TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In February, we learned that Nancy Cartwright, the Cardones, and Tom Cummins made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago. And now, in the latest mission of ‘safe-pointing,’ a minor Scientology celebrity made her way there for a black-tie event and schmoozed with the Secret Service! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]
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Technology Cocktail
“A surprisingly large percentage of FESes done contain unnecessary data or omit vital data. An FES (Folder Error Summary) is a summary of auditing errors in a folder and on a pc’s case not corrected at the time the summary is done which keep the case from running. One does an FES when the case isn’t running right or has bogged and one wants to know the reason why, so the case can be put to rights again. The usual action is to find where the case was last running well and come forward from there noting the bug or bugs which can then be repaired. It does not take days to do this FES or even hours if the bog is recent.” — L. Ron Hubbard, 1981
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“A Clear apparently is the — oh, not apparently, it’s true — he’s the original electric eel, and so on, and apparently affects physical objects without half trying in that state. That is to say, you can warm something up or something. This isn’t phenomena that you would consider even very good phenomena; I mean, it isn’t very advanced, don’t you see? Now, you can see very easily that throwing a lightning bolt couldn’t be very much of a trick. It merely depends on practice in holding your position. If you could hold your position very accurately, why, you could throw a lightning bolt that would probably char the Empire State Building. But that’s beside the point. That’s just theoretical. What you’ve got here in actual fact is that by staring at things you can make them warm, and things like this, you know. You pick up a, here’s a glass with some ice in it, you know? You stare at it for a few minutes and you haven’t got a glass with ice in it. It’s the warmest Coca-Cola you have ever had anything to do with, don’t you see? This is very, very low-scale phenomena. It’s just monkey business.” — L. Ron Hubbard, April 27, 1965
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“I’ve just written an HCO Pol Ltr on ‘Death Wishes’ of interest to the ship.” — The Commodore, April 27, 1969
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“When I was just a static and nothing else, there was a bunch of us existing in a nothingness with nothing before us or anywhere, and we did nothing, absolutely nothing but observe — you guessed it — nothing. We were all 100 percent connected together and would have shared everything if there was anything to share (one mind, multiple viewpoints) but we never communicated or had anything to communicate, nor did we have any thoughts or emotions, or whatever, but it was better than tone 40 because we were above the dichotomies of serene beingness. I want to do that again.”
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1995: Gary Reibert reported being harassed by the cos. This, despite posting only a few times. He was followed by a blue Chevy while running errands, he received a very strange call from a market research company, which told him “…not participating is not an option.”, and somebody called in a report of a gas leak at his house. This is really strange. Dennis, Grady, Jeff, Gary Reibert. Which of these is not like the others? My only guess is that somebody from his town recognized Gary’s name and wanted to make points.
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“The big difference between Scientology and the mafia is the mafia actually go to church on Sunday.”
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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] Mike Rinder remembered at Clearwater memorial by family and friends
[TWO years ago] Writers of the Future: Scientology sci-fi front puts on interminable awards show once again
[THREE years ago] Jane Doe 3: Scientology required a victim to get her attacker’s car washed
[FOUR years ago] Scientology royalty: Why it makes sense for Tom Cruise to host the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
[FIVE years ago] Clearwater city manager unhappy about landing on our ‘Top 25 Enabling Scientology’ list
[SIX years ago] Have Jane Doe’s attorneys figured out how to serve Scientology leader David Miscavige?
[SEVEN years ago] Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard on family and sex: As enlightened as you’d imagine
[EIGHT years ago] Strange days for a woman accusing Danny Masterson of rape — and for her rocker husband
[NINE years ago] Scientology submits names of 500 members to federal court as ordered, but there’s a catch
[TEN years ago] LIVE IN L.A.: Hearing in Laura DeCrescenzo’s Scientology forced-abortion lawsuit
[ELEVEN years ago] Should Louis Theroux be worried? What a Scientology ‘documentary’ actually looks like
[TWELVE years ago] Scientology Sunday Funnies: More scenes from the End of Days
[THIRTEEN years ago] Scientology’s Notorious R2-45 Policy: Is There a Smoking Gun?
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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 3,611 days.
Valerie Haney has not seen her mother Lynne in 4,115 days.
Katrina Reyes has not seen her mother Yelena in 4,621 days
Sylvia Wagner DeWall has not seen her brother Randy in 4,171 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his grandson Leo in 3,161 days.
Klaus Büchele has not seen his daughter Jasmin in 5,547 days.
Geoff Levin has not seen his son Collin and daughter Savannah in 3,042 days.
Christie Collbran has not seen her mother Liz King in 6,346 days.
Marc Headley has not seen his mother Trudy in 4,997 days.
Clarissa Adams has not seen her parents Walter and Irmin Huber in 4,215 days.
Jamie Sorrentini Lugli has not seen her father Irving in 5,769 days.
Quailynn McDaniel has not seen her brother Sean in 5,110 days.
Dylan Gill has not seen his father Russell in 13,681 days.
Melissa Paris has not seen her father Jean-Francois in 9,597 days.
Valeska Paris has not seen her brother Raphael in 5,764 days.
Mirriam Francis has not seen her brother Ben in 5,350 days.
Claudio and Renata Lugli have not seen their son Flavio in 5,609 days.
Lori Hodgson has not seen her son Jeremy and daughter Jessica in 4,357 days.
Marie Poulin has not seen her mother June in 3,926 days.
Julian Wain has not seen his brother Joseph or mother Susan in 2,237 days.
Charley Updegrove has not seen his son Toby in 3,412 days.
Derek Bloch has not seen his father Darren in 5,094 days.
Cindy Plahuta has not seen her daughter Kara in 5,431 days.
Roger Weller has not seen his daughter Alyssa in 10,284 days.
Claire Headley has not seen her mother Gen in 5,400 days.
Ramana Dienes-Browning has not seen her mother Jancis in 3,762 days.
Brian Sheen has not seen his daughter Spring in 4,176 days.
Skip Young has not seen his daughters Megan and Alexis in 4,561 days.
Mary Kahn has not seen her son Sammy in 4,445 days.
Lois Reisdorf has not seen her son Craig in 4,009 days.
Phil and Willie Jones have not seen their son Mike and daughter Emily in 4,521 days.
Mary Jane Barry has not seen her daughter Samantha in 4,781 days.
Kate Bornstein has not seen her daughter Jessica in 15,885 days.
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Posted by Tony Ortega on April 27, 2026 at 07:00
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