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Scientology sitting pretty as Trump names Pam Bondi his pick for Attorney General

[Donald Trump and Florida’s former AG, Pam Bondi]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Readers who messaged us last night about Trump’s pick of Pam Bondi for AG remember what we’ve written about her in the past. She’s one of the []

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Priscilla Presley on grandkid allegation: ‘Irrelevant’ if she has relatives in Florida

[Brigitte Kruse and Priscilla Presley before the trouble]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday, Priscilla Presley answered Brigitte Kruse’s Orlando lawsuit with a motion to dismiss, and once again argued she has no real connection to the state of Florida. []

Was that an actress or Scientologist in the new Scientology TV ad? Turns out she’s both

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Readers who saw Scientology’s new TV ad yesterday asked, are these actors or Scientologists? Thanks to another reader, we learned that the woman most prominent in the ad is both, actress and Scientologist, and []

Scientology posts photos from IAS gala, and three new TV ads!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last month Scientology had its annual 3-night IAS gala at its UK headquarters. And now, we’re getting a look at what happened inside the gala as Scientology has posted its expected press release and []

Scientology still can’t believe you haven’t become cool enough to save the planet

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday we noted that Scientologists in church propaganda tend to be in their dotage. But today’s mailer reminds us that Scientology’s own idea of itself is very different. This is the outfit, after all, []

Aging, white, and rich? Scientology can help you with that!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: No matter how much Scientology dwindles, isn’t it precious that it still has geriatric space cadets who are young at heart, full of wallet, and who still think their Space Age obsession with sci-fi []

David Minkoff objects to Scientology death lawsuit: You didn’t consult another quack!

[Whitney Mills, Dr. David Minkoff, and the Flag Building in Clearwater]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve really been looking forward to seeing how the notorious Dr. David Minkoff, alternative medicine doctor and major Scientology donor, would respond to []

Mike Rinder posts remarkable series of videos amid serious cancer treatment

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Mike Rinder has gone through more cancer treatments recently, and he appeared quite changed in a series of seven short videos he posted last night. Despite his condition, he said he had some things []

Danny Masterson’s attorney is helping Priscilla Presley play hardball in court

[Priscilla Presley and Marty Singer]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While we wait for Priscilla Presley to respond to the bombshell allegation in an Orlando lawsuit by a former business partner that she has a previously unidentified grandkid with Elvis []

For Veterans Day: Why does Scientology lie about L. Ron Hubbard’s supposed war wounds?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Why does Scientology claim that founder L. Ron Hubbard was seriously wounded during WW2 when that was debunked decades ago? As historian Chris Owen explains, it isn’t just another of Hubbard’s many tall stories. []