Tony Ortega | The Underground Bunker

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]

Trump’s claims about how much testing we’re doing begs some context

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

Regarding testing…

I don’t know how much mileage Trump thinks he’s getting from the claim that ‘we’ve done the most testing of any country’ in support of “reopening” the economy, but it’s a claim that begs some […]

Apologist journal smacked down by best ever Scientology prof — and with Bunker assist

[Prof. Stephen Kent]

You might remember that last June we took time out of our busy schedule to lay the smackdown on an apologist journal that really doesn’t deserve the […]

Reporting on Trump’s coronavirus response that’s a bulwark against the onslaught of lies

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Inside Donald Trump and Jared Kushner’s Two Months of Magical Thinking]

Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman looks back at the tragic hole of lost time between January and March when Trump’s paranoia and magical thinking limited him to view the virus […]

Scientology leader David Miscavige is 60 today, and we have presents

Sixty years ago on this date, David Miscavige and his twin sister Denise were born in a small town in Pennsylvania. Today, Dave is the dictatorial head of a worldwide totalitarian organization masquerading as a church which tries to convince the public that Miscavige is its “ecclesiastical” […]

NASA’s new spacesuit shares a name with Scientology’s legendary galactic warlord!

[Jim Bridenstine and Kristine Davis, under pressure]

We want to thank Frank Oliver for making us aware of something that hadn’t hit our radar yet, even though it was rolled out last […]

Scientology admits that it numbers ‘tens of thousands’ not millions, as we’ve been saying

[Miscavige and the RTC portal]

A reader pointed out something on one of Scientology’s websites that we have to admit is pretty […]

Have Jane Doe’s attorneys figured out how to serve Scientology leader David Miscavige?

Three big lawsuits were filed last year against the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige. One of them Scientology already managed to short-circuit, but the other two are […]

Scientology shows that if government gives it even an inch, it tries to take over like a virus

On April 13 the South African Department of Social Development established a partnership with Scientology to disinfect their offices. The Volunteer Ministers then used a letter given to them to canvas door-to-door telling residents in the Gauteng province that they were authorized by the department to disinfect homes and businesses. […]

Calling all patsies: Scientology tries desperately to keep its isolated members busy

How do you keep the members of your totalitarian organization from letting stray thoughts creep in while they’re at home under lockdown? Spam them with a lot of nonsense, that’s how. […]

Raising money in the time of the virus: Scientology will always find a way!

We’re sure you can all conjure up plenty of things you miss while on lockdown. Restaurants. Movies. Concerts. Hell, just going to the grocery without taking your life in your […]

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