Scientology’s outlook is grim, but the church never gives up with its real obsession

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Scientology to clear planet with killer new marketing campaign: ‘Are you lonesome?’

[Disseminating in Moorpark]

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Trish Duggan, Scientology’s richest, is keeping another donor in jail in… Switzerland?

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Why does Scientology get to hold up the Danny Masterson lawsuit in its entirety?

[Judge Upinder Kalra and Danny Masterson]

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On trial: Scientology PI accused of assaulting woman he was hired to follow

[David Smith and Susanne Gold-Smith, and Yanti Greene]

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Scientology suicide: How Quentin Hubbard’s death was covered in the press

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Scientology’s Sea Org, in NEW YORK CITY? Take the survey to see if you qualify!

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Cash call! The wealthy donors keeping Scientology above water in 2024

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Scientology’s UK headquarters is up for sale! (Well, sort of.)

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: One of Scientology’s oddest scams is the way it avoids taxes in England with an address at a leased storefront in Australia, of all places. But now that dump is for sale, so Alex Barnes-Ross explains why this is a very odd situation! ALSO: Puerto Rico says it goes Ideal next! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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John Travolta’s special friend is really getting a taste of the good life

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