Week of August 10th at Blue Amp Media: Nikki Fried, Epstein Update, and More
Four days of live shows this week, and last week's biggest stories in one place.
We are live four days in a row this week. Here is where to be—and what you might have missed while the mainstream press was busy finding new ways to say nothing.
A quick correction: Our article by Dr. Eric Lullove contained a broken link to take action and contact the government re the upcoming changes he warned about. The correct link is: https://www.regulations.gov/docket/CMS-2026-2377
This Week, Live
All Times Eastern
Monday—Nikki Fried. Cliff sat down with the chair of the Florida Democratic Party at 2:00 p.m. If you missed it live, the replay is up now.
Tuesday, Noon—the Epstein Files Update. Last week we showed you the Epstein house in Ohio that nobody ever searched. Tuesday at noon, Ellie Leonard and Kait Justice join Cliff with what has happened since—and what comes next.
Wednesday, 2:00 p.m.—AMPED UP with Justin Wolfers. Cliff and David Shuster bring in one of the country’s sharpest economists to talk about what is actually happening in this economy—and who is profiting while you pay more.
Thursday, 5:00 p.m.—Tequila Talk. Cliff and Joe Walsh pour a round and get into it. No talking points, no both-sides mush.
Cliff’s Note:
Between this week and last week, you can see exactly how this place works. This week we are live four days straight—Nikki Fried, the Epstein files update, Justin Wolfers on the economy, Tequila Talk with Joe Walsh—and watching live is free. Just show up.
But the replays and the write-ups below—the Ohio file, Pirro’s zero grand jury votes, the Medicare cut nobody else is covering—those are for paid subscribers, because independent media has to get funded by somebody, and around here that somebody is you, not a billionaire. Sixty bucks a year—five a month—unlocks all of it: every replay, every article, every fight.
This Week, Taped
Andy Borowitz. We’re thrilled to announce that we’re recording an interview with the one and only Andy Borowitz this week that we’ll be publishing this weekend. Don’t miss it!
Last Week at Blue Amp
Nine stories, one satire countdown, and an Ohio file that keeps growing. Here is the map.
The Ohio File. Bernie Moreno said nothing about the abuse allegations against Max Miller for two years—then a poll showed the race within five points, and Ohio’s senator suddenly found his voice.
Cliff’s full write-up on the state where courts get ignored, maps get rigged, and abuse allegations get absorbed went up Monday morning.
And the piece that feeds Tuesday’s live: Epstein had a house in Ohio, Maria Farmer says she was assaulted there, and in three decades nobody ever searched it.
Zero Votes. Glenn Kirschner joined Cliff on the Reflecting Pool case: Jeanine Pirro could not get a single grand juror—not one—to indict six members of Congress, and she kept going anyway.
The Big Read. Bush v. Gore turns twenty-six this month. Dan Perry and Cliff traced what five justices actually bought us: Iraq, Roberts, Alito, and the world we are living in now.
The World. Ivo Daalder, Obama’s ambassador to NATO, told Cliff that a U.S. exit from the alliance is “not science fiction”.
And David Shuster made the case that abandoning Ukraine is not anti-war—it is abdication.Your Health, Their Fine Print. Dr. Eric Lullove found the line buried in a Medicare rule that would cut payment for same-day care and punish the sickest patients—and showed how to file a public comment before it passes.
The Right Eats Itself. Tucker Carlson wrote a ten-point manifesto from a Montana cabin. Cliff and Joe Walsh went through all of it so you do not have to—it collapses at number six.
Media Watch. Dana Nessel is skipping her own state convention, and CNN never said so. David Shuster ran the cable transcripts—the silence is the story.
The Map. Cliff and Shuster on why Democrats’ Senate path runs through Michigan,
…and Cliff and Joe Walsh naming the loyalists Trump has already installed around the 2026 vote.
And Exhale. All five of last week’s Top 5 satire clips are music videos, and David Shuster saved the Trump wig ballad for number one.
If someone forwarded you this: that is one week at Blue Amp. Subscribe free and be in the room when we go live—because Democrats have to be at least as loud with the truth as Republicans are with lies, and loud starts with showing up.
