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

Gavin Kliger, 25, is one of 6 baby-faced kids with little-to-no federal 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 employees at USAID telling them not to come into the firm's Washington DC head office on Monday.

Kliger sent out the guideline from a USAID email address he was offered 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 company's IT system, constructing 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 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 fee - or $10,000 for a whole year - to access a single word of it.

However, those who wondered sufficient to spend the extraordinary charge discovered there wasn't even that - the post was completely 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, wiki.woge.or.at please reassess your life choices,' one talk about the post read.

Kliger advanced his elaborate trolling with an unusual voicemail greeting that pointed anyone who called his registered telephone number to the post.

'I simply composed a lovely Substack on this, the Weekly Byte, if you simply go there, it's behind the paywall, but I think it will address that question for you ... it's quite good,' he said.

The one-minute greeting was an elongated version of the trick where the owner of the phone pretends to address, however it is in fact taped.

Kliger initially pretended he was driving through a tunnel and having trouble 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 updated weekly, and just has two other posts - both of which are free to check out.

Despite its name, Kliger's Substack was not upgraded weekly, and just has three posts

Unlike the rest of his Substack, the post was 'customer just' with a $1,000-a-month cost - 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 nominated for attorney-general however withdrew after a damning House report discovered he paid for sex with 17-year-old lady and many other misconducts.

Kliger's post entitled 'The Curious Case of Matt Gaetz: How the Deep State Destroys Its Enemies' represented 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 former Fox News host's election filled with frequent Trump-ally talking points.

Hegseth was directly confirmed by the Senate regardless of his history of alcohol 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 firm in San Francisco, from May 2020 to last month.

Salaries for that position at Databricks range from $102,000 to $308,000 a year according to Certainly, while Glassdoor puts the leading end at $321,000, consisting of perk.

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

The Berkeley graduate reportedly advised all employees at the agency 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 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 basically taken control of the OPM, along 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 want to do work that will affect the future,' it read.

'Whether that indicates developing software application, looking into system release, or working in some other sphere, I understand that I will contribute insight and imagination towards satisfying the challenges I face.

'In my extra time, I enjoy playing the piano and clarinet and attending music performances at Berkeley. One of my favorite activities is playing online blitz chess.'

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

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

Who are Musk's other geeks?

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 expenses.

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

According to WIRED, he's been dubbed an 'professional' 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 actually apparently been granted 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 been quickly growing in power and expanding its remit, most recently protecting clearance to access to restricted parts of the General Services Administration buildings and IT systems.

These systems store sensitive information including social security numbers, addresses and contact details.

Elon Musk employed a troupe of young males 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 actually been named for his role with DOGE, which is reportedly on a 'volunteer' basis at this stage.

After prevalent criticism about the males's youth, Musk launched a declaration about the consultations.

'Time to confess: Media reports saying that DOGE has a few of world's finest software engineers remain in fact real,' Musk wrote on X.

Luke Farritor, 23

Luke Farritor has a known link to Musk already, having 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 entrepreneur behind GitHub.

Friedman explained Farritor as 'a national treasure' after his consultation with DOGE was made public.

He won part of a $700,000 prize in 2024 after utilizing AI technology to help figure out a 2,000 years of age document - part of the Vesuvius scrolls from Pompeii - which scientists had been trying, and failing, to fix for centuries.

The charred scroll was thought charred 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 squad is simply 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 function at DOGE, nevertheless he is listed as an 'professional.'

WIRED pointed out sources alleging Coristine has been carrying out calls with personnel in the department and making them 'review code they had written and justify their tasks.'

Employees were apparently confused by his inclusion in the conferences, and later expressed concerns that they were not effectively briefed on his or function, even during the call.

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

Up until just recently, Coristine apparently used a social networks handle called '@EdwardBigBaller.'

The youngest of Musk's elite squad is simply 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 because been deleted, Bobba was an investment engineering intern at a hedge fund.

He had likewise formerly 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, regional model United Nations. His daddy is a scholastic in computer technology.

Bobba spoke at his graduation event from West Windsor-Plainsboro South High School in July 2021, telling his classmates to 'value the intricacy in life'.

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

'This increasing desire to simplify even the most complex stories into spectacular bits, perpetuates false information and while doing so divides the communities, families, 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 professionals. 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 operating in the school's computing laboratory on self-governing cars.

Musk is famously 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 gap year.

He likewise has a link to Musk, having actually participated in his xAI 'hackathon'. He and his group were runner ups after they used xAI's Grok to produce plausible actions from X followers to a theoretical concern.

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

Now, he is reportedly 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 focuses on high-frequency financial 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 just a ball of worms. You have actually got to essentially get rid of the whole thing. It's beyond repair.'

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

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

Musk later on shared on X that he commissioned an artwork of a massive fork standing in the road, showing it was all linked.

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

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