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: 19Working against: 11Neutral: 5
1 cause with items
- Advancing: 19Working against: 11Neutral: 5
Newest advancing
- Social media surveillance case faces uncertainty after judge’s deathChristian Science Monitor USA (csmonitor.com) ·
- WV SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation ActOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · WV
Newest working against
- The Memo: DOJ targets Trump foes in flurry of activity in election’s shadowThe 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) ·
- Advancing: 19Working against: 11Neutral: 5
Newest advancing
- Social media surveillance case faces uncertainty after judge’s deathChristian Science Monitor USA (csmonitor.com) ·
- WV SB 531: Establishing First Amendment Preservation ActOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · WV
- WV HB 4797: To create the Charlie Kirk Memorial First Amendment Freedom Act.Open States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · WV
- MO SB 1665: Prohibits warrantless searches of private residences by state employees, except under certain circumstancesOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · MO
- Judge continues to block Trump from cutting down trees at D.C. golf courseCBS News (cbsnews.com) ·
Newest working against
- The Memo: DOJ targets Trump foes in flurry of activity in election’s shadowThe 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) ·
- MO SB 1456: Creates the Civil Liberties Defense Act, which provides that certain rulings shall be unenforceable if based on certain foreign lawsOpen States API v3: recently updated state bills (openstates.org) · · MO
- Blanche blames Alaska’s ranked choice voting in latest justification for lawsuit to toss out Democratic winDemocracy Docket (news alerts) (democracydocket.com) ·
- Blanche defends DoJ’s pre-emptive suit to block Alaska Senate results certificationThe 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.
- None
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
U.S. states
By level
By kind of item
- Meetings and hearingsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Protests, rallies and marchesAdvancing: 2Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- Legal newsAdvancing: 7Working against: 3Neutral: 3
- Company newsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
- General newsAdvancing: 1Working against: 5Neutral: 1
- Bills and lawsAdvancing: 9Working against: 3Neutral: 1
- Other events and actionsAdvancing: 0Working against: 0Neutral: 0
Bills moving
3 bills on these causes had an action dated Oct 16, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026 (of 577 bills tracked).
- NJ A 759: Requires AG to study law enforcement use of facial recognition technology and issue report with recommendations for Statewide policy.In committee · Oct 19, 2026 · NJ · official page
- NJ A 5423: Prohibits using facial recognition technology as sole basis for establishing probable cause for arrest warrant.In committee · Oct 19, 2026 · NJ · official page
- Baltimore 26-0067R: Informational Hearing – Surveillance Technology FOR the purpose of requiring representatives from the Police Department, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, the Department of Transportation, the City Solicitor, the Office of the Comptroller, and the Department of Finance, and inviting the Sheriff’s Office, the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, and concerned pIn committee · Oct 19, 2026 · Baltimore, MD · official page
Coming up
160 events on these causes in the next 30 days: rallies, marches, town halls and meetings. All events.
- Panthers to the Polls: Get Out the VoteThu, Oct 29, 2026, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EDT · Miami, FL · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- Aromas Tricounty Indivisible Castroville Crack of Dawn Bridge BrigadeThu, Oct 29, 2026, 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT · Castroville, CA · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Northport First Amendment Grievance Gathering - all welcomed.Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT · Northport, MI · Community and group meetings · Mobilize
- ICE OUT OF SAN DIEGOThu, Oct 29, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT · San Diego, CA · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Stop the Fascists!Thu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT · Fairfield, ME · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
- Thursday Protests at the CausewayThu, Oct 29, 2026, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EDT · North Muskegon, MI · Rallies, marches and vigils · Mobilize
What members are posting
3 posts 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.