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On Monday morning, the White House shared 17 seconds of propaganda in which Border Patrol agents appear to arrest an undocumented immigrant. The video is soundtracked by Semisonic’s “Closing Time,” the 1998 song written by future pop hitmaker Dan Wilson. On X, the official White House account shared Wilson’s lyrics …

Semisonic, the Nineties rock outfit behind the perennial late-night anthem “Closing Time,” are back with a new song, “The Rope,” which will appear on their first album in over 20 years, Little Bit of Sun, out Nov. 3. “The Rope” has a bright alt-rock crunch bolstered by brisk horns and …