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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Today, the FBI was investigating Susan Collins for pay for play government contracts but Trump ended the probe, Trump officials just kicked hundreds of thousands of people off their health plans using AI, the man shot and detained by ICE in Austin is now partly paralyzed, the looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular has been charged with rape in Massachusetts, and a judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Cassidy Hutchinson’s crooked lawyer against Andrew Weissmann; plus Dana delivers your Good News.

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Collins opponent says ‘jig is up’ after ProPublica report; her aide calls it ‘categorically false’ | The Hill

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