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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How desperate is Scientology to find people for its New Year’s event? This desperate.

Back on November 18, we told you about a flier that was forwarded to us that indicated Scientology was going to try to follow the success of its IAS gala in England by reviving its New Year’s tradition in Los []

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Alex Jones: “Let’s thank white people for electricity and airplanes and medicine.”

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Breathe easy, space cadet: Your Scientology holiday shopping guide has arrived!

Once again, Scientology knows just what to suggest as you try to finish up your Christmas shopping list this []

Taylor Swift’s run of success has right-wing talk show boys losing their minds

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Today at the Daily Beast: What Valerie Haney’s Scientology ‘arbitration’ was really like

 Over at The Daily Beast, we have a story today with one of the closest looks at what Scientology is putting Valerie Haney through as she experienced three days of the church’s “religious arbitration” in Los []

Q patriots excited about Trump dictatorship: Let the libturd executions begin!

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Scientology’s co-opting of Christmas is back, and we have a grim reminder about it

 Scientology’s annual co-opting of Christmas is back, and this marks the 40th anniversary of “Winter Wonderland,” when, from his hiding place in 1983, L. Ron Hubbard had a Christmas tree put up in Hollywood for the first []

Have you been naughty or nice, Q patriots? Someone’s checking his list.

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Tom Cruise’s ‘religion’: Scientology has kept this family apart for a decade

[Phil and Willie Jones and their kids Mike and Emily]

 As of this week, it’s been 10 years since we’ve seen our kids, Emily and Mike.

Scientology made them disconnect from us once we were out and criticized the cult. There is always a sense of amazement to me that the kids would go along with this []

Trump lawyer: Give it up judge, there are no rules holding back my client

 Some links to Q-related items today []