Trump would never agree to a debate on that network, as they are shameless cheerleaders for the Dem Party, tho they hate progressives like Bernie.

@TomMcGiverin Rachel calls herself an Eisenhour Republican.

@DenoPenno I know, and that's particularly galling to me, since she used to be on Air America, the defunct liberal radio network that was supposed to be a rival to Fox News, and she also continues to be the darling of liberal Democrats who watch MSNBC. MSNBC has no shortage of turncoat Repubs that are on there, promoting the Dem Party line of being liberal on cultural war issues, while being conservative on economic issues, war, and foreign policy.

@TomMcGiverin I don't know about turncoat Repubs. I liked Ike but I was in public school at the time. These days I identify as a Progressive.

@DenoPenno To be honest and fair about it, the term progressive these days, is what socialists now call themselves, because that term has become so toxic and discredited, by the corporate media and with most Americans. I choose to not bow to that smearing, and proudly call myself a democratic socialist, same as Bernie. Most people who still identify themselves as liberals, rather than progressives, are only liberal on culture war issues, and not on economic issues, as they are really quite comfortable with economic inequality, classism, and capitalism as it is.. But they don't want to openly admit those things about themselves, and they get really angry if you confront them about that.

@TomMcGiverin Air America was supposed to a counter to right wing talk radio. Air America did not work out due to a problematic business plan. However most of the hosts went on to host on other radio stations outside of the Air America Network. That is until around 2011 or 2012, when Thom Hartmann was beating Rush Limbaugh in ratings where they competed head to head. Then Clear Channel, a monopoly radio network, changed formats for all of their "liberal" talk radio stations to sports. They (Clear Channel) could not stand that the messages of corporate excesses and greed was getting out and people were picking up on it and liked what they were hearing. So, they chose to kill the messengers.

Rachel Maddow put in a lot of research and fact checked the stories she covered, both when she was on the radio, and later on MSNBC. She is also the ONLY broadcaster I am aware of that still will make on air corrections when she gets something wrong. Edward R. Morrow would be proud of her ethics.