DOJ probes Texas Majority PAC over $25 voting‑class scheme
The investigation follows a video of a former organizer describing a $25 Zoom class and a $500,000 payment to consulting firm Relentless.
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DOJ probes Texas Majority PAC over $25 voting‑class scheme
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What this story says
- The Justice Department is investigating Texas Majority PAC.
- A former organiser said the group paid $25 for a one‑hour Zoom voting class.
- The PAC spent $500,000 on consulting firm Relentless for its relational organising programme.
- Republican officials have called for further scrutiny of the PAC’s tactics.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 7 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 2 of the 9 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .
Trust
80/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
35/100
9 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
None of the 7 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
The Justice Department announced a probe into Texas Majority PAC after a hidden‑camera video captured former organising manager Sky MacAdams describing how the group paid individuals $25 to attend a one‑hour Zoom class about voting. MacAdams said the payment was a "roundabout way of paying people for their votes" and noted that federal law forbids direct payment for voting. A state campaign‑finance filing shows the PAC paid $500,000 to the consulting firm Relentless for its relational organising programme.
Eddie Vale, a spokesperson for Texas Majority PAC, told Fox News that the description of the programme was inaccurate and that participants are compensated for genuine grassroots organising work, not for votes. Rep. Pat Fallon, a Republican from Texas, urged Attorney General Todd Blanche to investigate the alleged vote‑buying, calling the conduct "criminal behaviour" that threatens free elections.
Differences in reported fundraising figures
The New York Ledger reported that Texas Majority PAC had raised nearly $10 million in the 2026 election cycle and spent about $9 million, with more than $1.3 million cash on hand. The New York Post and the right‑rated digests did not mention any fundraising totals, focusing instead on the DOJ investigation and the $25 payment scheme.
“"We are paying people $25 to attend a one‑hour Zoom class to learn why voting is important," said Sky MacAdams, former organising manager of Texas Majority PAC.”
$500,000
Payment to consulting firm
Amount Texas Majority PAC paid to Relentless for its relational organising programme, according to a state finance report.
Blindspot
No left‑rated outlet ran this story, so left‑leaning coverage is absent from the reporting sample.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 4 times, most recently on 1 Oct 2026, 01:45, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The New York Ledger highlighted the DOJ investigation, the former employee’s description of the "Paid Relational Program," and the PAC’s fundraising totals, noting the group’s near‑$10 million raise and $9 million spend. It quoted MacAdams saying, "We are paying people $25 to attend a one‑hour Zoom class to learn why voting is important," and included Vale’s statement that the programme is "standard part of every campaign’s playbook."
Right
6 rated outlets
- The New York Post, in its full report, led with the DOJ probe and the video showing MacAdams describing the $25 payment as a "gray" area, quoting him: "So it’s like a roundabout way of paying people for their votes, essentially." It also detailed the $500,000 payment to Relentless and included Fallon’s call for an investigation. The digests from RedState, nytimespost.com, wfmd.com and Fox News each reported the investigation and the $25 payment claim, echoing the New York Post’s focus without adding fundraising data.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover DOJ probes Texas Majority PAC over $25 voting‑class scheme?
- Of the 7 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 14% are rated centre, 86% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 9. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is DOJ probes Texas Majority PAC over $25 voting‑class scheme left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 7 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of DOJ probes Texas Majority PAC over $25 voting‑class scheme biased?
- DOJ probes Texas Majority PAC over $25 voting‑class scheme is one event reported by 9 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which side is not reporting DOJ probes Texas Majority PAC over $25 voting‑class scheme?
- When we first saw this story, outlets rated left had barely covered it. Coverage accretes for hours after an event, so that is where to look rather than a verdict — the split above is the current count, and it is the one to read.
- Which outlets covered DOJ probes Texas Majority PAC over $25 voting‑class scheme?
- 9 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- What is the Justice Department investigating?
- The DOJ is probing Texas Majority PAC after a covert video showed former staffer Sky MacAdams describing a $25 payment for a one‑hour Zoom class about voting, which could violate federal election law.
- How much did the PAC pay to the consulting firm?
- According to a state campaign‑finance report, Texas Majority PAC paid $500,000 to the consulting firm Relentless for its relational organising programme.
- What did the former organiser say about the payment?
- Sky MacAdams said the group paid individuals $25 to attend a one‑hour Zoom class, describing it as a "roundabout way of paying people for their votes" and noting that direct payment for voting is prohibited.
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Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
1Right
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