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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Alex reports: Scientology is loading up pols with propaganda to ban protests

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Alex Barnes-Ross told us last week that Scientology is applying for a special legal exception that would ban protests outside its UK headquarters for three years. He attended the first public hearing on the []

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Both sides claim victory after civil Walz-Vance VP candidate debate

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Scientology donor Rebecca Minkoff gets star turn as RHONY 15 begins

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Handbag designer and major Scientology donor Rebecca Minkoff admitted she joined the catfighting on RHONY’s 15th season because her business has been in the toilet since the pandemic hit. And so far she’s getting []

Trump blasts Joe and Kamala for hurricane response — but please ignore his own record!

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The night Scientology’s celebrities shined, and he reached his limit

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: This week, Brendan Tighe marked 13 years since he left Scientology and his job providing armed security for David Miscavige and Tom Cruise. Here is his remarkable account of what happened the night he []

For Q patriots, Trump’s increasing incoherence at rallies is a feature, not a bug

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Field report: Scientology sticks by the same old methods (because they work)

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: As much as Scientology is struggling and it suffers from horrible press and a terrible public image, its old-school methods still manage to bring in the curious. Why are we so easy to tantalize []

Q patriots oh-so-close to the perfect MAGA campaign slogan

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Scientology must be thriving in the biggest city in the world, right?

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: Scientology leader David Miscavige promises followers that ‘Ideal Orgs’ create booms of interest. Instead, when we check in with these places, they seem mostly empty. If there’s one place where an Ideal Org should []

Q patriots know that Hurricane Helene was sent by the libturds as a campaign hit

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