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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 new Scientology books aimed at grooming kids as young as 7 for a life of L. Ron Hubbard thinking have actually started to arrive now, and we know this because of a photo that features a notorious figure in aiming to get kids into the fold. ALSO: The HowdyCon agenda! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology grooming kids: Excitement as the new books actually begin to arrive

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of the surprises of the L. Ron Hubbard Birthday was Scientology leader David Miscavige announcing another shrine: The villa in Las Palmas where Ron dreamed up the Xenu story! That seemed a bit outré, so we turned to historian Jon Atack for his thoughts about it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology restores the villa where Ron dreamed up Xenu? Jon Atack has thoughts.

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 recently sent us images showing some of Scientology’s biggest donors hanging out with Cesar Millan, the Dog Whisperer. Ian wondered if they were trying to get in with the longtime TV star. Well, we told him, we have a story about that which we have never told! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s big donors wining and dining Cesar Millan? What’s up with that?

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 good friend US Attorney General Pam Bondi got the heave-ho yesterday, but the church has other ways to influence the White House and its supporters. Still, even we were a bit stunned to see this footage of Elena Cardone outright teaching Scientology to Erika Kirk! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Watch Elena Cardone teach Scientology to Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA
 [John Travolta and Tom Cruise applauded David Miscavige’s new initiative on March 14] 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 L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Event on March 14, Tom Cruise and John Travolta applauded Scientology leader David Miscavige, who unveiled a new initiative aimed at kids. We wanted to get the perspective of a couple of experts on this ‘Golden Age for the New Generation.’ [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Claire Headley and Chris Shelton on Scientology’s creepy new focus on kids

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thank you to Alex Barnes-Ross for spotting this call to action by Scientology. It’s an appeal for Scientologists to contribute to an effort that will attempt to convince a major chain to carry the new line of books for children revealed by leader David Miscavige on March 14. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology wants its new children’s books in major bookshop chain

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has already put Valerie Haney through a ludicrous 15 days of a kangaroo court it calls ‘religious arbitration.’ The church now says it wants even more days, and the new judge in the case, like those before him, accepted it as if there was nothing the court can do. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology wants even more days of arbitration from Valerie Haney, new judge says OK

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The photos are in! Scientology posted its slide show from this year’s L. Ron Hubbard birthday, and we’re always curious to see which celebrities made the scene. And what a bumper crop showed up for leader David Miscavige this time! it might be a record. See for yourself! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Tom Cruise and John Travolta showed up for Scientology’s leader in Florida

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The labor trafficking lawsuit filed by three Australian residents has been quiet after it was forced into Scientology’s ‘religious arbitration.’ But a new document reveals that the arbitration has begun and plaintiffs want relief from the court. We have that document for you. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Arbitration starts in Scientology labor-trafficking case, plaintiffs seek court relief

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: An inquiry about cults is going on in Australia, including testimony about Scientology. But Alex Barnes-Ross realized that the inquiry had not heard about Scientology’s sneaky way it uses an Australian address to get around taxes in the UK. He did something about it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Australian cults inquiry notified of Scientology’s sneaky use of UK-Aussie connection
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