Evening Headlines

Bloomberg:   

• Putin Says New Sanctions Would Be Catastrophic for Global Energy Markets.
• Mexico Credit Rating Cut by Moody’s as Fiscal Picture Worsens.  
• Fitch Cuts Turkey’s Credit Rating Deeper Into Junk Territory.
  
• Who Assassinated Shinzo Abe and Why? Everything We Know So Far.
• Treasuries Exodus Extends in Japan on Record Selling Streak.
• Stocks Score Weekly Gain as Jobs Fuel Rate Bets: Markets Wrap
• Oil Posts Weekly Decline as Recession Fears Muddle the Outlook.
• Amazon Prime Growth Stalls in US After Price Increase.
• California Exodus Accelerated During Pandemic, Study Shows.  
• California Throws 70,000 Truckers in Gig-Work Legal Limbo.
• Baby Formula Shortages Still Bad in Alaska, Utah and Colorado.  
• Footwear Industry Pulls Back on Hiring as Weaker US Sales Expected.

Wall Street Journal:

• Japan’s Shinzo Abe, Former Premier, Is Assassinated.
• Google Offers Concessions to Fend Off Antitrust Suit.
• Investors Bet Euro’s Woes Are Far From Over.
• Housing-Affordability Index At Lowest Level Since 2006.
• What Smart Investors Do in Bear Markets.
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Bans Ballot Drop Boxes.

Fox News:  

• FBI director issues stern warning about biggest long-term threat to US.

CNBC:

• Elon Musk notifies Twitter he is terminating deal.
• Fed’s Brainard says crypto needs regulation before its size threatens financial system.
• Biden says Supreme Court is ‘out of control,’ orders HHS to protect abortion access.
• Why tensions between China and Taiwan are on the rise.

Zero Hedge:

• NPR Denigrates Slain Shinzo Abe As "Divisive Arch Conservative".
• Elon Musk Terminates Deal To Buy Twitter; Board To Pursue Legal Action.
• "Shockingly Naive": Bloomberg's Tom Keene Wrecks Biden Official Over Absurd Gas-Price Blame-Game.
• Blinken Tells Lavrov "Let The Grain Out" Of Ukraine As China, India & Brazil Refuse Condemnation.
• Gaslighting: The Psychology Of Shaping Another's Reality.
• DHS Agents Spied For China? Charged With Attempts To Suppress Critics Of CCP.
• Biden Comms Staffer Lies About Extremely 'Senior Moment' With Teleprompter - Then White House Lies Too.
• Something Snaps In The US Labor Market: Full, Part-Time Workers Plunge As Multiple Jobholders Soar.
• Republican Lawmaker Requests TikTok To Testify Over US Data Accessed From China.
• White House Unveils $400M More In Military Aid To Ukraine, Marking 15th Package.
• Gingrich: Lenin's Show Trials & The January 6 Committee.
• Today's America: An Economy Of Shortages.
• Why Goldman Is Buying Every Barrel Of Oil It Can Find.
• Consumer Credit Hits A Brick Wall With Credit Cards Maxed Out.
• Bonds take a hit but stocks look through NFP beat - Newsquawk US Market Wrap.
• Commodities Crushed & Bonds Battered As Stocks & The Dollar Soar.

MarketWatch.com:         

• Every rose has its thorn: Strong U.S. jobs report contains a few troubling signs.
  
• These are the dividend stocks most recommended by top-performing newsletters — and 6 yield above 4%.

NewsMax:

• US Sending $400 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine.
• Rep. Meuser: Media Calling Japan’s Slain Abe ‘Extreme’ Spreading Propaganda.

TheGatewayPundit.com:

• REVEALED: Chatter on Chinese Twitter on Shinzo Abe and “Completing the Task” Was Posted 17 Hours Before His Assassination.
• Karine Jean-Pierre Struggles to Explain Whether Biden “Was Aware” That Millions of Barrels of Oil Would Be Sent Overseas (VIDEO).
• HERE WE GO: NYC Indoor Mask Advisory is Back! Health Officials Tell New Yorkers to Wear N95 Masks Indoors and Around Crowds Outside.
• China Restaurants and Shops Celebrate Shinzo Abe’s Assassination with Weekend Specials on Food, Milk Tea, Clothing and Lottery Tickets.
• FOREIGN MEDDLING: Mexican President Tells Mexicans in Texas Not to Vote for ‘Anti-Immigrant’ and ‘Immoral’ Gov. Abbott.
• Canada to Destroy 13.6 Million Doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Because No One Wants it Domestically or Abroad.
• Pro-Abortion Protest Mob Forces Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to Leave DC Restaurant Morton’s Steakhouse by Back Door: Reports.

The Epoch Times:

• DHS Officer Indicted for Helping China to Harass Chinese Dissidents in US.

OpenVAERS:

• VAERS US COVID Vaccine Adverse Event Reports. 835,062 Reports(+2,129 from prior week) Through June 24th, 2022. 

SKirsch.com:

• Using the MGH numbers with our own VAERS queries, we have 247 cases per million doses from the MGH study divided by 5.97 cases per million doses from VAERS. 247/5.97 = 41. This suggests that the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) is 41X.

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).
• Bloomberg.com:  International Travel Restrictions.  Case Graphs by State.
  
• NYTimes.com:  County Trends and Clusters. Local ICU Occupancy.
  
• Brown School of Public Health:  Covid Severity by State/County(map).  US Hospital Capacity(region).
  
• 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).