Speakeasy By Tara Palmeri FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint November 24, 2009 5:00 am FacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedinEmailPrint “Sometimes I would get mischievous and put people who were not enamored with each other together. … Everyone is on good behavior at the White House.” — President Ford’s Social Secretary Maria Downs on creating the seating chart for state dinners Recommended Stories Newsom approves agency to administer slavery reparationsSuspects in politically tinged killings come from backgrounds of relative safety, comfort, and privilegeDemocrats' blue-state failures are becoming a political problem TagsTara Palmeri Related Content Immigration US citizen detained and held at ICE building in Portland for hours before release, lawyer says Immigration The superintendent arrested by ICE had a consulting gig. His districts repeatedly hired the firm Senate US Senate unanimously endorses repeal of 2002 Iraq war resolution Business All presumed dead after powerful Tennessee explosion: Sheriff Crime Two jurors claim they were bullied into convicting Harvey Weinstein and regret it, his lawyers say
