Barry Piatt on Politics: - Behind the Curtains

800 Day Overdue Milestone Nears As Congress Continues to Fail to Enact a New Farm Bill

Epic failure reaches infamous mark on Tuesday, December 9.

Dec 7 • Barry Piatt

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Dec 3 • Barry Piatt

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November 2025

Cadet Bone Spurs is in Charge & It Shows

Shooting of National Guard Troops in DC was a Tragedy Waiting to Happen. Now it Has.

Nov 30 • Barry Piatt

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The Lost Art of the Follow Up Question

Trump’s “Quiet, Piggy” response to a female reporter’s question about the Epstein files deserved a follow up question. It didn’t get one.

Nov 23 • Barry Piatt

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What They Did on Their Two Month Paid Vacation

THIS WEEK’S LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAINS: Iowa’s US House “no show” delegation should not accept any pay for the 54 days the U.S. House refused to meet to…

Nov 16 • Barry Piatt

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If Grassley Was Still Grassley He’d Be Looking Into This

Donald Trump is collecting $350 million to build a gilded party palace at the White House. Given his history of financial fraud and grifting, his effort…

Nov 2 • Barry Piatt

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October 2025

The Silver Lining Re: Demolition of the White House East Wing

It’s not much, but it’s something.

Oct 26 • Barry Piatt

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No - Things Are Not As Bad As You Think They Are For America and Our Democracy. They’re Worse.

We're all frogs in the heating pot these days,.

Oct 19 • Barry Piatt

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Shhhh! Please Don’t Wake Senator Grassley

Iowa’s one-time famous “watchdog” has turned into a "lap dog," sound asleep in Donald Trump's lap, in the middle of a hurricane of corruption

Oct 12 • Barry Piatt

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I Remember When American Presidents Used to Be on America’s Side.

WTH is going on in Washington, DC? In two words? Political vandalism - by a President who is not on America’s side.

Oct 5 • Barry Piatt

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September 2025

Iowa’s “Silent Six” Snooze as Two Year Mark of Failure to Enact a New Farm Bill Approaches

Not to mention the imminent implosion of the federal government with yet another shutdown

Sep 28 • Barry Piatt

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Can Iowans Trust Chuck Grassley? In a word “No.”

He says he wants the Epstein files made public. His quiet vote to keep them hidden proves that claim to be false. Big time false.

Sep 21 • Barry Piatt

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