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]
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Here they are, the wealthy whales keeping Scientology afloat into 2024!

[Photo montage by the Proprietor]

Wow, we didn’t expect to see these photos from Scientology this soon. We’re talking about the whales — what we call the big donors — that Scientology recognized on Saturday, November 4 at the IAS gala under the big tent at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, []

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As Trump’s lead in NH narrows, he’s keeping on his toes

 Some links to Q-related items today []

PODCAST: Apostate Alex helps us deconstruct David Miscavige’s recent speeches

 Twice now, we’ve partnered with “Apostate Alex” Barnes-Ross to bring you the speeches of Scientology leader David []

New audio has Trump pressuring Michigan officials not to certify 2020 vote

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Getting the stink out of Scientology’s Saint Hill Manor: A special remembrance

 In recent weeks, conditions at Scientology’s UK headquarters, known as Saint Hill Manor, and its relations with local elected leaders, has become an issue thanks to the hard work of Alex Barnes-Ross. Alex asked for accounts of what life in Saint Hill is really like, and today we have a real treat. Karen Pressley answered []

Did Trump just telegraph that his running mate will be Tucker or Vivek?

 Some links to Q-related items today []

The Underground Bunker’s 2023 Scientology year-in-review starts today!

 A very happy winter solstice to our northern hemisphere readers, and to our antipodean friends, enjoy your summer! Once again it’s time to take stock of the year just past with our annual review, and there’s no doubt about it, this year really []

Colorado provides a speed bump to Trump’s 2024 hopes

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Scientology leader David Miscavige’s New Year’s speech in Los Angeles — the transcript

 It’s happened again!

We were leaked audio of Scientology leader David Miscavige’s IAS speech that he gave November 3, and now, audio of his New Year’s event speech which he gave just this past Saturday in Los Angeles has also gotten to us. We want to thank Chris Shelton in particular for helping to make this []

In today’s GOP, the patriotism is just off the charts

 Some links to Q-related items today []