Most CTH readers are likely aware of the term “deplatforming.” Unfortunately, the big tech control mechanism to shut down speech & assembly has now arrived on our doorstep.
One week after the 2020 presidential election, The Conservative Treehouse received the following notification:
…”given the incompatibility between your site’s content and our terms, you need to find a new hosting provider and must migrate the site by Wednesday, December 2nd.
What does this mean? It means CTH is being kicked-off the WordPress website hosting platform because the content of our research and discussion does not align with the ideology of those who define what is acceptable speech and what is not.
What was our violation? After ten years of brutally honest discussion, opinion, deep research and crowdsourcing work -with undeniable citations on the events we outline- there is no cited violation of any term of service because CTH has never violated one.
The WordPress company is not explaining the reason for deplatforming because there is no justifiable reason for it. At the same time, they are bold in their position. Perhaps this is the most alarming part; and everyone should pay attention. They don’t care.
Truthful assembly is now the risk. CTH is now too big; with a site reach of 500,000 to a million unique readers each day; and with well over 200,000 subscribers; our assembly is too large, too influential, and presents a risk… we guard the flickering flame.
Ten years of work assembling a library of factual citations and explanations of those discoveries, positions CTH to be a leading force in the rebel alliance push-back. [Heck, that’s why this place was started… that was our purpose: “The Truth Has No Agenda.”] However, that also makes us a target; hence the deplatforming.
Accepting -at its core- this move is all about politics, this is yet another reference point in the tenuous nature of where we stand. There’s no hate-speech on this website; there’s no graphic, violent, foul or abusive speech here. The ‘content‘ of the Treehouse is the same discussion that happens around your kitchen table or back porch discussion with friends. We would never cheapen or insult that conversation with vulgarity because that’s not who we are… because that’s not who our nation is. So consider this next part very carefully…
The ‘content’ is not compatible with WordPress, the world’s largest website and blog hosting service. The content within the largest blog on that global platform is what has become troublesome. “The content”.
The content on these pages is simply an ongoing discussion about freedom with criticism against any political party or entity that diminishes it. Apparently, immediately after the 2020 election, that discussion became problematic. After writing about the COVID-19 agenda,…the notification: the website will be removed.
Let that settle in…. friends and adversaries alike. Think very hard about what exactly is being represented by these actions. That’s the bad news.
So what are we going to do?
First three priorities: #1 is the security of the site content and research files with over a decade of work; #2) ensuring the ability of our assembly to remain; #3) continue the mission.
In the past several days I have begun contacting people to inform and gather counsel on what is the best course of action. On a very positive note, the Rebel Alliance is stronger than ever and no amount of effort by Big Tech is going to be able to weaken the resolve or block the message.
We will take this challenge head-on and we will use this attack against our freedom as fuel to launch CTH 2.0, a new version of The Conservative Treehouse.
I have no idea yet what it will look like… hopefully not too dissimilar to what we are already comfortable with. However, a lot has changed in the technological world since 2010/2011. There are many new and innovative ways to develop, build and create proprietary platforms.
I don’t like anything about having to be forced to do this. Readers here know I prefer comfortable quality that lasts a long time; but there is no alternative. We are being kicked-off WordPress and will have to assemble on a platform that allows free expression, free thought and free ideas to be shared, valued and appreciated.
Additionally, as I look at preliminary options for Treehouse 2.0, one guiding element is priority: I will continue to work earnestly to be deserving of your support and fellowship.
When this site was launched it was for all of us. A refuge, a place of comfort:
However each of us got here, it’s probably a fact that we have the turmoil of those storms in common, perhaps some unease that we could share and always, we also find fresh ground to cover from day to day. We’re developing valuable relationships as we trust one another in our community in the woods. The chatting in the branches encourages, strengthens and equips for some serious walking.
We think the Treehouse is a good armory for those who doing long distance walking for the sake of our nation. We hope you’ll think so, too. Find yourself a good branch….or just pull up a rock to the campfire.
YOU are what matters!
We have shared laughs. We have lost friends. We have lost family together. We have comforted each-other. We have prayed together… and we have sat still together. Sometimes we are not able to find the words of comfort, yet we know it is just as valuable to be there, quietly, steadfast and eliminate the loneliness. We have cried together and rejoiced in each-other’s milestones… This is the source of my resolve.
We have achieved great victories; confronted injustice; done incredible crowdsourcing work that has made lives better, and we have successfully found the truth behind a multitude of frauds and schemes. Let there be no doubt, that will continue.
I have been somewhat quiet lately as I try to figure out what exactly is the next thing to do. Much like our nation, there is trepidation all around us. It is likely that CTH will look different and we may have to engage and learn some new stuff. But it will be OK.
The rebel alliance is strong… and we are angry.
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Exactly! I can’t believe people can be sooo naïve! Although I don’t think they ever really left…they’ve just been hiding in plain sight for the past 70 years plotting their next takeover.
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I am far from a techie but am totally disgusted by the attempts of the left to stifle us and others.
But you know what all this really means…………
It means, CTH IS a voice they don’t want out there. Meaning Sundance’s research and threads ARE very powerful and a threat to them.
So IMO this is why we must stay united and find a way to be back up and functioning by 12/2.
They fear Sundance and us and they fear the truth being told to millions.
The election fraud battle is going to need many, many voices and I’m very hopeful that CTH can and will find a new platform solution so the truth that Sundance speaks coupled with us will continue as we support PT, MAGA and this Republic.
We have seen reports that PT team is looking at possibly taking a major position with Newsmax to build it up as the new MAGA network so I would like to think that those people might also be able to help or guide Sundance on how we can get hooked up on a new and more powerful platform.
The more united MAGA efforts are the more powerful and influential we all become.
My prayers to Sundance and it is my belief that CTH will rise from this and become even more of a force.
I made what is for me a sizeable donation. I cannot express how grateful I am for your efforts to think through what you post and conclude before posting it, a calm in a sea of raving emotional basket cases.
I also “asked” Lin Wood for advice on how to fight this. I felt is was silly for a nobody like me to ask him in the middle of his fight to save the country, but I thought he might point in a clear direction non-lawyers don’t know exists. Perhaps a wasted gesture…
Use Twitter to point us in a new direction. Perhaps have a way on the new site temporarily at first to search the way back archive so the transition is less hectic. Build it; we will follow.
What are you or CTH going to do after December 2, 2020 when you find out that WordPress has has taken over the CTH content and replaced it with what they deem to be acceptable speech? Beware I see The WordPress presents “The New CONSERVATIVE TREEHOUSE “ same look same address but counterfeit CTH content!
https://automattic.com/contact/
Word Press is owned by Automatic. Fill up there box with an all out assault for freedom and everything dear to the American spirit. Ya’ll give them a little lesson on the Bill of Rights and the Constitution.
Done!
Get in touch with Matt Mullenweg. He is the main developer of WordPress software. Ask him what he thinks about this.
[email protected]
It is not my best writing mainly because I am sick at heart at what Sundance has to deal with to keep us together and being a refuge.. This is what I sent: “I want to express my profound disgust and disbelief that WordPress would, without legitimacy, deplatform The Conservative Treehouse. It is a sad day in the history of our country that WordPress would act as a political vehicle to stifle freedom of expression amongst close to a million members of The Conservative Treehouse. This was an deliberate and calculated action by WordPress. Once freedom to speak is lost, the abyss is bottomless. WordPress is the abyss.”
Is there a glimmer of sunshine with such actions creating an opportunity for a more suitable host to appear?
Yes.
I have been totally unaware of your site and , have probably lost out on a lot of info. Sorry to know that a site for truth is being censored or removed. Sorrier yet, that this seems to be part of a “beginning “
Please notify me when you are back up and running. Many thanks to congressman Nunes for his post.
Do you have link for Congressman Nunes’ post???
Let us know where you go because we will follow. The truth can’t die! Uproot and replant, find your fertile soil and let the sun shine light on your truths.
There is little to be done, but I refuse to go quietly. I sent this to the WordPress “ support team”. I plan to close my account, as I only opened one to post comments on CTH:
“ I’m closing my account permanently, unless you reverse your fascist decision to kick CTH off your platform. Your brand of cancel culture and censorship isn’t American, nor worthy of a free thinking society. I’m frankly shocked that every opinion is sanctioned on WordPress except traditional, Conservative, Christian views. Were you threatened with a boycott, or other demonetization? What next? Will you run platforms for the reprogramming of Conservatives through forced re-education, as envisioned by AOC? Disturbing! “
WordPress is garbage. I’ve always despised their format and the feeling that some communist is disapprovingly monitoring my comments. I used their crap for a time when I ran a small coffee roasting business that sold online. Always some issue after another and finally I tired of it and shut it down.
I want to follow you now more than ever. Please tell me where you will go.
I was sent here by a post on Parler app the Free Speech Twitter alternative. Please include it on your login options once you find a better platform. I donated $10 to your cause also. God Bless.
Trump will win .. the good lord has his hand in this .. I will fight for the USA and my rights and others rights as a proud US citizen..God Bless America!! ???
Keep the voice a live
Have you considered any legal action. Not so you can stay with WordPress but to address the cancel culture we are facing in the USA…
Keep me in the loop
Count me in to your new site!
How can we help?
How do we stay informed about CTH now?
Well I had never heard of your site before but am very interested. I’m sure that will be the case many may times over. Your membership will grow!! The bright side.
Unconscionable! Please let us know how to find you and please keep your messages and correspondence with Word Press so that you can file lawsuits! They have no right!
Praying for your best outcome…
Perhaps you’d like to make your own platform. WordPress will be disenfranchising a lot of customers like you. Business will be good.
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As you are capable of hosting wordpress, then migrating the site should be a simple matter for you. MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Sounds great! I was going to inquire and possibly offer the same, but I’m glad to see someone in that niche already! I host secure WP sites on a cloud VM and block IPs at the server. Kudos to you.
I am a AF veteran and will promise you we will protect your website and audience to best of our abilities. We have been protecting a Breitbart contributor from Chinese interference for nearly a decade.
Wow Nov 15 and it was my bday. I am new to CTH and am watching as my father has been saying since Obama this was happening. The takeover of our rights. Everything he said was going to happen … is. Now this.
It saddens me to think we have to fight to be heard and yet people don’t see what is happening. Please keep me on board wherever you go or whatever is being done.
A true Patriot who loves God and this Country.
Mine is November 18th!! Scorpios baby!!??
Just dropping my info so I can follow along.
Hang in there
Stunning ” the content”? a patent pretext for limiting sundance’s reporting. Let us know. Infuriating is an understatement.
WordPress- the software is free open source software. There are other hosting platforms. You own the domain name. A lot of work, yes. But moving the site to a new hosting partner that isn’t all up in your business is better than giving in. And yes, here are alternative CMS systems that are as good as or better than WordPress for managing the content.
I have been with this group for only about 2 yrs maybe a bit more. I thoroughly enjoy reading, in fact look forward to finding your articles throughout the day when I need a break from all the noise going on around me. When I hear something going down, I wait till I can read it on CTH cause I know I will get truth and clarity. I will follow you wherever you land.
WordPress software is available for free to anyone who wants it. All you need to do is get a dedicated server, copy over the content and you’re in business. A good dedicated server is about $100 a month, but you are then entirely in control of your destiny. You do need a good tech guy to run the server butt I’m sure there is someone suitable in your massive membership.
Thanks for standing strong CTH. I will spread your message to hundreds of friends and share your vision. Please keep the good words coming.
I don’t see where to contribute. Help me, please.
Please let us know what the new option will be.
The Rebel Alliance! I love it. But sickened And disappointed by WordPress. I had not heard of you before but I will be watching closely for what happens next. Soldier on Rebels! There are a lot of us behind you and more will gather in the forest.
We are standing behind you.
Andrew, the owner of Gab can give you exact info where you would like to migrate this awesome site. Gab had colossal problems as they kept being deplatformed from a series of hosts. They found who to work with, thus they’ve done the heavy lifting already. If anyone is hosting Gab, they’ll be hosting CTH.
Take a negative into a positive. It was time for a new look for CTH and this might actually be your best opportunity to do it. There is no better way than when you’re pressured to do it.
I would use this moment to connect with IT treepers and actually go beyond what CTH was. Advance the Rebel Alliance to the next step of its evolution:
– the Blog
– an owned (proprietary) commenting section
– the commenting section to have profiles
– email list of profiles (at least 100k I think) that could facilitate possible planning of… things
– create account on Parler (despite what you feel of Mercer, sometimes you have to navigate through adversity); also – due to growing pains, you may have to try a few times until you get your account registered. But, trust me, it’s worth it: your following on Twitter will be bypassed on Parler within the first month).
– through your new site, email list, find IT treepers to actually create your own Social Media. It’s not as hard as you think, and with almost a million unique users here, you can get a quick boost.
– I can help with out of the box ‘strategy’ and ‘vision’; although many can claim that, you can rely on several treepers, not one. I’m willing to be one.
Make this Better. Move it Forward. Improve. Excel.
We are fighting evil, and make not mistake he is formidable enemy. But take heart he has already been defeated, so stand firm. Take solace from the words of Charles Spurgeon an 18 century pastor.
Weapons Doomed to Fail
“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.” Isaiah 54:17
There is great clatter in the forges and smithies of the enemy. They are making weapons wherewith to smite the saints. They could not even do as much as this if the LORD of saints did not allow them; for He has created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire. But see how busily they labor! How many swords and spears they fashion! It matters nothing, for on the blade of every weapon you may read this inscription: It shall not Prosper.
But now listen to another noise: it is the strife of tongues. Tongues are more terrible instruments than can be made with hammers and anvils, and the evil which they inflict cuts deeper and spreads wider. What will become of us now? Slander, falsehood, insinuation, ridicule-these are poisoned arrows; how can we meet them? The LORD God promises us that, if we cannot silence them, we shall, at least, escape from being ruined by them. They condemn us for the moment, but we shall condemn them at last and forever. The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped, and their falsehoods shall be turned to the honor of those good men who suffered by them.
Wither thou goest, I will follow.
I want to follow your new platform
The first rule should always be to have a geographically separated backup of your data…..always. What if WordPress had just cut us off? Being able to re-create the data is impossible.
This is so disturbing. I run a blog housed on WP. I have recently went with a platform for some of my other services that also host sites, maybe a good alternative choice if I feel I need(or have to) shift. This is a different America for sure.
In My Humble Opinion….
I’d have this Unique American Journal archived WAY BEFORE the stated deadline.
Redundancy Rules.
Know Many,
Trust None!
….but the Lord working through You and Other Believers.
Finest Regards to All.
I’ve been reading faithfully since the 2016 election of PDJT. I’ve tried commenting a few times, but don’t think it ever went through, as the Word Press has been confusing. Although much work for you, maybe a better platform will be easier for those who wish to comment. It’s hard to imagine the censorship taking place in this great Country. But you are right, the Rebel Alliance is stronger than ever, thanks to you. God bless you, I have faith in you as God leads you to a new and better platform.
I am a Microsoft Certified Geek and have built computers and TONS of websites mostly on Joomla! platform. Total geek, now retired. Got it while the gittin was good.
Anywho, I have been a Treeper for many years and have told hubby from day one that I have NO idea why this site is setup the way it is, just a time bomb.
Honestly, I am surprised you lasted this long. Staying on the WordPress domain platform is not a good plan, easy yes but not the best choice for a site of this type.
I have been retired now 4 years which means my knowledge is in the stone age techie wise. I will be with you no matter where CTH goes. <3
If you go with Joomla! the hosting company I used is SiteGround. I have never had any issues with them for any of my sites……… including news websites 😀
Surreal. This is simply the best and most insightful website on the internet. Obviously the Elites are running scared of our great awakening.
God gives us a hand when needed.
Contact Lin Wood@Llwood on Twitter regardingbhis #FightBack foundation for representation. This is a hideous foul thing.
#FightBack
Let us know when you open your new website. I will cancel my wordpress account and try to find you through Parler or some other remaining conservative website.
Please consider cross-posting to MeWe. I’ve left Facebook and won’t go to Parler (just a twitter clone).
I’ll be closing my wordpress account.
Love Parler…because of Dan Bongino…Yes the platform is..like twitter..but there are no freedom robbing restrictions with Parler.
I’m sorry to say but there are – I posted a slightly controversial post on Parler & it was posted, a consecutive comment was posted – but not the previous one, so I immediately cancelled my account. I was posting at the time on an article on Epoch Times.
That should read – I posted a slightly controversial comment on Parler & it was not posted, though a consecutive comment was posted.
Sounds like a site glitch. Parler, while far from perfect, isn’t immune to software glitches.
Sounds like software/site glitch.
gab doesn’t have those “glitches”
if it’s on an app store, it’s subject to the restrictions of apple and google. not a good spot to be.
My comment was regarding the ship collisions & problems over the last few years – I stated that perhaps they were the result of lack of discipline, lack of leadership, lack of training & possibly distractions caused by having females on board. My husband who had been in for 22 years, mentioned that back when females first came aboard, he had occasion to spend a few days on a ship. He went to the head just before the Midwatch & saw a bunch of sailors shaving, putting on cologne & taking time over their hair & was surprised. Then he said he realized that it wasn’t just the Midwatch anymore- it was the dating game.
Donation coming your way to help the cause
File massive legal response. I’ve got $1000 in your camp if you decide to take action. Beyond that, reach out to Dan Bongino to seek alternative hosting. Are you able to save all of the SQL data for your site?
First of all, I’m also in for a contribution towards legal effort.
Second: 20 year technologist here. You can migrate your wordpress site to a new instance on another provider by exporting your db and grabbing your files. You could potentially do this with a cloud provider but the compute consumption would be more expensive than what you’re doing now. Last resort, you would have to use a colo to run your own hardware.
Lastly – F these guys. There’s a reckoning coming. They think they’re deplatforming us, but they’re just deplatforming themselves.
I am a patriot! I would like to support this platfor