Kishan Putta

March 31, 2014 - the deadline for the first ACA Open Enrollment, @JoeBiden visted our enrollment center to show his support. We were so inspired and I'll never forget it. twitter.com/kishanfordc/st…

Interesting: NPS will soon transfer jurisdiction to D.C. over land in the West End that's located around and behind the Francis Pool and Education Campus, and includes tennis and basketball courts already managed by @DCDPR. The transfer is facilitate maintenance and upgrades.

PEDUNCLE ELONGATION!! Quite possibly my favorite botanical term. Mostly because it heralds Peak Bloom. But also because it’s hilarious…

Yesterday, I stood with @actupny and @riseandresistny to demand that our government stop investing in Palantir, war crimes abroad, and ICE terror in our local communities. Instead, we demand investment in healthcare, housing, and protection for our most disenfranchised neighbors.

it’s kind of incredible that our socialist mayor is getting shit done by cutting red tape and streamlining our permitting requirements

We interviewed the 12-year-old son of Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, an Afghan man who died in ICE custody this weekend, becoming the 12th detainee to die this year. He called his dad a “hero” and says he’s looking for answers. “I want to know why he died.”

Our campaign was the TOP choice for the Ward 1 race in the DC Women in Politics Preference Poll! 🗳️🩷 Thank you so much to DCWIP for years of leadership in fighting for feminist issues and for amplifying and supporting women running for office in DC.

We’ve had the honor of crisscrossing the country with @CongressmanRaja, turning out voters and supporting Democrats up and down the ballot, and advocating for bills in the halls of Congress to protect immigrant communities.

@maustermuhle I did that in 2014 when I ran for at-large. But I didn’t get in with them! Just campaigned while they waited and had time to listen. 😊 that was a big dc politics year. The biggest till now!

Honestly, it's a pretty smart move: The Woodley Park station is deep and the elevator is long and relatively slow, and Ward 3 has lots of active voters. And, well, you get a very captive audience.

Fun D.C. campaign tidbit: A source tells me that a mayoral candidate was literally making elevator pitches to D.C. voters today, riding up and down the Woodley Park Metro elevator to introduce themselves and ask for signatures on their petitions to get on the ballot.

@juliezweil Hi Julie! Did you write a piece on ADUs? I am very interested and have been supporting them in my ANC. @ggwash

Do you live in an ADU? If you are living in a separate unit attached to a house or in someone's yard, and you're interested in a Washington Post interview, please get in touch: DM me or email julie.weil@washpost.com. Thanks!

@andrewdefrank This is what we should be doing: washingtonpost.com/business/2026/… @juliezweil

Zero upzoning proposed beyond existing rowhouse density for very wealthy downtown-adjacent neighborhoods like Capitol Hill and Dupont which are filled with prewar apartment buildings. Buildings at the scale shown below would remain illegal to build where they are today.

@AlexCTaliadoros @OPinDC This is what we should be doing: washingtonpost.com/business/2026/… @juliezweil

👋 DC housing policy Twitter 🏘️🏗️ The Office of Planning released their *draft* Future Land Use Map earlier today. 🗺️: dc2050.dc.gov/pages/draft-fu… The map will be a big part of the city's next Comprehensive Plan rewrite, "DC 2050." What are your thoughts?

Yet another attack on DC coming out of House Oversight, this one focused on benefiting the very members voting for it by allowing them to speed through DC with no consequences. I'm thankful every Democrat voted No, and am hopeful the same will be true if there is a House vote

HUGE NEWS and honestly, this is long overdue. For the first time in a while, it feels like the left is actually stepping up to push back against the H-1B misinformation and the growing anti-Indian rhetoric online and in real life. Hasan Minhaj just dropped an excellent breakdown on the whole H-1B / “Indian narrative” and it hits on a lot of the misinformation that’s been floating around unchecked. I’m attaching a clip below + the full YouTube link. This matters. For too long, protectionist narratives have dominated the conversation often driven by fear, bad data, or outright misinformation. And it’s had real consequences. It’s time to: — push back on the rhetoric — correct the misunderstandings — stop letting one side control the entire narrative Good to finally see someone with a platform call it out.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

DC is DANCIN’ 🕺🕺🕺 Congrats, @HUMensBB 🤩

Thank you @RajaforIL for showing us we belong in every room where decisions are made, and our voices matter. That progress carries forward.

GO DC!!! GO Bisons!!! @HowardU

THE BISON GETS THEIR FIRST-EVER MEN'S NCAA TOURNAMENT WIN IN SCHOOL HISTORY 🔥 Howard will play Michigan after winning in the First Four 🍿

I’ve been proud to support Raja inc at an AAPI event with Rep Suhas! @RajaForIL @SuhasforVA @AAPIVictoryFund @AAAFund @IA_Impact

GO, RAJA!!! Big day for South Asian American politics. The US Senate currently has no SAs. He would be the 2nd in history after Kamala Harris. AND IL would have BOTH of its senators of AAPI heritage! @IA_Impact nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/…