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Scientology is crowing about a Senate resolution it’s helping to goose along

[Senators Chris Coons and James Lankford]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We’ve cited examples of wealthy Scientologists with close ties to the 2nd Trump administration, but #Scientology itself has been pretty quiet about it. Now, however, the church is crowing about something in DC that pulls together characters we’ve been watching for years. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard is turning 114, and here’s the date of his party!

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Scientology is throwing its annual party for founder L. Ron Hubbard, who is turning 114 this year. Ron can’t come because he’s running around a distant planet somewhere, but we thought you’d want to see this year’s invite and go over some recent LRH Birthday history! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Finally, proof that Scientology can make you Super (for the right price)!

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: It’s been a while since we’ve seen something from Scientology about the futuristic ‘Perceptics’ installations at its Super Power Building. Some folks really do turn over big bucks to go through these rundowns, as these testimonials show. And we knew you’d want to see them! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology’s new hype video will get you stoked to go OT!

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We love Scientology hype videos, so it’s kind of a thrill to get a copy of this new promotion, which tries to convince Scientologists to come to LA and to go OT. Los Angeles! Hollywood! Movie Stars! And Scientology! How could anyone resist? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology in the time of Trumpism: Tom Cruise getting rehabbed by the right?

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We’ve been telling you lately about the surprising connections between the second Trump administration and high-level Scientology donors. But as an old Tom Cruise interview goes viral, could the church’s longtime goals against psychiatry and ‘psych meds’ also get a boost? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Cecilia Kruchko-Smith, 1952-2025, former Scientology employee, beloved Bunkerite

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Cece was a former Scientology employee who spent more than 20 years at AOLA until she was kicked out in a bizarre incident, but we knew her as a free spirit who spent her later years on the road, and reporting back to us from desert campgrounds and other beautiful places. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Where is Scientology’s next ‘Ideal Org’? Some news from down south.

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Dianetics turns 75 this year, and Scientology leader David Miscavige turns 65 in April. But the number the church tends to tout is how many ‘Ideal Orgs’ it has opened since 2003. And in a year with such big anniversaries, it seems like the Ideal Org program is stalled again. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology’s floating cathedral is back in a big way, pilgrims!

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: The pandemic was hard on Scientology’s aging cruise ship the Freewinds. And we wondered about the seaworthiness of this expensive floating cathedral. Well, a new flier suggests the old barge is gamely sailing into the future, and that it has pretty much returned to its old ways! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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With Valerie Haney’s Scientology ‘arbitration’ unfinished, is her lawsuit on the brink?

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: A hearing is scheduled today in Valerie Haney’s lawsuit against Scientology, the one she filed nearly six years ago. In that period, she’s endured shockingly abusive behavior by the courts and by her former church. But is her legal odyssey all coming to an end today? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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After RHONY, Rebecca Minkoff back to promoting Scientology’s sneaky front groups

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Rebecca Minkoff walked away from Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives of New York’ after a less-than-stellar run as a ‘friend’ of the cast in the show’s 15th season, but it looks like she’s bouncing back by returning to what she knows so well… Promoting Scientology’s sneaky front groups! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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