The history and practice of opposition research, by @josephrodota.
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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
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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
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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!
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U. S. Sen. Roger Marshall charged 18% interest on medical bills — more than other Kansas doctors who sued
kansascity.com/news/politics…
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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-…
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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
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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
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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.
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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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/…
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Need oppo folks to start tagging how they got their research as well: “Spent 18 hours in the basement of the state archive, consumed 23 Red Bulls over a two week field research trip, and recorded 8 hours of stump speeches…”
What do you call this bit of display copy the NYT has added that’s like a souped-up byline+dateline. Whatever it is, great way to communicate to readers the work that goes into reporting. This one from @michaelkruse is a particularly good example of showing your work.
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The talented @Reuters photographers with a close up of Kash Patel’s oppo research on the top Democrat on Senate Judiciary Dick Durbin… as Patel testifies before the committee
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.@SenJonHusted (R-OH) says Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) and the Democrats hate football because "it's too much competition I guess, or too much hard work or that everybody shouldn't have to be tough and resilient in life."
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.@Team_HinsonIA will pay for travel and we’ll host the tailgate! You just say when @AbdulElSayed.
