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Opened May 30, 2025 by Alejandrina Leblanc@alejandrinaleb
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Elon Musk Chief Nerd's Elaborate $1,000 Troll Scam


Among Elon Musk's geek army is trolling his brand-new fans by charging $1,000 to read a manifesto about why he signed up with DOGE - only to discover the post is blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of 6 baby-faced young 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 out a company-wide email sent to staff members at USAID informing them not to come into the firm's Washington DC headquarters 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 staff were kept home, DOGE gained access to the company's IT system, constructing security, and classified products, and began dismantling it.

Just hours before he sent the email, Kliger made a post on his Substack page titled: 'Why DOGE. Why I provided up a seven-figure salary to conserve 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 cough up the amazing charge discovered there wasn't even that - the post was totally blank.

Gavin Kliger, 25, is among 6 baby-faced boys with little-to-no federal government experience handpicked by Elon Musk to sow havoc in the civil service

Kliger made a post on his page entitled: 'Why DOGE. Why I offered up a seven-figure wage to save America'. Despite a $1,000 paywall, it is completely empty

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

Kliger enhanced his fancy trolling with an unusual voicemail greeting that pointed anybody who called his registered contact number to the post.

'I just wrote a stunning Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you just go there, it lags the paywall, however I think it will address that question for you ... it's pretty good,' he said.

The one-minute welcoming was an extended version of the trick where the owner of the phone pretends to answer, but it is actually recorded.

Kliger first pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having trouble 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 totally free to read.

Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not updated weekly, and only has three 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 elections - Matt Gaetz and Pete Hegseth.

Gaetz was chosen for attorney-general but withdrew after a damning House report found he paid for sex with 17-year-old girl 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 a passionate defense of the previous Fox News host's nomination filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was narrowly validated by the Senate in spite of his history of alcoholic abuse and claims of sexual attack and harassment.

Kliger's claim that he left a 'seven-figure task' to join DOGE is likewise dubious as his private sector work history didn't consist of such a function.

His newest task, according to his LinkedIn, was as a 'senior software 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 leading end at $321,000, consisting of bonus.

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 headquarters on Monday

The Berkeley graduate supposedly advised all workers at the agency not to go back to Washington head office on Monday

Kliger finished from the University of California, mediawiki.hcah.in 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 innovation at the Office of Personnel Management, where various other Musk lackeys were installed.

The Tesla owner has actually 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 first dan in Taekwondo, and an accomplished pianist.

'I desire to do work that will affect the future,' it checked out.

'Whether that indicates establishing software, looking into system deployment, or working in some other sphere, I know that I will contribute insight and imagination towards satisfying the obstacles I face.

'In my extra time, I delight in playing the piano and clarinet and attending music shows at Berkeley. One of my preferred activities is playing online blitz chess.'

Kliger's dad, Larry Kliger, is president of Lawrence Allen & Associates, an industrial property firm.

Musk last month appointed Kliger an unique adviser to the director for details technology at the Office of Personnel Management, where numerous other Musk lackeys were installed

Who are Musk's other geeks?

Musk got a troupe 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 costs.

At simply 19, Edward Coristine is the youngest of the fresh-faced bunch handling corporate America and longstanding federal government institutions.

According to WIRED, he's been called an 'professional' in his field, and specifics about his role aren't yet clear.

Akash Bobba, 21, Ethan Shaotran, 22, and Luke Farritor, 23, along with Coristine, have actually 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 spaces and IT systems.

Musk's DOGE has actually been quickly 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 enlisted a troupe of boys aged 19 to 25 - 3 of whom are believed to still remain in college - to fill high-powered engineering roles and cut costs

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

After extensive criticism about the guys's youth, Musk released a declaration about the visits.

'Time to confess: Media reports saying that DOGE has a few of world's best software application engineers remain in truth real,' Musk composed on X.

Luke Farritor, 23

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

Farritor, dropped out 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 appointment with DOGE was revealed.

He won part of a $700,000 reward in 2024 after using AI innovation to help analyze a 2,000 years of age document - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had actually been trying, and failing, to solve for centuries.

The charred scroll was believed burnt beyond recognition.

Luke Farritor has a known link to Musk currently, having interned for SpaceX prior to landing his new gig

Edward Coristine, 19

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

Coristine apparently interned at Musk's Neuralink for 3 months last summertime, after finishing high school.

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

WIRED cited sources declaring Coristine has been carrying out calls with staff in the department and making them 'discuss code they had composed and justify their jobs.'

Employees were allegedly confused by his addition in the meetings, and later expressed concerns that they were not appropriately informed on his identity or asteroidsathome.net function, even during the call.

Coristine's daddy, Charles, is the primary executive of popcorn empire, LesserEvil. Coristine when worked as an employee for the brand.

Up until just recently, Coristine apparently used a social networks handle named '@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 'professional' within the department still studying at the University of California, Berkeley.

According to a former LinkedIn account, which has actually since been erased, Bobba was a financial investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.

He had 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 dad is an academic in computer technology.

Bobba spoke at his graduation event from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, informing his schoolmates to 'value 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 willingness to simplify even the most complicated stories into sensational tidbits, perpetuates misinformation and in the procedure divides the communities, households, and relationships we treasure.

'What's the option, 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 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 cars.

Musk is notoriously trying 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 space year.

He also has a link to Musk, having gotten involved in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his team were runner ups after they utilized xAI's Grok to produce possible reactions from X fans to a theoretical concern.

Shaortran founded Energize AI - a scheduling assistant for professionals. The start-up 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 financial trades and algorithms.

Now, he is supposedly working as a 'volunteer' with DOGE, although in what capacity 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

Welcome to MAGALAND: Insider Trump's Second 100 Days - The podcast bringing you the most recent news and chatter from the White House. Listen here.

Musk's DOGE boasts sweeping power

Musk is leading a remarkable civilian evaluation of the federal government with Trump's arrangement.

'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 likewise the mastermind behind Trump's choice to purge federal workers by posting a symbolic image on X harkening back to his infamous Twitter cleanse.

At the time, he sent a letter to staff titled: '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 art work of an enormous fork standing in the roadway, suggesting it was all connected.

Musk does not hold chosen office, however on Monday was officially appointed a 'special federal government worker' by the White House.

NOW LISTEN: Welcome to MAGALAND is our new podcast - where White House insiders reveal whats really going on behind the scenes in the brand-new Trump administration. Listen on Apple and Spotify now.

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