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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Scientology insider at the center of White House Ukraine/Russia negotiation

[Trump with attorney John Coale in 2021]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Yesterday, we told you about President Trump naming Scientology’s wealthiest donor to the board at the Kennedy Center. But there’s also a major Scientology figure involved in the []

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With Congress cowed, can the courts hold back a Musk-Trump dictatorship?

 Some links to Q-related items today []

White House names Scientology mega-donor to Kennedy Center board

[Trish makes all-American art!]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: After announcing he would be the new chairman of the Kennedy Center, President Donald Trump yesterday added the names of several others to the Center’s Board of Trustees. But the name []

The MAGA fire sale of US government agencies and buildings picks up its pace

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Your house is a charred ruin: It’s time for Scientology to hand out awards!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Is your house in Pacific Palisades or Altadena just a pile of ashes? Was your life turned upside down by apocalyptic wildfires, evacuations, and now the chance of mudslides? After a month like that, []

Red, white, and blueland: More proof we live in the dumbest possible timeline

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Neville Chamberlin, 1947-2025: Exposed Scientology, as ‘Dart Smohen’

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We are sorry to hear of the passing of Neville Chamberlin, who was among the first members of Scientology’s Sea Org when it was formed in the sixties, and who, years later, wrote fascinating []

Trump likes hearing that Putin is watching his tariffs ‘at the feet of the master’

 Some links to Q-related items today []

The White House is going after ‘anti-Christian bias’ — should Scientology worry?

[Scientology donors Trish Duggan and Grant Cardone]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The White House announced last week that President Trump signed an executive order to eradicate ‘anti-Christian bias.’ So does that mean Scientology, which has bizarre space-opera ideas denying []

Trump disses Taylor, MAGA boos halftime at lame Super Bowl

 Some links to Q-related items today []