Pete Peterson

Braun Family Dean's Chair, @PepperdineSPP, Sr Fellow, @DavenportInst. Seeing public policy differently from here. In His Service. Retweets≠endorsements

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

Hello #SantaBarbara! What an inspiring night at the historic Lobero Theater for "California's Problems. Santa Barbara's Choices." Joining my friends @AshleyCVCF, Lee Ohanian, Bill Macfadyen, and Kristen Miller to discuss state/local policy. A packed house for this wonderful civic series organized by my friend, Brian Goebel! More here in @Noozhawk: https://t.co/eEeJ9ZUl0F

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[Andrew Brandt @AndrewBrandt]

Packers financials - the only snapshot we see of NFL finance - show a $453 million distribution to every team from the NFL.
$453 million. Before adding one cent of local or stadium revenue.
For perspective, the player Salary Cap is $300 million.
What a business these owners have.

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

As our program grows both in DC and internationally, we're not taking our eyes off of our home here in California. We need rigorous, free-market oriented research to explore the reasons so many are deciding to leave the state. These are policy choices, and we need to make better ones. Stay tuned!

[Pepperdine School Public Policy @PepperdineSPP]

We are excited to welcome Christopher Thornberg, founder of @BeaconEconomics, as our newest fellow!

Thornberg brings deep expertise in economic forecasting, labor, real estate, & policy to expand our data-driven research on state policy issues.

Read the full announcement: https://t.co/eRgtDq0hFl

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

Heading to work at @pepperdinespp along PCH after dropping daughter off at Junior Lifeguards.

Not terrible.

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

@CharlesTMoran @united Always good to hear from a @PepperdineSPP alum doing important work! Tho mine was the only flt canceled today out of SAV.

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

My latest of several @united travails: evening return flt booked from East Coast. Learn of family member’s death, and rebook early AM (next day/today) flt. Show up to learn that @united failed to schedule a crew. Flight pushed back 3.5 hrs with a new connection. 30 mins fr new flt departure, they cancel flt. Try to rebook my original evening flt. Now ALL flts booked, and pushed to tmrw.

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

@RonNehring @CAGOP @RPSDC True!!

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

True.

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[Fox News @FoxNews]

NEW: Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett details the chilling threats her family has faced, revealing the terrifying moment her 12-year-old son discovered a bulletproof vest in her bedroom during the fallout of the Dobbs leak.

Barrett also recounted a recent "swatting" incident at her home and receiving threatening anonymous deliveries, warning that while federal judges continue to do their jobs without fear or favor, the current threat level is "really high."

"I didn't expect that performing this service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was, and why I had to wear one."

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

Fun Fact @TheBabylonBee: the star on the California flag is actually the Lone Star of Texas. So in a real sense our current flag show Californians walking to Texas…

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

Another remarkable piece by @kiteandkeymedia drawing our attention to a very boring, but crucial public policy challenge of the next decade: updating our ancient water infrastructure. @ICMA

[Kite & Key Media @kiteandkeymedia]

When Flint, Michigan, started replacing its lead pipes, workers discovered that the city's pipe records were kept on over 100,000 handwritten index cards in a basement — dating back to 1910.

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

Excellent history of the gradual domination of California public policy by our public sector unions from @FlashReport. As Gov. @Schwarzenegger used to say the problem with public sector unions is that "control both sides of the negotiating table." https://t.co/qZnn6GZCZu

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[T Wolf 🌁 @Twolfrecovery]

4,090 people died of overdose in San Francisco from 2020-2025. 784 of them died in permanent supportive housing for the homeless. It's time for drug-free supportive housing. @mattdorsey
@TheVOSF @Gina_McDee

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

@mnolangray Barbecue oysters even.

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

With a Molotov Cocktail…the irony.

[WarRoom Archives @WarRoomArchives]

A Ukrainian soldier removing a Russian billboard

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

Ballot harvesting is wrong - contrary to all principles of informed civic engagement. And I don’t care which party does it.

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[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

When our deep strikes were not reaching Moscow and St. Petersburg, Putin did not think much about it. He understood that the war was far from the Kremlin. Of course, once he feels what is happening in Moscow, he will begin to understand what is happening in the Kursk, Belgorod, and Bryansk regions. He’ll begin to grasp the reality of the situation.

When not one hundred drones but a thousand start reaching Moscow, and when he feels it and sees it, he will be advised to move somewhere beyond the Urals. That will be a moment that opens a new chapter on the path toward ending the war. The farther Putin is from Moscow, the closer the end of the war and peace will be.

He fears for his life. And then there are the elites. Where do the Russian elites live? Moscow and St. Petersburg – the two major cities. Those places will be reached, because that is where they make the decisions to kill us.

That is why deep strikes have had, and continue to have, a major impact. We must keep working on this. It is constant, difficult, and daily work. We must all stay focused and energized. The heroes are those on the front line. And all of us, the entire state, must keep carrying shells to them. If we do, we will bring a just and strong peace for Ukraine. That is what victory means for us.

From an interview with the Financial Times. (3/3)

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[Dale Chu @Dale_Chu]

“After the SAT was dropped, I got students who could not write a sentence.” — Janet Sorensen, English Professor at @UCBerkeley

This is the devastating reality of UC's test-blind experiment. The triumph of hope over experience.

[Pete Peterson @Pete4CA]

Thanks @McCormickProf! Preparing public leaders with a foundation of faith, Great Ideas, and solid quant analytical skills has proven to be a powerful (and timely) combination. Seeing a grad education in politics differently from @PepperdineSPP!

[Robert P. George @McCormickProf]

I offer some thoughts in this interview with Dean Pete Peterson of Pepperdine's outstanding school of public policy on 1) faith-based institutions of higher education; 2) the importance of viewpoint diversity; and 3) what's valuable about "great books."
https://t.co/Hwwa2uCjEc

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[People Of The Internet @PeopleOfTheInt]

Hollywood has spent nearly $600 million trying to bring Matt Damon home