Oppo File
Joe RodotaThe history and practice of opposition research, the "dark art" of American politics.
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"I don't like you, Michigan"
“Opposition researchers have never had more content to draw from,” writes Kellen Browning in the New York Times.
His subject matter: The wave of 2026 candidates whose “messy” social media histories have come back to haunt them.
Exhibit A:...
Check the (Red) Box
Last Friday, the Los Angeles Times ran an interesting story by Seema Mehta with the headline: CODED MESSAGES, ‘RED BOXING’ AND OTHER ALLEGATIONS IN CALIFORNIA’S TESTY RACE FOR GOVERNOR. “Intriguing updates emerged on Democratic gubernatoria...
All of the Above
“I’ve always been fascinated by technology and the research mission,” Bullpen Strategy Group CEO Joe Pounder said in a recent interview.
Pounder founded Bullpen in 2019 with a group of 10 colleagues, some of whom had worked with him at Ame...
The Oppo File Book Club
Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins yesterday released “Congressman Byron Donalds’ Liabilities,” a 13-page dossier about the leading GOP candidate to replace Governor Ron DeSantis. “These issues get talked about now or they get talked a...
Scrambled
On Friday, April 10, 2026, the San Francisco Chronicle went live with a blockbuster story by Alexei Koseff and Sophia Bollag, with the headline: EX-STAFFER SAYS ERIC SWALWELL, CANDIDATE FOR CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR, SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER.
A wo...
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