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The Great Republican Migration Is About to Begin in Iowa

They hope your memory is as bad as their judgment

Jun 14 • Barry Piatt

MILLER-MEEKS, HINSON, NUNN AND FEENSTRA NOW “OWN” DEEPLY UNPOPULAR IRAN WAR, TOO

Meanwhile, Iowa's US Senators Double Down on Backing Trump’s $1.776 Billion Slush Fund for Cop Killing Insurrectionists

Jun 7

May 2026

Today is “Office Lounge Day” and You are Invited!

12:00 Noon (CT) via Zoom

May 29 • Barry Piatt

With His Glory Days Far Behind Him, Grassley Now Backs $1.776 Billion Slush Fund for J6 Insurrectionists Who Tried to Overthrow American…

His days of railing against $500 Pentagon hammers are long gone. Iowa senator now embraces Trump's waste, fraud and abuse. Big time.

May 24 • Barry Piatt

It’s Ernst’s and Grassley’s War Now

Senate Republicans voted for the seventh time this year on May 13 to block legislation that would invoke the War Powers Act. This seventh time was…

May 17 • Barry Piatt

Grassley's Failure to Act - Much Less Lead - in Fight Against Trump Corruption Will be Iowa Senator's Lasting Legacy

PHOTO CREDIT: Screen grab from US Senate Judiciary Committee website

May 10 • Barry Piatt

April 2026

When Did Enabling War Crimes Become the "Iowa Way?"

Iowa's "Silent Six" in Congress have voted multiple times against checking Trump's unconstitutional war and the war crimes he uses to wage it.

Apr 19 • Barry Piatt

The Tattered Waste of Senator Joni Ernst's Time in the US Senate

As Ernst enters the twilight of her Senate career, she has become the "Incredible Shrinking Senator"

Apr 12 • Barry Piatt

How a Previous Generation of Iowans in Congress Responded to a Corrupt President in the White House

Consistently Ahead of the Curve political Commentary and Analysis

Apr 5 • Barry Piatt

March 2026

Iowa’s “Silent Six” Just Threw Nearly 600,000 Iowans Under the Bus

They let Trump’s Ugly, Un-American Smear Against Hundreds of Thousands of Iowa Constituents Go Unchallenged

Mar 29 • Barry Piatt

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12:00 Noon (CT) / 1:00 PM (ET), Friday March 27

Mar 27 • Barry Piatt

It May Sound Crazy But Democrats Could Sweep ALL Major Iowa Races This Fall

Before You Laugh Me Out of Town, Hear Me Out.

Mar 22 • Barry Piatt