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Bizarre: Scientology leader penned this tribute to Heber Jentzsch, a man he physically abused

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology’s longtime ‘president’ Heber Jentzsch died on Oct 30 at 89. We heard the news in January, but we also heard that church leader David Miscavige had taken the unusual step of writing some […]

Watch then-Rep. Xavier Becerra carrying water for Scientology in Congress

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On Wednesday we raised questions about surging California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra’s past as a Scientology booster. Now we’ve found footage of Becerra promoting what turned out to be a Scientology hoax in a […]

Scientology tries again to intervene for Danny Masterson by resubmitting its amicus brief

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In December Scientology made obvious how much it still backs Danny Masterson by submitting an amicus brief to help him win his criminal appeal. The court rejected the brief, but now Scientology has submitted […]

Surging California guv candidate Xavier Becerra has some explaining to do about Scientology

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has surged in the polls to become the number one Democrat in the June 2 gubernatorial primary. But what does he have to say about his years as […]

Danny Masterson habeas defense now says prosecutor held back evidence at trial

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Danny Masterson’s habeas petition attorney claims there’s new evidence of a ‘Brady violation,’ meaning that a prosecutor held back information at trial that might have convinced the jury of the Scientology celebrity’s innocence. What’s […]

Grant and Elena Cardone head the list of Scientology donors at LRH Birthday 2026!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Despite their social media notoriety, Grant and Elena Cardone are not among the super-strata of Scientology’s wealthiest donors. But in March, they got their due as top trophy winners at the L. Ron Hubbard […]

On Mother’s Day 2026, the moms who defy Scientology’s cruel ‘disconnection’ policy

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Is any holiday more anathema to Scientology than Mother’s Day? In L. Ron Hubbard’s scheme the family unit is a fiction, a temporary assembly of ‘thetans,’ and the church enforces discipline by cruelly ripping […]

Dianetics at 76: Scientology’s bible, endorsing child abuse since 1950 (and now with a song!)

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Dianetics, which turns 76 today, is a vile book. In it, L. Ron Hubbard imagines that most of our problems are the result of uncaring mothers having rough sex. This year, we’re saluting Scientology’s […]

Plaintiffs ask for evidentiary hearing on Scientology arbitration mess, but judge says no

[Valeska Paris and Judge Thomas Barber]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday Valeska Paris and the Baxters asked Judge Thomas Barber to allow an evidentiary hearing to determine who is telling the truth about an aborted Scientology ‘arbitration.’ But the […]

As RFK Jr. targets antidepressants, here’s Scientology’s mental health alternative

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For more than a year we’ve pointed out the wealthy Scientologists in positions of influence with the White House. And now that the administration is pushing one of Scientology’s favorite agendas, against antidepressants, we […]

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