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UMass Lowell-Affiliated Radio Host Resigns After Bluesky Post Urging Killing of JD Vance

Officials say there is no immediate threat after a Bluesky message about the vice president prompted coordination with federal and local authorities.

Overview

  • UMass Lowell police coordinated the same day with the FBI, Secret Service and Haverhill police, and authorities assessed no immediate threat.
  • The Secret Service confirmed it is aware of the social-media post targeting the vice president.
  • The account holder, identified by the university as an alumnus, resigned from a volunteer role at WUML.
  • The user deleted the threat and other posts from the hanslopez.bsky.social account following outreach by officials.
  • WUML is a student-run station funded by UMass Lowell, and the Bluesky comment was written in response to another user's claim about Vance's foreign-policy views.