Noted minority vote suppressor tells VRA hearing that “the systematic, widespread discrimination against blacks has long since disappeared.”

The Gallup Organization … Not only did they spend most of last year confusing and bamboozling the country with their dodgy poll numbers. They were also padding their extensive vendor contracts with the US government. Now they’ve been compelled to cough up $10.5 million to the US government.

I’m going to be running a TPMPrime Live Chat with Steven Fish, a political scientist at UC Berkley, on the current situation in Egypt at 5:30 PM this afternoon. Please get your questions in now and join us then.