Steppenwolf’s “Monster” has continued to be relevant for over 55 years now. One could probably recite the lyrics as a podcast and, with the possible exception of the war reference, hit things spot-on. And even that could be remedied by changing “there” to “here.”
Speaking of Steppenwolf, these lines from “Renegade” come to mind:
I thought I had a quiet place
Where I could learn how to catch my childhood dreams
But on my left and to my right they keep on shouting
While I’m just stuck here in between
Lord! I’m tried of running and I don’t believe I can
I second the Steppenwolf.
Another strangely relevant song is the relatively unknown Don McLean song *Everybody Loves Me, Baby (sample below)
… Now the purest race I’ve bred for thee
To live in my democracy
And the highest human pedigree
Awaits the first born boy, baby
… And my face on every coin engraved
The anarchists are all enslaved
My own flag is forever waved
By the grateful people I have saved
… You see, everybody loves me, baby
What’s the matter with you?
Won’tcha tell me what did I do
To offend you?
But my favorite is the Beatles classic “Piggies”.
Is War Pigs too on the Nose?
Lately I’ve been playing Fuck You on repeat
Look inside, look inside your tiny mind
Then look a bit harder
'Cause we’re so uninspired, so sick and tired
Of all the hatred you harbour
Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer
Never hint at what you really feel
Teach the children quietly
For one day sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight where we stood still
Masters Of War - Bob Dylan
"Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good?
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could?
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die
And your death will come soon
I’ll follow your casket
By the pale afternoon
And I’ll watch while you’re lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I’ll stand over your grave
'Til I’m sure that you’re dead."
I assume it’s intentional that you’re linking the Cover version of that song as done by the Protomen. A group I enjoy immensely, but you may have meant the original. Either way, it works.
Cult of Personality by Living Colour springs immediately to mind.
Great choice!
Pearl Jam released Pearl Jam (aka Avocado) in 2006. I’ve always thought of it as an anti-Bush/anti-war album. But the songs do speak to the current environment since a lot of what was happening then led to the mess we have today.
In Army Reserve a mother is faced with explaining why the father is absent:
I imagine that a lot of parents are facing that today, trying to explain to kids why mom or dad isn’t there for Thanksgiving.
Another song, Marker in the Sand, has these lyrics:
They still speak to the insanity in our daily lives these days.
IMO their cover is superior to the original by Mike + the Mechanics, and it fits appropriately into their rock opera cycle about Mega Man - it depicts the world after Dr. Wily has taken over and all hope for a better future seems lost.
(Not sure if you knew, but they’re finally releasing Act III in January!)
Oh yes, I have several of the singles they’ve been releasing as part of the leadup. 
And I’d agree, the Protomen version seems to imbue a bit more of the hopelessness and emotion to the cover, it’s slightly less perfect/polished of a performance, which can hit you in the feels more.
I have the vinyl single of “This City Made Us” that they put out years ago (autographed by all nine of them), but I’m avoiding listening to any of the new songs until the CD comes out so I can read the story in the liner notes along with the music.
Back on topic, I think Tom Morello wrote this song during the Dubya admin, but it works for our current era too.
Might throw a little money round
Wondering who can be bought
Some might find they’re weaker
And some stronger than they thought
Well I’ll stand or fall right here
In my country, in my home
I used to think I was alone
But I ain’t alone no more
Jackson Browne’s Reagan-era “Lives in the Balance” is blistering.
There’s a shadow on the faces
Of the men who fan the flames
Of the wars that are fought in places
We can’t even say the namesThey sell us the President, the same way
They sell us our clothes and our cars
They sell us every thing, from youth to religion
The same time they sell us our warsI want to know who the men in the shadows are
I want to hear somebody asking them why
They can be counted on to tell us who our enemies are
But they’re never the ones to fight or to die
The Mothers of Invention “Trouble Every Day”
I always think about Silent Running
(And I see that it has been mentioned, but not in the text, so my search didn’t find it.)
Beat you to it 12 posts ago. 
I’ve never actually heard a GG Alvin song. But I imagine one of his more heart felt numbers where he takes a dump on stage and rolls around in it sums up the current American political situation more accurately than all the protest songs ever written
Allin, not Alvin.
Fun fact: The GG is short for “Jesus Christ”, which was his legal name as given to him by his religious fanatic father when they lived off the grid in a log cabin in New Hampshire where he planned to eventually murder the family when the apocalypse came (and which he was preparing for by making them dig their own graves in the unfinished basement), a fate he avoided when his mother ran away with him and his older brother when he was 5.
Dude had a fucked-up upbringing and it showed. It’s probably little more than luck that he wound up becoming a punk musician instead of a serial killer.