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History often begins with a single voice. Real change begins when those voices are finally heard. Back in the day, it was just Ex Scientologists talking to other Exes and even though the CULT was up in arms over it, it was more mingling with each other. Then gradually that changed. Mike...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: It’s always great to hear from Wise Beard Man, Mark Bunker, who is running again for a seat on the city council in Scientology-dominated Clearwater, Florida. Here’s what he sent us… We had our televised candidates forum last night. I acknowledged special guest...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Alex Barnes-Ross sends us another remarkable dispatch… Yesterday, I was invited yet again to the Houses of Parliament, this time to speak at the Palace of Westminster and provide the National Working Group on Spiritual, Ritual, and Cult Abuse an update on the work I...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Dave and the Flag Building: Come on down for your L’s!] It struck us, watching Scientologists show up to speak to Clearwater, Florida’s city council last week in favor of a downtown street being “vacated” outside what will become the L. Ron Hubbard Hall project, that...

[Another year passes and Scientologists like Geoff Levin still can’t see their loved ones after their families have been ripped apart by “disconnection.” So, for this Father’s Day, we’re reposting the heartbreaking piece Geoff wrote for us four years ago.] While here in the US today many...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Dave and his future clip joint] Thursday night the city council of Clearwater, Florida voted 3-2 to remove the right-of-way from a block-long downtown street, South Garden Avenue, so that it can eventually be taken over by the Church of Scientology as part of its...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Allbritton, Mannino, and Cotton came through for Dave] We watched live last night as Clearwater’s city council took its final vote and, with 3 council members voting yes — David Allbritton, Mike Mannino, and Ryan Cotton — Scientology will get what it wants as a...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: May 9 is one of the holiest days on the Scientology calendar, and it’s easy to understand why. It was on May 9, 1950 that L. Ron Hubbard first published Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, and began what would eventually become the Scientology movement. For...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Leah and her attorney Daniel Saunders have a hearing date!] Leah Remini’s “Fair Game” lawsuit against the Church of Scientology was filed in 2023, but it got derailed when both sides didn’t like a preliminary ruling by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Randolph...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Our esteemed departed commenter Captain Howdy once said that “a day without Kirstie Alley is like a day without donuts.” He was referring to how outspoken the former Cheers actress was on social media. She was supportive and accessible to fans, but she was also caustic...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: The legal debate about Scientology in the criminal case that put Danny Masterson in prison is really heating up and getting very interesting — and yet we don’t know whether it will have any effect on the actor’s chances of getting a new trial. On June 25, California’s...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Patty Moher went into the field to see what Dave is up to in New Haven… On Monday I took a trip down to New Haven accompanied by two friends, Holly and Carmen, who like to joke around and degrade this evil cult just as much as I do. It was a beautiful, sunny...

Tom Cruise was spotted hanging with close pals David Beckham and wife Victoria while attending the World Cup game in Los Angeles on Friday. The 63-year-old actor, who recently had a reunion with former co-stars Colin Farrell and Dakota Fanning, snagged a seat in a VIP section with the Beckhams...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [L. Ron Hubbard and Sara Northrup in 1951] Sara Elizabeth Northrup may have been the most interesting person L. Ron Hubbard ever met. And 75 years ago today, she gratefully got rid of him forever. It was on June 12, 1951 that their bigamous marriage was finally...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Nine days after the Second Appellate District court in Los Angeles accepted an ‘amicus’ brief from the Church of Scientology that is advocating for actor Danny Masterson in his upcoming appeal hearing, the court has rejected an attempt to pile on from a group of 14...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Elena Cardone and her husband Grant are “Diamond Laureate” donors, meaning they’ve given a cumulative amount of at least $15 million to the International Association of Scientologists. With Ideal Org projects and other ways to donate, the Cardones have probably given...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: There was a time, about 50 years ago, when the Church of Scientology relied heavily on its network of “missions.” These were thriving, local, and often very modest locations where many people first encountered Scientology and the ideas of L. Ron Hubbard before they...

Do you agree that the amicus brief is argueing that Masterson's trial was tainted by hostility toward Scientology and that the court improperly interpreted Scientology doctrine. Do you agree that First Amendment protections were violated and that Scientology itself was unfairly placed on...

Scientology's Curious Choice: Why Is It Still Fighting for Danny Masterson? The most revealing aspect of the latest Danny Masterson appeal is not what his attorneys are doing. It is what Scientology Inc is doing. The cult had a choice. It could have remained neutral. It could have stepped...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Make no mistake where David Miscavige is in the pecking order] Back in December, Scientology leader David Miscavige stunned us by having the church submit an “amicus” brief on behalf of convicted serial rapist Danny Masterson, trying to sway the justices weighing...