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Scientology gets the jump on the holidays (that it believes are an alien plot)

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Every year, Scientology embraces the trappings of Christmas as a marketing tool, and this year you can sail with Santa on the high seas! But before you walk that plank, you might want to see what founder L. Ron Hubbard said in this 1968 lecture about this planet’s scary past! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Elvis Presley and Priscilla have previously unknown grandchild in Florida, lawsuit claims

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Um, kaboom. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Former Scientology donor sentenced to 5.5 years on accusations by Trish Duggan

[Ivan Gaspari, when he was being celebrated as a donor by David Miscavige]

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 the strangest criminal prosecutions we’ve ever seen, involving accusations between two of Scientology’s most wealthy donors, concluded yesterday when a trial in Lugano, Switzerland resulted in a ‘Diamond Meritorious’ donor being sentenced to 5.5 years in prison. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology breakthrough: Finally, after 74 years, a solution for clamminess

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Even more good news is coming out of Scientology’s UK headquarters ahead of next week’s big event there. Finally, decades after the publication of founder L. Ron Hubbard’s books ‘Dianetics’ and ‘A History of Man,’ a solution has been found for clamminess. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology fruit loop Vivian Kubrick says her dad Stanley would have supported Trump

[R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket, and Stanley and Vivian Kubrick on the set]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Controversy has erupted over former President Trump’s use of Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 anti-war film ‘Full Metal Jacket,’ which Stanley’s daughter Vivian says her dad would have approved of. But the press covering it seems to have forgotten that Vivian is a nutty Scientology loon. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Swiss trial pitting two Scientology mega-donors against each other opens today

[Ivan Gaspari, left, faces a criminal trial based on allegations by Trish Duggan, right]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology ‘Diamond Meritorious’ ($5 million) donor Ivan Gaspari is on trial today in Lugano, Switzerland, accused of stealing $7 million from billionaire Scientologist Trish Duggan. But Gaspari insists the money was part of a scheme to donate even more to the church. Bizarre! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Did Rebecca Minkoff really say that Scientology has no secrets?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Rebecca Minkoff gave a pretty classic celebrity Scientology performance this week, telling the ‘Real Housewives of New York City’ that she wasn’t ‘uncomfortable’ talking about the church, but then offering blatant lies about it with responses designed to shut down discussion. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Parents learn the hard way how bad Scientology is for their kids

[Bruce Hines and his then four-year-old boy in Los Angeles]

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EMAILS: Scientology’s sneaky (and failed) attempt at road closures to squelch protest

[Saint Hill’s Janet Laveau tried for road closures to keep out protesters — but Alex was on the case!]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: With another IAS gala on the way at Scientology’s UK headquarters, Alex Barnes-Ross wanted to know what the church and local officials were getting up to. The result is a release of emails that once again shows Scientology’s sneaky ways. ALSO: Hype videos for the gala! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology’s new list of donors providing a mountain of money in 2024!

 
TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology has a new issue of Impact magazine out, and it’s time for some whale watching! Just a couple of weeks before this year’s IAS bash a new list of donors has been released, and we always like to see who’s adding to church leader David Miscavige’s mountainous slush fund. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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