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Scientology is crowing about a Senate resolution it’s helping to goose along

[Senators Chris Coons and James Lankford]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We’ve cited examples of wealthy Scientologists with close ties to the 2nd Trump administration, but #Scientology itself has been pretty quiet about it. Now, []

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Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is turning 114, and here’s the date of his party!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Scientology is throwing its annual party for founder L. Ron Hubbard, who is turning 114 this year. Ron can’t come because he’s running around a distant planet somewhere, but []

Finally, proof that Scientology can make you Super (for the right price)!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: It’s been a while since we’ve seen something from Scientology about the futuristic ‘Perceptics’ installations at its Super Power Building. Some folks really do turn over big bucks to []

Scientology’s new hype video will get you stoked to go OT!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We love Scientology hype videos, so it’s kind of a thrill to get a copy of this new promotion, which tries to convince Scientologists to come to LA and []

Scientology in the time of Trumpism: Tom Cruise getting rehabbed by the right?

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We’ve been telling you lately about the surprising connections between the second Trump administration and high-level Scientology donors. But as an old Tom Cruise interview goes viral, could the []

Cecilia Kruchko-Smith, 1952-2025, former Scientology employee, beloved Bunkerite

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Cece was a former Scientology employee who spent more than 20 years at AOLA until she was kicked out in a bizarre incident, but we knew her as a []

Where is Scientology’s next ‘Ideal Org’? Some news from down south.

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Dianetics turns 75 this year, and Scientology leader David Miscavige turns 65 in April. But the number the church tends to tout is how many ‘Ideal Orgs’ it has []

Scientology’s floating cathedral is back in a big way, pilgrims!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: The pandemic was hard on Scientology’s aging cruise ship the Freewinds. And we wondered about the seaworthiness of this expensive floating cathedral. Well, a new flier suggests the old []

With Valerie Haney’s Scientology ‘arbitration’ unfinished, is her lawsuit on the brink?

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: A hearing is scheduled today in Valerie Haney’s lawsuit against Scientology, the one she filed nearly six years ago. In that period, she’s endured shockingly abusive behavior by the []

After RHONY, Rebecca Minkoff back to promoting Scientology’s sneaky front groups

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Rebecca Minkoff walked away from Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives of New York’ after a less-than-stellar run as a ‘friend’ of the cast in the show’s 15th season, but it looks []