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.
"The script is not yet written. We do not know what the page will read tomorrow but for the first time in a long time what we do know is that the pages will be authored by each and every one of you years from now.
Some of them may look back and ask themselves whether they've made the right choice. Whether they've made the most of the opportunities. They've been given together we have the same mission.
Over the course of your life you will find that things are not always fair. You will find that things happen to you, that you do not deserve and that are not always warranted. But you have to put your head down and FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
NEVER EVER EVER GIVE UP!
Don't give in, don't back down and never stop doing what you know is right. Nothing worth doing ever ever ever came easy and the more righteous you fight, the more opposition that you will face.
In your hearts are inscribed the values of service sacrifice and devotion now you must go forth into the world and turn your hopes and dreams into action.
America has always been the land of dreams because america is a nation of true believers when the pilgrims landed. At Plymouth, they prayed when the founders wrote the declaration of independence. They invoked our creator four times because in america we don't worship government, we worship God!
It is why our currency proudly declares : IN GOD WE TRUST and it's why we proudly proclaim that we are one nation under God.
The story of America is the story of an adventure that began with deep faith big dreams and humble beginnings. The next generation of American leaders never ever give up.
There'll be times in your life you'll want to quit. Never quit, never stop fighting for what you believe in and for the people who care about you. Carry yourself with dignity and pride. Demand the best from yourself.
The more people tell you it's not possible, that it can't be done, the more you should be absolutely determined to prove them wrong. Treat the word impossible as nothing more than motivation. Relish the opportunity to be an outsider.
The more that a broken system tells you that you're wrong, the more certain you should be that you must keep pushing ahead. You must keep pushing forward and always have the courage to be yourself.
America is better when people put their faith into action..."
-Donald J. Trump-
https://youtu.be/bgMpTQNCcgg