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Another Scientology success story: Real Water liver failure lawsuits proliferate

 
Things keep getting worse for Real Water president and former Nevada legislator Brent Jones as the lawsuits pile up accusing Real Water of poisoning customers, particularly children, and causing them to have liver failure.

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Jokes aside, there is quite a bit of crossover between QAnon and Scientology

 
Before last night’s two new episodes of HBO’s series on the QAnon phenomenon, Q: Into the Storm, some of the QAnon-debunking journalists who are featured in the series told their readers to prepare for the new episodes by checking out the trailer for a 12-minute film about illustrator David Dees that premiered recently at the Miami Film Festival.

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Scientology social media: The gang’s all here, let’s clear the planet!

 
We want to once again thank our source who lets us in on what Scientologists are telling each other on their social media feeds.

We’ll start with the photo you see above. The Scientologist who posted it explained how fun it was to bring mom and dad down to ASHO, the American Saint Hill Organization building, which is part of the Big Blue headquarters compound in Los Angeles, known as PAC Base for Pacific Area Command.

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Why the upcoming ‘prelim’ is a nightmare for Danny Masterson — and for Scientology

[Masterson at his Sept 18 court appearance]

Now that we’ve had a couple of days to think about the hearing we listened in on Wednesday, and we’ve had a chance to talk it over with our legal experts, we wanted to discuss the situation that Danny Masterson now faces, and, just as importantly, what the live testimony at a preliminary hearing will mean for the Church of Scientology.

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ABC gives platform to Scientologist named one of 12 biggest sources of vaccine disinfo

 
We’ve been telling you for years that Rizza Islam is a menace. And now it’s official.

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Another records request from Scientology shows how Mark Bunker drives them nuts

[Mark Bunker is amused, Glen]

We know you find these Glen Stilo records requests with the city of Clearwater as entertaining as we do, so we thought we’d share the latest one.

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Danny Masterson holds on to his passport as judge decides he’s no flight risk

[Masterson and Mesereau at a Sept 18 appearance]

[UPDATE: Judge Charlaine Olmedo denied the DA’s request to have Danny Masterson turn in his passport, saying that his $3.3 million bond is enough to ensure the he’ll show up in court. Next hearing set for April 20.]

Danny Masterson’s social media posts suggest that he’s back from Oregon and in Southern California now, which had us wondering if he would attend today’s hearing in his rape case at Los Angeles Superior Court.

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Man arrested for damaging Scientology cameras with laser while on ‘Cult City’ tour

[Scientology’s Flag Building and Bob Harris]

The Clearwater Police department arrested a local man yesterday for damaging several of Scientology’s surveillance cams with a laser while he was on a “Cult City Tours” walking tour on February 26.

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Danny Masterson accusers take Scientology ‘arbitration’ to California Supreme Court

 
We know that petitioning for a writ of mandate with an appeals court is a longshot. But we thought Chrissie Carnell-Bixler and the others suing Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology had a pretty decent shot.

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Scientology on the ground: Despite church PR, things look very grim as the pandemic lingers

 
Someone mentioned that they’d seen a sign at the Scientology Cambridge Ideal Org that said they were closed. We thought we’d take a look. And since we were in the neighborhood there were a few other Orgs we wanted to see.

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