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First it was Joy Villa, a celebrity-wannabe who had been trying for years to use her involvement in Scientology to get somewhere in Hollywood. Then she put on a “Make America Great Again” dress at the Grammy Awards in February and instantly became a hit with Donald Trump supporters. The climber has used that overnight fame to get in with Fox News and the Trump campaign, despite the fact that during the election she actually supported Bernie Sanders. Continue reading Another Scientologist becomes instant star with Trump supporters, this time in Puerto Rico

Rod Keller keeps an eye on how Scientology’s “Volunteer Ministers” capers are turning out during this remarkably bad spate of natural disasters… Continue reading Scientology celebrates its disaster response in Florida, but struggles in Puerto Rico and Mexico

Wow, what a treat we have for you today. Thanks to a tipster who wants to remain nameless, we have something super rare in the world of Scientology — home video from an event, and not just any event, but the first L. Ron Hubbard birthday celebrated on the MV Freewinds, the church’s private cruise ship. Continue reading Never before seen: Video from the first ‘LRH Birthday’ aboard the Scientology ‘Freewinds’

We’re super excited and proud to feature a new writer for us here at the Bunker today. It’s Chris Owen, already well known in the Scientology Watching community for his important work, Ron, The “War Hero.” He has a very timely piece for us today about L. Ron Hubbard and of all things, hurricanes. Continue reading Turning hurricane chaos into gold? Scientology might learn something from L. Ron Hubbard
 [Tropical Scientology fun on a ship in the desert]With Leah Remini’s A&E series Scientology and the Aftermath well into its second season, we expected the Church of Scientology to increase its attacks on the show. But what we didn’t expect was a sudden charm offensive. Continue reading ‘Aftermath’ fan gets into party at Scientology’s ‘Int Base,’ brings Karen Pressley’s book along

In January, we tried to reach Bernie Feshbach by telephone, but he emailed us to say that he had checked in at a VA hospital. Continue reading Bernie Feshbach, 1923-2017: A man who fought against Scientology in his own way

Leah Remini’s A&E show Scientology and the Aftermath is taking a well-deserved post-Emmys two-week breather after pushing hard to get the first six episodes on the air. It will resume with the next new episode on October 10. Continue reading To help you through withdrawals tonight, take our poll on Leah Remini’s Season Two so far
 [Paul Haggis and Marty Rathbun]We heard from a lot of readers who were impressed by the candor and class exhibited by Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis in a piece he wrote for us that we published on Saturday. Continue reading Paul Haggis: Rathbun does what I feared, and outs ex-Scientologist we vowed to keep secret

Rod Keller brings us up to date on Scientology’s response to various natural disasters around the world this past month… Continue reading Scientology got plenty of photo ops out of hurricanes in Texas and Florida. But did it help?
 [Paul Haggis and Leah Remini]Yesterday, we received this remarkable piece of writing from Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis. His appearance on this week’s Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath resulted in, predictably, a full-throated attack from the Church of Scientology. But something in that attempt to smear him stunned Haggis. We’ll let him explain… Continue reading Director Paul Haggis pens an open letter to Marty Rathbun after Scientology’s latest smear
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