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US senators want answers about killed investigation into clemency for Scientologist

[Senators Richard Blumenthal and Ruben Gallego]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Two US senators are pressing for answers about how the DOJ killed an investigation into how clemency was granted to a fraudster who happens to be a Scientology donor. []

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After Clearwater cave, Scientology breaks ground on L. Ron Hubbard Hall on August 1

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Only a month after Clearwater’s council voted to turn over a downtown street to Scientology, church leader David Miscavige is wasting no time, announcing that on August 1 he’ll preside over a ground-breaking ceremony []

Is the new Scientology kids initiative flagging already?

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In March, Tom Cruise and John Travolta were in the front row when Scientology leader David Miscavige unveiled a new initiative aimed at kids. But could the children of Scientologists be showing less than []

When Scientology just isn’t enough to satiate your inner seeker

Lance hanging with UT Austin frat bros]

 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 past we’ve kept our eyes on Scientology figures who try to insert themselves into local politics. So when a reader notified us about a character in []

Sheila Gaiman (Neil’s mum) shows up in a new Scientology promotion

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Ah, the Gaimans. You can’t talk about the history of Scientology in the UK without taking them into consideration, can you? And so it’s interesting to get a new glimpse of the matriarch of []

Our legal expert looks at the state’s response to Scientology’s amicus for Danny Masterson

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We couldn’t wait to see what our appellate expert, TX Lawyer, had to say about the California attorney general’s response to Scientology’s amicus brief, which the church submitted in an attempt to get Danny []

Here’s the attorney general’s masterful response to Scientology’s ‘amicus’ for Danny Masterson

[State AG Rob Bonta and his deputy Blythe Leszkay take on Danny and Scientology]

 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 a mystery why major media isn’t telling you that Scientology is trying to spring Danny Masterson from prison with an []

Media reacts to ‘Teen Wolf’ actor describing his involvement in Scientology

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The media has been positively gleeful reporting that Scientology apparently has ensnared a new celebrity adherent in former ‘Teen Wolf’ heartthrob Dylan Sprayberry, 28. For a more sober take on his announcement, we turned []

Scientology still selling miracles at top dollar: When will you join the superhuman club?

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With all that’s known now about Scientology after decades of court cases and journalistic exposes, it’s still kind of amazing to see that people are forking over huge amounts for the miracles sold by []

Hey, kids! Scientology wants you to come learn the thousand-yard stare today! Fun!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In March, Scientology leader David Miscavige announced a new initiative aimed at children to a standing ovation by Tom Cruise and John Travolta. And today in Clearwater, Florida — the town that once again []