GOOD MORNING PATRIOTS!
Today is a big day - after five years, The Donald has rebranded to Patriots.win.
Don't worry: your accounts still work exactly the same, posts are the same, comments are the same, and the moderators are the same.
The first reason goes without saying... we're in a period of transition with yesterday's fraudulent inauguration. It will likely be some time before Trump gets back to actively communicating with his base, but we intend to do what we can to keep our part of this movement as active as ever.
We're not turning against Trump - not at all, our branding and our rules will remain the same for the immediate future. If Trump moves forward with the rumored Patriots Party, then we're perfectly positioned to fully support him in that endeavor.
For now, we'll shift our focus to calling out China, censorship, and Biden's evils that the media doesn't cover. We now have a more important role than we have since November 2016.
It is our duty to step up and call out the disaster that this administration will be.
We also intend to do more to get people involved in elections at a local level, including the potential of more localized communities.
This rebrand does not indicate a change in moderation policy.
The secondary reason for our rebrand is a precarious situation with the old domain. The TL;DR is that we don't have control over it, and we cannot risk that any longer.
TheDonald.win was always meant to be owned by a group, not a single man. Unfortunately, the domain was registered by a single moderator during our initial discussions about the prospect of moving away from Reddit. We pushed for the domain to be transferred to a shared legal entity before we ever released, but despite promises, it never happened, and we launched our Reddit backup in a hurry without getting the situation resolved. We knew this would come back to haunt us - and perhaps it has.
The man with control of the domain left the mod team a week ago, out of fear for himself and those around him. While he stated just two days ago to the media that he'd hand the domain over to one of our moderators with whom he has a good relationship, unfortunately that wasn't true, and doesn't look like it will be happening.
Given all of the above, the risk is too great. We're rebranding to Patriots.win, which is legally owned by five of our long-term moderators.
This also explains why we were pushing the backup domains so hard, and why I made a post warning you all about the potential of an 'FBI Honeypot'. That absolutely remains true, but the number one threat was a backstabbing by our own people, which thankfully has not occurred.
The final obstacle is that since we don't have control over the old domain, we don't have the contact with our domain registrar (Epik) that we should have, and our previous contact (the man with control of the old domain) is no longer relaying any information to us from Epik.
We hope and expect that TheDonald.win will continue to point to our servers even after our rebranding. We're incredibly important to the MAGA movement, and it would be a great disservice to try to take us down, especially during this tumultuous time.
I fell like such a loser sometimes. I should be doing so much more since I have no kids, am almost 50, and nothing on the horizon but retiring in a banana republic apparently. Threats to me, while I don't want to die, mean so much less than to those who have kids, parents getting old, etc. They can't bully or threaten me. What will they do, take away my 401K? They come after me and I could fuck them up and if I lose, the world goes on just like before. And yet I'm not out taking it to them in the streets. I'm afraid that maybe I do not get to label myself a patriot. But I'm really struggling with flipping that switch and accepting that this could be the end of the line for me soon. Plus I'm a bit selfish and lazy. Glad that the rest of you are here and hope that I can get some clarity on what to do soon. Either that or go retire somewhere in the 3rd world at rock bottom prices.
Don't be that guy. Anything violent you do will just turn the screws tighter for all of us. If you want to do something, run for local office. Volunteer for a campaign you believe in. Go out and peacefully protest. I've said all along, we are not at the point of violence. Not even close. If that were the case we have been at this point for most of my adult life. This is now basically Obama's 3rd term. You woke up this morning and the sun was still shining. Life goes on and so does the fight.
Trump was an anomaly that we honestly may never see again in our lifetime. But what he left behind are a lot of people who finally see the truth. We see what can really be done when a true patriot is president. Trump got more done in 4 years than most ever do in 8. We can use what he leaves behind to build a united front that they can't deny or cheat their way out of. But that won't happen if they can paint us all as a bunch of violent nut jobs. Stop reading into bullshit. Stop "trusting the plan." And stop with the 4d chess. Politics is all about winning over hearts and minds. We have the ability to do that because we are on the right side. That is our greatest strength. If anyone tells you to just give up, they want you to.
I'm not planning on going violent. But the city in which I live, none of those things you mention will accomplish anything. For starters, elections are no longer legitimate in this country so that's out. In my city if I protest I will be attacked by a mob and they will not be found, tried or prosecuted for it and the news will not cover it. There are not campaigns here that I believe in, most of them just want your money and they do nothing.
This requires the person to first have a heart and mind and our opponents do not. Don't even seem to have souls.