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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. […]

Xenu is here with your 2024 Scientology holiday catalog!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of our readers is an ex-Scientologist who receives church mail even though they are a ‘declared’ enemy. And thank goodness, because our tipster received this gem this week: Is that Xenu, dressed up […]

Is Scientology having second thoughts about destroying families?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s only a single data point, but a report from one of our inside correspondents suggest something may be changing in Scientology regarding one of its most toxic practices. Reason for hope? Or a […]

Mike Rinder steps down from Aftermath Foundation board amid cancer battle

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday, the Aftermath Foundation said that Mike Rinder has stepped down from its board. We have been encouraged by updates from Christie Collbran about the terrific medical team they have assembled, and that’s why […]

More glimpses of Scientology’s big UK party that really swung!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We know Tom Cruise made the scene last week at Scientology’s big annual gala in England, but there’s still a lot we don’t know as we await the church’s press release and slide show. […]

Boo! A special L. Ron Hubbard treat for a spooky Scientology Halloween

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Readers know that we enjoy plunging into founder L. Ron Hubbard’s voluminous Scientology lectures searching for treasure. And we wondered, what had Ron ever said about Halloween? We did a search and found paydirt: […]

If it’s a hardship to go to court in Florida, why does Priscilla Presley visit so often?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A new filing in the lawsuit against Priscilla Presley in Orlando filed by a former business partner reveals a few new details about where that lawsuit is going, and we thought you’d want to […]

How a Scientology recruiter gets kicked out of a country

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Times may be tough for Scientology, but it never gives up, relying on several tried and true methods for puling in new people. And as Bruce Hines explains, that’s always been the case, and […]

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