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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Chicago’s big Scientology event looked like a bust: Will this city ever be ‘ideal’?

[Straight up and vertical!]

 On Saturday, a longtime reader of the Underground Bunker who lives in Chicago volunteered for what we hoped might be an exciting []

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Patriots were predictably worked up by Rihanna’s halftime performance last night

 Some links to Q-related items today

Patriots were predictably worked up by Rihanna’s halftime performance last []

When John Travolta first opened up about his Scientology involvement

 One of the casualties of the pandemic appears to be Scientology’s Celebrity magazine, which has not, as far as we can tell, put out an issue since late 2019. And that’s a shame, because the magazine over the years has provided some interesting insights on Scientology’s obsession with its famous creative []

When the anti-vax white guy reggae song hits just right at the consciousness expo

 Some links to Q-related items today

 Proud Boys and… []

Here’s the 2023 Scientology Super Bowl ad, this year’s ‘mystery sandwich’

 Right at midnight on February 12, the day that the Super Bowl will take place, Scientology revealed its ad for the big game this year. And once again, it’s a mystery []

Trump thrills the Q patriots on Trump Social, still has time to crash weddings at Mar-a-Lago

 Some links to Q-related items today

The grift goes on and []

Something big is happening with Scientology in Chicago today: But will Dave be there?

 All week we’ve been getting ready for Scientology’s big event in Chicago today, but what exactly is going on []

Covid still lethal. Jab still works. Patriots still raging.

 Some links to Q-related items today

Covid still lethal. Jab still works. Patriots still []

Scientology turns you into a fundraising dynamo — you know you want this energy!

 Holy Xenu’s E-meter, campers, we love the long, skinny fliers that Scientology for some reason thinks are the bomb when it comes to prying money out of the hands of their []

Former Twitter employees get the Fox News treatment by way of congressional lunacy

 Some links to Q-related items today

Confess your []