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Billie Eilish is the latest high-profile entertainer to back Vice President Harris’s White House bid, urging her fans to “vote like your life depends on it.”

“We are voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz because they are fighting to protect our reproductive freedom, our planet and our democracy,” Eilish said in a video posted on social media on Tuesday.

“We can’t let extremists control our lives, our freedoms and our future,” Eilish’s brother and longtime collaborator, Finneas O’Connell, said in the message shared with the “Lunch” singer’s more than 7 million followers on X.

“The choice is clear,” the post said.

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[–] don@lemm.ee 118 points 2 months ago (3 children)

“I HATE BILLIE EILISH!” – on lies social, any second now.

[–] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 47 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 45 points 2 months ago

Here you go.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

You know William? He is not very hot. Not at all like the totally hot latina singer Nicky Jam.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"BILLIE EILISH IS A BAD GUY"

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I see what you did there😉

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Breaking news: another attempt thwarted by the secret service

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 95 points 2 months ago (1 children)

good. another person for trump to whine about on untruth antisocial

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] emiellr@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For women ~~of childbearing age~~? It DOES.

ftfy

[–] ATDA@lemmy.world 58 points 2 months ago

Vote, your life depends on it*

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 46 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I expect at least half the reason she publicly endorsed Harris was to seriously piss Trump and his followers off. That seems like something she'd really enjoy.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

If you can do a good thing for women's rights and simultaneously piss off terrible people, well, that's just a win-win situation.

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

Probably thinks Billie is a dude like the thought that guy Nicky was a girl

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Why did I think she was British?

[–] MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world 76 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Because her name starts with B and ends with ish.

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] don@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And she made the theme song for James Bond's No Time To Die.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 27 points 2 months ago

Maybe because it's a common British name or you have watched some Dr Who. Billie Piper was one of the early companions in the 2005 series.

[–] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're not the only one, I'm still not sure she isn't.

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

Thats why I just googled her and she's from Los Angeles apparently.

[–] niucllos@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

It sounds like British Irish

[–] Securus777@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Okay, it wasn't just me.

[–] spookedintownsville@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does that make Trump the bad guy?

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] shani66@ani.social 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I can't remember a time before the Republicunts started obsessing over him that anyone on the planet didn't hate him. It's insane seeing one of the most infamous people alive get so many dick riders.

[–] Eccitaze@yiffit.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There was a period of blissful ignorance circa 2006 where the only thing I knew about him was that he was rich and starred in the apprentice. Then a black man became president and the world hasn't been free of his stench ever since.

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[–] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Don't vote like your life depends on it, vote because your way of life depends on it.

[–] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I see that Dolly said some real nice things about Taylor Swift. Still don't think Dolly will endorse anybody, though.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

God, imagine if Dolly did endorse her.

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Dolly is in deep Tennessee, where the majority who visits her theme park, listens to her music, and supports her, are Christian Republicans.

She's smarter than the Dixie Chicks.

She won't endorse Harris but will likely vote for her.

[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

I lived there.

I really wonder whether it would open more peoples' eyes, or get her threats of violence.

I could see a lot of both coming :(

[–] pixxelkick@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

She has so much more sway than The Chicks had at the time, by such a huge amount.

The Chicks were already controversial, and had always been so.

But Dolly is the fucking queen of country, people revere her.

How many Dixie Chicks lookalike competitions were you seeing right before their career nosedived?

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Then Boss Ross and Fred Rogers rise from the grave briefly just to say that they both think Harris and Walz are really nice people and would do a good job.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Rs already came out and attacked Dolly a few months back. She probably has the mentality of just staying out of it.

[–] irreticent@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didn't they attack her for giving free books to poor kids?

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[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago

It's going to be a steady stream of heavy hitters endorsing Harris until the election.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

These endorsements are important not necessarily because of who is doing them, but for the constant wave of reminders that are more high profile than usual political messages. I think the biggest fight is against complacency as we start seeing the "sweeping poll numbers" from the media near the end. Vote regardless of who you're told is winning, it won't matter until the votes are counted.

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