Welcome to Axis ProRata, where we take just 10 minutes to get you smarter on the

collision of tech, business, and politics. I'm Dan Permac. On today's show, SoftBank pays

Adam Neumann to go away and how one Virginia town is getting drugs via drone. But first, 30 days

of impeachment. So it's now been exactly one month, four Tuesdays ago,

that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

And the big story so far is speed.

Remember, the call between Trump and Ukraine's president took place just this past August,

less than two months ago.

And we've already had tons of witnesses, document requests, and widespread expectations that the House will wrap up and kick things over to the Senate by Thanksgiving.

Now, compare that to the Nixon impeachment, where it took 18 months between the Watergate break-in and the House authorization of an impeachment inquiry, and then Nixon resigned six months later

before the House had even voted to impeach.

Or look at the Clinton situation,

where nine months passed between the first media report

of an affair with Monica Lewinsky

and the House inquiry launch,

with another 10 weeks until impeachment itself.

The bottom line here is that the White House

and Republican complaints about process aren't slowing down, well, slowing down the process, and a Senate trial could come well before Christmas.

In 15 seconds, we'll go deeper with Axios political reporter Elena Treen.

But first, this.

There is more news out there than ever before, but these days, it's harder than ever to find it and to know what to trust.

Axios AM takes the effort out of getting smart by synthesizing the 10 stories that will drive the day and telling you why they matter.

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