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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 11d

The “energy transition” has started to sound a little like “late capitalism” newrepublic.com/article/2008...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 19d

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.

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.

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 19d

I think people might be underestimating just how much of the goal of these things is to get a rise out of the left vs. pushing for any kind of coherent project

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 19d

Potent combo of relatively good-faith actors who subconsciously want to discipline what they see as their own side bc they feel alarmed/powerless under Trump 2.0 & have understandable gripes w how center-left spaces work + edgelords who see Trump 2.0 as permission to stop pretending they have values

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 19d

Whether on the part of donors or the people chasing their money, there seems to be some palpable libidinal energy in "telling truths" that feel edgy to people who've been steeped in progressive-ish non-profit world but are actually just hegemonic

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 19d

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

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 20d

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 20d

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

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 27d

"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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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 28d

Worth noting that DHS claims it raided the Hyundai-LG plant to protect workers. The fact that Hyundai is a shitty boss shouldn't trick anyone into believing that the Trump administration is defending the working class

It's divide and conquer 101, now with EVs newrepublic.com/article/2001...

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Nathaniel Hoffman @paleomedia.bsky.social · 28d

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..."

Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 28d

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
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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?

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 28d

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...

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?

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 30

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.

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Matthew Haugen @mjhaugen.bsky.social · Jul 25

"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.

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 24

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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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Jul 21

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.
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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 ...

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Eric Doherty @ericdoherty.bsky.social · Jul 19

"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

Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 18

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The Common Thread Between Epstein Denial and Climate Denial

There’s a reason Donald Trump’s claims about the Jeffrey Epstein “hoax” sound so familiar.

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 18

Especially galling how many of the guys claiming climate change is a third rail issue that Democrats can never talk about also spent most of 2024 saying Biden's brain worked really good

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 18

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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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 18

👁️ newrepublic.com/article/1980...

The Common Thread Between Epstein Denial and Climate Denial

There’s a reason Donald Trump’s claims about the Jeffrey Epstein “hoax” sound so familiar.

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Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · Jul 17

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.

Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 16

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.

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · Jul 14

In case you’re curious to know more about David Richardson’s whole deal, I read and reviewed (?) his terrible autofiction newrepublic.com/article/1951...

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