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Popcorn brand distances itself from DOGE employee ‘Big Balls’ after backlash


Some commenters called for a boycott.

Popcorn brand LesserEvil is the latest group caught up in the chaos of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency’s whirlwind of action over the past couple of weeks. The 19-year-old high school graduate goes by “Big Balls” online, , and was reportedly granted access to some of the government’s most sensitive systems, despite dubious security clearance. On a Reddit forum for federal workers, a post with 4,000 upvotes links the DOGE staffer to his popcorn CEO dad, and urged others to boycott the snack.

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