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Yes, Mike Rinder counseled Brooke Hogan about her famous dad marrying a Scientologist

[Brooke Hogan with her famous father Hulk Hogan, and Mike Rinder]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On Tuesday, Brooke Hogan created a stir with her first interview since the death of her father Hulk Hogan. She said she was so []

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Scientology teases new fundraising strategy to speed up building projects

[Who will Dave invite to the party?]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We want to thank the reader who passed along a new fundraising letter from Scientology. We’re always interested in church leader David Miscavige’s latest schemes and strategies for []

The Scientology spy with access to the Vatican: A late farewell

[Joe and his secret employer]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It recently came to our attention that we missed the news of the passing of an interesting figure from Scientology history. He was a religious lobbyist whose connections to the []

NAACP to hold fundraising blowout at Scientology’s most holy site

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Since he used subterfuge to purchase Clearwater’s Fort Harrison Hotel in 1975, it has stood as a monument to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who was a classic reactionary and apartheid supporter. But sure, []

Recruiting dentists for Scientology, and bringing L. Ron Hubbard’s shrine to life!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last time we learned a wealthy family funding Scientology’s Vatican in Florida was also owner of a renowned Haunted House complex. This time, the church sent notice that another donor ropes in dentists for []

Scientology loses an ‘enforcer,’ but what work did Marion Pouw actually do?

[Sea Org member Marion Pouw, 1953-2025]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Janis Grady and Mark Fisher recently reported that longtime Sea Org member Marion Pouw had died. Daily Mail Australia followed with a good piece about her history in Scientology. []

Scientology has your summer fun lined up: Three parties with Ron!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You’re 76 trillion years old, and you have countless more lifetimes to come. Thetan, we know you’re out of ideas what to do these sweltering summers. When it’s this hot, it’s not easy getting []

Nicole Kidman’s Scientology auditor: What Ana de Armas is in for with Tom Cruise

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The tabs are losing it now that Scientology icon Tom Cruise was spotted holding hands with actress Ana de Armas in Vermont. What is she in for? We figured the best way to answer []

Scientology warns Clearwater that delay of Hubbard Hall project is a ‘spiritual burden’

[A Scientology rendering of how neat their new Hubbard Hall is going to be inside]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You know Scientology is gearing up for a serious fight when it pulls out the language of righteous religious indignation. []

This is going on your permanent record: Why Scientologists fear being written up

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: John Sweeney called Scientology ‘The Church of Fear.’ And former Scientologist Phil Jones has been detailing how fear rules life in the church. He told us about the fear of yawning, and the fear []