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[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 eagerly to get a look at it, and wow, it has some interesting changes. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading We have the new 75th anniversary ‘Dianetics’ — and it contains surprises!
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 she’s shared another excerpt. ALSO: An odd glimpse of Sea Org recruiting at Flag. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading 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: 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 desperate are they to get people to come? There’s a surprising new answer! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading 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: 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. Once again, we have Phil Jones on another Scientology fear! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology sees illness as a weakness, offers space-age faith healing
[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 victims’ attorneys. And wow, it sure looks to us like a shellacking. We have the entire thing for you to dig into. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Full brief: Jane Does answer Scientology’s appeal in Masterson civil case
[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 concerned about Hulk marrying Scientologist Sky Daily, she reached out to former top Scientology exec Mike Rinder. And now, we’ve confirmed it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Yes, Mike Rinder counseled Brooke Hogan about her famous dad marrying a Scientologist
[Who will Dave invite to the party?]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We want to thank the reader who passed along a new fundraising letter from Scientology. We’re always interested in church leader David Miscavige’s latest schemes and strategies for funding his various initiatives, and this one contained a surprise. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology teases new fundraising strategy to speed up building projects
[Joe and his secret employer]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It recently came to our attention that we missed the news of the passing of an interesting figure from Scientology history. He was a religious lobbyist whose connections to the Vatican were being secretly employed by Scientology’s spy wing when he was outed by its defectors. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading The Scientology spy with access to the Vatican: A late farewell
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Since he used subterfuge to purchase Clearwater’s Fort Harrison Hotel in 1975, it has stood as a monument to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, who was a classic reactionary and apartheid supporter. But sure, the NAACP wants to party down in Ron town? Sure, why not? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading NAACP to hold fundraising blowout at Scientology’s most holy site
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