# ![@kevinvdahlgren Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::1515781648310161409.png) @kevinvdahlgren Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾

Kevin Dahlgren 🥾 🥾 posts on X about portland, health, mental health, in the the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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[portland](/topic/portland) #161, [health](/topic/health) 7.94%, [mental health](/topic/mental-health) #1100, [in the](/topic/in-the) 6.35%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 5.56%, [vancouver](/topic/vancouver) #689, [money](/topic/money) 4.76%, [met](/topic/met) 3.17%, [we are](/topic/we-are) 3.17%, [if you](/topic/if-you) 2.38%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"A homeless woman completely out of her mind. Portland Oregon is in a full-blown addiction and mental health crisis. I encounter people like this every single dayon the ground rolling around completely out of their minds. We called EMS. Unfortunately they never showed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019869818498011337)  2026-02-06T20:24Z 106.2K followers, 21.2K engagements


"A homeless encampment in Olympia Washington. Olympia is considered one of the most liberal cities in Washington which is saying a lot considering there is Seattle. Over [---] acres look like this. I spoke to several homes who said the help is minimal"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1957934443173478613)  2025-08-19T22:35Z 106.1K followers, 1.5M engagements


"This is a middle school teacher in Salem Oregon. She said we got our panties in a wad for being upset over the murder of Charlie Kirk. She teaches at Waldo middle school. https://waldo.salkeiz.k12.or.us/about/staff-directory https://waldo.salkeiz.k12.or.us/about/staff-directory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1966213201537732753)  2025-09-11T18:52Z 106.1K followers, 622.1K engagements


"Approximately one hundred homeless people live on our waterways in Portland Oregon. This is a natural result when you have a social service system unable or unwilling to help them in any traditional way. This is also a natural result live in a lawless city"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1984680663619158061)  2025-11-01T17:55Z 106.1K followers, 107.9K engagements


"Portland is in a full-blown mental health crisis. Walking in the street to Portland is like walking through the psych ward of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2013472801601020356)  2026-01-20T04:44Z 105.9K followers, 2.9M engagements


"Warning Graphic. A homeless woman ODing on fentanyl on the streets of Portland minutes after Harm Reduction activists came by and handed out pipes. I was the only one with Narcan and fortunately she lived. Immediately afterwards we realized the guy next to her was overdosing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2014536227282915761)  2026-01-23T03:10Z 105.7K followers, 3.3M engagements


"This is a service dog whose sole responsibility is to care for a homeless addict. Service dog or not if a person is actively using drugs they clearly cannot take care of themselvesand should not be responsible for another living being that depends entirely on them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2015179238446715139)  2026-01-24T21:45Z 105.6K followers, 119.7K engagements


"Streets are the new asylums. Were no longer just seeing people with mental illness were seeing people who are so severely mentally ill that they are completely disconnected from reality. Many have no idea where they are what theyre doing or even who they are. Leaving people in this condition on the streets isnt compassion; its abandonment. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017649149060255836 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017649149060255836"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2017649149060255836)  2026-01-31T17:20Z 105.7K followers, 35.8K engagements


"I found a homeless man squirming under a car. Theres been a rash of homeless crawling and or sleeping under cars with some of them getting run over. Portland is in a full-blown mental health crisis and Oregon is ranked dead last in the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2017799990278820040)  2026-02-01T03:19Z 105.7K followers, 50K engagements


"I took Chris Dudley former NBA Trailblazer and candidate for Oregon governor to the largest homeless encampment in the state. It is shockingly vast filled with millions of pounds of trash in what was once a beautiful park. That park sits just over a mile"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2017994146523590759)  2026-02-01T16:11Z 105.6K followers, 45.4K engagements


"Trees of Narcan. I visited a homeless encampment where Narcanan opioid overdose reversal drugwas hanging from trees and telephone poles. Its placed there so when someone overdoses people know immediately where to go to save a life. This is how common overdoses have become. This is how normalized they are. And this is how in the absence of real systems many homeless people have become the first responders. The Trees of Narcan are a stark symbol of how deep the addiction epidemic has cut into our communities. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018065179528122781"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018065179528122781)  2026-02-01T20:53Z 105.8K followers, 14.3K engagements


"A clean and sober homeless man was asked to lie and say he was a drug addict in order to receive services. After working in social services for decades I can say this is far more common than people realize. There has always been significantly more funding for addiction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018121598574977160)  2026-02-02T00:37Z 105.7K followers, 10.3K engagements


"The Homeless have been getting donated hammocks and been using them to sleep in between trees. I think this is because tent camping is now being enforced but technically speaking using a hammock does not violate the city ordinance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018179601940496426)  2026-02-02T04:28Z 105.7K followers, 24.3K engagements


"A visual representation of a city in crisis. This is located just north of Portland in Vancouver Washington that also has a full-blown Homeless crisis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018466978382700837)  2026-02-02T23:30Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"The largest homeless encampment in Oregon located in a city park. This is Wallace Marine Park in Salem Oregon about [--] mile from the capital. It is a massive encampment filled with well over [---] homeless people and millions of pounds of trash. Are you fed up yet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018500494633914802)  2026-02-03T01:43Z 105.8K followers, 26.7K engagements


"Just north of Portland sits Vancouver Washington a city deep in its own homelessness crisis. I wrote an article about it Millions of dollars flow https://open.substack.com/pub/truthonthestreets/p/spider-bites-boulders-and-bureaucracyr=2cl122&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay https://open.substack.com/pub/truthonthestreets/p/spider-bites-boulders-and-bureaucracyr=2cl122&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018754085294616634)  2026-02-03T18:30Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"I met a homeless man wearing nothing but a fishnet bodysuit. He got divorced in [----] and still doesnt understand why she left him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018867522666364936)  2026-02-04T02:01Z 105.9K followers, 19.9K engagements


"A powerful interview with a homeless man talking about his childhood trauma and how it led him to drink. Childhood trauma and homelessness is very common yet not talked about enough"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018913094626590880)  2026-02-04T05:02Z 105.7K followers, 10.5K engagements


"If you see a person in a tent they are not necessarily homeless. Many formerly homeless people continue to stay in tents for a variety of reasons. In this case she lives in a shelter but is required to leave during the day and has nowhere else to go"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019049826529550696)  2026-02-04T14:06Z 106.1K followers, 640.9K engagements


"I have been extensively documenting the homelessness crisis in Vancouver Washingtona city just north of Portland Oregon that is now in a full-blown state of collapse. In some areas the conditions resemble those of the developing world. One of the most shocking aspects is the sheer number of tents packed into such a small geographic area. But tents dont end homelessness. They merely contain it. What ends homelessness is assertive outreach and treating the situation like the crisis that it is. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019209376209465523"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019209376209465523)  2026-02-05T00:40Z 106.1K followers, 12K engagements


"Parts of Vancouver Washington feel like walking through a Third World country with the only difference being that theres tons of nonprofit yet we had a hell of a time finding anybody (but one) who had successfully navigated the system. I witnessed preparations for a"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019271242969411984)  2026-02-05T04:45Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"A major homelessness nonprofit in Portland hires homeless people to sell its newspaper yet most vendors barely make $3$5 an hour. Vendors are required to buy each paper for [--] cents and they sell it for a dollar. Ive interviewed dozens of these homeless contractors and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019441792798621834)  2026-02-05T16:03Z 105.9K followers, 10.5K engagements


"newspaper focused on human rights and social justice. To avoid paying minimum wage the organization classifies vendors as independent contractors rather than employees. Legally that may pass. Ethically it doesnt. These are not entrepreneurs with leverage flexibility"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019441804769177677)  2026-02-05T16:03Z 105.7K followers, [---] engagements


"or meaningful choice. These are vulnerable people often disabled traumatized or struggling with addiction working in unsafe conditions exposed to weather traffic and public hostility. If any group of workers deserves a guaranteed minimum wage its them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019441815355605244)  2026-02-05T16:03Z 105.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Street Roots lists dignity as one of its core values. Dignity is not a slogan. Its demonstrated through action. Paying people less than minimum wage while branding their labor as empowerment is not dignityits exploitation wrapped in progressive language"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019441823177936942)  2026-02-05T16:03Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"According to ProPublica the organizations last executive director earned $83641 a year. If sub-minimum wages are acceptable in the name of mission and sacrifice then in an act of solidarity staff and leadership should also be paid under minimum wage. https://www.streetroots.org/about#mission https://www.streetroots.org/about#mission"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019441827372204502)  2026-02-05T16:03Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"A homeless woman had to tell staff at a homeless shelter she was non-binary in order to get placed in a shelter. She was desperate at the time and reluctantly said yes. This is a very Portland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019525234169377050)  2026-02-05T21:35Z 106.1K followers, 35.2K engagements


"The Joint Office of Homeless Services just announced an $87 million budget shortfall. This is not a tragedy. Its an opportunity to streamline services standardize the approach eliminate duplication and finally treat this like the crisis it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019576873634918815)  2026-02-06T01:00Z 105.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Of course thats wishful thinking. Historically the county does the opposite. The system expands accountability shrinks and outcomes worsen. When things fail the lack of money gets the blame"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019576883797717479)  2026-02-06T01:00Z 105.7K followers, [---] engagements


"I crunched some numbers and created this graph. The Homeless budget in Portland Oregon over the last [--] years has increased at nearly the same rate of our homeless population. This proves if money with a solution we"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019576890978365740)  2026-02-06T01:00Z 105.8K followers, [----] engagements


"A homeless person on the street of Portland who is trying to stay sober gets offered drugs about [--] times a day. This is about how many times Im approached every day to ask if I want drugs or if Im selling drugs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019633566628606069)  2026-02-06T04:45Z 105.8K followers, 14.5K engagements


"A shocking video shows a homeless woman so completely out of it shes slithering on the ground like a worm thrashing side to side as she visibly deteriorates EMS was called. Portland is in a full-blown addiction and mental health crisis right beneath our eyes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019797546873610657)  2026-02-06T15:37Z 106.1K followers, 16.7K engagements


"Come to the Salem Capitol on 2/12/26 and urge lawmakers to protect recovery-based services. The larger the turnout the harder we are to ignore. Legislators will be present along with multiple recovery programs doing real life-saving work and they need your support"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019857969580851636)  2026-02-06T19:37Z 105.8K followers, [----] engagements


"A homeless man moved from the Midwest to come to Portland Oregon after hearing about resources only to be stuck on the streets for now over a year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020258460085154298)  2026-02-07T22:08Z 105.8K followers, [----] engagements


"@RaquelWelchh I was in San Diego"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020366599023390873)  2026-02-08T05:18Z 105.8K followers, [---] engagements


"Animal abuse is now a federal crime. I wrote an article here about animals being abused on the streets. https://open.substack.com/pub/truthonthestreets/p/tethered-and-terrifiedr=2cl122&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay This is another reason I love this President. https://t.co/yaejQBRQHv https://open.substack.com/pub/truthonthestreets/p/tethered-and-terrifiedr=2cl122&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay This is another reason I love this President. https://t.co/yaejQBRQHv"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020535425933230425)  2026-02-08T16:29Z 105.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Part 2: I took Representative Ed Diehl @real_eddiehl a candidate for Governor of Oregon to Wallace Marine Park one of the largest homeless encampment in the state of Oregon. We met multiple homeless people who are frustrated with the social service system and demand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020886450137612675)  2026-02-09T15:44Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"This isnt a paperwork error. Its a credibility problem. And it raises an uncomfortable question: if the city didnt know where $85 million was what else dont they know or arent saying while the crisis plays out in plain sight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021257818335215623)  2026-02-10T16:19Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"A homeless fentanyl addict used as a paid protester. He could barely stand up and half the time was experiencing the fentanyl fold. The homeless are often times employed to be protesters. I worked at a mens homeless shelter over six years and regularly people came to hire them to be protesters. They were often times paid $40 for the day and a sandwich"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019638235358806092)  2026-02-06T05:04Z 106.2K followers, 61.3K engagements


"A homeless man rapidly deteriorating on the streets. He is so completely out of it that no sane person would agree he should be allowed to continue living this way. Left here he will quickly become a statistic. Unfortunately theres very little that can be done if he refuses help because unless he asks for it the systems hands are tied. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020486280648479176 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2020486280648479176"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020486280648479176)  2026-02-08T13:14Z 106.2K followers, 58.8K engagements


"This is a homeless woman living in a dog house on a very busy street in Portland. She came to this country as a refugee and Has been street Homeless ever since"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020599578651976018)  2026-02-08T20:44Z 106.2K followers, 15.8K engagements


"I took Representative Ed Diehl @Real_EdDiehl a candidate for Governor of Oregon to Wallace Marine Park one of the largest homeless encampment in the state of Oregon. We met multiple homeless people who are frustrated with the social service system and demand change. Oregon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020623719186714970)  2026-02-08T22:20Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Teaching preschoolers about gender ideology. This is Early childhood educator Leslie Rubino who created a program for young queer children like they once were. Listen as she corrects the children who keep calling the doll a he. This is sick"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020868759838138680)  2026-02-09T14:33Z 106.2K followers, 136.8K engagements


"These are two different homeless porta potties burned to the ground in the exact same spot in Old Town Portland. A porta potty placed for the homeless typically lasts no more than three to five days before its destroyed. The few that arent torched dont fare any betterwhats left inside is so foul and unsafe that I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021208440954290205 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021208440954290205"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021208440954290205)  2026-02-10T13:03Z 106.2K followers, 43.5K engagements


"In early February [----] Portland City Administrator Raymond Lee revealed the city had uncovered roughly $106 million in unspent housing funds that had never been budgeted. Just months earlier in late [----] the public was told the surplus was closer to $21 million"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021257792158605500)  2026-02-10T16:19Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Ive spent those same months walking past burning porta-potties collapsed tents and people nodding out on sidewalks. Ive listened to neighbors told theres no money and to homeless people told to wait. Apparently the money was already there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021257804665979389)  2026-02-10T16:19Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"A typical unhinged angry Portlander flipping off cyclists. Portland isnt just passive-aggressive anymoreits openly hostile. His Street Roots shirt says everything. Street Roots is arguably one of the most radicalized nonprofits in the city known for criticizing belittling and insulting anyone who doesnt fall in line with their ideology. They employ homeless individuals to sell their newspapers many of whom reportedly earn only a few dollars an hour. That detail alone should make people uncomfortablebut somehow in Portland it rarely does. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021321522997289080"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021321522997289080)  2026-02-10T20:33Z 106.2K followers, 40.7K engagements


"One of the most brutal heartbreaking descriptions Ive ever heard came from a man describing his fentanyl addiction. He said the drug has completely consumed him. He knows it will kill him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021462555617788180)  2026-02-11T05:53Z 106.2K followers, 17.4K engagements


"Parts of Vancouver Washington feel Third World. Sidewalks are impassable trash is everywhere people are openly using drugs and others are in obvious mental health crises. What is the real plan to reduce homelessness herebecause this is not a plan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021615972415848473)  2026-02-11T16:03Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"I filmed a woman approaching a group of homeless people demanding her iPhone back. She said she had no problem with them stealing as long as it was from rich scumbut insisted they shouldnt steal from her because shes a good person. The level of entitlement and moral contradiction was almost unbelievable. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021696742329352318 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2021696742329352318"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021696742329352318)  2026-02-11T21:23Z 106.2K followers, 623.2K engagements


"This is Jesse Van Rootselaar the 18-year-old transgender person accused of shooting [--] people yesterday including their mother sister a teacher and young children. Ten people have died and many others are still fighting for their lives. Reports indicate that Jesse had been transitioning for several years and was undergoing medical treatment. Its also been reported that they suffered with mental illness their entire lives. As investigators work to determine what led to this horrific act many questions remain unanswered. This is why I dont support the transitioning of individuals under [--] years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021822464922464490)  2026-02-12T05:43Z 106.2K followers, 423.6K engagements


"A homeless man told me he was denied services because he isnt living in a tent. He avoids tents because he doesnt want the daily hassle of setting one up and taking it down. Instead he curls up in doorways at night"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022020763835101328)  2026-02-12T18:51Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"He says local nonprofits told him that in order to qualify for services he has to be staying in a tent. Ive been hearing similar stories more often from people on the streets and it raises an important question: Are services being structured"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022020918902763923)  2026-02-12T18:52Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"around visible encampments rather than individual need If true thats a troubling incentive. Help should be based on vulnerability and circumstance not whether someone owns a tent"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022021040172572903)  2026-02-12T18:52Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"An Interview with the Joker This is Loki a homeless man in Portland Oregon who often paints his face like the Joker. Beneath the makeup is someone battling serious substance abuse and untreated mental illness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022135450560045199)  2026-02-13T02:27Z 106.2K followers, 13.1K engagements


"I spent the day at the state Capitol meeting with multiple legislators on both sides of the aisle and asked them about the addiction crisis plaguing our state and the effects of measurement [---]. (the decriminalization of drugs) I was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022165661221564749)  2026-02-13T04:27Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Today was a very good day. We dont have a Homeless crisis. We have an addiction crisis and I really believe people are starting to agree"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022165968643055649)  2026-02-13T04:28Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"If you want to learn more about 4D recovery you can go here. https://4drecovery.org/ https://4drecovery.org/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022165971168112811)  2026-02-13T04:28Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"A surprising number of homeless addicts do not consider themselves addicts. Rather they view their drug use as taking medicine. This needs to be studying more because perhaps an addict turns down recovery not because theyre being difficult but because they dont think they have a problem"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022339006319693935)  2026-02-13T15:56Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Bus stops in public transportation have become homeless shelters and drug dens. Its no wonder ridership is down. People simply dont feel safe anymore using public transportation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022488155740610995)  2026-02-14T01:48Z 106.2K followers, 31.3K engagements


"A dog overdoses from fentanyl and a homeless woman showed me how she saved her pet. She said her dog has died a few times because she gets curious and likes to lick the fentanyl powder which is everywhere. This is just tragic"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022541713265594394)  2026-02-14T05:21Z 106.2K followers, 192K engagements


"One thing I can guarantee: if this person kept his area clean 90% of the community wouldnt have a problem with him camping there. The real issue isnt simply that hes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022784757369835709)  2026-02-14T21:27Z 106.2K followers, 18.3K engagements


"there its that there are almost no consequences for trashing the space. Over time that lack of accountability doesnt just tolerate the behavior it enables it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022784766572138760)  2026-02-14T21:27Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"An unhinged moment between two homeless people. I happen to know the homeless guy and I know that it was his bike but this homeless woman decided to take ownership of it. Just more typical drama on the streets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022816011024769380)  2026-02-14T23:31Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This is a homeless pet cemetery where roughly [--] animals are buried. It sits on the edge of what was once a large homeless encampment that was recently swept and cleared"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022827278678540674)  2026-02-15T00:16Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Warning Extremely graphic. @tarafaul503 and I found a homeless woman punching her head as hard as she could hundreds of times. I have spoke to other Homeless who shared she has been trafficked more than any other woman on the streets. One homeless man suggested she has easily"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1851013054936596561)  2024-10-28T21:27Z 106.1K followers, 26.6M engagements


"called for help and we witnessed her getting bullied by another homeless woman. It was very hard to get her to stop punching herself without restraining her. Within an hour though she sat down and we got her food and cigarettes. She unfortunately over heard us talking to 911"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1851013790047093152)  2024-10-28T21:30Z 106.1K followers, 1.7M engagements


"A homeless woman wearing nothing but a blanket was turned away from a homeless nonprofit because she wasnt wearing a shirt. The irony is that she was there to get a shirt because all her clothing was stolen. Keep them cold miserable and on the streets apparently"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1934635090480705689)  2025-06-16T15:32Z 106.1K followers, 4.4M engagements


"This is my newest article on the coordinated effort by progresses to hide the truth of whats really going on in the city of Portland. Please share this post please consider subscribing to my Substack https://open.substack.com/pub/truthonthestreets/p/the-portland-illusionr=2cl122&utm_medium=ios https://open.substack.com/pub/truthonthestreets/p/the-portland-illusionr=2cl122&utm_medium=ios"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1978160289183883457)  2025-10-14T18:05Z 106.1K followers, 217.3K engagements


"An insane one minute on the streets of Portland. A 60-year-old educating a young severely mentally ill runaway how to smoke fentanyl while a man who is high as hell holds on to a woman so he doesnt fall as a former teenage runaway walks by with a fentanyl straw in her mouth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1986100342736793694)  2025-11-05T15:56Z 106.1K followers, 8.8M engagements


"A very young fentanyl addict on the streets of Portland. She is regularly trafficked. She also rarely wearing socks or shoes. This is the reality of the streets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1993800216022274488)  2025-11-26T21:53Z 106.2K followers, 2.4M engagements


"I interviewed a homeless woman [--] 1/2 months pregnant whos still a regular fentanyl user. She shared that she gave birth a year ago and her child was born addicted to fentanyl and he went through withdrawals for five days. We offered to get her into a shelter and she declined"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2016319624116371771)  2026-01-28T01:17Z 106.2K followers, 2.4M engagements


"Turn your sound on. This is a pedestrian underpass in Portland Oregon inside a man who has been there for many years. These tunnels get periodically cleaned and one was recently sealed because the Homeless like to live in them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2018732013638099077)  2026-02-03T17:03Z 106.2K followers, 2.3M engagements


"I met a Vietnam veteran who was panhandling. He isnt homeless yet but hes close. I meet veterans nearly every day who are on the streets or at risk of ending up there. We have to do better at taking care of the people who fought for our freedom"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019136012216394129)  2026-02-04T19:48Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"from working dyslexia and shes overweight. This is exactly whats wrong with our system. Helping someone survive is not the same as helping them reach their fullest potential. Instead of building pathways to independence we are enabling lifelong dependencyoften with no"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019562883613601936)  2026-02-06T00:04Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"expectations no accountability and no plan for self-sufficiency. Thats not compassion. Thats a failure of imagination policy and responsibilitypaid for by taxpayers. support my independent journalism Venmo: Kevin-Dahlgren-2. Cash app: $kevindahlgren"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019563008587100516)  2026-02-06T00:05Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Walking through the largest homeless encampment in Oregonjust one mile from the State Capitolits impossible to ignore the visual consequences of radicalized policies that helped create this disaster"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2019933868774822246)  2026-02-07T00:38Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"We found a homeless man nodded out in a Burger King parking lot and did a welfare check. He was in the most highly concentrated drug-use area of the city. We had Narcan and were prepared to use it but he woke up and walked away. Portland is in a full-blown addiction crisis"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020177181780111860)  2026-02-07T16:45Z 106.1K followers, 48.9K engagements


"A tragically honest interview with a homeless man who is consumed with regret over abandoning his children and cant face his responsibilities and continues to use drugs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020342595235508504)  2026-02-08T03:43Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"This is a progressive Oregon representative pretending that everythings OK in Portland as she stood [---] yards away from the most concentrated area of homelessness drug use and mental health issues in the city. Everything looks great if you only look up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020364541041995923)  2026-02-08T05:10Z 106.1K followers, 30K engagements


"I got a tour of the house handmade by a homeless man. He has lived outdoors for [--] years and he built this house five years ago. He said he built a house in order to have a safe place for his dog. He is on a housing list for a pod"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020694732134088953)  2026-02-09T03:02Z 106.2K followers, 30.5K engagements


"I met a homeless man who was hyper religious who had great difficulty controlling his anger and I watched as he repeatedly verbally assaulted random people walking by. He spent many years in prison and is now living homeless next to the train tracks"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2020924182427816127)  2026-02-09T18:14Z 106.2K followers, 11.9K engagements


"Hand-built tiny homes are being on Portland sidewalks. They are concentrated in inner SE. The homeless tell me activists have been supplying building materials while others say they constructed their shelters entirely by hand using items salvaged from the streets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021097724138172613)  2026-02-10T05:43Z 106.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Tonight in Vancouver Washington with documenting the citys homeless crisis. We interviewed multiple homeless people and spoke with many more. A consistent theme emerged: deep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021431050887688379)  2026-02-11T03:48Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"This is a must watch. I interviewed a homeless transgender person. They come off strong at first but theyre actually very sweet just someone who also struggles with mental health issues"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021751023120134209)  2026-02-12T00:59Z 106.2K followers, 16.6K engagements


"This is Alice a.k.a. kid dragon. A transgender person living on the streets of Portland. I asked them to describe in detail why they feel like a woman. Its a fascinating answer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2021936887469158647)  2026-02-12T13:18Z 106.2K followers, 36.1K engagements


"there as a part of Oregon Recovers. They are a coalition-based advocacy movement dedicated to transforming Oregon's addiction recovery system aiming to move the state from one of the worst in the nation for access to care to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022165789881905484)  2026-02-13T04:27Z 106.1K followers, [---] engagements


"the top. I interviewed the executive Director of 4D Recovery. They are a peer-led organization that provides free comprehensive support services to young people (ages 1435) overcoming substance use and mental health"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022165800594149834)  2026-02-13T04:27Z 106.1K followers, [---] engagements


"A biological man who identifies as a woman clearly in serious distress and I question how they were allowed to go on hormone therapy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/2022918796017889565)  2026-02-15T06:19Z 106.2K followers, [----] engagements


"The very people who have allowed devastation like this for many years without scrutiny are now criticizing anybody reporting on it. This includes local politicians media influencers and thousands of others who refuse to accept the truth. I filmed this in Portland Metro"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1978954011827990542)  2025-10-16T22:39Z 106.1K followers, 41.3K engagements


"A homeless fentanyl addict who just finished smoking and is now nodded out in a playground with children. This is the real Portland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1978984092965191879)  2025-10-17T00:39Z 106.1K followers, 56.4K engagements


"A homeless woman overdosed in a locked bathroom stall in downtown Portland. Her boyfriend attempted to break in but was too high. A parent from the playground [--] feet away rushed over and helped him break in and she was given Narcan. [---] was called but when they arrived she refused help and walked away. This is a very typical Portland scene"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1979017206848721218)  2025-10-17T02:50Z 106.1K followers, 2.1M engagements


"No Kings protesters walking past hundreds of Portland homeless and our addicted. With all the energy they put into protesting why dont they spend some of their time volunteering and ending this humanitarian crisis Filmed by my homeless friend @johnmanpdx on IG"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1979643437726195789)  2025-10-18T20:19Z 106.1K followers, 119.8K engagements


"Imagine the difference the No Kings protesters could have made today in Portland if they focused on our local problems Over [-----] protesters who instead of spending their day dressed up in costumes spent their day cleaning our streets cleaning graffiti helping the homeless spent money at a small business struggling. Etc. In one day we would see a remarkable difference"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1979663318798463452)  2025-10-18T21:38Z 106.1K followers, 112K engagements


"The No Kings protest today only proved that millions of progressives are capable of gathering yet accomplish nothing. They had a real opportunity with all that manpower to fix our local problems. Help the homeless spend money at a small business clean graffiti take an elderly person shopping. Etc. Basically love thy neighbor. 99% of them right now are patting themselves on the back that they did good today. They accomplished nothing but spending time in their echo chamber for a few hours"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1979683979503796463)  2025-10-18T23:00Z 106.1K followers, 124.2K engagements


"This is a must watch. A Portland homeless man said he is dedicated to a life of homelessness in so he can openly harass and threaten anyone with a smart phone or a car. Portland is a sanctuary city that attracts people like him. When he"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1980293282388476141)  2025-10-20T15:21Z 106.1K followers, 936.5K engagements


"This video is going to infuriate you. A homeless woman admits she she can do whatever she wants because she lives in Portland. She can break the law and get away with there are no rules and no consequences. She admits she is a protected class and loves it. This Portland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1980659640397623473)  2025-10-21T15:37Z 106.1K followers, 111.7K engagements


"A young homeless addict living in Portland questions why harm reduction workers give her and her friends the tools to keep using drugs which inevitably leads to them dying. She doesnt appreciate being enabled and feels like theyre being taken advantage of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1980744009560781271)  2025-10-21T21:12Z 106.1K followers, 204.9K engagements


"Public Transportation in Portland Oregon. A man nodded out on fentanyl with his pants with diarrhea surrounded by cereal that he tossed everywhere. Its no wonder nobody is sitting near him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1980788040818913765)  2025-10-22T00:07Z 106.1K followers, 250K engagements


"This is right out of a twilight zone episode. Three people completely motionless and one of them is standing. All three are nodded out on fentanyl. This was filmed in Delta Park Portland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1980871537206136970)  2025-10-22T05:39Z 106.1K followers, 649.6K engagements


"Thank you so much @karolineleavitt the White House press secretary just gave me a shout out Highly recommend following independent journalist @kevinvdahlgren whose reporting on the ground in Portland really showcases the horrors taking place in the city every day. Portland clearly needs help. Its a shame their Democrat elected officials are resisting it simply Highly recommend following independent journalist @kevinvdahlgren whose reporting on the ground in Portland really showcases the horrors taking place in the city every day. Portland clearly needs help. Its a shame their Democrat elected"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1981027533890912366)  2025-10-22T15:59Z 106.1K followers, 89K engagements


"Warning Graphic. A montage of the street of Portland. I filmed everything you see. We are in the worst homeless addiction and mental health crisis ever. Add to that the Homeless Industrial Complex spending $744 million a year yet the crisis continues to grow"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1981146593845006582)  2025-10-22T23:52Z 106.1K followers, 215K engagements


"I found two teenager nodded out on fentanyl in Northwest Portland on the same day. The person in the black shirt looked no older than 18-20. The kid in the blue hoodie was no older than [--]. Rampant drug use is destroying my city while city leaders cheer a persons right to use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1981571503297880389)  2025-10-24T04:00Z 106.1K followers, 77.8K engagements


"Homeless five years in Portland. He calculates hes received thousands of meals hundreds of tents and hundreds of pipes from Harm Reduction workers to stay an addict. Not once has he been offered the permanent solution. This is why I call it the Homeless Industrial Complex"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1982099031536050534)  2025-10-25T14:56Z 106.1K followers, 294.9K engagements


"I filmed this in Southwest Portland. This is a pretty good representation of what Portland has become. Once a great city now a hell hole. This camp is where my homeless veteran friend was burned to death by other homeless. He served [--] years in the Navy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1982481380174176542)  2025-10-26T16:16Z 106.1K followers, 104.6K engagements


"Many Oregon politician insist Portland is fine. The reality though is Portland has one of the highest per capita rates of mental illness and addiction in the United States. We have thousands completely out of their mind like this man going through his own personal hell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1982642624260690003)  2025-10-27T02:56Z 106.1K followers, 73.8K engagements


"Portland Oregon is like living in the Great Depression but in color. I filmed this in the center of the highest concentration of social services. The irony being with all the help surrounding them why arent they being helped"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1982874086973071818)  2025-10-27T18:16Z 106.1K followers, 104.5K engagements


"I was out filming with @tarafaul503 when a woman unexpectedly showed up and threatened to shoot this man because he owed her money. This is very much Street Justice and something you always want to avoid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1987008969655926940)  2025-11-08T04:07Z 106.1K followers, 653K engagements


"I snuck into a so-called safe injection site in Vancouver BC. It was one of the most chaotic insane things I have ever filmed. There was also zero staff presence. What I saw inside reminds me of what I see outside on the streets of Portland every"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1987182963470311598)  2025-11-08T15:38Z 106.1K followers, 1M engagements


"Help me find this kids family. Ive been seeing her all over Portland for months. She has severe mental health issues. Last month she was downtown completely naked. She said shes [--] years old. She should not be on the streets. She has no idea what the hell is going on"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1990109904816992631)  2025-11-16T17:29Z 106.1K followers, 555.6K engagements


"Snitches get stitches and end up in ditches I met Mariah who was tragically gang raped last night. She said it happens regularly because she wont voluntarily put out. She shared she has fetal alcohol syndrome and her patents kicked"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1774447689301934269)  2024-03-31T14:44Z 106.1K followers, 11.5M engagements


"My first five minutes in downtown Portland and I was surrounded by people so far gone its inhumane we are allowing them to wander the streets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1783958677764137274)  2024-04-26T20:37Z 106.1K followers, 12.2M engagements


"The homeless are turning Home Depot sheds into houseboats. There are three others in the area and growing. Coincidentally sheds have been going missing from the closet at store"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1803649182689108056)  2024-06-20T04:40Z 106.1K followers, 239.3K engagements


"As for the potential hate were gonna get for this post Tara and I are here to raise awareness over some very serious issues on the streets. Trafficking is extremely common and women like her will continue to get abused until our system changes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1851013958112825696)  2024-10-28T21:31Z 106.1K followers, 1.4M engagements


"I filmed this tonight in a Portland Oregon green space next to the Columbia river. Despite what the governor the senator and multiple elected officials are telling you Portland is nowhere near okay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1975018719010328898)  2025-10-06T02:02Z 106.2K followers, 103.4K engagements


"Its a piece of cakeyou get three meals a day and dont have to do shitwake up eat get high wake up eat get high repeat. A homeless woman shared with me why its so easy to be homeless. She was brutally honest because she hates the enablement They are loving us to death"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1609300954112987137)  2022-12-31T21:30Z 106.1K followers, 8.2M engagements


"*Trigger warning* I met a homeless woman who told me she has been raped many times on the streets. She said they come to her tent at night and take turns. She has called the police but stopped trying when the rapes continued. She doesnt know if all the men that assault her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1639375065761599488)  2023-03-24T21:14Z 106.1K followers, 6M engagements


"are homeless but most are. She says most are younger and come in groups in the middle of the night. One man though comes in a nice car every few months. She thinks he is not homeless. He is older and tells her sorry afterwards. She said the younger ones are always on drugs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1639375174134005761)  2023-03-24T21:14Z 106.1K followers, 469.6K engagements


"They are out of their minds. I kick them and they hold me down. I hate them People like her will continue to be victimized until we end this humanitarian crisis. How many more rapes overdoses and deaths needs to happen before we do something"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1639375182627471360)  2023-03-24T21:14Z 106.1K followers, 371.1K engagements


"This is a homeless teenager on fentanyl in a public restroom and this is the colorful/happy/youthful/appealing pipes handed out by Harm Reduction workers to youths desperate for their next hit. The branding and targeting is clear. Anybody find anything wrong with this picture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1667048528802349056)  2023-06-09T05:58Z 106.1K followers, 908.4K engagements


"me how over a dozen times as she was about to be attacked she prayed a cop would miraculously drive by and save her. One never did. As we spoke [--] Hondurans showed up a block away and Mariah froze. I recognized two as fentanyl dealers. It was clear they were waiting for me to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1774447963861143698)  2024-03-31T14:45Z 106.1K followers, 960.6K engagements


"leave. Mariah terrified grabbed my sleeve and wanted me to stay. Her new friend saw them and yelled at them and they left. The streets for women are worse than hell because at least in hell everybody is tortured not just the vulnerable ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1774448036003074146)  2024-03-31T14:45Z 106.1K followers, 933.1K engagements


"@DoomsayersGhost Portland"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1774456761212338666)  2024-03-31T15:20Z 106.1K followers, 755.6K engagements


"I bought fentanyl in a public park next to a school. Literally the first person I approached was willing to sell to me. He sold me [--] pills for $15. When he left another homeless man approached me and said I"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1910891847779774759)  2025-04-12T03:04Z 106.1K followers, 1.7M engagements


"Homeless sweeps are big business for the Homeless Industrial Complex. Portland conducted a major homeless sweep yesterday. Approximately 90% of the homeless I observed dragged their tents exactly two blocks away. Three clean teams were involved from three different"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1918313560876490889)  2025-05-02T14:36Z 106.1K followers, 4.2M engagements


"Three weeks ago concerned citizens from Tigard Oregon asked me to start reporting on their city and on their mayor. My story went viral two weeks ago and two hours ago that Mayor just resigned. She was trying to build homeless programs that far"  
[X Link](https://x.com/kevinvdahlgren/status/1965609546648617218)  2025-09-10T02:53Z 106.1K followers, 152.4K engagements

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