Political dupe of the day: KC councilman helps Scientology front group with ‘murder’ signs

In 1980, Scientology was in big trouble. A 1977 FBI raid had resulted in 11 top Scientology officials being convicted of conspiracy as documents and testimony proved that the church had engaged in a years-long infiltration of the US and other governments, and had broken into sensitive offices and stole documents by the yard.

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‘Tears of joy’: Scientology boasts that leader David Miscavige attended Clearwater event

Our thanks to the tipster who sent us scans of the new Source magazine, Scientology’s in-house publication for its Flag Land Base in Clearwater, Florida.

And besides the usual drivel about promoting the high-level and expensive processes at Flag, this issue contained a surprise: Evidence that leader David Miscavige made a recent appearance at a Flag graduation event at a time when some Scientology orgs are boarded up, international events have been put on hold, and Miscavige himself has been pursued without luck by process servers.

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The Underground Bunker’s 2020 Scientology year-in-review starts today!

Oh, this fucking year.

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Scientology social media: Planetary conquest still on track even as orgs are boarded up

It’s another social media Sunday here in the Bunker, and we once again thank our source who lets us in on what Scientologists are telling each other as their planetary takeover proceeds at record speed.

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Secrets of Scientology ‘Super Power’: The best testimonial we’ve seen yet

Nearly nine years ago, we first spilled major secrets from Scientology’s giant “Super Power Building.”

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Oof: Jane Doe #1’s own attorneys flubbed and ID’d her and her IP address in court documents

For the second time Jane Doe #1’s real identity has been included in a court document in the lawsuit against Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology. Like last time, it has taken at least a week to fix this error, but this time it was so much worse.

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Tom Cruise rant reminds Tom DeVocht: Miscavige eyed Cruise as high Scientology official

[Tom DeVocht and Tom Cruise]

You’ve heard from Mike Rinder and from Leah Remini about Tom Cruise’s Covid rant that is the talk of social media.

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Scientology hopes to benefit from Michael Jackson estate’s arbitration win against HBO

[DON’T MISS yesterday’s evening exclusive: Leah Remini responds to Tom Cruise’s Covid rant and puts it in its Scientology context.]

If you waded through that long court transcript we posted yesterday, you know that one of the challenges Scientology is facing in Los Angeles Superior Court is that Judge Steven Kleifield has some doubts about Scientology’s arbitration agreements lasting into eternity.

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EXCLUSIVE: Leah Remini on Tom Cruise’s Covid rant in its Scientology context

Leah Remini sent us this statement about Tom Cruise’s on-set rant that was caught on tape and released by the Sun yesterday…

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Was it something they said? The Scientology ‘arbitration’ hearing Judge Kleifield nuked

[Judge Kleifield, Marci Hamilton, and William Forman]

One of the most surprising turns in Scientology litigation in a generation occurred a few weeks ago when Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven Kleifield took matters into his own hands and challenged the Church of Scientology over its “religious arbitration” legal strategy.

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