[BREITBART] A Connecticut honor student is suing her school district, alleging that she was never taught to read and write.
Aleysha Ortiz, 19, graduated from Hartford Public High School in June with honors and was awarded a scholarship to the University of Connecticut — but despite those achievements, she alleges she is still illiterate, the New York Post reported.
Ortiz, who spent 12 years in the Hartford public school district and is a native of Puerto Rico, testified about her experience at a May city council meeting and explained how the educational system failed her.
“I decided, they [the school] had 12 years,” Ortiz told CNN. “Now it’s my time.”
Ortiz filed a lawsuit against the Hartford Board of Education, the City of Hartford, and her special education case manager, Tilda Santiago, for negligence.
The lawsuit details that Ortiz had learning disabilities as early as first grade and struggled with “letter, sound, and number recognition.” She alleges her issues were not addressed and she began acting out in school.
“I was the bad child,” she told CNN.
By sixth grade, Ortiz alleges she was only reading at the kindergarten or first-grade level.
As a sophomore at Hartford Public High School, Santiago was assigned as Ortiz’s special education teacher and case manager. Ortiz alleges in the lawsuit that Santiago bullied, harassed, and stalked her, and that Santiago was later removed from the role.
Ortiz’s mother, Carmen Cruz, barely speaks English but said she tried her best to advocate for her daughter, including speaking with school officials and the principal.
“I didn’t know English very well, I didn’t know the rules of the schools,” she told the CNN. “There were a lot of things that they would tell me, and I let myself go by what the teachers would tell me because I didn’t understand anything.”
By the time Ortiz was a junior in high school, she began to advocate for herself, which led to her teachers recommending she test for dyslexia, according to the report.
The lawsuit alleges that she was finally tested for dyslexia one month before she graduated, but the test was not finished until her last day of high school.
The test concluded that Ortiz is, in fact, dyslexic, and “required explicitly taught phonics, fluency and reading comprehension.”
Ortiz alleges that school district officials said she could defer accepting her high school diploma to receive intensive services, which she rejected.
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Ortiz filed a lawsuit against the Hartford Board of Education, the City of Hartford, and her special education case manager, Tilda Santiago, for negligence.
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[Bloomberg] CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-based conglomerate, agreed to sell control of a unit that operates ports near the Panama Canal after pressure from US President Donald Trump to limit Chinese interests in the region.
A consortium including BlackRock Inc., Global Infrastructure Partners, and Terminal Investment Ltd. reached a deal in principle to acquire units that hold 80% of the Hutchison Ports group, which operates 43 ports in 23 countries. The consortium will also acquire 90% of Panama Ports Co., which operates the two ports in Balboa and Cristobal. The transactions will deliver cash proceeds of $19 billion to CK Hutchison, the company said Tuesday in a statement.
Trump has said he wants the US to regain control of the Panama Canal, which was handed over to the local government in 1999, arguing without evidence that China has taken over the waterway. Panama’s government had been weighing whether to cancel its contract with CK Hutchison to operate the ports, Bloomberg reported last month.
Hutchison has run the ports in Panama’s Balboa and Cristobal under a concession that was first signed in 1997 and, in 2021, extended until 2047.
“Our review has shown that, as a direct result of decisions made by MSCI, these Americans are now unwittingly funding PRC companies that develop and build weapons for the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)—the PRC’s military—and advance the CCP’s stated mission of technological supremacy,” wrote the Select Committee’s Chairman, Republican Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin, and its ranking member, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois. The committee sent an identical letter to BlackRock.
By sending massive amounts of American money to companies linked to the Chinese military and human right abuses, the letter said, BlackRock and MSCI are “exacerbating an already significant national security threat and undermining American values.”
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hanghai, January 15, 2024 – BlackRock today announced the appointments of Hua Fan as Head of China, and Jim Zhang as General Manager of BlackRock CCB Wealth Management Limited (“BlackRock CCB Wealth”), subject to regulatory approval.
BlackRock’s business in China has made great strides – from launching a fund management business and a wealth management joint venture, developing various investment capabilities across equities, fixed income and multi-asset strategies, to building a robust local team and growing leaders from within our business.
Washington, D.C., Feb. 26, 2025—U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins today announced a $1 billion-dollar comprehensive strategy to curb highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), protect the U.S. poultry industry, and lower egg prices. This is in addition to funding already being provided to indemnify growers for depopulated flocks.
As the Secretary detailed in the Wall Street Journal, the five-pronged strategy includes an additional $500 million for biosecurity measures, $400 million in financial relief for affected farmers, and $100 million for vaccine research, action to reduce regulatory burdens, and exploring temporary import options.
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The additional spending will, I think, eventually save money because the Dept of Ag is now paying hundreds of millions each quarter to poultry operators to offset the culling of their chickens.
[SSAblog] Last week, the SSAdmin announced they would be expediting retroactive Social Security payments as authorized by the Social Security Fairness Act (see link).
Today, I've received word from a number of people who had multi thousand dollar deposits made into their bank accounts.
It will have an immediate effect on the money supply M1 (I think up about $100B) and subsequently on the rates for treasury instruments, the CPI and so forth.
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Every once in a while we get the full name of a miscreant in Germany. This is one of those times, so here it is, though there is nothing else new in the article.
[Rudaw] Alexander Scheuermann, 40, drove into a crowd in the western German city of Mannheim on Monday. He has no criminal records and is possibly suffering from mental illness, according to the general prosecutor of the city.
"According to the information we have obtained, the suspect is a 40-year-old German citizen who apparently lived alone without family in Ludwigshafen and has not previously appeared in criminal records to any significant extent," Romeo Schussler, a senior public prosecutor in Mannheim, told Rudaw.
Security remains a key concern in Germany following recent violent mostly peaceful attacks, including car ramming attacks in Magdeburg last December and Munich last month, and a stabbing in Mannheim in May 2024.
Chief of police in Mannheim said two people were killed. Several others were maimed.
"A car has hit several people in the pedestrian zone. Initially, it was thought to be a traffic accident, but witness statements very quickly strengthened our suspicion that it was a deliberate drive at high speed in the pedestrian zone, where there was a conscious acceptance of injuring people, or unfortunately also killing them. We have two people dead and at the moment we know of eleven people injured, some seriously," Ulrike Schafer said.
[FoxNews] Serbian opposition lawmakers let off smoke grenades and tear gas in parliament on Tuesday to protest against the government and support demonstrating students.
A Serbian friend tells me this:
don't look at this crap - opposition is compromised. search for student protests social media content
[Epoch Times] Emigration rates have been soaring in Canada driven by the ongoing housing shortage and the cost-of-living crisis, a new report suggests. Ontario is the most densely populated province in the nation, but its 48 percent share of departures is notably greater than its 39 percent share of the total population of Canada.
Last year marked the highest level of emigration both Canada and Ontario have seen in several years. Emigration from Canada overall last reached that level in 2017, and in Ontario, the current levels haven’t been seen since 2011, according to the report, which is based on data from Statistics Canada.
Manitoba, Quebec, and Saskatchewan were the only provinces to experience an increase in incoming migrants at 14 percent, 2 percent, and 0.2 percent respectively.
Alberta remained the most sought-after destination for individuals moving within Canada, despite a slight decrease in its in-migration figures compared to 2023.
The slowdown in immigration and interprovincial migration, rising emigration, and a growing number of permanent residents leaving the country came at a benefit to renters, the report said.
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OH! Great, another bunch of Northerners telling us "That's not the way we did it back in _____".
We would do wisely to be demanding they be retrained in the USA methods of operation.
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Trump says Canada should be the 51st state. Perhaps Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba could be numbers 51, 52, and 53. It sure would make the map(s) look funny.
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In a twist of fate, I read a deal about how there are certain locales in Central/South America who are upset Norte Gringos are moving into their community, don't know the language, and upset the local economics.
Passive confirmation would include USA daytime shows like House Hunters International.
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...hereditary prime minister of the Great White North... launched a blistering response to President Donald Trump ...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down... 's decision to level punishing tariffs on his country.
Looking directly into a TV camera and addressing 'Donald,' he said: 'Even though you are a very smart guy, this is a very dumb thing to do.'
Trudeau, at times close to tears during an emotional presser in Ottawa, was quoting a previous verdict on Trump's tariff policy delivered by the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Imports from Canada will now be taxed at 25 percent as Trump's tariffs went into effect on Tuesday.
Trudeau said: 'Today the United States launched a trade war against Canada, their closest partner and ally, and their closest friend. At the same time they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... a lying murderous dictator. Make that make sense.'
The United States imported $412 billion worth of goods from Canada in 2024, according to the US Census Bureau. Canada is America's third largest trading partner.
Trudeau veered between anger, frustration, defiance and sadness during his extended presser.
'We're insulted, we're angry, but we're Canadian, which means we're gonna stand up for each other, we're gonna fight...and we're gonna win,' he declared.
Trump has repeatedly proposed that if Canada wants to avoid the tariffs they should consider joining the United States as its '51st state'.
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"Havana will never capitulate! Oops"
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He's right though. Trade wars are usually dumb, trade wars between closest friends even more so.
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Donald: Justin, clean up your room or you are grounded.
Justin: You're not the boss of me. I'll ground you. So there!
I get it. Nobody likes it when Dad tells you to clean your room. And Trump did tweak Canada's national pride with his cracks about Canada becoming the 57th state and referring to young Justin as "governor".
But Trump's end goal here was not a trade war, it was stopping the flow of fentanyl and illegals. Initially, I was quite surprised that when offered the choice between stopping the fentanyl trade and tariffs, the Canadians immediately chose tariffs. Given the widespread and continuing commotion on the Canadian side, I am thinking this is less about wounded national pride and more about government officials protecting their rice bowls.
Side Note: Canada does have a governor, the Governor General, who is appointed by the British monarch to administer the government of Canada in the monarch's name. A historical artifact from the time of the French and Indian War or something.
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Lumber for home building is sourced from Canada.
Alternatives to wooden studs, steel, is sourced from China.
Structural castings use cement from Mexico.
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You know what I noticed during The Elynskyy Event?
Nobody had on silly socks.
*furthermore:
"I will put on costume when Ukraine war is over"\
/shorter Elynskyyy
Here's the thing my Dude.
Trump is a business man. The President of the United States is expected to wear a suit during such events. This is called a Uniform. The Marine had on his suit.
Elynskyyy The Entertainer was dressed in LL Bean Tacticool. That is a costume. Probably why Trump made that quip when he got out of the vehicle.
"They say you're a pitcher not you're not much of a dresser. We wear caps and sleeves at this level, son."
/Coach Gammon, Major League (1989)
[THEHILL] The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday updated its guidance to department heads that demanded the firing of federal workers, adding that it's up to the agency on whether to boot their hires.
The slight shift in the memo updates a Day 1 order from the OPM directing all government agencies to pull together a list of all employees still in their probationary period, those who were either hired or promoted within the last year or two — a period that varies by agency.
''Please note that, by this memorandum, OPM is not directing agencies to take any specific performance-based actions regarding probationary employees. Agencies have ultimate decision-making authority over, and responsibility for, such personnel actions,'' the OPM wrote in the Tuesday update.
The tweak comes after unions scored a court victory Thursday after suing over the Trump administration plans to fire probationary workers
''OPM's revision of its Jan. 20 memo is a clear admission that it unlawfully directed federal agencies to carry out mass terminations of probationary employees — which aligns with Judge Alsup's recent decision in our lawsuit challenging these illegal firings,'' the American Federation of Government Employees said in a statement Tuesday.
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Remember, during the Covid Scamdemic, when only Key essential personnel needed to come into work and things still ran pretty smooth during the crazy pandemic rules?
A list featuring CIA employees’ first names and last initials was sent by the intelligence agency to the OPM. The employees on the list were still on probation, which makes the process of dismissing them easier.
[IsraelTimes] European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is presenting a five-part plan to mobilize some 800 billion euros for Europe’s defense — and help provide “immediate” military support for Ukraine after after US President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Kyiv.
“This is a moment for Europe, and we are ready to step up,” von der Leyen announces in Brussels. “‘ReArm Europe’ could mobilize close to 800 billion euros of defense expenditures for a safe and resilient Europe.”
The EU will propose to give member states more fiscal space for defense investments, as well as 150 billion euros in loans for those investments, and will aim to mobilize private capital as well, von der Leyen says.
Meanwhile, the UK says Prime Minister Keir Starmer is homed in on securing peace in Ukraine, while engaging allies on the issue.
“We remain absolutely committed to securing a lasting peace in Ukraine and are engaging with key allies in support of this effort. It is the right thing to do, and is in our interest to do so,” a British government spokesperson said in a statement.
Deputy Premier Angela Rayner tells BBC Radio that Starmer is “laser focused on getting peace. He won’t be derailed by announcements.”
Really. Just a few days ago he was banging the drum to send everything and reserves to Ukraine.
I apologize for not remembering off the top of my head, but somebody here crunched some numbers which aligned with an article a couple days later that, yeah, that's about 5,000 soldiers and 30 tanks.
[Rudaw] Some members of an all-Yazidi brigade of Peshmerga forces announced on Saturday that they had "resigned" from their brigade and announced their plan to join the Iraqi army. However,
women are made to be loved, not understood... a Kurdish military judge warned on Sunday that the move is illegal, adding that it could harm Erbil-Baghdad relations.
A representative of the deserted Peshmerga fighters, who were part of the Shingal (Sinjar) brigade - an affiliate of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) - on Saturday told journalists in Baghdad that they "resigned" from their military duties "within the borders of the Kurdistan Region" and from "all military and partisan ties binding us" to Erbil. They claimed the move was in rejection of the Kurdistan Region’s policies against the Yazidis and the "exploitation of their suffering for political gains."
Kurdawan Naqshbandi, a Kurdish military court judge, told Rudaw on Sunday that if these Peshmerga fighters answer to Iraq, it would be considered "defection," adding that it will also be a "violation of military discipline."
"If the Iraqi army accepts their defection, it will create a new point of contention with the Kurdistan Region," Naqshbandi warned, urging relevant authorities in Baghdad to handle the situation responsibly.
The Kurdish and Iraqi governments have yet to comment on the matter.
Naqshbandi further clarified that Peshmerga forces joining the Iraqi army without the official approval of Erbil is illegal and that such a move is illegal.
According to the military laws in the Kurdistan Region, those who defect will face trial in the military court under Article 48 of the Military Penal Code.
The brigade claimed that they consist of over a thousand fighters, including high-ranking officers, but their commander told Rudaw that their number is less than 200 fighters and do not include senior officers.
"The number they announced, claiming it to be 1,200 people, has no basis and they are not even 200," Qasim Shasho said. He noted that the brigade consists of around 8,000 members and will continue to fulfill their duty.
Shasho said a number of the deserted fighters have returned to the brigade.
Shasho’s brigade was formed after the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) attacked the Yazidi heartland of Shingal (Sinjar) in 2014, killing and kidnapping a large number of its residents.
The presence of a variety of gangs in Shingal has hindered the return of its people who fled the town during the ISIS attack.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[BREITBART] A Connecticut honor student is suing her school district, alleging that she was never taught to read and write.
Last year marked the highest level of emigration both Canada and Ontario have seen in several years. Emigration from Canada overall last reached that level in 2017, and in Ontario, the current levels haven’t been seen since 2011, according to the report, which is based on data from Statistics Canada.
...hereditary prime minister of the Great White North...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
