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Scientology didn’t want you to know that Elisabeth Moss attended the LRH Birthday

[Actor Jason Dohring, John Travolta, Elisabeth Moss, and Trish Duggan (in red)]

Mike Rinder tells us he was surprised to see in our story yesterday that we had blown up photos Scientology posted in a press release and found that John Travolta and Elisabeth Moss were front and center at the March 16 L. Ron Hubbard []

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John Travolta and Elisabeth Moss were front-and-center for Scientology birthday bash

We finally got around to looking at Scientology’s rah-rah press release about its 2024 L. Ron Hubbard birthday event, which took place on March 16 in Clearwater, []

BANNED IN EAST GRINSTEAD: How we got blacklisted for asking about Scientology

[Mayor Visser enjoying himself on Scientology’s stage]

We have something pretty special for you today, and we need to do a little work to explain what it’s all []

Sure sign of Scientology’s decline? The new ‘OT Phenomena’ are not very… phenomenal

[Scientology superheroes keep shrinking]

Are Scientology OTs losing their powers? Or have they just given up sharing their amazing feats of supernatural ability with the editors of Scientology’s Advance! []

Scientology denies that new law prevents Jane Doe being forced into arbitration

[President Biden signs EFAA, with Gretchen Carlson in attendance]

We’ve seen several lawsuits filed by former Scientologists get forced out of court and into Scientology’s own internal “religious arbitration” in recent years, and next week there’s yet another that is facing a showdown over this, in the lawsuit filed by Jane Doe 1, who alleges she []

Mark Bunker doesn’t get a second term, but he won’t stop exposing Scientology

In 2020, Mark Bunker was in a five-way race for a seat on Clearwater, Florida’s city council, and he received a plurality of 6,170 votes and a stunning []

Val Ross: What it was like to infiltrate the FBI for Scientology

 This is important to know: A lot of what I’m telling here is because I did something most people in my position didn’t do — I never stopped writing letters []

Danny Masterson victims calmly answer Scientology’s latest whine in lawsuit

On Wednesday, a hearing is scheduled in the Bixler v. Scientology lawsuit, the one filed by Danny Masterson’s victims against the imprisoned Scientology celebrity and against the church []

Make room, Long Islanders: Scientology’s Gatsbys are moving in!

We want to thank all the readers who forwarded us the news out of Long Island this week after a business publication there broke the story that Scientology had plunked down $15.2 million for a 62,500-square-foot office building in []

PODCAST: Phil Jones on the billboard, Scientology, and the Aftermath Foundation

 What a week Phil Jones has had, with his stealth operation in Los Angeles to put up a billboard on behalf of the Aftermath Foundation, and then the controversy that then []