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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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 minutes ago

Wait… Reuters called this dude an “edgelord”?

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 minutes ago

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He should go back to his 7 figure job and marry his Canadian girlfriend.

Problem is not this idiot, the problem is who enabled him

[–] [email protected] 2 points 42 minutes ago

Porque no los dos?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 32 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

the word goon has been ruined, my mind conflated 'goon' with 'gooner' and I can't salvage it

[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 hours ago

You are making it worse, you know

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago

¿Por que no los dos?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 19 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

I am gooooning

[–] [email protected] 17 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I'm honestly shocked no one has Rochambeaued this narcissistic jackass.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Rochambeaued

Hah exactly!
*wikipedia's that term, finds some French general, nothing significant about his death*
Yeah, good reference!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

SouthPark reference for those out of the loop, not the poster above though, he knows what's up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Ah cheers, found it - game where people kick each other in the groin

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's only a matter of time before someone gets sick of this shit, beats the crap out of him, and throws him in a dumpster.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago

I doubt there would be any witnesses, even if it happened in a roomful of people.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

Well now that’s a spankin’

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago

Put that kid in time out

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