‘Big Balls’ Bows Out: Edward Coristine Resigns from DOGE Amid Controversy
So here’s the latest twist in Washington’s ongoing tech-fueled political saga: Edward Coristine—better known online by his meme-fueled alias “Big Balls”—has officially left his post in the U.S. government. Yeah, you heard that right. One of the most controversial young figures to emerge from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, is now out.
Coristine, just 19 years old, was reportedly one of Musk’s handpicked tech operatives, deployed deep into the federal bureaucracy to push radical reforms. He had full-time status at the General Services Administration, and as of this week, his government email was deactivated, and his name vanished from the internal White House contact list. It’s a quiet exit for someone who came in with the force of a cyberpunk hurricane.
This comes hot on the heels of Musk’s own departure from government service and the exit of his right-hand man, Steve Davis. What’s left of DOGE is looking increasingly fractured. According to insiders, many of the original hires are now either resigning or quietly being let go before the end of their two-year probationary periods.
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Coristine wasn’t just another name on the roster. During his brief but chaotic time in government, he was known to float between key departments—the Commerce Department, the Treasury, the military—wielding considerable access and influence. DOGE, under Musk’s leadership, aimed to overhaul and centralize sprawling government systems. That also meant consolidating sensitive data, ramping up surveillance capabilities, and cutting federal jobs in bulk.
But who really was “Big Balls”? He was a Neuralink intern, a high school graduate turned hacker-entrepreneur, and the founder of Tesla.Sexy LLC—a company that bizarrely owns multiple domains, including AI bots and websites registered in Russia. He’s been linked to DiamondCDN, a network services company used by known cybercriminals, and reportedly provided tech support to groups involved in doxxing and digital harassment.
Yeah—it’s complicated. Coristine operated in the greyest of gray areas. While some viewed him as a brilliant, if reckless, digital prodigy, others saw a dangerous thread connecting him to online extremism and cybercrime. A now-deactivated Telegram handle tied to him even appeared to request a DDoS attack, and a security report linked his business infrastructure to a site called “dataleak.fun,” which was used by a ring of hackers known as EGodly.
And then there’s the whole FBI angle. A retired agent confirmed that EGodly had been swatting people and even targeted him personally. While Reuters couldn’t verify all of EGodly’s claims, they were able to match real-world evidence to at least some of the group's antics.
So where does that leave us? With DOGE unraveling, Musk gone, and trust in the government’s tech transformation efforts shaken, Coristine’s exit is more than just another resignation—it’s symbolic. The collapse of Musk’s hyper-accelerated vision for digital governance seems inevitable now, especially as the operatives he left behind either vanish or get fired.
Coristine may be gone from D.C., but the echoes of his chaotic presence—and the damage or disruption he may have contributed to—will be felt for a long time.
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