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Hillary Clinton has considered David Miscavige’s appeals lawyer for the US Supreme Court

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Over the last couple of weeks, several news organizations have written about a John Podesta email published by Wikileaks which suggests that even before US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on February 13, the Hillary Clinton campaign had considered a replacement for him, an African-American attorney named Wallace Jefferson who is a Texas Republican and had been chief justice of the state’s supreme court.

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Leah Remini reveals that she’s been stalked during production of her new TV series

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Leah Remini’s A&E television series about the Church of Scientology premieres on November 29, but it’s been filming for months. And in that time, Leah and her production crew have been subject to the usual reaction from the church itself including threatening letters, surveillance, and in Denver an encounter that was especially memorable.

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Scientology will go after your kids with its quack ideas on drugs — even at a Christian school

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Rod Keller keeps an eye on social media for us, and this week he dives into another Scentology infiltration that was hiding in plain sight.

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Amassing the real history of Scientology has been a long and dramatic relay race

jon_atack4Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the book for sale, and for more than three years he’s been helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and rehashed in books, articles, and especially on the Internet.

I’m stirred by the Great Wollersheim Debate to make a few historical remarks. Lawrence rightly says that his case was a collaboration between many people; my contribution was but one of many.

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Talking with Tiponi Grey, who quit her Scientology job and announced it on YouTube

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It was a video that lasted only 14 seconds. Long enough for a woman named Tiponi Grey to make a short statement behind a pair of large sunglasses…

“Hello, world. I am Tiponi Grey Magi. And I am no longer employed with the Church of Scientology. Thank you and have a wonderful Wednesday.”

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Surprised Tom Cruise called Scientology a ‘beautiful religion’? You shouldn’t be.

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A week ago, Tom Cruise was in London for the opening of his newest film, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, when the rarest of occurrences happened on the red carpet: A reporter asked Cruise a real question.

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Sister of L.A. Scientologist arrested for Muslim threats was Don Trump Jr’s executive assistant

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[Katherine Feigin and Trump Winery manager Kerry Hannon Woolard working at Trump Tower]

“I’m not a Scientologist. I don’t have a gun. I’m a Democrat. I’m not part of this craziness at all,” Katherine Feigin told us tonight after we discovered that she had worked for Donald Trump Jr as his executive and personal assistant from 2014 to 2015.

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Trump supporter arrested for threatening to kill Muslims at L.A. Islamic center is a Scientologist

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The Los Angeles Police Department revealed yesterday that it had arrested a 40-year-old man named Mark Lucian Feigin on October 19 for making two calls to the Islamic Center of Southern California and threatening to kill people there. A search at Feigin’s home turned up a large arsenal of rifles and ammunition, and police also released tweets and Facebook posts by Feigin that contained disturbing threats against Muslims.

But Feigin has another secret that the police and the media hasn’t talked about yet: He’s been a Scientologist since 2004.

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Until the spaceships arrive, Scientologists measure cosmic success in framed glory

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Jeffrey Augustine joins us again to take a fresh look at one of Scientology’s most characteristic schemes. Take it away, Jeff…

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Kathy Slevin, sister who attacked Paul Haggis on behalf of Scientology, dies at 60

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Last year, when Alex Gibney’s documentary Going Clear opened at theaters and then aired on HBO, Scientology leader David Miscavige struck back in a very characteristic way — with websites and videos denouncing Gibney and the people who appeared in the film.

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