Tony Ortega | The Underground Bunker

Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.) [Header image courtesy John Rickard]

Giving birth (shhhh, silently!) in Scientology: What is that really like?

One of the accepted beliefs in Scientology is that founder L. Ron Hubbard knew everything about everything, no exceptions. Honestly, I’m not sure why that was accepted. I don’t call my orthopedic surgeon’s office or my attorney’s office and ask questions about why my eye hurts, I don’t call my attorney to ask him what […]

The rope line at Mar-a-Lago: So close to the MAGA promised land

Some links to Q-related items today […]

Scientology’s Sea Org: Almost no pay and no sleep, but plenty of swearing and smoking!

Why do Sea Org members smoke and swear so much? I think the first time I remember hearing a swear word was when I was around four. By the age of five, I was swearing like a sailor. By 15 I was in the adult RPF, smoking nearly a pack a day of […]

What, him worry? Trump carries on despite $400 million in judgments so far

Some links to Q-related items today […]

Love, Scientology style: How hard can it be to find a Clear date?

We want to thank Alex Barnes-Ross for bringing us this gem today.

“Apostate Alex” keeps his eye on Scientology social media, and found the following exchange at one of the groups were Scientologists interact with each […]

Biden on Navalny: ‘Putin is responsible’; Q patriots: ‘It’s a false flag’; Trump: silence

Some links to Q-related items today […]

PODCAST: She spied on the FBI for Scientology and lived to tell about it

Readers have been raving about the pieces that Val Ross has been writing for us lately, so we thought it would be fun to have a conversation with her for our latest podcast […]

Libturd journalist outs the leader of some Texas Nazis

Some links to Q-related items today […]

Ribbon watch: Will Austin outsprint Paris for Scientology ‘Ideal’ glory?

It’s like Kremlinology over here as we attempt to read the tea leaves and figure out where Scientology leader David Miscavige is going to have his next “Ideal Org” grand opening and make another of his very rare public […]

A third of GOP faithful believe Taylor Swift is a covert government op to re-elect Biden

Some links to Q-related items today […]