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How Irish reporters caught Scientology’s sneaky exploitation of asylum seekers

[Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman speaking on the Irish Times revelation]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last week, the Irish Times published an investigation showing how Scientology was preying on vulnerable asylum seekers in Dublin. Now, the paper has put []

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Grant Cardone sues for being called not a billionaire, but his own emails suggest it

[Grant Cardone licking a gold brick, and John Legere inset]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You may have heard about a court fight in Miami between Scientology donor Grant Cardone and former T-Mobile US CEO John Legere, which in part []

Scientology needs your help making secret dossiers on an island paradise!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Still stuck in the 1950s in some ways, Scientology must follow the archaic policies of founder L. Ron Hubbard, which dictate that thick paper dossiers must be maintained on every person who ever steps []

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 []

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 []