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Rallying to ‘End the Fed,’ group hasn’t felt heat over von Brunn

By Chris Steller | 06.12.09 | 12:33 pm

An “End the Fed” group that will rally today outside the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank hasn’t felt a backlash since Wednesday’s arrest of James von Brunn in the fatal shooting of a guard at the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. Von Brunn, who mixed anti-Semitism with antipathy for the Federal Reserve, served six years in prison for his 1981 attempt to take Federal Reserve board members captive.

McKinney, Barr ready to step in for McCain

By Paul Demko | 09.25.08 | 11:53 am

If John McCain follows through on his threat to skip tomorrow night’s debate, third party candidates Cynthia McKinney and Bob Barr are prepared to fill his spot at the podium. “I’m ready right now to travel to Mississippi,” McKinney,…