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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While GOP candidates prepare to wrestle, Trump happy to sit out

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The delightful result when Scientology was infiltrated by a reporter — in Hawaii

[Intrepid reporter Bob Jones]

We have been stunned to see the devastation on Maui from wildfires, and we assume you probably have been as well. If you are interested in sending aid, the New York Times put together a handy guide to where to send your donations so that it has the most impact as the []

California woman shot dead by 27-year-old terrorist over Gay Pride flag

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‘Ruin them utterly’: how PIs and volunteer members work against Scientology’s enemies

[Former Scientology private investigator Cierra Westerman]

In this second part of a three-part deep dive by historian Chris Owen into the inner workings of Scientology’s harassment operations, we’ll take a look at how the church uses private investigators and volunteers to investigate and harass critics. See part one []

Virginia GOP official displays 16-foot-long dong to protest Biden

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One of the shocks of leaving Scientology: Immortality is overrated

 “Yes ma’am, your application looks good and we are just about ready to approve it,” the man said over the phone. “We are just trying to understand why, at your age of 32, we are not seeing any type of credit history on your name and social security number. We just need to fill in []

PODCAST: Sands Hall updates us on her Scientology memoir adventure!

We’re such huge admirers of Sands Hall, a luminous writer and musician, whose memoir about her time in Scientology was first published in []

The time Scientology healing was used on a broken bone at Tom Cruise’s house

 The year was 1993 or 1994. It was a brief segment of my 24-year career in Scientology’s “Sea Organization.” The location of my post then was on the “Int Base” (the international headquarters of the entire Scientology network) near Hemet, California. The location of this 500-acre property was top secret in that strange world, known []

‘Only the ruthless can own it’: behind the scenes of Scientology’s dirty tricks operations

[David Miscavige and, farthest to the left, Marty Rathbun, back in the day]

This is the first of a three-part series by historian Chris Owen taking a deep dive into the mechanisms and structures by which Scientology carries out harassment, surveillance, litigation and influence operations to suppress its perceived enemies and gain influence worldwide. In this []

Fourth indictment? Trump flexes his way through Georgia news as Q patriots swoon

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