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Left, Right & Center

Is Alabama the beginning of a 'blue wave' of wins?

Doug Jones delivers an upset to Roy Moore as both parties look to the midterms

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By Josh Barro • Dec 15, 2017 • 52m Listen

Democrats picked up a Senate seat in the extremely red state of Alabama. Is this a sign of grave electoral danger facing Republicans under President Trump, or just a sign that voters still have basic moral standards? As the Republicans' tax bill advances toward a vote, it's becoming a little more generous to low-income families. It's still unpopular — is it as bad as the public thinks? Xeni Jardin, co-editor of BoingBoing.net, discusses the rollback of net neutrality, and from Omarosa's exit to 12-packs of Diet Coke, Olivia Nuzzi, Washington correspondent for New York Magazine, sums up the week in White House drama.

Photo: Supporters celebrate at the election night party for Democratic Alabama US Senate candidate Doug Jones in Birmingham, Alabama, December 12, 2017. (Marvin Gentry/Reuters)

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    Former host of Left, Right & Center

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    National Review / KCRW's Left, Right & Center

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    The Nation

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    Producer, 'Left, Right and Center'

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    tax policy reporter for the Wall Street Journal

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    Alabama Media Group

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    New York magazine

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