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They’re $500,000 donors to the IAS — but they also happen to be Scientology spies!

[Hooray, more money for Dave!]

 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 reasons we keep an eye on the trophies Scientology leader David Miscavige hands out to his wealthy supporters is the reaction we get from readers who tell []

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‘Healing’ church finds new home in Los Angeles after years of public mutilations

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Caroline McKuen never thought she’d reach out to a site like ours, but she wasn’t sure where else to turn. To help us understand, she sent a shaky video of a church service where []

The millionaires keeping Scientology afloat in 2026!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We keep an eye on the wealthy donors Scientology fetes each autumn in England. But leader David Miscavige held an additional ‘Patrons Ball’ in LA for the New Year’s Event, and a new issue []

Appellate justices grill attorneys for both Scientology and Danny Masterson victims

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Appellate court justices asked pointed questions of both sides at yesterday’s oral arguments hearing in the civil lawsuit between Danny Masterson’s victims and the Church of Scientology. ALSO: Even after opening its gleaming new []

Today: Danny Masterson/Scientology civil suit heard at appellate court, streamed online

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Today in LA, the civil suit filed by Danny Masterson’s victims alleging years of harassment by the actor and Scientology has a hearing before 3 appellate justices. It’s the 2nd time the case has []

Is there anything better than Scientologists high on Scientology? Check out this leaked video!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s been a long time since we had the latest hype video out of Scientology. The point of them is to get Scientologists to ignore the extreme fundraising and harsh ethics and get back []

Leah Remini explains why supporting the Aftermath Foundation is so crucial

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: And now, a word from Leah Remini about the March 11 special comedy fundraising event for the Michael J. Rinder Aftermath Foundation! Read Leah’s very serious message about why it’s important to join the []

Jason Lee gets touchy about Scientology (again), even though he left it a decade ago

[Jason Lee returned to acting last year in Netflix series The Residence]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Although he left Scientology more than a decade ago, actor Jason Lee proved to be very touchy about it in a fabulous new []

OT Phenomena: Ghost haunting your real estate? Scientology can help with that!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The new OT Phenomena are here! For years we’ve enjoyed reading the ghost stories Scientology passes off as evidence of superpowers gained on the ‘Operating Thetan’ levels, which take years to complete and hundreds []

Another red-letter day in Scientology history: When L. Ron Hubbard kidnapped his own wife

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Seventy-five years ago today, readers of the Los Angeles Examiner found a very odd story waiting for them on page five of their daily paper. Take a trip with us as we recall one []