We have a rather unique situation here… The digital U-Haul is loaded after our eviction from WordPress/Automattic for violations of community ‘wrong think’ and questioning narratives against the interests of Big Tech. After a decade on the platform we are sweeping up the porch and saying farewell to the WordPress community.
The CTH family is disappointed at the business position of Automattic, but we are also excited about the new home we have created. CTH 2.0 is going to be awesome, liberating and even better. We are so blessed and fortunate beyond my wildest imaginings.
Right now we are patching the holes in the walls and running the vacuum while our long-time friends stop by to express their anger about our eviction. Simultaneously, those who moved away to the big city are coming back to visit and express their support.
I cannot go into details, mostly because I haven’t yet decided whether to accept a proposal for a grand exit – or stick to our customary & understated simple wave farewell, but the big city folks want to use this eviction as a warning of sorts.
Apparently, the youthful rebellious spirit within those who sold-out to mega-media conglomerates and bright lights has been triggered. A spirit we at CTH retain.
Out there in the land of the MSM right now there is a group of ‘journalists’ ideologically reminiscing for a time when the counter-culture was fighting for the truth; damn the consequences and without care for wounded feelings, delicate sensibilities or financial livelihoods. They reflect on a spirit we have retained and protected within our CTH community. A spirit we will never stop safe-guarding from enticement and compromise.
We are rag-tag misfits, we are proud of it, and -if needed- we clean up well.
We are a crew more comfy eating pizza from box on a tailgate than trying to fit in with a new media outlook of highfalutin’ big technocrats. We are, quite simply, the rebel alliance.
All of that said, a question for each of you would be:
How did you find yourself a member of the CTH community?….
What was it that brought you here?…
And why did you stick around with this group through whatever endeavors you found of value?
A notable disclaimer. Your answer(s) may end up in a very large spotlight; so think about whether you are comfy with that before you share anything. Your comment responses are always private, but also likely to be read by some very influential big city types.
An update on CTH 2.0 will soon follow. But for now, as we sit on the porch and reminisce about a decade of discussion on this platform, there are a bunch of folks who want to know why CTH matters to you.
If you feel like sharing your answer, write it in the comments.
Every response is entirely OK.
I have never known a better group of cyber-friends than this community. I have never known a larger and deeper group of experience than exists right here. I have never known a better team at assembling details, granular and specific details that outline the truth, than this crew. For that, I am blessed and incredibly thankful… Especially today.
So if you’re comfy, what brought you here?
Love to all,
Sundance
That is easy to answer Sundance, I check your every post because your insight, knowledge, eloquence and persistence pertaining to the exposing of the Swamp’s attempt to prevent the light of truth from reaching the people is just brilliant beyond my mind’s comprehension. I salute you.
The analytical breakdown of complex subjects intrigues me due to my computer/science background. Always my first internet stop of the day.
A friend.
Content and community.
The Treehouse keeps me from falling through the branches of despair!
You tell it like it is with truth, plain and simple, good vs evil.
Thanks, and all best in your new beginning, Bless U, e
I was listening to Rush Limbaugh on his afternoon radio show, and he mentioned a particular topic and said the source was a site called the Conservative Tree House. The information from Rush was informative, but it prompted me to make a note and later look you up after work.
What I observed was excellent content on relevant topics that were well documented to support their analysis. Unlike the fake news media which alters the report primarily through omission, Treehouse gave the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Objective journalism is like good law enforcement investigation. The investigator finds out the who, what, when, where, why, and how; and anything else that may apply to the case.
The CTH came as a welcome breath of fresh air, which is why I am still here. Yes, I always check additional sources, but the CTH is consistently at the top on a given topic. JMHO
I think I stumbled on a branch that had fallen. I looked up and there was an amazing sight. A home away from home where we can all relax, talk amongst ourselves, share our thoughts and a good chuckle now and then. Mostly I found a group of like minded people, who for the most part love God, family, friends and Country. Who treated each other with respect yet allow each other to speak their mind without fear of ostracism. Who welcome newcomers with open arms yet make sure that we are all still safe in our home and not bullied by outsiders. I can’t tell you how thankful I am to be able to go the treehouse daily and just hang out. It’s been the beacon of the lighthouse in a sometimes stormy dark sea.
Wow, what an awesomely eloquent tribute, aisheschayal!
During my long adventure from leftism to conservatism I found myself in a battle between good and evil. The problem I realized was that I didn’t know which was which. I could no longer (or maybe never could) distinguish good from evil. I found myself thinking I was a liberal while cheering Alex Jones during one of his Maniacal rants while donating dollars to move-on.org to ensure the election of Obama. I was utterly confused and didn’t recognize the ignorance of my position. After experiencing the hope and change of obama’s first four years, I eventually skipped out of politics and didn’t even vote for obama/romney in 2008. It wasn’t until I came to the Tree house in 2015 that my education really began. It was how you put all the peices of the puzzle together into one coherent picture. You allowed me to understand past present and weirdly predicted the future. Every time I didn’t understand something I would wait to make judgement until I could digest your take on things and read through the brilliant post comments. Interestingly enough, one day I awoke forming my own coherent thoughts for myself. Not that I don’t need you anymore, It’s just that the student eventually becomes the teacher.
I advise “stick to our customary & understated simple wave farewell,” aka “Well, bless your heart, WordPress.”
I don’t recall how (or why) I was first drawn to conservativetreehouse.com, but I’ve been visiting the website several times each day for more than three years. I have come to rely upon sundance’s posts and research as the best source of trustworthy information available. I choose not to comment, but I read most of the comments and regard them as good indicators of where real patriotic Americans stand on important issues.
Q: How did you find yourself a member of the CTH community?….
A: I don’t remember. Found it quite a while ago though. Only started posting recently.
Q: What was it that brought you here?…
A: Researching. Looking for the truth that the Main Stream Media would never tell me.
Q: And why did you stick around with this group through whatever endeavors you found of value?
A: Truth. American Ideals. Patriotism. Constitutional Values. I found them not only in the articles but in many of the posted replies. I saw more investigative journalism here than in the entirety of the MSM.
You cut through all the crap and post good info. Sometimes info that no one else is focusing on. Thank you
I came after Andrew Breitbart died(assassinated/murdered/dispatched) I found everything here to be factual –extremely well researched–trustworthy no small feat in this day and age– I stayed because of these things in an ever darkening world?God Bless You?
Sundance
So much has happened in my life during the past several years that I cannot now tell you what brought me to the Treehouse.
I can tell you, tho, that 1) I am glad to be part of the community 2) hubby and I love what we learn reading your blog posts 3) Grandma Covfefe’s prayer and subsequent posts are a MUST to start the day and 4) hubby and I learn things we never learn or learned anywhere else or any time in our lives.
We are no longer young, we are retired, so have more time than when we were busy keeping family and businesses going. We only watch the local news for weather and, well, local news. All else we read HERE!
I may not comment much. Given responses to my comments I probably don’t have much of interest to contribute – but I contribute what I can.
Thank you for providing this platform for us deplorables. And thank you for providing info and a platform for our VSG P DJT
Kept seeing the Treehouse mentioned and referenced in the mire of Breitbart comment boards during the run-up to the 2016 Election (I was late to the party and thought the Republic was already lost).
Election night 2016, decided to tune into the Treehouse updates and comments after coming home from Holy Hour; already the early exit poll despondence was lifting and the light was showing through the cracks. What a night!
Stayed because of the incredibly well-researched economic articles, the optimism, the often brilliant commentary, and the TOPNOTCH MODERATION (thank you!)—and just because it felt ‘like home’ up here in the branches.
God bless!
Your coverage of Trayvon Martin is what brought me to treehouse! Since then it’s been your dedication to God and truth! God bless you all. I firmly believe the hand of God is on Donald Trump and those who stand to defend him.
Came here by luck a few years ago looking for like minded, patriotic people capable of deep thinking. I have always said the people who make up the best of our society are incredible thinkers and I have read so many of them here. Though I have never posted til now, the thoughts , ideas, expression and comments I came across here have often been at the heart of my discussions about our great country or the direction it must go. I believe the tide has turned and we are going to pick up steam as we move forward towards victory and in doing so ensuring a country and a society that our forefathers dreamed of. Today I am thankful for all of the efforts put forth by Sundance and thankful for all the patriots who figure it out and put down their thoughts here so that others can add to it and move it forward. I look forward to the next step and just like our great country , this is not an end but the start of something even better!
I saw a link to the treehouse in the comment section on gateway pundit. The well thought out posts and the reasonable level-headed discussions in the comments. Kept me here. The incredible amount of info to be gleaned from the commenter here makes this my go-to site.
Daniel Holmes
I don’t recall how I found CTH but I have stayed (and will follow to wherever) because of the articles, resources, and access to like-minded individuals. It lets me know I’m not alone.
2015 i was searching on google for “conservative news” This site came up! God led me to it.! I stuck to it. will stay here until you give up SD. But then you are a warrior and you will find a way. Thanks. God bless
Back when Trump was 1 of 17/18 candidates, CTH explained about Jeb Bush and how many of the other candidates were just plants for him, who would give their delegates to Bush so he could be the Republican Party nominee. No one else I was reading even remotely suggested this–I was hooked.
The truthfulness, thoroughness, and depth of investigation and commitment to present the truth made CTH my #1 source to find out what was really going on e.g. Russiagate, FISAfraud, etc and to help set my bearing to combat the MSM, govt agencies, anti-Trumpers, and Democrat constant lies and distortions. In addition, I have learned more about politics from this site than any other. I am
exceedingly grateful and look forward to the next CTH rendition.
I believe someone sent me a link to CTH covering the McKinney Texas Pool Party fiasco. I got hooked on the intelligent writing, the exhaustive research and links and I’ve been coming here ever since. You’ve built a magnificent thing, Sundance. So glad I found you all.
I don’t remember how I got here, but I love truth, the search for it, and all its supporting details. I also love learning and reading comments. Your site reigns supreme of all the sites I visit. Your unsurpassed research and ability to drill down beneath the surface, yet see the big picture keeps me here. Absorbing the wisdom of the CTH community makes it feel like home. A patriot’s dream!
I came here because here, I wasn’t told what to think or how to think about something. Fact checkers are non existent here, some comments are different than my thoughts, but adults can decide for themselves if something fits or doesn’t.
I landed here during the 2016 election. I knew I was not alone but couldn’t find anyone anywhere. I was in search of a community and found it here. One I found it I never left because there is no where else to go.
How did you find yourself a member of the CTH community?….
I followed a link from another web site ended up here. Liked the story so I made it part of my routine to check here. (Could Ace or thedonald in its previous form at reddit.)
What was it that brought you here?…
Great, well written articles.
And why did you stick around with this group through whatever endeavors you found of value?
The folks and the content.
My cousin told me to try Conservative Treehouse. I started reading it and then remembered I had read the Original Rag Tag Misfits. I have stayed because, most of all, I want to know the truth about our country. If Sundance writes an article and explains what is happening, I know it is the truth. The wealth of knowledge from American Patriots can not be found anywhere else. People from all walks of life share their experiences and ideas on all subjects. The Treehouse is an escape from the evil of this world to a world of truth and hope because of the information shared with each other.
I feel like I grew to this place. I went to a lot of sites before landing here. Most of them seemed over the top with little info. I came to this from a comment on zero hedge. The writing was top notch and the comments were a 180 degree turn from zh. I spent hours upon hours reading articles and comments.
While I don’t always agree with everything I do always learn. Top site on the interweb for me.I
Keep up the good fight.
I found this place just prior to the 2016 election. As a new twitter user, and after a few months of learning how to navigate it for credible MAGA sources, I narrowed my list of follows and at the top of the list was @TheLastRefuge2. I lurked here for about 6 months before finally creating an account so that I could express my gratitude and grab a branch among like-minded folk.
I’m still here because my instincts have proven correct over and over. THIS place is my absolute #1 source for anything Trump/SpyGate/MAGA related. My eyes have been opened when presented with clear and intelligible facts many times over, especially as it relates to the GOP, the media, America First foreign policy and what it really means to be a patriot. I feel like an insider here. I don’t always agree, but I always learn.
P.S. The Cricklewood Brief journey was amazing! We’re all ready to see the long overdue Big Ugly become reality.
Several things brought me to CTH.
1. Truth driven agenda instead of Agenda driven Truth.
2. Massive, intense, honest, crowdsourcing of facts, ideas, and resources
3. Spirited discussions from many viewpoints, and general tolerance thereof.
4. Ordinary Americans speaking their minds, teaching, learning, befriending, each other
CTH is a good place to learn and avoid the screeching harpies of the insane liberal hive-mind.
I found CTH linked from other sites I lurk at. What I found is TRUTH, unfiltered, unvarnished, straight, no chaser. Your take on the Uniparty is golden. I appreciate your crew. Glad your continuing CTH after your unceremonius ouster from WordPress: may they suffer.
I found CTH when the young girl in Miss was burned to death. You were reporting the findings and tracked the rumors and trajectory of the investigation. I discovered your thoroughness for detail and unwillingness to be compromised. I also discovered your spiritual side.
When that story came to an end you began investigating Benghazi. I was hooked and started reading most everything you posted. I love your analysis and dedication to integrity. I was hooked forever.
Your insistence on fact and ability to tell us when you are exploring a theory is intriguing. I especially like the intelligence and integrity of the contributors. I always read the remarks.
Looking forward to 2.0.
Can’t remember where or when I first saw this site mentioned, but the minute I got here and read the thoughtful articles and responses, I knew I was home! Thanks for helping to keep me sane, immersed in the truth, and learning. God bless!!
I am from St. Louis, and shortly after Michael Brown tried to kill a cop and got himself killed I heard a local radio interview with a friend of the cop’s girlfriend. Everything she said turned out to be right (the exact opposite of every other story about the incident, in which racist white cop shoots innocent black unarmed child), and Sundance was the only source that got it right.
How did you find yourself a member of the CTH community?….
I don’t actually recall. I was looking around on the internet trying to make sense of something and I got the explanation here.
What was it that brought you here?…
The answer I sought to the original question brought me here because what I was reading in the big tech media wasn’t making sense. There was an irrationality and I found rationality lives here along with a lot of background information. I am a Canadian citizen not an American so I lack the background to understand the machinations of the politicians.
And why did you stick around with this group through whatever endeavors you found of value?
I will continue to come here to learn, to get background I need, to understand context. Big tech and the mainstream media are lying to us all the time. Here is part of an antidote.
I started reading CTH immediately after the 2016 election. I wasn’t so much pro Trump as was vehemently anti Hilary. To this day I don’t recall exactly where I found CTH. Breitbart and Zero Hedge were my main reads. I knew the MSM were evil and not to be believed. This site has been extremely educational and very comforting in these trying times. Look forward to your new digs and I might even start to offer my two cents here and there.
My brother forwarded me a few of your emails, which is what enticed me to sign up for email notification. Glorious articles that explained very complicated, long-running shenanigans that are so incredibly arrogant it leaves me with mouth agape. Sundance, you are a class act without equal. Carry on!
Started on Daily Paul; then I was a Rand Paul supporter and participated in the Ron Paul Forum. Someone there posted a link to the CTH. That’s how I found this site. Rand Paul dropped out; Ron Paul Forum hated Donald Trump; I had become a Trump supporter because after Rand, Trump had the least interventionist foreign policy. I have been hooked ever since; the analysis by Sundance and so many astute and knowledgeable comments….I feel like I found a home.
A posting at Lucianne.com brought me over years ago, looking for more in-depth reporting, deeper dives, and no spin. I wanted the truth on what the left was doing to derail Trump from the beginning. Found that and then some! Never went back. Treehouse is my go-to (several times a day) for the truth. (With a little American Thinker for next day confirmation.) There is so much good material here that it’s hard to keep up. But now I finally understand what had seemed so elusive for so long. Truly our Last Refuge for the truth.
Initially looking for an alternative to Hot Air and found CTH. So impressed with the great investigative work on Michael Brown/Ferguson politics, Jessica Chambers and Hannah Graham murders and then the exhaustive work done on behalf of our President. I can’t imagine my life without CTH. I like the structure of the comment section with people’s opportunity to respond to one another, often making significant contributions to all of our understanding. There are many smart and well-versed individuals here. Thank you.
For me it was the transparency forced by CTH which focused on what actually happened during the Govt-led 2016 campaign spying and its subsequent coverup. No traditional media investigated the story objectively and most “journalists” actively worked to impede transparency. That clarion-type diligence is a satisfying relief from the smothering diet fed by the tech-media-entertainment-academia monoculture.
When someone has the courage to point out inconvenient truths in the face of a withering culture it’s incumbent to recognize that courage. CTH is a profile in courage and there are individuals, some behind enemy lines, who acknowledge courage and will never kneel to the mob.
I found this site linked from another during the 2016 election. I was already on the Trump train and found it refreshing that here was a place that let me know I wasn’t chasing a pipe dream. As I continued to read I soon quit listening to MSM negativity and started to understand that I was part of a larger movement that had come to the same conclusion about the DC establishment. Now, this site is amoung my daily reads for accurate reporting and information.
I’m a lurker generally. I think I found CTH during the Zimmerman fiasco. It was a location to see the Truth of what was going on and it has remained that way. While I don’t always agree with the conclusions reached here, I am always stimulated to think more. I know that this group is one that will always stand for the Constitutional Republic of the USA. Few people seem to realize that this is what we are and we “Have to Keep It”.
I lived in Ferguson, Mo for several years, long time ago. It must have been a link from Lucianne concerning the facts around ‘hands up don’t shoot’ and the ididndonuffin defense that got me here to the Treehouse. I saw clear, concise analysis of what really happened, vs everyoneelse and their swallowing the narrative whole. That got me hooked! I must confess I’ve been a lurker all this time. Now its time to put on the Tri-corner hat and ride with Sundance Revere to wake up the sleeping about the dangers ahead. If hiden and barris pull off their heist of the USA we are in a world of hurts. If VSGPDJT is able to win in court and unveils the idiots behind the curtain, there will be hired violence in the streets. Either way, tho I’d love to see 2021 be the exact opposite of the scare house 2020 was/is, I fear we are in for it. I just pray our God will have great undeserved Mercy on us! We will follow you to any platform you choose, Sundance, and the whole flock of misfits.
The Treehouse was mentioned in a comment on a little blog I followed in the summer of 2015.
I was thirsty for everything I could find out about the 2016 election and the candidates.
I started reading and never looked back. I’ve had a bit of a bumpy road here, but I’ve never stopped reading. I won’t ever.
The knowledge I find on this site is invaluable. The people cannot be surpassed.
Back during the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman incident, that is when I first started visiting. I had a sense that I was not getting the full story..
I have always said that this was SD’s house, and respected his rules. I visit back now and again, because I still appreciate his insight, and I still think this is a good community, and I think that the mods are great.
The mods are amazing! I learned a long time ago not to irritate Sharon.
They do so much that we never see. That makes this a great place…
Zimmerman brought me here. It was the only place to get solid info.
Rag tag misfits is cool. We are the original deplorables that do not fit in box thought. Sundance is an excellent sleuth at matching up details to make a story.
I found CTH by accident during the Trayvon Martin fiasco. The articles were a breath of fresh air and the input of the “tree” community was amazing. I abhor spin in news stories and CTH is anything but that.
Thanksgiving
The Dutschke/Gramsci March Through The Institutions has been very successful in America. It started in the 1930’s and they have been at it a long time.
So I give thanks that we still have sources of information we can trust like CTH and for that matter many others fearless bloggers. Perhaps because we on the Right have to dig for our information so diligently, we are so much better informed than our Far Left adversaries
So Happy Thanksgiving to the folks at TCH and especially to all its commenters who add so much to our community thus giving us courage to continue fighting for America and our precious freedoms.
I found CTH in 2017. We were living in Australia, and I was searching for truthful coverage of the Russia Hoax. I found it by following links on other new media sites.
I grew up in the DC area. My father was a career DOJ attorney. He had opened my eyes to the political corruption of the DOJ. I have a friend who is a retired FBI counterintelligence agent who confirmed the corruption at high levels in the FBI.
I liked the fact that CTH coverage was based on facts, not rumors designed to support a narrative. While the “sit down shut up” didn’t pan out, it was based on a charitable, hopeful view of the leadership.
I have stayed for the same reasons. Keep focused on the truth.
I can’t remember how I first came upon the Tree House which I now consider my online home, but I have come to believe that it was through Divine Intervention of the same sort that gave us our President Trump. For the past 3 years or so, I have come here at least several times a day to check in, comment and see what’s going on in our crazy mixed up world. This is the one place where I can find serious research, writing and analysis that is second to none.
Starting with the first essay I read by the immortal Sundance, to the thoughtful and informative comments by fellow readers, aka Treepers, I was hooked from Day One and I have been here ever since. The Tree House is more than just a website or blog- it is a true Fellowship and I mean that sincerely. There is no other place on the internet where I feel so at home, so free to comment freely without fear of getting attacked by a vicious cyber mob.
Sundance is not just a superb journalist, writer and essayist- he is a fearless patriot and leader who inspires and informs his readers while encouraging us to “live our best lives.” I don’t know what I (and thousands of others) would do if anything happened to the Tree House, but it would be a life changing event for sure.
It was not completely unexpected that Big Tech and other evil Enemies would try to take down Sundance and this site, but I never had any doubt that because of Divine Protection which is clearly at work here, that our hero would figure out something to save the day..
I am thrilled that our ongoing dialogue and this Fellowship will continue as we approach the end of a year that has been filled with earth shaking events and challenges. Throughout all of it, Sundance, the Tree House and its denizens have been my rock of Gibraltar.
Thank you Sundance and God bless you always.
Reading thru the comments above tells me why I am here. So many of fellow treepers stories reinforce my presence. I too had left the MSM platforms decades ago, thoroughly disillusioned with the direction the strained narrative had been heading. Rush was a sanctuary I found accidentally in 1990. I visit CTH several times a day for the incredibly accurate detailed analysis, but also for the incredible depth of the comments that add so much. Thank you Sundance et al.
I found Treehouse thanks to a local conservative talk radio host who talked about someone who went by the name, Sundance, from a site called Conservative Treehouse and who he thought had an “in” into the world of politics and what was going on. This was in January 2018. I’ve stuck around because of the info provided and explained, so easily understood and accompanied by some pretty good analysis, along with some excellent people in the comment section, even commented a few times. Plan on following to the new homestead as well. Thanks, Sundance and all the treepers!
I know I found CTH during the 2016 election; however, I feel like I’ve been here much longer. CTH is like home, a safe place. I am comfortable in knowing that all articles are based on strong research, and I inherently trust what I read. I know that CTH doesn’t practice click bait which doesn’t benefit the reader.
CTH is above all the propaganda noise and has always provided critical and truthful information even at times when it was most painful to read. Not having CTH as a respected and valuable source of information would be devastating, leaving many of us in the darkness of a large vacuous hole.