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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PODCAST: Mirriam Francis is thriving since defying Scientology’s code of silence

 Earlier this week, we received a surprise. It was a message from someone we haven’t heard from in a few years, and someone we really []

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Dank Brandon to pardon people convicted federally of weed possession

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Hope springs []

Olmedo Rules: Details of the court’s decision on Scientology in Danny Masterson’s case

[Judge Charlaine Olmedo and defendant Danny Masterson]

On Monday and Tuesday, crucial pretrial matters were hammered out in Judge Charlaine Olmedo’s Los Angeles courtroom, and with defendant Danny Masterson in attendance (even though he wasn’t required to be []

No need to worry about the next election, Q patriots: Space Force is watching!

 Some links to Q-related items today…

No need to worry about the next election, Q patriots: Space Force is []

With a trial looming, here’s what it’s like to go up against Scientology’s code of silence

[Mirriam Francis in her episode of Scientology and the Aftermath]

In 2017, Mirriam Francis appeared in the premiere episode of the second season of Leah Remini’s A&E series, ‘Scientology and the Aftermath.’ She also helped us out with a couple of pieces here at the Bunker, but it has been a few years since we heard []

Q patriots seem mystified with how to react to Candace Owens and Kanye: ‘White Lives Matter’

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Q patriots seem a bit mystified with how to react to Candace Owens and Kanye West wearing “White Lives Matter” shirts at Paris Fashion []

Prosecution plans to call Lisa Marie Presley as witness at Danny Masterson rape trial

 This week, the two sides in the upcoming Danny Masterson rape trial have been arguing over what evidence would be allowed, and which witnesses would be called. Yesterday, Judge Charlaine Olmedo issued some rulings in the case, denying a delay that Masterson had asked for, but also denying an expert witness for the []

Carpocalypse: Biden triggers Q patriots with his ’67 Stingray convertible

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Trump isn’t the only one sending out coded []

Prosecution plans to call 1996 victim in Danny Masterson trial

At a courtroom in Los Angeles yesterday, the two sides preparing for Danny Masterson’s rape trial that is scheduled to begin next week spent the day fighting over what evidence will be allowed []

Turns out DeSantis used a former spy to wrangle flight of asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Turns out DeSantis used a former spy to wrangle the flight of asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard. And Travis has a []