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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The QAnon-friendly, ultra-MAGA candidate causing GOP heartburn in Pennsylvania

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Q patriots still aren’t buying your hoax ‘virus,’ satanic []

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’: The only movie review you need if you’re being honest about Tom Cruise

 When Luke Y. Thompson (AV Club) told us he’d screened Top Gun: Maverick but hadn’t been commissioned to write a review, we knew that we needed him to write one for the Underground Bunker. Our association with Luke goes back more than 20 years, to a now defunct publication, New Times Los Angeles, where he []

Q candidates running for your village council? How about leading a primary for governor

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Crypto is going great, []

Trafficking lawsuit: In Scientology, the tables turn quickly on abusers and the abused

[The new lawsuit focuses on hellish tales from Scientology’s cruise ship by Valeska Paris and others]

One of the really remarkable things about the new labor trafficking lawsuit filed against the Church of Scientology is that its 88-page complaint names so many []

Elon says he’ll restore Trump to Twitter, and Q patriots rejoiceth

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Elon is giving the Q patriots []

Tom Cruise pal Simon Pegg set to make film with rising star Scientologist director

 It was just a few weeks ago that we told you about Adam Sigal, the Scientologist writer-director whose sci-fi dark comedy, Chariot, opened in theaters last month to mixed reviews (Metacritic score: []

Trump vindicated: New MAGA documentary nails Atlanta men for voting while black

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Yes, this thing is still going. Although we don’t think that word ‘infamous’ means what they think it []

Scientology celebs in hot water: Danny’s not the only Masterson brother facing legal issues

[Danny, Christopher, and Jordan Masterson]

June 24, 2020: We publish our latest interview with Joe Reaiche, someone we’ve spoken to numerous times. And once again, we talk to him about being declared “suppressive” (an enemy) by the Church of Scientology, which requires his own family to cut off all contact with him in order to remain []

Congress candidate suddenly forgets he painted Q tribute on his Trump lawn

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Congressional candidate wants to erase his QAnon []

How Scientology’s ardent followers prove their loyalty with blind (or near-sighted) obedience

 Yacht Apollo, mid 1971. Seated uncomfortably on the edge of the red leather armchair across from L. Ron Hubbard’s desk reserved for his visitors during one-on-one conferences, I am fumbling miserably as LRH is quizzing me about the meaning of the word “resources.” While he is training me along with the rest of his Aides []