Highlands Bunker

Delaware Call editor Jordan Howell joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the political story that has everyone talking: Delaware no longer releasing mugshots for people who haven't been charged yet unless they committed a felony and are a threat to public safety.

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Show Notes:

• Delaware Call Fundraiser on November 15th
• Criminal suspects should not be shielded in Delaware | Editorial
• Police painted her as villain. New law will stop that | Exclusive

This week we move from France to England. Bert Moniz joins Rob in the bunker to talk about the Manchester City scandal shaking the Premier League in England, and how that is leading to a threatened capital strike from the United Arab Emirates.

Show Notes:

• What to know about the Man City scandal
• Previous Burt episode

Highlands Bunker international correspondent Joanna Flannagan joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about the student uprisings in France, what is causing them, and how it relates to the broader political situation and upcoming elections in the country.

Show Notes:

• Demands of the students

Nurse Susan makes her bunker debut to talk about how other cities deal with homelessness and what Delaware could learn. Then, Shyanne and Rob discuss what the primary elections mean for the upcoming legislative session.

Show Notes:

• Viewpoint: Delaware’s primary sent a message that business now has to answer

4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42

Michael Kalmbach returns from exile to reflect on the state of homelessness and addiction two years after the closing of the Creative Vision Factory, and larger lessons around burnout, PTSD, and dealing with the system problems we face.

Show Notes:

• Our previous episode with Michael
• Michelle Millar Fisher on craft schools

We can't let history happen to us. We have to happen to history.

Show Notes:

• Progressives mark big wins in Democratic statehouse primaries
• Why did the winners win?

RD 32 Candidate and NOCAP member Chelle Paul joins Rob in the virtual bunker to talk about her race against Kerri Evelyn Harris and the general state of Dover politics.

Show Notes:

• Delaware Call - Call To Action Awards on November 15th
• Chelle Paul's website

Delaware Sierra Club Chapter Director Dustyn Thompson joins Rob in the bunker to talk about all things electrons: the state of data centers in Delaware, whether or not we should have fiber optic cables and wind mills, and the various increasingly goofy ways that Delmarva is trying to pick out pockets

Feat: a thunderstorm that nearly took out the power.

Show Notes:

• Project Washington pulls appeal, data center won’t proceed under current plan
• Fenwick residents to hear from fiber optic company
• State fails to quash Sussex resident’s appeal of offshore wind approval
• Delmarva Power charges up their rate increase request
• Nuclear Energy Feasibility Task Force Report

Musician and fellow leftist podcaster Jason Myles joins Rob in the virtual bunker to return to the issue of homelessness, looking at the societal programs big and small based on Jason's personal experienced both being functionally unhoused and serving the homeless community.

Show Notes:

• This Is Revolution podcast
• Jason Myles on Substack

State Representative Madinah Wilson joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her latest piece for the Delaware Call and how legislators can keep from selling out.

Show Notes:

• Madinah's piece
• Karl's original piece and episode

Rob and Bill discuss updates around police reform and other cases of the malfeasance of public officials. If you want to double dip, you'll have to pay. https://www.patreon.com/TheHighlandsBunker

Show Notes:

• Delaware Dual Employment Audit Finds Significant Deficiencies in Governance and Compliance with State Law
• 2 fatal police shootings, 2 very different reactions in Delaware

Spotlight Delaware Deputy Editor Karl Baker joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his latest article covering the corporate law firms which are dumping millions of dollars into influencing local Delaware elections. We discuss how to tell the difference between an evil corporation and a non-evil one.

This podcast is sponsored by the Alliance to Protect Delaware’s Future, a coalition of Delaware organizations that represent a diverse cross section of industries and sectors that see the need to advocate for sensible policies that put hardworking Delawareans first, enhance our quality of life, and strengthen our economy. The editorial staff of Highlands Bunker had no role in its production.

Show Notes:

• Karl Baker's article on the corporate law PACs
• Dael Norwood on AI Companies

Marijuana Commissioner Joshua Sanderlin joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his role, how the marijuana industry is currently being developed in Delaware, and how various people have been trying to hold that up.

Show Notes:

• Video captures police pepper-spraying woman during Skinner protest on I-95
• Delaware Governor Signs Bill To Regulate And Tax Hemp THC Drinks
• DATE Arrests Townsend Woman on Drug Charges

We missed some files, so the theme of this episode is taking accountability (we took some recent patrons-only content and are releasing it publicly).

AI slop has taken Delaware politics by storm, so aesthetic experts Jess Scarane and Len Damico are here to talk about what it all means.

Show Notes:

• Melissa Minor-Brown Nurse Legislator
• Ray Seigfried Earth Day

In the wake of the Wilmington Police shooting of Kadir Skinner, Attorney General candidate Dwayne Bensing joins Rob in the bunker to talk about his campaign, what role the Attorney General can and should have in preventing these sorts of shootings, and how the Delaware Way hurts our criminal legal system.

Show Notes:

• Dwyane's website
• Donate to Dwayne
• Shooting of Kadir Skinner
• AG Jennings completes review of OpenAI recapitalization

On Monday, June 15th, the City of Wilmington put up a fence around Christina Park and evicted the remaining residents from the homeless encampment there. In the wake of Eviction Day, Rob speaks with many of the mutual aid workers who were present and have been working in Wilmington for the past several years to discuss how this happened and what's next.

Show Notes:

• Delaware DSA
• Food Not Bombs
• Statement on the shooting of Kadir Skinner

A brief interlude ahead of our big Christina Park episode. Rob provides updates on the park, the big election results in New York, and some of the latest legislative controversies.

Show Notes:

• Delaware Call on the defeat SB 100

State senate candidate and former Red Clay School Board member Adriana Bohm joins Rob in the bunker to talk about her first real election for state senate.

Show Notes:

• Adriana's website
• Donate to Adriana