Melania Trump read a prepared statement today at the White House denying that she had a close relationship with Jeffy Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell. She took no questions from reporters. Say it under oath, Melania. Like Hillary Clinton did.

How does the the response today by Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress to Donald Trump’s massive corruption compare to how a previous generation of Iowans in Congress responded 52 years ago to another corrupt president in the White House? Read more below:

Iowa’s “Silent Six” are not the first Iowans in Congress to face a corrupt crook in the White House. This week I examine how an earlier generation of Iowans compares to the “Silent Six” in their response to a corrupt president. Read more. Just click below.

Nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz: • paid himself $5M as a “ghost employee” • diverted tens of millions owed to taxpayers & employees • failed to pay at least 3 multimillion-dollar judgments awarded to grieving families He also received a Trump pardon.

There’s a lesson here for for today’s generation of Republicans in Congress. Several lessons in fact. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

JUST PUBLISHED! NEW - 04/05/2026: There’s a lesson here. Several of them. How a previous generation of Iowans in Congress responded to a Corrupt President in the White House. Read more in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column. Just click below

Their job is to have Iowans’ backs in Iowa. But they don’t. In fact, Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress just threw nearly 600,000 of their own constituents under the bus. You might be one of them. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

They are supposed to have Iowans’ backs in Washington, DC. Instead, Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress just threw nearly 600,000 Iowans under the bus. You could be one of them. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

They are supposed to have Iowans’ backs in Washington, DC - but Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress just threw nearly 600,000 of their own constituents under the bus. You might be one of them. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

They are supposed to have Iowans’ backs in Washington, DC, but Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress just threw nearly 600,000 of their own constituents under the bus. You might be one of them. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress just threw nearly 600,000 of their own constituents under the bus. You may be one of them. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress chose bitter partisanship over actually doing their jobs Read more in “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column below.

Just posted Brooklyn Draisey's story on a new report that found the five most common cancers in Iowa — breast, prostate, lung, colorectal, and skin melanoma — have connections to environmental risk factors. www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/03/28/r...

President Trump spent five minutes of his Cabinet meeting boasting of his thrift with a story about negotiating for $5 personalized Sharpies. The company that makes the permanent markers said the exchange never happened.

A “big blue wave” could be heading toward Iowa’s marquee races in November - Governor, U.S. Senator, and all four U.S. House races. I know it’s not yet the conventional wisdom, but hear me out. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

The building blocks for a “big blue wave” are there for the marque races in Iowa this November, if Democrats can put them together. Read more in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” below.

TSA workers have been going a month with no paycheck and they’re pissed that ICE agents are getting paid to chill and play airport cop. “TSA officers are sickened that we have unqualified DHS employees walking the airports, with pay, while we all suffer doing our qualified work unpaid.”

ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions. Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her. (Published Nov. 2025)

I know it’s not yet the prevailing view, but mark my words - Democrats could win every marquee race on the ballot this Fall in Iowa: Governor, US Senator, and all four US House seats. The building blocks are there for just such a sweep if Democrats can put it all together. Read more, below.

The building blocks are there for a “big blue wave” in Iowa’s marquee races in November - Governor, U.S. Senator, and all four U.S. House seats, if Democrats can put it all together. Not the consensus view yet, I know, but my analysis has often been ahead of the curve. I believe it is here, too.

Yes, Iowa Democrats could win all six marquee races on the ballot this November - Governor, US Senator, and all four US House seats. Scoff if you want - and I know some of you will - but hear me out. Read more below in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

Not many have recognized this fact yet, but Iowa could have a Big, Blue Wave in the top races for Governor, US Senator, and ALL four US House seats in November. Scoff if you want - and I know some of you will - but the building blocks are there if Democrats will put them together. Read more below.

I know this isn’t the conventional wisdom yet, but it is, indeed, a very real possibility. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

Before you laugh me out of the room, hear me out. There’s more opportunity for Democrats in Iowa than most people realize. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” below.

At age 92, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) seems determined to trash whatever legacy and reputation he still has. It’s a very strange - and sad - way to choose to close out a long career in public office. Read more in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column, below.

Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has chosen to top off his long career in Congress by using his Senate Judiciary Committe chairmanship to enable the on-going Epstein files cover up. It may be his most outrageous betrayal of Iowa values yet. Read more, below.

Judiciary Committee Chair Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is enabling the cover-up of the Epstein crimiminal files, which federal law requires be released. Meanwhile a bi-partisan group of Senators have launched a “work around” effort to thwart his effort to keep the files hidden. Read more below:

As Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) uses his chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee to enable the Epstein files cover-up, a bi-partisan group of Senators just launched a “work around” effort to thwart him. Read more below.

At age 92, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) seems to have made a very strange choice: to close out his long career in public office by enabling the Epstein files cover up. A bi-partisan group of U.S. Senators just launched a “work around” effort to thwart Grassley’s cover up help. Read more, below.

Senator Chuck Grassley is using his Senate Judiciary Committee chairmanship to enable the Epstein files cover up. Meanwhile, a bi-partisan group of his Senate colleagues just launch an “end run” / “work around” effort. Read more below in the “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

LAST DAY TO READ THIS COLUMN WITH EASY ACCESS: It’s off to the archives when a new edition is published early Sunday morning. Read it now, below.

This may be their most monumental failure in Congress yet. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

In one fell swoop, Iowa’s congressional delegation betrayed the Constitution and sold out their constituents. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains.” Just click below.

Piatt.substack.com We’re going to need a “Marshall Plan” for American Democracy by the time Trump is done demolishing everything.

In one fell swoop, Iowa’s congressional delegation sold out their constituents and betrayed the U.S. Constitution, with their unquestioning rush to embrace Donald Trump’s unilateral, unconstitutional war in Iran. Read more below in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

In one fell swoop, with their unthinking, unquestioning embrace of Donald Trump’s unconstitutional war in Iraq, Iowa’s congressional delegation sold out their constituents and betrayed the U.S. Constitution. Read more in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column, below.

With knee jerk support for Trump’s War in Iran, Iowans in Congress betrayed the Constitution and sold out their Iowa constituents. PLUS: A surprising new development re: long overdue new Farm Bill. Read more below in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

LAST DAY TO READ THIS WEEK’S COLUMN WITH EASY ACCESS! It’s off to the archives when a new edition publishes on Sunday. Rather than defend the U.S. Constitution they swore an oath to defend, Iowans in Congress are hastening its dismemberment by Donald Trump. Read more at Piatt.substack.com

Piatt.substack.com They all swore an oath to support the U.S. Constitution. Instead, Iowans in Congress are enabling its demise. Read more in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains.” Just click the link above.

It’s sad. But true. Read more in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column, below.

The U.S. Constitution is in big trouble as Donald Trump dismantles it daily. Iowa’s congressional delegation - each of whom should be defending it - instead are a big part of the problem and no part of the solution. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains.”

They took an oath to support and defend the Constitution, yet Iowa’s congressional delegation is helping Trump smother it. Read more below in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column.

American democracy - and the U.S. Constitution itself - are in big trouble. Not only is Iowa’s congressional delegation not helping, they are a big part of the problem. Read more, below, in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column

JUST PUBLISHED! NEW ON SUNDAY! - The U.S. Constitution is dying. Iowa’s congressional delegation is hastening its death. Read more below.

Who's up late? Gov Kim Reynolds has claimed the Iowa State Patrol needed a large plane for its high-tech equipment. But I obtained docs showing the ISP had a smaller plane w/advanced tech before gov used pandemic $$ for new Cessna. My exclusive reporting: www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/02/28/i...

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered election year consequences to Republicans - like Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress - who chose to follow the 34x convicted felon Trump over the U.S. Constitution. Read more below in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column

The U.S. Supreme Court delivers Election year consequences for Iowa’s “Silent Six” in Congress who chose to follow Trump over the U.S. Constitution. PLUS: Another disingenuous letter to Iowans from U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-3rd IA) EXPOSED. Read more, below.

The Supreme Court hands out election year consequences for those - like all six Iowans in Congress - who chose to follow the 34x convicted felon Trump over the Constitution. PLUS another disingenuous letter from US Rep. Zach Nunn (R-3rd IA) EXPOSED. Read more below.

My latest “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column. Thanks for reading!

The Supreme Court’s tariff decision is creating new political problems for Iowa’s all-Republican congressional delegation. Following Trump rather than the Constitution or even public opinion has consequences. Read more below in this week’s “Barry Piatt on Politics: Behind the Curtains” column