TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We know that recruiting for Scientology’s inner hard core, the Sea Org, is relentless. But after they’ve got you to sign the billion-year contract, how do they sink that hook so that you never want to leave? Val Ross describes the process, and brings the documents. [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: As on past Memorial Days, we think it’s important to remind readers about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘stolen valor.’ Historian Chris Owen looks at Hubbard’s claims about being injured in war versus the actual record. [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: Former London Scientology staffer Alex Barnes-Ross has been keeping us current on the church’s efforts to get a law passed that would ban protesting at its UK headquarters. Now, he’s asking for your input as the local government asks protesters to abide by a set of protocols. [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: The Pennsylvania Bar has revealed it is suspending the license of attorney Brian Kent for 3 years, and published its report of what occurred between Kent and a woman who had come to him with allegations of abuse by the Church of Scientology. We have the report for you to read. [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: No joke, Scientology actually has a channel on Spotify. What could possibly be on it? L. Ron Hubbard’s epic tunes? The Apollo All Stars? Edgar Winter classics? Chaka Khan? No such luck. But still, Geoff Levin writes, it fulfilled everything he’s seen about music and the church. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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