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Clearwater caves to Scientology again: Mark Bunker on last night’s vote

[Mark Bunker on Dave getting his way again]

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 Clearwater city council voted last night to vacate Garden Ave, the first step in selling the street to Scientology for $1.3 []

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Mark Bunker’s council replacement explains his vote for Scientology

[David Miscavige and Clearwater: ‘I want it all’]

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: Tonight, Clearwater’s council will vote to give David Miscavige and Scientology some property so the church can use it as part of []

Scientology leader met with Clearwater council members and now wants a vote

[David Miscavige wants the city to knuckle under]

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: Mark Bunker tells us that Scientology leader David Miscavige secretly met with individual Clearwater city council members and now expects them to []

Site report: Scientology not looking very ‘Ideal’ these days

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 spent more than $15 million for a huge office building as it plans to go ‘Ideal’ on Long Island. It’s a sign that the church is booming there, []

Claire Headley on the cruelty of the Scientology ‘declare’ checklist

 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 got a big reaction to posting an actual checklist for creating a ‘suppressive person declare,’ which Scientology uses to name and shame an enemy of the church. Claire []

Ron turns 114: The Scientology founder’s original betrayal — his parents

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: [What is this Substack thing, []

Losing Mike Rinder: How Scientology is using it in appeal of Leah Remini’s suit

 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: In two separate appeal briefs, Scientology is going after Leah Remini’s lawsuit in part by focusing on how she has lost one of her star witnesses, Mike Rinder. Once []

Piling on: Scientology’s RTC adds to appeal in Leah Remini lawsuit

[Leah Remini and RTC lawyer Matthew Hinks]

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 showed you the full appeal brief submitted by Scientology in Leah Remini’s lawsuit. But RTC, the entity run by David Miscavige, submitted []

How to ‘declare’ and shame an enemy of the church: The Scientology checklist!

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 have often discussed Scientology’s practice of ‘declaring’ someone a ‘suppressive person,’ the church’s way of labeling an enemy. But how, exactly, are declares put together? What a lot []

Grant Cardone’s chief exec on why this is Scientology’s moment

 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: Sheri Hamilton has been the COO of Grant Cardone’s ’10X’ enterprise since 2011, and like him is a dedicated Scientology donor. We thought the timing was interesting for her []