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Scientology still selling miracles at top dollar: When will you join the superhuman club?

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With all that’s known now about Scientology after decades of court cases and journalistic exposes, it’s still kind of amazing to see that people are forking over huge amounts for the miracles sold by []

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Hey, kids! Scientology wants you to come learn the thousand-yard stare today! Fun!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In March, Scientology leader David Miscavige announced a new initiative aimed at children to a standing ovation by Tom Cruise and John Travolta. And today in Clearwater, Florida — the town that once again []

How Scientology convinces politicians that it’s the good guys

[Tom Cruise and former East Grinstead Mayor Frazer Visser]

 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 heard from people who are frustrated as local politicians have again caved to Scientology’s unreasonable demands. Was it fear? Intimidation? Patty Moher personally witnessed operations []

Another political council votes to give Scientology leader David Miscavige what he wants

[Dave can celebrate another win over local pols]

 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 shares the statement he made to the Mid Sussex District Council before it knuckled under and gave Scientology what it wanted, permission to pave over []

Scientology scripture: Your problem is that you’re stuck in this universe, loser

 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 this Substack thing, []

Mark Bunker reacts to the Wall Street Journal’s look at Scientology 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 thought the Wall Street Journal did a fine job with an overview of Scientology’s efforts to grab even more influence in Clearwater, Florida. But we really wanted to hear from Mark Bunker, who []

Wall Street Journal looks at Scientology’s grip on Clearwater

[Councilman Mike Mannino gets some pub for his deal with Dave]

 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 always interesting when the national press takes a look at Scientology’s actual doings in places like California or Florida, and what a fine []

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 []

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 []