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"AS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT moves backward, here in Los Angeles, we are moving for- ward. They are moving us into a dark past. We are moving into a bright future." LA City Councilman and Metro Direc- tor Mike Bonin at a downtown rally. Metro has agreed to buy 95 electric buses, in the fi rst step toward an emissions-free fl eet. (LA Times, 7/27) ) "THE 13-TO-15 THOUSAND service members who are transgender are Americans. They are proud Americans who are serving their country, and they woke up to see the President of the United States this morn- ing, without, apparently, consulting with even the Pentagon, with even his own generals, slitting their throats. This is un- conscionable. It is bad military policy. It is bad foreign pol- icy. It is bad domestic policy. It is bad humanity. We cannot run a country with policy that's done by whim and tweet." Mara Keisling, Executive Director for the National Center for Transgender Equality, at a live press conference of House Democrats (7/26) "THE MUSTACHE KEPT ITS CLASSIC 10-past-10 position." Lluís Peñuelas, the secretary gener- al of the foundation that oversees Salvador Dalí's estate, on what forensics experts found when they exhumed the remains of the Surrealist painter due to a paternity case. (NY Times, 7/21) "I HAVE ACCESS to the very most cutting-edge AI, and I think people should be really concerned about it." Tesla CEO Elon Musk described artifi cial intelligence as "the greatest risk we face as a civilization" at a meeting of the Natl. Governors Association. (Fortune, 7/15) "THE WHOLE BAND was just chemistry abounding but Lindsey and I, me being the piano play- er and him the guitar player, understand each other mu- sically without saying anything…. The moment I knew I was going back into the band I fl ew over to Santa Monica to start rehearsals." Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie, on her recent duet release with Lindsey Buckingham. (UK's Daily Express, 5/28) "WE'VE SEEN THE NUMBER of babies in Southern California steadily increase over the last 10 years," Lowe said. "That's a sign that we're doing some things right and that our coastal ocean is getting healthier." Chris Lowe, a professor at California State University-Long Beach, citing the juvenile white shark population. (Ventura County Star, 7/24) W O RT H R E P E AT I N G "WE MUST NOW RETURN to the correct way of legislating and send the bill back to committee, hold hearings, receive input from both sides of aisle, heed the recommendations of nation's governors, and produce a bill that fi nally delivers affordable health care for the American people. We must do the hard work our citizens expect of us and deserve." Maverick Sen. John McCain (R- AZ) after casting the decisive vote against the GOP 'Skinny Repeal' health care bill to repeal and replace the Afford- able Care Act (aka Obamacare). (NY Times, 7/28) — Available Wherever Books Are Sold — Learn more at InnerTraditions.com • 800-246-8648 Ancestral Medicine Rituals for Personal and Family Healing Daniel Foor, Ph.D. "Ancestral Medicine is a work of great honesty and integrity. . . . The approach builds on lineage gifts and strengths to heal ancestral rifts and burdens across the generations." Elise Dirlam Ching and Kaleo Ching, authors of The Creative Art of Living, Dying, and Renewal — NEW RELEASE — $20.00 • Paperback Includes 16-page color insert and 4 b&w illustrations ISBN 978-1-59143-269-2 10 wholelifetimes.com