Talking Points Memo

We talk a lot about various reasons to support TPM: We have original reporting, our newsroom is unionized, we are truly independent with no corporate backer, we're not going to lay off reporters and replace them with AI, members get discounted tickets to live events, members get access to the Hive, members get full RSS feeds, we have Josh Marshall, we have the Morning Memo, we have Where Things Stand, we have The Weekender.

But here's another, arguably more cynical reason to become a member: Less ads. If you really hate ads, you can be an Ad Free member and see zero ads.

It definitely boosts our collective ego to know people support TPM just because they feel we should exist, that the journalism we produce materially enhances not just their lives but everyone's lives, that supporting TPM is akin to supporting the First Amendment and democracy and freedom itself. But maybe that isn't you. In that case, we offer you fewer ads so that while you are reading about the daily assault on everything from trans rights to federal land, you can at least experience this misery in peace. Prime members see way fewer ads, and, again, Ad Free members (Josh likes to call this Prime AF because he fancies himself a jokester) see zero ads.

Just today, Josh Kovensky published an important piece about how the so-called GENIUS Act could wreak havoc on our financial system. But as a 21st century internet user, you are probably most annoyed with crypto because of all the advertisements these people have been buying. Crypto.com even sponsors a huge arena where the freaking Lakers play. One small way to remove annoying crypto hawkers from your life would be a TPM membership, in which you see fewer ads in general. 

So, whatever reason you prefer to support TPM, we appreciate it.