June 19th
Jean Arthur, Scott Avett, Paul Dano, James Gandolfini, Ian Holm, Gena Rowlands, Salman Rushdie, Kathleen Turner, Ann Wilson, Anton Yelchin
Good Morning - Hello! It is Thursday, June 19th. Welcome to Exit/Enter, your daily newsletter of the day ahead of you. There is lots of shit happening and Exit/Enter wants to help you plan for it. But first, you should probably catch up on all the news this morning and check out your sports scores. Also, see what the weather is going to be like wherever you are. Thanks for reading and/or subscribing. To see the complete updated Exit/Enter for today and yesterdays - visit the website. Be awesome today and try not to be a shitass.
BORN (HAPPY BIRTHDAY): Paul Abdul, Scott Avett, Michael Burry, D-Nice, Hugh Dancy, Paul Dano, Ken Davitian, Nick Drake, John Duigan, Jean Dujardin, Garfield, Macklemore, Mía Maestro, Judah Nagler, Dirk Nowitzki, Phylicia Rashad, Gena Rowlands, Salman Rushdie, Zoe Saldaña, Mia Sara, Dan Treacy, Robin Tunney, Kathleen Turner, Brian Vander Ark, Brian Welch, Ann Wilson, Youn Yuh-jung
DEAD (R.I.P.): Jean Arthur, J.M. Barrie, Len Bias, Manute Bol, Frank Borzage, Coluche, James Gandolfini, Gerry Goffin, William Golding, Bobby Helms, Ian Holm, Koko, Gustaf Molander, James Salter, Kim Thompson, Slim Whitman, Anton Yelchin, Philippe Zdar
DEEP THOUGHTS: One martini is all right. Two are too many, and three are not enough.
EAT ME: Martini Day - Tapas (2025)
FOODIE: Juneteenth
HOLIDAY: Juneteenth, World Sauntering Day, Sickle Cell Day - Milwaukee Summerfest (2025)
HOROSCOPE: After years of disappointment, you'll suddenly realize this week that satisfying sex has always been within arm's reach.
HOW-TO: Give Freedom, Saunter
JOKE: A man orders a Martini, takes out the olive, puts it on the table and drinks it. Then he orders another one, again taking out the olive and drinking the Martini. And again, and again, and again… At the tenth Martini, the bartender becomes curious and asks: “Why are you always taking out the olive and putting it on the side?” “Well, that is quite simple”, says the man. “My wife asked me to buy a jar of olives, but the store was closed.”
PLAYLIST (ALBUMS OF THE DAY): The Avett Brothers: The Avett Brothers (2000), Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher (6/19/2020), Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (1970), Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways (6/19/2020), Heart: Heart (1985), Diana Ross: Diana Ross (6/19/1970)
The Art of Noise: Who’s Afraid of the Art of Noise? (6/19/1984), BoDeans: Home (6/19/1989), Oingo Boingo: Only a Lad (6/19/1981), Smokey Robinson: Smokey (6/19/1973), Diana Ross: Diana Ross (6/19/1970), The Shins: Oh, Inverted World (6/19/2001)
Check out the Daily Playlist… Dig it! - Avett Brothers, Nick Drake, Gerry Goffin, Heart
Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Station, Check out the Big Beat with Rascal PHX Chill Station
QUESTION: What’s so special about orange cats? (Happy Garfield the Cat Day)
READ: The Nation, Robert Reich: Does the Supreme Court Exist to Protect White Straight Supremacy?
RELIGULOUS: Christian parents let their baby die because of their faith.
SCIENCE!: Erick upgraded to an ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4 hurricane
SHITASS: Aung San Suu Kyi, Dale Hausner, Laura Ingraham, Boris Johnson, Phylicia Rashad, Ethel Rosenberg, Julius Rosenberg, Otto Warmbier
SIGNIFICANT DIGITS: Social Security and Medicare will run out of reserve funds sooner than expected. Social Security’s combined trust funds are now projected to be depleted in 2034 – one year earlier than previously estimated – while Medicare’s hospital insurance fund is set to run out in 2033, three years earlier than last year’s projection. The shift follows a bipartisan law passed in 2024 that expanded benefits for nearly 3 million public-sector workers, along with revised assumptions for lower fertility and slower wage growth. If Congress doesn’t act, Social Security will only pay 81% of scheduled benefits and Medicare 89% once the trust funds are exhausted.
SPORT: L.A. Lakers Owners to Sell Franchise for Whopping $10 Billion
STREAM (STREAMS OF THE DAY): The Big Short (Hoopla), Emilia Pérez (Netflix), The Life of Chuck (in theaters), Minari (Paramount), Prizzi’s Honor (Prime) - I Am Not Your Negro (Hoopla/Kanopy/HBO Max)
TRAVEL: World’s most liveable city for 2025 revealed
WE ARE FUCKED: Yesterday in one sentence: Trump approved U.S. strike plans on Iran but held back a final order, calling it his "ultimate ultimatum" for Tehran to dismantle its nuclear program; the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender minors; the Trump administration ordered the national suicide hotline to shut down its LGBTQ youth services; the FDA approved a twice-yearly injectable drug that nearly eliminated new HIV infections in two clinical trials; the Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at 4.25% to 4.5% and raised its inflation forecast, but signaled that it still expects two cuts later this year; Trump called Fed Chair Jerome Powell “a stupid person” and demanded a 2.5-point rate cut, which would be one of the largest in Fed history; and Social Security and Medicare will run out of reserve funds sooner than expected.
WELLNESS: The Trump administration ordered the national suicide hotline to shut down its LGBTQ youth services. The Department of Health and Human Services claimed it would “no longer silo LGB+ youth services,” omitting the “T” in its announcement, and said the program’s $33 million in congressionally directed funds had run out. The Trevor Project, which handled the calls, said it served over 231,000 LGBTQ youth through the 988 hotline last year, and warned the cut “could halve the number of people we serve.” The service will be shut down on July 17.
WTF?!: ‘The best poles anywhere in the country’: Trump installs gigantic US flags at the White House
HISTORICAL CONSCIOUSNESS: 2020 – Animal rights advocate Regan Russell is run over and killed by a transport truck outside of a pig slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ontario. 2018 - Koko the gorilla died at the age of 45. She was a female western lowland gorilla who was known for having learned a large number of hand signs from a modified version of American Sign Language. Koko gained public attention upon a report of her having adopted a kitten as a pet and creating a name for him. She once ripped a sink out of the wall and, when her keepers confronted her about it, she blamed her kitten, signing “cat did it”. True story. 2018 - Child abuser and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was found dining at a Washington D.C. mexican restaurant. During her day she was ripping mexican children from their parents and at night she enjoys mexican food in public. Maldito Cabrón! 1964 – The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. 1953 – Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed at Sing Sing, in New York. 1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth. 1862 – The U.S. Congress prohibits slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford. 1846 - The New York Knickerbocker Club played the New York Club in the first baseball game at the Elysian Field, Hoboken, New Jersey. It was the first organized baseball game.
“I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host.” Dorothy Parker
