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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Q patriots see the apocalypse coming in a food chain changing its logo

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August 22nd, 2025 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment
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Fed up with Scientology’s court delays, Leah Remini puts her foot down

 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 pointed out numerous times that Scientology has slowed lawsuits by filing appeals of preliminary matters, and asking for filing extensions. Well, this week Leah Remini apparently decided that she’d had enough of her […]

August 22nd, 2025 | Category: Scientology Studies | Leave a comment

Trump showing signs that Newsom’s trolling is getting to him

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August 21st, 2025 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment

Expert: Why the state’s response is likely to kill Danny Masterson’s criminal appeal

[Masterson and his current digs]

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Last week we brought you the California AG’s 42K-word response to Danny Masterson’s criminal appeal. Masterson is serving 30 years-to-life and he’s trying to walk out of prison with his […]

August 21st, 2025 | Category: Scientology Studies | Leave a comment

Q patriots are sticking by their man, even if he’s in the Epstein files

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August 20th, 2025 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment

Ron and Leni: The project that was just too much for Hitler’s favorite filmmaker

[Hubbard and Riefenstahl (Illustration by The Daily Beast)]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: 4 years ago for The Daily Beast we dove into a little-known 1960 collaboration in London between L. Ron Hubbard and Leni Riefenstahl. Later that year, Ron […]

August 20th, 2025 | Category: Scientology Studies | Leave a comment

On the Mayflower Steps, expat Americans protest Trumpism

Underground Bunker reader Once Born has a special Lowdown dispatch for us today…

Saturday last, I came across an article on the local newspaper’s website. The headline read:

Americans holding Donald Trump protest in PlymouthThe protest will take place at the Mayflower Steps on Sunday

After the Lowdown has educated this Englishman, I couldn’t resist.

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August 19th, 2025 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment

What it was like to run a Scientology drug rehab in Narconon’s heyday

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August 19th, 2025 | Category: Scientology Studies | Leave a comment

Trump wants to jettison voting machines but not his golf trips

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August 18th, 2025 | Category: Today in Q | Leave a comment

Scientology lifer writing letters to dead people instead of to her own grandkids

 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, […]

August 18th, 2025 | Category: Scientology Studies | Leave a comment
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