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Pro-Nancy Pelosi Activists To Protest Seth Moulton As Leader of ‘White Centrists’

Matthew McDonald

U.S. Representative Seth Moulton (D-Salem) is getting pushback from left-wing activists for his opposition to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's campaign to regain the speakership in January when the Democrats take control of the chamber.

Moulton, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, exhibits some disturbing conservative tendencies in his rhetoric, activists planning a protest Monday night against Moulton say in a statement posted online:

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1,200-Pound Pumpkin Dropped From 100 Feet High in Tewksbury

Matthew McDonald

The owner of a bowling alley in Tewksbury fulfilled a longtime dream by dropping a 1,207-pound pumpkin from a crane 100 feet high onto the parking lot at his business Sunday.

The pumpkin, which was a recent (and late) competitor at the Topsfield Fair in October, fell to the asphalt while about 1,200 people (or about one per pound) looked on, according to the Lowell Sun.

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