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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‘God said it’s time’: Q patriots, still waiting for JFK Jr’s return, bring back his magazine

 Some links to Q-related items today…

After the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v Wade, Q patriots go for a victory []

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Scientology fundraising is getting both desperate and weirder than usual

 For years now, we’ve posted the especially lengthy fliers that Scientology puts out crowing about the latest fundraiser. And recently, we’ve noticed something new: Scientologists in one part of the country being asked to fork over huge amounts of money in order to fund a new “Ideal Org” in a completely different []

Q patriots have girded their loins after years of digital war. They’re ready for their call up!

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Q patriots have girded their loins after years of digital warfare. They’re ready for their call []

Podcast: It’s Scientology’s move in several court cases, and we try to keep it all straight

 It’s an interesting moment when it comes to the several cases of Scientology litigation that we keep an eye on: Right now, we’re waiting on the edge of our seats for Scientology to make its next move in several big []

Former Japan PM Shinzo Abe assassinated; Q patriots struggle to fit it into the plan

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated at a campaign stop by a man wielding a homemade firearm, and the Q patriots struggle to fit it into their models of the []

The Insider: What I’m seeing is a Scientology in big trouble

 Late last year, we got some eye-opening reports on how hard the pandemic has been on Scientology from someone inside the organization. We dubbed them The Insider, and they told us about chaos caused by Covid, new details on the ‘Chase Wave’ financial debacle, a detailed description of the Ideal Org scam, and even told []

‘Satanic’ Georgia Guidestones leveled after explosion: Q patriots celebrate

 Some links to Q-related items today…

The Georgia Guidestones were considered satanic by some right wing Christians, which is funny because it was revealed in 2015 that the person who actually paid to put them up (and who tried to remain anonymous) was a virulently white supremacist surgeon and Christian in Iowa, Herbert Hinzie Kersten (1920-2005). []

Scientology will try to derail new labor trafficking lawsuit with ‘arbitration’ strategy

[Plaintiff Valeska Paris and the Freewinds]

Scientology is still several days away from its deadline to make its first answer to the major new labor trafficking lawsuit that was filed against the church in April, but in a new court document, Scientology’s attorneys have revealed that they will be using their favorite strategy to try and []

The insurrectionists have a clubhouse in DC for plotting the next coup attempt

 Some links to Q-related items today…

The insurrectionists have a clubhouse. Do they have a secret handshake, []

In court today: Scientology responds to Valerie Haney naming Elisabeth Moss as an arbitrator

[Valerie Haney and Elisabeth Moss]

At a court hearing today, we’ll find out how Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gail Killefer and the Church of Scientology react to Valerie Haney nominating actress Elisabeth Moss to be an arbitrator in her []