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He made the cover of Scientology’s ‘Celebrity’ — now he tells us how much it messed him up

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Just recently we were sent an older copy of Scientology’s Celebrity magazine we hadn’t seen before, and we realized it gave us a unique situation: To ask someone for the first time, what it []

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For Clearwater: A reminder of how L. Ron Hubbard had Scientology invade Florida

[Hubbard in Queens, NY in 1973, photo by Jim Dincalci]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We wanted to remind the people of Clearwater what they’re dealing with as once again their political leaders cave to Scientology. We figure it’s best []

Independence Day 2026: Tell us about your fight for freedom from Scientology

 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 we mark Independence Day here at the Underground Bunker by asking readers to tell us about their own declarations of freedom from Scientology indoctrination. What led you to dissolve the political bands []

Scientology school fails to dislodge lawsuit over basketball coach imprisoned for abuse

[Randolph Jackson and the Delphi Academy in LA]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A Los Angeles Scientology school tried to derail a lawsuit by a former student by saying the school had no way of knowing that its basketball coach []

After Clearwater’s surrender, another location prepares to knuckle under to Scientology

[Dave’s plans for Saint Hill appear to be going through]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Just two weeks ago a Florida city voted to give a street to Scientology even though it wasn’t necessary to the church’s planned new project []

Scientology: Still gulling the marks over their fondness for ‘Ron’

[The Commodore and his forthcoming namesake]

 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 Clearwater is handing over another street for Scientology’s use, we expect leader David Miscavige to kick fundraising for his Vatican City into an even higher gear. And []

Scientology finds out how much it’s going to cost to mess with Great Crested Newts!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Alex Barnes-Ross is keeping us up on Scientology’s development plans at its UK headquarters. And now, he’s letting us know just how much David Miscavige’s newt problem is going to cost him! ALSO: Scientology []

He’s one of the hottest stars in the NFL: What’s he doing promoting a Scientology front?

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: What is one of the hottest players in the NFL doing with a Scientology front group whose mission is to destroy all drugs, even helpful prescription medications? We asked the Seattle Seahawks what’s going []

Mark Bunker on the sniping going on between Clearwater political figures over Scientology

[Clearwater councilman Mannino is clashing with the Latvalas over Flag]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The Tampa Bay Times had a raucous piece about Scientology in Clearwater, this time about some sniping going on between local politicians there. We asked []

Scientology asks California Supreme Court to intervene in Boies Schiller AI debacle

[What a mix: Scientology, John Kucera, Danny Masterson and AI errors]

 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 asked the California Supreme Court to find out why an appeals court didn’t sanction law firm Boies Schiller for an AI debacle []