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Isaac Stanley-Becker
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Staff writer at the Atlantic and author of Europe without Borders: A History.

Contact me at [email protected] or on Signal at isaacstanleybecker.48
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“From my perspective as a scientist and someone who has done this her entire career, he has a lot of blood on his hands," Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos, a top adviser on COVID vaccines for the CDC, told @michaelscherer.bsky.social about RFK Jr. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
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November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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something is horribly wrong when University of Chicago leadership is going "we can just get ChatGPT to teach languages"
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"Is there a language teaching we can do via chatgpt" is the most cursed sentence
August 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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For today’s Atlantic Daily, I wrote about some of the art that’s been on my mind: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
A Novel That Skewers Meritocracy
Culture and entertainment musts from Isaac Stanley-Becker
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August 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Flattery, Firmness and Flourishes: World leaders trade tips on how to manage trip, from me + @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Flattery, Firmness, and Flourishes
World leaders and diplomats quietly swap strategies for managing Trump.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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On the day of Donald Trump’s military parade, Europeans are commemorating 40 years of borderless travel on the continent. @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how the European gathering in Schengen showcases a different vision of international order:
What a Celebration of Freedom Looks Like
On the day of Donald Trump’s military parade, Europeans are commemorating 40 years of borderless travel on the continent.
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June 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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NEW: Future Foward, the super PAC backing Kamala Harris, thought her campaign made strategic errors that may have cost her victory. Harris strategists felt the same about Future Forward. Inside the breakdown w/
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How Democratic Disagreement Helped Elect Donald Trump
One democratic candidate, two presidential campaigns.
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June 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Sean Duffy’s Department of Transportation agreed to spend $2 million to figure out if DEI is causing plane crashes—and put a celebrity defense attorney who has represented Elon Musk in charge of the probe. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Is Spending $2 Million to Figure Out Whether DEI Causes Plane Crashes
The president may be disappointed by the findings.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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“I’ve been on the phone with Trump before, and he’s just said, ‘I’ve got to go. I have someone from another country calling.' He doesn’t even know which country. He just sees the number and thinks, 'This might be a foreign leader I want to talk to.'” www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Secret History of Trump’s Private Cellphone
“Who’s calling?” the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn’t know.
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June 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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A lede for the ages, via @michaelscherer.bsky.social @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Musk Is Becoming the Latest Government Employee to Lose His Job
As the tech billionaire’s 130-day stint in government comes to a close, he has turned potential allies into irritated foes.
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May 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Steve Witkoff, Trump's primary diplomat and "Real Secretary of State" has been getting up to speed on history by watching our series TURNING POINT: The Vietnam War. Crazy detail from this excellent profile by @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social

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May 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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“Yeah, whatever you want to do, Steve.”

@isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social on how Steve Witkoff became Trump's envoy for the world: theatln.tc/whVywMxv
May 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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I spent time with Steve Witkoff, the real estate investor and longtime Trump friend who's now in charge of, well, world peace www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The ‘Amateur Diplomat’
How Trump’s friend and golfing partner Steve Witkoff got one of the hardest jobs on the planet.
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May 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Lawyers sidelined, entire directorates vacant, career staff pushed out for infractions that include donating $50 to a Dem eight years ago.

It’s been a chaotic three months at Trump’s NSC www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Inside the Fiasco at the National Security Council
Firings and leadership challenges have destabilized an institution that has little margin for error.
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April 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM