Exposing Out-of-State Money and Big Tech Influence in Texas Elections

External Funding in Texas Elections

• 🎯 The Texas State Senate District 9 seat, a Republican stronghold, swung by 30 points after millions of dollars flowed in through layered PAC structures.
• 💰 Texas Majority PAC received $3.25 million from AB PAC (funded by AB Foundation) and $500,000 from Geosaur Corporation, owned by George Soros, demonstrating national, strategic funding.
• 📈 In the Texas 32nd Congressional District primary, Strong PAC spent over $1 million for Jace Yarro, with funds routed through out-of-state vendors.

Out-of-State Vendor Networks

• 🛠️ Strong PAC's spending involved three non-Texas vendors: Ballast LLC (Delaware) for digital ads and direct mail, Darby House LLC (Virginia) for ad production, and GRP Buying LLC (Ohio) for media buys.
• 💸 A single line item showed $451,870 for TV ad placement through a company in Ohio, highlighting the significant out-of-state infrastructure in a Texas Republican primary.
• 🔍 These out-of-state operations are contrasted with a self-funded candidate, raising questions about the origin and control of campaign money.

Big Tech Election Interference Testimony

• 🧠 The Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs heard sworn testimony from Google whistleblower Zac Vorhies, Facebook whistleblower Ryan Hartwig, and Dr. Robert Epstein.
• ⚠️ Dr. Epstein's research indicated Google disproportionately sent voter registration prompts to liberal users, while Hartwig testified Facebook bent its own rules regarding politics.
• 🚫 Vorhies described Google's internal censorship AI, "machine learning fairness," and blacklists, which he compared to a "Russian propaganda complex."
• ✅ The committee unanimously voted to subpoena Alphabet, Meta, TikTok, and X, citing strong evidence of Big Tech imposing biases to manipulate elections.

Algorithmic Bias and Media Control

• 🍎 A Media Research Center study revealed Apple News featured zero conservative publications in 620 top stories during January 2026, favoring left-leaning and centrist outlets.
• 📜 FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook, warning this bias might violate Section 5 of the FTC Act against unfair or deceptive practices.
• ⚖️ Unlike PACs, which disclose spending to the FEC, tech platforms tilting algorithms have no disclosure or accountability, despite their significant impact on election outcomes.

Call for Transparency and Accountability

• 🚨 The speaker warns that combining massive outside PAC money, non-disclosing funding, digital amplification, and platform-level information control leads to non-organic election outcomes.
• 💡 Texas voters deserve to know who funds races, who benefits, who builds infrastructure, and who controls digital pipelines to ensure local control is not eroded.
• ⏳ This infrastructure is continuously being built and updated between election cycles, emphasizing the urgency for examination and confrontation.