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Scientology still can’t believe you haven’t become cool enough to save the planet

 
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 noted that Scientologists in church propaganda tend to be in their dotage. But today’s mailer reminds us that Scientology’s own idea of itself is very different. This is the outfit, after all, that printed up T-shirts with the slogan ‘Coolest Religion on Earth.’ [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Aging, white, and rich? Scientology can help you 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: No matter how much Scientology dwindles, isn’t it precious that it still has geriatric space cadets who are young at heart, full of wallet, and who still think their Space Age obsession with sci-fi hack L. Ron Hubbard will create a new civilization on earth? Bless their hearts. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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David Minkoff objects to Scientology death lawsuit: You didn’t consult another quack!

[Whitney Mills, Dr. David Minkoff, and the Flag Building in Clearwater]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve really been looking forward to seeing how the notorious Dr. David Minkoff, alternative medicine doctor and major Scientology donor, would respond to the Whitney Mills wrongful death lawsuit, and wow, he does not disappoint. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Mike Rinder posts remarkable series of videos amid serious cancer treatment

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Mike Rinder has gone through more cancer treatments recently, and he appeared quite changed in a series of seven short videos he posted last night. Despite his condition, he said he had some things he wanted to clear up that have been going on over the last couple of years. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Danny Masterson’s attorney is helping Priscilla Presley play hardball in court

[Priscilla Presley and Marty Singer]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While we wait for Priscilla Presley to respond to the bombshell allegation in an Orlando lawsuit by a former business partner that she has a previously unidentified grandkid with Elvis Presley living today in Florida, she’s hitting back in a separate elder abuse lawsuit in LA. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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For Veterans Day: Why does Scientology lie about L. Ron Hubbard’s supposed war wounds?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Why does Scientology claim that founder L. Ron Hubbard was seriously wounded during WW2 when that was debunked decades ago? As historian Chris Owen explains, it isn’t just another of Hubbard’s many tall stories. It’s a claim that is foundational to Scientology itself. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Xenu is here with your 2024 Scientology holiday catalog!

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 our readers is an ex-Scientologist who receives church mail even though they are a ‘declared’ enemy. And thank goodness, because our tipster received this gem this week: Is that Xenu, dressed up as an alien Santa Claus, on this year’s Scientology holiday gift catalog? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology lessening the Disconnection madness? Our readers are skeptical

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday’s dispatch from one of our correspondents, suggesting that Scientology leader David Miscavige might be softening the church’s notorious ‘Disconnection’ policy, turned out to be pretty controversial with our ex-Scientologist readers, and they let us know it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Is Scientology having second thoughts about destroying families?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s only a single data point, but a report from one of our inside correspondents suggest something may be changing in Scientology regarding one of its most toxic practices. Reason for hope? Or a mirage? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Leaked: A Scientology plan to ‘clear’ Hollywood

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One trait of Scientology members is their confidence that L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘tech’ really can take over the world if they can get it to enough people. In an entertaining example of that, an appeal was sent out to Scientology’s Hollywood types this week by a sneaky producer. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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