Thank you to all readers and members of the Conservative Treehouse fellowship for your continued support. Without your help this little corner of the research and discussion internet just could not exist. I will always work earnestly to be deserving of that support and fellowship.
We are fortunate, blessed and protected by a loving God, who has abundant confidence in our stewardship.
As new visitors attest every day, the fellowship in this commenting community is unique, insightful, articulate, intelligent and funny. I love you guys.
As we cycle through the third anniversary of our original deplatforming, we have just learned that our server fees will be increasing 25% as we enter year four of CTH 2.0. Inflation is hitting everywhere, I guess.
Due to direct targeting, without your support we could not exist. Retaining our ability to research, share and discuss ongoing events is my #1 priority. Thank you again for your friendship and support.
There are currently two methods to support CTH 2.0, our ongoing mission and discussion. However, depending on your browser settings (and ad blocker software) the second option may not be visible. There is a screengrab below showing what I am talking about.
The alternative financial support appears directly below the PayPal link in a yellow box as highlighted. Some have said browser settings can block visibility, and I have also heard it doesn’t show up on some mobile devices. I am not sure what the technical issue might be other than ISP filters (now becoming more problematic) and/or adblocking software.
Due to my personal requirements for Treehouse user privacy, and my firm stance on not retaining user data lists, the alternative system does not provide a subscriber option. If you use the alternative support function, each time you would want to support CTH, you have to click it and reenter your information. No data is saved.
Financial support through PayPal remains the most efficient and stable way to support CTH. I know they have received a lot of criticism, much of it well placed; however, my own experience with PayPal has been solid. When CTH was deplatformed and under attack from Big Tech (Eye of Sauron), to their credit PayPal stood firm and supported CTH in providing their service.
While my experience with PayPal seems to run counter to the outcome described by others, the unexpected supportive position from PayPal made a strong impression on me. Again, perhaps unique, not sure why, but my experience with them has been very good. If that ever changed, I would immediately let you know. The data security and convenience of their system is also solid and useful.
Regardless, there are two options: (1) PayPal and (2) Proprietary. Due to legal caution, and the data privacy construct, the Proprietary alternative has a 30-day access lag built in. Meaning, if you use that option, in approximately 30 days the funds become accessible; whereas support through the preferred PayPal option is immediate.
November is the anniversary month when all the contract fees for server hosting, data-processing, autoscaling, data security and background stuff associated with the building and maintenance of CTH 2.0 are paid. Thanks to everyone who helps offset these costs, our voice remains in the fight.
We are committed to staying strong, fiercely protective of user data privacy, and anti-fragile so that we can withstand big tech (Google) targeting.
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Don’t forget to pray, smile and live your best life!
Love to all,
Sundance
Done!! 😃
I’ve been reading/lurking here a long time. Happy to donate. Thank you Sundance for all you do ❤️
I am on Social Security and still managed to give a small donation.
I try to give 5 bucks when I can but money has been so tight lately.
Thanks for the knowledge Sundance. Thanks for the verbiage my brother and sister treepers. Just cause indeed. Praise the good Lord for continued guidance. Stand ready.
Done! Money well spent. Best info around.
Doing my part. Thanks Sundance.
Is there an address or P.O. box to which a personal check can be sent?
Some, maybe many of us have gone to cash only, to stop supplying our data to those who want us controlled, confined, or out of the way.
did you ever get an addresss?
I don’t use PayPal, sorry.
I also heard that PayPal is actually owned by Google.
Get a P.O. box!
I am retired also but I will gladly help keep this site going.
Ditto
I would be interested in that info as well.
Same. Ever since the threat of closed accounts and leaked info (and getting doxxed at work), it’s cash or cheque. Online payment platforms are dead to me. Would love to support.
Same here. Would be happy to send check to a P.O. Box
Electronic payments don’t subject Team Treehouse to physical risk to access.
Not to mention the time and labor that could only detract from their real work.
Many are concerned about sticking it to whomever, but I see it as protecting Sundance.
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My FAVORITE is the Hollywood Squares of First Loser candidates……
Thanks for that information regarding the ad blocker. Realized that box showing the alternative donation was something I was missing.
I’ve been coming here for years, before even the Trayvon Martin case and I’ve relied on it for fact based journalism as well as spiritual food for my soul. The Prayer Requests have been especially helpful to me this past year with my sister’s illness and death in August. This is an amazing fellowship and a place I rely on truly as a Last Refuge for sanity in an insane world. Continuing to financially support CTH with what little I can afford each month. Thanks SD, Menagerie, Ad rem, WeeWeed, Stella, and all the other writers, mods, and helpers for all that you do on this website.
MTeresa this is [email protected]
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As I try to practice Signature Reduction; I used the Alternate option.
While I’m not happy there’s a 30-day delay; it’s important to me to avoid Paypal as much as possible.
Also, the way the Alternate option works a little “wonky”; which I’ll describe here in case it helps someone else that uses that option:
A “box” appears where you type in an email, you can choose to be “anonymous”; and enter your card details.
You enter and amount or choose one of the “default” amounts. Then click ‘Pay’
After clicking “Pay”, the “box” disappears for a few moments; then re-appears with the email “blanked-out”.
There was no real indicator that the payment “processed” successfully. No “Success! Thanks for the donation!” or any other indicator, EXCEPT the reappearing “box” with the email “blanked-out”. (To me, this exact same “result” could indicate the transaction DID NOT go thru).
I did get an almost immediate text message on my smartphone showing the transaction (which is normal for my CC transactions – I always get near-immediate text notifications), so I knew it “went thru”.
But I also know a lot of CC-users may not get such immediate text notifications.
Thus, those donators may not know if their transaction went through or not.
So…
When the donation “box” disappears, after selecting ‘PAY’; apparently, then reappears a few moments later, the transaction is “done” (even though that isn’t clear).
I mention all this in case it helps alleviate some confusion as to whether the transaction worked or not (when using the Alternate option).
It’s a bit confusing, but it worked.
Thank you for all you do, Sundance and team!
On desktop, using the alternate method, always receive an acknowledgment of payment within 5 minutes. except once, and figured it went to the spam link. Guess it is different if using different devices.
I agree about the snail mail check. Yes it would be an additional burden of paperwork for the sundance team. I believe paypal has become part of the deep state information collection system. But hey, the whole totalitarian thing will keep growing and threatening us all until we destroy it.
I gave up the contact info to support CTH. I despise the uneasy sensation of suspicion these deep state bad actors have planted in the routine of every normal thing. God did not create His People to live this way. Hammertime.
Thank you for what you do also Sundance. Your website is the best out there and you actually give me hope like Rush used to give.
I wish I had money to give but things are so tight for my family lately.
Thank you too all who are able to give.
An anonymous donation was made on your behalf….:)
So happy to donate (couldn’t bring myself to use PayPal, I’m sorry!).
Done with a smile 🙂
God Bless Sundance. Thank you.
I used to use Paypal all the time. But since all the hulabaloo, I’ve only used it for this website. With my donation today, I like to think I’m not only supporting Sundance, but I’m simultaneously sending Paypal a message, i.e. it’s not good business to alienate conservatives.
Out of spite, I cancelled my PP account last year, after a decade or more of problem free use. Frankly, I missed it so much I opened another account and will remain observant but I trust SD.
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Thank You, Sundance
(And ALL!!)
Sigh…sadly I’m in the same position as the widow and her “mite” but Lord willing when my SS comes in, The Treehouse and my beloved “Our Daily Bread” will receive it.
May the Lord richly bless both.
Even so, Come Lord Jesus!
Done. Thank you for letting us know.
I am always happy to donate, but I would also like it better to permanently subscribe. That way you would always know what amount of financial assistance you would be getting each month. Perhaps you could even have both options? I understand if that would be too complicated. I have withdrawn my business from paypal but with your high praise, perhaps I will reconsider and make it a monthly donation instead. I trust your opinion so I will seriously consider doing that.
Thank you for the many years of trusted information. I too have been here since Trayvon Martin days.
Dixie, if you donate with Paypal you will be presented with an opportunity to make it a monthly recurring payment.
CTH is my first expenditure every month, automatically.
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Done!
I do not see the sidebar on my mobile. I am using an iPhone with Opera browser.
You could put a link to a page with payment options in the menu button at the top. That might help?
Thank you for all the hard work, research, and love for our country Sundance. You are a remarkable person!
Update: I am dumb. I see the donate buttons at the bottom of the webpage, not at the side. Now I know. Sometimes it takes me longer than it should lol!
Love that moniker!
Done. Did my best, sorry it ain’t more! It isn’t easy being old and retired! 🙂. Thanks for what you’re doing, I REALLY appreciate it. Stay Safe and GOD Bless. Rick 554. REDHORSE!
Is there a snail-mail option? We are committed to a minimal financial footprint online, given the tracking and ID theft risks that grow every day!
Ditto. Stamps for me are nothing and I’d send you a personal bank-generated MO in a heart-beat. Cash to you. ‘Course if you’re already avoiding the personal expense of a PO box then I understand.
Done, my pleasure, thank you for all your hard work.
Kol Hakovod
To Whom It May Concern
I ran some tests…
Initially the alternative to paypal option on this site is viewable on my mobile device but not on desktop win10.
Tested on Chrome, Firefox, and Brave. Removed or disabled all security add-ons, extensions and default settings on each of the desktop browsers. Still, alternative to paypal option was not visible on desktop pc win10.
However, turning off VPN on desktop Did resolve the issue.
For me, turning off VPN on my desktop pc made the alternative to paypal option visible on desktop pc. However, it did not matter if vpn was on or off on my mobile device. Either way, the alternative to paypal option was visible on my mobile phone device.
Hope this helps to isolate the reason for why some can see the alternative to paypal option and some cannot. For me it was the activation of a VPN add-on (Private Internet Access) on my desktop which for some reason made the alternative to paypal option invisible on my desktop.
update:
At this time VPN is active on desktop.
The formerly invisible alternative to paypal is viewable on Firefox and Chrome now but not Brave browser. When I first started testing with the VPN on by default, none of the browsers had the alternative to paypal viewable. Now its just Brave.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Good info. Thank you. And thank you for being on this CTH journey…
Praying daily for your health and well being. We are in difficult times, but your site is my sanity!! Thank you for Everything you do!!
Your faithful servant….
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I’d like to donate by check. Please advise.
Happy to!
Done! Best money I ever spent.
Thanks for all you do, Sundance. You and your hard work is appreciated far more than you could know.
With pleasure. Done!
Done. Not pay-enemy, however.
Done! Thank you Sundance. (and company)
I won some cash at bingo. It’s yours.
I have been reading and enjoying this site for sometime. I to am happy to donate. To all the commenters I enjoy immensely all you have to say and I have learned a lot. Thanks you Sundance, this is the best site. Bless you all.
Done!!
Thanks for the reminder. Keep up the great work!
Done. Wish I could make it repeating but it’s just not responsible for us right now.
Done and thank you to Sundance and crew and my fellow Treepers. This is The Last Refuge.
Blessings to you all.
The ads on this site have become impossible. I had to finally run the ad blocker this week as a video kept playing at full blast every time I scrolled and was unable to stop it.
Making a donation in loo of the ads and with understanding the ad revenue is not much.
Thank you Sundance!!
I would like to add my 2 cents regarding the posts saying I will not use PayPal. I can understand the sentiment and the commitment to not deliberately using something that goes against your moral or religious conviction. Rush Limbaugh said many times that “boycotts” do not work. Boycotts would work if people didn’t have free will. There are many reasons people will use a service or buy products. For example driving late at night and you falling asleep and must have a coffee to stay safe. Starbucks the only place you can get a coffee. Choice is buy the coffee (wittiness to the people selling) hold your nose or drive on praying you don’t fall asleep. free will.
Will God hold you accountable? I believe the Blood of Jesus covers all sins.
Jesus said:
Mark 2:23-28
New International Version
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions.”
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Matthew 13:24-30
New International Version
The Parable of the Weeds
24 Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
27 “The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’
28 “‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.
“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
29 “‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’”
Revelation 13:17
New International Version
17 so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name.
Reading Bible in context with this verse I believe God is saying we may at times be forced to deal and live with evil people (mark of the beast) to live our life in peace.
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Done. Thanks, Sundance, Crew, and Treepers.
Done. Thanks over and over for all you do to keep us informed.
If any of us promise to donate a SUBSTANTIAL recurring amount to the efforts of your investigative journalism can you promise us in return you’ll NOT sell, rent, nor donate my identifying particulars?
I canceled my PayPal business and personal accounts a while back and refuse to do business with them. In the past, I have tried to use the second option, but I have never been able to get it to work.
If there was another subscription option, that would be amazing. I recently used Wise to send money and I felt like it was superior to PayPal. They have a subscription option too.
I’d love to use Wise also (from downunder New Zealand)as it is efficient and well tracked ,awkward for Sundance I’m thinking.
I think it is pretty popular internationally.
Sen checks to…….?
Wouldn’t that simply create a literal physical risk for Team Treehouse?
Sundance’s anonymity and safety outweigh any qualms and quibbles about the payment options provided.
Done! Your site is the best, Sundance. May G-d bless you in all your endeavors, as well as our fellow Treepers.
I just made a happy, joyful, contribution.
I love pancakes!
Saw what you did there……Pancakes are my FAVORITE!
So did I, sis.
Great Photo! Yes, PayPal has advantages, I agree.