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History is going to be relentless and brutal about the Trump pandemic response

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: 34 days of pandemic: Inside Trump’s desperate attempts to reopen America]

This is mostly a recap of the last month or so since Trump agreed to extend social-distancing guidelines. If you’re paying attention there’s nothing especially new, but helpful in []

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Scientology boasts about members keeping up online — and once again reveals its true size

 During the worldwide shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic Scientologists have been encouraged to enroll in extension courses — online courses that one pays for just as if they were studying in the orgs and missions. []

Georgia anti-psychiatry legislator goes even bigger for Scientology in the pandemic

 Remember Donzella James? We told you in January that mental health advocates were unhappy that the Georgia legislator, who made a speech at the Atlanta Scientology Ideal Org grand opening in 2016 and endorsed its quack anti-psychiatry efforts, was appointed by the state’s lieutenant governor to an important panel that is overhauling Georgia’s mental health []

Trump’s claims about how much testing we’re doing begs some context

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

Regarding testing…

I don’t know how much mileage Trump thinks he’s getting from the claim that ‘we’ve done the most testing of any country’ in support of “reopening” the economy, but it’s a claim that begs some []

Apologist journal smacked down by best ever Scientology prof — and with Bunker assist

[Prof. Stephen Kent]

You might remember that last June we took time out of our busy schedule to lay the smackdown on an apologist journal that really doesn’t deserve the []

Reporting on Trump’s coronavirus response that’s a bulwark against the onslaught of lies

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Inside Donald Trump and Jared Kushner’s Two Months of Magical Thinking]

Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman looks back at the tragic hole of lost time between January and March when Trump’s paranoia and magical thinking limited him to view the virus []

Scientology leader David Miscavige is 60 today, and we have presents

 Sixty years ago on this date, David Miscavige and his twin sister Denise were born in a small town in Pennsylvania. Today, Dave is the dictatorial head of a worldwide totalitarian organization masquerading as a church which tries to convince the public that Miscavige is its “ecclesiastical” []

NASA’s new spacesuit shares a name with Scientology’s legendary galactic warlord!

[Jim Bridenstine and Kristine Davis, under pressure]

We want to thank Frank Oliver for making us aware of something that hadn’t hit our radar yet, even though it was rolled out last []

Scientology admits that it numbers ‘tens of thousands’ not millions, as we’ve been saying

[Miscavige and the RTC portal]

A reader pointed out something on one of Scientology’s websites that we have to admit is pretty []

Have Jane Doe’s attorneys figured out how to serve Scientology leader David Miscavige?

 Three big lawsuits were filed last year against the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige. One of them Scientology already managed to short-circuit, but the other two are []