Isaac Saul

Isaac Saul is a politics reporter and the founder of Tangle, an independent, nonpartisan news outlet that covers the big issues of the day by highlighting different perspectives across the political spectrum. Isaac grew up in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — one of the most politically divided counties in America — where he was exposed to a huge range of political opinions and values. As a young journalist, Isaac learned the media ecosystem was broken when he found that he wasn’t being judged based on his writing, but where it was being published. Recognizing the need for open-minded political discourse based on the merit of ideas rather than left/right leanings, he bootstrapped Tangle in 2019. Since then, Tangle’s work has been cited by The New York Times, Forbes, The Hustle, 1440, Substack, and others as one of the most successful politics newsletters on the internet, as well as one of the most reliable sources of news. 

 

Before Tangle, Isaac helped build A Plus, a solutions journalism media outlet, alongside actor and entrepreneur Ashton Kutcher. In 2016, Yahoo News named him one of the 16 people whose writing shaped the 2016 election, and in 2020, Forbes Magazine called him one of the 1,000 “upstart entrepreneurs redefining the American dream.” 

Isaac started Tangle in 2019 as an independent, ad-free, non-partisan politics newsletter that summarizes the best arguments from the left and right on the news of the day, as well as his own distinctive take on the issue. Tangle now has over 225,000 readers and 100,000 followers across its social platforms, podcast, and YouTube channel.