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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Scientology’s new hype video will get you stoked to go OT!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We love Scientology hype videos, so it’s kind of a thrill to get a copy of this new promotion, which tries to convince Scientologists to come to LA and []

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Bongino at FBI? Sure, why not, and let the libturds weep

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Scientology in the time of Trumpism: Tom Cruise getting rehabbed by the right?

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: We’ve been telling you lately about the surprising connections between the second Trump administration and high-level Scientology donors. But as an old Tom Cruise interview goes viral, could the []

Trump at CPAC: Government workers fired were ‘radical left liberals’

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Cecilia Kruchko-Smith, 1952-2025, former Scientology employee, beloved Bunkerite

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Cece was a former Scientology employee who spent more than 20 years at AOLA until she was kicked out in a bizarre incident, but we knew her as a []

Women, Blacks under heavy attack by King Don

[Maine Governor Janet Mills and fired Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown]

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Where is Scientology’s next ‘Ideal Org’? Some news from down south.

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: Dianetics turns 75 this year, and Scientology leader David Miscavige turns 65 in April. But the number the church tends to tout is how many ‘Ideal Orgs’ it has []

Elon at CPAC: High as a kite and fully in control (of your tax data)

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Scientology’s floating cathedral is back in a big way, pilgrims!

 TODAY AT SUBSTACK: If you’ve signed up for free emails at Substack, you will receive today’s feature story at your inbox, or go to this link: The pandemic was hard on Scientology’s aging cruise ship the Freewinds. And we wondered about the seaworthiness of this expensive floating cathedral. Well, a new flier suggests the old []

Libturds freak out: ‘Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king!’

 Some links to Q-related items today []