First things first, a major THANK YOU to all of those who have stood up to show support after we were notified of being kicked-out of WordPress/Automattic web hosting in a transparent effort to remove our research content, discussion and political speech.
Notable thanks to Rush Limbaugh, Mark Steyn, Thomas Lifson, Jack Cashill, John Solomon, PJ Media, NewsMax, Lee Smith, Instapundit, Steve Bannon, Doug Ross, and hundreds of other important voices who showed support.
At an unnerving time it is overwhelming, humbling and very much appreciated to have our little corner of the internet receive that support.
CTH will not soon forget those who stand the gap together.
Additionally, hundreds of offers for assistance and pro-bono services are more than a little overwhelming; and the thousands of emails and contacts from people who recognized what this means in the bigger picture and reached out with support. Thank you!
We could complete another decade and still never get around to expressing the appreciation we feel as we move forward, steadfast. CTH will always work diligently to be deserving of that support and fellowship.
I think we all recognize this specific issue is not about our Treehouse; rather, the stark nature of the issue represents a considerable change in tone amid Big Tech to exert pressure upon voices who express an opinion counter to the accepted narrative. We are in very tenuous times, perhaps an inflection point, where political speech is controlled.
The republicans have done their familiar hand-wringing, teeth-gnashing and running to the microphones shtick to decry the Big Tech censorship… which is to say: they have typically done nothing about it. Alas, the Rebel Alliance is once again on our own.
All of that said, unfortunately it is with an expectation the censorship will only get worse that we must advance our stewardship of the Treehouse community by ensuring the next website will not be vulnerable to any more advanced efforts at removal. In order to continue the original goal of brutal sunlight upon the issues and challenges we outline, Treehouse 2.0 must be able to withstand any future efforts to deplatform our voice.
After a decade of research assembly this current site hosts over 35,000 articles and more than seven million comments. Each of those comments contains a unique web addy. Combined with the internal citations, graphs and graphics that formulate the baseline of the research and analysis, that collective content represents a great deal of data to transfer to the next platform, which must be also strong and independent enough to continue the mission.
We believe the tech engineers and system platform design selected for Treehouse 2.0 will represent those objectives with diligence and foresight. And we are excited to begin anew with some new technological aspects that were not even possible when CTH was originally launched.
Some exceptionally kind people have requested a subscription platform; however, it has always been my mission to provide the raw and cited details, with an opinion toward what it means, totally free for everyone to use as they choose.
I do not consider my finished products proprietary because they can always be made better by smart researchers who can find even more details for a bigger story, and make it better. The site openness and accessibility is as important to me now as it was when The Last Refuge of misfits first assembled 10 years ago. CTH will never charge for access to the truth as we can discover it.
Additionally, this is your home. Myself and the incredibly hardworking site admins consider ourselves stewards to this community. YOU are what matters, so another important part of Treehouse 2.0 is to ensure your ability to analyze, discuss and provide your comments on the subject matter. We will NEVER remove a commenting function from our website. In fact, it is the crowd-sourcing work we have done as a community that has been the most thrilling and brilliant part of our work together. I ain’t losing that focus.
One area of discussion is the “blog roll” feature where we have always tried to link to a network of sites where additional content can be found. In Treehouse 2.0 we may shift from site links to individual writer links where your favorite authors can independently launch their latest articles inside the architecture of CTH. Essentially a blogroll of people, not websites. How exactly to do this is still a work in progress. But I like the concept.
Based on the number of daily site visitors, essentially the scale of readership, strong architecture to support scale will almost certainly mean higher hosting fees. However, if we can build-in proprietary or aggregate ad revenue it would likely offset the costs.
We are fortunate to have a large audience and significant page views, so increased site costs could be manageable. However, that also means we must guard against demonetization, which is another significant attack approach used by those who seek to crush voices they oppose. It is a manageable risk, but must be factored into Treehouse 2.0 with prudent forethought.
The size of CTH influence -the daily site views/visits- is what put us on the targeted radar, Treehouse 2.0 must also be able to operate at a scale accordingly. I used to joke about staying as small as possible: “eyes of a mouse, ears of an elephant”, that worked until now.
I’ll also let you in on a secret, that’s why we kept CTH visually a little quirky. The “rag-tag” had a purpose. The quality of content, much of which is assembled through our crowd-sourcing, was the driver of growth; we didn’t really care what it looked like. Despite my own preference to remain rag-tag, Treehouse 2.0 will likely be a bit more, well, ‘fancy‘.
The key to Treehouse 2.0 is recognizing we are building something within a system that wants to see us removed. Being proactive about that will hopefully make us better stewards for our conversation. Remember, YOU are the important part.
Without you CTH doesn’t really have a purpose. I could stand outside shouting at trees with no impact; but together, sitting on the figurative porch, the conversation is rich with unique skill-sets, subject matter experts, and life-long experiences that make discussion so much more valuable. Myself and the CTH admin team cherish the value you represent.
There were many great suggestions about pre-existing platforms to migrate toward. However, we have a unique set of priorities; and with all of the above in mind, Treehouse 2.0 has specific needs. The proprietary research library is secure, we are now meeting to set up the architecture, and I appreciate your patience as the ordinary level of content is somewhat slowed by the amount of time coordinating the move.
I dislike the feeling of not being able to just share the brutal truths as I see them in this very tenuous time. I very much dislike having to watch what I say for fear of running afoul of the speech monitors who would like to flip the switch and shut us down prior to the previously announced WordPress/Automattic eviction date of December 2nd.
Y’all probably figured out by now that Sundance does not cotton to being restrained. I look forward to Treehouse 2.0 when we can get back in the fight; likely with an increased ferocity.
Apparently it was unsettling to the monitors when I said: “Trump because F**K YOU, is a very powerful force!“… The free speech police didn’t like that. It was all downhill from there.
But 73 million of y’all get it… I know you do.
Smile bigly and live your best life, it will all be OK.
Steadfast wolverines, “the best is yet to come.”
~ Sundance
Borrowing from Mike Vanderboegh – This is no small thing, to restore a republic after it has fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may be that our task is impossible. Yet, if we do not try then how will we know it can’t be done? And if we do not try, it most certainly won’t be done. The Founders’ Republic, and the larger war for western civilization, will be lost.
But I tell you this: We will not go gently into that bloody collectivist good night. Indeed, we will make with our defiance such a sound as ALL history from that day forward will be forced to note, even if they despise us in the writing of it.
And when we are gone, the scattered, free survivors hiding in the ruins of our once-great republic will sing of our deeds in forbidden songs, tending the flickering flame of individual liberty until it bursts forth again, as it must, generations later. We will live forever, like the Spartans at Thermopylae, in sacred memory.
With profound appreciation for your time and attention, and the most warm of regards.
Thank you Sundance I am looking forward to our new platform
God Bless CTH, Sundance, Admins & the Treepers. My gratitude for this site is immeasurable.
Wolverines! Every time I go anywhere I take pictures of Wolverines! Cabelas in my area has a nice assortment. If I could figure out how to transfer to my posts I would add one here and there.
Wordpress-smurdpress-no great loss, I love CTH and will follow you anywhere.
CTH Strong – refuge saneness in a insane world
Bear and I are looking forward to a nice branch on the new tree :-). Bless you Sundance, and the mods, and all my fellow treepers. May we all have much to give Thanks for this year and going forward. Hard times are ahead for all of us, no matter who gets the Oval Office. But I know in my heart TRUMP is the man who won it.
Thank you, Sundance, for all that you do here, perhaps the most important is to keep hope alive that we truly *can* keep our republic, as Franklin challenged us.
I am awed by the quality of commenting here. And your research, and willingness to travel to disseminate it, is beyond comparison.
Thank you. I will continue to donate, and hope that our donations might be sufficient to run the site without ads.
Just about the time I think there remains little hope, I come here to the Treehouse. I find out I am not alone, nor am I just imagining the things that infuriate me. It is real. For that alone, I cannot thank you all enough.
TO SUNDANCE AND ALL TREEPERS.
I am so inspired by all of sundances work and by all of you . it is my beacon of hope. please email us to let us know and if you need contributions to help. I am hopeful to continue the Tree House in my daily life.
bless of all you!!!
maga 2020
I always come to CTH to read the strong words of encouragement in not only the articles…but in the comments as well. I have never been to a conservative blog that has been so uplifting as CTH. Thank you for your continued work Sundance and everyone! There is still hope. With this in mind, a poem comes to my mind written by Edgar Allen Poe (I almost felt like changing the word “dream” to “scheme.” LOL
A Dream Within a Dream – Edgar Allen Poe
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it, therefore, the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand —
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep — while I weep!
O God! Can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?
Amen! And thank you.
SD, I believe that many will step up as necessary to contribute if the costs require more in contributions, as I suspect they already have.
From today’s entry in my daily devotional (Me refers to Jesus):
“Leave outcomes up to Me. Follow Me wherever I lead, without worrying about how it will all turn out. Think of your life as an adventure with Me as your Guide and Companion…”
When I read this post, I though of this…
“Almighty God, You have given us this good land as our heritage. Grant that we remember Your generosity and constantly do Your will. Bless our land with honest industry, truthful education, and an honorable way of life. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil course of action.
“Grant that we, who come from many nations with many different languages, may become a united people. Support us in defending our liberties, and give those to whom we have entrusted the authority of government the spirit of wisdom., that there may be justice and peace in our land. When times are prosperous, may our hearts be thankful, and in troubled times, do not let our trust in You fail; through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
The Lutheran Service Book (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod)
The average person doesn’t realize there are many “varieties” of Lutherans. In addition to LCMS, there’s ELCA, and Wisconsin Synod, along with many smaller/merged bodies. Wisconsin is probably the most conservative, followed by Missouri; ELCA is fairly liberal. From Martin Luther sprung the other reformers who would found Presbyterianism and Methodism. Lutherans believe in “grace alone” apart from good works, as Scripture states. We are also anti-abortion. Thanks for posting this great prayer, Augie!
The ELCA IS THE LARGEST LUTHERAN ORG. And it absolutely is NOT anti abortion. In fact, it is 1000% pro life. It pays for abortion on demand for any reason for all of it’s emoyees and family through its personal and family insurance plan. CALL their headquarters in Chicago and tell them you want to start a church anti abortion program and you need them to send you all the anti abortion materials they have so you can get the program started. You will get absolutely nothing. It will pay for sex change operations.
It ordained practicing homosexuals, supports and performs same see marriages.
It declared itself a sanctuary for illegals and gets hundreds of millions from the federal govt. to relocate illegals. It is open borders, hates Trump, believes in universal salvation and is nothing more than a liberal LBGT ideology. It teaches that you can believe anything or nothing that is in the Bible. The ELCA IS A DEVIL WORSHIPPING cult.
I was as active in the ELCA as a member could be. Council president, took an active role in every thing the church did, served on every committee the church had, etc. I know all about the ELCA and left it and will never set foot back in that satanic worshipping cult again. Most ELCA Lutherans do not know what the ELCA DOES OR TEACHES. THEY LIE,THEY OBFISCATE, AND KEEP MEMBERS IN THE DARK. They lost over two million members and hundreds of churches who left that LIBERAL IDEOLOGY CULT masquerading as a religion.
Want to know the truth about the ELCA go to the website Exposing the ELCA.
Sorry, 4sure. I meant it was the third LEAST CONSERVATIVE, not referring to its size. I am fully aware of their practices. Only reason I used the phrase “fairly liberal” was that I didn’t want to offend any ELCA members here on this site. Not that I’m afraid to defend our position, just didn’t feel it was the thread to go into detail. But you did, and that’s fine!
P.S. You don’t mean “pro-abortion,” do you?? By all the detail of the employee policies and the fact they won’t actually distribute pro-life material, I’m sure you meant they are not pro-life!
Rats, need an edit function! My PS is inaccurate. You are right that they are pro-abortion. I should have clarified that I am a member of Missouri Synod and we are decidedly pro-life & don’t do same-sex marriages.
Thanks for all that you do for us, Sundance! I’m usually so happy to be here. Glad I found this place years ago.
Thank you Sundance and team for everything you do. I’m blessed to have found this treehouse back in 2015 and I can’t imagine any other place I would have found truth and real news. Praying for a smooth transition and for the safety of all involved.???
I can’t remember how I found this site. It was prior to the 2016 election.
I was grateful for all the articles and comments.
I realized that I wasn’t the only one who thought the way I did. (most of my family and friends thought I was a conspiracy nut)
I read CTH every morning with my coffee. I also read numerous times during the day.
Thank you so much for keeping me sane ?
Will follow you wherever you go.
Just another lurker stepping out of the shadows to say thank you and bon voyage on your journey to a safer harbour.
I have not turned on my television since the election! I am very thankful this Thanksgiving for Sunday and The Conservative Treehouse. God’s blessings on you.
I’m always amazed to see that we, the people, are still holding onto the frayed rope that keeps the idea of America on the soil we stand on, and not allowing our Constitutional Republic to float away, especially in this day and age
Amid immense pressure coming from all sides, globalist money, Deep State operations, an enemy of the people “media”, schools brainwashing our kids and the constant bombardment of propaganda, lies and deceptions, there’s still more people who get it than not, and those that get it still hold dear the things we could lose
And it’s the truthsayers among us, patriots like Sundance and many others, who keep the flame of American exceptionalism and greatness burning, and as they do so, using their weapons of unapologetic truths and realities, they weave more strands back into the frayed rope that we’re all holding onto for dear life
So thank you to those who never relent, and while our new tree may be a little spiffier, the same old ragtag bunch will inhabit it
Thanks to Sundance and all at CTH for your devotion to this site, seeking the truth and keeping us informed. It is more important than ever to have a site available to spread the truth without fear of reprisals. I am proud to have a space on a branch of this magnificent tree. I
Thanks to Sundance and all at CTH for your devotion to this site, seeking the truth and keeping us informed. It is more important than ever to have a site available to spread the truth without fear of reprisals. I am proud to have a space on a branch of this magnificent tree. I
Thank you Sundance! Without you I don’t know what my mental state might be.
To show I mean it I put my money in front of my mouth earlier today.
God speed, Sundance. Treehouse 2.0 will be a site to behold.
This website has been my go to for truth. i know and feel i can get it here, and like you said Sundance, the discussions by people with experience and expertise make all the matters clearer, bringing perspective and wisdom from each persons walk of life and i feel is critical to seeing a more complete picture and gaining a greater understanding.
Me and mine view this website, and broader, America, as the first line of defence of western civilization, sounds a bit grandiose but i believe it to be true. Australia is not safe without a Strong America, much less a weakened and cowardly America run by criminals and bad actors. in 2016 when trump announced his candidacy for the president, i admit i thought it was funny. So surreal a notion it was, “you mean that guy from tv? and home alone?” but when i saw what he was doing, the policies he was advocating, the directions he was taking the country and that powerful prophecy from Kim Clament, i knew this was no small thing going on here, not another forgettable election from some SSDA president.
My point is, this website has been here the whole way though and before. I know it doesnt mean as much coming from someone who isnt even in your country, but im 100% serious when i say the world has a vested interest in a strong America. but atm, America has a cancer at its core, that President Trump has been working tirelessly to remove. This website, this community has informed me and mine of the truth of matters, of the inter-connectedness of the events pre/proceeding decisions, debunking lies and propaganda and i hope Treehouse 2.0 is just as strong and resolute as the first, Stronger even.
this is just an aussie’s 2 cents 🙂 stay strong fullas, know that you all are in my prayers.
God speed…..Publius
Hey, I was gonna say that.
:^D
Looking forward to the CTH 2. Maybe I will even get to edit my typos!
Thank you Sundance for all the great work you do.
Thank you Sundance from the bottom of my heart, Your site and all its members have become vital sustenance to me. May God bless you and we continue to pray for our Republic.
zurizara1, my thoughts exactly.
Hello Sundance,
Wasn’t impressed with your use of an expletive. What truly frightens the Left is steely resolve. I live north of your country but studied in yours for four years. I love Americans! You guys are in the vanguard against the progs. Let’s say our prayers first, and then take all those actions which we know must be done. I’m up north here, so that means I’ll just pray and sacrifice. You guys do the heavy lifting for now. But we Canadians are under no illusions: the culture war must have its battles here also. Never surrender!
A shepherd must tend to his flock. And at times fight off the wolves…
Sundance’s use of an expletive was indicative of his desire to fight off the wolves. We are all very ticked off right now. Some leeway must be given in trying times.
I would like to know why Matt spiked the guns at Sipsey Street Irregulars.
This is so infuriating and heartbreaking and potentially soul crushing. There are times when I feel as though I have had enough. But then I come here for ‘refuge.’ To learn that our refuge, The Last Refuge, is now succumbing to the evils of censorship makes my blood boil. I look forward to finding our new home soon and look forward to seeing you all there!
My husband is a personal friend of Mullenweg’s and I had knee jerk reaction to scold him and ask why. But after reading your posts this week, Sundance, this is a new healthy direction for the site and for you. With a few new bells and whistles for us. I think its brilliant and told a friend this morning after hearing Sidney’s press conference.. “I see the hand of God in all of this now… ” which has honestly restored my faith a bit.
A subscription program allows readers maximum privacy because advertisers want to surveil readers.
Then however thought needs to be given whether the credit card processor would “fire” TCT also, given the challenge of BIG CREDIT as well as Big Tech . Challenges
I have never loved anyone I’ve never met as much as I love President Trump and my CTH family. Blessings.
Thank you Sundance. CTH makes me smarter every day and never disappoints. I’m never left scratching my head as to why any story seems incompatible with the mission.
Five years ago a fellow Treeper recommended this forum as a respite from the pervasive fake news. It’s been my nightly reading ever since. You all have provided knowledge, hope and a place to come where I knew I could find calm, regardless of the chaos. I am so relieved that 2.0 will be a reality. When I first read about the deplatforming, I panicked and realized how much I’ve come to rely on the wisdom shared here. Thank you for all you do Sundance and especially, thank you for not giving up the fight.
Blessings.
Thank you, Sundance from another lurker. I come here every day, to escape from the psy-ops from the MSM. Here, I know I’m not only not alone, but part of a vast network of patriots who believe in the ideals and principles of America and President Trump. I wait with great anticipation to find out where our new home is.
I stumbled upon this amazing site with these wonderful Patriots a few years back and my life has never been the same. Thank you for my awakening and thank you for all that you do.
Thank you, Sundance. The Treehouse is my happy place. I find myself rushing through my day so I can startup my PC and get to the CTH to see what has gone on that day. Yes, I can turn on the tv and OAN but I rely on CTH for the news and the truth and what is important. Thank you Sundance and thanks to all who make CTH possible and to all who perch here. Ya’ll are my sanity and hoe for our country.
I’ll support you wherever you go, Sundance. You have my loyalty.
I sure hope you’ll also migrate to Parler and / or Gab
I’ve been coming to the Treehouse for years, and it’s been such a refuge for me. I found this place during the George Zimmerman fiasco, and have been coming back ever since then. The research here, the depth of the investigation, the passion for truth, it’s everything that journalism should be. It’s the living embodiment of the alert citizen, exercising free speech and engaged in government. You opened my eyes and I can’t, and don’t want to, close them. I’ll follow you wherever you go! My thanks to you Sundance and CTH – all the way from Melbourne, Australia.
I appreciate the efforts to go to the 2.0 platform. You have my support in general but I will always try to encourage and cajole patriots to not only live their “best lives” as you do, but also the strive to be “better” as people.
I remain unabashed that we will not be truly “successful” in fighting our mortal enemies, foreign and domestic, if we do not slow and eventually reverse the very negative spiritual and moral trajectory we as a people have be on, especially in the last 65 or so years.
As such, I hope we can increase our abilities and willingness to engage in sober and honest introspection about where each of us “are” in spiritual and moral terms and then have the courage and fortitude to act positively to become “better persons” in every way.
Only in this way can we restore “virtue” in our “culture” that our Founders repeatedly reminded us was the absolute, nonnegotiable foundation of both our society and its government that they created for us. If we fail to return to our Judeo-Christian roots of the Bible, we truly will fail overall.
Consequently, I am with you SD and other Treeper patriots even if I cannot agree with the way in which too many of us now communicate, using profanity—even the FBomb—needlessly given the richness of our language for expressing even the strongest of sentiments.
Check out the advertisers who advertise on Bill Still’s videos — not the ones added by YouTube, but the ones embedded in the videos. These sort of advertisers would be likely to support CTH with ads.
Quite the co-inky-dink that CTH goes down at this particular time…
SD, where ever you go, I will follow. Kindest Regards sir.
Just say the word Sundance.
Thank you Sundance, I will always support you as I am always supporting President Trump from the “purple tier of Ventura County, CA now going into curfew”. You have kept me sane from the beginning of the march to Trump’s first victory and every type of news that comes streaming across the wire to prevent the onslaught of insanity.
Poster from Swiftboat Vets Blog
Once we crowd sourced Lt for life Kerry’s fake awards and citations
I gave Troy Jenkins , poster under “Navy Chief” direction to Texas Tech University archives, he and others found to very communications and real facts
Once it,,went past Kerry and onto the Sec Navy, to high ranking Navy Brass and even to the White House being envolved the $ behind the web site went dark!
My last post there was a long bit of poetry about this and it was deleted and my access cut off.
Not long after that it was shut down we got to near the corruption!,,Troy list his job, he lost his top secret security clearance!
Beware
I hope you received the Paypal donation. Usually I get some kind of receipt from you (Sundance) but you have been indeed busy.
In the meantime, Premier Loathsome Gruesome has commanded a 10PM to 5AM stay at home curfew…. seriously? That pendejo is gonna get it. Will I get pulled over on the 405 if I’m out for a nice drive, light traffic, good music on?
Hard to change. Been there, not because someone want to silence me!
I owned a thriving business and was happy to continue on that way, had a good balance between work and family, but because the business made money the pressure to expand was great from banks business associates to you name it, money makes some people crazy.
I went along with it for many years. But it got to a point where I had a business but no family. I finally made the decision to sale out and move on!
Change is hard.
Thank you Sundance…for all you have done…and for all you will do… to save our country..
Sundance, I don’t think you’ll ever know how much you mean to so many…
All packed and ready for our move.
Great article by Adam Mill regarding Conservative Treehouse on American Greatness Nov 18, and censorship. Worth reading.
Jen, thank you for suggesting the Adam Mill article.
And Ocelot, thank you for the link to Mr. Mill’s article.
I appreciate Sundance, the Treehouse and all who participate so much.
I too like the idea of the “blogroll”.
I look forward to reconvening at CTH 2.0!
In the meanwhile we have work to do holding fast as we support our President by exposing the election fraud each of us doing whatever is in our abilities to share and spread information.
We all know too well what is at stake.