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MARKETS: YEAR-TO-DATE Nasdaq 14,566.70 +13.02% S&P 4,357.04 +16.00% Dow 34,326.46 +12.15% 10-Year 1.462% +54.3 bps Bitcoin $47,838.28 +64.95% Moderna $341.09 +226.50% *Stock data as of market close, cryptocurrency data as of 10:00pm ET. Here's what these numbers mean. Markets: After getting roughed up in September, stocks have entered a fourth quarter that's typically been bullish for equities, with the S&P gaining four out of every five years since WWII. Merck’s announcement on Friday that its antiviral Covid pill lowered the risk of hospitalization or death by 50% dented high-flying vaccine stocks like Moderna, which fell more than 11% on Friday. Government: Democrats will try to resolve internal divisions on how to proceed with Biden’s signature economic proposals—a $1 trillion infrastructure bill and a $3.5 trillion spending package. Plus, that debt ceiling deadline is coming up.

Blowing the Whistle on Facebook CBS News If you’ve been a loyal Brew reader, you know that in recent weeks Facebook’s been rocked by a huge leak of internal company documents. Last night, in an interview on 60 Minutes, the source of those leaks revealed herself: former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen. Haugen, who worked for almost two years on Facebook’s civic misinformation team before leaving in May, said she became increasingly concerned that the company was prioritizing engagement over user safety and wellbeing. Two of her accusations that have made big waves: 1) that Facebook contributed to the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol by allowing the spread of misinformation and 2) that it knew Instagram was harmful to teens’ mental health but didn’t take action. Haugen was so concerned that she gathered reams of internal research and distributed them to folks who could do something about it. Haugen sent those documents (tens of thousands of pages worth) to the WSJ, which published a series of investigations called the Facebook Files. She also sent them to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and her lawyers have filed at least eight complaints that allege Facebook misled investors. Facebook is blowing the whistle on Haugen The company is going on offense to contain the fallout of a scandal that’s already bigger than the Cambridge Analytica data collection controversy in 2018. Before the interview aired, Facebook’s VP of Policy and Global Affairs Nick Clegg circulated a 1,500-word memo to employees arguing that Haugen’s complaints are simply not backed up by the data. “What evidence there is simply does not support the idea that Facebook, or social media more generally, is the primary cause of polarization,” Clegg wrote. Looking ahead…we’ll hear more from Haugen when she testifies before a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday.

ENVIRONMENT Oil Spills and Water Don't Mix At least 126,000 gallons of spilled oil has spread into a slick covering roughly 13 square miles off the coast of Southern California. It has the markings of a “potential ecological disaster,” Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said, over fears the oil could harm local wildlife. The oil spill forced officials to close miles of beaches and cancel the final day of the popular Pacific Airshow yesterday. It is one of California’s biggest oil spills in years. So what caused it? A broken pipeline connected to the offshore Elly oil rig, Ocean County Supervisor Katrina Foley said. On Sunday, oil stopped leaking from the pipeline, and now the race is on to prevent the worst environmental consequences. The Coast Guard helped build 2,050 feet of floating barriers to contain the huge oil slick from flowing into wetlands and other ecologically sensitive areas. Big picture: Environmental leaders said oil spills, which are notoriously difficult to clean up, could be felt by local wildlife for years.

TAXES Where the Global Elite Stash Their Cash Photo by Ronny Rondon on Unsplash Jordan’s King Abdullah II has spent more than $100 million on properties around the world, including a cliff-top mansion in Malibu. Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babis used shell companies to buy a chateau in southern France for $22 million. We know this due to a huge trove of leaked private financial records that show how the top 1%, including billionaires and world leaders, use offshore accounts to evade taxes and conceal assets. These documents, called the “Pandora Papers,” represent one of the biggest leaks of financial information in history. The findings were published yesterday in a report compiled by 150 global media outlets. If that sounds like a lot of people working on this, it’s because there was an unprecedented amount of material. Journalists had to sift through nearly 3 terabytes of data, equivalent to ~750,000 photos stored on a smartphone, per the AP. Big picture: The Pandora Papers are the sequel to 2016’s Panama Papers, financial records leaked from the defunct offshore law firm Mossack Fonseca. But yesterday’s report is on another level—records were collected from 14 offshore financial services providers. Looking ahead...the impact of the new financial docs is still TBD. But at least in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan said his government will investigate the Pakistani citizens named in the documents.

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GRAB BAG Key Performance Indicators Stat: Thanks to its App Store, Apple earned more profits from games ($8.5 billion) than Microsoft, Nintendo, Activision Blizzard, and Sony combined in fiscal 2019, according to a WSJ analysis. But its role as gatekeeper of the gaming world is under threat as rivals like Fortnite maker Epic Games launch legal grenades. Quote: “You think people care what you think, and then you care less what people think, and then you realize no one cared, anyway.” In an interview with the WSJ, Tom Brady shared one of his biggest learnings from getting older: Stop worrying about how people think about you, because they aren’t thinking about you. It appears to be working—Brady became the NFL’s all-time leading passer in his New England homecoming last night. Watch: Love, hope, and worry in drought-ridden Page, Arizona. (Morning Brew)

CALENDAR The Week Ahead SCOTUS is back: The Supreme Court returns today to hear in-person arguments for the first time since March 2020. This fall is going to feature a blockbuster slate, with major cases over abortion, gun regulations, and religious expression. Jobs report: The August jobs report whiff raised concerns about the pace of the economic recovery. This Friday we’ll learn whether things picked back up on the hiring front in September. Only a shockingly low number of jobs added—like, zero—would delay the Fed from tapering its stimulus program in November. Tech updates: Anyone else a proud green texter? The new Android 12 mobile operating system is expected to launch today, and Windows 11 is coming tomorrow. Everything else: No Time to Die, the last Bond flick featuring Daniel Craig as 007, hits US theaters on Friday after earning an impressive $119 million overseas (without China). After a wild weekend in baseball, the playoffs will start this week with two win-or-go-home Wild Card games: Red Sox vs. Yankees on Tuesday and Cardinals vs. Dodgers on Wednesday. It’s Nobel Prize week. The winner of the grandaddy of them all, the Nobel Peace Prize, will be announced Friday.

WHAT ELSE IS BREWING Tesla delivered a record 241,300 cars in Q3. China will ban video games that promote gay relationships. More than half of India’s thermal power plants have less than three days of coal stocks remaining, joining China in “energy crisis” mode. The National Women’s Soccer League launched an independent investigation into its handling of abuse allegations and announced a new executive group. It’s been shook by accusations that a now-fired coach sexually harassed players.

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GAMES Initials Trivia Do you know what the initials in the following names stand for? John F. Kennedy George H.W. Bush F. Scott Fitzgerald Mary J. Blige Susan B. Anthony George R.R. Martin Michael J. Fox

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2014: Haitian politician Jean-Claude Duvalier (“Baby Doc”), who was president of Haiti from 1971 to 1986, died in Port-au-Prince while he was on trial for alleged human rights abuses. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about the Caribbean.]

1993: The so-called Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia ended, with a death toll that included 18 U.S. soldiers and hundreds of Somalis; the conflict occurred during a U.S.-led military operation that was part of a wider international humanitarian and peacekeeping effort in the war-torn African country. [Name the African battles in our quiz.]

1989: The American racehorse Secretariat, who in 1973 won the U.S. Triple Crown (the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes), was euthanized after contracting laminitis. [Test your knowledge of famous horses.]

1970: American singer Janis Joplin, who was known for her fierce and uninhibited musical style, died of an accidental overdose of heroin. [Is 27 an especially deadly age for musicians?]

1895: American film comedian and director Buster Keaton, who was known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy, was born. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about movies.]

1853: The Crimean War began as Ottoman Turks (later joined by England and France) declared war on Russia; the fighting lasted more than two years and ended with Russia's defeat. [Take our quiz about the Ottoman Empire.]

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Good morning. It's the first Monday in October — a new Supreme Court term opens. Smart Brevity™ count: 1,449 words ... 5½ minutes. Edited by Zachary Basu.

1 big thing: Future of Catholics

Photo: "Axios on HBO"

In an interview in Rome for "Axios on HBO," Cardinal Peter Turkson — a close adviser to Pope Francis — told me the Catholic Church plans to be increasingly active on climate, refugees and racial equity. Both Turkson and the pope plan to attend the UN Climate Summit that begins in Scotland on Oct. 31, bringing what Turkson, echoing His Holiness, calls "the cry of the poor and the cry of the earth." The cardinal himself is proof. Long considered a favorite to be the first Black pope, Turkson heads an office created by Francis, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Turkson's remit includes climate, migrants, and victims of armed conflict, torture and natural disasters — a lot. Pope Francis has changed church law to give more rights to women. But Turkson — like Francis — remains conservative on women becoming priests. I asked him if he personally struggles with the issue. "Personal struggle, no," he said. "The struggle will be there if that kind of thing became an issue of denial of rights, OK? ... Not even men who are ordained consider that to be a right."

Illustration: "Axios on HBO" I asked Cardinal Turkson about a first in U.S. history: All three branches of government have practicing Catholics at their heads — President Biden, Speaker Pelosi and a majority of the Supreme Court justices. "We thank God for the change ... to a point that people's faith does not constitute an obstacle to the service that they can render to a state," he said. Asked about the lessons of the fall of Afghanistan, Turkson said world powers need to "talk more," suggesting they should fight less. I asked him if that lesson had been learned. He replied: "There's still time to learn it." See a clip.

2. Miles of oil foul O.C. coast

Photo: David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

This photo shows the tide off Newport Beach, Calif., yesterday. Some residents, business owners and environmentalists questioned whether authorities reacted quickly enough to contain one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, AP reports. The oil created a miles-wide sheen in the ocean and washed ashore in sticky black globules, fouling the sands of famed Huntington Beach. Some birds and fish were caught in the muck and died. A leak in an underwater pipeline is suspected.

Cleanup contractors deploy skimmers and floating barriers (booms) to try to stop oil incursion in Talbert Marsh in Huntington Beach. Photo: Ringo H.W. Chiu/AP An estimated 126,000 gallons of heavy crude leaked into the water, and some washed up on the shores of Orange County. Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said the beaches of the community nicknamed "Surf City" could remain closed for weeks or even months. The L.A. Times said the slick "spanned about 8,320 acres — larger than the size of Santa Monica."

3. U.S. to warn China on trade

Nansha Port in Guangzhou, China. Photo: Qian Wenpan/Nanfang Daily via Getty Images

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai will declare today that an extensive review found China isn't meeting its commitments under the Phase One trade deal, Axios' Zachary Basu writes. Why it matters: That lays the groundwork for the Biden administration to keep in place Trump-era tariffs while considering other punitive actions. The bottom line: The administration doesn't expect China to meaningfully change its practices, and isn't seeking to open negotiations on a Phase Two agreement with Beijing. On a call with reporters previewing Tai's speech, a senior administration official said: "We recognize that China simply may not change, and that we have to have a strategy that deals with China as it is, rather than as we might wish it to be." Share this story.

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4. Vaccine mandates get results

President Biden gets a COVID booster shot in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus last week. Photo: Brendan Smialowksi/AFP via Getty Images Most vaccine holdouts would rather get the shot than lose their jobs, Axios' Caitlin Owens reports: States with vaccine mandates for health care workers, including California and New York, have seen a large uptick in vaccinations. Some health systems in red states, including Texas, have seen similar results when their mandates took effect. United Airlines achieved nearly 100% vaccination among its employees. Tyson Foods announced that more than 90% of its workers are now vaccinated. Keep reading.

5. Facebook whistleblower's moment

Scott Pelley interviews Frances Haugen on last night's "60 Minutes." Photo: CBS News

Frances Haugen's "60 Minutes" interview last night put a name and a face on charges that Facebook failed to counter harms caused by its platform, Axios' Sara Fischer and Scott Rosenberg report. Why it matters: The complaints were largely familiar. But they gained specificity and depth from Haugen's standing as someone who formerly worked on Facebook's civic integrity team. Haugen said she downloaded thousands of pages of internal research before she left Facebook in May. Those documents became the basis for a series in The Wall Street Journal chronicling Facebook's research into Instagram's impact on teen girls' mental health. On "60 Minutes," Haugen told Scott Pelley that her lawyers have filed at least eight complaints with the SEC. "Facebook, over and over again, has shown it chooses profit over safety," she said. Haugen, 37, is a long-time Silicon Valley product manager who has had stints at Google, Pinterest and Yelp. She resigned in April. Lena Pietsch, Facebook director of policy communications, said: "Every day our teams have to balance protecting the ability of billions of people to express themselves openly with the need to keep our platform a safe and positive place." "We continue to make significant improvements to tackle the spread of misinformation and harmful content. To suggest we encourage bad content and do nothing is just not true.” Watch the segment ... Facebook statement, "What Our Research Really Says About Teen Well-Being and Instagram."

6. "Axios on HBO": Jamie Dimon on China and speaking out

Jim VandeHei interviews Jamie Dimon in Anacostia, D.C. Photo: "Axios on HBO"

Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is known for being outspoken. But he told "Axios on HBO" that global companies must be selective about public issues they dive into, even ones as stark as China's treatment of Uyghurs. "We do business in 100 countries," Dimon told Axios CEO Jim VandeHei. "But I've made it very clear: We believe in human rights. We believe in free enterprise. We believe in the capitalist system. That's all counter to China." Asked about commenting on hot U.S. issues, Dimon said: "Some we do and some we don't. Some we can't." As an example, he said: "I love my daughters. But after I went on Trump's business council, one wrote me a long, elegant, nasty letter ... 'How could you, Dad?'" "And I wrote her back saying: 'You got everything right except the conclusion. Martin Luther King would be going, seeing President Trump every time to fight for his people.'" VandeHei finished with a speed round: You've been in the room with Joe Biden, you've been in the room with Donald Trump. Compare them. Dimon: "It's impossible to compare them. ... I like the civility of Joe Biden ... President Trump is very different alone than in public. ... Joe Biden is the same." Bitcoin: Is it the fool's gold of the future?  Dimon: "It's got no intrinsic value. And regulators are going to regulate the hell out of it." Should they regulate it?  Dimon: "Yes. ... If people are using it for tax avoidance and sex trafficking and ransomware, it's going to be regulated, whether you like it or not. So it's not a moral statement. It's a factual statement." See a clip.

7. Pandora Papers: Massive leak reveals hidden riches

Graphic: International Consortium of Investigative Journalists A global journalistic collaboration used 3 terabytes of spreadsheets, contracts and other documents from law firms and wealth managers to expose offshore ploys that hide shocking riches of the global elite. The Pandora Papers project, a successor to the Panama Papers exposé of 2016, used millions of documents to reveal "offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials," writes The Guardian, a member of the consortium. Two big findings by The Washington Post, another participant: South Dakota, Nevada and other states (graphic above) "have adopted financial secrecy laws that rival those of offshore jurisdictions." Foreign leaders are "moving their private fortunes into U.S.-based trusts. ... Tens of millions of dollars from outside the United States are now sheltered by trust companies in Sioux Falls." Go deeper. King Abdullah II of Jordan — among the poorer countries in the Middle East, and a large recipient of U.S. foreign aid — has spent more than $100 million, all hidden behind fronts, on lavish compounds in Malibu, D.C.'s Georgetown and London. Go deeper. Explore the project.

8. 1 GOAT thing

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A thousand years ago, the Virgin Mary was called Stella Maris by believers. That means ‘Our Lady, Star of the Sea’ in Latin. She had this ancient name because of her role as the guiding star on the way to Christ.

Even though we no longer call her Stella Maris, she can still be act as a star that guides us when we are lost.

That is why our special prayer delegation is going to Stella Maris Church and Elijah’s Cave next week. It is the perfect place to pray for guidance and for God to always show us the path.

“Heavenly Father, I need Your Holy Spirit to give me strength, wisdom and direction. You know every challenge I face. You know every decision I must make. Help me know when to stop and listen to Your direction, Amen.”

Thank you for praying with me. Please send your prayer request to Elijah’s Cave before next week.

May all our prayers be heard, amen.

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