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For a final (?) Mission, an older Tom Cruise forgets some basic film lessons

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Once again Luke Y. Thompson (AV Club) gives us an exclusive film review you’ll find only here at the Bunker. He last provided us a look at ‘M:I – Dead Reckoning Part One’ and […]

Scientology’s plan is in jeopardy, and this is what Clearwater should keep in mind

[Miscavige, revealing plans for the Hall at the Birthday Event]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’re hearing from a lot of you about the surprising moment playing out in Clearwater, Florida, where the council faces an historic vote tomorrow. We […]

Visualizing how a surprising no vote from Clearwater affects Scientology’s plans

[David Allbritton has thrown a wrench into Dave’s dream]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’re still stunned at last night’s news that Clearwater City Council member David Allbritton said yesterday that he plans to vote no to selling S. Garden […]

Leaked document: How Scientology handled a journalist’s uncomfortable questions

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We have another fascinating document that was dug up by a team of researchers which has been helping us out. This time, we get a peek inside what it’s like when Scientology deals with […]

On Mother’s Day 2025, 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 […]

AUDIO: Scientology’s David Miscavige presents plans for ‘L. Ron Hubbard Hall’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thanks to Mark Bunker, we now have some audio from Scientology’s L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Celebration held in March. And in particular, the moment when church leader David Miscavige reveals plans for the final […]

Dianetics at 75: Scientology’s bible, endorsing child molestation since 1950

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 75 today, is a vile book. In it, L. Ron Hubbard imagines that most of our problems are the result of unfaithful women and uncaring mothers having rough sex. Scientology doesn’t […]

Dianetics 75: What the Nobel physicist got out of Scientology’s bible

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As we count down to the 75th anniversary of Dianetics tomorrow, we’ve heard from readers about various reviews written soon after the 1950 appearance of L. Ron Hubbard’s magnum opus, the book that led […]

Scientology snubbed by Denver suburb after TV news asked about ‘proclamation’

[Kyle Clark of 9News]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With the Dianetics 75th anniversary coming Friday, Scientology has been looking for suckers to issue proclamations about the 1950 book. The church did manage to ensnare a couple of gullible small […]

Missing family in Scientology? Check out these new photos for your loved ones

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Over the years when we’ve posted Scientology’s photos of Sea Org members, it helps families get some information about missing loved ones. And now we have another set of photos for readers to pore […]

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