RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/January 2020

January 2020
How Portugal ended austerity and got a booming economy How Brexit will destroy the UK and reduce it to insignificance. Coronavirus hysteria is distracting from the fact that the flu is still a much more serious threat. The Trump election: racism or economic deprivation? It was both, as they reinforce one another. Putting the "Nazis Were Socialists" nonsense to rest How Bernie Sanders' "radical plan" could actually save Capitalism. (Paywalled) Donald Trump hates America. CBC's Marketplace reports on the attempt by the anti-vax movement [https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/marketplace-anti-vaccination-hidden-camera-washington-1.5429805 in the United States and Canada to get around difficulties of promoting the movement. This includes] dog-whistling e.g. health freedom and spreading disinformation. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/12/us/texas-vs-california-history-textbooks.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share Differences between the same textbook in California and Texas examined. Example includes California textbook including an annotation on regulation on the 2nd Amendment while the Texas textbook showing no comment on the 2nd Amendment.]