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’s 2024: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: It’s already been 2025 for an hour for our readers in New Zealand. And Happy New Year, Kiwis! For most Scientology watchers, however, we’re still several hours away from the party getting started, and []

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Jimmy Carter redefined the post-presidency, and now we brace for Q patriot conspiracies

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Scientology litigation 2024: A roundup of the cases we’ve been following all year

[Leah Remini, Valeska Paris, Dr. David Minkoff, and Valerie Haney]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’re following more lawsuits and criminal prosecutions than ever before, but much of it has been mired in appeals and other delaying tactics by Scientology. []

Trump too busy with Beach Boys concert to weigh in on civil war tearing MAGA apart

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Scientology has one last grab for your kids in 2024

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Let’s dive into the mail bag again one more time and thank our many correspondents who have sent us so much good stuff in 2024. For parents, of course, this last week of the []

Musk vs MAGA: Civil war breaks out while Trump golfs

 Some links to Q-related items today []

The ‘Truth Rundown’: Scientology’s most extreme form of gaslighting

[Charles Boyer and Ingrid Bergman in Gaslight (1944)]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: [What is this Substack thing, []

Is the dynamic duo going to last even to Inauguration Day?

 Some links to Q-related items today []

This is the guy selling you a mystery sandwich in those Scientology TV ads

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We’ve been telling you about new TV ads that Scientology is running in 30 countries (they say) in a big new push. And once again, the ads feature a narrator trying to make Scientology []

Q patriots are making Jesus great again and libturds can’t handle it

 Some links to Q-related items today []