The history and practice of opposition research, by @josephrodota.
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Oppo File retweeted
May 29
NEW from me
In an old Reddit post Graham Platner cast doubt on the Armenian genocide:
"The problem with your statement is that Turkey fully admits the Incident happened, the issue is whether it was in fact genocide or if it was mass killing/displacement"
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Oppo research meets rapid response:
May 25
Does that include your enormous investments in AI and data centers or are those sacred?
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May 25
NEW FOOTAGE: @TomSteyer was lavishing praise on Edison CEO Pedro Pizarro and praising public utilities just months ago.
He’ll say whatever to whomever.
Don’t trust Billionaires.
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May 24
Less than a year ago, @TomSteyer was hanging out with PG&E CEO Patti Pope, discussing how to power AI data centers.
But he’s a changed man! It was months ago!
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Late to the oppo dump party, but still....
May 24
Tom Steyer, candidate for California Governor, charged low-income borrowers auto loan interest rates as high as 27.99% while pursuing lawsuits and wage garnishments against struggling Californians.
This is in addition to his millions tied to private prisons and toxic coal investments.
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May 27
Quite the record.
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May 27
Oh dear. @TomSteyer the slumlord.
“residents say the property was poorly maintained, with one reporting sewage seeping into her bathtub. Bridge Partners also filed more than three dozen eviction cases against tenants in the
100-unit complex”
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"...the oppo dump on her 'defund the police' stance wasn't an accident. It was a deliberate effort by Wisconsin Democrats to end @francescahongWI's gubernatorial aspirations."
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From drunken-driving arrests to nagging questions about residency, the gubernatorial candidates have been forced to play defense and explain — or dodge — what opposition research and others have turned up in their history.
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“Many super PACs have turned toward assuming traditional campaign roles, such as field work, get-out-the-vote activity, and opposition research, rather than solely focusing on expensive TV ads."
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Hartman has spent over a decade running field operations and directing hard hitting opposition research for large and small campaigns throughout the country.
@Penn_Blue
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"Within hours of Bell’s selection earlier this week, conservative higher education activists began circulating opposition research on social media..."
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That other time opposition researchers surfaced a link between an LA politician and Scientology:
politico.com/news/2020/08/05…
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"Meanwhile, a reader tipped us that Becerra had also spoken about Scientology during a session of the House, in 1997."
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Per @californiapost, this post put @XavierBecerra and Scientology into the spotlight:
Apr 11
Xavier Becerra, the man who protected Scientology for years?
The man who was so trusted by David Miscavige that he would reference him in private conversations as someone to reach out to when the organization needed something?
That guy?
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Note all the photos from @GettyImages
May 18
Embarrassing Scientology clip comes back to haunt Xavier Becerra in California governor's race trib.al/WKreEtr
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"The Facebook profile was publicly accessible this month, but has since been made private."
(March 28, 2026)
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“It’s extremely easy to doctor those things,” he said of the social media posts involving slurs.
“…. Whether said or not, those comments don’t reflect my values.”
@MichaelSmolens @ACampaNajjar
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