Gustavo Arellano
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- Aug 21, 2026
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Arellano: Mexican food is exposing Trump as the weak-salsa TACO he is (opens the original)
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In the grand buffet of problems explaining President Donald Trump’s abysmal approval ratings, reserve a tray for Mexican food. Americans are rightfully frustrated with the myriad consequences of the war with Iran he plunged us into, the rising cost of living, his pharaonic obsession with monuments to himself and his overall doddering state of mind. But as this president afflicts the country with a prolonged civic bout of Montezuma’s Revenge, Mexican food’s role in the overall mess Trump has left
Arellano: Mexican food is exposing Trump as the weak-salsa TACO he is (opens the original)
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In the grand buffet of problems explaining President Donald Trump’s abysmal approval ratings, reserve a tray for Mexican food. Americans are rightfully frustrated with the myriad consequences of the war with Iran he plunged us into, the rising cost of living, his pharaonic obsession with monuments to himself and his overall doddering state of mind. But as this president afflicts the country with a prolonged civic bout of Montezuma’s Revenge, Mexican food’s role in the overall mess Trump has left
Arellano: What gets me so angry about California’s proposed billionaire tax (opens the original)
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The more I think about Proposition 40, the billionaire tax that will go before California voters in November, the angrier I get. I’m angry at President Donald Trump. His cruel slashing of Medicaid threatens the health of millions of Californians, may lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of medical jobs and is the stated reason behind Proposition 40, which would levy a one-time 5% tax on billionaires. Trump invoked government deficits, but this was really his latest attack against people he
Arellano: What gets me so angry about California’s proposed billionaire tax (opens the original)
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The more I think about Proposition 40, the billionaire tax that will go before California voters in November, the angrier I get. I’m angry at President Donald Trump. His cruel slashing of Medicaid threatens the health of millions of Californians, may lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of medical jobs and is the stated reason behind Proposition 40, which would levy a one-time 5% tax on billionaires. Trump invoked government deficits, but this was really his latest attack against people he
Arellano: Two Lorenzos from Mexico. One fulfilled his American dream. ICE killed the other. (opens the original)
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They were Mexican immigrants, both named Lorenzo. They came to this country without papers as teenagers. Lack of legal status didn’t stop them from building beautiful lives — a wife, a home, a loving dog. A blue-collar job that paid the bills, weekend carne asadas with friends and family, children who followed their father’s example of hard work. The Lorenzos enjoyed the fruits of their labor in their adopted land, even as they battled to become American citizens while politicians demonized immi
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