Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris

signed "Childless Cat Lady."

Now the MAGA people are mad that they can't use their AI pictures anymore and pretend they are real.
Sad MAGA face 😡
- Why are right wing parties obsessed with AI posters? And like HORRIFICALLY BAD AI posters? They're creepy as hell. In my country too, it's just unsettling. I guess it's easier than a photoshoot and allows you to make any obscene shit you want... Or just straight up lie.
  
  I think you already answered your own question there. GenAI makes it really easy to flood a platform with loads of bullshit, and as a consequence make any point seem (at least somewhat) believable
  
  Doing it themselves would take both effort and creativity, as well as time. AI lets them vomit out tons ot nonsense with little effort.

lmao at the haters in the comments pretending they don't know who she is
- Especially after the GOP literally pulled her into the spotlight over the subject https://newrepublic.com/post/177990/fox-news-conspiracy-theory-taylor-swift-psyop
- Right? The neckiest of beards have crawled out of the shadows.

I would have lost that bet…
- why, she endorsed biden in 2020.
- Yeah I actually thought she wouldn't ever officially do it unless it was being timed and pre planned to occur just after the debate in order to have maximum impact. Which - I would guess that it was. Not that it's a bad thing.
  Anyway I didn't think she would because I'm certain she lost some fans tonight - deciding to step into this race in such a major way. And the cynic in me thought she was more interested in money and wouldn't risk her image. I'm glad I was wrong.
  
  i mean she endorsed biden in 2020, why would kamala be so much different?
  
  I think she can afford to lose a few fans.
  
  She endorsed Biden in 2020. There are no fans that didn’t understand her political leanings.
  
  Yeah I actually thought she wouldn’t ever officially do it unless it was being timed and pre planned to occur just after the debate in order to have maximum impact.
  After the AI image ordeal she released a statement saying "for the safety of her fans" and being mid-tour she wouldn't release a statement until after he tour ended....which coincidentally was after the election.
  Maybe she got some blowback because that would be the coward's way out (publicly denounce the orange turd if he lost, or just make it a minor, non-issue if he won), but also being more concerned with the $$ her tour makes by staying out of it.
  I'm glad she nutted up and chose a side in this and has some sway with her non-tween rapid fan base. It certainly won't make me atart listening to her music though.
- Wonder who she actually supports. And who her bf supports
  
  Acting like she didn't endorse Biden four years ago.

Banking on the following comments from the right, which they use for every artist's endorsement:
They're a has been washed up. Who even is this person? Guess I can cross him/her off my list I don't even know who this person is, what does it matter? This won't move the needle at all They should keep their options out of politics When is the last time this person has been relevant? Of course they would, all actors/actresses/artists are blue
Spin the ol wheel and let's see what we land on.
- Don't forget that old standard, "She should shut up and sing!"
- They should keep their options out of politics
  And the same people who said that are the ones who love kid rock or the other motor city nutball whose concerts are nothing but right wing bs
- Good luck calling Taylor Swift a has-been.
  
  I'm pretty sure they'll try. It's not like being factually correct is a core part of their brand.
  Anyway the point isn't how the fascs will react but that it'll energize some voters.
- I bet they'd also say if a pop star is influential on your political opinions, you're a damn moron.
  
  The party who elected a movie star? Surely they'd never be so hypocritical.

I hate that this is what it takes to get some people to vote, but at least they're going to vote. Hopefully.

I honestly didn't understand the media timing. It seems like it would be more effective to wait until the bump from the debate was over, then do the swift bump to keep the beat

Tim Walz's reaction to Maddow breaking this news
Fixed, sorry bout that
- That video is private
  
  So embarrassing for you to publicly admit the owner didn’t grant you permission
  
  Ah dammit wrong link

Yay!
But who is she?
- Kamala Harris is the Democratic nominee for US president.
  
  But turnip said that she was Joe Biden. I'm so confused.
  
  ah, the good ol' Lemmy switcharoo
  (do we already have a community for this?)
  
  But that's not important right now.

Ok, and? How is this news 😆
- When the most popular musician in the world, a woman who has a vast number of American followers, a woman who got thousands of them to register to vote this year just by saying so, endorses a candidate, it's news.
  
  Precisely.
  It is the act of an influential human. Of course we'll notice. Simple as.
  
  Just saw that her endorsement prompted 307k new voter registrations TODAY.
- Yeah, this news is so irrelevant that it gathered a lot of buthurt people to go on posts and videos about it to say how much they don't care. Let's be honest, it's not that they don't care, they are bothered by it, they are concerned and afraid.
  And right now this is the top post on lemmy. Very irrelevant, right?

Finally. After the ai bs she should have stomped. But I suppose it’s hard to pass up the cash though Edit:sorry not sorry swifties
- Cash?
  
  endorsing a candidate risks losing fans & sponsors. Billionaires don’t like to risk that

how is this news?
- One of the most influential people currently alive endorsing a political candidate is absolutely news.
  
  And like what was she waiting for? Before the debate was she unsure?
  
  i know :(
  
  I know she's popular, but are people really gonna go "I was going to vote for Trump, but Taylor said I should vote for Camala, so that's what I'll do"?
  
  and it's absolutely propaganda
- For those of us who don't celebrity worship, this isn't news. Anyone paying attention knows she leans left. Why anyone cares what a billionaire has to say is beyond me; there's no such thing as a moral billionaire. That said, if you care about democracy, vote.
- GOP made it newsworthy https://newrepublic.com/post/177990/fox-news-conspiracy-theory-taylor-swift-psyop
- Fuck off Dick Cheney
- Besides her being perhaps the most popular musician on the planet with a rabid fanbase that will do pretty much anything she tells them to, there's also the fact that Trump tried to ride her coattails by posting an AI slop poster claiming she was endorsing him, basically forcing her hand here.
  But make no mistake. Maybe this won't affect you or me, but there are a lot of young women who are going to look at Harris much more fondly because she got Taylor's endorsement.
- Because it trigger a reply from an unconcerned person like you. It tells a lot.
- She is practically royalty, so her endorsement matters. (To some people)

The billionaire queen chooses Harris. But it's not surprising
- She had kept her mouth shut right up until the Republicans co-opted her visage for a poorly generate AI endorsement.
  On that alone it’s not a surprise she’s endorsed Harris, her hand was forced.
- The broke nobody has chosen Trump. So surprising. Trump is only followed by loosers, like him.

congratulations to whoever the fuck that is on being correct
- I don't understand why people like you are pretending you don't know who she is when she's one of the biggest celebrities in the world with a giant fan base that does whatever she asks of them.
  I get it, you're too good to listen to her music or whatever. I'm not even a fan of hers and I can recognize this as significant.