I hope everyone is living their best life despite the created chaos intended to destabilize us. Several people have inquired about my not writing extensive research articles lately. Here’s what’s up…
There is actually a confluence of merging events that requires me to pause and think long and hard about whether the next step is correct for our CTH community in general, and specifically for me personally. It’s also very hard to write about this stuff without sounding like a braggadocious nut.
Here’s the problem that 360 million+ people do not comprehend.
♦ I need you to think about the person you are familiar with who you believe has a solid grasp of the scale of the problem in DC. This person doesn’t need to solve it, they just need to understand how massive the problem is. Who is the person you would say understands the root and essential core problem that creates the corruption in DC? Does that person in your mind, the person who really understands at a granular level what this corrupt enterprise is really all about and how it works, does that person look like Donald Trump, or Devin Nunes, or Kash Patel, or Ric Grenell?
Who would you assign that competency skillset to? Seriously, no joke – honest question, who understands the scale of the problem?
Here’s the hard pill to swallow, it doesn’t matter what name you put down, you are wrong. None of the aforementioned names, or any others, have a total picture of the problem from both a macro and micro view. None of them do.
The silo system in DC creates impenetrable barriers. I have not found a single person who knows how it all works and connects as a corrosive cancer buried deep inside our U.S. political system.
Factually, and I mean this with no joke at all, if you have been reading here for a while you have a better grasp on the problem than any elected politician. This is not a disposable line. I’m deadly serious. I have not found a single person inside the system who understands the dynamic that creates what they claim to stand against, not a single person.
So how can they fix it? Short answer, they can’t.
The only people qualified to fix this mess are the people who understand it.
Again, do you know who that is?
It’s YOU!
♦ After 12 years of stewardship over our conversation, literally 24/7/365, I also admitted I was not following my own advice. As Dr. Stephen Covey would say, “I was not sharpening the saw.”
I did not write for 3 days over the Memorial Day holiday of 2011, but other than that (and time spent in Hurricane recovery) every day I have researched, written and worked on this labor of love we call the Treehouse.
As time continued, the network of the Treehouse resources grew. We now have the ability to contact and review just about every facet of that previously described corrupt system.
I spend more time in contact with those resources now, answering their questions and raising a few more nuanced points for my own inquires. This, along with travel to educate myself, is how I can assert with confidence that no one understands the problem better than, well, us.
However, when you spend time facing down this corrupt system, it starts to gnaw at you… bigly. I am a person with strong central disposition, not easily knocked off mission and certainly not ever destabilized by the professional liars. But dealing with them, writing about their schemes, putting the sunlight on them (not what they would have us see) while constantly monitoring their moves, is exhausting.
♦ At the same time as the above came into clarity, I was also planning for the 2024 election year. Y’all know it’s going to be ugly… the scale of government institutions that are going to align against Donald Trump is going to make 2016 seem like a stroll in the park.
Part of that planning included the potential to launch a twice weekly recap podcast. Literally a mechanism to distill CTH articles and analysis into 30-minute, no extra words, straight talk about events. Twice a week (Sat/Wed). Self-hosted and only viewed here on CTH as the originating platform.
Everything at CTH stays the same, but every Saturday and Wednesday there would be a recap video on the more challenging stuff. Many people have asked, but there are a lot of issues that need to be worked out before such an endeavor is considered.
I discussed the technical issues with our server and data processing group, they feel confident they could handle the traffic. However, that’s the same thing they said right before the unique CTH issue of ‘simultaneous users’ surprised them.
Put it all together and I decided to sit still and pray about the next steps.
It is true that something has to change, something or someone needs to break through the nonsense and pretending. It is also true that continuing to do the same thing while expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.
I made a promise to pause, think, study, learn and pray before making any decision. And I needed the break.
I’m right here with you.
Love to all, steadfast!
~ Sundance
I have read many of the posts here today Sundance and I can see why you’re so … Half if not more don’t even pertain to your post.
Getting an insight into the revealed character of God shows the stark contrast between him and his creatures. Understanding human nature is another step in the right direction. Jesus spoke of our human nature when he confronted the religious leaders of his day about their legalism and hypocrisy.
When these leaders were critical of his followers not following the tradition of washing hands before eating Jesus said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” (Mark 7:20-23)
Following Jesus by heeding his teaching in the Gospels enables a person to address the problem of this inner defilement. It was well expressed by a devout Christian who wrote: “The Goal of God’s work in us is to bring our lives into harmony and agreement with His own righteousness (doing what is right), and so to manifest to ourselves and others our identity as His adopted children. We discover in God’s law a picture of God’s own image, to which we are being progressively conformed.”
What if this question were asked before Jesus was crucified?
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What would God have us say – does the need of the one outweigh our own. What if they had come to his rescue. We discover in God’s law a picture of God’s own image, to which we are being progressively conformed.”
Well times have changed – so what is best for Sundance?
That last sentence and what appears to be a quote from Calvin about God’s law as being where we would find “a picture of God’s own image” may not seem nearly as apt as the references in Scripture that point to Jesus Christ. That includes the reference to what “we are being progressively conformed”, such as how God’s redeemed people are “to be conformed to the image of His Son” per Romans 8:29.
2 Corinthians 3:18
“And we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”
John 14:8-9
“Phillip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?”
Hebrews 1:1-4
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory and the express image (Gr. charaktēr) of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.”
John 1:14
“For the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:18
“For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.”
I had posted a meme the other day by James Wilson at the ratifying convention in 1787, that still applies: “The truth is, that, in our governments, the supreme, absolute, and uncontrollable power remains in the people. As our constitutions are superior to our legislatures; so the people are superior to our constitutions.” What is known as the, Popular sovereignty paragraph states: ” All political power is vested in and derived from the people. All government of right originates with the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.”
I was appalled to find out how so few people knew and understood what their natural rights are, let alone stand up for them. I, and many others, have been saying over and over, work at your local level. Start within your own neighborhood and build until you’re at the state level. You gather people who stand with you along the way who believe the same as you and you all make the journey together. It can be cathartic! It is absolutely necessary if there is going to be any change. We, the people, need to reach out our hands to our neighbors and ask them, “Will you stand with me for decency, honor and the American way?” If that neighbor says yes, you take his hand and go next door and ask that neighbor. It may sound simple but simple works. If it worked back in the 50’s and 60’s, there is no reason it will not work today. My Mama stood out in the street and waited for people to see her and come out and ask her why she was standing there. Before she knew it, half the neighborhood had caught on and a conversation was started and new friends were made. They moved onto the back patio and eventually to the kitchen where the coffee was. Her version of the KISS principle was first, you have to get their attention and last, take the long way around to get to the coffee so you can pick up the strays in between.
You would like the Substack account “Coffee and Covid”. It is by Jeff Childers, a north FL attorney. Smart, funny and conservative. He says the same as you. Work at the local level, as it provides more bang for the buck.
I look forward to that everyday.
Same as I look forward to this great site!
My local level is on par with DC. Horrific, got the map.
Childers starts my day, and Sundance closes it out. I also highly recommend Coffee and Covid. There is a long list of reasons, but better folks find out as they go along than be told, as my telling is but my own opinion. I agree with SD. This is a highly educated community. Working locally is likely the only way to (possibly) avoid disastrous bloodshed. May we all see past our differences and work as one to eradicate our difficulties. God Bless.
Someone who seems to mastered the live podcast Q&A is Joshua Philip over at the epoch tv … thru trial and error, he has built not an audience, but a community. He does the podcast at home, on the road in America, and overseas. So something is working well, not saying there aren’t hiccups… but he always ends up with a better more workable system.
He would be a good source of what has worked and what has not… he has tried many things and the audience is as adoring as we are of the treehouse…. and they also have their own independent server.
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Rodney King asked, ‘Can’t we all just get along?’
Isn’t that what most of us want? We know there are people who do not believe as we do, act as we do, think as we do, but, I always ascertained that, in America, if those ‘other ways’ did not kill, cheat, steal, provide false testimony to others, then we, as a collective, could live and let live.
What has happened is the tribe, or groupings, in decisive manners, has us downtrodden on the group that is anti whatever we stand for.
But, if a ven diagram of those groups is constructed, we see that the individual groupings cannot overlap, if people are to remain ‘loyal’ to their group.
Getting these groups (notably, right now, is the pro-Palestine mob being ‘supported’ by the LGBT’ers) to turn on each other is what I think the IC is promulgating— in order to squash them both.
They have been trying this with race divisions, regional divisions, religious divisions, political divisions, age divisions, sex divisions, all of my lifetime.
When they have brought two of their most coddled divisions into the forefront to form a united front is perhaps their last resort to attempt a huge show of force of who is most powerful.
We, the people, by rejecting either of these created ‘powerhouses’ as a flag to get behind, has them flummoxed as to what it takes to win ‘our’ hearts and minds, and so, the battle for control continues until it is revealed that they really have no viable plan for how this all ends, thus it is all just a continuous state of turmoil . . . until it is not.
Live YOUR best life. Just by pointing and laughing at the obvious ridiculousness of these divided groups can be fun!
Debra, the now toppled Georgia Guidestones stated a goal of reducing the earth’s population to a half-billion people. How do you “just get along” with people who’ve decided to kill you?
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They WERE toppled!
That is how you get along.
Show them the absolute folly of their design. If they cannot recognize it as folly, then they will continue. And the cycle will continue . . .
I can laugh and ridicule THAT, also.
The population of Georgia Guidestones is now zero.
Hallelujah!
A very lengthy read, but when depopulation to that level happens, it will be because of things like this
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cmr.00044-19
And that makes you wonder why New York allows this
People are so comfortable with the idea that others will always be cleaning up, that they turn their heads away from something that could quickly become deadly. What if cleaning chemicals no longer become available? We already know many are already resistant to antibiotics because they eat them like candy, or drink public water loaded with antibiotic waste.
Can’t we all just leave everyone alone?
No, I don’t want to get along with most people.
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Isn’t leaving people alone the way you get along with them?
Our ‘teachings’ are that we ‘are better than that’ as far as just ‘eliminating’ those whom we disagree with.
But ‘bringing them around to our way of thinking’ is futile, unless they want same.
Allowing various groups to ‘eliminate’ others is a merry-go-round that I refuse to ride.
I prefer to laugh at those on the ride, who get so dizzy in their extreme actions so as to void the merriment of having been on the ride in the first place.
Really good comment, I try to keep my mind from going for the One Truth that will lead them to our Truths. There is not just one….
Yes, they have to be willing or interested. If they are not, I still profess my Truth, so that my position cannot be misinterpreted.
By mocking the absurdity of their position we are speaking out loudly.
We are silent no more. It starts with me.
Inspirational Debra 🙏
Very very sad….
First his brother, now his sister… it is hard getting older, I too have lost my entire family of origin
But President Trump really needs his family right now
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/11/13/donald-trumps-older-sister-maryanne-trump-barry-dies-86/
We’re his family, too.
Yes, we are! President Trump reminds me of several of my uncles (all from Jamaica, NY!) who, by the way, are 100% MAGA!
Send an email via his site…send one to Mrs. Trump too, this affects her as well. While we are not privileged to the details of the family and quite frankly, its none of ours or the media’s business….
Family is family, no matter what. Grief is a very personal issue for those involved and often emotionally painful….the kids lost an Aunt…the Donald lost his sister, after losing a brother…that has to weigh on his mind, very much. At the end of the day, family is ‘family’……
I sent one of condolences to both of them…just so they know they have folks out here that care and really do love…don’t know if he reads them…but the staffers do, so he will know the amount of love for him and his family, that abounds.
Oh yeah…podcast…..I like the idea.
Don’t forget his first wife Ivana, that was a shock to the family. She and Trump remained friends, she was the mother of his three amazing children.
All three wives and his mothers-in- law attended his inauguration.
This will never be able to be fixed. The system was created and deployed before America was awake. We need to be prepared and get back to church and building your community up. They want us divided they want us to kill each other and not lift up our fellow man. It’s time to come together and raise up your community.
You can only fix local and eventually states then enough states you can fix federal.
States can only fix Federal if they first #nullify the Federal Government and stop sending them payroll taxes. As long as there are Trillions of Dollars to be corruptly stolen they will steal it. The Federal Government has to be rebuilt from the ground up to engage in strictly Constitutional duties that center primarily on protecting our Individual God-Given Rights. But they will never do that in their current configuration.
The #DCCrimeCartel will never fix itself and will never allow YOU to fix it as long as they have the resources to fight you.
Repeal 16th Amendment – stop sending crack to Beltway Bandits, with every single pay check that you earned.
You work and yet you are forced to pay government bureaucrats, who only spend it on themselves.
In 1900, the USA was relegated to second tier status at the World’s fair.
This offended one of the cabinet sectetaries…forget which one…who wrote a hot letter to the World Fair committee in which he referenced “these” United States.
When is the last time ANYONE even those of us here in the Treehouse called this country anything but THE United States.
Somewhere after 1900, gradually and slowly, a country that now is supposed to have 50 independent states and was unique now is like France or Britain or Canada or Iran or Turkey or any other country made up of a single omnipotent Capital. Sobering.
We could argue how and why but it would not change anything.
Politics follows culture. It is our job to control the culture – from local school boards to city councils and on up the union-dominated food chain. It will be a tough slog.
True, in local elections one vote can count.
The siloing happens at universities, sending us down narrow cooridors for our careers. It is hard to break through into another line of work because of it. It keeps us down as well. Also consider how many international leaders go thru those cooridors. Not even the county’s enemies have it all or put it together.
Free student “loans” guaranteed by the US taxpayers means these corrupt institutions have absolutely no skin in the game. They get the money up front, then stiff us passing off crap for “education” and whiny brats who refuse to pay off their loans.
Student loans are wealth transfers to the college instructors unions. NO net benefit to any tax payer.
And marginal benefit to some students.
Makes more sense to have the taxpayer pony-up for their tuition.
That way the soon to be disenfranchised graduates don’t turn on their commie professors and administrators.
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I don’t understand the purpose of this post.
. …the root and essential core problem that creates the corruption in DC…
Which is what, please?
I see multiple problems, some with roots going back a hundred years, that have converged, including, among others: 16th and 17th Amendments, block grants to states, the administrative bureacracies, misguided or pretextual do-gooderism that put into place bad laws and policies with iatrogenic effects, USAid, the machinations of anti-American globalists (old-time monarchies and industrialists), the CIA, human nature…
I’m confused.
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The essential element is money. The reason there is so much money in D.C. to be stolen is for all the reasons you state. But now that we are here the essential element is the #DCCrimeCartel’s sole purpose is to extract as much money as possible from The People’s Treasury and distribute it among themselves and their cronies. NOTHING else matters to them. Any bill, any law, any resolution passed is in furtherance of that goal and that goal alone.
And the fact that we are now talking about Trillions of Dollars makes it an impossible monster to fight by normal means. How many zeroes can you count?
Greed is the core problem.
The desire for those who wish to obtain more and more money and more and more power over others lives.
It is going to take more than a political solution to solve the DC problem.
GREED happens because (one step further) – it is their complete rejection of God and His core Laws – To recognize Him as the only true God; Don’t worship false gods (such as money/ material prosperity); Don’t steal; don’t murder; don’t commit adultery; don’t lie or bear false witness against anyone.
People don’t pray every day to repent of their sins and to thank God for what they have been given by His grace, or that His Son sacrificed Himself and died on the cross and saved mankind’s spiritual souls from Hell for eternity.. but only if men & women believe in The Son..
DC is loaded with atheists (communists) and secularists. That’s a huge problem.
Government employee unions – that is the root core. They are existentially committed to elect only Democrats.
I can still remember my father, a lifelong Post Office employee, ranting against Government employee unions in 60’s/70’s era! He was very perceptive on political matters & a Goldwater fan!
Thanks for the new word. ” iatrogenic” Brother! Does that one ever apply to Big Pharma!
Its all very easy to understand. When you look at it from the 100,000 foot overview.
When all is taken to account, when all the signs point to one inescapable conclusion, all the small things add up. The who, what, when where and why, all blends together, to come to one basic conclusion.
This, ( and for all Western civilization and who runs them all, for that matter ) is exactly the Government, the Founders warned about.
Greed, money, power, delusions of grandeur, and want, and need, for total control, are what sociopathic leaders are all about.
They dont care about us, our loved ones, our friends, our community’s, not a single thing, but control.
They ARE ALL exactly the type of people that very smart men, meant to keep in check, when they wrote the Bill of Rights and Constitution.
This is where we are, and nothing short of Divine Intervention, or very good men, doing very bad things, is going to change it all.
The soul/happiness/security sucking leaders that currently flay us, on a daily basis, are not going to sit down and shut up, or stop, until they are forced to.
This is where we are, and how things are, not as we want them to be!
The sooner those who have been fooled and brain washed understand these things, the better. We all wish there was another way to give us back what once was, without sacrificing all the things we have worked a lifetime for.
Reality says, only those 2 things I mentioned, are going to reverse course. Praying, wishing, hoping are not going to do much.
God leaves us to our own devices, and we are the ones who have to affect change. Through his word, his love. We need God back in the conversation, so that the evil we witness, has no place to hide. It will take more than the Conservative voters, to get the world back in the place that it needs to be.
These things start at home, in our community’s.
Prayer is the only route. The enormity of the issue and its complexities need God’s eyes and divine wisdom. Maybe, maybe God paints over it with a simple stroke to erase the previous painting. Or maybe God allows its children to pray and move through them at the right moment. In the end, it’s God’s will.
Prayer certainly. But action as well. Prayer without action is a bird without wings.
Agreed. I will pray for their souls every time I hear the blade of the guillotine fall.
Throw the bums out and watch your government like a hawk. Defund and defang them.
That is the answer to this question.
Good for you, and many others… now, list all of the corruption, greed, and evil that prayer has abolished from this Earth.
Thanking God for you and supporting you in prayer.
Sundance!! I trust you and need you. Hang in. You’re the best!
The CIA.
Deep state is more comprehensive. They all erode our country in their own ways. While demanding endless amounts of our own tax dollars to pay them to keep doing this to us. Tax revolt is the answer. Repeal 16th Amendment is the start.
Praying for you, Sundance. The Lord is in control, and the promise of Proverbs3:5-6 will give you the clarity you desire. God bless you richly!!
Take all the time you need – you deserve it and then some!
I’ve been here since Trayvon, mostly on the quiet side. I’ve longed for a podcast, but never would have asked, so I guess this is an answered prayer for me.
Thank you Sundance and crew for providing us this Treehouse to share our views. It’s the modern day version of the Tavern.
Here’s the money quote from your post:
“I hope everyone is living their best life despite the created chaos intended to destabilize us.”
The chaos is created. It’s not organic. We are under attack from every angle. While it’s difficult to clearly see who the enemy is, we at least have come to the realization that we are under attack. It’s not by accident or through ignorance or incompetence. It’s deliberate and it’s intended to destabilize us.
That’s a very important thing to realize. There’s great value in knowing we are under “deliberate” attack. We have been under deliberate attack for quite some time. The only thing that has changed relatively recently is that we have become aware of it.
As sunlight is shined on the bad actors and bad actions, we see a well organized machine. That machine has been accustomed to working in darkness. That machine does not function as well and becomes fragile when exposed to sunlight. Sunlight acts as sand in the gears.
While it may not always be evident or obvious, we are winning. The bad actors and their actions are being exposed.
While it is breathtaking at how much corruption we see as the sunlight shines in, that sunlight is having an effect.
It’s going to be a very long process. Our institutions didn’t get corrupted overnight. It was a long slow process. The clean up will be the same. A long slow process.
Many hands make for light work.
Things are trending in the right direction where more are waking up and realizing the scope of the rot. With that awakening more hands are helping with the lifting.
If we are to believe the destruction was scripted by bad actors who are carrying out their plan, then I have to believe there are good guys who know that plan as well. They are the ones who are riding through the countryside waking us up and alerting us of the incoming forces.
They are waking us up to stop the incoming forces. We are showing up in massive numbers.
The bad guys know we are awake. They also know we are not happy and we’re not going anywhere. Most importantly, they know they are losing and getting exposed.
We are showing up. Peacefully and Patriotically of course.
As an avid reader of CTH since 2012 or early 2013, and as someone who has read just about every single article on this web site, which must be in the thousands by now, I completely understand where you are coming from. The corruption is so pervasive and self-reinforcing that innocuous things like humanitarian aid and feeding the hungry actually only exist as legalized money laundering to pay off people, who are paying off other people, who are paying off other people, all of whom are kicking back money to the system through lobbyists and other political donation systems who pay off the politicians. Don’t even get me started on the pedo system, part of which appears to have been recently accidentally busted by the system, but don’t worry, they aren’t releasing any names. Then we have the border system that functions through grants and foreign aid, and kicks back an estimated 40% of their grant money back to politicians and other government employees. Massive amounts of money, the vast majority of it even, that is donated to Act Blue is foreign, mostly Chinese, and you know they are getting a return on that investment. Then a secondary system the “Deep State” is built on and safeguarded by blackmail of the participants first system and are effectively the enforcers who keep the first system together and prevent anyone from leaving the plantation.
How exactly do you explain that in simple terms? This is a eight to ten trillion dollar a year system, it is almost incomprehensibly large and complex to even the most knowledgeable of us.
To be perfectly honest, it doesn’t have to be that way for people outside of the CTH ecosystem, our outward focus needs to unified and simple. We don’t need to explain all of that, because it isn’t critical to know to take down the system. What is/are the one, or two, or maybe three things that look really bad and if we expose them, the entire system collapses? There is always a critical, load bearing wall somewhere, what/where is it? This is the Death Star mentality, pop a small system within a planet size monstrosity and the whole thing goes critical and explodes.
Sundance,
The public needs to understand the endgame and be force fed the final red pill. I encourage you to accept the mission and remember that reasonable people can disagree over whether the Network wants to eliminate 80 or 90 percent of the world’s population and still be friends.
Cut off Foreign Aid (Congressional Grift Pot).
Congress must operate with a budget (subject to presidential line item veto). No more Continuing Resolutions!
No new government buildings.
Dramatic cuts to alphabet agency budgets. Shut down CIA, FBI, CDC.
Forget solar panels, windmills, and EV subsidies.
Tighten the screws on the military-industrial complex.
Choke Lawfare.
Send UN home.
No more Congressional self raises.
Can you get enough supporters lined up for these items in time to prevent monetary collapse and chaos in our Republic?
I’m with you Sundance. Time is of the essence.
God bless you and yours.
All excellent and non-negotiable starting points. Cheaper to put the whole pack on welfare, rather than let them spend us into total insolvency.
How did I leave out illegals and people with a BMI > 40?
Trials, tribulations, and hope on the horizon
Commit today to work in your local elections in 2024.
The Fair Fight v. True the Vote trial has ended. We now await the court’s decision. Thank you for all of your prayers and support over these past several weeks.
What’s at stake? The essential right of voters to assist in updating voter registration records by filing inquiries with their counties. In many states, like Georgia, such inquiries (sometimes referred to as elector or voter challenges) can often be the best hope for accurate rolls and trustworthy elections.
How did all of this start? Well, let’s begin at the beginning … forty-four states and Washington, D.C. are required to adhere to federal voter roll maintenance standards loosely defined through the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA). Why only 44 and DC? Idaho, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Wyoming use “continuous” registration. This practice, also known as “same day voter registration”, kept them out of the NVRA – and North Dakota doesn’t require voter registration.
The NVRA was passed in 1993, when people and data both moved more slowly. NVRA maintenance requires a multi-step process, drafted in a time before the internet and real-time capabilities to resolve eligibility, making it unnecessarily difficult to keep state registries up to date. Case in point, Georgia. The way Georgia has chosen to manage compliance with the NVRA is to limit it’s statewide maintenance efforts to the first six months of every odd year.
Yes, you read that right. Several months ago, Georgia announced its updates to approximately 700,000 voter records. It will be the summer of 2025 before they do any more statewide maintenance. A lot can (and will) happen between now and the summer of 2025.
And how do states update their rolls? Many states, including Georgia, use the services of a non-profit organization called ERIC to keep them in compliance with NVRA (both in voter registration and voter roll maintenance). ERIC, and it’s data partner CEIR, have not proven trustworthy, as evidenced by the exodus of states in recent years. But … that’s fodder for another newsletter.
Beyond the NVRA, states also have to contend with never ending lawsuits filed by special interest groups who seek to further prevent voter rolls from being maintained. Why? Good question. Who stands to benefit if voter records are inaccurate? Those willing to exploit the inaccuracies. Add in mass mail ballots and dropboxes, remove signature verification and ID … it’s not a good scenario.
However, there is another path to supporting accurate voter rolls through voter engagement. Most states offer provisions for a voter to submit eligibility inquiries to the county in which they are registered. It’s up to the county to decide what to do with the inquiry, but it’s still a better option than not inquiring at all. With the ready availability of data from useful resources like the US Postal Service’s National Change of Address (NCOA) registry, voter inquiries can be a huge assistance in counties of states that conduct slow or no maintenance.
And that’s how the Fair Fight v. True the Vote lawsuit started. In 2020, we helped Georgia citizens file inquiries. Using data from accredited sources, including the NCOA, we identified over 364,000 records that appeared to be ineligible. The number, though large, was an accurate reflection of a statewide data set that hadn’t been maintained in nearly two years.
Within days of announcing the project, Fair Fight sued us. You can read more about the suit here.
https://www.truethevote.org/fair-fight-lawsuit/
It’s gone on for almost three years, leading finally to trial. And now we will wait to see what happens next.
Friends, if states won’t keep their voter rolls updated, citizens must have an outlet through which to lawfully petition their government and speak out in support of election integrity. It’s that simple. It’s incredibly important. And it’s not only about Georgia. This is a national issue. Voter rolls must be kept accurate.
Little attention was paid to this historic case. We stood alone. It makes us wonder if other organizations really don’t see the problem, or if they choose to stay quiet in order to avoid being on the receiving end of lawsuits, as we so often are.
Lawsuits are no fun. Nor is the slander and scorn … no fun at all. But, we will not stand idly by and watch as America’s elections continue to erode. We will engage. Our goal? Trustworthy elections. For everyone.
When you support True the Vote, you are supporting the tip of the spear. We fight the fights others will not. And we will not quit. Working together we can achieve massive improvements in election process. We can encourage more people to participate. And we can restore confidence. It’s not easy, but it’s worth it.
This Monday night, 11.13, at 7p et, I’ll share my thoughts on the lawsuit … and other trials and tribulations still ahead. But there is hope on the horizon. America is waking up, and not a minute too soon, because 2024 will be here before we know it. On the podcast, I’ll outline a few simple steps every one can take to engage and uphold trustworthy elections.
LINK:
https://onwardsocial.locals.com/post/4853032/trials-and-tribulations
–Catherine Engelbrecht True The Vote
https://newsletter.truethevote.org/
Here’s hope: From Fractal
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/11/how-we-win-2024-exclusive-jay-valentine-can/
I agree! A technological fix that Fractal makes look very easy might be what needs to be the first comprehensive step in coordinating a campaign to put the winds of Americanism back into the sails. Evocative and innovative, just like historical what used to pass for American Culture.
There are MANY worthwhile groups and individuals working in EVERY State, and attacking various facets of the issue of election integrity.
I GUARANTEE you, there is very likely one or more in your area, unless you live in a REALLY remote location.
Having worked inside the cesspool I can attest to the fact it is a messy cesspool. No one knows much. I was so naive going there. I assumed I would be working with really smart, intelligent people. There were some but not many. Most of the federal employees have NO common sense, do not know how to do anything beyond what they are told to do, some don’t even do that. Near damn impossible to fire one. Silos are everywhere, no straight lines to anyone, no one will make a decision because if it goes south you will take all the blame. Its just a bunch of robots mostly. So those with the power control the many out of pure ignorance. I felt like “one of these things doesn’t belong here” and eventually handed in my badge, just could not take it any more. I did meet some very nice people though. Still hear from some. I have no idea how to fix it, but I do know it will not fix itself. One person alone cannot do it, it will take an army of “we the people” to get it done but the how and the when? I know not. I trust Sundance to make the right decision for him, his family and we in the treehouse. I cannot imagine a day with CTH. It was hard enough losing El Rushbo. I think if a podcast is in the works the Rush method would be a place to start, no guests, just the story and take calls or answer comments/questions. No idea how that works either but a larger audience would certainly help those of us trying to educate people. There is a majority of people in this country who have no idea what is really happening and a lot won’t believe you when you try to tell them. All I know is I am living my best life, fortifying my perimeter and taking care of me and my family. That’s about all I can do outside of supporting CTH when I can. We all have you 6 Sundance, where we go one, we go all.
Eliminate all government employee unions. Reform Civil Service Act. Convert all government pensions into defined-contribution plans only. Offer Obamacare as the only government employee health care benefit.
Redefine the mission of all government agencies and eliminate all that produce nothing of value to the nation at large who is forced to fund them.
That’s a start. These government agencies are self perpetuating. To insure their survival they layer more and more regulations on anyone who deals with them. Over the last 3 decades I have seen bureaucratic red tape double, triple, quadruple and it is all done to protect their institutions. This isn’t happening from the bottom up. The snake has many heads and they’re ensuring their survival. Sundance knows this is going to be a massive lift and it is just beginning. I don’t know how much I can help. I’m old and getting tired, but I’ve worked in the trenches of this system for years. I’ve watched it morph into a monster. Each of us can lend a hand of some sort. Don’t underestimate how small things can add up.
Anyone that hasn’t worked in or for any department of the federal government has no idea how dysfunctional it is. And in many cases, completely corrupt.
“It is true that something has to change, something or someone needs to break through the nonsense and pretending. It is also true that continuing to do the same thing while expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.” So, so true. I’m hoping that this attack on the Jewish people (worldwide) will be the wake up call. MSM is the key to breaking through the insanity. Someone, somewhere is going have to give and start reporting the real news. Watching SB this morning, I’m a bit hopeless that the RNC will figure it out. Ronna needs to go, either voluntarily or by voting her out. Who is going to do that, the voting? The donor class, but will they have the balls to do it? Now that would be a breakthrough! This talk about the Army of 4000 or 3000, the Heritage Foundation “taskforce”for 2025 is needed, but without RNC money and organization to get the vote out (think Virginia) while monitoring for the cheat it’s a bit “cart before horse.” Regardless, as always, Sundance is always spot-on. Where would we be without him? I shudder to think. So, thank you Sundance!
Godspeed sundance. You are a national treasure… If we are not victorious, those writing the history books will have to write them with the aftertaste of bile on the many chapters of activity nameless, faceless people like you have done in service to this country. No matter what happens, I have become enriched and have shared the enrichment with like minded people.
Sir Sundance of SWFL.
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Please take down time ( possible vacation ) a few times a year.
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“I (we ) can’t spare this man–he fights.” Abe Lincoln
Found in the bin… 🙁
Thanks to you and your team for all the hard work.
Rock on brother!
Thank you for all that you do!
Are podcasts a step backward, or a step back in time?
While I agree that there can be something passive about listening to a podcast (which troubles me), I’m also reminded that throughout human history, throughout biblical times, up until Gutenberg’s printing press… humans listened to learn. Most of the writing done in the world was by scribes/bureaucrats in powerful empires. Learning took place from hearing stories or listening to civic deliberations at the city gates.
Marshall McLuhan devoted an entire book (The Gutenberg Galaxy) to how reading totally changed the way humans think, interact, and govern themselves. And now, video is changing us again.
But this is the other thing critics (which we need) need to understand about podcasts: they allow deep dives into complicated issues, and allow deep dives today–not 9-12 months from now when the process of research, writing, editing, publishing, and marketing has been completed.
Television was always too expensive to devote more than 5 minutes to any issue, no matter how complicated, and no matter how many different perspectives there were on an issue. Television (as Orwell foresaw) was always a better conduit for propaganda than information.
Maybe there’s a compromise in going to podcasts that offer a transcript. I know we were originally wired for speech, then adapted to reading/writing, and now we are more visually-oriented than ever. Something is lost with each technological change, and something is gained.
I’m eager to see what studies reveal about getting information through podcasts.
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I am an avid listener of podcasts, usually on earbuds, because my surrounding area in blueMA is thronging with moonbats who would be appalled at most of what I am listening to.
And I agree that they’re the perfect companion for gardening, long walks outside, boring chores inside, all sorts of otherwise repetitive activity.
And they are an absolute must for lifting weights, to drown out the horrible music and TV filling the air at my health club…
God bless, SD.
I venture to guess, putting in all this work, that nobody else can or will do, and then constantly seeing Ls in our column, must be beyond disheartening. As a mostly plugged-in feller, I find it exhausting.
Staving off the black pill ain’t so easy. Stay strong, you’re needed.
-YM
You’ve given so much of yourself already. If it’s time for a change, a dial-back, a pause or whatever – I support you. The selfish part of me just wants more because you’re that good but I understand that this must all take a mighty toll on you. Thanks for all that you’ve given to us.
It seems we can only learn from history. What has happened when those that rule empires become so corrupt there is literally no answer to reverse the corruption. Total destruction is always the result. There is not going to be Gandhi moment here in America.
I may sound like a complete pessimist, but I’m not. God is the answer and his plan for humanity is going as he planned it ‘in the beginning’. I truly believe one day we will understand why humanity had to go through all of the chaos and evil we have had to endured. That is why I post Psalm 82 on this website, there is so much more going on here than we can understand, we can surely try to understand, but. That is why God told those little gods (his heavenly children), these are not Angels ” They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness ” talking about earthlings. He is judging his Heavenly children and that judgement is serious, ” But ye shall ‘die like men and fall like one of the princes’. Just to think about that causes ones mind to roll around in you’re head. So before that proclamation of God, he is saying, they were immortal and now they be mortal. To read that Psalms is eye opening for me! Earth is the battle ground between God and his Heavenly children. Now if every human could figure that out. Which side are you on?
Sundance, you are like none other. A clairvoyant or prophet in a sense. I have never read or heard anyone who has been so right, so consistently, about what is going on in the world around us, than you. God Bless you for that. I recommend your site to everyone I meet that want to know the truth, as it has No Agenda.
You have an army of supporters behind you. I feel confident you will make the right choice and everyone who wishes to know The Truth will benefit from it. Treepers are with you All The Way. Whatever it takes. Godspeed.
Take time and get the rest you need to carry on. We need, now, you more than ever.
“Sundance, you are like none other. A clairvoyant or prophet in a sense. I have never read or heard anyone who has been so right, so consistently, about what is going on in the world around us, than you. God Bless you for that. I recommend your site to everyone I meet that want to know the truth, as it has No Agenda.”
THOUSANDS of Up-Votes for this Post.
Thanks.
Yes Sundance it is exhausting, but we can’t ever let up, never, there is too much at stake. In the beginning of the scamdemic I recognized it for what it was so I went to work, sent out emails, exemption forms, protested at school board meetings against mandates, carried home made signs at intersections warning of the dangers. During in person conversations I got eye rolls, some got angry with me, one even said to me “what do you know about viruses?” it stung but I didn’t care. I said “God gave me the perfect immune system, and with each virus I’ve had I survived.” They shut up.
Two years later from a close family member I was told “if it weren’t for you putting that bug in our ear.” Looking back I would do it all over again. Now days I send different info, i.e. vaccines for babies, etc..
Would love a CTH podcast, memes which I found on Gab worked very well within my circle, especially the younger ones. They are succinct and make people stop and think.
Currently we are living history 1930’s Germany to be exact. We know what to do, and believe me the traitors aren’t that smart, just cunning and evil..
if you replaced MAGA with the word Jew- the world would wake up faster to the evil happening and growing.
The truth is this is a communist coup, the pro Palestinians are just BLM, and ANTIFA recycled. The closer we get to the election the more violent, (and it will get worse) it will become.
Yep the gauntlet walking to the car from the rallies will return.
My prayers go with you, Sundance.
Is the seven mountain mandate biblical? What is the 7-M mandate? (compellingtruth.org)
“The concept is simple enough: there are seven large spheres of influence in society, and believers will be most effective in evangelism and expanding God’s kingdom if they focus on bringing change in those areas.
The seven spheres—or “mountains”—according to the seven mountain mandate are:
1. Education
2. Religion
3. Family
4. Business
5. Government/Military
6. Arts/Entertainment
7. Media
Rather than leave the major sectors of societal influence to be run by those who don’t know Christ and thus susceptible to the schemes of Satan, Christians should seek to lead in those areas.” ……..
We’re reclaiming these Seven Mountains for King Jesus!
A podcast would rest on at least two of these mountains.
Metaphorically, I don’t know what kind of Tree this house is built on, but I fear that if too much is added to the house it will break limbs and crash down or kill the tree.
I would like to see a forest of these same trees so the burden does not have to stand on one.
I think Sundance has proven practical enough to judge what he can accomplish and I am glad to hear that he will pray about the next steps.
I have friends that are well aware of things and yet still don’t get the core problems or simply cannot let go of the way it’s supposed to work from school house rock thinking.
I have had conversations with them and others trying to share things I have learned here and then my own mind is overwhelmed on how to frame and mentally edit to get the point across without a dissertation that gets ignored or sounds outlandish, and in their mind, easily labeled and discarded.
I have actually thought about this quite a bit. I can reference them to this site but then that can be overwhelming to some new viewer. Even for myself, there are times I just get bogged down going deep and then later trying to remember all those interconnecting dots of data and people so that I can effectively pass on the info with some effect.
I also understand this is a searchable site with access to a monumental amount of sunlight as published here, but by then the comments are another overload of information. (maybe I am just not good at using modern technology)
An idea came to mind scrolling through the daily post a while back. Someone posted a link and some info about covid vax and it connected in my mind to something else I had seen on here in a daily thread that if presented together would be formidable sunlight of info. It had only been a few days but I could not find the first comment.
I thought what if a topic was condensed into timeline of bullet points with the “go deep” links set as a sidebar. Volunteers could scroll through the daily thread or the poster of the comment could note an item for copying to the topic bulleted info.
A stand-alone topic could continue to accumulate “supporting” info for ease of distribution to whomever needed the ammunition of truth.
From that anyone could use that relatively condensed info to make and post video on social media or pod casts or anything really. For my thoughts it was just about having some specific and thorough easy to put hands on information that could be provided directly to someone as follow-up to a conversation.
Hey man remember when we were talking about Covid, well check this out….
anyway just sharing a thought I have had.
“You are NOT alone.” Take heart – https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/light-in-the-darkness/
Found in the bin… 🙁
I think the red pill of James’s is now complete. He has come a long way.
Now that AYAAN HIRSI ALI is no longer an atheist (or a Muslim) she has some ideas about how to save Western Civilisation:
We can’t withstand China, Russia and Iran if we can’t explain to our populations why it matters that we do. We can’t fight woke ideology if we can’t defend the civilisation that it is determined to destroy. And we can’t counter Islamism with purely secular tools. To win the hearts and minds of Muslims here in the West, we have to offer them something more than videos on TikTok.
The lesson I learned from my years with the Muslim Brotherhood was the power of a unifying story, embedded in the foundational texts of Islam, to attract, engage and mobilise the Muslim masses. Unless we offer something as meaningful, I fear the erosion of our civilisation will continue. And fortunately, there is no need to look for some new-age concoction of medication and mindfulness. Christianity has it all.
https://unherd.com/2023/11/why-i-am-now-a-christian/
In addition to this, this site has always enourage others to us this information.
people in this audience can summarize or create information collections for quick education of new comers.
An example of the 2016-2020 crimes documented from theconservativetreehouse is found at:
https://4thamendmentrestored.com/
Reading these words from Sundance, and observing the actions of certain politicians this morning, made me thing of one of the scenes from the old film “3 Days of the Condor.” This one in particular, struck me as the most appropriate:
(623) Joubert – YouTube
God bless you Sundance, for your wise insights and observations, and for taking the time to assess everything that is in play.
“It is true that something has to change, something or someone needs to break through the nonsense and pretending. It is also true that continuing to do the same thing while expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.”
Sundance, first let me thank you for the investment you make in us. There are immense amounts of information out in this world. I have 15 links to try and prevent the editorial bias of topic selection. I trust 3 of those after the attempt to defrock PDJT. You are #1 and land on the important stuff every day. Thank You.
Looking at actions today and accurately interpreting the future consequences is a skill of very few.
In 5Voices personalities we call it a “Future Voice”. Many times that voice flys so far ahead that others can’t or won’t follow because they can’t make sense of the described way. The descriptions are too far from the here and now that they can’t bridge the perception gap of actions today or; consequences, eventually, some time, potentially, so far in the future we don’t need to worry about it.
People’s lack seeing the consequences is why the IC is so successful in sending the newest shiney objuct to change the subject. “Focus on Now Ignore Future Possibilities. Rinse, Repeat”. We can see them on the Political Thread trying to divert from your central post into issues that have no impact long term. This group is amazing in sniffing out the misdirection, and pulling back on course.
You have created a place where the people haunted by what could happen in the future have found a home. That group is small, less that 20% of the population if personality divisions are to be believed. Primarily Future Voiced people are even less than 10%.
One of the giant challenges of a Future Voiced person is not pulling the fire alarm too early for a Present Voiced person. “Winter is Coming” (book not video) is only believable if the trees have turned. Many times a FV caution is discounted as “Crying Wolf”. Timing is everything and a Current Voice translator is incredibly helpful.
Breaking through the perception gap requires someone who can ask hard questions to translate into “Present Voice” what you are talking about. The Present Voice personalities are Guardians, Nurturers, and Connectors. One of those to challenge live on the podcast would help break down your Future Voice and broaden the appeal of whatever topic your investigating.
The Army is in the process of adding a drone to the M1 Abrams tank. To me it seems like the joint of Present and Future Voices to make a better fighting machine.
The Abrams is very here and now. Over 500 Iraqi tanks killed in Desert Storm with only 3 lost. But only good if they can see and target, the here and now. Are they rolling to a trap or cliff or box canyon? Only with Satellite images can they kinda know what’s ahead but can’t target those 120mm guns off of those images and those images are only good if, up to the moment, current. Live action is what’s desired.
The guns can shoot to about double the horizon if they have accurate targeting . A drone provides that but also the ability to not walk into a trap or drive off a cliff at 50 MPH when you are trying to avoid other people shooting at you. A Drone can define what’s over the horizon both for targeting and safety but can’t really “kill” anything accept as a suicide drone, one and done. The tank with the drone expands both abilities to 4x the square miles, vision for mor than one and done, creating protection no-one could ever imagine.
With the example of what you accomplished on the west coast of Florida I know you lead by example and earn trust by being the first into a situation. I’m also a Future Voiced person and problem solve the same way. But I’ve had greater success when partnered up with a Present Voiced Guardian to create tick lists that others can then work off.
The struggle you’re describing is majority how to sift stuff down for others to be able to act on. I believe it requires a different perspective challenging your future voice to get down to nuts and bolts.
I won’t post links here as that seems a little self serving. My Profile is on that place where Linked are In. Anyone can msg me there for more info.
May God Bless you and our efforts to follow in your footsteps..
SD has had a level of anonymous identify for some time.
I’m wondering if some of the thinking, comes from knowing this is making him more public (knowing how our goverment retaliates).
Everyone you wouldn’t want to know Sundances “secret identity” knows,..
As does everyone you WOULD want to know.
If not before, certainly his trip into “the belly of the beast” when an envelope was slipped under his hotel room door, which led to a series of meetings must have tripped alarms leading to identifying Sundance,..
So I suspect THAT, at least is not an issue,..
Yep. A search on The Goo for Sundance and Conservative Tree House nets you the Rachael Madow video claiming he’s a mad man. When they targeted the Site leading to CTH 2.0 Sundance was on their radar.
Very good advice. Never hurts to pray for or on any subject, has usually helped me. I believe we need Donald Trump but also tell my wife and other friends the Deep State, Democratic Party, MSM will never allow Trump to regain office and take their power. Democrats have come this far and done what they have wished the past 3 years and will never be ready to relinquish the power they have always enjoyed. No matter who the GOP runs, without the backing of the Supreme Court they will go no where.
After contemplating the slogan, “Trump Was Indicted Before Anyone On Epstein’s Client List”, I have come to the realization that the intelligence agencies control the entire US government. They have dirt on everyone in power, and use it to blackmail them.
The Chinese Blackmail Brothel the Fedz just busted was a warning shot to compromised Congress: DO NOT VOTE AGAINST OUR NEW FBI IMPERIAL PALACE.
Learned that from Sundance, of course.
Many of us realize this was occurring at the fbi during the J. Edgar years… but I believe it was really “refined” by Hillary, when she had access to all of those boxes.
I just sent in $25 to CTH.
What did you do?
I tried to contribute last week and I used the credit card option. I filled every thing out and than clicked the button and the button slightly lit up and nothing else happened so I clicked a second time, same response. So I either donated twice or not at all. Has anyone else contributed via credit card not paypal? I would like to kn0w what the normal response is when you click.
I did, last week.
Credit card, paypal sent me a confirming email.
Same here.
Used it today. Filled in email and name. Filled out amount below that along with credit card info.
Once I clicked submit, am email came right back thanking me from the team at CTH.
See my comment below. I used the one that isn’t PayPal.
My email was from Publix thanking me from CTH.
That’s the one I use and I got nothing back…hmmm…I am not using PayPal. Well, something went wrong…I guess I will try again.
littleflower481, I have been using the PayPal option to use my own credit card without having a PayPal account. So far it has worked flawlessly for several years. I have never received anything negative because of those monthly transactions. Also I don’t let PP keep my info (uncheck the box for that) so i have to re-enter my card / address info each and every time.
If your browser uses VPN, your web location may not match your credit card info, thus a reject.
Sent $100.
if we don’t win this our money is going to be worth nothing.
Sundance is giving 1000 percent and our duty is to make sure he can use his gifts to reach the masses.
This book coming out tomorrow may deepen our understanding.
“Controligarchs”
Like “Philanthropaths”.
It does have that potential. More sunlight is needed!
Sit and pray. What a powerful message today. I think I’ll join you and lift this up to the Lord!
It seems to me there are so many people fighting the good fight, whether it’s elections, the uniparty, political corruption, the administrative state, the budget, the debt, the Globalists, the border…..why don’t all of you or some of you join together? I tune into Steve Bannon’s WarRoom everyday. If anyone has a handle on DC, the Imperial City, he does. His list of contacts is massive. His guests are intelligent & experienced former Trump administration officials presently planning for 2024. Here’s a sample of today’s discussion with Russ Vought: https://warroom.org/russ-vought-every-house-member-must-oppose-the-procedural-rule-to-set-up-the-clean-cr-call-now/ We need an army of like thinkers to destroy the DC leviathan.
Thank you for all you do.. I have to say that I have learned more here than any one spot in my life. From the comment sections alone that have taken me to many corners of this universe. I think you all know some of those corners.
Take the time you need we will all be here waiting to know how we navigate the chaos that is upon us. It is overwhelming seeing it in action in every corner of the world. With no end in sight.. I know i am looking for clear vision to see the future.
Be safe and return soon.
Paul
Nice note.
First, if you don’t have your health, then you don’t have anything. So recharge mind and body.
You have made all your followers fishermen, so thank you for that.
Godspeed.