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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 []

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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, []

How I helped Scientology’s TikTok star to leave

[Alex and Amir]

 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 tells the story of how he came to know Amir Essalhi, a Scientology staffer at the Edinburgh org, did a video with him, and then helped Amir leave the controlling, []

Leaked stats: Just how slow is a Scientology ‘Ideal Org’ 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: After the hoopla of a Scientology ‘Ideal Org’ grand opening, these expensive cathedrals are said to generate little interest from the public. Now, we have leaked stats backing up that assertion, and they are []

New batch of Epstein files unmasks a 1970s Scientology spy — and he talked to us!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In the newest Epstein files, there was this odd footnote: Epstein was funding Paul Krassner in his final few years, and while sending entertaining emails to Epstein in return, the legendary satirist ended up []