Invoking the specter of Charlottesville in a Wednesday afternoon press conference, Governor Ralph "Blackface" Northam declared a temporary state of emergency ahead of Monday's pro–Second Amendment Lobby Day rally in Richmond.  The emergency order will be in effect from Friday evening until January 21, the day after tens of thousands of 2A-supporters are expected to arrive on the grounds of the capitol building. In his speech, Northam ratcheted up the tension between law-abiding Virginians and gun-control zealots. YouTube screen grab. The governor claims he has received, "credible intelligence from law enforcement agencies" that out-of-state militia groups, white nationalists, and hate groups will arrive in Richmond to "intimidate and cause harm." "State intelligence analysts," he says, have been perusing the dark web and mainstream channels, both online and offline, and are seeing rhetoric similar to that used...(Read Full Post)