Slight correction. Brock and Alefantis are still partners. Brock was blackmailed by his former partner.
Wiki:
(Brock’s) current partner is Washington, D.C. area restaurateur James Alefantis, owner of Comet Ping Pong Pizza.
Media Matters boss paid former partner $850G ‘blackmail’ settlement
Noted. Thanks. This whole affair reads like a bad Steven King novel except its apparently real.