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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Former London staffer tells his story: ‘Abuse is fundamental to Scientology’s very nature’

 You can’t leave the room until you’ve written down everything you’ve done wrong. “Have you ever masturbated?” I was asked. “Write down every instance you’ve done this in as much detail as you can: when, where, how many times. Did you watch porn? What type? How long for?”. These were my last few moments in []

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The ReAwaken America Tour grift continues — and at Trump properties, patriots!

 Some links to Q-related items today

The grift goes on and []

Alanna Warren: What a Scientology PI report looked like when I was following Mike Rinder

[Mike Rinder and Christie Collbran going shopping, photo by Alanna Warren]

We got a huge reaction to Saturday’s story by Alanna Warren, who came forward as yet another former Scientology private investigator who regretted her work for the []

Mourning in America: Another mall, another shooting

 Some links to Q-related items today []

A Scientology childhood: Jon Atack talks to ‘Bad Cadet’ author Katherine Spallino

 Last month we published an excerpt from a new book, The Bad Cadet: Growing Up in the Church of Scientology’s Sea []

Q patriots keep meme-ing because libturd Dumbocrats are still roaming the streets

 Some links to Q-related items today

QAnon memes are actually the best []

Scientology PI comes forward: I was stalking Mike Rinder, Amy Scobee and many others

[Mike Rinder and Christie Collbran, photographed surreptitiously in 2010 by Scientology]

My name is Alanna Warren. In 2009 I started school at City College in Casselberry, Florida in the Private Investigation program, run under Michelle Morton. Several months after I started, Michelle approached me about an internship opportunity, and she had me go to Clearwater for []

Jan 6: Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio convicted of seditious conspiracy

 Some links to Q-related items today

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PODCAST: Tory Christman on visiting the Danny Masterson retrial

 We first wrote about Tory Christman in 2001, and 22 years later it’s still one of our favorite stories of all time — about a woman who went from one of Scientology’s most reliable foot soldiers to one of its most resilient []

Desantis ad goes for disaffected MAGA voters: Cover up that Trump 2016 sticker!

 Some links to Q-related items today []