Kate Aronoff
@katearonoff.bsky.social
staff writer @ The New Republic
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Kate Aronoff
@katearonoff.bsky.social
· Mar 27
In honor of Trump putting 25% tariffs on auto imports & various opinions about that, sharing my feature from this month’s TNR on what the Trump administration could mean for legacy US automakers as electrification transforms the sector globally
It's long so 🧵 1/
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
It's long so 🧵 1/
newrepublic.com/article/1921...
Really looking forward to joining Corey Robin & Leah Aronowsky at @remarquenyu.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon to discuss/celebrate/gush over @alybatt.bsky.social's gorgeous and important new book FREE GIFTS
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November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Really looking forward to joining Corey Robin & Leah Aronowsky at @remarquenyu.bsky.social tomorrow afternoon to discuss/celebrate/gush over @alybatt.bsky.social's gorgeous and important new book FREE GIFTS
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"Over the five-year span from 2019 Q4 to 2024 Q4, the average amount financed for new cars has increased 26.6%" www.milliman.com/en/insight/u...
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Over the five-year span from 2019 Q4 to 2024 Q4, the average amount financed for new cars has increased 26.6%" www.milliman.com/en/insight/u...
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A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A few days after the presidential election one year ago, we went to Fordham Road in the Bronx.
It was a little different last week.
It was a little different last week.
Longshot here but anyone have good leads on accomodations for COP30?
October 25, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Longshot here but anyone have good leads on accomodations for COP30?
Obsessed with the Environmentalists for Full Employment logo
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Obsessed with the Environmentalists for Full Employment logo
Overheard in JFK, in one of the thickest Long Island accents I’ve ever heard: “Bro, you’ve gotta get an EV bro”
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Overheard in JFK, in one of the thickest Long Island accents I’ve ever heard: “Bro, you’ve gotta get an EV bro”
The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...
September 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...
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It’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term in troublingly narrow ways.
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term in troublingly narrow ways.
It’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term in troublingly narrow ways.
newrepublic.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term in troublingly narrow ways.
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term in troublingly narrow ways.
Seems like a decent amount of new centrist-coded, anti-left formations taking off can be explained by people figuring out there's lots of donor interest in things that rankle the left, because donors are generally wealthy people whose class interests are opposed to the left & they find them annoying
September 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Seems like a decent amount of new centrist-coded, anti-left formations taking off can be explained by people figuring out there's lots of donor interest in things that rankle the left, because donors are generally wealthy people whose class interests are opposed to the left & they find them annoying
I wrote about political violence, free speech and Gaza newrepublic.com/article/2005...
It’s Time to Broaden Our Definition of Political Violence
In conversations about Charlie Kirk’s murder, pundits and politicians are using the term in troublingly narrow ways.
newrepublic.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I wrote about political violence, free speech and Gaza newrepublic.com/article/2005...
"At least 1 of the Korean workers swept up in a huge immigration raid on a Hyundai factory site in GA last week was living and working legally in the US... Officials then 'mandated' that he agree to be removed from the US despite not having violated his visa." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"At least 1 of the Korean workers swept up in a huge immigration raid on a Hyundai factory site in GA last week was living and working legally in the US... Officials then 'mandated' that he agree to be removed from the US despite not having violated his visa." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Thank you @katearonoff.bsky.social
"It’s perhaps even more possible, though, that the White House saw an opportunity to, in one fell swoop, terrorize migrants, undermine EVs, and blame them both for its own failures in the manufacturing sector..."
"It’s perhaps even more possible, though, that the White House saw an opportunity to, in one fell swoop, terrorize migrants, undermine EVs, and blame them both for its own failures in the manufacturing sector..."
Haven't read much about why the Department of Homeland Security would choose an electric vehicle battery factory for what it claims is its largest-ever immigration raid on a single facility, so I wrote about why that matters
tl;dr hard to believe it's a coincidence
newrepublic.com/article/2001...
tl;dr hard to believe it's a coincidence
newrepublic.com/article/2001...
ICE’s Raid on Hyundai Was as Stupid as It Was Cruel
Trump is cheering an immigration crackdown on a new plant in Georgia. Now how exactly was he planning to make American manufacturing great again?
newrepublic.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Thank you @katearonoff.bsky.social
"It’s perhaps even more possible, though, that the White House saw an opportunity to, in one fell swoop, terrorize migrants, undermine EVs, and blame them both for its own failures in the manufacturing sector..."
"It’s perhaps even more possible, though, that the White House saw an opportunity to, in one fell swoop, terrorize migrants, undermine EVs, and blame them both for its own failures in the manufacturing sector..."
Haven't read much about why the Department of Homeland Security would choose an electric vehicle battery factory for what it claims is its largest-ever immigration raid on a single facility, so I wrote about why that matters
tl;dr hard to believe it's a coincidence
newrepublic.com/article/2001...
tl;dr hard to believe it's a coincidence
newrepublic.com/article/2001...
ICE’s Raid on Hyundai Was as Stupid as It Was Cruel
Trump is cheering an immigration crackdown on a new plant in Georgia. Now how exactly was he planning to make American manufacturing great again?
newrepublic.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Haven't read much about why the Department of Homeland Security would choose an electric vehicle battery factory for what it claims is its largest-ever immigration raid on a single facility, so I wrote about why that matters
tl;dr hard to believe it's a coincidence
newrepublic.com/article/2001...
tl;dr hard to believe it's a coincidence
newrepublic.com/article/2001...
I wrote about MAHA's microplastics dilemma newrepublic.com/article/1999...
It’s Time for the MAHA Moms to Turn on RFK Jr. Too
The health and human services secretary campaigned on curbing environmental toxins. He’s done next to nothing to limit microplastics in our brains or our bodies.
newrepublic.com
September 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I wrote about MAHA's microplastics dilemma newrepublic.com/article/1999...
I wrote about the end of the EPA's endangerment finding + limits on cars' GHG emissions, and how Trump is waging war on the US auto industry by giving it too much of what it wants newrepublic.com/article/1985...
Trump’s EPA Is Hurting the Automakers It’s Claiming to Help
EPA head Lee Zeldin is touting his agency’s plans to deregulate tailpipe emissions as good for car manufacturers. But fewer rules will actually weaken the U.S. auto industry.
newrepublic.com
July 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I wrote about the end of the EPA's endangerment finding + limits on cars' GHG emissions, and how Trump is waging war on the US auto industry by giving it too much of what it wants newrepublic.com/article/1985...
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"The trouble with so much climate discourse orbiting around questions of belief and denial is that it can leave actions out of the equation. " newrepublic.com/article/1982...
Trump’s EPA Is Now Flouting the World’s Highest Court
A new ruling from the International Court of Justice means that, at least in theory, the U.S. could be held liable for trashing climate regulations—and made to pay up.
newrepublic.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
"The trouble with so much climate discourse orbiting around questions of belief and denial is that it can leave actions out of the equation. " newrepublic.com/article/1982...
I wrote about the EPA dismantling greenhouse gas regulations, the International Court of Justice’s climate ruling and the limits of belief newrepublic.com/article/1982...
July 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I wrote about the EPA dismantling greenhouse gas regulations, the International Court of Justice’s climate ruling and the limits of belief newrepublic.com/article/1982...
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Newsletter: This is the Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble: genAI is nothing like Uber or Amazon Web Services, there are no profitable genAI companies, agents do not and cannot exist, there is no AI SaaS story, and everything rides - and dies - on selling GPUs.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
Hey! Before we go any further — if you want to support my work, please sign up for the premium version of Where’s Your Ed At, it’s a $7-a-month (or $70-a-year) paid product where every week you get a ...
www.wheresyoured.at
July 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Newsletter: This is the Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble: genAI is nothing like Uber or Amazon Web Services, there are no profitable genAI companies, agents do not and cannot exist, there is no AI SaaS story, and everything rides - and dies - on selling GPUs.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
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"Whether you’re talking about Jeffrey Epstein’s offenses or the reality of climate change, in other words, plenty of damning evidence is already out in the open." @katearonoff.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"Whether you’re talking about Jeffrey Epstein’s offenses or the reality of climate change, in other words, plenty of damning evidence is already out in the open." @katearonoff.bsky.social
Strange quirk of the Democratic strategist and pundit types claiming the party should only shape its messaging around whatever happens to be polling well is that lots of voters also seem to hate disingenuous liars who don't believe in anything they say
July 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Strange quirk of the Democratic strategist and pundit types claiming the party should only shape its messaging around whatever happens to be polling well is that lots of voters also seem to hate disingenuous liars who don't believe in anything they say
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It was a pleasure to talk about our research on climate resilience for public transit. Unfortunately, protecting infrastructure, riders, and workers from the threats of climate change was deemed "woke", and our grant was terminated.
I wrote about just a few of the ways the Trump administration is making it harder to keep the subways (and everything else) from flooding newrepublic.com/article/1980...
How Trump is Ruining Your Subway Commute
Republicans’ frantic project to end “woke” climate research has led them to axe funding aimed at helping mass transit cope with extreme weather events.
newrepublic.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It was a pleasure to talk about our research on climate resilience for public transit. Unfortunately, protecting infrastructure, riders, and workers from the threats of climate change was deemed "woke", and our grant was terminated.
I wrote about just a few of the ways the Trump administration is making it harder to keep the subways (and everything else) from flooding newrepublic.com/article/1980...
How Trump is Ruining Your Subway Commute
Republicans’ frantic project to end “woke” climate research has led them to axe funding aimed at helping mass transit cope with extreme weather events.
newrepublic.com
July 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I wrote about just a few of the ways the Trump administration is making it harder to keep the subways (and everything else) from flooding newrepublic.com/article/1980...