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Why doesn’t Scientology icon Tom Cruise want to be a Kennedy Center Honoree?

[Cruise gets his Freedom Medal of Valor, 2004]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Tom Cruise being on stage with President Trump at the Kennedy Center where Scientology’s biggest donor Trish Duggan is a board member might have been another win […]

The state’s entire 42,000-word response to Danny Masterson’s 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: Late last year Danny Masterson’s attempt to reverse the conviction that has him serving 30-years-to-life blasted the court for allowing so much testimony about Scientology. We’ve been looking forward to a response from the […]

New $50 million blast at Priscilla Presley: The lawsuit’s full summary of the case

[Brigitte Kruse and Priscilla Presley]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In February, Brigitte Kruse told us she had some bombshells coming about Priscilla Presley after the two had become locked in litigation. This week, she followed through on that with […]

We have the new 75th anniversary ‘Dianetics’ — and it contains surprises!

[Alex Barnes-Ross and the new Dianetics]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: At the 75th anniversary ‘Dianetics’ event In May, Scientology leader David Miscavige announced that a new edition of L. Ron Hubbard’s controversial bestseller would be released. We’ve been waiting […]

A new book about Scientology is coming, and we have the introduction

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Pamela Nickel Williams previously shared with us writing from a planned book about how her parents raised her in the strange world of early Scientology. Now, her book is coming out Aug 31, and […]

NEW: Come to Scientology ‘church service’ and win fabulous ‘prizes’!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology is about finding out where you were billions of years ago with the help of an auditor and an E-meter. But its orgs do include chapels, and they hold Sunday ‘services.’ And how […]

TX Lawyer looks at the Jane Does’ response in Danny Masterson civil case

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, […]

Scientology sees illness as a weakness, offers space-age faith healing

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While most view illness as something that happens to everyone sooner or later, Scientologists live in an environment where catching a cold or getting the flu can carry stigma, blame, and often financial consequences. […]

Full brief: Jane Does answer Scientology’s appeal in Masterson civil case

[Danny and Dave just got a shellacking]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In April we brought you Scientology’s appeal brief in the civil lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s victims. Now we have the calm and very readable reply by those […]

Yes, Mike Rinder counseled Brooke Hogan about her famous dad marrying a Scientologist

[Brooke Hogan with her famous father Hulk Hogan, and Mike Rinder]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On Tuesday, Brooke Hogan created a stir with her first interview since the death of her father Hulk Hogan. She said she was so […]

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