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November 17, 2025

Overnight Open Thread (11/17/2025)

Mount Mitchell, in North Carolina...the tallest mountain east of the Mississippi River. To give you some sense of scale, Mount Mitchell is about 6,800 feet high, and Donner Pass through the Northern Sierra is about 7,000 feet high...one of the lowest passes through the range!

Average annual snowfall on Mount Mitchell (from 1980-2024) is about 85 inches. Average annual snowfall at Donner Pass is about 450 inches.

This is why I chuckle when I hear people talk about mountains in New Jersey.

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Federal Firearm Indictments Up 292 Percent Under Expanded Project Safe Neighborhoods in Northern Illinois

The number of defendants charged in PSN firearm indictments is up 287 percent compared to last year. The PSN program is an evidence-based program that focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders while bringing together a broad spectrum of stakeholders to identify the most pressing violent crime problems and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.

One such problem is violence in Chicago's downtown neighborhoods and public rail system. In June of this year, U.S. Attorney Boutros announced an expansion of PSN to include the economic centers in downtown Chicago and the entire rail system operated by the Chicago Transit Authority, including all train lines.

Sorry, it's a TownHall link, which means it can be nigh unreadable with the popups and other ads splashed all over the place. And to make it worse, there is a huge amount of government jargon and obfuscation. But the salient point is that the federal government is charging and prosecuting violent criminals.

I know...I know...it's a crazy idea, but it just might work!

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