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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: No matter how challenging things have been for Scientology, it never gives up. You can always count on its sneaky front groups, for instance, to insinuate themselves no matter how many times they’ve been exposed as tentacles of the church. Let’s look at a few recent examples. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s sneaky front groups keep doing their thing — and some are succeeding

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 one of our favorite anecdotes about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard from Russell Miller’s wonderful biography, ‘Bare-Faced Messiah,’ and now we have a fun bonus to go along with it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology’s founder in King Arthur’s Court: When Ron ran for the hills!
 [The Naddoddur]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We hope our American readers are enjoying their long holiday weekend and will not mind too much if we bring your attention to another part of the Scientology world today, where the church has run into some serious headwinds. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology encounters rough waters in northern seas

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In late 2021 we started to hear about a stunning fraud in Scientology, a method for obtaining multiple credit cards for Scientologists who had little or no credit. It even had a name: The Chase Wave. Now, we have new details about how this mass swindle took place. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading New details have emerged of mass Scientology fraud, the ‘Chase Wave’
 [Remember the TLC series ‘It’s All Relative’?]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: After Leah Remini posted last night that she and Angelo Pagan were amicably divorcing, there were stories on every entertainment outlet possible. And what a Leah Remini move: A touching message that is a perfect example of why we have respected and admired this woman for so long. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Leah Remini announces divorce in the most Leah Remini way possible

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 finally restarted its ‘Celebrity’ magazine, which was a victim of the pandemic. But we found an even more startling confession in another of its publications. ALSO: Bunker subscribers get first access to a new pop song about a certain Deadbeat celebrity! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology restarts ‘Celebrity,’ but spills underage confession in ‘Source’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The name may not be familiar, but he was a member of the inner circle around David Miscavige and had high levels of responsibility in both the Guardian’s Office and the Office of Special Affairs, Scientology’s secret power networks. And now, for first time, he’s speaking out. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading He was in on some of Scientology’s biggest intel operations: And now he’s talking

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Val Ross has another memory from her remarkable experience in Scientology, much of which is quite dark. But this time, she says, she wanted to give us a chuckle. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading The Hubbard tapes: When Scientology was all about reeling you in

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last week Scientology threw a 3-day beach party in Clearwater, Florida. The timing suggested it might be some kind of ‘Sea Org Day’ celebration. Now, a reader in LA has sent photos showing similar tents and inflatables appeared there yesterday. What gives, Dave? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology party tents move from Clearwater to Los Angeles
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