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Gov. Ralph Northam is trying to prevent a repeat of Charlottesville with ban on pro-gun demonstrators

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By Mona Austin The FBI arrested three suspected Neo-Nazi leaders who planned to attend a pro-guns rally at the Virginia state capital in Richmond on MLK Day. Three members of The Base, a white supremacist group, were taken into custody on Thursday and charged with federal crimes. On Wednesday, Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency banning guns at the capital from Friday through Tuesday. In anticipation of conflict based on intelligence about expected interference from out-of-state militas and hate g a repeat of Charlottesville. Law abiding citizens who planned to protest over pending gun control legislation feel their rights are being infringed upon sued to have the rally, but a judge ruled the governor has the authority under state law to to institute the temporary ban for "the safety and welfare" of the state. The Base is a neo-Nazi group that trains members to fight a race war and encourages the onset of anarchy, according to the Counter Extremis...

OPINION: Virginia Attorney General Herring admits to cooning too, amid black face controversy with Gov. Northam, should resign

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Mona Austin Pictured above: Journalist Mona Austin and Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring "Virginia is for Losers" is the headline on the cover of the New York post, prompted by the top three political leaders in the state being involved in controversies that could cost them their jobs. It is a sarcastic play on the states theme, "Virginia is for lovers." Two of the men in question, Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring are connected to reports about them wearing black face during their college years. Northam initially apologized when a photo of someone in black face standing next to someone in KKK garb emerged, then the next day held a press conference saying that it was not him in the pic. Herring came forth after rumors of a black face pic of him, admitting that he had indeed worn black face to in reflection of his favorite rapper. Then there is Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, the lone Black man in the upper ranks of state leadership. He ...