent out to workers at USAID informing them not to come into the agency's Washington DC head office on Monday

The Berkeley graduate supposedly instructed all employees 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 appointed him an unique adviser to the director for details innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were set up.

The Tesla owner has actually essentially taken over 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 want to do work that will affect the future,' it read.

'Whether that indicates developing software application, investigating system implementation, or working in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and imagination towards fulfilling the challenges I face.

'In my extra time, I enjoy playing the piano and clarinet and participating in music performances at Berkeley. Among my favorite leisure activities is playing online blitz chess.'

Kliger's dad, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, a business genuine estate firm.

Musk last month selected 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 nerds?

Musk got a troupe of boys aged 19 to 25 - 3 of whom are thought to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering functions and cut costs.

At simply 19, Edward Coristine is the youngest of the fresh-faced lot taking on business America and longstanding federal government institutions.

According to WIRED, he's been dubbed an 'specialist' in his field, and specifics about his function aren't yet clear.

Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, along with Coristine, have reportedly been approved A-suite level clearance for their work, suggesting they can work out of the company's leading floor with access to all physical spaces and IT systems.

Musk's DOGE has been rapidly growing in power and broadening its remit, most recently protecting clearance to access to limited parts of the General Services Administration buildings and IT systems.

These systems keep delicate data consisting of social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

Elon Musk employed a troupe 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

Finally, Gautier Cole Killian has actually been named for his function with DOGE, which is supposedly 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 stating that DOGE has a few of world's best software engineers remain in reality real,' Musk wrote on X.

Luke Farritor, 23

Luke Farritor has a recognized link to Musk already, having actually interned for SpaceX prior to landing his new gig.

Farritor, left 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 visit with DOGE was made public.

He won part of a $700,000 reward in 2024 after using AI technology to help figure out a 2,000 year old file - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had actually been trying, and failing, to resolve 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 squad is just 19 and a trainee at Northeastern University in Boston.

Coristine supposedly interned at Musk's Neuralink for three months last summer, after finishing high school.

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

WIRED cited sources declaring Coristine has been conducting calls with personnel in the department and making them 'discuss code they had actually composed and validate their jobs.'

Employees were supposedly confused by his inclusion in the meetings, and later on revealed issues that they were not effectively informed on his identity or akropolistravel.com function, even during the call.

Coristine's dad, Charles, is the chief executive of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine once worked as a team member for the brand.

Up up until recently, Coristine reportedly utilized a social media handle named '@EdwardBigBaller.'

The youngest of Musk's elite squad is simply 19 and akropolistravel.com a trainee at Northeastern University in Boston

Akash Bobba, 21

Bobba is another 'professional' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.

According to a former LinkedIn account, which has considering that been erased, 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 ago, Bobba was the organizer behind the Princeton Junction, New Jersey, local design United Nations. His dad 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 'appreciate the complexity in life'.

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

'This increasing desire to simplify even the most intricate narratives into mind-blowing bits, perpetuates misinformation and in the procedure divides the neighborhoods, families, and relationships we value.

'What's the solution, 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 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 lab on self-governing automobiles.

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

Shaortran becomes 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 participated in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his team were runner ups after they utilized xAI's Grok to produce possible actions from X followers to a hypothetical question.

Shaortran established Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for professionals. 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 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 focuses on high-frequency financial trades and algorithms

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Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power

Musk is leading an amazing civilian evaluation of the federal government with Trump's agreement.

'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've got to basically eliminate the entire thing. It's beyond repair.'

Musk just recently hinted he was also the mastermind behind Trump's choice to purge federal employees by publishing a symbolic photo on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter clean.

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

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

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

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