Highlands Bunker

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