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[SF’s Aaron Kyro, making his pitch]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Ian Rafalko has shared great stuff, such as news his dad, YouTube chiro Dr. Eric Berg, is training a new generation to make videos about Dianetics. Now Ian has something with skateboard mogul Aaron Kyro (pictured) and Jason Dohring. What’s going on with Scientology and video? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Ian Rafalko on Scientology’s new push for social media relevance
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Chris Shelton goes deep on one of Scientology’s sneaky front operations that doesn’t get enough attention, and concludes that it’s actually the most successful of L. Ron Hubbard’s inventions. Scary! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading WISE: What a Scientology world looks like
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While he was in Las Vegas, ‘Apostate Alex’ Barnes-Ross made contact with a source at the Scientology ‘Ideal Org’ there. What Alex received was a snapshot of how the org is performing, and it confirms a lot of what we’ve been hearing about the state of David Miscavige’s cabal. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Field report: Alex gets a source inside Scientology’s Las Vegas Ideal Org
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: A federal judge has denied the motion by Valeska Paris asking him to do something about Scientology’s ‘religious arbitration’ becoming intolerable. The judge didn’t even compel Scientology to put an end date on what has already lasted 15 days, with no end in sight. Incredible. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Judge refuses to intervene, Scientology arbitration will have to continue in trafficking case
[Justices Baker, Hoffstadt, and Moor]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday we told you the breaking news, that an appeals court upheld a ruling that denied Scientology’s attempt to gut the lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s victims. Now, here’s the full 64-page opinion for you to see this almost total win for the Jane Does. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Full ruling denying Scientology’s appeal of its anti-SLAPP in the 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: Over the past week we’ve taken a couple of looks at California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra’s past as an enthusiastic Scientology booster. But we wondered, how does he feel about Scientology today? Now we have an answer, and David Miscavige isn’t going to like it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Xavier Becerra says he’s seen the light about Scientology after years as a booster
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Marc and Claire Headley have been great favorites of ours ever since they knocked us out with their stories of escaping Scientology, which Marc told so well in his book ‘Blown for Good.’ But we were taken by surprise when we heard from them after a recent story that we posted. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Marc Headley spots his ‘disconnected’ sister in a Scientology mailer we posted at the Bunker
[California AG Rob Bonta, Danny Masterson and his attorney Cliff Gardner]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Whoa — The oral arguments hearing has been scheduled in the direct criminal appeal of Scientology celebrity and ‘That ‘70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson — and you can tune in to watch it. The stakes could not be higher for Masterson, who turned 50 years old in prison on March 13. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Oral arguments hearing in Danny Masterson’s criminal appeal set for June 25
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology’s longtime ‘president’ Heber Jentzsch died on Oct 30 at 89. We heard the news in January, but we also heard that church leader David Miscavige had taken the unusual step of writing some kind of tribute to Heber. We were unable to get a copy of it. Until now. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Bizarre: Scientology leader penned this tribute to Heber Jentzsch, a man he physically abused
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: On Wednesday we raised questions about surging California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra’s past as a Scientology booster. Now we’ve found footage of Becerra promoting what turned out to be a Scientology hoax in a speech to Congress. How does he feel about that today? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Watch then-Rep. Xavier Becerra carrying water for Scientology in Congress
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