Alyssa Milano: Presidential Election #2020Fund

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Alyssa Milano: Presidential Election #2020Fund Aug 17, 2019 8:12:26 GMT

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Alyssa Milano has launched a grassroots fundraising initiative ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Instead of endorsing a candidate in the upcoming election, she has chosen to encourage voting in swing states through the #2020Fund.

The actress has partnered with the Movement Voter Project to raise money for local grassroots organizations in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, which Donald Trump won by roughly 77,000 votes in the 2016 presidential election, #2020Fund organizers point out.

The organizations in Michigan for which Milano will be raising money include Detroit Action, Michigan Liberation and Mothering Justice Action Fund. The Pennsylvania organizations for which she's fundraising are 215 People’s Alliance, Pennsylvania Stands Up and Pennsylvania Student Power Network. Meanwhile, the Wisconsin-based organizations are Black Leaders Organizing Communities, Leaders Igniting Transformation Action Fund and Voces de la Frontera Action, Inc.

"I've found a brilliant new strategy to stop Trump in three of the most critical 2020 swing states," the actress wrote on the fund's website. "These organizations empower youth, immigrants, women, people of color and communities facing the worst of Republicans’ horrible policies. They fight tirelessly on the issues and increase voter turnout."

Donations to the grassroots organizations can be made through the fund's website. "This is the most compelling strategy I’ve heard to stop the orange-haired guy AND support local community heroes at the same time," Milano wrote on the donations page of the website. "Please join me in supporting these awesome, underfunded local groups to save our country — from the grassroots up!"

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Alyssa Milano: Presidential Election #2020Fund Sept 2, 2019 17:55:18 GMT

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Alyssa Milano has taken up a new cause: reducing the amount of plastic and waste used in toy packaging and manufacturing.

But the actress and activist’s call to arms over the issue — which she posted on Twitter after celebrating her two children’s birthdays over the weekend — didn’t get the warmest reception.

While several critics accused Milano of complaining too much, some took the opportunity to attack her over her recent admission that she had two abortions in 1993.

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Alyssa Milano: Presidential Election #2020Fund Sept 22, 2020 20:33:07 GMT

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Actress and “Defund the police” activist Alyssa Milano called 911 from her California home over the weekend, sparking a massive emergency response — over what turned out to be a teen shooting at squirrels with an air gun.

Seven Ventura County sheriff’s vehicles, a K-9 unit, a police helicopter and a Los Angeles Fire Department unit descended on the “Charmed” star’s SoCal sprawl Sunday morning, according to the Daily Mail.

“We first noticed the helicopter circling overhead very low and knew something was going on, it’s usually such a quiet community,” one neighbor of Milano’s told the outlet. “Then we saw all the police cars parked in front of Alyssa’s home. They had their guns at the ready and seemed very serious.”

Milano, 47, and her talent-agent husband, Dave Bugliari, dialed 911 after hearing what they believed to be gunshots on their property, according to the neighbor, who was not identified by name in the report.

The couple reportedly told cops that the sound “scared their dogs,” and that responding officers should look for a man in his 40s with a long rifle.

After a roughly three-hour search, cops concluded the culprit was actually a teenager shooting an air gun at squirrels, the report said.

It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was charged with wrongdoing.

Over the summer, Milano was one of several celebrities and politicians to voice support for the “Defund the police” movement, which gained momentum following the Memorial Day death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

A spokeswoman for Milano disputed that version of events in releasing a statement from the actress.

“On Sunday morning as we were all getting ready to watch the Giants game, our neighbor spotted ‘a man dressed in all black, walking in the woods between our properties with a gun,’” Milano recalled. “ As that is a rare sight in our parts, the neighbor was understandably alarmed and she called the police.

“We then received a call alerting us to the potential situation and that officers had been dispatched. My husband subsequently called 911 to check on when police would be arriving. While he was on the line, they arrived.”