The big picture
Who is moving the causes CSWH follows forward, who is pushing back, and where: from the news, bills and events the daily update finds, and what members share. Every number opens the items behind it, and every item links to its source.
Last 14 days: Oct 15, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026 · updated Oct 28, 2026, 3:33 PM ET
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Totals
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Over time
By cause
Each cause group, busiest first; open one for its causes and their newest items either way. An item about several causes counts once in each.
- Advancing: 7Working against: 7Neutral: 2
2 causes with items
- Advancing: 5Working against: 6Neutral: 2
Newest advancing
- Judge clears path for trans rights group to uncover who’s behind fake mailers to Texas familiesThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
- Trans rights group heads to court over fake election mailers addressed to Texas childrenThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
Newest working against
- Who Sent Fake Trans Advocacy Mailers to Inflame Texas Republicans? A Trail Leads to an Illinois Printerthem (them.us) · · TX
- Who sent fake trans advocacy mailers to inflame Texas Republicans? A trail leads to an Illinois printerThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
- Advancing: 2Working against: 1Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- The case that could weaken one of Texas’ most ambitious anti-abortion lawsThe 19th (19thnews.org) · · TX
- Texas Woman Sues Anti-Abortion Group Under Law It Helped to PassTruthout (truthout.org) · · TX
Newest working against
- Ken Paxton’s Anti-Abortion Influence Already Extended Beyond Texas. He Could Take It Further in the Senate.ProPublica (propublica.org) · · TX
- Advancing: 5Working against: 6Neutral: 2
- Advancing: 1Working against: 2Neutral: 8
2 causes with items
- Advancing: 1Working against: 1Neutral: 8
Newest advancing
- Texas Trans Rights Group Asks Court to Expose Who’s Sending Fake Flyers to Outrage Conservativesthem (them.us) · · TX
Newest working against
- Texas has a new backlog of voter address updates due to another state errorVotebeat (votebeat.org) · · TX
- Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
Newest working against
- Elon Musk Is Bankrolling Massive Push for Ken Paxton in TexasTruthout (truthout.org) · · TX
- Advancing: 1Working against: 1Neutral: 8
- Advancing: 1Working against: 1Neutral: 0
2 causes with items
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- 26-2892: Approve an ordinance recertifying Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation as a Community Land Trust and granting the corporation a property tax exemption on certain properties. Funding: The tax exemption covers the City portion of property taxes, resulting in unrealized revenue, and Legistar: 15 city and county councils (austintexas.legistar.com) · · Austin, TX
- Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
Newest working against
- Texas’ child care quality control measures played a role in enrollment cuts this fallStates Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com) · · TX
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
1 cause with items
- Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
Newest working against
- Nearly 300 Planned Data Center Projects Threaten Texas’s Air Quality ProgressTruthout (truthout.org) · · TX
- Advancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
1 cause with items
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- 26-2667: Briefing on Living Wages Audit, which looks at whether departments are monitoring their contracts to ensure compliance with the living wage requirements. [Kathie Harrison, Assistant City Auditor; Mateo Macias, Senior Auditor - Austin City Auditor's Office]Legistar: 15 city and county councils (austintexas.legistar.com) · · Austin, TX
- Advancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Advancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Newest advancing
- Judge clears path for trans rights group to uncover who’s behind fake mailers to Texas familiesThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
- Trans rights group heads to court over fake election mailers addressed to Texas childrenThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
- Republican DA Launches Investigation to Find Culprit Behind Fake Trans Mailers in Texasthem (them.us) · · TX
- 26-2892: Approve an ordinance recertifying Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation as a Community Land Trust and granting the corporation a property tax exemption on certain properties. Funding: The tax exemption covers the City portion of property taxes, resulting in unrealized revenue, and Legistar: 15 city and county councils (austintexas.legistar.com) · · Austin, TX
- Texas trans rights group asks court to expose who’s sending fake flyers to outrage conservativesThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
Newest working against
- Who Sent Fake Trans Advocacy Mailers to Inflame Texas Republicans? A Trail Leads to an Illinois Printerthem (them.us) · · TX
- Who sent fake trans advocacy mailers to inflame Texas Republicans? A trail leads to an Illinois printerThe Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
- Texas’ child care quality control measures played a role in enrollment cuts this fallStates Newsroom (News From The States) (newsfromthestates.com) · · TX
- Streisand effect? The GOP’s constant attack ads may be teaching Texas kids the word ‘transgender’The Advocate (advocate.com) · · TX
- Ahead of Elections in Hostile Texas, Someone Is Impersonating Trans Advocates — by Text and Now by Mailthem (them.us) · · TX
Where
In the United States, a state counts its own items and local items in it. Colour the map by activity or balance.
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By level
By kind of item
- Meetings and hearingsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Protests, rallies and marchesAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 1
- Legal newsAdvancing: 7Working against: 1Neutral: 2
- Company newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- General newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 10Neutral: 7
- Bills and lawsAdvancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Other events and actionsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Bills moving
1 bill on these causes had an action dated Oct 15, 2026 to Oct 28, 2026 (of 540 bills tracked).
- Austin 26-2667: Briefing on Living Wages Audit, which looks at whether departments are monitoring their contracts to ensure compliance with the living wage requirements. [Kathie Harrison, Assistant City Auditor; Mateo Macias, Senior Auditor - Austin City Auditor's Office]Introduced · Oct 21, 2026 · Austin, TX · official page
Coming up
229 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.
- Election Protection: Virtual Poll Monitoring TrainingThu, Oct 29, 2026, 12:00 AM – 11:59 PM CDT · Online (Texas organisers) · Trainings and teach-ins · Mobilize
- Pro-Democracy Poll Greeter at Mitchell LibraryThu, Oct 29, 2026, 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT · The Woodlands, TX · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Pro-Democracy Poll Greeter at Brady Community CenterThu, Oct 29, 2026, 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT · The Woodlands, TX · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Pro-Democracy Poll Greeter at Conroe LibraryThu, Oct 29, 2026, 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM CDT · Conroe, TX · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Weekly General Protest downtown Bastrop, TXThu, Oct 29, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT · Bastrop, TX · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Dallas, TX Party at the Polls: Former City Hall Building, 10:00 AM to 11:15 AMThu, Oct 29, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:15 AM CDT · Hutchins, TX · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
What members are posting
Posts have no level or place, so they aren't counted when one is chosen.
About these numbers
- Every morning CSWH's update reads public news, bills and events and judges each one: which causes it is about, whether it advances a cause or works against it, or is a neutral report, and where it happens. The newest 14 days are in Your feed; a daily record keeps every day's items for 400 days so trends can be followed (it holds 22 days, from Oct 10, 2026).
- Each number is a count of items and opens exactly those items, each with a link to its source. Days with no data are hatched, not counted as zero.
- "Advances" and "works against" are judged per item against each cause it is about, by an AI model that is asked to stay neutral and to cite; the source is always one click away to check.
- Members' posts are those shared with everyone, counted by their topic hashtags; posts have no direction or place.
- Map: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Cartographic Boundary File, States, 1:20,000,000 (public domain), drawn here; no map service is contacted.