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Scientology request for draconian law avoided, accord with protesters reached

[Alex Barnes-Ross and Scientology’s Janet Laveau actually agreed on something!]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Big news from Alex Barnes-Ross this morning as he shares with us a document that lays out a code of conduct for both protesters and []

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Scientology gushes about the inroads made by its new media strategy!

 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 new Impact magazine reassures Scientologists that its big international media push this year has had a major result. After leader David Miscavige spent untold sums for ads in dozens of countries, some people []

Waiting for Xenu: What it’s like when your Scientology Ideal Org never comes

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What happens when two Underground Bunker readers go in search of their Scientology white whale: The Ideal Org that never gets built. A picture story for our Beckettian age. [What is this Substack thing, []

Scientology threw another party and you weren’t invited — this time in Phoenix!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We told you about Scientology’s newest holy shrines to founder L. Ron Hubbard, and that another one was having its grand opening in May, in Phoenix. We have photos from the event now, including []

Trump and Scientology benefactor boasts that she writes for Forbes, Rolling Stone

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A few minutes into the newest episode of ‘I’m a Scientologist’ at Scientology’s TV network, which features the church’s wealthiest donor, Trish Duggan, she reveals something about herself that really threw us for a []

He fought through Scientology’s Wall of Fire™ and lived to tell the tale!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology denies it, but the simple truth is that even today its members are asked to spend ludicrous amounts to learn founder L. Ron Hubbard’s bad sci-fi story about invisible alien souls infesting every []

An appellate attorney looks at Leah Remini’s response to Scientology’s appeal

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday we posted the response and cross-appeal filed by Leah Remini’s attorneys, answering Scientology’s appeal brief in Leah’s lawsuit against the church. Leah’s response seems thorough and well written. But is it good lawyering? []

Leah Remini answers Scientology’s appeal in legal slugfest over ‘Fair Game’ smears

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Leah Remini’s attorneys filed a 133-page answer to Scientology’s appeal in Leah’s lawsuit this week, and we have the entire thing for you. If you haven’t been paying attention to the specific attacks Scientology []

Alex resists: Regional council tempers proposal for Scientology protests

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Alex Barnes-Ross has an exciting update for us regarding the ongoing controversy over his protests of Scientology at its UK headquarters in East Grinstead. Alex pushed back against a regional council’s proposals, and it []

Sad new evidence of how a Scientology dirty trick ripped a family apart

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology considers it a testimonial from a dedicated member. But to those who know the story, it’s sad new proof that a dirty trick played by the church’s secret police continues to keep a []