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Mike Rinder remembered at Clearwater memorial by family and friends

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We were fortunate to attend a private memorial in Clearwater yesterday for Mike Rinder, the former Scientology exec who had become one of the controversial organization’s most important whistle-blowers. Mike’s courage and compassion really […]

Scientology posts photos from LRH Birthday, but not what we’re used to

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It used to be Scientology’s practice to post lavish slide shows of major events on their websites, but those sites have been static since February. In the meantime, a church magazine has published an […]

Michele Fiore is 3rd Scientologist Trump has pardoned (that we know of)

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: [What is this Substack thing, […]

Oh look, Scientology held another ‘Writers of the Future’ thing for some reason

[Marisol Nichols was positively thrilled to be there]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A few science fiction types have admitted to feeling conflicted about Scientology’s ‘Writers of the Future’ contest, which brings them to LA for a week of pampering […]

New records show Scientology still hogging US ‘religious’ visas

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Nearly a decade ago we learned that Scientology was applying for a stunning percentage of this country’s special visas for religious workers. Now, a new records dump from the government shows how much this […]

A Scientology attorney, his secret work for the church, and his Paris legacy

[The late Bill Walsh and today’s Greater Paris Ideal Org]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A new leaked document describes 30 years of secretive work by an attorney for Scientology, and whether to keep paying him such a huge salary. […]

Scientology ads in London were to be replaced by ads from ex-Scientologists

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Times reported that three ads Scientology placed in the London Underground were to have been replaced this morning with new ads from ex-Scientologists. But so far, the new ads are not in place. […]

Scientology targets clients of Marc and Claire Headley in another Fair Game scheme

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One way you know that Marc and Claire Headley have been so effective talking about what they witnessed in the Sea Org is the lengths that Scientology goes to try and silence them. The […]

Killer Scientology documentary from 1985 is put online by network

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: This past week a 1985 network documentary about Scientology was put online for the first time, and we can say without hesitation that it is simply one of the best ever made about the […]

She worked with Scientology’s spies and celebs, and still has photos to prove it

[Marti Carlson, accidental archivist]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You never know what someone who spent decades in Scientology and worked at its highest, most secret echelons might still have stored away. In this case, it turns out, a super-rare […]

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