Mary Ellen Golcheski
@maryellengolch.bsky.social
Proud DC Resident. Ward 5. Ed. advocate. Recovering educator. Federal appropriations nerd. Telling it like it is in our city.
Fortunate is an understatement here. 😭
October 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Fortunate is an understatement here. 😭
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Who do Americans blame for the shutdown? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
October 2, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Who do Americans blame for the shutdown? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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It’s becoming more and more exhausting everyday to be optimistic that elected officials could care about basic human rights and needs.
October 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s becoming more and more exhausting everyday to be optimistic that elected officials could care about basic human rights and needs.
It speaks volumes when as a federal appropriations lobbyist, my firm is receiving more clients in the ed&healthcare space because they have lost federal funding. In a way, you’d think it doesn’t make sense, but also, folks are scrambling to find an in to keep the lights on at their vital facilities.
May 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It speaks volumes when as a federal appropriations lobbyist, my firm is receiving more clients in the ed&healthcare space because they have lost federal funding. In a way, you’d think it doesn’t make sense, but also, folks are scrambling to find an in to keep the lights on at their vital facilities.
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Literally every Black person who comes to DC visits the NMAAHC and it’s a big source of pride among a very broad swathe of people. Censoring the work there won’t be as frictionless as people imagine.
March 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Literally every Black person who comes to DC visits the NMAAHC and it’s a big source of pride among a very broad swathe of people. Censoring the work there won’t be as frictionless as people imagine.
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OK, here’s where we are: Senate approved the CR & approved a standalone fix to the DC budget issue. We need the House to vote on this fix when they return. As we heard from Senator Collins, the White House supports the fix, as does Rep. Cole of House Appropriations.
NEWS: The Senate just unanimously passed a bill to allow D.C. to spend its local funds at their current levels, moving to undo a provision of the federal spending bill that would have slashed the city's budget by more than $1 billion. The bill heads to the House next.
March 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
OK, here’s where we are: Senate approved the CR & approved a standalone fix to the DC budget issue. We need the House to vote on this fix when they return. As we heard from Senator Collins, the White House supports the fix, as does Rep. Cole of House Appropriations.
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Senate passes bill to avert $1B hit to D.C. budget in spending plan
Senate passes bill to avert $1B hit to D.C. budget in spending plan
The bill, which would allow the city to continue operating under its 2025 budget, still needs to be approved by the House to go into effect.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Senate passes bill to avert $1B hit to D.C. budget in spending plan
This week has been absolutely draining. Literally, between the House&Senate’s dumb CR passing, to me having to explain to my clients that their FY25 Congressional Earmarks are gone, to me learning of health issues that will require expensive care that my insurance will likely not be able to cover.
March 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
This week has been absolutely draining. Literally, between the House&Senate’s dumb CR passing, to me having to explain to my clients that their FY25 Congressional Earmarks are gone, to me learning of health issues that will require expensive care that my insurance will likely not be able to cover.
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New Yorkers and DC residents trying to talk with @schumer.senate.gov are having to push notes through a locked door with police posted outside.
March 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
New Yorkers and DC residents trying to talk with @schumer.senate.gov are having to push notes through a locked door with police posted outside.
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If you live in Illinois, please join me in sending Dick Durbin a clear message that he is done for. www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email
March 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If you live in Illinois, please join me in sending Dick Durbin a clear message that he is done for. www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email
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There’s a special spot in the bad place for any elected official who can vote against children who came to them and literally begged them not to cut funding for their teachers.
March 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
There’s a special spot in the bad place for any elected official who can vote against children who came to them and literally begged them not to cut funding for their teachers.
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We've been needing to have the discussion about how elected officials and those in power never retire, never make space for new energy, never build institutionally for future generations. I respect my kids and their friends. Set up the next generation to lead!
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We've been needing to have the discussion about how elected officials and those in power never retire, never make space for new energy, never build institutionally for future generations. I respect my kids and their friends. Set up the next generation to lead!
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Trump take (DC) teacher.
March 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump take (DC) teacher.
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Congress: go talk to your senators.
DC: um....
Congress: slams doors; gets cops.
DC: um....
Congress: slams doors; gets cops.
I’m over at the Senate with @freedcproject.bsky.social to continue to push senators to vote against cloture. Gillibrand’s office kicked everyone out and closed the office. Schumer’s office currently being heavily guarded by cops.
March 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Congress: go talk to your senators.
DC: um....
Congress: slams doors; gets cops.
DC: um....
Congress: slams doors; gets cops.
I want to thank Congress for my debilitating stress&mental breakdowns that I have had all week. If it weren’t for them, I would have felt optimism, smiled, would not have swollen eyelids from crying for a week straight.
March 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I want to thank Congress for my debilitating stress&mental breakdowns that I have had all week. If it weren’t for them, I would have felt optimism, smiled, would not have swollen eyelids from crying for a week straight.
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For my Protect Home Rule #TranspoBINGO square I engaged in local DC budget advocacy. Fighting for our local autonomy includes fighting locally for government that chooses us (& doesn’t cave to federal nonsense). Check out @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social & their #ChooseDC platform: bit.ly/ChooseDCPlatform
March 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
For my Protect Home Rule #TranspoBINGO square I engaged in local DC budget advocacy. Fighting for our local autonomy includes fighting locally for government that chooses us (& doesn’t cave to federal nonsense). Check out @fairbudgetdc.bsky.social & their #ChooseDC platform: bit.ly/ChooseDCPlatform
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Were there about 10 years www.popville.com/2025/02/dc-n...
“A local Navy Yard Bar, The Big Stick, is closing and looking to auction off all the contents!” - PoPville
20 M Street, SE via FB Thanks to A. for sending word about The Big Stick closing in Navy Yard. Check out the listing here.
www.popville.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Were there about 10 years www.popville.com/2025/02/dc-n...
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I wrote about what decades of attacks on K-12 teachers can tell us about this new assault on the civil service
www.vox.com/donald-trump...
www.vox.com/donald-trump...
This didn’t start with DOGE
Elon Musk is using the anti-teacher playbook against the entire civil workforce.
www.vox.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I wrote about what decades of attacks on K-12 teachers can tell us about this new assault on the civil service
www.vox.com/donald-trump...
www.vox.com/donald-trump...
Seriously. I said it a few weeks ago and I’ll say it again: it is not a great time to be a federal appropriations lobbyist.
February 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Seriously. I said it a few weeks ago and I’ll say it again: it is not a great time to be a federal appropriations lobbyist.
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Absolutely brutal: www.wpbf.com/article/brig...
Brightline train deaths: Why Florida’s high-speed rail remains the deadliest in the US
127 people have been killed by Brightline trains since 2018, making it the deadliest railway per mile in the country. Families of victims are demanding better safety measures, but officials say the re...
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February 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Absolutely brutal: www.wpbf.com/article/brig...
Not gonna lie, I’m super stressed that this HRSA grant that I’m helping a client prepare will randomly be taken down because the title is “Nursing Workforce Diversity”&the goal is to increase minorities in the nursing workforce. I’ve been working on it for over a month now&it’s due in March.
February 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Not gonna lie, I’m super stressed that this HRSA grant that I’m helping a client prepare will randomly be taken down because the title is “Nursing Workforce Diversity”&the goal is to increase minorities in the nursing workforce. I’ve been working on it for over a month now&it’s due in March.
It’s Saturday&I have 7 emails from clients that were sent overnight&this morning asking if I have any intel on either the Dept. of Ed., what may be happening to their awarded NEA grants, and the legality of shutting down agencies w/o an act of Congress. How did we get here? Like what the fuck.
February 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It’s Saturday&I have 7 emails from clients that were sent overnight&this morning asking if I have any intel on either the Dept. of Ed., what may be happening to their awarded NEA grants, and the legality of shutting down agencies w/o an act of Congress. How did we get here? Like what the fuck.
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Big I-83 news: DC's appeals court just gave new life to the DC Democrats' lawsuit challenging I-83's legality:
www.dccourts.gov/sites/defaul...
A lower court threw out the case due to filing mistakes, but judges are kicking it back for arguments on the merits
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/6363...
www.dccourts.gov/sites/defaul...
A lower court threw out the case due to filing mistakes, but judges are kicking it back for arguments on the merits
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/6363...
www.dccourts.gov
February 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Big I-83 news: DC's appeals court just gave new life to the DC Democrats' lawsuit challenging I-83's legality:
www.dccourts.gov/sites/defaul...
A lower court threw out the case due to filing mistakes, but judges are kicking it back for arguments on the merits
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/6363...
www.dccourts.gov/sites/defaul...
A lower court threw out the case due to filing mistakes, but judges are kicking it back for arguments on the merits
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/6363...