{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"This F*cking Guy: Susan Collins","description":"In our 48th episode of This F*cking Guy, Crooked’s Julia Claire joins Erin to dive deep into the past of the chronically concerned, Susan Collins.\n\nFrom her false promises to only serve two senate terms, to defending the filibuster more than voting rights, to her laughable lack of foresight and complicity in overturning Roe, to her cowardice hand-wringing and compliance with Trump and Republicans, this may be or most useless guy, yet!\n\nYou can request a transcript by emailing transcripts@crooked.com (mailto:transcripts@crooked.com) . Include the podcast name, episode title, and air date. Please allow 48 hours for delivery.\n\nThe Immoderate Susan Collins After a long career voting across the aisle, why did the Maine senator gamble her legacy on Trump? (NY Mag (https://nymag.com/article/2020/02/the-immoderate-susan-collins.html) )\nSen. Susan Collins asked to give back money from Sackler family, Eli Lilly (YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO15dlGINn4) )\nSusan Collins Sums Up Her Scorching Cynicism With a States’ Rights Defense of Voter Suppression (The Nation (https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/susan-collins-for-the-people/) )\nCan Susan Collins avoid the fate of a legendary Maine senator? (Sun Journal (https://www.sunjournal.com/2020/10/25/can-susan-collins-avoid-the-fate-of-a-legendary-maine-senator/) )\nMargaret Chase Smith A Declaration of Conscience (Senate.gov (http://senate.gov/) )\nConscience And Courage: Honoring The Legacy Of Senator Margaret Chase Smith (Susan Collins (https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/conscience-and-courage-honoring-legacy-senator-margaret-chase-smith) )\nA Career Public Servant, Senator Collins' Portfolio Grew $3 Million in A Decade (Political Wallet (https://news.politicalwallet.org/p/a-career-public-servant-senator-collins) )\nDoes Susan Collins only vote with Democrats when it doesn’t matter? We did the math. (Bangor Daily News (https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/08/13/politics/elections/susan-collins-vote-record-joam40zk0w/) )\nSenator Collins Announces Intent To Vote In Favor Of Judge Samuel Alito (Susan Collins (https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/senator-collins-announces-intent-vote-favor-judge-samuel-alito) )\nSen. Collins' Views On Senate Intelligence Committee Report On CIA Interrogation Program (Susan Collins (https://www.collins.senate.gov/newsroom/sen-collins-views-senate-intelligence-committee-report-cia-interrogation-program) )\nSusan Collins Is Not Concerned (The American Prospect (https://prospect.org/2025/07/24/2025-07-24-susan-collins-is-not-concerned/) )\nChallenger criticizes Susan Collins for lack of oversight of Elon Musk spending cuts (Portland Press Harold (https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/challenger-criticizes-susan-collins-lack-234600823.html) )\nRepublican Sen. Susan Collins discloses her longtime tremor after scrutiny in Maine's Senate race (Spectrum News (https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/politics/2026/05/08/republican-sen--susan-collins-discloses-her-longtime-tremor-after-scrutiny-in-maine-s-senate-race) )\nGOP Senator, 73, Shows Worrying Health Condition She Covered Up (Daily Beast) (https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-sen-73-shows-worrying-health-condition-she-covered-up/)\nSusan Collins Raked in Wall Street Cash Before Advancing Trump Tax Bill (Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/susan-collins-trump-tax-bill-wall-street-private-equity-1235420525/) )\nOur View: Collins takes wrong side on voting rights (Central Maine (https://www.centralmaine.com/2021/06/24/our-view-collins-takes-wrong-side-on-voting-rights/) )\nOur View: Susan Collins lets us down on voting rights (Portland Press Harold (https://www.pressherald.com/2022/01/23/our-view-sen-collins-lets-us-down-on-voting-rights/) )\nOpinion: Susan Collins made a ‘states’ rights’ argument to oppose voting rights (Beacon (https://mainebeacon.com/opinion-susan-collins-made-a-states-rights-argument-to-oppose-voting-rights/) )\nSen. Collins repeatedly asserted that Kavanaugh considered abortion rights settled law. The justice’s decision on Texas’s restrictive law suggests otherwise. (Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/abortion-collins-supreme-court-kavanaugh/2021/09/02/b6de0b98-0bfa-11ec-a6dd-296ba7fb2dce_story.html) )\nCrowdfunding to pressure Collins on Kavanaugh vote likely to face legal challenge (Portland Press Harold (https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/23/crowdfunding-to-pressure-collins-on-kavanaugh-vote-likely-to-face-legal-challenge/) )\nPlatner, Collins, and the Peculiar Definition of Political Scandal (The American Prospect (https://prospect.org/2026/07/02/platner-collins-peculiar-definition-of-political-scandal/) )\nGraham Platner says Susan Collins is corrupt. Here’s what her record says. (Portland Press Harold (https://www.pressherald.com/2026/06/25/graham-platner-says-susan-collins-is-corrupt-heres-what-her-record-says/) )\nHow Trump’s Team Conned Susan Collins Into Dooming Roe v. Wade (Rolling Stone (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/abortion-susan-collins-brett-kavanaugh-trump-roe-1357183/) )\nSusan Collins Dismayed Supreme Court Justice Misled Her On Abortion (Huff Post (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/susan-collins-supreme-court-abortion_n_62713870e4b0bc48f5802733) )\nHow the Media Created the “Moderate” Susan Collins (The New Republic (https://newrepublic.com/article/156781/media-created-myth-moderate-susan-collins) )\nSusan Collins and the Death of the Senate (The New Republic (https://newrepublic.com/article/159769/susan-collins-death-senate) )\nSusan Collins Reminds Maine Voters Just How Easily Brett Kavanaugh Duped Her (Balls and Strikes (https://ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics/susan-collins-reminds-maine-voters-kavanaugh-duped/) )\nSusan Collins’ defense of her Kavanaugh confirmation vote suffers from a key flaw (MS NOW (https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/susan-collins-kavanaugh-roe-v-wade) )\nOpinion: Susan Collins is no moderate and Trump knows it (Maine Beacon (https://mainebeacon.com/opinion-susan-collins-is-no-moderate-and-trump-knows-it/) )\nSenator Collins Mocks Fellow GOP Texan Who Challenged Her To A Duel (CBS News (https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/texas/news/senator-collins-mocks-fellow-gop-texan-who-challenged-her-to-a-duel/) )\nCollins, King divided as Democrats fail to enact voting rights bill (Maine Public (https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2022-01-20/collins-king-divided-as-democrats-fail-to-enact-voting-rights-bill) )\nA Proposed Agenda for a New PCLOB (LawFare (https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/proposed-agenda-new-pclob) )\nRepublicans scuttle Democrats' plan to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq (Southeast Missourian (https://www.semissourian.com/news/republicans-scuttle-democrats-plan-to-pull-us-troops-out-of-iraq-1231975) )","author_name":"Hysteria","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5166619-hysteria","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43856260/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}