Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:   

• China’s Key Factory Gauge Slips as Economic Recovery Eases.
• China’s Central Bank Says It Will Keep Pressure on Crypto Market.
• Brisbane Joins Sydney in Lockdown as Virus Spreads in Australia.
• Massive Stimulus Looks Here to Stay as BOE to Echo Fed: Eco Week.
• Cases Rise in China and Germany; Brisbane Lockdown: Virus Update.
• Anti-Ark ETF to Bet Against Cathie Wood’s Flagship Fund.
• From Miners to Big Oil, the Great Commodity Cash Machine Is Back.
  
• Crypto Investors Get Ready for More Taxes — but Clearer Rules.  
• More Job Ads Disclose Wages as U.S. Employers Grow Desperate.
• Cornell and Yale Bring Back Masks for Indoor Spaces as Delta Upends Plans.  
• Hedge Funds Are Plowing Money Into Commodities Once Again.  
• Producers Caught Flat-Footed as U.S. Consumer Demand Runs Hot. 
• Trump Raised $56.8 Million From Online Donors Over Six Months.  
• SolarWinds Hack Reached 27 U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, Justice Says.

Wall Street Journal:

• Artificial Intelligence’s Big Chill.
• Towns Trying to Ban Natural Gas Face Resistance in Push for All-Electric Homes.
• Border Surge, Delta Variant Complicate Immigration Agenda.
• Investors Rethink China Bets After Beijing Crackdown.
• Behind the Rise of U.S. Solar Power, a Mountain of Chinese Coal.
• A Popular Bet on Chinese Growth Is Falling Out of Favor.
• A Distorted View of Wealth Inequality.

CNBC:

• U.S. Senate in a rare Saturday session on a $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
• WarnerMedia, NBCUniversal and Disney wrestle balancing value of cable networks and streaming services.

IG:

• Weekend Markets Trading Live.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (J), (HUBB), (UNP), (IIIN), (APH), (TEL), (ST), (ATCX) and (GSK).

MarketWatch.com:      

• Weekend reads: Time to assess Big Tech earnings and Robinhood’s IPO.   
• The labor shortage is worse than it looks, and help is not on the way.

Fox News:  

• After Fox appearance, Walensky changes vaccine mandate statement.    
• Raging border crisis takes turn with agents forced to leave posts — and Biden admin 'doesn't care': union.

Newsmax:     

• Rep. Malliotakis: Biden Ships Migrants Across US 'Irresponsibly'.
• Rep. Murphy: US Getting 'Orwellian' With COVID.
• Dem Rep. Nadler - and Pelosi - Seen Violating House Mask Mandate.

Zero Hedge:

• Twitter Suspends Science Writer After He Posts Results Of Pfizer Clinical Test.
• One Lockdown From Disaster.
• Goldman Flow Desk Weekly Recap.
• "Not A Drill": Infrastructure Bill Could Sink American Crypto Industry. 
• Hotels In Popular Mexican Resort Towns Now Require Proof Of Vaccination.
• The Battle Of The Censors.
• Cargo Vessel Expelled From US Waters After Discovery Of Chinese Invasive Insects.
• Mexican President Rejects Jabs For Kids, "Won't Be Held Hostage By [Profiteering] Pharma Companies".
• How Science Becomes Religion. 
• Biden Handlers Quietly Notify President He Has 'Something' On Chin - Which He Promptly Eats.
• Countdown To The Next Lockdown: Biden Says "In All Probability" US Will See More Restrictions.
• "Party On Garth!" - Market Rally Continues As Earnings Beat Estimates.
• No More Heat Wave? Cooler Weather Slated For Northeast Next Week.
• UK Lockdown Advocate Now Says Official COVID Infection Rates Are "Fishy" Because They're Dropping.
• Visualized: The Biggest Ponzi Schemes In Modern History.
• Europe's Expensive Climate Club And Its Detractors.
• Watch: NHS Nurses Demand To COVID Test Newborn Baby, Claim It's Not Mother's Property Once Outside Of Womb.
• Schlichter: Imagine If They Hadn't Lied To Us For The Last 18 Months.
• Autonomous Race Cars To Compete At Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
• Delta Variant Causes One Of China's Worst Outbreaks Since Wuhan.
• The Roots Of The Elite Left's Attack On Freedom.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• Gen. Flynn Exclusive: 10 Indisputable Facts on the 2020 Election That Argue for Audits.
• Andrew Cuomo Begs Businesses To Return To New York City–After Destroying It With Lockdowns.
• Republican Rep. Chip Roy Goes Off On House Dems For Requiring Masks While Ignoring Border Crisis (VIDEO).
• LOCK HER UP: Dishonest CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Lies – Refuses to Admit Illegals Bringing COVID to America are an Issue (VIDEO).
• Far-Left DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Spotted Maskless at Birthday Party Hours Before Her New Mask Mandate Went Into Effect.
• Massive Crowds Protest Vaccine Passports And Mandatory Vaccinations All Over France.
• What’s Really Going on with the Product Shortages We Never Saw Under the Trump Administration?

The Epoch Times:

• More Countries Abandon Chinese COVID Shots, Signaling a Setback to Regime’s ‘Vaccine Diplomacy’.

Covid-19(Data, Maps, Graphs):

• Our World in Data:  New Global Covid-19 Cases(7-day rolling average graphs). New US Covid Hospital Admissions/ICU Admissions/Deaths
  
• FT.com:  Fully Vaccinated by Country(graph). Global Lockdown Stringency Index(map).
  
• NYTimes.com:  County Trends and Clusters.
  
• Brown School of Public Health:  Covid Severity by State/County(map).  US Hospital Capacity.
  
• CovidActNow:  Covid Severity/Infection Rate by Metro Area.
  
• KFF:  US Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity.
  
• Carnegie Mellon: Covid-Like Symptoms in Community. Covid Symptom Searches on Google. Covid-Related Dr.Visits.  Restaurant Visits. Wearing Masks. (graphs)
  
• Safegraph.com:  Commerce Patterns(graphs).