Oppo File

The history and practice of opposition research, by @josephrodota.

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

The @NRSC @KenPaxtonTX oppo research has evaporated:

https://t.co/sEmAzY3x0d

[Jon Levine @LevineJonathan]

NEW from me

In an old Reddit post Graham Platner cast doubt on the Armenian genocide:

"The problem with your statement is that Turkey fully admits the Incident happened, the issue is whether it was in fact genocide or if it was mass killing/displacement"

https://t.co/fBHIDmdT3c

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

From the @TomHQ oppo researchers:

[TomHQ @TomHQ]

For the record, you voted for this.

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

Oppo research meets rapid response:

[Friends Of XB @FriendsOfXB]

Does that include your enormous investments in AI and data centers or are those sacred?

[Friends Of XB @FriendsOfXB]

NEW FOOTAGE: @TomSteyer was lavishing praise on Edison CEO Pedro Pizarro and praising public utilities just months ago.

He’ll say whatever to whomever.
Don’t trust Billionaires.

[Friends Of XB @FriendsOfXB]

Less than a year ago, @TomSteyer was hanging out with PG&E CEO Patti Pope, discussing how to power AI data centers.

But he’s a changed man! It was months ago!

https://t.co/o2vbiLCmwO

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

Late to the oppo dump party, but still....

[Friends Of XB @FriendsOfXB]

Tom Steyer, candidate for California Governor, charged low-income borrowers auto loan interest rates as high as 27.99% while pursuing lawsuits and wage garnishments against struggling Californians.

This is in addition to his millions tied to private prisons and toxic coal investments.

[Friends Of XB @FriendsOfXB]

Quite the record.

[Friends Of XB @FriendsOfXB]

Oh dear. @TomSteyer the slumlord.

“residents say the property was poorly maintained, with one reporting sewage seeping into her bathtub. Bridge Partners also filed more than three dozen eviction cases against tenants in the
100-unit complex”

https://t.co/xnG99Ae6ZV

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

"...the oppo dump on her 'defund the police' stance wasn't an accident. It was a deliberate effort by Wisconsin Democrats to end @francescahongWI's gubernatorial aspirations."

https://t.co/f9cnXGzeNX

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

From drunken-driving arrests to nagging questions about residency, the gubernatorial candidates have been forced to play defense and explain — or dodge — what opposition research and others have turned up in their history.

https://t.co/S8lz2j4T9f

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

“Many super PACs have turned toward assuming traditional campaign roles, such as field work, get-out-the-vote activity, and opposition research, rather than solely focusing on expensive TV ads."

https://t.co/hujkGVrbVr

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

Hartman has spent over a decade running field operations and directing hard hitting opposition research for large and small campaigns throughout the country.

@Penn_Blue

https://t.co/sM68JDbE56

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

"Within hours of Bell’s selection earlier this week, conservative higher education activists began circulating opposition research on social media..."

https://t.co/XXZZPUj1H6

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

That other time opposition researchers surfaced a link between an LA politician and Scientology:

https://t.co/3qkaV1K2LI

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

"Meanwhile, a reader tipped us that Becerra had also spoken about Scientology during a session of the House, in 1997."

https://t.co/Q0hI9gfIHd

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

Per @californiapost, this post put @XavierBecerra and Scientology into the spotlight:

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Xavier Becerra, the man who protected Scientology for years?

The man who was so trusted by David Miscavige that he would reference him in private conversations as someone to reach out to when the organization needed something?

That guy?

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

Note all the photos from @GettyImages

[New York Post @nypost]

Embarrassing Scientology clip comes back to haunt Xavier Becerra in California governor's race https://t.co/dIqysgvr3M

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

"The Facebook profile was publicly accessible this month, but has since been made private."

(March 28, 2026)

https://t.co/jaFFkBg1HO

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

“It’s extremely easy to doctor those things,” he said of the social media posts involving slurs.

“…. Whether said or not, those comments don’t reflect my values.”

@MichaelSmolens @ACampaNajjar

https://t.co/njusu3wduI