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Ed Tibbetts

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Longtime Iowa political reporter and editor, writing the Along the Mississippi newsletter. edtibbetts.substack.com

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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 16h
A new steel plant could help our economy, but it won’t erase a decade of failure by Iowa Republicans.
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Steeling themselves against reality
Iowa Republicans’ election-year promises don’t live up to their decade-long economic failures
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Sand, Lahn, Fox News, and Trump’s Lawsuit Against Selzer Failed
...Ted Lasso show examined, and, it’s the gas prices, stupid
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Republicans are using billionaire cash to try to trick Iowans into looking at something other than the rising gas prices they can see every day as they drive to work.
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High gas prices are a daily reminder how Trump/Hinson policies are making us poorer
Yet, Republicans are using their cash advantage to try to change the subject
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Grassley Has a Birthday, Hinson Changes Course, Sands ‘Game On’ Campaign Ad, and Peter Hedges Returns
...Randy Evans asks ‘why’ regarding secretive departures of public officials, and much more
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ashley Hinson is trying to get us to believe she’s something she’s not: a bipartisan lawmaker trying to lower costs. In fact, she’s unquestionably loyal to the president who raised them.
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Ashley Hinson’s convenient conversion
No, she’s not really working across the aisle to lower costs
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Lahn’s Bad Week, 9-11 Remembered, Sand’s Town Halls, Ford Executives Stunned by Duffy
...Iowa/Iowa State game, Swander reports from Buggyland and more
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Iowa's proposed Amendment 1 is anti-democratic. And a sure-fire recipe for raising the sales tax.
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The Tyranny of the 11%
How 17 Iowa lawmakers and their rich friends can raise your taxes but keep theirs from going up.
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Criminal Investigation into Lt. Governor Candidate, Beef Imports, Bucees, Canadian Trade Wars, and Garson’s Forgotten History...
...Gloria Steinem remembered, and $ for local TV
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
American concern about government corruption has risen sharply since 2025, but Iowa Republicans don’t seem to notice the big picture.
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Fishing for crappies; ignoring the whale
Iowa’s Republican ‘corruption fighters’ ignore Trump’s offenses
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Flocked, Flanked, Forgotten, and US Senate Race Heating Up, DSM Soccer ‘No’
...Dolly, the American ‘Auntie,’ a post from Ukraine, and more
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We should all be shouting at our political leaders about the sorry US fiscal condition.
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US fiscal challenges deserve action and leadership
We’ll probably get neither
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Reynolds & Property Taxes, Politicos at the Fair, Drake, Barbaric Gloves, Emerging Journalist Corps
..Forgotten History, Humor, Leadership and More
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Once again, Iowa's governor has overpromised and underdelivered.
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Iowa's new property tax cut is failing to live up to expectations.
New reporting shows the anticipated savings are less than promised
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Data Center News, Zach Nunn, The Iowa State Fair
...and much more!
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Missouri plan, called Amendment 5, has many similarities to the effort now being supported by Republicans and the special interests in Iowa to pass a new constitutional amendment that would eventually lead to a higher sales tax here.
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Missouri shows the way
Voters to our south soundly rejected a tax swap. Iowans should do the same.
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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An Urgent Story You Likely Won't See Elsewhere, Polling News, The Odyssey
...a father honors his daughter's final wishes
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Data Centers, New Member of the Iowa Writers' Collaborative, Grassley Legacy 'Torched,' and Cullen Prods Sand
...our writers have been busy this week
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
The special interests support an amendment to the Iowa Constitution that would lead to a sales tax increase.
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Don't be gaslit into believing Iowa's constitutional amendment debate is over
We've heard this before
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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Trump is going on a tariff spree again
Iowans will pay the cost, while their political representatives remain silent
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Buttigieg, Johnson, Lahn and Grassley Take Center Stage as November Nears
...Is Iowa 'in play'?
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Discarding the state income tax will mean higher sales taxes, hurting seniors and the middle class. Anybody telling you otherwise isn't telling you the truth.
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Plans to replace state income taxes with higher sales taxes will help the rich and hurt the rest of us
Missouri considers amending its constitution. Will Iowa's plan lead to the same thing?
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Proposed Library Cuts, Water Woes, Fouls on Caitlin Clark, Hinson, and Deere Negotiations
...and World Cup fever, plus five fun restaurants to try
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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Iowa's ruling party creates its own reality
In the process, it disavows what its leaders once declared historic
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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The 4th, the 250th, 2 Invitations, a Libertarian for US Senate...
...immigration news, and how many days has it been without a Farm Bill? Care to guess?
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
In seeking to serve Donald Trump, Iowa’s political leaders strayed from the better traditions of the state’s pursuit of equal rights and a just and moral society.
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Sadly, Iowa's leaders were on the wrong side of the Supreme Court's birthright citizenship decision.
The court majority affirmed the common understanding. The other side tried to violate it.
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Lahn's Iowa Residency, Autoworker Fired Over a Cookie, America at 250, and the Economics of Immigration
...so much packed into this roundup
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
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Iowa leaders insist they'll make poor kids healthier, even if some of them have to go hungry to do it.
A federal judge overturns Iowa's SNAP restrictions
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Record-breaking weather, Iowa Down Ballot, Pride and more
...controversies in the gubernatorial race, and more
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"Leave, please"
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Chuck Grassley shields Todd Blanche from questions about Newsom allegations
It's just the latest evidence of the Iowa senator's acquiescence to Donald Trump
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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Slick private school mailings, World Cup Fever, Unity Point Nurses Fight, Hinson VS Turek
...oh, and so much more - including photography by Larry Stone and David Thoreson
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
New evidence shows Iowa is losing to its neighbors.
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No, Iowa's flat tax isn't making our economy a winner.
Proponents are missing what Iowans really care about
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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From Feenstra's Fall to Turek's Rise
...Reading the Tea Leaves of Iowa's Primary Election
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
In 1999, Iowa conservatives proposed a plan to require a super-majority in the Legislature to pass a sales or income tax hike. This year, they're only trying to protect a flat tax that gave millionaires a huge windfall. They conveniently excluded the sales tax. This will hurt the rest of us.
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Will Iowans vote this fall to raise the state sales tax?
That's what's at stake if a new millionaire protection plan wins at the ballot box.
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
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Election Eve: Wahls, Turek, Feenstra, Zahn, and the Stealth Push for Data Centers
...plus, Around Iowa features, Punk Nite, and more
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Iowa Republicans are celebrating America’s 250th birthday with a gift to University of Iowa students: A mandate that they take rightwing indoctrination classes.
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Making America great the Iowa way
GOP lawmakers want to force college kids to attend their rightwing classes.
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Grassley, Gender Politics & Water Wars: Iowa Writers Take On the Week
...Hinson, Bird, Turek, Wahls and Ernst
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Standing by Donald Trump helps Brenna Bird, but it's costing Iowa households a lot of money.
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A recent court ruling shows Brenna Bird still stands by her most important client: Donald Trump
Iowans pay the price for her loyalty
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
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Decency, Teachers, and the U.S. Senate Race
...Iowa Senate and Gubernatorial races to be in the national spotlight
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
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The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is not part of Donald Trump's 'imperial realm.'
It is our common inheritance. It belongs to us, not him.
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
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Turek vs Wahls, Branstad Highway Roadtrip, Pioneer Name Change, Farm Women Scorned and more
...election fear-mongering, Borsellino on JD Vance visit, and new polls
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
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Republicans promised Iowa's teacher pay would soar toward the top. Instead, we slouched to the middle
Remember that when they tell you how great the 2026 legislative session was
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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Grassley, Wahls, Turek, El Niño, and an Energy Backlash in Rural Iowa
...seashell indictment,
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
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In what world is health care less expensive?
Advocates of Mariannette Miller-Meeks try to convince Iowans their costs are going down
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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What Happens in Storm Lake Doesn't Stay There
...the Iowa Legislature, Governor's Race, and a Caitlin Clark story update
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Ultimately, it’s up to elected officials to decide whether the public’s interest supersedes their privilege.
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The City of Davenport can still choose openness
Supreme Court victory doesn't change the path that's always been available to the city council.
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Iowa’s Sunday paper!
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EVs, Money in Politics, A Disgruntled Reader, How to Spot a Hack, & Candidates in Trouble
...will we ever see the Epstein Files?
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Surprise! Republicans are adopting Kamala Harris’s tactics to deal with high fertilizer prices.
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Republicans channel their inner Kamala
Chuck Grassley is on board, too.
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
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From Sand to the Stars: Iowa Politics, Okoboji’s Untold Story, and the Audacity of Uber
...climate catastrophe, Cyclone and hockey news, and Melanie 'pal'seeks revenge
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Your Iowa Sunday paper!
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From Sand to the Stars: Iowa Politics, Okoboji’s Untold Story, and the Audacity of Uber
...climate catastrophe, Cyclone and hockey news, and Melanie 'pal'seeks revenge
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Ed Tibbetts @edtibbetts.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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Yes, Iowa's book ban is confusing
Meanwhile, an appellate court decision continues the legal battle
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