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Losing Mike Rinder: How Scientology is using it in appeal of Leah Remini’s suit

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: In two separate appeal briefs, Scientology is going after Leah Remini’s lawsuit in part by focusing on how she has lost one of her star witnesses, Mike Rinder. Once again, we’ve turned to an appellate attorney for his thoughts on this strategy. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Piling on: Scientology’s RTC adds to appeal in Leah Remini lawsuit

[Leah Remini and RTC lawyer Matthew Hinks]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We showed you the full appeal brief submitted by Scientology in Leah Remini’s lawsuit. But RTC, the entity run by David Miscavige, submitted its own brief as well, and we have that for you today. RTC is still angry that Mike Rinder and Claire Headley blew the whistle on Dave. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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How to ‘declare’ and shame an enemy of the church: The Scientology checklist!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We have often discussed Scientology’s practice of ‘declaring’ someone a ‘suppressive person,’ the church’s way of labeling an enemy. But how, exactly, are declares put together? What a lot of work they turn out to be, according to this previously unpublished checklist! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Grant Cardone’s chief exec on why this is Scientology’s moment

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Sheri Hamilton has been the COO of Grant Cardone’s ’10X’ enterprise since 2011, and like him is a dedicated Scientology donor. We thought the timing was interesting for her to make this passionate pitch about forking over your money for the church’s building projects. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology wants to know, can you spare a dime for Ron’s new museum?

[Will Ron ever get his new home?]

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Scientology has been raising money seemingly forever for ‘L. Ron Hubbard Hall,’ a huge venue in Clearwater, Florida that we assume will someday become the location for maybe all of the organization’s big events. But a new fundraising pitch also suggests it might be even more. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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An appellate attorney looks at Scientology’s slam on Leah Remini’s lawsuit

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Yesterday we posted the appeal brief that Scientology submitted in Leah Remini’s lawsuit. We found the document repulsive. But could it be effective as a legal instrument? For some help on that, we turned once again to an appellate attorney who is familiar with this litigation. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Who’s the mystery Mexican donor of $4 million to Scientology?

 
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What Trump and Elon are actually going to find locked up in Fort Knox

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: President Trump created a stir about checking on the gold at Fort Knox. For us it was a fun echo with a movie based on an L. Ron Hubbard novel, at a time when we’ve been detailing numerous connections between the White House and Hubbard’s other famous creation: Scientology [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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When the government comes down hard on Scientology grifters

[Peyroux, left, and Detelich]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: With all of the alarming news here at the Bunker recently about wealthy Scientology donors getting chummy with the new White House administration, we thought we’d provide a counterexample, a harsh government crackdown on Scientologists pushing bogus “stem cell” cures. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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This isn’t like Scientology, to be late on a chance to smear Leah Remini, right?

[Scientology leader David Miscavige and Leah Remini]

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: It’s been awfully quiet in Leah Remini’s lawsuit against Scientology, which she filed in 2023. And then we noticed something unusual, that church leader David Miscavige is late on an opportunity to smear Leah in appeals court. What gives, Dave? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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