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Scientology’s ham hock Grant Gardone slapped down by UK ad council

 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 been writing about Scientology’s professional ham hock Grant Cardone since 2011, and we are always surprised that his various antics don’t run him into more regulatory snags. So it’s refreshing to see that []

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Attorney for Masterson victims again admits AI error, but rejects Scientology remedy

[Boies Schiller partner John Kucera]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology blasted Boies Schiller partner John Kucera for AI errors in the lawsuit against Danny Masterson & the Church. Kucera has now replied, asking the court to separate whatever price []

IAS set for Halloween (boo!), but was once held on Scientology’s spooky cruise ship!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Now that the IAS gala is set for Halloween at Scientology’s UK headquarters, we have a reminder that not only has this event been held at different times, but also outside of Great Britain. []

More Scientology allegations about Dream Exchange, now from a former executive

[Former Dream Exchange executive Jeffery Ferrell, left]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Wall Street Journal investigation of startup Dream Exchange was a hard-hitting look at a business that wants to become a stock exchange catering to Black-owned businesses. Now, []

IAS on Halloween: Scientology’s party is set, and so is the protest

[Alex makes his case.]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has finally put out word that the IAS gala will take place the weekend of October 31 at its UK headquarters. Former London staffer Alex Barnes-Ross will also be there []

Scientology opens Silicon Valley ‘Ideal Mission’ — where it already has ‘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: Scientology chose Wednesday to put out a press release announcing that it had opened another “Ideal Mission” last month, on September 21. The delay in announcing the news seems a little odd, but it’s []

LRH 2.0 tells ‘Expedited Scientology’ fans he’s mulling 17-year plea deal

[A recent thumbnail from Ron’s ‘Esperianism’ YouTube channel]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Could the ex-con who legally changed his name to L. Ronald Hubbard while convincing some he’s the reincarnated Scientology founder, and who has been sitting in a []

Scientology blasts lawyers for Masterson victims in AI fiasco, wants sanctions

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We assumed that # attorneys would go for the throat after a lawyer for the Danny Masterson victims admitted that bogus AI-generated citations had been left in a filing during the case’s current appeal, []

Scientology now tells members to save Oct 24 or 31 for big tent party

[Hey, look who’s there!]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a bizarre game of cat-and-mouse Scientology leader David Miscavige is playing with West Sussex officials, and also with his own followers. Scientologists have been told to “save the date” for []

Hit superhuman level in Scientology? Time to pat yourself on the back, thetan

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What a temptation it must be, as a newly minted Scientology OT 8, to speak to the little people after you’ve spent a million or two getting to the top of the ‘Bridge.’ What []