I’m Isaac Saul, and this is Tangle: an independent, nonpartisan, subscriber-supported politics newsletter that summarizes the best arguments from across the political spectrum on the news of the day — then “my take.”

Dear readers,

This is a weird thing to do, because I know it's election season and — if you have made the mistake of giving your phone number to any political groups — you are getting asked for money left and right right now. But I'm going to give it a shot anyway:

We're going to try to drive 2,000 new subscribers to Tangle in nine days. If that's all you need to hear, you can go here to subscribe at a one-time, steep discount.

Here's the longer story: It's election season, which is basically our Super Bowl. In the last few months, we've had our largest spurt of growth in the history of Tangle — it's very, very exciting.

Now, with a few days to go, this is our best shot to make the most of this renewed attention, get people signed up to Tangle, and build our membership support. So, with Election Day right around the corner, we decided to do a major subscription push. Our small (but mighty) team has been working long days and late nights to keep up during this genuinely unprecedented 2024 race, and as we drag our tired minds and bodies across the finish line we are hoping to make the most of all the time we've been putting in.

So today, we are offering a one-time 25% discount on your first year of a Tangle subscription. And we are hoping that 2,000+ people snag the deal before Election Day.

When you become a Tangle member, you get a lot of benefits: You get paywalled Friday editions, which include exclusive interviews, reader-requested content, deep-dives, original reporting, personal essays, and reader mailbags. You also get our Sunday edition, which is now one of our most popular offerings. This includes comics, reader interactions, summaries of our posts from the week, and reader-submitted essays. And you get ad-free newsletters, first access to new products, access to the comments section, and discounts on our premium podcast subscription.

In the last few months, we've provided an incredible amount of value to our paying Tangle members. Among other things, we've:

  • Done a side-by-side policy comparison between Trump & Harris
  • Explained how polling and forecasting works
  • Interviewed a former Secret Service agent about the Trump assassination attempt
  • Brought you a live stream (with real-time commentary and fact-checking) of the only presidential debate between Harris and Trump
  • Did a deep dive on Kamala Harris and then Tim Walz
  • Explained how to fix our broken elections

And we've been rewarded for all this work. Over 22,000 people have now become paying members, and our mailing list is over 150,000 strong. National news organizations are recognizing our work, and we are finalists for major media awards.

So, from now until Election Day, we will be pushing people to subscribe to Tangle. Our goal is to get 2,000 new subscribers in 9 days — or about 222 paying subscribers a day. And it can start right here, with you.

Join our members!

Thank you for reading and supporting our work, and see you tomorrow!

Best,

Isaac, Magdalena, Ari, Will, Jon, and the Tangle team