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TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Dave is running into more issues with newts at Saint Hill!] Paperwork continues to come in regarding Scientology leader David Miscavige’s grand plans to tear up some rural fields in order to accommodate parking for his annual big tent party at the autumn IAS gala at...

Former Scientologists Take Their Case Directly to 10 Downing Street Today marks a remarkable milestone in the long effort to expose abuses within Scientology. On June 7, 2026, former Scientologists Alexander Barnes-Ross, Amir Essalhi, Danielle Chamberlain, and Zoe Hancock stood outside 10...

[Amir Essalhi, Alex Barnes-Ross, Danielle Chamberlain and Zoe Hancock] We have some breaking news for you. Alex Barnes-Ross and other former Scientologists visited 10 Downing Street today in London, supported by the Aftermath Foundation. Here’s the statement they released… EX-SCIENTOLOGISTS...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Scientology and Masterson want punishment for John Kucera and Boies Schiller] After the Second Appellate District in Los Angeles delivered a nearly total victory to the Jane Doe victims and rejected Scientology’s appeal of its anti-SLAPP in the Danny Masterson civil...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Dave is grateful for Allbritton, Mannino, and Cotton] It was only an initial vote, and the Clearwater city council will have to go through it again in a couple of weeks, but last night, after hearing public testimony, the council voted 3 to 2 in favor of giving...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Tammy and Julia, before disconnection] Prepare yourself for a brutal story of Scientology manipulation and extortion, carried out for no more reason than totalitarian control of vulnerable people… Today marks ten years since I last saw my daughter, Julia. I left...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Dave tries to put his thumb on the scales for Danny’s appeal] Wow! After previously rejecting Scientology’s attempt to sway Danny Masterson’s appeal, this time the court has accepted the church’s 70-page ‘amicus’ brief with only three weeks to go before the oral...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Alex keeps a wary eye on Saint Hill and its Public Affairs Director, Graeme Wilson] Wow, what a treat we have for you today, thanks to the relentless work by Alex Barnes-Ross. He has managed to pry some very interesting emails out of the East Grinstead Town Council...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Cozying up with a Tennessee pol] Earlier this week, Scientology’s most unhinged of front groups, its anti-psychiatry lobbying arm Citizens Commission on Human Rights, put out a press release celebrating another victory. CCHR is always happy when it can convince...

[Hubbard and AG J. Howard McGrath, circa 1950] As part of our ongoing look back at the beginnings of the Dianetics and Scientology evolution, we didn’t want May to run out without remembering what L. Ron Hubbard was up to 75 years ago this month. We’ve been watching how things unfolded 75...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: It was just in January that we brought you the latest presentation of New OT 8s as they appeared in Scientology’s Freewinds magazine. Only four months later, they’ve got a new batch! Here they are, the new class of graduates, the Scientologists who have achieved the...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Mayor Bruce Rector has questions no one wants to answer] Things are really heating up in Clearwater over Scientology’s latest takeover attempt, and we’re fortunate that Mark Bunker is keeping an eye on it… I attempted to go to last night’s Clearwater city council...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Tonight the Clearwater City Council will be meeting to discuss Scientology’s new plans for an entertainment complex on Cleveland Street, and other developments that it has been planning without the council’s involvement. Mark Bunker plans to be there and will be...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [AG’s office attorney Blythe Leszkay and Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson] When it comes to Danny Masterson’s multiple appeals, we try to keep a very close watch on what’s happening at the Second Appellate District in Los Angeles. In Masterson’s direct appeal...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: We first told you about John Travolta and his friend Jimmy Marino two years ago, and how fabulous they looked as they were getting ready to attend the 2022 Oscars ceremony. We followed that up with a curious story about how, in a criminal case involving a couple of...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: As on past Memorial Day holidays, we think it’s important to remind readers about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘stolen valor,’ because part of his legend were the tall tales he told about his experiences in the Second World War. Historian Chris Owen, a regular...

[SF’s Aaron Kyro, making his pitch] We’ve been meaning to give a shout out to Mother Jones journalist Anna Merlan, someone we’ve admired for a long time, for her great look at Scientology recently. Did you see it? She wrote about how Scientology, which for a long time tended to neglect its...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: Chris Shelton goes deep on one of Scientology’s sneaky operations that doesn’t get enough attention… I would like to paint a picture for you involving Scientology and how it has secured its future. It starts with a business person, let’s say a dentist named Stuart...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.. but I’m afraid I’m about to break that rule. For the last week I’ve been on holiday, or as the Americans say, vacation here. It was a well-needed break before the start of a very busy summer work season and an...

TONY ORTEGA Excerpt: [Valeska Paris and Judge Thomas Barber] Tampa federal Judge Thomas Barber has denied the motion for reconsideration filed by Valeska Paris and Gawain and Laura Baxter, after they asked him to step in and do something about Scientology’s “religious arbitration” becoming...