Zach Teutsch
@zteutsch.bsky.social
Financial planner at Values Added Financial.
Led Committee to Elect Janeese Lewis George.
Past elected official: Chair, ANC4C. Dad x2. Petworth resident.
🦅and 76ers fan.
The views and opinions I express are my own and may not be those of Values Added.
Led Committee to Elect Janeese Lewis George.
Past elected official: Chair, ANC4C. Dad x2. Petworth resident.
🦅and 76ers fan.
The views and opinions I express are my own and may not be those of Values Added.
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Zach Teutsch
@zteutsch.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Advisor Council
The CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council is made up of 20 high-level financial professionals, whose goal is to explain financial options to investors.
www.cnbc.com
I am delighted to announce that I was added to the CNBC Advisor Council, a group of industry leaders who share insights with the network and participate in programming.
The Council includes people I have followed for years so I was a bit taken aback but deeply honored.
www.cnbc.com/advisor-coun...
The Council includes people I have followed for years so I was a bit taken aback but deeply honored.
www.cnbc.com/advisor-coun...
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Hundreds of residents stood outside in the cold starting as early as 6 AM yesterday, all in the hope of keeping a roof over their heads.
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) isn’t failing — we are failing ERAP by chronically underfunding it.
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) isn’t failing — we are failing ERAP by chronically underfunding it.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hundreds of residents stood outside in the cold starting as early as 6 AM yesterday, all in the hope of keeping a roof over their heads.
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) isn’t failing — we are failing ERAP by chronically underfunding it.
The Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) isn’t failing — we are failing ERAP by chronically underfunding it.
Great thread from Scott about how to understand Mayor Bowser's policy views and record.
Spoiler alert: it's similar to the right-wing Dems and moderate Republicans.
Spoiler alert: it's similar to the right-wing Dems and moderate Republicans.
On the first episode of the new @cuneytdil.bsky.social & @trsdc.bsky.social podcast (which is great)- Sherwood describes @mayorbowser.dc.gov as a "moderate progressive". I think the record shows she's a conservative Dem/ liberal Republican at best (in mold of Manchin/ Bloomberg). Evidence ⬇️
November 17, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Great thread from Scott about how to understand Mayor Bowser's policy views and record.
Spoiler alert: it's similar to the right-wing Dems and moderate Republicans.
Spoiler alert: it's similar to the right-wing Dems and moderate Republicans.
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This is unacceptable. As DC struggles to find money in our budget to keep our affordable housing commitments, DHCD gave back federal tax credits that could have created $35M in funding to house thousands of residents.
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is unacceptable. As DC struggles to find money in our budget to keep our affordable housing commitments, DHCD gave back federal tax credits that could have created $35M in funding to house thousands of residents.
Reposted by Zach Teutsch
Read this week's #Ward4 Dispatch: Putting Money in the Pockets of Families Who Need It Most ⬇️
janeeseward4.com/ward-4-dispa...
janeeseward4.com/ward-4-dispa...
Ward 4 Dispatch: Putting Money in the Pockets of Families Who Need It Most - Councilmember Janeese Lewis George
This Week’s Highlights Dear Neighbors, Happy first week of November! This was a consequential week on the Council, as we took significant action to strengthen the Earned Income and Child Tax Credit th...
janeeseward4.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Read this week's #Ward4 Dispatch: Putting Money in the Pockets of Families Who Need It Most ⬇️
janeeseward4.com/ward-4-dispa...
janeeseward4.com/ward-4-dispa...
It's election day. Go vote if you can!
I am so appreciative of the grueling and inspiring work that so many candidates and staff members have done to bring us to this day.
Thank you for putting the public good ahead of just about everything else these last months.
May it lead to a better world!
I am so appreciative of the grueling and inspiring work that so many candidates and staff members have done to bring us to this day.
Thank you for putting the public good ahead of just about everything else these last months.
May it lead to a better world!
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It's election day. Go vote if you can!
I am so appreciative of the grueling and inspiring work that so many candidates and staff members have done to bring us to this day.
Thank you for putting the public good ahead of just about everything else these last months.
May it lead to a better world!
I am so appreciative of the grueling and inspiring work that so many candidates and staff members have done to bring us to this day.
Thank you for putting the public good ahead of just about everything else these last months.
May it lead to a better world!
Becca: [Child 1] is going to go on a class trip to Williamsburg.
Zach: Cool, North or South?
Becca: The one were they dress up like they are from the 1700s.
Zach: right, so Virginia or Brooklyn?
Zach: Cool, North or South?
Becca: The one were they dress up like they are from the 1700s.
Zach: right, so Virginia or Brooklyn?
October 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Becca: [Child 1] is going to go on a class trip to Williamsburg.
Zach: Cool, North or South?
Becca: The one were they dress up like they are from the 1700s.
Zach: right, so Virginia or Brooklyn?
Zach: Cool, North or South?
Becca: The one were they dress up like they are from the 1700s.
Zach: right, so Virginia or Brooklyn?
Whoa, big news here. Muriel Bowser is not on track to be re-elected.
Her active cooperation with Trump is detestable to most Washingtonians and it's right here in the numbers.
Her active cooperation with Trump is detestable to most Washingtonians and it's right here in the numbers.
Here's the results: It was conducted by a coalition of labor unions, many of which supported Bowser in '22, and they found very worrying numbers for her.
53% say she's not doing a good job as mayor and she loses 59-40 (!) against a generic challenger.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
53% say she's not doing a good job as mayor and she loses 59-40 (!) against a generic challenger.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Whoa, big news here. Muriel Bowser is not on track to be re-elected.
Her active cooperation with Trump is detestable to most Washingtonians and it's right here in the numbers.
Her active cooperation with Trump is detestable to most Washingtonians and it's right here in the numbers.
Reposted by Zach Teutsch
Every sign in DC marks the loss of someone’s neighbor, someone’s loved one, someone’s friend.
Every sign marks yet another step toward authoritarianism. wapo.st/4nJqjZQ
Every sign marks yet another step toward authoritarianism. wapo.st/4nJqjZQ
Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’
The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.
wapo.st
October 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Every sign in DC marks the loss of someone’s neighbor, someone’s loved one, someone’s friend.
Every sign marks yet another step toward authoritarianism. wapo.st/4nJqjZQ
Every sign marks yet another step toward authoritarianism. wapo.st/4nJqjZQ
PSA: If it isn't time-sensitive, don't email a tax preparer the second week of April or October. They are likely deeply focused on finishing their clients' tax returns, probably won't reply, and you'll both be annoyed.
October 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
PSA: If it isn't time-sensitive, don't email a tax preparer the second week of April or October. They are likely deeply focused on finishing their clients' tax returns, probably won't reply, and you'll both be annoyed.
A former Ward 2 ANC just filed a complaint about CM Pinto's (mis)use of Office resources. She sent a citywide mailer days before she announced a run for districtwide office.
drive.google.com/file/d/1qP9V...
drive.google.com/file/d/1qP9V...
October 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
A former Ward 2 ANC just filed a complaint about CM Pinto's (mis)use of Office resources. She sent a citywide mailer days before she announced a run for districtwide office.
drive.google.com/file/d/1qP9V...
drive.google.com/file/d/1qP9V...
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For too long, out-of-state drivers have been able to rack up thousands of dollars in traffic violations without facing consequences for putting our residents in danger.
Thanks to the STEER Act and under @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social's leadership, we are now holding these drivers accountable.
Thanks to the STEER Act and under @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social's leadership, we are now holding these drivers accountable.
NEW: We won our first court judgment against a dangerous out-of-state driver under the STEER Act.
The Court ordered Ayanna Khalya Wilson to pay $77,100 for over 200 dangerous driving violations.
We also filed 12 new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers with nearly 2,000 traffic offenses.
The Court ordered Ayanna Khalya Wilson to pay $77,100 for over 200 dangerous driving violations.
We also filed 12 new lawsuits against Maryland and Virginia drivers with nearly 2,000 traffic offenses.
September 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
For too long, out-of-state drivers have been able to rack up thousands of dollars in traffic violations without facing consequences for putting our residents in danger.
Thanks to the STEER Act and under @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social's leadership, we are now holding these drivers accountable.
Thanks to the STEER Act and under @dcattorneygeneral.bsky.social's leadership, we are now holding these drivers accountable.
Reposted by Zach Teutsch
Mayor Bowser, "shared priorities" with this administration means having masked agents disappear our neighbors in the middle of the night.
It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.
It means arresting children.
These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.
It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.
It means arresting children.
These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.
Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely
Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Mayor Bowser, "shared priorities" with this administration means having masked agents disappear our neighbors in the middle of the night.
It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.
It means arresting children.
These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.
It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.
It means arresting children.
These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.
I am delighted to announce that I was added to the CNBC Advisor Council, a group of industry leaders who share insights with the network and participate in programming.
The Council includes people I have followed for years so I was a bit taken aback but deeply honored.
www.cnbc.com/advisor-coun...
The Council includes people I have followed for years so I was a bit taken aback but deeply honored.
www.cnbc.com/advisor-coun...
Advisor Council
The CNBC Digital Financial Advisor Council is made up of 20 high-level financial professionals, whose goal is to explain financial options to investors.
www.cnbc.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I am delighted to announce that I was added to the CNBC Advisor Council, a group of industry leaders who share insights with the network and participate in programming.
The Council includes people I have followed for years so I was a bit taken aback but deeply honored.
www.cnbc.com/advisor-coun...
The Council includes people I have followed for years so I was a bit taken aback but deeply honored.
www.cnbc.com/advisor-coun...
I've been working at the intersection of money and meaning for two decades now and one of the most important things I've learned is this:
no specific amount of money makes people feel we have enough.
no specific amount of money makes people feel we have enough.
August 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I've been working at the intersection of money and meaning for two decades now and one of the most important things I've learned is this:
no specific amount of money makes people feel we have enough.
no specific amount of money makes people feel we have enough.
This was the 2nd time I've been to an electric DC campaign launch in August. Usually this time of the year is sleepy here in DC but certainly not last night nor the prior launch in August 2019.
Aparna told her (very powerful) story and I hope you all have the occasion to hear it directly from her.
Aparna told her (very powerful) story and I hope you all have the occasion to hear it directly from her.
Absolutely blown away by the energy you all brought to our launch tonight! This is DC at its best—organizers, tenants, & working families coming together because we believe in building a better world.
I’m so honored to have your support, and I can’t wait to fight with you ✊🏽💜🧡
I’m so honored to have your support, and I can’t wait to fight with you ✊🏽💜🧡
August 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This was the 2nd time I've been to an electric DC campaign launch in August. Usually this time of the year is sleepy here in DC but certainly not last night nor the prior launch in August 2019.
Aparna told her (very powerful) story and I hope you all have the occasion to hear it directly from her.
Aparna told her (very powerful) story and I hope you all have the occasion to hear it directly from her.
Reposted by Zach Teutsch
A fascinating new WaPo poll shows that despite Trump's claims that D.C. is a dystopian hellscape run by criminal gangs, the percentage of residents who say crime is a serious problem is down significantly from 2023 and 2024. Also, fears of assaults and carjackings are down.
August 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A fascinating new WaPo poll shows that despite Trump's claims that D.C. is a dystopian hellscape run by criminal gangs, the percentage of residents who say crime is a serious problem is down significantly from 2023 and 2024. Also, fears of assaults and carjackings are down.
Spot on.
I use "comparison is the thief of joy" enough as a parent that I sometimes just ask my kids what I'm going to say, they roll their eyes and say it for me.
I use "comparison is the thief of joy" enough as a parent that I sometimes just ask my kids what I'm going to say, they roll their eyes and say it for me.
When I started browsing Zillow for fun a few yrs ago, one of the first homes I saw was the biggest, most beautiful home I'd ever seen (1.5k sq feet, $1.3M). I dreamed of one day living in such a home. Having now seen $3M homes, that one seems pedestrian. Comparison is really the thief of contentment
August 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Spot on.
I use "comparison is the thief of joy" enough as a parent that I sometimes just ask my kids what I'm going to say, they roll their eyes and say it for me.
I use "comparison is the thief of joy" enough as a parent that I sometimes just ask my kids what I'm going to say, they roll their eyes and say it for me.
It does seem like an important moment for Representative Norton to be leading, organizing, and marshalling attention. I hadn't stopped to realize just how quiet she's been until reading this tweet.
Do I think it would make a big different w the military takeover if DC's sole elected delegate was doing rallies and interviews about it? Not really.
Is it weird that she hasn't been seen in public since this started, and her office put out a 2-year old pic of her at an unrelated rally? Maybe.
Is it weird that she hasn't been seen in public since this started, and her office put out a 2-year old pic of her at an unrelated rally? Maybe.
August 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It does seem like an important moment for Representative Norton to be leading, organizing, and marshalling attention. I hadn't stopped to realize just how quiet she's been until reading this tweet.
👇💯
I literally co-sign this.
I literally co-sign this.
The only thing that will stop Trump is a grassroots movement using diverse tactics.
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
(not just protests! We need boycotts, strikes, slowdowns, guerrilla art, disruptions, gumming the works from the inside, etc) from a cross-section of society.
It’s on us.
A few skeets here with resources: 1/x
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
👇💯
I literally co-sign this.
I literally co-sign this.
Whoa!! 👀
You can generally tell whether a campaign is serious on Day 1 (if not earlier) and friends, this is a *serious* campaign.
You can generally tell whether a campaign is serious on Day 1 (if not earlier) and friends, this is a *serious* campaign.
🥁🥁🥁... WOW!!! I'm still in awe from yesterday.
Thank you to every one of the 💜844🩷 of you who donated yesterday to show you believe in this campaign.
We smashed our fundraising goals and we'll bring this energy as we fight to lower costs and defend DC against Trump. 💥
Thank you to every one of the 💜844🩷 of you who donated yesterday to show you believe in this campaign.
We smashed our fundraising goals and we'll bring this energy as we fight to lower costs and defend DC against Trump. 💥
August 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Whoa!! 👀
You can generally tell whether a campaign is serious on Day 1 (if not earlier) and friends, this is a *serious* campaign.
You can generally tell whether a campaign is serious on Day 1 (if not earlier) and friends, this is a *serious* campaign.
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If anyone is hatching creative, interesting, quirky, or artsy ways to protest the current federal takeover of MPD and deployment of the National Guard, let me know! (Or if you have spotted things other people have done, send that along.)
August 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If anyone is hatching creative, interesting, quirky, or artsy ways to protest the current federal takeover of MPD and deployment of the National Guard, let me know! (Or if you have spotted things other people have done, send that along.)
Reposted by Zach Teutsch
Join us tomorrow, August 13 for a strategy session about community safety in DC.
As DC faces up to 45 days of federal occupation, we know it’s going to be up to all of us to help make sure DC’s young people stay safe in the face of even harsher overpolicing.
Register: bit.ly/free-dc-youth-strategy
As DC faces up to 45 days of federal occupation, we know it’s going to be up to all of us to help make sure DC’s young people stay safe in the face of even harsher overpolicing.
Register: bit.ly/free-dc-youth-strategy
August 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Join us tomorrow, August 13 for a strategy session about community safety in DC.
As DC faces up to 45 days of federal occupation, we know it’s going to be up to all of us to help make sure DC’s young people stay safe in the face of even harsher overpolicing.
Register: bit.ly/free-dc-youth-strategy
As DC faces up to 45 days of federal occupation, we know it’s going to be up to all of us to help make sure DC’s young people stay safe in the face of even harsher overpolicing.
Register: bit.ly/free-dc-youth-strategy
I am delighted that @aparnafordc.bsky.social is running for Council. She has been a leader in the fights for workers' rights, tenants' rights and a more affordable DC.
Today is launch day and if you get a move on, you can still join me as a Day 1 donor. LFG!
Today is launch day and if you get a move on, you can still join me as a Day 1 donor. LFG!
People are being forced out of DC. The cost of living is too high, and Trump is waging an all-out assault on the District.
It should be easier and more affordable to build a life here.
That's why I’m running for DC Council in Ward 1.
Join us: aparnafordc.com/donate
It should be easier and more affordable to build a life here.
That's why I’m running for DC Council in Ward 1.
Join us: aparnafordc.com/donate
August 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I am delighted that @aparnafordc.bsky.social is running for Council. She has been a leader in the fights for workers' rights, tenants' rights and a more affordable DC.
Today is launch day and if you get a move on, you can still join me as a Day 1 donor. LFG!
Today is launch day and if you get a move on, you can still join me as a Day 1 donor. LFG!
Reposted by Zach Teutsch
As with most media/politician talk about "crime," it is completely divorced from reality. D.C. crime is at historic lows. What police call "violent crime" is down 26% since last year. More broadly, it's been at multi-decade, historic lows for years.
August 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
As with most media/politician talk about "crime," it is completely divorced from reality. D.C. crime is at historic lows. What police call "violent crime" is down 26% since last year. More broadly, it's been at multi-decade, historic lows for years.
And I should have also said:
If you don't live in DC, call your Members of Congress ASAP, tell them to support a resolution stopping Trump from taking over MPD and calling the guard.
And keep an eye out for a call to action to show up in-person.
If you don't live in DC, call your Members of Congress ASAP, tell them to support a resolution stopping Trump from taking over MPD and calling the guard.
And keep an eye out for a call to action to show up in-person.
Go follow @freedcproject.bsky.social right now!
And check out Michelle's post on immediate steps such as going out on your block and banging pots/pans tonight at 8pm.
Perfect action for kids (who aren't yet asleep).
And check out Michelle's post on immediate steps such as going out on your block and banging pots/pans tonight at 8pm.
Perfect action for kids (who aren't yet asleep).
August 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
And I should have also said:
If you don't live in DC, call your Members of Congress ASAP, tell them to support a resolution stopping Trump from taking over MPD and calling the guard.
And keep an eye out for a call to action to show up in-person.
If you don't live in DC, call your Members of Congress ASAP, tell them to support a resolution stopping Trump from taking over MPD and calling the guard.
And keep an eye out for a call to action to show up in-person.