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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Trump pulls plug on blog, patriots convinced it’s all part of the plan

 Some links to Q-related items today…

The Trump being shut down for lack of readership is all part of the plan! ‘Patriots in []

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Not only did Scientology get PPP loans: Check out these Scientologists who got bailouts too!

 Last July when the Trump administration first released detailed information about which businesses had received emergency payroll (PPP) loans to businesses in response to the pandemic, we pointed out that not only had three Scientology “orgs” received such loans, but so had its drug rehab centers and some associated []

Pillow guy announces ‘Maga Frank’ event as the Q grift goes on and on

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Joe Biden keeps presidenting, and it is driving Q patriots around the []

Scientology hype video celebrating its pandemic response is the bomb

 Thanks to one of our tipsters, we’re learning that all Scientologists are being asked to come down to their local orgs for an “international Scientology news update” in coming []

Bat signed by Gen. Flynn goes for $8K at QAnon conference as the grift goes on and on

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Q patriots continue to await sweet vindication, like the day they’ll be able to fly and the vaccinated can go stuff []

Does Scientology know that it’s a Truman Show? Let us show you their newest magazine cover.

[Jim Carrey in the 1998 film ‘The Truman Show’]

We want to thank the tipster who sent in a scan of the cover of a new Scientology magazine they just received. They knew that we’d do a spit-take when we saw []

Michael Flynn endorses Myanmar-like coup for the US at QAnon shindig in Dallas

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Who needs a vaccine when you can make your own bathtub []

For Memorial Day: Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s bogus war injuries

 As on past Memorial Day holidays, we think it’s important to remind readers about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘stolen valor,’ because part of his legend were the tall tales he told about his experiences in the Second World War. Historian Chris Owen, a regular contributor here at the Bunker, took apart Hubbard’s war myths []

At Dallas patriot event, plenty of signs that Q is still holding sway

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Black marchers commemorate the horror of the 1921 Tulsa massacre, and Q patriots react pretty much how you’d []

Today at The Daily Beast: Ron and Leni, a Scientology mystery solved

[Leni Riefenstahl in London and L. Ron Hubbard in South Africa in 1960]

Over at The Daily Beast today we have a lengthy feature we’ve been working on for some time: A piece that dives into one of the oddest collaborations of the 20th century, the brief partnership of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Nazi []