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Summary

Gavin Kliger, a 25-year-old DOGE goon, allegedly screamed at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) employees during a 36-hour shift to expedite layoffs of 90% of staff.

A court paused the firings, citing violations of an earlier order requiring individual assessments before terminations. Kliger told staffers to ignore the court-ordered individual-by-individual assessment requirement.

Kliger is a 25-year-old “internet edgelord” who claims to have ditched seven figures in Silicon Valley to work at DOGE. He is a 2020 Berkeley graduate and “has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online,” Reuters reported.

Kliger has already overseen 1,500–1,700 layoffs. Only three senior staff remain, raising concerns about CFPB's ability to fulfill legal duties.

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[–] Fingolfinz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I really hope “what goes around comes around” bites this little cunt real hard

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait… Reuters called this dude an “edgelord”?

I never thought I could like them more, but here we are.

[–] BlindFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I think they're quoting the linked Forbes article not the linked Reuters one. I searched for "edgelord" between the two

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Another fucking neo-Nazi loser. Firing people and boosting white supremacists, fuck him.

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Naah im good on fucking him. Aint my type

[–] Generic_Idiot@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

I hope he breaks multiple bones and tears multiple tendons/ligaments

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

but it's not like musk has anything to gain from cfpb being gutted, right?

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

36 hours of goon? No wonder he was screaming, I bet his dick looks like a pistol grip.

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

A 25- year old nothing has no idea what a livelihood is. He's never had to do the shit a real man or woman has to do to provide.

Daddy's boy needs to learn his place. Stay in your lane rich boy and shut up.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Dude isn't an edgelord because edgelords play around on the line. This kid is a fascist

[–] SethTaylor@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Wait, he did WHAT at work?! That's really inappropriate!

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

Did somebody say "DOGOON"?

(Violence Fight, Taito, 1989, arcade.)

collapsed inline mediaScreenshot of Violence Fight, Taito, 1989, arcade. A fighting game where attacks give off non-standard onomatopoeic sounds like "DOGOON", depicted in the screenshot.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Razis and Nazis have taken over US.

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