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Scientology knows it can get your cash with a Great Gatsby party, New Yorkers!

[The Fabos Factor!]

Scientology knows that New Yorkers are a more sophisticated and less gullible bunch, and so the church has to up its game if it’s going to get the kind of cash donations it collects in other parts of the […]

Scientology features director’s mom as John Malkovich movie hits theaters

We want to thank Mark Bunker for pointing out that over at one of its propaganda outlets, an anonymously-edited “blog” at the Patheos site, Scientology yesterday featured one of those POW-style videos praising church leader David Miscavige that we told you about a few months […]

How it went down: Transcript of Judge Olmedo denying Danny Masterson’s latest subpoenas

[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and Danny Masterson]

We told you previously about Judge Charlaine Olmedo announcing, at a February 8 hearing in Danny Masterson’s criminal rape case, that she had changed the rules in her courtroom regarding attorneys and their smartphones and laptop […]

It’s a Scientology Easter bonnet parade: Founder L. Ron Hubbard in his best finery!

We wish a fulfilling Ramadan, Passover, or Easter to all of those who partake in these ancient and venerated religious milestones around the world, and which this year have all happened to overlap with one […]

Updated for 2022: Where in the world are Scientologists actually located?

We told you recently that we had heard some scary news about our old friend, Operation Clambake operator Andreas Heldal-Lund. At his Facebook account, he explained that he’d collapsed in a supermarket and had woken up in a hospital after having some kind of […]

Calif. supremes want reply from DA to Danny Masterson’s bid for review in rape case

[Danny Masterson and prosecutor Reinhold Mueller]

For several days we’ve been telling you that we’re waiting to see what the California Supreme Court is going to do on three questions before […]

Scientology propaganda masterpiece: Grant Cardone’s COO coughs up $1.1 million

We have some terrific researchers who send us fascinating examples of Scientology social media and propaganda. It helps us keep a close watch on how the organization is doing, and here and at Mike Rinder’s great blog we have watched a steady dwindling of the ‘coolest religion on […]

The origin of Scientology’s notorious prison program: Hana Whitfield’s eyewitness account

Last week, Louise Shekter gave us a piece about the origin of Scientology’s notorious prison program, the Rehabilitation Project Force. Technically, the order creating the RPF had been written by Ken Urquhart, but Louise wanted readers to know that it was really Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s idea to segregate Sea Org members for punishment. […]

Scientology holds its ‘Writers of the Future’ awards back on schedule, same garish display

After having its schedule disrupted for a couple of years by the pandemic, Scientology’s sci-fi front operation, “L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers & Illustrators of the Future” is back to having its Achievement Awards gala in the […]

Scientology’s saddest celebrity, Eddie Deezen, arrested again

Last June, we told you about the bizarre dustup between Eddie Deezen, a young waitress, and a restaurant in Cumberland, Maryland that resulted in the arrest of the Grease and Wargames actor, and his strange justifications for his behavior at his Facebook […]

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