Edward “Big Balls” Coristine Resigns From Elon Musk’s DOGE Team After a Controversial Rise to Prominence, Leaving Questions About the Project’s Future.

The confirmation of Coristine’s departure came through official channels yesterday. “Edward Coristine resigned yesterday,” a White House official told USA Herald, though details surrounding the circumstances remain scarce.

Multiple sources indicate that Coristine had achieved full-time employment status with the General Services Administration (GSA) late last month, suggesting his role had evolved beyond the informal advisory capacity that characterized many early DOGE participants. However, by Tuesday afternoon, his Google Workspace account with GSA was deactivated, and his name disappeared from internal White House contact lists maintained by senior administration officials.

The timing appears particularly significant given that Coristine was listed on a GSA workforce report as recently as June 10th—a monthly publication that tracks federal employment within the agency.

The circumstances surrounding Coristine’s resignation remain deliberately opaque, but what’s clear is that Edward “Big Balls” Coristine’s brief but memorable tenure represents both the promise and the challenges of bringing Silicon Valley innovation to Washington’s entrenched bureaucracy. His family’s history of challenging corrupt systems makes his departure particularly symbolic—perhaps suggesting that even the most committed reformers can find themselves overwhelmed by the very inefficiencies they sought to eliminate.