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Mattea Kramer

Mattea Kramer, a TomDispatch regular, writes about drug policy. 

President Donald Trump hugs the flag of the United States of America at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center February 29, 2020 in National Harbor, Maryland. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

The most dangerous drug of 2023: Loneliness, Donald Trump and you

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Isolation and opioids during the pandemic

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(AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump is in your head

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(Getty/Molly Riley-Pool)

Grab your wallet, boycott Trump and participate in “A sprawling landscape of resistance”

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A tourist takes a picture of a classic American car in Havana (AP)

Found in Cuba: The American Dream (and nightmare)

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A volunteer hands out flags at a Donald Trump Rally in Bluffton, S.C., July 21, 2015. (AP/Stephen B. Morton)

On the road with our American selves, or how to feel like a jerk in Mombasa, Kenya

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Donald Trump (AP/LM Otero)

We the people, bathed in blood: American foreign policy is no less barbaric than Trump’s

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(Reuters/Anatoly Maltsev)

Syria is America’s responsibility: Negotiations with Putin may be our last and only hope

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Curing the fear of death: How “tripping out” could change everything

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We need to talk about death: Why ignoring our darkest fears only makes them worse

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(Reuters)

War games: Pentagon pretends that budget cuts put national security at risk

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(Wikipedia)

What was “essential” and what wasn’t?

Jo Comerford, Mattea Kramer

Repurposing the military machine

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When America became a third-world country

Jo Comerford, Mattea Kramer

Where our tax dollars should go

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Homeland security offers anything but

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(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

America’s not falling off a “fiscal cliff”

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(AP)

Five hard truths the debates won’t address

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Four dangerous myths about government spending

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Even more bloated than you think

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