“This opens a door on a whole history of collaboration between the Vatican and the C.I.A., which, boy, would be explosive if we could get documents about it." nytimes.com/2025/03/20/us/…

Congrats to the Operation Mincemeat team:

Great read:

How oppo research helped sink Kamala Harris' bid for the presidency.

“…also think about the activities that you return to — despite the fact that they are harder to complete than things you are more immediately or emotionally drawn to.”

Me in London:

...if the Democratic Governors Association wants to dig up dirt on Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, there are better ways to do it than sending two dozen Freedom of Information Act requests...." Democratic Governors Mayor Mike Duggan freep.com/story/news/col… via Detroit Free Press

The unfolding John Reid controversy has its origins in a "vulnerability study" conducted by an as-yet-unnamed organization. In this week's Substack: open.substack.com/pub/oppofile/p…

This was exactly my experience at Dulles Airport (IAD) last month CLEAR

“We stabbed Gretchen Whitmer.” From the new book Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House, by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes open.substack.com/pub/oppofile/p…… Jonathan Allen Amie Parnes Gretchen Whitmer

Jerry Brown’s official portrait by Don Bachardy:

I interviewed Stu Spencer in July 2020 for my Oppo File podcast. He shared with me some thoughts (and war stories, of course) about the role of oppo research in campaigns: open.substack.com/pub/oppofile/p…

Long overdue. Will dcmetro also allow payments via iPhone, as in NYC?

My play BAD SWEETHEART is based on what became known as "the Montagu Case." More about that case is at the link below; ticketing info for the reading on June 21 is in my bio. theguardian.com/books/2017/jul…

This week's oppo file inspired by Chuck Grassley's release of a 2019 FBI document. Lots of twists and turns - and I don't think we are done.

A Father's Day story: open.substack.com/pub/oppofile/p…

My new play BAD SWEETHEART is based on a true story: A sensational trial with a significant impact on gay rights in England. Reading is this Saturday The Sofia, home of B Street and tickets are in my bio. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3…

Also on this day, a little thing happened at the Watergate: timesherald.com/2025/06/17/tod…

This weekend is the premier of Sacramento author and political consultant Joseph Rodota's new play, Bad Sweetheart... a courtroom drama about sexuality and privilege set in 1950s England. bstreettheatre.org/other/bad-swee…