Ripley

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Edward "Big Balls" Corstine, Gavin Kliger, and Steve Davis are three other DOGE boys who parlayed their Musk sycophancy into self-enrichment. Davis' sycophancy is so well known that Neuralink's CEO once posited "if Elon asked Steve to jump out of a window, he would do it."

Edward "Big Balls" Coristine

Entering the sycophant pipeline young, this Discord troll and high school MAGA club leader joined DOGE at age 19 after citing Elon Musk as his hero. As one of DOGE's "muskrats," Coristine sat on calls where employees were forced to justify their value or be replaced by AI. He earned headlines while at DOGE, once as the source of an enormous data leak after copying 300 million SSNs, addresses, and names to a thumb drive. Coristine's other big feature was getting his ass kicked by some teens, prompting President Trump to commandeer DC Metro police and send in the National Guard to tackle a supposed "crime emergency."

Though he may someday face consequences for that massive security breach, all the ass-kissing, crime, and public humiliation seems to have paid off for Coristine in the short term, who is now an engineering lead at the National Design Studio.Plucked straight from White Nationalist forums, Gavin Klinger was selected to ruin numerous federal agencies. At DOGE he first axed USAID staff, then helped gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, all while failing to divest stocks that benefitted from his actions. Soon after, he slashed USDA funding and cut the IRS workforce by over 25,000.

Though DOGE may be disbanded, Klinger is still entrenched with the second Trump administration as the Department of War's Chief Data Officer. There, this little Nazi oversaw the launch of GenAI.mil, which has been at the forefront of the US Military's civilian-killing operations this calendar year.Elon's pattern of grooming young men into loyal lieutenants also includes Davis, who was selected as one of SpaceX's first hires straight out of school and spent the subsequent decades earning the role of Musk's go-to hatchet man. Once he'd climbed SpaceX's ladder, Davis was put in charge of The Boring Company in 2018. There, he proved himself so callously frugal that, after Musk's 2022 Twitter takeover, Davis' slasher work (and entire family) moved to the company's SF HQ, where he proceeded to decimate staff and stiff bills with impunity.

His bloodlust and allegiance cemented, Musk described Davis to a Mar-a-Largo crowd as the world's best organization dismantler and tapped him to be a quasi Chief of Staff for DOGE. While appointing allies and overseeing the task force's brutal funding cuts and appointing allies, Davis remained so loyal to his boss that he'd even defied White House orders.  Davis' sycophancy is so well known that Neuralink's CEO once posited "if Elon asked Steve to jump out of a window, he would do it."Sourcing Slide

DOGE did not so much "disband" as its members were absorbed into government or continued their slashing work in private ventures. And for kissing Elon's ass and doing his dirty work during their tenure, they've been handsomely rewarded.

The Perks of Being an Ass-KisserElon Musk's Constellation of Sycophants

Oligarchs like Elon Musk don’t just naturally form in a vacuum. They’re a byproduct of existing privilege, luck, corrupt and broken governments, as well as a ton of bootlickers and co-conspirators eager to feast on the fat crumbs they’re tossed.
From Tesla’s board to DOGE, Musk's power has been boosted by a cadre of hand-selected lackeys there to rubber stamp his every whim. But even the "true believers" recognize the personal gains that come with being an oligarch's underling.Joe Gebbia

This Tesla board member does more than just get to pad his Airbnb fortune with Tesla stock. His fealty to Musk has also given him another go at his failed dream of being a designer after he was placed at the head of America’s National Design Studio via DOGE. There, he gets to LARP as a creative and will continue his established pattern of copying the works of bona fide legends of the design world while he attempts to make every government website feel like an "Apple Store-like experience."

Let people know: ICE has detaining people at airports a lot more lately. Reports from Denver, NYC, Las Vegas, LAX, and Boston. 🧵 See thread for links to videos. New record in June: 43,000 people abducted. We updated our travel advice page with info about this.

Travel Digital Security Checklist for Activists (2026)

Can CBP unlock your phone at the US border? You can refuse, with limits. How to prep before you fly, what your rights are, and when a secondary phone helps.

activistchecklist.org

"The activity identified during the audit revealed that the employees searched their own license plates or those of a family member/acquaintance" Acquaintance? Possible romantic interests? Even if it's "their own plates," how many were keeping tabs on a spouse? Flock is not safety, it's a threat.

Late Night Anti-Fascists@latenightafa.bsky.social · 3w ago

NEW July 17 2026 - Fayetteville GA Three Fayetteville Police Department officers fired for misusing Flock license plate search system

Reminder: Don't talk to the cops Don't talk to the cops Don't talk to the cops There are lots of movement lawyers who will support you to navigate any legal situations related to your activism. Print this out and post it by your door: activistchecklist.org/police/

FBI Raided Texas Activist’s House — Then Offered Her $200,000 to Become Antifa Informant

During the raid, federal agents asked about links between the woman and Prairieland — suggesting a sprawling conspiracy that fits with Trump’s attacks on antifa.

theintercept.com

The energy at the DSA election night party feels like an earthquake just ripped through the democratic party in a way that cannot be undone. I said yesterday that there was a movement and a political renaissance happening in NYC and here we see the heart of it. Also Chelsea Manning is DJing.

There’s nothing to talk about today other than what’s just occurred in the Prairieland case. An unfathomable abuse of power at the hands of a judge dead set on aligning himself with the other disgusting fascist enablers of history’s past. A history lesson for the judge; repression fuels resistance.

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · last mo.

Federal sentencing has started. Zachary Evetts was just sentenced to 50 years by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor. Maricela Rueda was just sentenced to 840 months / 70 years by Judge Mark Pittman.

Honestly when your comrades are getting sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for moving a box of left-wing magazines, it's time to brush up on your BPP history and tactics

Absolutely devastating sentences announced for Prairieland defendents today. We urge everyone to pay attention to these stories, and use this anger to fuel our resistance. Solidarity forever. "When will you be called a domestic terrorist, too?"

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · last mo.

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

Our loved ones did nothing wrong, and they are being thrown away for the rest of their lives. Not only does the evidence prove their innocence, but the actions of ICE and the federal government over the past year have proven the righteousness of their actions.

We could use more people DOING something about Elon Musk instead of just amplifying his Stürmerposting. You can dismiss the Tesla dealer protests as "shitlib" all you want but it's 1000x more effective than just soyjack pointing at the guy's tweets

Please keep watching for the Prairieland defendants' state trials. 20 people have state charges related to this case. While today's federal sentences are horrific, they are not the end. Texas also seeks to make examples of the Prairieland defendants, but we cannot let them. This fight is not over.

DFW Support Committee@dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Prairieland defendants' state trials are all set in Johnson County, the same county where the sheriff Adam King was just indicted after being arrested for a third time on March 26 in connection to an ongoing sexual harassment case. bsky.app/profile/star...

Fun fact: this Alien / Nephilim (fallen angel-human hybrid) / Illuminati conspiracy was not exactly uncommon in spaces where the Christian Patriot Mvmt and Christian Identity mingled in the 90s. Shea has a history of hobnobbing w those types, so this tracks.

Ryan Haas@ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In which I attempt to explain former Washington state Rep. Matt Shea's take on aliens to @leahsottile.bsky.social. Full video is available to our subscribers @thewesternedge.bsky.social.

Support the Prairieland Defendants at their SENTENCING! Tues June 23rd 8:00am 501 W 10th St, Forth Worth, TX > Show solidarity inside and outside the courthouse > Rally and press conference after sentencing is delivered > Breakfast and lunch provided > Reminder: NO PHONES (1/2)

Graphic displaying event info as it is written in this posts caption. Picture of 9 defendants in a grid located at the bottom left side of the graphic and a grid item in the middle saying “Free them all!” in bold. Pictures are placed in the grid in clockwise order as follows: Savanna Batten, Maricela Rueda, Meagan Morris, Benjamin “Champagne” Song, Elizabeth and Ines Soto, Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Autumn Hill, Zachary Evetts.

In the early days of Palantir, the Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) was the ultimate secret weapon, but the title itself is a brilliant piece of corporate psychological framing. By naming them "Forward Deployed," Palantir borrowed military terminology to make tech support sound like special ops.

Yann Schwartz@abolibibelot.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The genius was calling Forward Deployed Developers contractors with the thousand yard stare that comes with months locked in a clueless customer basement