BANNED IN EAST GRINSTEAD: How we got blacklisted for asking about Scientology

[Mayor Visser enjoying himself on Scientology’s stage]

We have something pretty special for you today, and we need to do a little work to explain what it’s all about.

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Sure sign of Scientology’s decline? The new ‘OT Phenomena’ are not very… phenomenal

[Scientology superheroes keep shrinking]

Are Scientology OTs losing their powers? Or have they just given up sharing their amazing feats of supernatural ability with the editors of Scientology’s Advance! magazine?

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Scientology denies that new law prevents Jane Doe being forced into arbitration

[President Biden signs EFAA, with Gretchen Carlson in attendance]

We’ve seen several lawsuits filed by former Scientologists get forced out of court and into Scientology’s own internal “religious arbitration” in recent years, and next week there’s yet another that is facing a showdown over this, in the lawsuit filed by Jane Doe 1, who alleges she was forced as a minor into a marriage by Scientology in order to cover up underage sexual assault.

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Mark Bunker doesn’t get a second term, but he won’t stop exposing Scientology

In 2020, Mark Bunker was in a five-way race for a seat on Clearwater, Florida’s city council, and he received a plurality of 6,170 votes and a stunning victory.

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Val Ross: What it was like to infiltrate the FBI for Scientology

This is important to know: A lot of what I’m telling here is because I did something most people in my position didn’t do — I never stopped writing letters home.

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Danny Masterson victims calmly answer Scientology’s latest whine in lawsuit

On Wednesday, a hearing is scheduled in the Bixler v. Scientology lawsuit, the one filed by Danny Masterson’s victims against the imprisoned Scientology celebrity and against the church itself.

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Make room, Long Islanders: Scientology’s Gatsbys are moving in!

We want to thank all the readers who forwarded us the news out of Long Island this week after a business publication there broke the story that Scientology had plunked down $15.2 million for a 62,500-square-foot office building in Melville.

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PODCAST: Phil Jones on the billboard, Scientology, and the Aftermath Foundation

What a week Phil Jones has had, with his stealth operation in Los Angeles to put up a billboard on behalf of the Aftermath Foundation, and then the controversy that then ensued.

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Aftermath Foundation billboard pulled down, and ClearChannel isn’t saying why

[Phil Jones and his newest billboard on Monday morning.]

When we spoke to Phil Jones last night, he had just arrived back home in Canada after his flight from Los Angeles, and he sounded tired and a bit bewildered by what he’d been through over the last few days.

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News report says Leah Remini’s Scientology suit ‘gutted’ — but the ruling says otherwise

[No surprises in Judge Hammock’s ruling on Leah’s suit. So why pretend there was?]

On January 16, after Judge Randolph Hammock issued a tentative ruling in Leah Remini’s lawsuit against the Church of Scientology, the Courthouse News Service reported that the judge intended to grant parts of Scientology’s anti-SLAPP motions and “trim” Leah’s complaint, but her lawsuit was still “likely to survive.”

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