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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Bruce Hines: Scientology made David Mayo out to be a villain, but I knew the real man

[David Mayo, 1940-2017]

Something like a dozen years ago I got an email from someone saying that David Mayo had posted on a message board, “I wish I could talk to Bruce Hines about dark matter.” David had started writing some things on one of the anti-Scientology sites, maybe the Ex-Scientologist Message Board or the Operation []

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Another domino falls as Trump attorney Ken Chesebro pleads guilty

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Scientology reveals its long-range strategy against the Jane Doe 1 forced marriage lawsuit

[Defendant Gavin Potter and (still to be served) would-be defendant David Miscavige]

We told you it was pretty predictable that Scientology would respond to Jane Doe 1’s forced marriage lawsuit by digging up a contract she signed in 2002 that they say obliges her to take her case to Scientology’s own internal “religious []

Team Trump caught by surprise when Sidney Powell released the Kraken and pleaded guilty

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Jane Doe 1 attempts to serve David Miscavige in multiple places: Will court deem it enough?

 Once again, it’s a game of “Where’s Dave?” as another plaintiff suing the Church of Scientology tries to hunt down the organization’s reclusive leader, David Miscavige, to serve him a []

General Flynn disses QAnon again — after he’s taken lots of Q patriot cash

 Some links to Q-related items today []

‘Piece of Blue Sky’ author Jon Atack hits a big Scientology anniversary

 [We’ve been so honored over the years to publish pieces by Let’s Sell These People a Piece of Blue Sky author Jon Atack here at the Bunker. And once again, here he is, and this time celebrating a []

Elon’s hellsite will charge a buck for new accounts as the spam bots proliferate

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Jane Doe 1 denies validity of arbitration contract, opposes Scientology stay request

 Jane Doe 1’s lawsuit against Scientology, unsealed in June, contains some horrendous allegations of sexual abuse of a minor and forced marriage, but once again, Scientology has pulled out its favorite legal strategy and is trying to derail the lawsuit in favor of “religious []

Trump gagged by Judge Chutkan, and MTG does not like it one bit

 Some links to Q-related items today []