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>Right, and the first one is the one that bites. If use is not for research and education or criticism or parody, or (worse) if it's for commercial or promotional purposes- then you're going to struggle to assert fair use. Even if the link is tenuous as per the National Party example I gave earlier. Unauthorized playing of the unaltered song on National TV during a political moment is asking for it IMHO.
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Only if the artist has a beef with the political message.