Oppo File

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

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

.@politico Produces Love Letter about Democrat Oppo Research Dirt Digger

"You can just feel the love oozing out of almost every sentence"

https://t.co/nt82Pz1Gd6

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

"...he and his team haven't had to deal with reams of opposition research being dug up about him, or tens of millions of dollars in negative ads aired against him."

https://t.co/PIBvrfj59V

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

"Whatever tricks are left in the opposition research files, now is the time to play them."

https://t.co/54mZ5KBI3V

[POLITICO @politico]

Kansas was supposed to be easy for Republicans. Then Tyson Brody, an opposition researcher, moved back home.

Could his research in the state get a Democrat elected to the Senate for the first time in 94 years?
https://t.co/owgfFpCdqv

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

Oppo File gets a mention in @politico:

https://t.co/1WlA8nWbM1

[dan turrentine @danturrentine]

Not a single professional staffer on the campaign? How? In 26 years in politics, I've never seen this. Ever.

https://t.co/8DEgk42d8H

[Trip Gabriel @tripgabriel]

The NYT has a full account of the attack ad using Amy Acton's mother, her brother's response, and the 1978 indictment of her stepfather on rape charges when she was a child
https://t.co/0Uzs8xIXmh

[TiffinOhio.net @TiffinOhioNews]

Newly surfaced recordings capture Jon Husted praising data centers as a pipeline of jobs and economic growth. His years of support for the industry and its tax incentives preceded a $1.6 billion annual tax-break bill for Ohio and mounting concerns about electricity prices. Read more: https://t.co/RR3G7CwT74

[Josh Koehn @Josh_Koehn]

NEW: California GOP legislator Leticia Castillo has preached family values since entering politics. But her secret old XXX websites advertised adult entertainment services under the name “Silky Santana.”

Meanwhile, her Democratic challenger has her own baggage with two DUIs and a messy custody battle.

They were separated by just 596 votes last election.

Welcome to Riverside County, the Florida of California.

https://t.co/fuG7zlxwCT

[John Regan @Regan_Smart]

lol

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

FLASHBACK:

"She also could not fully explain how she was listed as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, an honorary scholastic group, on her 1985 biography, but she accepted responsibility for the claim."

@McCormickJohn @peggyflanagan

https://t.co/rWg2jPpIzo

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

A Phi Beta Kappa claim helped bring down Lena Guerrero years back:

https://t.co/VGrf1NRdls

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

Apropos of @peggyflanagan news today:

https://t.co/wqYY6phRJn

[John McCormick @McCormickJohn]

Exclusive story on @peggyflanagan / @LtGovFlanagan college record: https://t.co/Q9y4FtWf9H

[John McCormick @McCormickJohn]

Eight days later, her campaign acknowledged she never belonged to Phi Beta Kappa.

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

"Stanford Campaigns of Dallas, Texas, primarily works with Democrats, and the company’s logo is on every page of the report."

https://t.co/tkz6ZSFJfU

[Oppo File @OppoFile]

Props to @tysonbrody in this week's newsletter:

https://t.co/KnI5a1hJka

[The Bulwark @BulwarkOnline]

"The featured couple has created complications....That’s because Vernon Edwards—Patty’s husband, who appears a few times in b-roll alongside her in the ad—is a registered sex offender."

@JimSwiftDC on Vivek Ramaswamy's new ad:
https://t.co/f0M4sJ7h0d

[Philip Letsou @philipletsou]

Trying to imagine the meltdown we’d be subjected to on here if Politico just openly shouted out GOP oppo guys while linking to hit pieces on Dems

[tyson brody @tysonbrody]

BREAKING: A KC Star investigation couldn’t find a single other medical provider in Kansas who charged 18% interest on medical debt - even Marshall’s own lawyer admits Marshall personally set that rate and was probably the only one to do so in the state!