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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Scaling the mystery of Jackie Jones Mountain: The backstory

[The view from on top of Rockland County, New York]

Over at The Daily Beast we have an unusual story about the kind of adventure you can find yourself in during a pandemic lockdown and practically in your own backyard.

And it all started with a bicycle []

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How much longer can Q patriots wait for mayhem and death to cover the land?

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Are you losing hope, patriot, or just running out of []

Mike Rinder on the myth of the ‘reactive mind’ and how Scientology still ropes in new people

 Jon Atack is back with another conversation with his old nemesis, former Scientology spokesman Mike []

Despite recent and repeated debunkings, QAnon ideas still held by millions of Americans

 Some links to Q-related items today…

When even the prospect of Trump being arrested is part of “the plan,” what []

Ten Days That Shook The (Scientology) World: Dave and Danny’s very bad predicament

[Stuck in a leaky boat together: Danny Masterson and David Miscavige]

Our loyal readers know what a daily slog it’s been for the last nine years at this website as we’ve covered Scientology as a daily news beat. You’ve been with us as remarkable stories about the church and its controversies have produced winners and losers, []

CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT GRANTS REVIEW OF ‘ARBITRATION’ RULING IN DANNY MASTERSON SUIT

[The California Supremes]

The California Supreme Court has granted the petition for review submitted by Danny Masterson’s accusers after their lawsuit was derailed by a decision by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Steven []

VALERIE HANEY PETITIONS SCIENTOLOGY ‘ARBITRATION’ RULING TO US SUPREME COURT

 Valerie Haney, the former Sea Org worker who says she escaped from a Scientology compound by hiding in the trunk of a car, has petitioned the US Supreme Court over the ruling that derailed her lawsuit against the church, denying her right to trial and telling her to take her complaint to Scientology’s internal ‘religious []

Ron Watkins shifts focus to UFO ‘disclosure’ as patriot grift as Q wanes

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Even Q patriots are becoming numb to the mass []

Scientology billionaire donor scores Kobe Bryant’s rookie jersey

 How much has Bob Duggan given the Church of Scientology? At one point, Forbes magazine said he told them it was more than $300 million. But that was years ago. Bob and his wife Trish split in 2015, their divorce was final in 2017, and between the two of them the Duggans may be nearing []

Q patriots want their kids to learn Mandarin like they want the vaccine

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Teach our kids Mandarin? Wasn’t it enough to teach them []