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How Scientology aims for the future: It goes after your kids

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We continue to see evidence that Scientology is struggling to recruit new members, especially the young. But it does try, and we thought you’d want to see some of the ‘success stories’ the church []

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Big Scientology donors and the right wing: Some actual evidence amid the feuding

[Candace Owens, Charlie and Erika Kirk]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Candace Owens has claimed one of Turning Point USA’s ‘bigger donors’ is a Scientologist. This excited some speculation from the media that she didn’t name names. But we do []

France5 doc on Scientology may be the best film on the subject since ‘Going Clear’

[Alex Barnes-Ross]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s always interesting to see major media take on Scientology, and put in so much care as in the film that aired last night in France. We especially dug the Xenu sequence, the []

David Miscavige will open a new Scientology ‘Ideal Org’ in Puerto Rico this Sunday!

[Miscavige pulling the rope in South Africa in April]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: At Scientology’s New Year’s Event leader David Miscavige announced that the new ‘Ideal Org’ in Puerto Rico would have its grand opening in February. Now we []

Scientology’s plans run into opposition not just from newts, but now also bats!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Even more bad news for Scientology’s expansion plans for its UK headquarters. Local governments and non-profit organizations are not so amenable to its plans to pave over ground in a place that features ancient []

Here’s Leah Remini’s full appeal reply brief in her lawsuit against Scientology

[Leah and her attorney Daniel Saunders]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve finally reached the end of briefing in the appeal that has slowed down Leah Remini’s 2023 ‘Fair Game’ lawsuit against Scientology. The two sides have been trading jabs []

Scientology has plenty to worry about when these former staffers put their heads together

[Alex and Amir outside the Sunderland org]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On Saturday, former Scientology London staffer Alex Barnes-Ross told us about his budding friendship with Edinburgh staffer Amir Essalhi, and Amir’s journey out of Scientology. Now, they’ve had []

More leaked stats: Another Scientology org hangs on by the skin of its teeth!

[The Boston Org in its temporary location as it waits to go Ideal]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On Friday, Tammy Synovec brought us some eye-opening statistics out of the Ventura ‘Ideal Org.’ Today, it’s Patty Moher with information out []

Danny Masterson/Scientology civil suit gets a hearing date, Val Haney gets new judge

[Prisoner Masterson and his ardent supporter, David Miscavige]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The civil lawsuit against Danny Masterson and Scientology gets a big hearing date, Val Haney gets a new judge in her case, we have the trailer for []

Here’s the 2026 Scientology Super Bowl ad — this time it’s ‘Anthem’

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Here it is, the 2026 Scientology Super Bowl ad. This one is titled ‘Anthem,’ but it’s the same mystery sandwich for the thirteenth year in a row. We have the new ad for you, []