TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Postings by Scientology members show how they celebrated their win Thursday night, when Clearwater’s city council capitulated to their demands for a downtown city street. And with the surprising detail that the celebration included church leader David Miscavige himself! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“The technique of Dianetics deletes from the reactive mind all comanomes. They were hidden beneath layers of unconsciousness and unknown to the conscious mind before therapy. They were inhibitive to good impulses and productive of bad ones. After they are deleted by therapy the conscious mind gains certain attributes it did not possess before, the individual is capable of greater efforts, his actual personality is greatly heightened and his ability to survive is enormously enhanced. Comanomes are contagious. A man has one he dramatizes as a rage pattern, and everyone has many. He dramatizes it while another individual is partly unconscious. The comanome has now been implanted in the second individual.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1950
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“As you look back over the whole track, you’ll find that you’ve been going on a rolly-coaster. You’ve spent some time in a meat body and then the next thing you know, why, there you were, Operating Thetan, see. And then for a while, why, you’re pushing a doll body around or something like that and then boom: why, you’re Operating Thetan. And then you push a meat body around for a while, and then spend a few million or trillion years in a trap or something like that and then you come out the other end of it. And suddenly and mysteriously, why, there you are chucking planets around, or something like this, you see. This is all very difficult for a person to reconcile. And it’s ‘What am I doing? What am I doing?’ Being up, being down, being up, being down. There isn’t one of you who hasn’t been in meat bodies on the whole track many many times. Many times and places, you see. And, who didn’t succeed this action by being an OT, you see. Quite interesting.” — L. Ron Hubbard, June 20, 1963
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“POSTULATE CHECKS: Postulate Checks turn out to be just a new way to get service without paying for it and ARC Breaking the field. We are looking for who started this off pol nonsense. The real boom was burst by it — but is coming along fine despite this interruption.” — The Commodore, June 20, 1971
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“There is no standard among freezone auditors as to what they charge for services. It is totally up to them. It is a free market. If you don’t like the prices an auditor charges you are free to find another auditor. And it should be noted here that every Independent Auditor or group charges a great deal less than the Church does. No auditor should be faulted for what he decides to charge his clients. As an aside, but I think interestilng, is one time back in the years when $200 a month was a teacher’s salary, L. Ron Hubbard was getting too many people who wanted his personal services. To handle it he raised his prices to $500 an hour for personal auditing! I don’t know what the average school teacher makes today, but consider this was like 2 1/2 times a month’s salary!”
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2000: Jeff Jacobsen reported that the Bank building in Clearwater was the site of a protest this week. “11 people picketed the Scientology Bank Building in downtown Clearwater today from 11am to 1pm. We had some TV coverage and got tons of horn honks and thumbs up from the heavy traffic. Both Jeff Jacobsen and Mark Bunker had Incident Reports filed by the Clearwater Police over the 10 foot rule in the temporary injunction filed after the Minton-Howd event last October. We had 4 newbie picketers and they all had a good time and plan to picket again. When the TV crews got there, both Pat Jones and Al Buttnor rushed out to talk to them and try to persuade them that there was no news here. Al Buttnor seemed especially upset today.”
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“I wish you would comment more often.”
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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, oral arguments scheduled for June 25. 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. Now serving time in 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 June 19.
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. Oral arguments hearing set for July 23.
— 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 upheld on appeal. Scientology expected to file additional petitions before case can return to Kalra’s court.
— 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] How police were duped into detaining Alex Barnes-Ross at Tom Cruise protest
[TWO years ago] Scientology’s response to Whitney Mills lawsuit is to lie about suicide instruction
[THREE years ago] Scientology background helped with anti-mandate work, Seattle council candidate says
[FOUR years ago] Paul Haggis arrested in Italy: More proof he’s a villain, or is Scientology behind it?
[FIVE years ago] Scientology’s OT powers have survived the pandemic: Here are the miracles to prove it!
[SIX years ago] Scientologist chiro Jay Spina’s clinic killed a patient say feds asking for 10-year sentence
[SEVEN years ago] HOWDYCON 2019 IS HERE — HOLLYWOOD IS CLEAR!
[EIGHT years ago] Scientologists charged with Medi-Cal insurance fraud will stand trial on August 28
[NINE years ago] John Brousseau: Marty Rathbun is putting words in my mouth about the FBI’s Scientology probe
[TEN years ago] Scientology is holding this Kazakh 20-year-old prisoner, says her media-grabbing mom
[ELEVEN years ago] RFK Jr’s anti-vax activism hits lowest spot ever — with Scientology and the Nation of Islam
[TWELVE years ago] Paul Haggis tells us his favorite Scientology stories of 2014
[THIRTEEN years ago] Dianetics Noir: Dangerous Women Hiding Their Womb-Secrets
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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 3,665 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,169 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,675 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,225 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,601 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,096 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,402 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 5,051 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,269 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,823 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,164 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,735 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,651 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,818 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,404 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,663 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,411 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 3,980 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,291 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,466 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,148 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,485 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,338 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,454 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,816 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,615 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,499 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,072 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,575 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,835 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,939 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on June 20, 2026 at 07:00
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