Todd Dorman

@tdorman

Columnist for @gazettedotcom

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Joined May 2008

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · 20 h

Trump picks on corn syrup, but Iowa GOP turns a deaf ear thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette Cargill operates a corn syrup plant along Otis Road SE near downtown Cedar Rapids. Buy Photo …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jul 20

Solving fake problems leaves no time to clean up Iowa’s water thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds reacts after signing a bill that creates education savings accounts, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, at the …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jul 16

Sand tries shedding labels to win in red Iowa thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Iowa Auditor Rob Sand, who recently announced he will run for Iowa governor, speaks to reporters at Lafayette Park in …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jun 29

She’s riding on the Trump train, no matter what happens, come hell or dirty water. thegazette.com/article/brenna…

tdorman's tweet card. When Bird gets in, she will be the Republican front-runner

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jun 22

All political careers are going to die. For heaven’s sake, does that include Joni Ernst? thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Ernst is hitting a rough patch as she prepares to run for re-election

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jun 18

Reynolds saved a pipeline for her people thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Her veto is about as surprising as finding nitrates in an Iowa river

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jun 15

Iowa Satanic Temple is standing up for our rights (Via The Gazette) thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Mortimer Adramelech with The Satanic Temple of Iowa's 2023 winter display at the Iowa Capitol. (Photo courtesy of The Satanic …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jun 8

Sand sticks up for Exira, but isn’t ready to talk about ag pollution thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. I wanted to know whether Sand has a vision for the state's biggest, most stubborn water quality issue.

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jun 4

Ernst follows gaffe with phony Medicaid claims thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst answers questions during her first town hall of 2025 in Parkersburg, Iowa, on Friday, …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jun 1

Pop is public enemy No. 1. Our dirty water doesn’t even make the list. thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. FILE – Bottles of Pepsi are displayed in a grocery store, in Ill., on Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jun 1

It’s for their own good. Tough love, with precious little love. thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · May 25

Iowa lawmakers rose to the moment during Black Lives Matter protests, but it didn’t last thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs bipartisan legislation June 12, 2020, on the steps of the Iowa State Capitol in Des …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · May 4

Gov. Reynolds remains silent as DOGE cuts medical research thegazette.com/article/gov-re…

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Apr 30

In Iowa's Statehouse, where hiding the ball has become a go-to play, providing another tool for denying access is dangerous. thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Gov. Kim Reynolds delivers the annual Condition of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at the Iowa State …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Apr 23

once you roll over our laws, our Constitution and our courts, the brakes and guardrails are gone thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. CORRECTS DATE – In this image taken from security camera video, Rumeysa Ozturk, a 30-year-old doctoral student at Tufts University, …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Apr 20

The forecast calls for Hurricane Elon to keep spinning (Via The Gazette) thegazette.com/article/the-fo…

tdorman's tweet card. President Trump gets a FEMA briefing in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Trump said he expects Hurricane Florence to be …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Apr 16

It’s easy to see what our attorney general is all about. Just follow the legal breadcrumbs. thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird discusses myriad topics during taping for "Iowa Press" at Iowa PBS Studios in Johnston, Iowa, …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Apr 11

Surprise! Gov. Reynolds isn’t running for re-election thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds addresses those gathered for the Prayer Rally for Life in the Iowa Capitol rotunda in Des …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Apr 9

Many red states have state-level, DOGE-like entities. Republicans must keep praising Trump. See, Mr. President, look what we did! Maybe Trump will put the list of state DOGEs on the White House refrigerator.. with a "Well Done!" sticker thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

tdorman's tweet card. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds testifies to the U.S. House of Representatives' Oversight Committee during a hearing on government efficiency in …

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Todd Dorman@tdorman · Jul 2

Surprised by this. I thought she could win the nomination. Glad she won't be governor. Also, please don't go back and read my Sunday column.

BBrianne Pfannenstiel@brianneDMR · Jul 2

Republican Attorney General Brenna Bird will not run for Iowa governor in 2026 desmoinesregister.com/story/news/pol…

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