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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AUDIO: Tommy Davis, as Scientology spokesman, secretly recorded discussing ‘disconnection’

 We noticed recently that one of the most important stories we published at the Village Voice is missing a series of audio recordings that go with it. They come from a secretly-recorded tape that captures then-Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis intimidating a church member with the threat of ‘disconnection,’ Scientology’s toxic control mechanism that Davis had []

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While Biden signs fake orders, patriots figure Trump is right now in a C-17 somewhere

 Some links to Q-related items []

Tom Cruise doesn’t want you to visit his camera-heavy condo in Scientology’s mecca

 It’s fun to hear from Clay Irwin again, who sent us some snapshots. []

It’s a Capricorn One presidency as QAnon patriots figure Biden is on a movie set

 Some links to Q-related items []

As Kevin Trudeau’s prison stint nears end, his pitch sounds more like Scientology than ever

 In March 2014, TV pitchman and “Natural Cures” grifter Kevin Trudeau was sentenced to ten years in prison for contempt of court. []

The day after, QAnon patriots deal with the betrayal of a Biden presidency

 Some links to Q-related items today…

Was QAnon all just a LARP? A cultural experience? And now it has only “historical []

With not guilty plea, Danny Masterson assigned a trial judge his prosecutor knows well

[Danny and the judge]

We were listening yesterday as Danny Masterson’s criminal defense attorney Tom Mesereau entered a not guilty plea for the That ’70s Show actor at his arraignment on three counts of forcible rape, which carry a potential penalty of 45 years to life in prison. Masterson himself was not in []

Inauguration Day: QAnon patriots hold the line as the unthinkable unfolds in front of them

 Some links to Q-related items []

Danny Masterson arraigned on rape charges, enters a not guilty plea

[Masterson at his Sept 18 initial court appearance.]

UPDATE: We were listening in this morning as Tom Mesereau entered a not guilty plea on behalf of his client Danny Masterson as the That ’70s Show actor was arraigned at Los Angeles Superior Court. The case was then assigned to Judge Charlaine Olmedo to schedule a preliminary []

QAnon patriots are observing National Popcorn Day eagerly waiting for the arrests to begin!

 Some links to Q-related items []