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We’re always interested when Scientologists run for public office, which isn’t very often. In 2020, we wrote about a former Sea Org member running for city council in the Oregon town of McMinnville (she lost). There was a married couple who each ran for office in Nevada (one of them, Brent Jones, did serve as a state legislator but failed in his bid to move up to lieutenant governor). And also in Nevada, we’ve had some questions about a perennial candidate there. Continue reading Indie Scientologist running for Seattle city council on lingering anti-mask outrage
We had heard from some of you about our video interviews not going out on the usual podcast feed, so we think we have figured it out this week. Continue reading PODCAST: ‘Chicago Fire’ star Christian Stolte on his Scientology experience
On March 19, 2015 at 9:44 in the morning, actor and dancer Damian Perkins received a text message on his phone from someone he had known only peripherally at the Church of Scientology’s Hollywood Celebrity Centre. Continue reading THE WITNESS: Damian Perkins opens up about how the case against Danny Masterson began
On a recent post of Scientology’s success stories from Advance! magazine, Pete Griffiths spotted a name he recognized… Continue reading Pete Griffiths on the unbearable rightness of being Scientologists
Look, you doubters can tell us that Scientology is shrinking, it’s having a tougher time in the courts, it’s getting the worst press in years, and church leader David Miscavige is hiding under a bed somewhere. But the truth is, the fundraising going on for new ‘Ideal Orgs’ is just hitting its stride! Continue reading Scientology fundraising is reaching epic levels of awesomeness, you doubters
Sunday, we received a message from a person in Clearwater we had heard from a few times before. Continue reading A cry for help: Disturbing handwritten letter found outside Scientology ‘mecca’
At his New Year’s event, Scientology leader David Miscavige claimed that his “Ideal Org” program was coming back online after the pandemic, and that four new gleaming cathedrals would open just in the first quarter of 2023. Continue reading What’s up, Dave? Scientology still looks no closer to opening Austin and Chicago
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It turns out that Scientology is serving up different ‘success stories’ on its digital magazines depending on what part of the world you’re logging in from. We’d love to get your thoughts about which continent is serving up the most effective slogans of success! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?] Continue reading Scientology success stories are the bomb: But which continent is most on fire right now?
Just before we left Los Angeles after nearly two months there covering the Danny Masterson retrial, we thought we’d check in with Mark Bunker to see what’s been going on over on the other end of the country. Continue reading Mark Bunker: Scientology is up to its old tricks in Clearwater
Here we go again, campers! Our thanks to the reader who sent in the new ‘Advance!’ magazine with its beloved feature, ‘OT Phenomena.’ We can’t get enough of it and we know you can’t either. Continue reading OT Phenomena: Ghost stories that entice Scientology members to pay millions
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