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This week we’re asking: Do tech companies have too much power?

caption: Bill Radke, Melissa Santos, Chris Vance and Sydney Brownstone [L-R]
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Bill Radke, Melissa Santos, Chris Vance and Sydney Brownstone [L-R]
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Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with KUOW’s web editor Sydney Brownstone, co-chair of the Washington Independents Chris Vance and Crosscut’s politics reporter Melissa Santos.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is proposing a plan that would break up big companies like Amazon, Google and Facebook. She says the tech companies have too much power “over our economy, our society, and our democracy.” KUOW’s Prime(d) team Carolyn Adolph and Joshua McNichols join the show to explain what Sen. Warren’s plan would do to a company like Amazon. Our panel discusses the politics behind this announcement.

Gov. Jay Inslee officially hit the campaign trail this week. How is his message resonating nationally?

More than 800 children have been told to stay away from school in Clark County, Washington. That is because there is a measles outbreak in the County. This week lawmakers in the state House approved a bill to get rid of the personal or philosophical exemption parents use to not vaccinate their children against the measles, mumps, and rubella. Is this bill a good idea?

Plus, teen sexting, a new date for the Washington State presidential primary and daylight saving forever?

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