First things first…. It is important to identify protection and favor when it surfaces. CTH is not only thankful for our ability to be faithful stewards to our community, but at this specific inflection point we are thankful to God for his providence. CTH stands steadfast!
Was it not for the notification and deplatforming in November, and the inspired members of the Rebel Alliance that came to our aid, we may not have survived the past 24 hours.
Thank you. We are humble and steadfast to our mission. Ever faithful.
To the larger CTH community, we are fortunate to have an anti-fragile system in place to withstand the deplatforming currently underway by Big Tech. So-far, so-good, fingers crossed.
Two recent features are interconnected. (1) There is now an internal flagging system in the comment section to draw attention to content that is outside guidelines. (2) Admins now have enhanced moderation tools to intercept that content.
With the enhanced focus of Big Tech to find justification, including in the comment sections of websites, to take down voices of the Rebel Alliance – it is unfortunately critical that we hold strong filters in place for tone and comment content at the moment.
As a reminder, here are the general guidelines for comments:
“Seek first to understand, then to be understood”.
1.) First, please READ THIS ENTIRE THREAD – and the full text of any discussion thread you wish to participate in.
Skipping to the comments to express an opinion without reading the content of the discussion is not helpful.
Often, unfortunately quite often, we find many of the points injected into comments are already outlined in the construct of the thread itself; questions asked while the answers are in the primary post.
2.) STAY ON TOPIC – please do not post something unrelated to the specific matter and content of the thread subject. There is a ALWAYS a daily open thread available for any subject you feel should get attention. Never place unrelated, “O/T”, or “Off Topic” comments on a thread unrelated to the topic. It is not ok to say: “sorry, O/T but”… or any iteration therein, it is actually quite rude.
The Treehouse operates on the ‘old school‘ standards and practices of civil discourse amid the original blogging community.
3.) NARROW YOUR THOUGHTS – Quality beats quantity. Please construct your comments to target specific areas and not broad generalizations about the discussion topic at hand. If you have four or five disconnected points, break them up into individual comments.
4.) AVOID GENERALIZATIONS – Do NOT speak in riddles. Words like “he, she, they, it, them” should rarely be used. Spell out “who” using the name, spell out who “they” are at the beginning of every sentence in your paragraph; so that there is clarity as to who you are talking about. Avoid using acronyms.
5.) BLOCK PARAGRAPHS – Do not post huge blocks of text. Think of the reader, and modify your presentation for understanding, not for exclaiming. Do not write to yourself, you are writing to others, so please structure your thoughts so other people can grasp and enjoy. NEVER post massive blocks of text without paragraph breaks. In the current comment system hit the return twice to put two lines between your paragraphs; when the comment posts it will only show on space.
Do not post huge blocks of text
6.) PARAGRAPHS – Should NEVER be longer than two or three sentences taking up three to five standard lines of text. Again, you are writing to be understood, the emphasis should be on the reader comprehending what you are sharing.
Do not post huge blocks of text
7.) SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION – This is not school and we do not demerit for poor spelling, nor do we allow anyone to call others out for the same. However, if your construct is too poorly written the context is lost and important details can be missed. Read the comment carefully before you send it. Proofread it again. Does it make sense?
8.) TIME – Everyone ‘s time is valuable. Many of our discussion threads are 500 to 1,000+ comments long. We try to limit the comments to 500 and then post another related thread, but with some research threads it is challenging to do so because we do not want to break a continuity.
9) CITATIONS – There’s a big difference between an opinion and an assertion of fact. Feel free to provide opinions; however, if you are making an assertion of fact you must attach a citation for review. If you do not have a citation – don’t post; this avoids spreading rumors, gossip and unfounded claims. Also related, do not post links without an explanation of the reason, purpose and content that is behind the link.
10.) THOUSANDS ARE WATCHING – For every person writing a comment, there are easily hundreds of thousands of reading lurkers on every discussion thread. There are thousands of CTH readers and a community reach of well over 15 million/mo. Do not write anything you would not say in your own living room. Do not disparage our conversation with vulgarity, profanity, or any expressions of any “ism”.
11.) MODERATION / FILTERING THE HATE – Because of our honest approach at seeking facts and truth, and openly discussing various analytical theories along the way, we are bombarded by those with ulterior motives which include:
- Intentional efforts to distract
- Intentional diatribes to affix labels to our objectives
- Intentional expressions of rabid hate, vulgarity, and threats.
- Trolling and professional obfuscation.
- Concern Trolling as a tool of distraction and derailing conversation.
- Psy-ops and intentional efforts to diminish fact-finding.
We do our earnest best to stop the agenda-horde at the moderation gates, however sometimes they get through. If you see something untoward say something. When a new comment surfaces that we view is likely presented only to argue, we watch carefully – but we also are not perfect. You can help. Feel free to flag or alert us via email.
12.) MANNERS MATTER – Simple kindnesses and courtesy should always be present in tone and content. When writing, ask yourself before you hit send: does this add value?
13.) NO PERSONAL ATTACKS – Ever. The fastest way to lose commenting privileges is to ridicule, bully or personally attack another person’s opinion or comment. Unfortunately people, often good people, let their passion interfere with good manners and personal judgement. If you cannot be polite or respectful, pause – and – do not comment.
14.) TONE and HONESTY – Often the information and research CTH provides are about challenges we face and/or events that are hidden from larger review. It can be frustrating to see the scale of corruption; however, only you control how that information is absorbed by you. The truth doesn’t care about our feelings. Try to keep an even keel and optimistic disposition.
15.) DEVICES – It is a reality that many people use their phones to browse information and/or comment. Cellular phones and iPads are okay for reading, but also present challenges in commenting. Please make every effort to avoid the run-on issue of text from these devices. Put extra spaces in your paragraphs. Also remember your service provider (ISP) may have filters to limit the websites they permit you to view. It’s not CTH, nine out of ten issues are related to your service provider. This issue is worse in 2020 for obvious reasons.
We are working to build-out enhancements to the current platform that will make phone and tablet users have a better experience while retaining the overall theme.
SUMMARY: The Tree House community has historically accomplished a lot. Through exhaustive research and analysis our accuracy and reputation for truthful fact-finding, regardless of where it leads, is well regarded. Retain that distinction of intellectual armament.
We are The Conservative Tree House, not because of political affiliation, but rather because the word “conservative” expresses our outlook. We would rather be deep, than wide; we would rather be honest, than popular; we avoid semantics in favor of accurately presenting both intention and meaning.
We are bold in our willingness to go into conversational places where others do not, and we are brave enough to stand firm for principles which are time tested.
We would rather advertise our outlook, so the viewer can understand our perspective on a particular subject, than deceptively claim we are something else and deliver an inherently biased view. The entire spectrum of the MSM is based on the latter.
Every reader knows where we stand on any given issue, and our opinions -while they may be unpopular- are based on solid research and analytical insight into the subject matter at hand. This is why our predictive analysis is routinely more accurate than others.
Lastly, this Treehouse is a conversation. Hopefully, just like sitting on a porch with friends. Because the “conversation” is the ends and not the means, this approach inherently means YOU are important; do not diminish yourself:
[Remember] …”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 intellectual 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”.
Wolverines faithfully patrol the perimeter.
Humor is good way to avoid fear. Be kind and please be respectful… Manners really do matter… after all, this is a fellowship. We are stewards. The Rebel Alliance is strong.
Throughout history large armies have been defeated through the process of division.
It is not a leap to see the same strategic objectives being deployed against social assemblies, on-line communities, and even religious congregations.
The bond of fellowship is needed more than ever.
Each of us has a different connection to our community. Each of us has a different level of internal strength… such is the nature of living. However, the distance between people is manifestly not a good outcome when combined with the lack of food for the soul.
The control mechanisms of social media was already troublesome; physically distancing from human engagement only worsens the impact. There is no digital or virtual replacement for the true fellowship of humanity on a personal level.
Ultimately it is the currency of human connection that is the true value in our lives.
We have each felt how our positive influence upon the lives of others nourishes our own sense of purpose and fulfillment… Do not lose that. Do not think you can compensate for that through other arbitrary measures; you cannot.
Give the gift of hope and light to those you love by first reminding yourself of the gift that a loving God has given us all. It is too easy in our human sense to forget the biggest gift we have been granted, the gift of life. The ability to live and choose how we engage in the lives of others.
Remind yourself of the kind of purposeful HOPE that would leave a throne to be born into a manger as a baby only to grow into a Man willing to lay down His everything for the wretchedness of humanity.
No politics or false sense of security can overwhelm the message of HOPE that a loving God has provided. No effort of man or human disposition can surmount the greatest love of all. “No power of hell, nor scheme of man” can come close to the purpose of God’s intent and love for you as a unique person qualified to receive that love.
Stand steadfast in faith and the Rebel Alliance will thrive.
Wonderful post Sundance.
Thank you Sundance and Company for all you do. It is a sad fact that over here in barren Scotland we have nothing like the Treehouse to go to.
In a way I am glad as it would be a crime not to visit here every day.
Just now my better half and I are practicing headstands in the corner while balancing cups of hot coffee on on bare feet. Before someone asks – it is in preparation for the next insane diktat we are expecting from our little Furher Mrs. Sturgeon “to defeat the virus”
We are on level 4 at the moment which is house arrest and she is threatening to go to the next level.
So better be prepared for all eventualities
Patrick
I recently received notification from friends in Ayr about the total lockdown.
I am so sorry for you.
Scotland is a beautiful place.
“WAR! Twitter & Facebook PURGE has Begun” by Ann Vandersteel at BeforeItsNews
408 US congress critters are TRAITORS
Here’s a thought: Everyone is calling for MAGA Patriots to delete their twitter, etc. accounts. I completely agree that we should absolutely NOT support any of those sites moving forward. But…
Instead of voluntarily deleting our accounts, let’s get “permanently suspended” and cause Twitter, et al to be the instrument of their own demise. When they ban half of their users, so goes half of their advertisement revenue.
I abhor these millennial, bearded, self-righteous morons. They are evil incarnate. Without advertisers they are nothing. They lose their voice and therefore their influence.
They won’t Ban me because I am not one they really have to worry about. I have only 2600 followers and as a general rule I just Retweet. I was feeling guilty of supporting them just by being there. I guess I felt like I was violating my own standards. I hope every conservative dumps Twitter if for no other reason than to take a stand with President Trump. No one should be banned because of an opinion the owner doesn’t share. Twitter has been selectively banning conservatives for at least the last year especially those with a lg. following. Those tactics should not be tolerated and supported by our presence on that site. A great many have deleted their account and from what I hear many more will follow. I feel very good about leaving Twitter. Now, when I succeed in convincing family to migrate to another site that is free of radical liberals I will leave FB. Any suggestions on sites to migrate to or does one such as that even exist?
MeWe is similar in style to fb- I moved over there with several family members and it works very well.
CHeck out GAB but. Also has video
Gab founder Andy Torba is a true patriot and CHristian.
MeWe sounds like a China front.
I joined both Gab and Parler, like Gab better and you don’t have your data trailed and you don’t have to give a phone number at Gab.
I wish POTUS had joined it instead of Parler, which tracks all you do just like twitter. Haven’t we had enough of Big Brother?
Spreely is down just like Parler. I tried to log in 20 times last night. I have not checked it this morning but I will soon. I have not checked GAB yet.
Bottom line in all of this, I truly believe the Communists want the coming Bloody conflict. We MUST learn how to use this against them in every possible way.
Thank you sundance and all CTH staff and of course all the Treepers for keeping a steady hand and hearts for the coming storm, it has not blown by but is only about to start. PRAY PRAY PRAY!!!
Citizen Free Press is down.
Cannot bring up Newsmax on my puter. Is it just my service or is it down for everyone?
Citizen Free Press is migrating to a new cloud server. Still down.
Gab was fine this AM. They were crushed yesterday with new users. But they own their own servers. Have been on it since they started about 5 years ago. They bootstrapped their operation and it has been Well worth the occasional hiccup to see them do well.
12 million in 12 hours. New servers en route. I’m JMClever on GAB
Same, I joined when they were nothing in 2016.
I got permanently banned from FB with no warning. What made it so strange was I had no followers, had never posted on my home page, and I hadn’t posted any comments on FB in months. I basically only used it for the marketplace and offering supportive comments on a young singers page.
I didn’t fight it. Didn’t like FB anyway, but sometimes that’s the only place you can find certain information.
That’s what they want you to think. FB became the start page for many. If you put your terms in the search bar on a search engine other than Google with your zip code you will find them. If they only have a FB presence, look on their contact us tab and then use the email or phone provided.
My wife had opened a FB page to order something from a merchant. About 2 months after that (with no other usage from her) I delete her account. This includes removing any notifications I could find and following the recommendations for deleting data.
About 3 months after deleting her account she got a message saying she was banned for having unacceptable content. I guess the implication is deleting your account can get you banned also.
Re your last line, dunewall…. Sounds like a case of . . .
“I quit!”
“No, you don’t. You’re fired!”
I deleted twitter last night. They are chopping down big conservative accounts left and right. I’m still trying to decide where to go for a similar platform without the heavy-handed censorship that twitter is now known for. It’s become intolerable.
I see people mentioning MeWe, Gab, Parler, Clouthub, ConnectZing, etc. One of the best people I followed on twitter is Tracy Beanz. She was banned and I think she now has an account on ConnectZing. Sounds like FedUp likes MeWe.. Anybody have opinions on these?
I’m hoping we can all land at the same place. There were some great people over on twit.
I joined GAB early on…October 2016 (5.3K followers there) and have been happy there with the freedom of speech. I post a lot there and link articles from here regularly so I know I’m driving at least some traffic here
It’s still a growing site, with growing pains, but I believe Andrew Torba has his heart in the right place
It’s been really slow the past few days due to a huge increase in traffic, but I still think it’s worth a look if you’re looking to move
Thanks everybody for the input.
I plan on spending more time on CTH but I think I might give Gab a go. I’ve got an account. I’ll give it a chance and maybe a few others. Feels good to be free of the twitter gulag.
I am not an expert – but it looks like many are on GAB
Why do you need any of their crap? The Conservative Treehouse and Citizen Free Press is all of the “social” media I need. No one really gives a rat’s ass what most of us think. Social media is just a bulletin board email type of publishing where everyone gets a shot at attacking or agreeing with you. Who cares?
Citizen Free Press has been inaccessible for over 24 hours — anyone know what happened to it?
I think Citizen Free Press was migrating to a new platform.
GAB. Give them time to spin up more server power if there are hiccups.
MeWe
I signed up for a Twitter account to follow President Trump
That lasted about two weeks before I got suspended, they want my phone number to activate me again
Needless to say, I’m still suspended
Try GAB – it is the FB.
I have been permanently banned from Breitbart, ABC news, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and I deleted my Facebook account today. When they asked why I was deleting them, I said it was because they banned the president.
Please delete. You are unlikely to be banned; you are the product they are selling — just by being there.
Leave square inc.
Why still rely in big tech? Why are there no share on Parler/Gab/Rumble/etc. buttons?
Hat tip, Larry McDonald, I remember you!
Parler has a share button that goes directly ro FB
Something big is coming, can anyone else feel the vibe? What ever it is it’s not coming for the conservatives, of that I’m sure, the left take what they want by hook or crook-they stole an election yet they emit great fear—something is coming.
Monica, I have had this same conversation with family and friends this week. Something feels off. We are trying to prepare for something, we know not what. And of course staying positive and supporting each other.
We need to support each other now more than ever. We are family and with our numbers we can accomplish much. Thank you Sundance and CTH!
I think the left will riot and I mean real RIOTS. The people have been in place since the election (in case PT won, and of course he did) and they haven’t been paid or got that free new pair of shoes or televisions. They must be paid — and we will see that soon.
Yea I feel it as well, it’s like a dark shadow on the edge of my vision, I strongly feel what ever it is-it’s coming for the corrupted.
Agreed. Before the Big Purge , Michelle Obama came out and told social Media outlets to ban Pres Trump. It started happening immediately after.
The Obamas are now the de facto Presidents.
This is an abomination. The wheat is completely separated from the chaff now. It had to happen. God will not be mocked when so many of us are faithful believers.
They have been since he left office. That’s why he kept a residence in DC. He’s been up to very nefarious things. He’s a globalist kind of guy.
ANd remember Megan and Harry are friends with the Obama so don;t support thier whatever podcast things they are doing.
I’ve felt that vibe for 30 years. What specifically do you sense it will be?
Financial meltdown? A deadlier virus?
It’s hard to explain, but the other day I felt great fear over what the left are able to do without penalty, while reading here I noticed a dark shadow on the edge of my vision all day and it calmed me down. I can’t explain it, but I feel something dark was awakened by the corrupt deep state and now that something wants a piece of them. I’ve always had a strong empathic ability, I can feel how others feel. What ever this shadow is, it’s not here to hurt decent people.
Monica, I am wondering why I don’t feel worse than I do about these events which have transpired.
It’s not that I don’t feel awful, it’s just that I keep having a nagging sense that all is not loss.
It’s isn’t hope I’m feeling. We all feel hope against all odds at times, and we all know it’s got nothing to do with reason.
This is a terrible feeling. Terrible in the formidable and awesome sense.
Not “lost”.
Monica, Almost all of us have never been in a war zone with bombs bursting in air.
We love this country and took so much of America’s freedoms for granted. In such a swift time we have been isolated with masks, our schools closed, and reminded every day of flu death counts with photographs of people on ventilators. Durham report has become a joke. We had looked forward to Nov.3rd to finally get to celebrate a victory in 2020 with President Trump. Within hours election results were unbelievable. Realization that massive fraud voting occurred before our eyes has been painful along with the recognition that elected officials were not going to do anything about it.
From the night of Nov 3rd as vote count halted to the afternoon of Jan. 6th: Before our very eyes we witnessed patriots at our nation’s capitol. They were waving our flags, not burning them. None of them meant to give such advantage to the other side! Boy howdy, the other side moves quickly and within 48 hours, there is censorship and there is another vindictive impeachment. Added, we have a president elect already giving mean speeches filled with nasty labels directed at us.
I’ve been feeling same since late Spring. Preparing best I’m able even though not sure what form this big thing will take… Our beloved America is crumbling on so very many fronts that any event could stem from one or many parts of this puzzle.
God never gives us more than we can bare, the dark hates the light-so keep a light on.
Perhaps the crumbling is merely the corruption, the rotten appendages to the glorious foundation of our Declaration and Constitution that are falling off/ down. Yes, events will occur because of it. I see all this as a Cleansing for Restoring but it will not all be pretty.
The hand of God at work.
That’s what I sensed on Election Day 2016.
I don’t feel that now, and that leaves me feeling nervous, apprehensive, and very confused.
I don’t know what this feeling is. I haven’t felt like this before, so it is beyond my ability to name or even comprehend it.
They are more afraid of Trump out of office than when he was President. Just imagine the hints he will layout for us. He will be a terminal thorn in their side. He will bleed Crazy Joe out one pint at a time. Just wait until he lays waste to Nancy. It will be glorious to witness. Get your popcorn ready.
Monica, so ironic you mention this. I said the same thing last night. The Swamp is petrified of President Trump. My hope is not vanquished, nor shall it ever be
Yes. It’s coming. Don’t know exactly how it will all go down or what will happen. I feel like the big purge on Friday is just evidence gathering.
Yes, something is up. Sometimes I feel as though the Liberal Democrats, especially the nasty Obama’s are scared to death about what is about to drop and they want to make sure we don’t hear it.
Once the Left is installed in office, they will do everything in their power to cover their tracks. Trying to silence a hundred million Americans will back fire on them terribly. I pray for our American survival. President Trump was taking us to a Revival.
I think that we are still enroute to a Revival.
From where I stand, something big has already come, and it ain’t good.
I agree. Reflecting back on the whole Trump administration and how he was treated by the deep state, something big is coming. Something was postponed when he was elected, but now they need to implement it and can’t wait any longer.
Even before he was inaugurated, the deep state showed great fear that someone who was not in the club would have access to information. They even made statements in the press wondering if he should be given fake intelligence briefings. when Biden claimed victory, they wanted him gone the next day. They didn’t want him hanging around with access to information. Even now they are trying to cut off all communication between the President and the country so he can’t reveal secret information.
Usually when a president does something, it is made very public, like a ceremony for signing a bill into law.. Every official action is public so that citizens see it. There is one big exception, the Iran treaty. We were told that there is a treaty, but no one is allowed to read it. I have read once that there is one official copy which is stored in a room, and very few have access to read any of it. I am not sure how many have access to read the whole thing.
I believe what they are afraid of is that there is another secret treaty, which has never been acknowledged to exist. They are afraid of President Trump revealing its existence. It probably is a treaty with China, and governs their rise to take over the world. It was probably created in the Clinton administration with all of his dealings with China. All of the tech transfer and supply chain transfer i s not random, all of it would be governed by the treaty. One of the parts of this treaty would be to sell Alaska to China.
Whatever the secret is, they are very afraid of the citizens and what people will do when they find out.
The CTH has become a critical platform for free speech and thought. I hope that CTH will strengthen its alliance with others and help foster communication technologies that cannot be controlled by politicians, and authoritarians. There is no doubt that the goal of big tech and their backers is to isolate and oppress people like me.
Yes, we need open communications. I read that POTUS is looking at establishing an independent platform for he and like minded Patriots to focus on.
The Rebel Alliance Sundance cites clearly refers to more than CTH alone.
I believe we can expect further developments such as you suggested and do indeed pray for them.
This is a class website. Excellent guidelines, Sundance. Thank you for being a voice of reason!
Thank you Sundance for your tireless efforts. I was in DC & had the chance to be interviewed by John S. We will stay strong and keep moving towards the fire.
Are we still good to post here?
Seems like you just did
Looks like. I ask since so many sites are being attacked. Like Sundance said, being de-platformed when we were was a blessing in disguise. The Citizen Free Press site has been under attack for a couple of days now.
I’ve been a lurker for months. Just joined this morning! Great post SNA!
what a great post! I too have only commented a few times; been a super lurker if you will but have gained tremendous perspective from Sundance and all the treepers. I’m grateful for the refuge!
Same here. Years of lurking and learning. So thankful to all.
Divine intervention in November for CTH. God Bless you Sundance, Admin and all patriots here.
The timing of the enforced move certainly was providential; I am very thankful for that, both to CTH and the Lord Who Provides.
Sundance, THANK YOU for all you do and have done! I am so glad I found this site…restores my sanity after some crazy months. And at times, rebuilds and reinforces a sometimes shaky faith!
Sundance, again thanks for words of wisdom and the reminder that Gods love gives us hope in these dark times
Please persuade your county, city, school districts, road repair departments etc to stop using defacebook for Public Notices. It is not a newspaper or a public bulletin board and violates their standards for alerting the citizens.
I never use Twitter or Facebook, so those don’t affect me, but youtube is a different story. Not only are they trying to stop us from communicating, they are demonetizing us. Expect Adsense, Amazon affiliates, etc to be the next attack on us. Also, big advertisers will prohibit their ads from being run on our sites.
As bad as it may feel, look for opportunities. The old saying still applies – When one door closes, another one opens. Look for the open doors.
Sundance and fellow Treepers
“Was it not for the notification and deplatforming in November, and the inspired members of the Rebel Alliance that came to our aid, we may not have survived the past 24 hours.”
This (to me) is the perfect way to describe “Thy Will Be Done”.
We pray
Something in life ‘happens’
It ‘seems’ to be the opposite of what we were praying for
Life goes on as we ‘adjust’ to new events
Then – Lo and Behold – we realize that
a) we were prevented from a very bad decision – or
b) we were led to a MUCH better situation than we could have anticipated
I don’t know about you folks – but that has happened several times in my life. Sometimes things happen that are VERY depressing. NOT what we wanted or expected. Looking back we realize that we were actually prevented from doing something or protected and prepared for life’s next event.
Sundance and crew – we appreciate yu and your efforts more than I can say. THANK YOU
Absolutely msidaho. The thing that seemed “worst ever” in retrospect has become “best ever.”
Inspired to join this fine site and this fine group of people. Thank you for being here to support the truth and one another.
Personal thought; I can’t read the mind of God, but I can’t help but feel this censorship crackdown is ultimately to our benefit.
By engaging in this crackdown Big Tech is exposing to one and all just how unfree our speech really has become; How much they wish to tell us what to do.
People HATE being told what to do. Our ancestors’ first sin was disobedience. It is literally human nature that when told “No” we immediately ask “Why?”
I see God’s Hand on this rash action. The wise would have sent out the trolls to post the equivalent of “yeah, right” and “where can I buy the drugs you’re clearly on?” They wouldn’t have even added “this claim is disputed” to it; they’d have instead said “Hey, people are allowed to post all sorts of stupid things here. Here’s a funny cat video.”
By their draconian acts now they’re practically screaming “There’s something here we’re afraid of” and human nature is to peak at what that might be.
Google bans Parler and Apple plans to follow suit? That’s the best possible advertisement for rebellious youths to go around the platform store to get Parler (and more, they feel clever for having outsmarted The Authority to get there).
My daily prayers, along with protection for President Trump, his family and supporters, has been that God take the plans of the wicked and bend them to His ends. This feels like precisely that.
Thank you Sundance. For helping to keep the light of freedom burning
I must say at this point after reading Bidens statement about us and all the purging going on it’s time to start calling these people what they are. They are not Democrats. They are communists. More than ever the mask if off them. We know what they are. And I’ve never once heard them deny it.
Time to start? I am way ahead of you there. I have been calling them that for a long time now. Since O’s first term, I have viewed them as communists, and nothing short of that.
Chris Johnson, I think you are right. So much time is wasted on FB and Twitter that would be much better spent studying God’s word. I’m guilty of engaging in this distraction. No more! Yes, the crackdown is ultimately to our benefit in many ways. Have a blessed day.
What has happened to Citizen Free Press? Unable to locate?
CFP was in the middle of a big server “upgrade” when this all hit the fan so it could just be problems with that.
The big techs attacked CFP while the server was being replaced. The lockout is intentional.
I’ve been a CFP news junkie since they started. CTH for analysis, CFP for daily news.
Good Morning from Las Vegas.
Dan066
Try revolvernews.com, populous press
CFP is aware and working on it. I was able to get on once this morning, stories were two days old, but a comment section was current with questions about the trouble everyone is having.
Tried to get back again and could not. Just keep trying. I was using start page and duck duck go.
Thanks Treehouse for always remembering that all we have comes from the hand of a loving God and we in turn must be faithful and obedient to His Word. Blessings to you and yours and to the family of Treepers.
Thanks for your uplifting message during these troubled times. Yes, CTH was well prepared for the purge and God’s providence is so good.
Can you add MeWe to the icon stream at the bottom of the posting? I’ve moved from facebook to mewe and it would make it easier for me to share. Also, would it be OK to add a timestamp along with the date stamp? It would help me with the timing context of current events. Thank you for all you do.
Waiting on your thoughts on the Italian connection…
These are Nazi like totalitarian tactics. Biden’s comments should send chills down every American’s spine. He is preparing the groundwork to make political arrests. He is basically saying that any American citizen who supports his opposition is a criminal. That is quite frightening.
We have lost America. It is now run by a fascist totalitarian Marxist Party controlled by China. We are truly entering a dark winter,
Prepare for the worst.
Sundance, I just prayed for God to move you to post something inspirational because I need it today. Then I came to your site and you already had ❤️
“No politics or false sense of security can overwhelm the message of HOPE that a loving God has provided. No effort of man or human disposition can surmount the greatest love of all. “No power of hell, nor scheme of man” can come close to the purpose of God’s intent and love for you as a unique person qualified to receive that love.”
Peace and love to you.
That was really nice. I truly mean this: Thank you.
For the tech savy here:
How important is having a VPN?
What will it do to protect my information?
What/where can i get the best VPNs for the least amount of money?
Please keep in mind you are talking to a tech dummy.
Thanks in advance.
I am only just starting to use a VPN as of yesterday, but The idea of a VPN is that you are no longer exposing your home IP address online because your traffic is routed through other servers and you’re given a new IP address for each session.
In theory, this means your home isn’t directly connected to your online activities. On a side note, all the companies I’ve worked for on a tech basis will use VPN if you aren’t on-site.
As for a recommendation, I suggest Proton VPN. I believe you can try it for free and they also offer encrypted email and are branching the email out to other services. Paying gets you better features, of course. ?
Once you leave twitter and Facebook don’t click them back.
how do you quit facebook? how do I get it off my computer?
They have a process for deleting your account. They provide options for deleting data, etc. The important one is removing any type of notifications they automatically signed you up for.. They make you wait 30 days before your account is deleted.
Search the internet for further details.
@Sundance, you should reach out to Kane @ CitizenFreePress because they made a similar jump to a new provider and completely messed it up. Sites been down just over a day.
Kane is well aware of the CTH move. CFP is my main news source. Has been since they started. CTH for analysis and readers’ comments. CFP for daily news. Screw BB.
I like The Liberty Daily too, that’s my primary news aggregator.
Thank you Sundance!
I see many comments concerning President Trump and what he should do like releasing classified information and having inquires. Just stop!!! Our President has done all that is possible at this time. He and we have been betrayed by our own government. For years democrats posing as Republicans have been elected by those who are just trying to get along. People who propose can’t we just get along are nigh eve. If the framers thought socialism, communism, democracy or a dictatorship were compatible with our republican form of government they would have been included in the constitution not rejected. A republic is a government of and by the people and it will take 50 years to regain our sovereignty if ever!!
For that reason no President, Politician, or other form of government can save us, we can only save ourselves it was a government by the people. We might start by voting out any serving politician possible as they have all been brought by lobbyist and there are no exceptions!! Since there is no possibility of any type of term limits to be passed we should refuse to vote for any who have served 6 years, no exceptions. Exceptions are the reasons we are now in such perilous straits. The rally cry might be, Your Six Is Up!!!!
Until we are willing to govern ourselves we and our children will be governed by the corrupted!!
Enough!!!
i most respectfully
submit that “we” voting “them” out is a problematic proposition now, since fraud – on a massive scale – has not only been allowed to stand (see the supreme court snub), but has elicited no response from those in a position to take real action, i.e. our congressional “leaders”.
almost like they don’t want to look….
Perhaps we need a get better strategy and plan to aid individual citizen to take back control. Perhaps starting where we can have the biggest impact which I think is at the local level..
Right now I vote and send money to national parties. This action solves nothing in a system devalues citizenship, votes, and rule of law. I think we need better representation at the local level and use these power to put upward pressure on the cabal of so called political leaders. Thoughts or suggestions?
excellent suggestion.
that route requires the most effort and visibility, however, which may be why more people don’t participate.
with the talented pool of individuals seen here at this website, local town and school board meetings, local government positions, and local political organizations should be overrun with participants from our ranks.
(i wouldn’t wear your maga hat tho, at least right away.?)
one of the greatest things about the maga “party platform” is that it is kitchen table friendly, and polite conversation suitable, if issues are discussed from the big picture view.
participating IS how we take back our government….
What was the threat yesterday that led SD to write “ we may not have survived the past 24 hours”?
De-platforming with no notice. Surprise attack.
The Purge is no joke, Twitter is just evaporating before my very eyes. Parler was slammed so hard yesterday it was crashing. Pretty soon my feeds on Twitter will be reduced to nerds arguing about spaces versus tabs and there will be zero political postings. I do plan on leaving Twitter, but I wish to bare witness to the destruction. They talk a lot about diversity and inclusion but they practice the exact opposite.
Help yourself to leave a bit quicker. Go ahead and load that mother up with posts about Buyden stealing the election, and calls for another great Stop-the-Steal rally on the Capitol.
Thinking ham radio
Now that was a bit to long. However Sundance we appreciate your work.
Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. Being de-platformed by Big Tech was indeed divine providence.
Awesome! Thank you Lord!
This was inevitable. I am a bit surprised b people who are surprised by this Twitter move. I dont’ use twitter. MAGA people who were on twitter should have dropped twitter 2+ years ago.
Stop supporting the things that are killing you – GOP, Twitter, Google, Facebook, et al.
Fellow Treepers, is this too far out on the limb?
Sundance offers the CTH website to P Trump as his platform to communicate with his 78+ million followers?
Imagine if P Trump grabs and branch and is one of us.
That would be awesome.
Thank you, Sundance and all the Treepers here. You are a light in the darkness, and ease the pain in my heart at what I am witnessing take place in our great country. Thank you all.
Patriots are resilient and strong. Reading past posts I have noticed that many in this community are former professional IT people, as am I. Also, many of us are former military. I expect that out of the ashes we will see other, independent platforms arising and I am praying we will all continue to be connected here.
My programming skills are no longer current, however, I retain the discipline of systems development and can do many things with data analysis. Many call me an Excel wizard, although that is not exactly a true statement. I would be pleased and honored to be able to assist our community in any way possible.
Please call on my if I can be helpful to any of you in any capacity.
Looks like Disquis has suspended my comments on other sites. Must be some software program that looks at the words I used, the slant of my thoughts, the angst I presented.
Oh well, what did I think would happen when the control freaks came to power?
I am on gab as jmclever since 2016. I joined parler early this morning also jmclever. Lets find each other there
This is the best community on the ‘net. Understandably, some tempers have flared lately. But let’s hear Sundance’s message. Be kind to one another. I love this place. It is a unique and strong place to learn, and discuss, the truth.
We will be false-flagged, so to speak, by bad actors in these comments, looking to create situations that would get CTH banned. Recognize this and act accordingly. There are armies of paid shills and other bad actors everywhere online looking to deplatform all of us. They have unlimited resources. We do not. We are up against all of Big Tech, MSM, and about half of this country, who remain willfully ignorant of proven facts.
God Bless these United States. God Bless Donald J Trump. And God Bless Sundance and the CTH crew and community. I love this place.
Don’t rest easy with the move CTH has made. The Left, under Biden, will next move to permanently block sites like CTH from the web. And it will be very easy. They will take over, control and/or via reg and “oversight” force the NAPs (and ICANN and telecom companies) to remove all routing and access from any non-complying ISP that won’t de-platform you. I’m guessing by summer at the latest.
Point is: Big Tech understands the internet, telecom, etc., and has aided China in controlling the Chinese portion of the internet. You are now in line to be a “domestic terrorist” by their classification and will be purged, completely, from the internet.
For the non-tech folks, it’s like “chokepoints” such that controlling them, controls all traffic. And don’t fool yourself that they won’t implement it as part of their End Game strategy.
Yes big tech have implemented censorship and surveillance for other communist countries. They will rapidly deploy here, it’s already begun.
I’m not sure if anyone else has noticed this or not… but it makes me wonder if it could be a reason some of the long time Treepers don’t seem to be around these days.
How do each of you get to this site? I use a desktop computer and browser. I usually don’t use a bookmark, just type up the URL (theconservativetreehouse.com) each time I want to vist.
Lately, I’ve noticed that when I do, I get the Treehouse as it appeared on November 29th… the leading article is UPDATE: “Liberty One Has Landed” – DNS Server Switch Activated – Welcome to CTH 2.0″, Posted on November 29, 2020 by Sundance
If I click the on “The Last Refuge” hyperlinked header, it takes me to a different/temporary URL – 6b8e213852.nxcli.net – and the site looks like it did on December 10th – lead story is “The Usefulness of COVID-19 Fear”, Posted on December 10, 2020 by Sundance
If I click on “The Last Refuge” header again, I’m redirected to the current version of the site at theconservativetreehouse.com
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K…?
Mad Mike
I usually use Duckduckgo and as soon as I type ‘conservative ….. I get right here.
Same with Yippy,com on my tablet.
So far no problem.
Most of us as I understand it had to dump their cache and history in order to come direct to the proper current site, it worked for me.
Cedars is absolutely correct. The Uniparty and Big Tech will do absolutely everything they can to stifle dissent, and it will likely get worse from there. Some ideas for consideration:
a. Stop thinking of what’s going on as politics- politics as we knew it in the US stopped on November 3, 2020. I don’t pretend to know what’s coming, but it’s almost certainly going to be very different from anything we’ve seen before.
b. Prepare! Take steps to insure anonymity (based on the limited research I’ve been able to do I’m uncertain how much security VPNs actually provide). Consider buying burner phones (with cash) before they’re outlawed. Consider learning a bit about CIA-style field-craft (where ARE the public surveillance cameras in your area?).
c. Network! The Evil Empire controls the center- a lot of work will need to be done locally.
God be with us, God bless Sundance and all our leaders, and long live the Rebel Alliance!
You know, I can understand why the politicos hate our Donald. They are opportunists if not outright crooks and Donald condemns them with his life and actions. I get their jealousy and hate. What I don’t get is why the Social Media hierarchy is so adamantly against him. They started out as entrepreneurs, made their fortunes in a capitalist system. What have they got against the greatest president this country has been blessed with since Reagan?
Money from and investments in China.
Maybe starving out the central banking and financial systems is the answer. Can we get back to basics, barter and trade goods and services, recycle/resuse, “seashells or rocks” instead of money! more localized economies…if we stop lining their pockets by allowing them to nickel and dime us to death, do everything we can to stay out of their systems, with constant faith, guidance and prayers for protection, we could last them out.
Globalism opportunity. Crony capitalism: big companies sleep with corrupt gov passing laws that benefit each other.
It’s time to pray that their end game strategy will never come to fruition.
That reminds me, I was wanting to subscribe to paper copy of Epoch Times.
First and foremost, thank you to SD and his team for keeping this beacon of free discourse and education open as well as smoothly operating. Not since my days of receiving the old (printed) American Spectator Magazine, before it had to go digital, has there been a a source of news as well as discussion like this one.
I do suggest that SD and Team at least have a back-up plan for a printed news letter as the Infrastructure Owners are likely to stir and weigh in on limiting actual access to the digital highways. Note those who think Government owned highways are protected, even those government digital highways are actually policed and sustained by the same owners who control the public digital highway, via GOVERNMENT CONTRACT. The same contracts that putt he Dominion, Smartech and ES&S counting (voting systems) into their control also exist to put the likes of Micro-Soft, Apple, et al in charge of the Government infrastructure. It public record and most contract have a common Nexis of 2009, when Obama entered the White House. Printed is not efficient and is unwieldy but it would be a means to communicate.
As if USPS cannot be corrupted?
More than it is…
I’m MAGA until my last breath which isn’t that far down the road. I love President Trump like a man loves his father. I feel pain when they attack him. I want to reach out to him and tell him just how much he has done for us and how I appreciate him sacrificing his life for me. The greatest American in my lifetime. No exceptions.
The Internet Monopolies just entered the Rhineland. Now is the time to stop them, while they are drunk on power, or there will be a long fight before the cowards put an end to themselves in their bunkers.
Since the fight has now begun, ideas, must be discussed on how to bring these Totalitarian Monsters to their knees.
Let’s get started.
The “platforms” are just the major maneuver units. The owners of the Digital Highways are the real power. How they act will determine allot on the means all factions in the US can use to communicate.
Just read POTUS twitter along with top 35% of supporters were deplatformed. The reason that there is a massive dump of declassified documents early this morning on wikileaks. Swamp doesn’t want the narrative challenged.
https://file.wikileaks.org/file/
https://file.wikileaks.org/file/clinton-emails/
https://file.wikileaks.org/file/?fbclid=IwAR2U_Evqah_Qy2wxNY12FMqFC5dAFUcZL5Kl4FIfQuMFMp8ssbM46oHXWMI
Wow, I just looked through the list. There is going to be a run on tinfoil helmets as well as allot of legitimately puckered rear ends.
Thanks Sundance for your inspiring words and a reminder of priorities, keeping Him first.
Wishing God’s Protection, God’s Guidance, and All of God’s Many Blessings to Sundance and everyone !
This is a pic of ccp flag with twitter logo. The picture speaks volumes
https://gab.com/a/posts/105524903525622970
It may take a little while to make the transition in social media accounts but the only thing that will hurt and ultimately decrease the influence of Twitter, Facebook, and similar leftist social media is not by only signing up for a free speech social media account but by actually deleting ones membership in leftist social media and very importantly not going online and clicking on their pages at all.
Every page click and every interaction made on those sites earns them money, every ad which you see earns them money and that helps them maintain their influence and power over you and frankly they earn so much that they have power over Congress and politicians too.. I know it takes time and courage but hopefully the leading conservative accounts which users want to follow and read will stop posting on left leaning social media and post only on free speech sites to lead the way in that endeavor.
Thank God for the foresight to transfer all of this platform over, and thank you all at the Treehouse for standing firm! We are at war, plain and simple. Anyone who doesn’t recognize this by now is either naive or blind. They are systematically pushing their communist plan on us. We need to pray, and fight for our freedom and our country.
Please keep sharing truth, fellowship, and strength to live each day in a way that glorifies our Heavenly Father.
Speaking of conversation, when will we be able to respond to comments on our posts, or am I doing something wrong?
Hit the button at the bottom titled Reply.
There used to be a notification bell so the conversation could keep going. That’s what I was referring to.
Dear NP JMC, are looking to be notified when comments are made to your post? If so, you need to go to the ‘Subscribe’ dropdown (near the comment box) and select your preferred notification selection.
Thanks CapeCod, I found it, but there was no selection of how to be notified.
My experience is that you are notified via the email address you have provided when you first logon (or provided along with your Username under the Reply box). Every reply to your comment generates a separate email.
CTH 2.0 does not operate like WordPress did, with the notification bell at the top right that you could click and get a right hand column listing of Likes and Replies to all of your comments. That feature is not available in CTH 2.0.
Hi Issy..The Subscribe button drops down and gives you a place to enter your email address. Be sure to press the arrow to the right of that box to receive the message you have subscribed.
It has taken some time for each of these features to become available to me. For instance I could only read comments for about 10 days, then the “like” button showed up, next was reply, and now subscribe is available.
It could be because I have an older computer and am not very savvy checking for updates and such.
Wow this is a test.
How many lines do I need to enter in order to define a new paragraph.
The above message was 3 paragraphs on a laptop, not a phone.
I hit the enter key twice on laptop, same on my Android phone and have had no issues. It makes paragraphs.
you must click the bell before you post to activate notifications 😉
Now if I could just keep from accidentally flagging posts when browsing on my iPad.
Loving 2.0!