Notes today: 

•  (AP) — (Florida in the News "again"👎👎) Florida has reported 21,683 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic, according to federal health data released Saturday.

  The state has become the new national epicenter for the virus, accounting for around a fifth of all new cases in the U.S.

• Oklahoma GOP likens vaccine mandates to persecution of Jews

• A nationwide eviction moratorium is set to expire Saturday night ..

• China's Manufacturing PMI 50.3 in July 2021, expected 50.8, previous 50.9

• Interesting (crummy) month end price action in coffee. Nevertheless, Brazil’s upcoming 2022/23 coffee output has noticeably been reduced by dryness and cold weather. 
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• Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC “. . .just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me. . .” — Translated from the original German

• California has mandated electrical wiring for EV chargers in its new-home building codes since 2015, the rest of the U.S. has no requirements.

• At the beginning of next year, California will begin enforcing an animal welfare proposition approved overwhelmingly by voters in 2018 that requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves.👍👍