OppoFile's profile picture. The history and practice of opposition research, by @josephrodota.

Oppo File

@OppoFile

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

Oppo File reposted

Hello from Mulberry Street in Little Italy - as featured in the @OppoFile podcast finale

josephrodota's tweet image. Hello from Mulberry Street in Little Italy - as featured in the @OppoFile podcast finale
josephrodota's tweet image. Hello from Mulberry Street in Little Italy - as featured in the @OppoFile podcast finale

Oppo File reposted

How is it that we're the week before the election and we're just now finding out that Jack Ciattarelli is only a millionaire because he sold his company to a Republican Donor who was, at that time, busy bribing half of the North Carolina GOP? jerseyindependent.com/elections/jack…


Oppo File reposted

LIVE ON OPPO DROP: @PatDennis talks about breaking news that Jack Ciattarelli made millions selling his business to an insurance businessman convicted of fraud— all while serving on a committee that directly oversees insurance businesses. #NJGov


"I won’t quote the clips suddenly flooding social media, the apparent result of someone’s late and incompetent oppo research...." @Peggynoonannyc wsj.com/opinion/new-yo… via @WSJopinion


“You’re running as an outsider, for sure, which is probably an advantage for you, but campaigns, I mean, they use opposition research." @jrpsaki @thehill @AshleighFields_ thehill.com/homenews/campa…


Video is dated June 11, 2020:

🚨 Abigail Spanberger says she opposes voter ID laws: “Some of these hurdles by really disadvantage new voters and particularly younger voters."



At some point, it's just too late for oppo research to make a difference.

Wow! 👀👀👀



"The idea that I’m supposed to not see any correlation between the governor getting in the race, and then the next day all this oppo research dropping against me... I think that is laughable." @grahamformaine


"The reason that opposition research happens is to rip people’s lives apart and make regular human beings think that politics is something they would never want to get involved in." @grahamformaine @VanityFair vanityfair.com/news/story/gra…


By Wednesday morning, he’d gotten the tattoo covered up by a Celtic knot with a dog motif. theatlantic.com/culture/2025/1…


Then, on Monday, to get ahead of opposition research, Platner’s campaign released a video..." theatlantic.com/culture/2025/1…


Within 24 hours, a torrent of opposition research about old Reddit posts by Platner, who’d been in the race nearly two months by then, hit the streets. themainewire.com/2025/10/jigs-u…


"I truly question whether he even followed the most basic campaign strategies, like buying an opposition research book on Zohran; likely not." @RyanGirdusky @andrewcuomo open.substack.com/pub/natpop/p/t…


Lots of oppo in this ad...

This is the wildest attack ad I’ve ever seen in politics. Andrew Cuomo pulling out all the stops.



"Once his Democratic rival, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, entered the race, Platner was hit with a nor’easter of oppo research that had the added value of being his own damning words." politi.co/3Wltj2G via @politico


Yes.🍿

Hmm. Should I go on?



Loading...

Something went wrong.


Something went wrong.