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 https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4665925-donald-trump-joe-biden-adam-kinzinger-liz-cheney-mitt-romney-mark-esper-paul-ryan-endorsement/

put in quote, disagree on how to solve issues but agree on issues

fox news nvikm cult thing asked someone who (girl) was in nvim cult about eric stalwells claims of DJT supporters being in cult Jesse Watters Jun 4 2024 8pm hour

non toxic individualism good vs consumerism 

support pro Israel parade 2024 etc

https://adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/the-democrats-have-a-big-problem

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/level_up

https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1540792323105165314

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-adam-kinzinger-if-trump-is-gop-nominee-vote-for-biden-the-takeout/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Judaism/comments/1cpso6z/has_any_antisemitism_leaked_into_real_life/

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/antisemitic-incidents-us-jumped-360-oct-7-hamas-attack-advocacy-group-rcna133104

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240505-adl-warns-of-global-surge-in-anti-semitism

https://www.reddit.com/r/moderatepolitics/comments/1c7cian/biden_eyeing_threat_from_rfk_jr_turns_to_his/

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The term child labour can be misleading when it confuses harmful work with employment that may be beneficial to children. It can also ignore harmful work outside employment and any benefits children normally derive from their work.[197] Domestic work is an example: all families but the rich must work at cleaning, cooking, caring, and more to maintain their homes. In most families in the world, this process extends to productive activities, especially herding and various types of agriculture,[198] and to a variety of small family businesses. Where trading is a significant feature of social life, children can start trading in small items at an early age, often in the company of family members or of peers.[199]

Work is undertaken from an early age by vast numbers of children in the world and may have a natural place in growing up.[200] Work can contribute to the well-being of children in a variety of ways;[201] children often choose to work to improve their lives, both in the short- and long-term. At the material level, children's work often contributes to producing food or earning income that benefits themselves and their families; and such income is especially important when the families are poor. Work can provide an escape from debilitating poverty, sometimes by allowing a young person to move away from an impoverished environment.[202] Young people often enjoy their work, especially paid work, or when work involves the company of peers. Even when work is intensive and enforced, children often find ways to combine their work with play.[203]

While full-time work hinders schooling, empirical evidence is varied on the relationship between part-time work and school.[200] Sometimes even part-time work may hinder school attendance or performance. On the other hand, many poor children work for resources to attend school. Children who are not doing well at school sometimes seek more satisfactory experience in work. Good relations with a supervisor at work can provide relief from tensions that children feel at school and home.[204] In the modern world, school education has become so central to society that schoolwork has become the dominant work for most children,[205] often replacing participation in productive work. If school curricula or quality do not provide children with appropriate skills for available jobs or if children do nor have the aptitude for schoolwork, school may impede the learning of skills, such as agriculture, which will become necessary for future livelihood.[206]

If [McCain is] such a true conservative, why [is he] playing songs that have a very populist pro-labor message written by a guy who would find no argument if you characterized him as an ardent leftist?

Merlis also noted that the same songs had been used, with Mellencamp's approval, by John Edwards's campaign; in response, the McCain campaign ceased using the songs.[82]

Mellencamp performed "Small Town" at a Barack Obama rally in Evansville, Indiana on April 22, the night of the 2008 Pennsylvania Democratic presidential primary. Mellencamp also performed "Our Country" at a rally for Hillary Clinton in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 3, 2008, although he never came out in support of either Obama or Clinton during the primaries. "Neither candidate is as liberal as he would prefer, but he's happy to contribute what he can", Merlis said.

On January 18, 2009, Mellencamp performed "Pink Houses" at We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial.

Mellencamp supports same-sex marriage. In 2010, Mellencamp's music was used by the National Organization for Marriage at events opposing same-sex marriage. In response, Mellencamp instructed Merlis to pen a letter to NOM stating "that Mr. Mellencamp's views on same sex marriage and equal rights for people of all sexual orientations are at odds with NOM's stated agenda" and requesting that NOM "find music from a source more in harmony with your views than Mr. Mellencamp in the future."[83][better source needed]

Mellencamp supported the Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign by taping a Michael Bloomberg 2020 campaign ad that featured Mellencamp singing "Small Town".[84]

In August 2020, Mellencamp released "A Pawn in the White Man's Game" to his website along with a video to YouTube. The song was a re-working of the 1964 Bob Dylan song "Only a Pawn in Their Game" that reflected on the killing of Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers. Mellencamp's version featured new lyrics that reflected the racial conflicts in the U.S. in the wake of the murder of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis police officers. The video, which included a warning that it might be seen as "inappropriate for some viewers", featured footage of protesters and police clashing violently in 2020 and 1968. YouTube eventually removed the video claiming it violated their community guidelines. Along with the song and video Mellencamp released the statement that read "For my entire life I have seen the mistreatment of minorities in our country. We have gone too far with the shameful killing and genocide…from the Native Americans to where we find ourselves today. In my own way I have tried to address these issues in song."[85]