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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: Scientology’s attorneys filed two lengthy briefs in Leah Remini’s lawsuit this week, and today we have the longer of the two in its entirety. Once again the church is arguing that it says such terrible things about Leah online because, well, she started it first. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology attacks Leah Remini’s ‘Fair Game’ lawsuit in new appeal briefs
 [Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips during his first trial, defense attorney Philip Cohen behind them.]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You probably saw the news in all the major media that Bijou Phillips asked a court to have her daughter’s last name changed to her own, dropping her ex Danny Masterson’s surname. The tabs, however, seem confused about where Danny is at the moment. ALSO: Our legal roundup [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Bijou Phillips files to have daughter’s last name changed from ex Danny Masterson’s

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Former staffer Alex Barnes-Ross has some stunning new photos from Scientology’s UK headquarters in West Sussex, where the annual IAS gala will be held beginning this Friday. the church has covered an entire field with temporary paving in defiance of environmental concerns. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Newts be damned! Scientology covers field with paving despite ecological warning

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In May, Scientology celebrated the 75th anniversary of the book that started it all, L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘Dianetics.’ Actor Jason Dohring is promoting the book’s relaunch with a personal appearance at a Barnes & Noble tonight in Fullerton, California. ALSO: More very young recruits [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading TONIGHT: Jason Dohring and Scientology’s bible at … Fullerton Barnes & Noble?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One consequence of Scientology waiting to reveal the date of this year’s IAS gala (Oct 31) is that the church is now hurrying to get members amped up enough to make the trip to Saint Hill Manor, in England. And especially since this is the one event Tom Cruise usually attends! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading More Scientology hype videos for the event Tom Cruise usually crashes
 [Tom Cruise with Nicole Kidman, left, and Mimi Rogers]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Leigh Silverton is a clinical psychologist and Underground Bunker reader who took special interest in Saturday’s bonus story about how Scientology broke up the first two marriages of Tom Cruise. We’re anxious to see how our audience react to her insights. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading The Church of Letting Go: How Scientology sells the silence of self-erasure

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 opened another new ‘Ideal Mission,’ this time in Sacramento, and less than a month after a similar celebration just down the freeway in San Jose. Scientology will hope this gives the impression that it’s on something of a roll. But let’s take a closer look. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Another ‘Ideal Mission’ in California: Is Scientology on a roll?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: When Scientology reveals at the last minute the date of its big annual event Tom Cruise actually goes to, it has to scramble to get people to drop everything and attend! Helping out is none other than megadonor Tom Cummins. You tell us: Does he knock it out of the park or what? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology mega-donor explains why you must attend the big thetan meetup of 2025
 [Joe Cecala and Dwain Kyles of Dream Exchange]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Former Dream Exchange employee Jeff Ferrell went public this last week with more problems at the startup featured in a Wall Street Journal investigation. We talked to him about the problems he saw at the company, and what he encountered that had to do with Scientology. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Former Dream Exchanger on Scientology at the startup, and other problems
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