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Pat Duggins is news director at Alabama Public Radio. He is also the author of Final Countdown: NASA and the End of the Space Shuttle Program.
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Can Bannon topple the GOP ruling class? The GOP controls the White House and both Houses of Congress, but that's not stopping former Trump aide Steve Bannon from fomenting a revolution. Mitch McConnell's the Senate Republican Leader Bannon blames for un-kept promises -- especially the vow to repeal and replace Obamacare. Bannon's "war" starts with Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore — who's extreme enough to make "establishment" Republicans cringe. But because GOP can't afford to lose one seat in the US Senate, there are signs that it's getting behind the disgraced former judge to replace Jeff Sessions of Alabama. We hear what might be in store for the Grand Old Party, with George W. Bush getting into the act.
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This Alabama Runoff Couldn't Get Any Moore Strange (L-R) Luther Strange and Roy Moore Republicans in Alabama are focused on the US Senate primary for a nominee to replace Jeff Sessions, who was appointed Attorney General by President Trump. President Trump is taking sides and he's going to Alabama to endorse Luther Strange and campaign against former judge Roy Moore . Pat Duggins, news director for Alabama Public Radio, sorts out the "snakepit."
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Same Sex Marriage Proceeds in Alabama When a federal court overturned Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage, the state appealed to the US Supreme Court. Today, the appeal was rejected, and same-sex couples lined up to apply for licenses. But the controversial Chief Justice of Alabama's State Supreme Court has ordered probate judges to continue observing state law. Chief Justice Roy Moore was removed from the bench after advocating a monument to the 10 commandments in a courthouse — and then re-elected. Pat Duggins is News Director at Alabama Public Radio , based in Tuscaloosa.
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