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For the people of Clearwater: What Scientology charges sky-high prices for at ‘Flag’

[Dave and the Flag Building: Come on down for your L’s!]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Seeing Scientology members speak to the Clearwater council in favor of a street being shut down for their ‘mecca,’ it struck us we were []

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When Father’s Day 2026 reminds you that Scientology ripped apart your family

 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 Father’s Day 2026 here in the US, but for many Scientology families it’s only a reminder that church leader David Miscavige rips apart families for sport. Geoff Levin, whose heartbreaking story is told []

Gloating in Clearwater: David Miscavige celebrates with Scientologists after council vote

[Dave and his future clip joint]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Postings by Scientology members show how they celebrated their win Thursday night, when Clearwater’s city council capitulated to their demands for a downtown city street. And with the surprising []

Clearwater’s 3-2 final vote gives Scientology street for its Vatican City

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last night Clearwater’s city council took its final vote and, with 3 members voting yes, Scientology will get what it wants as a downtown avenue is ‘vacated’ and closed off from the public right-of-way. []

Read a mother’s plea to save her daughter 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: When you joined Scientology, did someone in your family try to talk you out of it? We have a remarkable artifact of one person’s regret for getting involved in this controlling organization, and we’re []

Grant and Elena Cardone were the real stars of Scientology’s Dianetics anniversary

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: May 9 is one of the holiest days on the Scientology calendar, and it’s easy to understand why. It was May 9, 1950 that L. Ron Hubbard first published Dianetics, Scientology’s bible. This year []

The Kirstie Alley ‘Celebrity’ interview: Remembering how into the ‘tech’ she was

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Someone sent us a 1988 Celebrity magazine we hadn’t seen, and we thought you’d want to see the interview it featured with Kirstie Alley. It’s amazing that Scientology used to do interviews like this []

Danny Masterson gets in on Scientology debate in his criminal appeal

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The debate about Scientology in the case that put Danny Masterson in prison is really heating up — even Masterson has decided to weigh in. And yet we don’t know if it will have []

Field report: Scientology finally gets in gear despite a complete lack of local interest

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: After allowing an empty building to rot for decades, Scientology finally gets to work creating a new ‘Ideal Org’ in a place that shows no interest in what David Miscavige is selling. Enjoy this []

Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s year from hell: Finally, his second wife gets away

[L. Ron Hubbard and Sara Northrup in 1951

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Sara Northrup may have been the most interesting person L. Ron Hubbard ever met. And 75 years ago today, she gratefully got rid of him forever. But []