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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Verdict watch: Will defense attorney Philip Cohen’s sartorial splendor be a factor?

Yesterday, our daily sartorial splendor alert indicated that defense attorney Philip Cohen had stepped up his game at the Danny Masterson []

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More totally normal stuff from the Q-flavored universe

 Some links to Q-related items today []

After final rebuttal from prosecution this morning, the jury gets the case

[Defense attorney Philip Cohen, DDAs Reinhold Mueller and Ariel Anson, and Danny Masterson. Photos by @MeghannCuniff]

We’re still marveling this morning at the display put on yesterday by Deputy DA Ariel Anson as she began the government’s closing at the Danny Masterson retrial in Los []

America’s mayor has some explaining to do after revelations in a new lawsuit

 Some links to Q-related items today

America’s mayor has some explaining to do after revelations in a new []

Closing arguments today at the Danny Masterson retrial: We’re ready for fireworks

[Is it going to be a split-squad performance by Anson and Mueller today?]

Judge Charlaine Olmedo gave both sides in the Danny Masterson retrial the day off yesterday to prepare their closing arguments as this proceeding has sped to a conclusion more quickly than the first trial last []

Q-flavored prophet at Trump Doral: We’ll be fighting mermaids when the storm comes!

 Some links to Q-related items today

The truth finally comes out at Trump Doral: We’ll be fighting []

Scientology celebrates Nancy Cartwright for upping her donations to $21 million

 The new issue of Scientology’s Impact magazine is here, and it contains a surprise!

Impact is our favorite of Scientology’s publications because it provides us with reports from the church’s celebrations of its biggest donors. (We call them []

Fascists on parade on the National Mall, flat-earthers at Mar-a-Lago: What a country

 Some links to Q-related items today []

PODCAST: Kate Bornstein is plugged into our Danny Masterson retrial coverage

 We can’t believe it’s been 11 years since we put Kate Bornstein on the cover of the Village []

The Durham probe is finished? Does that mean the storm is coming?

 Some links to Q-related items today

The Durham probe is finished? Does that mean the storm is []