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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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What’s Left of the South pod Ep: 107 “The Satanic Temple is NOT your friend” w/ Queer Satanic

(Formerly dotprole) Southern working-class podcast from a leftist perspective. We talk about current issues affecting Southerners, Southern history, and we make fun of Yankees! Our friends at What’s Left of the South pod had us back on to talk about how The Satanic Temple is not actually able to help people get around state laws […]

February 18, 2024

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Community, The Satanic Temple

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The Satanic Temple and Christian nationalists are on the same side

TST isn’t engaging in “successful trolling” or undermining Dominionists; they are actively fueling a culture war that benefits both reactionaries and corporate Satanists Christmas is a booming season for The Satanic Temple. Submitting winter holiday displays to counter Christian nativity scenes is a tradition for the Temple that goes all the way back to the […]

December 19, 2023

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What John Oliver gets wrong about The Satanic Temple and abortion rights

“Samuel Alito’s Mom’s Satanic Abortion Clinic” is a funny name — and a distraction from what’s actually going on with TST’s New Mexico Telehealth Clinic In the most recent episode of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, he made a mention of a particular publicity stunt by a certain satanic for-profit business-cum-church. In so […]

November 7, 2023

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Why did TST lose its federal abortion case in Texas?

Because The Satanic Temple is very bad at court cases. We’ve said it before, and we will no doubt have many occasions to say it again in the future. This article goes through the judge’s opinion in some depth to show why that judge is not a “doddering old fool”, as TST’s owner claimed in […]

July 13, 2023

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Cevin Soling really hates public schools

Newly discovered passages from 2014’s “The Student Resistance Handbook” by Satanic Temple co-owner Cevin “Malcolm Jarry” Soling show that using Satanic student groups to disrupt education isn’t a bug or a side effect of them; it’s the whole point When Fox News discusses The Satanic Temple’s After School Satan clubs, they are using the issue […]

June 5, 2023

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The Cevin Who Would Be King

Cevin Soling is the co- or sole owner of most of The Satanic Temple’s various corporations but goes by the pseudonym “Malcolm Jarry” when associating with TST in public, including—alarmingly—on many of their legal documents. We’ve talked before about how before and during the early years of the Temple, Soling (as “Cevin Soling”) was visiting […]

January 7, 2023

Arrow pointing at white man in khaki pant and a baseball cap, text says "Cevin Soling aka 'Malcolm Jarry', co-owner of The Satanic Temple." Soling is flanked by two Ni-Vanuatu men in mlitary fatigues, with another man carrying a USA flag a few steps behind him. Another six paces behind that man is a contingent of NI-Vanuatu men marching in fatigues with wooden muskets. From a hut and at the edge of a clearing, more people look on.

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To Shame the Devil: Satanic Temple’s Lawsuit Against Ex-Members Fails Again

Federal judge in Washington State dismisses Salem, Mass., corp’s SLAPP suit for the second time [Read as PDF] Seattle, Wash. — For the second time in nearly three years of litigation, a federal district court in Washington State dismissed all claims made by The Satanic Temple against four of its former members. The Court found […]

January 6, 2023

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Today is a good day for The Satanic Temple to release its finances

A TikToker spent two minutes talking about why The Satanic Temple can’t help you get an abortion and doesn’t deserve your support. TST threatened to sue her. But when it comes to The Satanic Temple, there’s always more and it’s always worse. Note: As of Nov. 23, 2022, the Temple has filed a lawsuit against […]

July 25, 2022

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Footnotes: The Satanic Temple in the courts

Doug Misicko and Cevin Soling on the record in court depositions and testimony The following are the available court depositions of Doug Misicko (a.k.a. “Doug Mesner”, “Lucien Greaves”) and Cevin Soling (“Calvin Soling”, “Malcolm Jarry”) in matters concerning “The Satanic Temple”, which alternatively means the for-profit United Federation of Churches, LLC, dba The Satanic Temple; […]

July 5, 2022

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