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Grant and Elena Cardone head the list of Scientology donors at LRH Birthday 2026!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Despite their social media notoriety, Grant and Elena Cardone are not among the super-strata of Scientology’s wealthiest donors. But in March, they got their due as top trophy winners at the L. Ron Hubbard […]

On Mother’s Day 2026, the moms who defy Scientology’s cruel ‘disconnection’ policy

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Is any holiday more anathema to Scientology than Mother’s Day? In L. Ron Hubbard’s scheme the family unit is a fiction, a temporary assembly of ‘thetans,’ and the church enforces discipline by cruelly ripping […]

Dianetics at 76: Scientology’s bible, endorsing child abuse since 1950 (and now with a song!)

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Dianetics, which turns 76 today, is a vile book. In it, L. Ron Hubbard imagines that most of our problems are the result of uncaring mothers having rough sex. This year, we’re saluting Scientology’s […]

Plaintiffs ask for evidentiary hearing on Scientology arbitration mess, but judge says no

[Valeska Paris and Judge Thomas Barber]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday Valeska Paris and the Baxters asked Judge Thomas Barber to allow an evidentiary hearing to determine who is telling the truth about an aborted Scientology ‘arbitration.’ But the […]

As RFK Jr. targets antidepressants, here’s Scientology’s mental health alternative

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For more than a year we’ve pointed out the wealthy Scientologists in positions of influence with the White House. And now that the administration is pushing one of Scientology’s favorite agendas, against antidepressants, we […]

More proof Scientology is pressuring parents about its new ‘Golden Age’ for kids

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While Scientology continues to struggle with recruitment, at the same time leader David Miscavige is pushing hard in two directions: New buildings, and a new heavy focus on children. Here’s more evidence that parents […]

Stunning video evidence of Scientology’s use of social media to smear its critics

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One thing Leah Remini has done so well in her lawsuit against Scientology is detail how it uses social media to smear her and others, implying that the church recruits a network of volunteers […]

Here’s Scientology’s version of what happened at the aborted Clearwater arbitration

[Peter Mansell, Scientology minion]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Three ex-Scientologists say they were put through an abusive ‘arbitration’ that was so unprofessional, they want a judge to intervene. Scientology denies this and has submitted a declaration from someone who […]

Scientology is holding another anniversary party for Dianetics! Will Dave 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: Last year, Scientology leader David Miscavige held what we figured was a one-off celebration to mark 75 years since publication of L. Ron Hubbard’s 1950 bestseller Dianetics. But Dave had so much fun, apparently, […]

Read Scientology’s pitch for the Clearwater street it wants shut down for its Vatican

[The pope of Scientology wants his own sacred city]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In 1975, Scientology secretly crept into Clearwater, Florida, and its citizens were not consulted if they wanted to become its ‘spiritual mecca.’ Now, leader David Miscavige […]

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