Ratigan is of Irish (father), Hungarian Jewish (maternal grandfather) and Italian (maternal grandmother) descent. His grandfather, Frank Ratigan, was mayor of Saranac Lake from 1957 to 1961. Ratigan was born in the village of Saranac Lake, in upstate New York, the son of Adrienne (née Dodge), a psychotherapist, and John Ratigan. In 2018, Ratigan was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives in New York's 21st congressional district, which he lost to Tedra Cobb. In 2017, he joined The Young Turks as a political commentator. His first book, Greedy Bastards, was released in 2012, and spent five consecutive weeks on The New York Times Best Sellers List. From 2009 to 2012, Ratigan hosted The Dylan Ratigan Show, the highest-rated non-prime time show on MSNBC, aimed at critiquing what Ratigan described as an unholy alliance between big business and government. They include CNBC's Fast Money and Closing Bell, as well as, which hosts his podcast, Greedy Bastards Antidote. The former Global Managing Editor for Corporate Finance at Bloomberg L.P., Ratigan has developed and launched more than six broadcast and new media properties. He is a former contributor to The Huffington Post. House of Representatives in New York's 21st Congressional District. Visit podcastchoices.Dylan Jason Ratigan (born April 19, 1972) is an American businessman, author, film producer, former host of MSNBC's The Dylan Ratigan Show and political commentator for The Young Turks. Visit /adchoicesĢ022 Useful Idiots, LLC | Cumulus Podcast Network It’s all this, and more, on the Halloween episode of Useful Idiots. And NO we’re not comparing Trump to Hitler. If you want to donate to indie media (and not have to hear ads), become a subscriber today to hear our chat with David about an important study about the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism. To help this, we’re starting ad reads this week. Heads up: this week, we have begun donating a large portion of our profits to the Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press to help independent journalists in need. And don’t worry, there’s some poop stuff in here too. Plus, Dems are cutting everything Dem voters want in their bill, and so much more vaccine debating. Listen to this interview with the exceptionally interesting, intelligent and prolific David Sirota, and then listen to Meltdown on Audible. If Dems keep wasting their time in power, they’re going to stop holding power and push people into the arms of people like Trump, which is what happened in 2016. You're proving to me that democracy doesn't matter.’" I have to support you only because of democracy. You're saying we got to get Donald Trump out of here because he's not helping people. I just used democracy to put you in power. What you're saying to voters is that democracy doesn't matter.Īnd if you do that, there's going to be a lot of voters who say, ‘Look, I just voted for you. You choose your corporate donors and you betray your promises to voters. “Democrats get elected promising to help people, promising various programs to directly help people.Īnd then you get into power and you shield your corporate donors who don't want that change. On this week’s show, award-winning journalist David Sirota justly rips Democrats for not only selling out the American people but for enabling Right Wing authoritarianism: Subscribe at for an ad-free listen and extended interview
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