Welcome to Axis Pro Rata, where we take just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the collision of tech, business, and politics.

Sponsored by Bridge Bank. Be safe. Venture wisely. I'm Deppermak. On today's show, podcasting gets its Howard Stern moment and some big new questions about that Moderna vaccine.

But first, Amy Klobuchar.

She is, of course, the senior senator from Minnesota and possible running mate for Joe Biden this November. She's also part of a growing Democratic Party chorus against large mergers, particularly

in the tech space. On Sunday, Klobuchar tweeted her opposition to Uber's possible takeover

offer for rival

food delivery company Grubhub, saying it would be bad for consumers. Then on Monday, she doubled

down, calling it, quote, a pandemic-driven deal and then suggested that Trump antitrust regulators

should also dig into Facebook's agreement to buy Giffy. Why it matters is that Klobuchar is a

moderate by Democratic

Party standards, which suggests the center is moving closer to the progressive left when it comes

to big corporate mergers. Klobuchar co-signed the letter with Elizabeth Warren, asking the

Treasury Department and Federal Reserve to block potentially harmful large mergers by companies

that have received stimulates grants or loans, although hasn't yet

signed on to Warren and AOC's so-called Pandemic Monopoly Act legislation, which would bar all

large company mergers until the pandemic's economic strain is eased. In short, all of this

indicates that the tech lash could be warming its way back into the political conversation,

particularly as we all become more

and more reliant on on-demand services in the coronavirus era. In 20 seconds, we will go deeper with

Senator Amy Klobuchar. But first, this. Bridgebank knows the ins and outs of business ups and

downs and remains dedicated to providing financial solutions to sponsor-backed emerging technology

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