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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Very happy to hear my @brookings.edu colleague @suzannemaloney.bsky.social in my feed this morning - even if i was distressed by her insights. Hope you’ll give it a listen podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Why Iran Believes It Has the Upper Hand

Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · April 3 · 1h 2m

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

If the federal government passes a housing bill in the forest, will it make a sound in San Diego? My thoughts on the 21st Century Road to Housing Act in the latest installement of "D.C. Explained" in @voiceofsandiego.org cc: @thinkpic.bsky.social voiceofsandiego.org/2026/03/25/d...

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DC Explained: The Biggest Federal Housing Bill in Decades Just Passed the Senate. Should San Diego Care?

A new federal housing law would change housing finance in a number of ways. Here's how it could affect San Diego.

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Despite a rolling set of crises—funding freezes, threats to universities, grant cancellations and agency closures—the San Diego region managed to preserve much of its federal funding relationship last fiscal year. Read more in my @voiceofsandiego.org column: voiceofsandiego.org/2026/02/10/d...

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DC Explained: Tracking San Diego’s Federal Funding Performance, by the Numbers

The events of the past year reminded San Diego-area leaders and citizens that, to paraphrase former President Barack Obama, elections have consequences. Among the myriad changes roiling the San Diego ...

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

At University of San Diego this morning for the Economic Roundtable for my @thinkpic.bsky.social colleague @denemark.bsky.social keynote on the San Diego economy and the key forces shaping it

Dr. Daniel Enemark delivering keynote address at 42nd annual San Diego County Economic Roundtable

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Subscribing to the WaPo made me feel like a real Washingtonian when I arrived 30 years ago. Sad and angry today, holding out hope someone will see an opportunity to hire world-class writers/journalists and serve our hometown.

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This will be a great event featuring my brilliant @thinkpic.bsky.social colleague @denemark.bsky.social! If you are near USD on Thursday morning, please come check us out: bit.ly/2026EconomicRoundtable

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Economic Roundtable 2026

Building Solutions: How Policy, Funding and Opportunity Shape San Diego’s Economy

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Policy & Innovation Center @thinkpic.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Thurs, 2/5 📅 The Economic Roundtable gathers leaders & experts throughout SD and is hosted by PIC, SD Workforce Partnership & University of San Diego’s School of Business. Keynote speaker @denemark.bsky.social will share his expertise in SD region’s economy. Register: bit.ly/2026EconomicRoundtable

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This is such an important and overlooked consequence of increasingly byzantine eligibility rules for public programs - more taxpayer dollars lining the pockets of monopolistic data system providers. Short of repealing the rules altogether, there are better options open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

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The Means-Testing Industrial Complex

The vendors getting rich from putting administrative burdens on the poor

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Great to see @henrygrabar.bsky.social @theatlantic.com, digging into the question of what explains broadly declining crime rates. One answer: ARPA grants to local governments. Federal revenue sharing had lots of unexpected positive impacts. @lohplaces.bsky.social @patricksharkey.bsky.social

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Tracy Hadden Loh @lohplaces.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

This fist person account of a Guardsman in the DC surge rings true. NG volunteers want to help the country + community. He’s frustrated by “counterproductive directives” and our @brookings.edu research confirms: the surge has hurt rather than helped the city. washingtonian.com/2026/01/21/a...

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An Anonymous DC National Guardsman Tells All

“This is not what I signed up to do.”

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

This 1943 U.S. Army film warned about fascism in America

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

The Make America White Again agenda also happens to make America smaller and poorer.

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

"Lemon, it's year one." In my latest @voiceofsandiego.org "D.C. Explained" column, I take a snapshot of the policy, budget, administrative, and economic developments that upended the San Diego region's relationship with Washington, D.C. each month in 2025. voiceofsandiego.org/2025/12/19/d...

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DC Explained: An Eventful Year for San Diego’s Relationship with Washington

Alan Berube is senior vice president at the Policy & Innovation Center (PIC), a think tank and social impact incubator headquartered in San Diego. In this new monthly column, DC Explained, Berube […]

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Government by grievance is so exhausting.

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Agree with Paul’s assessment, though for slightly different reason: private interests have extracted and devalued this community’s assets for decades. To lay blame at the feet of government—and programs that address basic needs, no less—is a bit rich (no pun intended).

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

OMG it makes my brain break

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Seriously, WTF are we doing here, America

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 26/08/2025

As a DC resident I feel like I should say: This is a complete and utter lie. My kid, under age 12, walked to school last year into an area close to downtown. Telling the truth is an important thing.

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I love my D.C. home, but lack of congressional representation and being constantly subjected to GOP policy experiments is a bug, not a feature. As for today's fascist rhetoric, here's all you need to know. Don't get distracted. jasher.substack.com/p/assessing-...

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Assessing DC's Violent Crime Trends

Murder is plunging in DC but what about overall violent crime?

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Already lots of well-placed outrage at the dismissal of the BLS Commissioner late last week; just want to add how much I have appreciated and relied on BLS data for the past 25 years to tell the story of regional economies. Hope their vital, non-political work continues. cc: @markmuro1.bsky.social

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

“America First” immigration policy in action

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

This is one nonstop falsehood, start to finish.

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Who are Greater San Diego's immigrants? What role do they play in the region's economy and society? And what do the Trump administration's policy and enforcement changes mean for them, their families, and the wider community? Learn more in my latest Pulse on Policy: thinkpic.org/pic-intel/pu...

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Pulse on Policy: Understanding Greater San Diego’s Immigrants at a Challenging Moment | Policy & Innovation Center

Pulse on Policy: Understanding Greater San Diego’s Immigrants at a Challenging Moment

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

A barrage of executive orders, agency shutterings, fundings freezes and recissions, and reimbursements cuts are buffeting nonprofit organizations around the country. In my latest "Pulse on Policy" column I break down what this might mean for San Diego-area nonprofits: thinkpic.org/pic-intel/pu...

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Pulse on Policy: Assessing and Addressing Emerging Risks Facing Greater San Diego’s Nonprofits | Policy & Innovation Center

Pulse on Policy: Assessing and Addressing Emerging Risks Facing Greater San Diego’s Nonprofits

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Yes, but three cheers for bringing back “birdbrains.”

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Alan Berube @berubea1.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Haven't made a habit (yet) of posting on here, but figure it couldn't hurt to share what I'm working on from time to time. Today, it's the potential impact of federal spending changes on Greater San Diego, which received $36.5B in grants and contracts in FY24: thinkpic.org/pic-intel/wh...

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What New Leadership in Washington Could Mean for the San Diego Economy | Policy & Innovation Center

What New Leadership in Washington Could Mean for the San Diego Economy

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Molly Reynolds @mollyereynolds.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The OMB impoundment memo's consequences aren't just about disrupting, in a profound way, *current* funds. It also makes it extremely hard to negotiate *future* spending deals if no one at the table can trust that the executive branch will actually stick to the deal at the execution phase.

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