Edward “Big Balls” Coristine—a former employee of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) known by that unmistakable nickname—didn’t step into a storyline about street harassment. He stepped into a nightmare: a violent attempted carjacking in downtown Washington, D.C., and he stood tall.

At around 3 a.m., Edward and a female companion were near their parked vehicle when a mob of juveniles approached with the intent to take it by force. Without hesitation, Edward pushed the woman into the car for her safety, turned, and faced the attackers himself. That moment of courageous defiance marked the point when things got savage. He was beaten bloody—punched, kicked, stomped—and left disoriented, face swollen, shirt torn. Police arrived during the assault and arrested two 15‑year‑olds; the rest scattered.

He protected someone he knew and fought off a violent gang in real-time. When the facts emerged, media reframed it—lost the nickname, buried the DOGE connection, spun it into a softer morality tale. But the raw truth is even more compelling: Edward is a hero who reacted instantly to save someone else from a carjacking, not a manufactured PR narrative.

Because he once worked for DOGE and goes by “Big Balls,” some try to diminish him—mock the nickname, question his background. But that name fits: it takes guts to run toward danger when the rest are running away. His past affiliation doesn’t change his act—it underscores how someone who’s been part of the system still chose real-world courage over cowardice.

If the races had been reversed, if the hero fit the preferred activist script, we’d have rallies, TV specials, fundraising campaigns. But instead? Silence. That tells us more about society’s hypocrisy than anything else. Edward didn’t need applause. He needed police backup and a city that enforced law and order. Instead, he got headlines that sanitized the act, filtered out his nickname, and buried the DOGE connection.

Here’s what matters: Edward saw a crime happening and didn’t hesitate. He didn’t wait for orders. He didn’t deflect responsibility. He protected someone in imminent danger and took brutal personal harm in the process. THAT is courage. THAT is heroism. And yeah—Edward “Big Balls” Coristine is exactly the type of man we should be celebrating.

Elon Musk commented on this on X today.