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Los Angeles District Attorney: Jackie Lacey leading as slow vote tally continues

[Jackie Lacey and George Gascón]

Seeking her third term as Los Angeles County District Attorney, Jackie Lacey’s lead fell from nearly 54 percent to just a little under 52 percent with much of yesterday’s vote still uncounted. If she falls below 50 percent it will force a November runoff with former San Francisco DA George Gascón, []

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Expert: Scientology’s Grant Cardone ‘helping sell fake stem cell products to the public’

[Dr. Chris Centeno, Grant Cardone]

Last May, the New York Times published a lengthy story about the explosion of stem cell therapy as a business and questions about whether it actually worked as []

DA Jackie Lacey’s husband pulls gun on protesters day before election

 In a bizarre incident which may end up having consequences for the Church of Scientology and Scientologist actor Danny Masterson, Los Angeles media outlets are reporting that David Lacey, husband of Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey, pulled a gun on Black Lives Matter protesters outside their Granada Hills home Monday []

DRONE FLYOVER: The Gold Country mine where Scientology stores its scriptures

 In 2016 we got our first aerial views of one of Scientology’s secret vault sites, the Lady Washington Mine near Tuolumne, California. Now, a new anonymous drone pilot is providing us with great views of Scientology’s small mountain compound, where the church stores archives of L. Ron Hubbard’s work to survive future civilization []

Videos capture Scientology’s bizarre ideas about Clearwater election and Mark Bunker

[Mark Bunker and Ryan Prescott]

Clearwater is holding an election on March 17 for mayor and two city council seats. Scientology is worried that critic Mark Bunker might win seat 2 on the council and is supporting his opponent Eliseo Santana Jr., an army veteran and retired worker for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Santana is []

Amended complaint filed against Scientology & Danny Masterson with new stalking allegations

 With less than two weeks to go before a series of crucial hearings are scheduled that will include serious challenges to their lawsuit, four women suing the Church of Scientology, its leader David Miscavige, and Scientologist actor Danny Masterson have filed an updated complaint which includes new allegations of stalking, invasion of privacy, and even []

What do billion-year-contracted Scientology Sea Org workers do all day?

 Hey, gang, we thought we’d start out a new feature here today, Ask a Scientologist. []

Balloons? Here’s what Scientology should really be apologizing for

 On Saturday, Scientology held another grand opening of a new “Ideal Org,” this time in Ventura, California, and angered local officials by releasing hundreds of helium balloons into the []

SEVENTH victim comes forward to LAPD accusing Scientology actor Danny Masterson

[Is seven victims enough for DA Jackie Lacey (left), or will it take George Gascón (right) unseating her?]

The Underground Bunker has learned that the Los Angeles Police Department has had formal contact with a seventh woman who says she was sexually assaulted by Scientologist actor Danny []

Is David Miscavige winning? Scientology seems to be on a roll, but is the law about to step in?

[David Miscavige in Ventura]

 In 1995, when she first emerged online after mostly vanishing from the field ten years earlier after a court settlement, journalist Paulette Cooper was congratulated by Scientology watchers for all that she’d done to expose Scientology’s abuses while surviving one of the fiercest Fair Game campaigns of all time. []