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A new Scientology ‘success’ makes miracle claims we’re not used to seeing

 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 sent us a mailer from Scientology’s UK headquarters featuring a woman who has attained the state of ‘Clear.’ But this one was a little different. It makes healing claims about a disabled []

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Celebrity endorsements for Scientology’s Narconon drug rehab are back!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: How long has it been since we’ve seen a Scientology celebrity endorsement of Narconon? And not just any celebrity, but a skateboard hero who doesn’t normally do much promotional work for the church or []

Joy Villa at the Grammys, Scientology at Saint Hill: Music as a racket

[Joy was back at it again last night]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It was interesting to see social media responses to Joy Villa’s return to the Grammys last night. As in, Who is this woman and what the hell []

Our way of remembering those who exposed Scientology, each in their way

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: 4 weeks ago today, we lost a man whose life touched so many others. We’re still getting used to the idea we can’t call Mike Rinder and ask his thoughts on the latest Scientology []

An appellate lawyer looks at Danny Masterson’s appeal arguments

[Danny and the Men’s Colony at SLO]

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 we told you we’d heard from the court handling Danny Masterson’s appeal that it accepted an initial brief from attorney Cliff Gardner. But what’s in it? []

Mark Bunker scores again, with a pristine 4K restoration of Scientology at sea!

[Commodore L. Ron Hubbard: Master of matter, energy, space, and time]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Mark Bunker has been doing startling work at his YouTube channel lately and has a real treat for us today: He’s restored a legendary []

Scientology boasts about LA wildfires response — with celebrity glam thrown in

[Jade Pettyjohn to the rescue]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Not satisfied with press releases, Scientology is trying another method to get some attention for its ‘Volunteer Ministers’ playing for photo opps at the catastrophic LA fires: Can revealing that []

For you doubters, a new batch of totally true Scientology miracles!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: How does Scientology keep people spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to pursue, year after year, the dream of supernatural powers? With totally true ghost stories! Yes, a new batch of ‘OT Phenomena’ is []

Danny Masterson appeals court accepts Cliff Gardner’s trimmed-down brief

[Danny Masterson and his appellate attorney Cliff Gardner]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: [What is this Substack thing, []

39 years ago: The eerie Hollywood sendoff for Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard

[David Miscavige, master of ceremonies]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: 39 years ago today, Scientology members assembled to hear that L. Ron Hubbard had voluntarily left his body to explore ‘researches’ elsewhere. Once again we’re marking this anniversary with a []