@OppoFile

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

 Washington, DC
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Joined May 2020
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POLITICO
@politicoOct 23
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? politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Kansas Was Supposed to Be Easy for Republicans. Then Tyson Brody Moved Back Home.

Could Tyson Brody’s research in Kansas get a Democrat elected for the first time in 94 years?

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Not a single professional staffer on the campaign? How? In 26 years in politics, I've never seen this. Ever. ms.now/news/kansas-senate-ro…

Weeks before Election Day, Sen. Roger Marshall’s campaign still had no one on payroll

An MS NOW analysis of FEC filings finds the Kansas Republican reported no payroll last quarter, unlike most Senate incumbents of both parties.

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Trip Gabriel@tripgabrielOct 20
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 nytimes.com/2026/10/20/us/po…

Attack Ad Featuring Candidate’s Mother Turns Ohio Governor’s Race Even Uglier (Gift Article)

A Republican ad features Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a liar. The two have not spoken since Dr. Acton’s mother backed her husband after his arrest on rape charges.

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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: s.tiffinohio.net/hvsJuoB
Husted championed Ohio’s data center boom — and defended the billions in tax breaks that fueled it

ALT Husted championed Ohio’s data center boom — and defended the billions in tax breaks that fueled it

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Josh Koehn
@Josh_KoehnOct 20
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. nypost.com/2026/10/20/us-new…

California Republican’s XXX past collides with rival Dem’s DUI record in nasty Assembly race

A California Republican’s XXX past and her Democratic rival’s DUI record fuel a nasty state Assembly rematch in Riverside County.

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John Regan@Regan_SmartOct 20
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autumn!@auautumntumnOct 20
Eric Pratt, the republican running for Angie Craig's open seat in MN-02, left the AI restating his prompt on his website. "The President is not popular, so all messaging should be focused on local politics and needs." lmfao
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Exclusive story on @peggyflanagan / @LtGovFlanagan college record: wsj.com/politics/policy/minn…

Exclusive | Minnesota’s Democratic U.S. Senate Nominee Inflated Academic Record

Flanagan said she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa,” but records raised questions about the claim.

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Eight days later, her campaign acknowledged she never belonged to Phi Beta Kappa.
John McCormick@McCormickJohnOct 21
Exclusive story on @peggyflanagan / @LtGovFlanagan college record: wsj.com/politics/policy/minn…

Exclusive | Minnesota’s Democratic U.S. Senate Nominee Inflated Academic Record

Flanagan said she “graduated Phi Beta Kappa,” but records raised questions about the claim.

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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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tyson brody@tysonbrodyOct 11
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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tyson brody@tysonbrodyOct 12
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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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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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
@American_BridgeOct 7
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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