Photo: Semisonic | NOT meant to be a political post; violation of copyright laws | By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press (AP) |The band Semisonic is pushing back at the White House for using their hit song “Closing Time” over a social media post that shows a shackled deportee. The White House added the song in a post of a man with his wrists handcuffed to his waist as he is patted down at an airport. The video was captioned with the song’s lyrics: “You don’t have to go home but you can’t stay here.”
“We did not authorize or condone the White House’s use of our song in any way. And no, they didn’t ask. The song is about joy and possibilities and hope, and they have missed the point entirely,” the power pop trio from the Twin Cities said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Asked about the post Monday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said “our entire government clearly is leaning into the message of this president.” U.S. Customs and Border Protection retweeted the White House’s post on X with the caption “It’s closing time. We are making America safe again.”
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Dropkick Murphys Shut Down Concert Attendee Wearing ‘True Nazi Edition’ Black MAGA Hat
By Rania Aniftos, Billboard
The Dropkick Murphys’ Ken Casey paused one of the band’s annual St. Patrick’s Day shows at MGM Music Hall at Boston’s Fenway Park over the weekend to call out an attendee holding up a black MAGA hat.
The black version of the usually red “Make America Great Again” hat was made popular by Elon Musk, who has been sporting the accessory lately as he continues to support Donald Trump in the White House.
“If you’re in a room full of people and you want to know who’s in a cult, how do you know who’s in a cult?” Casey asked the crowd on Sunday (March 16), per a video shared to social media. “They’ve been holding up a f-ing hat the whole night to represent a president.”
He then told the fan, “This is America, there’s no kings here,” before adding, “Anyway, if you mind, sir, we’re gonna play a song about our grandparents and people who fought Nazis in the war and s-. So if you could just shut the f- up for five minutes.”
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