TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Some of Scientology’s wealthiest donors descended on Manhattan recently to throw themselves a big party and to fundraise for turning all of New York ‘Ideal.’ What, you didn’t know the city was in David Miscavige’s crosshairs? Well, we have the photos to prove it! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Another ‘season’ debuts Monday on Scientology TV, and among the new offerings is a talk show hosted by actor Jason Dohring. Former insider and film director Mitch Brisker has some great observations about how David Miscavige’s weird TV experiment got to this point. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Scientology’s new celebrity TV talk show is a warmed-over idea, says former insider

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology recently suffered a setback in its ongoing takeover of Clearwater, Florida. But as Bruce Hines reminds us, the church’s schemes in this fight go back decades. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading The fight for Clearwater has a long history — and so do Scientology’s ploys

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Has it really been 7 years that Scientology TV has been on the air? In that time, David Miscavige’s experiment has failed in part because his vaunted celebrities won’t go near it. But that’s about to change, according to what we found in a new slideshow at Scientology’s website. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

Continue reading Scientology’s celebrities finally getting involved with Scientology TV

 
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 been writing about Joy Villa for more than ten years, when she began appearing in Scientology magazines as one of its up-and-coming celebrities. On May 14, Joy went public with her defection from the church. And now, with help from Alex Barnes-Ross, we’re going to be talking to her during a live video today starting at 11 am Eastern. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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