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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Scientology and the Internet: Before there was Clambake, another OG made his mark

[Ron Newman in 2008, photo by Valis Iscari0t / CC BY]

Your proprietor shares a couple of interests with a man named Ron Newman.

First and foremost, of course, is that we both have a fascination for Scientology and its controversies, even though neither of us were ever involved in […]

July 16th, 2023 | Category: Scientology Studies | Leave a comment
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Don and Ron fight over the Dairy Queen voter in blizzard conditions

 Some links to Q-related items today […]

July 15th, 2023 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment

PODCAST: Mark Ebner dishes on Tom Cruise whisperer and ‘M:I7’ director Chris McQuarrie

We didn’t really need an excuse to bring Mark Ebner back to the podcast, but what the hell, we figured Tom Cruise coming out with another movie was reason enough to call our old pal for his […]

July 15th, 2023 | Category: Scientology Studies | Leave a comment

While 45 deals with more legal headaches, Kari still hoping for VP pick!

 Some links to Q-related items today […]

July 14th, 2023 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment

Losing a friend they knew in Scientology: A tribute to a remarkable woman

In the realm of life, there are individuals who leave an indelible mark on the hearts and minds of those fortunate enough to cross their paths. Willie and I had the fortune to know one of those individuals. It was one of those rare positive things that came out of our stint in […]

July 14th, 2023 | Category: R.I.P. | Leave a comment

Mark Bunker: How I changed seats and freaked out Scientology last night in Clearwater

 Attorney Elise Winters has hated the idea of me on the Downtown Development Board since I was elected. She previously tried to get me kicked off the board with some very transparent maneuvers and failed. She has me exiled to the kids table out of sight with a mic that often isn’t working. […]

July 13th, 2023 | Category: Mark Bunker | Leave a comment

Q patriots are excited about movie box office success, still want to kill all libturds

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July 12th, 2023 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment

Scientology’s lobbyist: He was sent to DC with a secret mission, and we have it

[Greg Mitchell and Renee Bessone]

For quite a few years now stories have popped up occasionally in the media about Scientology’s DC lobbyist, Greg Mitchell. Usually, they’re some version of, “no way, Scientology has a […]

July 12th, 2023 | Category: Tom Cruise | Leave a comment

Oh joy, another feud is developing in the the Q patriot fatherland

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July 11th, 2023 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment

Former top Scientology executive who vanished in 2004 subject of new international search

[Jenna Elfman at the 2003 Hollywood Celebrity Centre gala. And who’s that behind her?]

One of the things we most appreciated about first getting to know Mike Rinder in 2011 is that he helped us understand exactly what it was like to be a prisoner in David Miscavige’s notorious gulag for his own executives, “The […]

July 11th, 2023 | Category: Scientology Jurisprudence | Leave a comment
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