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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: Apostate Alex broke the news as we were recording the Group Therapy podcast last night: New photos show Scientology has begun putting up its big tent for the annual IAS gala despite not applying for a permit the local council said it must have. Oh, the drama! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading BUSTED: Image suggests Scientology has begun work on IAS tent without permit
[Cruise gets his Freedom Medal of Valor, 2004]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Tom Cruise being on stage with President Trump at the Kennedy Center where Scientology’s biggest donor Trish Duggan is a board member might have been another win for church leader David Miscavige. So why doesn’t Tom want to play? We want to hear your theories. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Why doesn’t Scientology icon Tom Cruise want to be a Kennedy Center Honoree?
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Late last year Danny Masterson’s attempt to reverse the conviction that has him serving 30-years-to-life blasted the court for allowing so much testimony about Scientology. We’ve been looking forward to a response from the state, and now we have it, all 41,916 words of it. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading The state’s entire 42,000-word response to Danny Masterson’s criminal appeal
[Brigitte Kruse and Priscilla Presley]
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In February, Brigitte Kruse told us she had some bombshells coming about Priscilla Presley after the two had become locked in litigation. This week, she followed through on that with a nuclear blast. We have the actual language from her new lawsuit for you to consider. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading New $50 million blast at Priscilla Presley: The lawsuit’s full summary of the case
[Alex Barnes-Ross and the new Dianetics]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: At the 75th anniversary ‘Dianetics’ event In May, Scientology leader David Miscavige announced that a new edition of L. Ron Hubbard’s controversial bestseller would be released. We’ve been waiting eagerly to get a look at it, and wow, it has some interesting changes. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading We have the new 75th anniversary ‘Dianetics’ — and it contains surprises!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Pamela Nickel Williams previously shared with us writing from a planned book about how her parents raised her in the strange world of early Scientology. Now, her book is coming out Aug 31, and she’s shared another excerpt. ALSO: An odd glimpse of Sea Org recruiting at Flag. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading A new book about Scientology is coming, and we have the introduction
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology is about finding out where you were billions of years ago with the help of an auditor and an E-meter. But its orgs do include chapels, and they hold Sunday ‘services.’ And how desperate are they to get people to come? There’s a surprising new answer! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading NEW: Come to Scientology ‘church service’ and win fabulous ‘prizes’!
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: While most view illness as something that happens to everyone sooner or later, Scientologists live in an environment where catching a cold or getting the flu can carry stigma, blame, and often financial consequences. Once again, we have Phil Jones on another Scientology fear! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology sees illness as a weakness, offers space-age faith healing
[Danny and Dave just got a shellacking]TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In April we brought you Scientology’s appeal brief in the civil lawsuit filed by Danny Masterson’s victims. Now we have the calm and very readable reply by those victims’ attorneys. And wow, it sure looks to us like a shellacking. We have the entire thing for you to dig into. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Full brief: Jane Does answer Scientology’s appeal in Masterson civil case
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