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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Danny Masterson’s victims strike back at Scientology’s attempt to gut their lawsuit

[Attorney John Kucera and Danny Masterson]

 We have a couple of legal developments for you this morning. First, in the Bixler lawsuit, the plaintiffs have answered Scientology’s motion to []

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Trump blasts ‘Axis of Idiots’ for GOP’s drubbing in election

 Some links to Q-related items today []

He helped launch Scientology’s cruise ship, and later was cast aside by the church

[Bill Straass]

Recently I got word that my good buddy Bill Straass had passed []

Moms For Liberty candidates sink as Democrats had a strong day at the polls

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Now this is the kind of celebrity endorsement Scientology desperately needs

[Terry McMahon and Scientology’s Dublin Community Center]

Tom Cruise’s appearance at this weekend’s IAS gala was obviously a big thrill for his fellow Scientologists, and it no doubt helped convince them that leader David Miscavige has the church headed in the right []

DeSantis and Christie unload on frontrunner Trump in new ads

 Some links to Q-related items today []

PODCAST: Apostate Alex says things really got weird on Day 3 of the IAS protest

On Friday, we had a great time checking in with Alex Barnes-Ross after what turned out to be a very successful day protesting Scientology’s IAS gathering at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, []

Donny already planning authoritarian payback when he’s back in the saddle

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Tom Cruise goes black tie for Scientology at ‘Patrons Ball’ in England

What a weekend Scientology had!

The return of the International Association of Scientologists gala to Scientology’s UK headquarters — Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, England — after a four year absence was more than even we had dared to dream. It had everything, from the triumphant return of Scientology’s leader, David Miscavige, to the dramatic []

Q patriots: The real Maverick bides his time after winning the 2020 election

 Some links to Q-related items today []