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The event, described as a \"resignation party soiree,\" took place at a gay karaoke bar. It was organised in part to celebrate former CIA analyst Julia Curlee, who was the first openly transgender officer at the agency. Curlee was laid off during Donald Trump's second term."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"According to intelligence correspondent Sasha Ingber, who wrote about the event on her Substack, an invitation to the party included the phrase, \"Come join the Deep State plot against the regime.\" Ingber also reported that attendees expressed anger at being \"reduced to 'DEI,' at not being able to [keep] using their invaluable expertise to serve a country they had sworn to protect.\""},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Curlee authored an op-ed in The Atlantic on August 17, asserting that the Trump White House required her services until her gender identity became public knowledge. She wrote that Trump officials knew she was transgender from the start, but it became an issue only after it was public, overshadowing her service and war-zone tours."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on Curlee's departure"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The WND report states that Julia Curlee was laid off earlier in President Donald Trump’s second term. The same report also quotes Curlee’s op-ed in The Atlantic, where she wrote, \"The Trump White House needed me, until the fact that I am trans became public.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated reports mention the specific date of the party or the names of any other individuals who attended, beyond Julia Curlee. 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