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 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 · updated Oct 29, 2026, 6:00 AM ET
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Totals
No comparison: we don't have data for all of the 14 days before.
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: 9Working against: 14Neutral: 4
1 cause with items
- Advancing: 9Working against: 14Neutral: 4
Newest advancing
- Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian OfficialThe New York Times Politics (nytimes.com) ·
- Iran pressed to make nuke concessions as massive post-midterms strikes loomAxios (axios.com) · · Iran
Newest working against
- American taxpayers' bill for Iran war grows to estimated $47.1 billionPBS NewsHour (pbs.org) ·
- Iran war has cost $47 billion, U.S. military saysCBS News (cbsnews.com) ·
- Advancing: 9Working against: 14Neutral: 4
Newest advancing
- Vance Proposes Restarting Peace Talks in Outreach to Iranian OfficialThe New York Times Politics (nytimes.com) ·
- Iran pressed to make nuke concessions as massive post-midterms strikes loomAxios (axios.com) · · Iran
- Ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump takes effect in Russian-occupied southern Ukraine townThe Hill (thehill.com) · · Ukraine
- HI SR 20: URGING AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AND AN END TO HOSTILITIES IN IRAN.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · HI
- Massie says he’ll move to impeach Hegseth if he’s not gone after midtermsThe Hill (thehill.com) ·
Newest working against
- American taxpayers' bill for Iran war grows to estimated $47.1 billionPBS NewsHour (pbs.org) ·
- Iran war has cost $47 billion, U.S. military saysCBS News (cbsnews.com) ·
- Iran war cost increases to $47 billionThe Hill (thehill.com) ·
- U.S. military says 5 were killed by a strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat in the eastern PacificPBS NewsHour (pbs.org) ·
- US military says strike on alleged drug vessel in eastern Pacific kills five peopleThe Guardian US (theguardian.com) ·
Where
In the United States, a state counts its own items and local items in it. Colour the map by activity or balance.
- Mostly against
- Leaning against
- Even
- Leaning advancing
- Mostly advancing
- None
Federal (Congress, the courts, agencies)
Advancing: 4Working against: 11Neutral: 3 · 18 in all
Around the world
- UkraineAdvancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- IranAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- MexicoAdvancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
- West BankAdvancing: 0Working against: 1Neutral: 0
Cities and counties
No local items in this period.
By level
By kind of item
- Meetings and hearingsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Protests, rallies and marchesAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Legal newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Company newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- General newsAdvancing: 8Working against: 14Neutral: 4
- Bills and lawsAdvancing: 1Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Other events and actionsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Bills moving
No bills on these causes had an action dated Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (of 577 bills tracked).
Coming up
7 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.
- Road to Black November "Boots on the Ground" Rally & TrainingThu, Oct 29, 2026, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM CDT · Online · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- A Joint Letter to End Foreign Wars TogetherFri, Oct 30, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:30 PM CDT · Online · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY - Weekly StandoutFri, Oct 30, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PDT · Elk Grove, CA · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Vote Yes on the War Powers ResolutionSat, Oct 31, 2026, 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM PDT · Online · Advocacy (calls, letters, petitions) · Mobilize
- Salem - Every Saturday ProtestSat, Oct 31, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM PDT · Salem, OR · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Exercise Your RightsMon, Nov 2, 2026, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM MST · Fountain Hills, AZ · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
What members are posting
1 post shared with everyone on these causes, last 14 days, by topic hashtag.
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 23 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.