@OppoFile

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

 Washington, DC
oppofile.substack.com/
Joined May 2020
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"Stanford Campaigns of Dallas, Texas, primarily works with Democrats, and the company’s logo is on every page of the report." postandcourier.com/news/elec…

Someone paid for a 117-page dossier on a Charleston County Council candidate. Who’s behind it?

Charelston County Council elections are low-stakes races for part-time jobs, but when police reports and family court records showed up on Facebook, costly opposition research in one race became clear

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Props to @tysonbrody in this week's newsletter: oppofile.substack.com/p/toug…
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"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: lnk.thebulwark.com/4jULQQe

Ramaswamy Campaign Ad Accidentally Featured a Sex Offender

The campaign says it’s recutting the spot, which was meant to be about the plague of high property taxes.

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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@tysonbrodyOct 10
Thank you Playbook, I was reading that. Along with the rest of Kansas!
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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!
Matthew Kelly 🌻@Matt_Kelly22222Oct 11
(Gift link) U. S. Sen. Roger Marshall charged 18% interest on medical bills — more than other Kansas doctors who sued kansascity.com/news/politics…

Marshall charged 18% on medical bills — more than other Kansas doctors who sued

In reviewing thousands of court documents, the Star found no other medical providers that charged annual interest at 18% or any other specified rate above 12%.

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tyson brody@tysonbrodyOct 12
USA TODAY: Roger Marshall sued patients for unpaid bills, but he stiffed a bakery
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Cookiegate ain't going away!!! kansaspublicradio.org/local-…

Cookiegate: How an Unpaid Bakery Bill Became Big News

The owner of a south-central Kansas bakery did not expect a Facebook post she made last Thursday to go viral and end up featured on the New York Times homepage on Sunday.

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Staff conducting opposition research had discovered that her son, Job Nelson, ran a YouTube channel featuring self-produced rap music that frequently used the word. The channel was later deleted... @MaryPeltola breitbart.com/politics/2026/…
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“JD announcing drinks with Amy while she’s running against Vivek is either the most awkward flirting I’ve ever witnessed or the cheapest opposition research operation in American history." @amyactonoh @JDVance @VivekGRamaswamy irishstar.com/news/politics/…

JD Vance promises to meet woman at a bar after his speech while family watch

JD Vance was speaking to a crowd of supporters at a political rally in Lima, Ohio when he made the strange comments about meeting Democratic candidate Amy Acton at a bar

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The thing with Roger Marshall is he is running against a guy who employs one of the most cracked oppo guys in the Democratic Party
tyson brody@tysonbrodyOct 8
BREAKING: Roger Marshall stiffed a local Kansas business who baked cookies for his campaign, refusing to pay a $678 bill - a bill larger than debts for which Roger Marshall had patients sued, arrested, and jailed, which ran as low as $114.49!
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"Both candidates seemed to use every chance they got to take potshots and dust off the opposition research compiled against the other." nypost.com/2026/10/08/us-new…

El-Sayed refuses to say whether Iran is more of a threat than Israel in stunning Michigan Senate...

Rogers blasted El-Sayed for his lack of clarity on terrorism and laced into him for not releasing a statement marking the three-year anniversary of Hamas' deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

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Timing is everything. oppofile.substack.com/p/wind…
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"If you want candidates who show no courage, say as little as possible, use campaign funds for opposition research and to hire private investigators... then these incumbents are for you." @Flock timeshudsonvalley.com/storie…

Flock cameras and detention centers - My Hudson Valley

If you live in the Town of Newburgh and are not paying attention to what’s happening in our town government, you may want to start. We’re seeing what happens when elections are decided by a small …

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tyson brody@tysonbrodyOct 7
Watch our newest ad, where Kansas doctors agree Roger Marshall broke his oath to care for his patients by charging predatory 18% interest and having them arrested over debts as low as $115
Team Hamilton@TeamHamiltonHQOct 7
Kansas doctors: The healthcare system is broken. Roger Marshall is making it worse.
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tyson brody@tysonbrodyOct 8
BREAKING: Roger Marshall stiffed a local Kansas business who baked cookies for his campaign, refusing to pay a $678 bill - a bill larger than debts for which Roger Marshall had patients sued, arrested, and jailed, which ran as low as $114.49!
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Total number of bills Andy Biggs has gotten signed into law in nearly a decade? One — a clinic renaming. #AZGov #AZpolitics
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God, this is so embarrassing... and to think he spent all that time memorizing what he thought would be a sick burn.
American Bridge 21st Century
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Zach Lahn fumbles a hit on Rob Sand, and instead claims that Sand doesn't like tax increases. MAGA sure isn't sending their best or brightest. #IAGov
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Rob Sands: "You voted in Kansas in 2018 and in 2020 and in 2022. You registered to vote in Iowa less than two years ago." Zach Lahn: YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT I DIDN'T LIVE IN IOWA. #IAGov
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I mean... he's not wrong.
Aaron Rupar
@atruparOct 8
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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@KFILEOct 7
NEW: Footage and interviews reviewed by CNN repeatedly show Abdul El-Sayed — who is set to campaign with Barack Obama — calling Obama’s presidency a failure and that the country was no better off after eight years of his presidency. cnn.com/2026/10/07/politics/…

Abdul El-Sayed’s Obama criticism resurfaced ahead of campaign rally | CNN Politics

Former President Barack Obama is set to hit the campaign trail for Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed later this month, years after El-Sayed criticized Obama’s presidency at times as...

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