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Edward "Big Balls" Coristine

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Investigative journalist Jacqueline Sweet expresses some distrust towards Edward "bigballs" Coristine, a staffer at DOGE.
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Joke about DOGE staffer Edward "Big Balls" Coristine becoming a vice president and firing you
Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social Contrary to some info I've seen, 19-yr-old Doge staffer "BigBalls" Edward Coristine did not delete his X account, it's just renamed and is private. Wired reported that govt tech workers had to defend their work to the Neuralink intern in an Office Space-esque scene. / more for Canadians ☑ Follow Edward Coristine @as400495 there are cathedrals everywhere for those with the eyes to see Boston, MA Joined November 2021 173 Following 90 Followers These posts are protected. Only confirmed followers have access to @as400495's posts and complete profile. Tap the "Follow" button to send a follow request. February 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM Everybody can reply 329 reposts 138 quotes 860 likes
Amy Ash @lolennui.bsky.social If I can't depend on BigBalls then who CAN I trust Elon Musk's DOGE staffer resigns over racist posts Highly Cited Exclusive | DOGE Staffer Resigns Over Racist Posts 2 hours ago WSJ WSJ February 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM Everybody can reply ALT
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About

Edward Coristine is a 19-year-old staffer hired by Elon Musk to to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in early 2025. In early 2025, the teen went viral on social media over his past nickname used on LinkedIn, "bigballs", which inspired memes and became a subject of news reports.

History

On February 1st, 2025, investigative journalist Jacqueline Sweet made a Bluesky post about one o the recent a recent hires at the Department of Government Efficiency, a budget-streamlining government department established by Donald Trump and headed by Elon Musk. The post[1] revealed that 19-year-old Edward Coristine, one of the group of young Gen Z men hired by the department, had formerly used the nickname "bigballs" as his LinkedIn handle, with the post gaining over 1,500 reposts and 3,700 likes in one week (screenshot of the deleted profile shown below).

Investigative journalist Jacqueline Sweet expresses some distrust towards Edward "bigballs" Coristine, a staffer at DOGE.

Further investigations into Coristine's part revealed that he founded multiple companies, including one named "Tesla.Sexy LLC", and that he worked at a startup that hired convicted hackers.[2]

Online Reactions

Coristine's nickname, assisted by his choice of a meme-popular Zoomer Perm as his haircut, have become a popular subject of jokes and memes in early February 2025 alongside memes about other young members of the DOGE team. On February 2nd, 2025, an unknown 4chan[3] user made a post about Coristine and his nickname on the /pol/ board of the site, where it received over 340 replies in in five days.

An anon finds 19-year-old DOGE staffer Edward "bigballs" Coristine getting to grill government agencies "bussin" and gives him his blessing.

On February 6th, 2025, tweleb[4] @ALX tweeted an AI-generated image of a protesting woman holding a paper wit the the words "No one elected Big Balls" on it. The post received over 920 reposts and 7,100 likes in one day. Later on February 6th, 2025, Elon Musk quoted[5] the post, writing, "Personally, I voted for Big Balls". The reply (shown below) received over 16,000 reposts and 188,000 likes in one day.

Elon Musk confirms that he has voted for Edward "Big Balls" Coristine.

On February 6th, 2025, Coristine and his nickname were both mentioned on CNN (clip shown below),[6] with more memes about the teen's nickname appearing on X and Bluesky in the following days.

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An AI-generated image of a man in a MAGA hat holding a paper with the words "I voted for big balls" on it, referencing DOGE staffer Edward "Big Balls" Coristine
Joke about DOGE staffer Edward "Big Balls" Coristine becoming a vice president and firing you
A post spreading awareness that a 19-year-old man with the nickname "Big Balls" is working at the Department of Government Efficiency.

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External References

[1] Bluesky – @jsweetli.bsky.social‬

[2] WIRED – DOGE Teen Owns 'Tesla.Sexy LLC' And Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

[3] 4plebs – /pol/ Post #496268275

[4] X – @alx

[5] X – @elonmusk

[6] X – @WarlordDilley

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Edward "Big Balls" Coristine

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Edward Coristine is a 19-year-old staffer hired by Elon Musk to to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in early 2025. In early 2025, the teen went viral on social media over his past nickname used on LinkedIn, "bigballs", which inspired memes and became a subject of news reports.

History

On February 1st, 2025, investigative journalist Jacqueline Sweet made a Bluesky post about one o the recent a recent hires at the Department of Government Efficiency, a budget-streamlining government department established by Donald Trump and headed by Elon Musk. The post[1] revealed that 19-year-old Edward Coristine, one of the group of young Gen Z men hired by the department, had formerly used the nickname "bigballs" as his LinkedIn handle, with the post gaining over 1,500 reposts and 3,700 likes in one week (screenshot of the deleted profile shown below).


Investigative journalist Jacqueline Sweet expresses some distrust towards Edward "bigballs" Coristine, a staffer at DOGE.

Further investigations into Coristine's part revealed that he founded multiple companies, including one named "Tesla.Sexy LLC", and that he worked at a startup that hired convicted hackers.[2]

Online Reactions

Coristine's nickname, assisted by his choice of a meme-popular Zoomer Perm as his haircut, have become a popular subject of jokes and memes in early February 2025 alongside memes about other young members of the DOGE team. On February 2nd, 2025, an unknown 4chan[3] user made a post about Coristine and his nickname on the /pol/ board of the site, where it received over 340 replies in in five days.


An anon finds 19-year-old DOGE staffer Edward "bigballs" Coristine getting to grill government agencies "bussin" and gives him his blessing.

On February 6th, 2025, tweleb[4] @ALX tweeted an AI-generated image of a protesting woman holding a paper wit the the words "No one elected Big Balls" on it. The post received over 920 reposts and 7,100 likes in one day. Later on February 6th, 2025, Elon Musk quoted[5] the post, writing, "Personally, I voted for Big Balls". The reply (shown below) received over 16,000 reposts and 188,000 likes in one day.


Elon Musk confirms that he has voted for Edward "Big Balls" Coristine.

On February 6th, 2025, Coristine and his nickname were both mentioned on CNN (clip shown below),[6] with more memes about the teen's nickname appearing on X and Bluesky in the following days.

Various Examples


An AI-generated image of a man in a MAGA hat holding a paper with the words "I voted for big balls" on it, referencing DOGE staffer Edward "Big Balls" Coristine Joke about DOGE staffer Edward "Big Balls" Coristine becoming a vice president and firing you A post spreading awareness that a 19-year-old man with the nickname "Big Balls" is working at the Department of Government Efficiency.

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External References

[1] Bluesky – @jsweetli.bsky.social‬

[2] WIRED – DOGE Teen Owns 'Tesla.Sexy LLC' And Worked at Startup That Has Hired Convicted Hackers

[3] 4plebs – /pol/ Post #496268275

[4] X – @alx

[5] X – @elonmusk

[6] X – @WarlordDilley

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