I have regretfully come to the conclusion that The Hill, owned by one of Trump's close personal friends, puts on Rising mainly for the purpose of trying to trick leftists into softening on Trump & see nationalist racists as preferable to moderate Democrats

If it's not the intended purpose it is certainly going to be the effect. And I find that extremely worrying.

I say regretfully because I've been on the show and liked the show a lot. It was very valuable during the primary, airing voices nobody else would listen to. Done a lot of good work. But if Trumpists are considered closer allies than Dems the values are warped.