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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Q nuts: All the crazy is coming out at school board meetings

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October showdowns: After years of delays, Scientology-related trials are looming

[Rizza Islam and Danny Masterson: Trials and tribulations]

Way back in 2015, we told you that a Compton, California family had been charged with Medi-Cal fraud for sending the state insurance program fake reports of treatment from a jackleg Scientology “Narconon” rehab working out of the notorious World Literacy []

Q patriots bemoan the cowboys who are making them look bad

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Q patriots are not blind to how they are perceived and bemoan the cowboys who are making them look []

Valerie Haney names Tom Cruise for arbitrator (and Shelly Miscavige if Tom is busy)

[Valerie Haney and Tom Cruise]

Scientology’s “International Justice Chief,” a Sea Org official named Mike Ellis, informed Valerie Haney last week that her choice of arbitrator, actress Elisabeth Moss, has declined to serve. So now, Valerie has mailed in her new []

How disinfo sources like LibsOfTikTok provide fodder for Russian online campaigns

 Some links to Q-related items today…

How disinfo from LibsOfTikTok spreads around the []

PODCAST: Examining Scientology’s new marketing juggernaut, a ‘Wider Bridge’

[Jefferson Hawkins: Dave is flailing]

Recently, Scientology has been advertising a big advance they are referring to as a ‘wider Bridge,’ which was to be announced last week. Well, it turns out that it’s just David Miscavige’s way to get Scientologists excited that local orgs are dropping some Covid protocols and starting up things like the []

The penthouse view: Jared Kushner thinks he’s going to live forever

 Some links to Q-related items today…

After her narrow defeat in a GOP primary in Florida, Congressional candidate and extreme right-winger Laura Loomer goes to her Telegram account to bemoan the state of the Republican []

Andreas Heldal-Lund, who stared down Scientology, now faces his own mortality

 Several weeks ago, our old friend Andreas Heldal-Lund messaged us with some unpleasant news. A tumor in his brain turns out to be a particularly aggressive form of cancer. He has been told he has another year or two, depending on how treatments []

With Fauci announcing that he’s stepping down, Q patriots consider his legacy

 Some links to Q-related items today…

With Fauci announcing that he’s stepping down, Q patriots consider his []

Here are Scientology’s new motions to force arbitration in the Valeska Paris case

 Once again, Scientology has filed its motions asking a federal court in Tampa to derail a major new labor trafficking lawsuit against the church by forcing it into Scientology’s own brand of “religious []