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WIRED ran a hit piece on DOGE for hiring [checks notes] the whiz kid who deciphered the Pompeii scrolls to audit the US Treasury
Not The Bee ^ | February 03, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 02/03/2025 8:19:12 AM PST by Red Badger

No joke: Wired wants you to believe this is a bad thing.

The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure. WWW.WIRED.COM https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/ "Elon Musk's Government Takeover"

Gotta love the pea-sized brains over at Wired.

Elon Musk's takeover of federal government infrastructure is ongoing, and at the center of things is a coterie of engineers who are barely out of — and in at least one case, purportedly still in — college.

Elon isn't taking over anything. He's been brought in as a contractor on the authority of the president to audit wasteful spending, corruption, and incompetency in the agencies that report to the president.

If people don't like that, then maybe we should have stuck with the three branches of government in the Constitution instead of letting past presidents circumvent it by creating the swampy, three-letter agencies.

Wired then takes a shot at billionaire conservative donor Peter Thiel.

Most have connections to Musk and at least two have connections to Musk's longtime associate Peter Thiel, a cofounder and chairman of the analytics firm and government contractor Palantir who has long expressed opposition to democracy.

They spout off these words as if any of this is scary.

Peter Thiel and Elon are both co-founders of PayPal. Vice President JD Vance worked for Thiel at his venture capital company Mithril Capital. Palantir and offshoots like Anduril (you'll notice an amazing Lord of the Rings theme here) aim to revolutionize American defense instead of relying on the status quo of the post-WW2 order that has become inefficient and corrupt.

And as for opposition to "democracy," that buzzword is so 2024.

Now we get to the whiz kids hired by Elon: WIRED has identified six young men — all apparently between the ages of 19 and 24 ... who have little to no government experience and are now playing critical roles in Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) project, tasked by executive order with 'modernizing Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity.'

The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.

Let's talk about just a couple of these guys, starting with Luke. Luke is a verified genius who won an award last year for deciphering the singed remains of scrolls found in the ruins of Pompeii, the Roman city that was destroyed by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Some whiz kids figured out how to read charred scrolls from Pompeii and we have the text from the first scroll 🤯 Some of our regular readers may remember that we reported on the Vesuvius Challenge last fall, but I bet you didn't expect someone to actually figure out a way to read lava-burned scrolls so quickly! NOTTHEBEE.COM https://notthebee.com/article/these-scrolls-were-flash-fried-by-the-eruption-of-mt-vesuvius-2000-years-ago-scientists-are-finally-able-to-read-them-for-the-first-time It only took Luke and two European partners 10 months to develop technology to read 2,000-year-old scrolls that were petrified by a pyroclastic flow.

That guy is now tasked with sifting through code, accounts, and patterns at the US Treasury. 👇

Now let's look at a few of the other guys.

This is how WIRED itself describes them:

Bobba has attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he was in the prestigious Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology program. According to a copy of his now-deleted LinkedIn obtained by WIRED, he was an investment engineering intern at the Bridgewater Associates hedge fund as of last spring, and previously an intern at both Meta and Palantir.

Oh no, another genius engineer with impressive experience in Silicon Valley for his young age! 😱 Kliger, whose LinkedIn lists him as a special advisor to the director of OPM and who is listed in internal records reviewed by WIRED as a special advisor to the director for information technology, attended UC Berkeley until 2020; most recently, according to his LinkedIn, he worked for the AI company Databricks. His Substack includes a post titled 'The Curious Case of Matt Gaetz: How the Deep State Destroys Its Enemies,' as well as another titled 'Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense: The Warrior Washington Fears.'

BAAAAAAAAASED.

I'm glad that WIRED has proven how effective Elon is. He hired competent young men who are eager to prove themselves, have no loyalty to the Swamp, and understand how the Swamp has been weaponized against Americans.

But WIRED wasn't attempting to change our minds. Instead, it was sending out a signal to the faithful NPCs, who immediately swapped out their programming to complain about Elon:

Unfortunately for WIRED, the credibility of the fake news is totally gone and no one listens to them anymore.

'What we're seeing is unprecedented in that you have these actors who are not really public officials gaining access to the most sensitive data in government,' says Don Moynihan, a professor of public policy at the University of Michigan. 'We really have very little eyes on what's going on. Congress has no ability to really intervene and monitor what's happening because these aren't really accountable public officials.

Wait, having an unelected bureaucracy with zero accountability to the American public is suddenly a problem? You sound like a right-wing extremist!

So this feels like a hostile takeover of the machinery of governments by the richest man in the world.

Cry harder! The audits will continue until morale improves!


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Education; Government; History
KEYWORDS: acts17collective; akashbobba; anduril; databricks; defense; doge; edwardcoristine; elonmusk; epigraphyandlanguage; ethanshaotran; gautiercolekillian; gavinkliger; godsgravesglyphs; herculaneum; jdvance; lordoftherings; lotr; lukefarritor; maga; mattgaetz; mds; mithril; mithrilcapital; musk; notthebee; palantir; paypal; petehegseth; peterthiel; pompeii; romanempire; substack; tolkien; treasury; vesuvius; villaofthepapyri; whatiswiredsfrnick; wired
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To: Red Badger

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41 posted on 02/03/2025 11:01:34 AM PST by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Red Badger

Alan Turing was 27-28 when started his work at Bletchly Park to break the German Enigma Code. He was the most brilliant computer whiz in the first 50 years of the last century.


42 posted on 02/03/2025 11:08:50 AM PST by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: grey_whiskers

They seem to be highly intelligent and competent problem solvers. Not qualified for Federal employment.


43 posted on 02/03/2025 11:09:51 AM PST by Enterprise (These people have no honor, no belief, no poetry, no art, no humor, no patriotism.)
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To: grey_whiskers

After WIRED revealed the identities of the "DOGE six," insane liberals on Bluesky are posting EXPLICIT death threats against them. @EagleEdMartin, I hope you're looking into this! https://t.co/5oVuUkONm5 pic.twitter.com/OW15zbTvdC— Patrick Casey (@restoreorderusa) February 3, 2025


44 posted on 02/03/2025 11:52:25 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Vermont Lt

/bingo


45 posted on 02/03/2025 12:11:52 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The Demagogic Party is a collection of violent, rival street gangs.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Looks like Elon went for the 'best and brightest'... that really would piss off commie democrat/progressive cheats.

46 posted on 02/03/2025 1:12:15 PM PST by GOPJ (Go for it Elon - show us where the money went from the USAID - and who got it for what....)
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To: Red Badger

Yes,


47 posted on 02/03/2025 1:15:12 PM PST by AZJeep
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To: Red Badger

What is his 4 chan handle?


48 posted on 02/03/2025 3:18:26 PM PST by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: Jolla
avg age of engineer on the moon landing was 28

Correct. The sweet spot for mathematicians, physicists, and engineers as far as innovative thinking combined with math chops is mid-twenties. Genius starts to fossilize with age, and booze and chicks, after that.

49 posted on 02/03/2025 3:23:10 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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To: suthener

This is absolutely incredible. Historical. Better than I ever imagined.


50 posted on 02/03/2025 6:47:51 PM PST by grimalkin (Communism is the final logic of the dehumanization of man. -Fulton J. Sheen)
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To: Pollard
They gave Trump four years to plan.

And that is exactly what he did. The liberal left focused on his rallies and legal attacks. They had no idea that what he is doing now has four years of planning! They are stunned.

51 posted on 02/04/2025 10:08:45 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: VAFreedom

Democrats will be locked out by these genius kids!


52 posted on 02/04/2025 2:09:32 PM PST by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!)
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To: cgbg

If President Trump and his allies do the “right things,” it is not likely Democrats will EVER “get back in power!”

I just wish that Rush had lived to be a part of this remarkable turn-around.

Somehow, though, I know he knows, and is smiling!


53 posted on 02/04/2025 2:14:46 PM PST by Taxman (MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! SUPPORT THE FAIRTAX!)
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To: Red Badger

In 50 years, these kids could look back and remember these as some of the “funnest” in their lives.


54 posted on 02/04/2025 2:20:53 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino and)
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To: ladyjane
The liberal left focused on his rallies and legal attacks. They had no idea that what he is doing now has four years of planning! They are stunned.

The left has been running Cloward-Piven on us since the Clinton Administration. Now they're getting it in reverse! Hahahahaha!

Trump is overwhelming the system to hasten the collapse of the Deep State, and restore capitalism, free markets, national sovereignty, strong borders....

55 posted on 02/04/2025 3:25:30 PM PST by Albion Wilde (“Did you ever meet a woke person that’s happy? There’s no such thing.” —Donald J. Trump)
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To: Sirius Lee

Heard this morning Elons DOGE team is 19-25


56 posted on 02/06/2025 4:01:54 AM PST by Jolla
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

With posts such as this one of yours, I really wish that FR would let us be able to like comments!


57 posted on 02/19/2025 4:31:48 PM PST by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus? He says absolutely amazing things, which few dare consider.)
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To: VAFreedom

“Liberals” have had access to all of this information. Unelected bureaucratic employees handle this information every day. Who do you think that they have been employing, Conservatives?


58 posted on 02/19/2025 4:40:02 PM PST by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus? He says absolutely amazing things, which few dare consider.)
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To: Albion Wilde

The left has been ramping up Cloward and Piven since the hippie days.


59 posted on 02/19/2025 4:41:45 PM PST by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus? He says absolutely amazing things, which few dare consider.)
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To: BobL

Remember to pray for their, and their loved ones protection. God is mighty in our midst.


60 posted on 02/19/2025 4:44:47 PM PST by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus? He says absolutely amazing things, which few dare consider.)
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