TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: After a Los Angeles court delivered a nearly total victory to the Jane Doe victims and rejected Scientology’s appeal of its anti-SLAPP in the Danny Masterson civil lawsuit, we were left with a question: What about the AI sanctions? Well, Scientology is wondering that too! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“What is the basic nature of Man? Man is basically good. But between him and that goodness lies a savage and twisted past, inherited from all the centuries of his being, the instincts which he had to wear as a primitive, as a savage. They are still there, on full record, there in a world which now must be civilized if Man is not to perish from the earth. The basic impulse of Man is to help his fellows. He is not a monomaniacal fiend, intent only upon his own gain. But the instincts, fears and rages he represses make him seem so. He wants to help his fellows. He wants Man to live. He wants the world to survive. But because he has been taught in the brutal school of tooth and claw that life can be treacherous, he seeks unreasonable and treacherous means of achieving his ends.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1952
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“If you don’t administer a good, tough Security Check, and if you don’t keep that Security Check good and keep it whole, you’re just setting it up for PCs not only to not be cleared but actually to start feeling miserable. Oddly enough, feeling miserable, they’re better off than they were being irresponsible. You got the idea? And they’ll tell you so, too. But you just peg them. You peg their processing gain. It isn’t that you do something overt that forces their case down; you peg their processing gain. And it’ll peg right up to the point where they become responsible for some overt act in the past. And there the case will hang. And that’s it. They’ve had it from there on. And you won’t get any further advance out of that case. So one of your rules is, is when a person ceases to advance rapidly, you just pick up Mr. Joburg and start in at the beginning and run through to the end. And you all of a sudden will find out why.” — L. Ron Hubbard, June 6, 1961
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“Running on entheta rumours without verifying them, not studying stats before action are deadly sins. Anyone who manages that way is really in treason. What really happened was NY staff apparently had some mutineers on it and former EC NY must have had them held down. The staff played ‘My Boss is an SP.’ So ECUS unwittingly listened to false reports, supported the mutiny, shot down the EC and crashed the org. The story is obvious from the stats.” — The Commodore, June 6, 1970
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“There is the idiotic consideration that auditing alone will set you free, an easy and lazy way to see life. So I’ll just pay some schmuck to audit me and I will become an OT. Or I will do LXX and fix all my problems. As if life was this easy. Co-audit should be the only way to go. You train and you co-audit. No ‘come to Flag and leave home OT in 6 months’ BS. It’s the effort you put in that counts, not the money. Our religion has become more of a business than a spiritual path over the years. I co-audit and plan to do so for all of my Bridge, with the odd session with a highly-trained auditor for repairs and fancy RDs.”
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2000: Bob Minton was awarded the Alternate Charlemagne award on June 3rd for his efforts against Scientology’s abuse of human rights. The award was given by a committee of Europeans and Americans. Excerpts from the acceptance speech: “I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the Alternative Charlemagne Award. It is very moving to receive this award in Leipzig, where freedom was reborn in the former East Germany. Today in Leipzig, we are in the shadows of the famous St. Nikolai Church, where the cry for freedom in East Germany began with a handful of people that grew to hundreds and then hundreds of thousands shouting for freedom in the streets surrounding this very building where we are now gathered. The State no longer makes life’s major decisions for the citizens in the old Eastern Europe who must now utilize their new freedoms to become self-sufficient and self-determined individuals. It is no accident that in such a vacuum, those individuals who have never been willing to accept the responsibility that freedom brings have allowed themselves to be recruited into organizations like Scientology. Scientology offers a replacement for the former Communist regimes that promises real freedom while in actuality creating an apparatus of coercion that dominates and terrorizes humans from within. Throughout America’s short history, there has never been any time in which groups or even the government itself hasn’t tried to expand their authority and control at the expense of individual rights and liberties. Scientology is just such an extremist group which adamantly refuses to accept the basic principles underlying the Bill of Rights. Their outright attacks on our most fundamental liberties threatens to do permanent damage to the Bill of Rights which is the bedrock of America’s traditions of fairness, equality, decency and ultimately justice. The Lisa McPherson Trust opened our Clearwater office in January of this year, and in the nearly six months since we have been there it have become clear just how vital it is to have such an organization in the United States opposing Scientology. We have found that there is a tremendous need amongst Scientology victims and their families for our services. We have also seen that it is vitally important for us to counter the efforts of Scientology in Washington, D.C., and because of this we plan to open another office of the Lisa McPherson Trust in Washington within the next year. The purpose of our D.C. office will be to educate our government about Scientology and get our government working with the governments of Germany, France, and other countries who recognize the danger of Scientology. In order to better coordinate this worldwide effort within the United States, we plan to open offices of the Lisa McPherson Trust in Germany, France, and perhaps one or two other countries within the next year. This Bible was given to me last night by a friend and I would like to read a special passage which my friend selected. It is Psalms 71 verse 13. It reads ‘May my accusers perish in shame. Let those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace.’ But, God is compassionate; and the people at the top of Scientology who perpetrate this evil are people that all of us would welcome when they leave this organization. I would be happy to help them too.”
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“Scientologists, like vaLLarrr for example, have told me that it doesn’t matter if LRH was nuts or a criminal, and they love to use Isaac Newton as an example of someone who was supposedly psychotic and believed in alchemy, but his law of universal gravitation ‘tech’ is observed to be true.”
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Full Court Press: What we’re watching at the Underground Bunker
Criminal prosecutions:
— Danny Masterson charged for raping three women: Sentenced to 30 years to life on Sep 7, 2023. Appeal now fully briefed, waiting for 2nd Appellate District court to set a hearing date. Masterson has also submitted a habeas corpus petition.
— ‘Lafayette Ronald Hubbard’ (a/k/a Justin Craig), aggravated assault, plus drug charges: Grand jury indictments include charges from an assault while in custody. Pleaded guilty on Nov 10 to a 17-year prison sentence (eligible for parole in two to three more years). Awaiting transfer to state prison.
— Aaron Matthes charged for SA of child under 12 years old: OT Scientologist facing multiple mandatory life sentences. Next pretrial court hearing set for March 9.
Civil litigation:
— Leah Remini v. Scientology, alleging ‘Fair Game’ harassment and defamation: Some defamation claims were removed by Judge Hammock. Judge Hammock’s ruling is on appeal, which is now fully briefed. Awaiting the setting of an oral arguments hearing.
— Baxter, Baxter, and Paris v. Scientology, alleging labor trafficking: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’
— Valerie Haney v. Scientology: Forced to ‘religious arbitration.’ 15 days of arbitration completed, Val waiting for further word from the IJC.
— Chrissie Bixler et al. v. Scientology and Danny Masterson. Judge Upindra Kalra’s ruling denying Scientology’s motion to strike is on appeal. Appeal fully briefed. Motion to replace Jane Does’ AI-tainted brief denied by court. Oral arguments hearing on March 3.
— Jane Doe 1 v. Scientology, David Miscavige, and Gavin Potter: Case unsealed and second amended complaint filed. Scientology moves for religious arbitration. Trial has been set for January 10, 2028.
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Other links: The prosecution of Danny Masterson. Leah Remini’s Fair Game Podcast. Leah Remini’s A&E Series. Scientology’s Celebrities, from A to Z. Bryan Seymour’s suppressed series, Scientology Black Ops: Tom Cruise and dirty tricks. Scientology’s Ideal Orgs, from one end of the planet to the other. Scientology’s sneaky front groups, spreading the good news about L. Ron Hubbard while pretending to benefit society. Scientology Lit: Books reviewed or excerpted in a weekly series. How many have you read?
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THE WHOLE TRACK
[ONE year ago] Alex resists: Regional council tempers proposal for Scientology protests
[TWO years ago] John Travolta’s special friend is really getting a taste of the good life
[THREE years ago] Scientology has a new champion donor for US church construction — $62.1 MILLION!
[FOUR years ago] Scientology under scrutiny? A stunning new document in the Danny Masterson case
[FIVE years ago] When going OT was the bomb: Testimonials about Scientology in its heyday
[SIX years ago] Scientology mega-donor ABCMouse family is more complicated than we realized
[SEVEN years ago] ‘Scientology is Security for South Africa’: How L. Ron Hubbard sought to prop up apartheid
[EIGHT years ago] EXCLUSIVE: The rise and fall of the ‘Pope of Scientology’ — in his own words
[NINE years ago] Designer Rebecca Minkoff’s involvement in a Scientology front is pretty perfectly bad timing
[TEN years ago] Chick Corea’s glib revelation to the New York Times about Scientology’s ‘Maiden Voyage’
[ELEVEN years ago] Jon Atack: The ‘Getting Clear’ conference and L. Ron Hubbard’s lies about his life
[TWELVE years ago] Where is Scientology keeping Samantha Sterne?
[THIRTEEN years ago] Dianetics Has No Patience for ESP or Telepathy — That’s Pseudoscience!
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Bernie Headley (1952-2019) did not see his daughter Stephanie in his final 5,667 days.
Joe Reaiche (1958-2024) did not see his daughter Alanna Masterson in his final 6,999 days.
Mike Rinder (1955-2025) did not see his son Benjamin and daughter Taryn in his final 7,589 days.
Tammy Synovec has not seen her daughter Julia in 3,651 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,155 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,661 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,211 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,587 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,082 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,386 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,037 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,255 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,809 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,150 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,721 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,637 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,804 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,390 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,649 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,397 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 3,966 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,277 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,452 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,134 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,471 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,324 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,440 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,802 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,601 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,485 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,049 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,561 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,821 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,925 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 6, 2026 at 07:00
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