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Val Ross: From Scientology spy to extreme drug withdrawal guinea pig

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Valerie Ross continues her deeply personal series about her Scientology past, from spying on the FBI to, this time, serving as a test subject for L. Ron Hubbard’s quack ideas about drug detoxification. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Writers of the Future: Scientology sci-fi front puts on interminable awards show once again

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For years, we’ve reported on the Writers of the Future contest and how it’s a front for Scientology that has direct ties with some of the church’s abuses. But hey, they had an awards show this week, and we all want to know, which Scientology celebrities bothered to show up? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Valerie Haney describes 2 more days of Scientology ‘arbitration’ torment

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Valerie Haney updates us on how her L. Ron Hubbard-inspired court martial is going, which Scientology is calling an ‘arbitration.’ We have details from two more days of accusations and recriminations that she has had to endure, thanks to an LA Superior Court ruling. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Trophy life: A rare look inside the family of a wealthy Scientology ‘whale’

[Liz and Dave, up to Platinum Meritorious With Honors, $3.75 million]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: For years we’ve watched Scientology’s richest members accept large trophies for the millions they give the IAS, and often we wonder, who are these people? Where did their money come from? And how does it affect their families that they fork over so much cash to David Miscavige? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Why doesn’t Scientology want you to see its wealthy donors, including Grant Cardone?

[Grant Cardone and the case of the missing donor trophies]

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 squawking again, demanding we take down images from its magazines with news value, including some that reveal the identities of its wealthy donors. But why don’t they want you to see leader David Miscavige on stage with Grant Cardone? Give us your guesses! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s ill-fated 1932 pirate cruise, in news clippings

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We had so much fun recreating Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s nightmare year of 1951 in newspaper clippings, we’re doing the same for another of his ignominious adventures which occurred even earlier! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Val Ross: Midnight terror in the career of a Scientology spy

[Natalie Cole was a top target for Val’s Scientology recruitment efforts]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Val Ross continues her incredible series about serving as a Scientology spy in the 1970s, even infiltrating the FBI before and after the infamous 1977 raid. Now, after that moment, she’s getting used to a new role for the church, hunting for celebrities in the Hollywood scene! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Jane Doe, like Leah Remini, asks for judge in Danny Masterson lawsuit after Miscavige stunt

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology’s David Miscavige had two judges removed with some clever lawyering, but Leah Remini and Jane Doe 1 are fighting back. Both of them, now, are asking for the judge who denied Scientology’s attack on a third lawsuit, the case filed by Danny Masterson’s victims. [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Is Leah Remini’s advocacy against Scientology keeping her from an honor she deserves?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Given how much influence Scientology has had in Hollywood (where they are major landholders), could Leah Remini’s highly visible work to expose Scientology’s abuses have something to do with her being repeatedly passed over for an honor she may, in fact, richly deserve? [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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Scientology email claims massive new construction plans by year end

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology leader David Miscavige opened four long-delayed ‘Ideal Org’ projects in quick succession, but many more are stuck in their fundraising phases. Now, a new email suggests that Dave is about to kick things into overdrive. Hold on to your wallets, pilgrims! [What is this Substack thing, anyway?]

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