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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Twin terrors: Gemini horoscope for October 28

 Gemini, here’s what the online gurus have for you today, October 28, []

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Thetan-tastic: Alan Arkin and Michael Douglas skewer Scientology on ‘The Kominsky Method’

 Scientology has been belittled, parodied, and jabbed by so many television shows in recent years, we long ago lost count. And we very rarely say anything about these in-jokes and throwaway lines for a number of reasons that bore us to go into. But once in a while we feel compelled to pay attention to []

Let’s get real: Taurus horoscope for October 27

 Taurus, here’s what the most popular astrology websites are predicting for you today, October 27, []

A Scientology front group that duped celebrities for Narconon: It’s baaaack!

[‘Family Ties’ stars Justine Bateman, Michael J. Fox, and Tina Yothers, 1985]

A once-dormant Scientology front group is making a resurgence. This month Friends of Narconon launched a new Twitter account, and they’re making the remarkable claim that their educational program is endorsed by SAMHSA, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The agency is []

Full court press: Scientologists have been busy in the halls of justice lately

[Scientology’s finest: Hanan Islam, David Gentile, Jay and Jeffrey Spina]

What a few weeks it’s been here in the Bunker for coverage of Scientology legal matters. Jeffrey Augustine was in court for us again yesterday, and so we thought we’d catch up with him and all that he’s been doing for us []

Trump’s attorneys: an unaccountable crime network operating in plain sight

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

One of the harder things to wrap one’s head around in all this drama is figuring how a tight cast of characters all relate to each other and to their attorneys who may or may not be acting as []

We have a Scientology document (we think) Priscilla Presley doesn’t want us to show you

[Priscilla Presley and her daughter Lisa Marie]

Dear readers, we find ourselves in an unusual situation, and after several weeks of frustration we’ve decided that writing about it and letting you into what is happening might help us figure out what to do []

Arkansas hunter evens the odds with antique-style gun, so deer killed him

[Armed and dangerous]

You’ve no doubt seen the headline going around today, that a hunter was killed by the deer that he shot in []

The Ukraine situation: Liability is stacking up for key players like Giuliani, Sondland

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

[Regarding this story: Self-Dealing in Ukraine: The Core of the Impeachment Inquiry]

This is a smart, careful assessment by Philip Zelikow of the Ukraine situation, looking past the political circus aspects of the impeachment question but and into the known facts, what those []

Court docs say Danny Masterson was served in lawsuit filed by rape victims — but was he?

[Danny Masterson and David Miscavige]

We told you on Tuesday that court records reflect that “substitute service” was made on Scientology leader David Miscavige in a couple of lawsuits brought by his former steward, Valerie Haney, and four women who are suing Scientologist actor Danny Masterson, alleging that he violently raped them. []