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LRH 2.0 tells ‘Expedited Scientology’ fans he’s mulling 17-year plea deal

[A recent thumbnail from Ron’s ‘Esperianism’ YouTube channel]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Could the ex-con who legally changed his name to L. Ronald Hubbard while convincing some he’s the reincarnated Scientology founder, and who has been sitting in a []

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Scientology blasts lawyers for Masterson victims in AI fiasco, wants sanctions

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We assumed that # attorneys would go for the throat after a lawyer for the Danny Masterson victims admitted that bogus AI-generated citations had been left in a filing during the case’s current appeal, []

Scientology now tells members to save Oct 24 or 31 for big tent party

[Hey, look who’s there!]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a bizarre game of cat-and-mouse Scientology leader David Miscavige is playing with West Sussex officials, and also with his own followers. Scientologists have been told to “save the date” for []

Hit superhuman level in Scientology? Time to pat yourself on the back, thetan

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a temptation it must be, as a newly minted Scientology OT 8, to speak to the little people after you’ve spent a million or two getting to the top of the ‘Bridge.’ What []

More early sci-fi fanzines dunking on L. Ron Hubbard and ‘Dianetics’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of our helpers had a brainstorm and checked sci-fi fanzines about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and his book Dianetics in the months after it was published in 1950. We have more examples []

Scientology & the Feds: Why the church is celebrating despite news of an SEC probe

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a great result for a recent Wall Street Journal investigation, evidence suggesting an SEC probe is happening as a result. But Scientology is feeling good about the feds this week after the Department []

When the evil psychs secretly paid for information about Scientology!

[Patty gave them the lowdown about CCHR, all right]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Now it can be revealed: When the psychiatrist’s association secretly paid for a presentation about Scientology’s war on their profession, and heard from some of the []

New documents reveal Scientology’s earliest battles against naysayers

[L. Ron Hubbard, charmer]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’re going way back today to the very start of the Scientology movement, in the weeks and months after L. Ron Hubbard’s book ‘Dianetics’ was first published. New documents show us []

Scientology’s plans run into ecological quagmire: Meet the Great Crested Newt!

[A great crested newt, just minding its own business]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With this year’s IAS gala looming, Scientology’s back-door attempt to get permission to erect its giant tent for the three-day annual event at its UK headquarters, []

Scientology posts photo of Shelly Miscavige (if you know where to look)

[In Spain, Dave lies mainly in the plain]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of the things we do is keep an eye on Scientology’s latest press releases. It’s a thankless task, but sometimes amid all the rah-rah notices there’s []