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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Mitch Brisker sheds light on Emily Armstrong’s ties to Scientology mom

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: In the controversy about Emily Armstrong’s Scientology past and her new gig with Linkin Park, we’ve been looking particularly at her Sea Org mom, Gail. Mitch Brisker was working with Gail as recently as []

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Swift, Eilish, now Jennifer Aniston: Offended cat ladies hitting back at Vance, Trump

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Joe Reaiche, 1958-2024: Former Aussie rugby pro turned Scientology whistleblower

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: We are devastated to learn that Joe Reaiche died recently while on a business trip to London. A former Aussie rugby pro, he was a key Scientology whistleblower for more than a decade, and []

Loomer: Trump is my dating life priority. Trump: Thanks, Laura!

 Some links to Q-related items today []

David Minkoff’s Scientology quackery: the psychiatrist expert’s assessment

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 looked at allegations against notorious Scientology doctor David Minkoff in a wrongful-death lawsuit and a physician’s expert opinion. But this is a case about mental health, so today we have the []

Hating Taylor Swift, dodging AK-47 fire, the Former Guy marches to god-emperor throne

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Scientology revives another tradition as it keeps pushing new buildings

 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 come nearly a full year since Scientology leader David Miscavige began what appeared to be an effort to shake off the restrictions of the pandemic and restore some of Scientology’s previous traditions, including []

Ohio town still reeling from conspiracy spread by Loomer and the Former Guy

 Some links to Q-related items today []

She denied Scientology’s Xenu to the BBC. Now she’s OT 3. Whoopsie!

[“OT III, has been, by far, my favourite OT level.”]

TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox: She was in Scientology’s first official ‘religious’ wedding in the UK, and it got her on the BBC where she denied that silly Xenu story []

The Former Guy’s campaign gets thrown into chaos over Loomer lunacy

 Some links to Q-related items today []