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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FBI caught redacting Trump’s name from the Epstein files

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Scientology loses an ‘enforcer,’ but what work did Marion Pouw actually do?

[Sea Org member Marion Pouw, 1953-2025]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Janis Grady and Mark Fisher recently reported that longtime Sea Org member Marion Pouw had died. Daily Mail Australia followed with a good piece about her history in Scientology. []

Trump impeachment info at Smithsonian was double plus ungood, had to go

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Scientology has your summer fun lined up: Three parties with Ron!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You’re 76 trillion years old, and you have countless more lifetimes to come. Thetan, we know you’re out of ideas what to do these sweltering summers. When it’s this hot, it’s not easy getting []

Elon continues to needle Trump over the Epstein mess, which won’t go away

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Nicole Kidman’s Scientology auditor: What Ana de Armas is in for with Tom Cruise

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: The tabs are losing it now that Scientology icon Tom Cruise was spotted holding hands with actress Ana de Armas in Vermont. What is she in for? We figured the best way to answer []

Trump digs himself in deeper with Epstein/Mar-a-Lago/Giuffre story

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Scientology warns Clearwater that delay of Hubbard Hall project is a ‘spiritual burden’

[A Scientology rendering of how neat their new Hubbard Hall is going to be inside]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: You know Scientology is gearing up for a serious fight when it pulls out the language of righteous religious indignation. []

Trump in Scotland calls Epstein case a ‘hoax,’ says he can pardon Maxwell

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This is going on your permanent record: Why Scientologists fear being written up

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: John Sweeney called Scientology ‘The Church of Fear.’ And former Scientologist Phil Jones has been detailing how fear rules life in the church. He told us about the fear of yawning, and the fear []