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The New Heretics Stream (6/7/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple Inc. v. Newsweek Magazine LLC More filings in Newsweek lawsuit CourtListener docket We don’t really see anything new in the new filings; it just seems incredible that TST’s argument is “Yes, Jinx Strange heard people talking about their experiences in TST […]

June 7, 2024

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The Satanic Temple does not care about its members

TST’s own court filings show it is not interested in any structural reform or protections for people in the org, only protecting the Temple’s owners The Satanic Temple has been suing Newsweek since February 2022 over a critical article the magazine published in October 2021 that focused on TST’s SLAPP action against the four of […]

June 6, 2024

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The New Heretics Stream (5/31/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(8 p.m. Pacific Fridays / 0300 GMT Saturdays) [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple Inc. v. Newsweek Magazine LLC TST’s own evidence reveals how poor its reaction to sexual abuse claims are The Satanic Temple has been suing Newsweek since 2022 over a critical article the magazine published in October 2021 focusing on TST’s SLAPP […]

May 31, 2024

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How The Satanic Temple is just like the Catholic Church

Court filings reveal not only does TST pay to get positive news coverage to distract from the bad, it used the same PR guy the Church did — for exactly what you think Background: The Satanic Temple started suing four former members of its Washington State chapter in April 2020, accusing us of, among other […]

May 28, 2024

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Lawsuits, The Satanic Temple

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The New Heretics Stream (5/24/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic(Fridays @ 8 p.m. Pacific / 0300 GMT) 1. [INFORMED DISSENT] The Satanic Temple, Inc v. the City of Chicago Chicago invocation trial schedule set This is one of the lesser-known lawsuits The Satanic Temple is pursuing, another invocation challenge after their failed Scottsdale and (so far) failed Boston lawsuits. This one began in […]

May 24, 2024

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The Satanic Temple and its Eternal Nobodies

TST members and local groups begin another mass departure as Lucien Greaves clarifies once again that the “freedom to offend” does not include him as a target 5/31/24: Article updated from original publish date as more information became available and more TST groups and prominent figures publicly exited the org. Additional events after May 31 […]

May 17, 2024

Doug Misicko aka Lucien Greaves on his phone typing with a tweet by him that says “Did the FB chatter not look shittening to you? Certainly looks that way to me.”

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The New Heretics Stream (5/10/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic (Fridays @ 8 p.m. Pacific / 0300 GMT) Good news for TST in Boston invocation appeal, updates on TST HQ arrests, and Spencer Sunshine’s book release 1. [INFORMED DISSENT] Satanic Temple, Inc. v. City of Boston The First Circuit Court of Appeals is addressing The Satanic Temple’s appeal of TST’s failure at the federal district […]

May 13, 2024

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“The Satanic Temple: The Lasting Influence of the Abraxas Circle” by Spencer Sunshine

This is excerpted from Spencer Sunshine’s book Neo-Nazi Terrorism and Countercultural Fascism: The Origins and Afterlife of James Mason’s Siege. It documents how Siege—the “bible” of aspiring neo-Nazi terrorists like the Atomwaffen Division—was created and disseminated. In particular, the second half deals with the role played by four 1980s and ‘90s countercultural figures: Boyd Rice, Adam Parfrey, Michael Moynihan, and Nikolas Schreck, who in turn collected a group of collaborators which Sunshine calls the “Abraxas Circle.” The end of the book includes a section about the influence of the Abraxas Circle on TST—especially the infamous 2003 “Might is Right” show.

May 9, 2024

Guest Article, The Satanic Temple

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The New Heretics Stream (5/3/24)

Watch Twitch.TV/QueerSatanic (Fridays @ 8 p.m. Pacific / 0300 GMT) 1. “The Satanic Temple to place ministers in Oklahoma schools if SB 36 becomes law” We talked about this recently in regards to a similar chaplain bill in Florida where Gov. Ron DeSantis picked a fight with The Satanic Temple, specifying “no Satanists” for the […]

May 6, 2024

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The Satanic Temple II: Electric Boogaloo

TST’s second lawsuit against four former members in Washington State rolls on in King County superior court. Now, as we were able to happily announce in January, The Satanic Temple is no longer suing us in federal court! Apparently TST decided that the Ninth Circuit requiring them to actually specify what and how they claimed […]

March 9, 2024

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