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Drama on Clearwater City Council over letter regarding Scientology: The transcript

[Mayor Rector confronts Councilman Allbritton]

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: An interesting clash broke out at Thursday’s Clearwater City Council meeting when Mayor Rector confronted Councilman Allbritton about sending a letter to the Florida AG about a street Scientology wants. Was Allbritton doing the church’s bidding? We have the full transcript. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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TX Lawyer examines Danny Masterson’s two separate bids to overturn his conviction

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With this week’s court filings, Danny Masterson is now pursuing two separate strategies for trying to reverse his 2023 conviction. To help us make sense of these documents is our expert, an appellate attorney and longtime member of the Underground Bunker community, TX Lawyer. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Danny Masterson completes his appeal with ‘reply brief,’ and we have it all for you

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Danny Masterson completes his criminal appeal with his ‘appellant’s reply brief,’ which answers the arguments of the state AG, who wants him to stay right where he is. We have the entire thing for you, and yes, this is separate from the habeas petition he also filed this week. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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‘Babywatch,’ day one: Lisa McPherson raves out by Scientology’s holiest swimming pool

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thirty years ago today, Lisa McPherson’s tragic Scientology nightmare really kicked into gear with her first day on the ‘Introspection Rundown’ out by the pool at the Fort Harrison Hotel. ALSO: Another new superhuman Scientology success story! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Lisa McPherson’s last opportunity for standard care ended 30 years ago today

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Thirty years ago today, Lisa McPherson’s Scientology life reached a bizarre breaking point. In our continued look back at her final weeks in real time, we reach the moment when she had her last chance for real mental health care. ALSO: A new Sea Org recruiting video! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology tech experts review Lisa McPherson’s grim cycle of guilt and self-blame

[Claire Headley and Sunny Pereira]

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Today in our lookback at Lisa McPherson 30 years later, our tech experts help us understand the bizarre Scientology exercises in self-blame she was forced to go through that helped set up her tragedy. ALSO: Photo evidence of light attendance at the IAS! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Lisa McPherson in Orlando: What her hotel roommate witnessed, and the Slaughter rule

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As we continue to look at what was happening with Lisa McPherson 30 years ago in real time, our sources help us understand why the pull her boss had as a major Scientology donor played an important part in how Lisa was being pressured to succeed despite her obvious mental health issues. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Tom DeVocht: Watching David Miscavige watch Lisa McPherson and her faulty ‘needle’

[Tom DeVocht, in Going Clear]

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Continuing our look back at Lisa McPherson’s tragic story 30 years ago, today we have stunning testimony from Tom DeVocht, who witnessed Scientology leader David Miscavige personally intervening in Lisa’s ‘case’ just weeks before her death. ALSO: Alex goes to Parliament [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Finally, free from space cooties: The new Scientology OT 7s are here!

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 put out the new list of OT 7 completions, the level that consists of you finding the last of the disembodied spirits clinging to you that are left over from a 75-million-year old genocide! ALSO: The appeal in the Masterson civil suit has a date for oral arguments [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Why it was Scientology leader David Miscavige who declared Lisa McPherson ‘Clear’

[Miscavige, in 1998; photo by Robin Donina Serne]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As our lookback at Lisa McPherson’s death 30 years later continues, we examine one of the most important developments to come out about it: The direct link between Scientology leader David Miscavige and her ordeal. ALSO: Leila Mills settles lawsuit with Scientology defendants [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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