David Reaboi

Miami Beach

Political Writer at Freelance

National security, media & political warfare. Graphic design. Jazz, hifi, bodybuilding. “Right-wing Twitter pugilist”—Politico

Articles

How “Tesla Takedown” Activists Fool the Public

1 month ago | christopherrufo.com | Christopher F. Rufo |David Reaboi

Last month, a wave of more than 200 protests targeting Tesla properties erupted across the United States. The media portrayed this movement, officially branded the “Tesla Takedown,” as a spontaneous grassroots backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s role in dismantling waste and fraud in the U.S. federal bureaucracy. Each of these demonstrations appears to have been sparsely attended, but both the number of protest sites and the timeline of events suggest a coordinated effort.
‘Tesla Takedown’ against Elon Musk’s company is not activism — it’s ‘organized crime’

1 month ago | nypost.com | Christopher F. Rufo |David Reaboi

The campaign against Elon Musk’s company is hardly a grassroots movement. Last month, a wave of more than 200 protests targeting Tesla properties erupted across the United States. The media portrayed this movement, officially branded the “Tesla Takedown,” as a spontaneous grassroots backlash against Musk’s role in dismantling waste and fraud in the US federal bureaucracy.
How “Tesla Takedown” Activists Fool the Public

1 month ago | city-journal.org | Christopher F. Rufo |David Reaboi

Last month, a wave of more than 200 protests targeting Tesla properties erupted across the United States. The media portrayed this movement, officially branded the “Tesla Takedown,” as a spontaneous grassroots backlash against CEO Elon Musk’s role in dismantling waste and fraud in the U.S. federal bureaucracy. Each of these demonstrations appears to have been sparsely attended, but both the number of protest sites and the timeline of events suggest a coordinated effort.
The vindication of a heretic Jay Bhattacharya is right: ‘scientism’ is a menace to truth and liberty. Brendan O’Neill

Mar 9, 2025 | ruthfullyyours.com | Ruth King |David Reaboi

The vindication of a heretic Jay Bhattacharya is right: ‘scientism’ is a menace to truth and liberty. Brendan O’Neill https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/03/07/the-vindication-of-a-heretic/He might not be as brash as Elon Musk. He might not wield his sword of reform with as much gleeful abandon as Donald Trump does his. Yet Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s pick to run the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is nonetheless fighting an essential fight. His target? Scientism.
Elite Holdouts Will Keep Wokeness Alive By David Reaboi

Mar 9, 2025 | ruthfullyyours.com | David Reaboi |Ruth King

Elite Holdouts Will Keep Wokeness Alive By David Reaboi https://tomklingenstein.com/elite-holdouts-will-keep-wokeness-alive/While we’ve since learned that Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai’s legendary quip about the outcome of the French Revolution being “too soon to tell” was the result of a mistranslation rather than a zen-like sweep of history, there’s something wise about taking the long view.
Elite Holdouts Will Keep Wokeness Alive

Mar 7, 2025 | tomklingenstein.com | David Reaboi |Declan Leary

Editor's Note For years, American politics have been defined by the advance of an enemy — variously labelled “wokeism,” “DEI,” “the civil rights regime,” “the deep state,” and more — and the occasional, usually ineffective pushback of Republicans. With the return of Donald Trump to the White House, that enemy seems for the first time in living memory to be genuinely in retreat.
Charlie Parker & Lester Young: "Embraceable You"

Feb 10, 2025 | davereaboi.substack.com | David Reaboi

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Duke Ellington: Afro Bossa (1963)

Feb 10, 2025 | davereaboi.substack.com | David Reaboi

Duke Ellington was in his early 60s when he made the wonderful Afro Bossa for Frank Sinatra’s then-young Reprise label in 1963. Brazil’s Bossa Nova—a wistful, cosmopolitan domestication of the samba with cool jazz harmonies—was taking the music world by storm, but the wave hadn’t yet crested. Duke was always interested in staying current, but he never threw himself into trend without assimilating them into his unique sound-world.
Vinícius de Moraes and Baden Powell: Os Afro Sambas (1966)

Feb 10, 2025 | davereaboi.substack.com | David Reaboi

There are records I want to write about, but the topic seems far too overwhelming for a brief post. This is one of those. It’s impossible to be write about Vinícius de Moraes—undoubtedly one of the most fascinating people of the last century—without veering off into an almost unlimited number of diversions. He was a hard-drinking, nine times-married former career diplomat, playwright, essayist, and poet.
The Bidens’ Last Act: Six Scenarios

Feb 10, 2025 | davereaboi.substack.com | David Reaboi

Joe Biden knows he will give up the 2024 race, and his most important advisors and confidants in his immediate family–his wife Jill and son Hunter–understand that he must, too—regardless of what they’re saying in public or how much Joe insists he’s sticking around. This isn’t a clickbait prognostication; the following is a fleshing-out of arguments I’ve made on social media for the last several weeks, if not months.