Jeremiah Poff

Op-Eds @PostOpinions Dómine non sum dignus. @FranciscanU alum.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

Only saints are allowed on twitter.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

Never has a clip so succinctly illustrated the problem with the vast majority of corporate media.

[Western Lensman @WesternLensman]

Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss asked 60 Minutes staffers: “Why do you think the country thinks you’re biased?"

Pelley: "Why do you think so? Do you have a poll? Is there market research? What are you talking about?"

"Because we certainly didn't believe that."

Incredible.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

@Hughes69Kevin Nothing I said has anything to do with the contents of the encyclical

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

While none of us know the particulars, the Church forging a public facing relationship with a private company raises significant concerns that cannot easily be dismissed. At minimum, it gives the impression (true or false) that Anthropic is influencing papal teaching on AI.

[Disclose.tv @disclosetv]

NOW - Pope XIV says the church and Anthropic, will work together to "find the way for humanity, in this time of artificial intelligence."

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

@lilbernadette They can be the most moral company in human existence. It doesn’t matter. The Church shouldn’t be establishing partnerships like this with companies.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

We can certainly hope that is the case. But the fact that there is even a question, is precisely why such a partnership is ill-advised. Associating the institutional Church with a secular company is problematic no matter what, as any decision made by the company (good or bad) is now tied to the Church.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

This is fascinating

[Julie Fredrickson @AlmostMedia]

In one of the largest religion surveys ever conducted, perhaps surprisingly, people who are actively religious are the ones who have the highest confidence in AI right now

[Fr. Thomas Petri OP @PetriOP]

“The triumph of the therapeutic did not abolish confession. It made confession feel psychologically heavy, and many Catholics stopped going regularly.”

More thoughts at @firstthingsmag.

[Sean Davis @seanmdav]

Why did Massie lose tonight?

Massie went from principled libertarian during COVID, to GOP leadership lapdog under McCarthy, to anti-Trump Epstein obsessive in 2025 after tweeting about that issue a whopping three (3) times in the decade prior. The nail in the coffin for him was voting against OBBB in 2025 because, according to Massie, it did too much to secure the border.

Trump mercilessly trashed Massie in 2020–calling him a “disaster” for America and Kentucky and saying he should be thrown out of the GOP entirely—but Massie easily swatted that away and won 81-19, so you can’t say he only lost because of Trump. He went toe-to-toe with Trump on COVID in 2020 and won overwhelmingly.

Massie lost because he went from being perceived as a quirky but lovable nerd who seemed to genuinely believe everything he said, to looking like a clout-chasing influencer who cared more about getting TV time with Democrats on an issue he clearly never cared about until five minutes ago than he did about representing his voters.

We’ll never know what caused the apparent personality change—maybe it was the death of his wife, maybe it was the McCarthy race followed by McCarthy’s ouster, or maybe it was a desire for notoriety or media acclaim and a lucrative podcasting career outside of Congress—but the drastic change was undeniable, as was the seeming lack of interest in much of anything happening in Kentucky.

Blame Trump, blame Israel, blame Epstein, blame the tragic death of a spouse, I don’t care. But you cannot just wave away 2020 Massie going face-to-face with the Trump machine and winning in a rout only to get smoked six years later.

Massie’s voters didn’t really change all that much, but he did, and they noticed.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

The problem Labour has is the same one that plagued the Tories. They can shuffle through prime ministers all they want, but the end result will always be the same: a woefully unpopular ruling party that trudges inevitably toward an electoral wipeout in the next general election.

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

These are tough results for Labour. There’s no sugarcoating it. We’ve lost brilliant Labour representatives who’ve stood up for their communities.

People are still frustrated. Their lives aren’t changing fast enough. We haven’t offered enough hope or optimism for the future.

I was elected to change this country - tough days like this don’t weaken my determination to do that. They strengthen it.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

@EduardoBaston Baltimore. Washington’s only suffragan diocese is oddly the Virgin Islands.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

That Bishop Brennan (the outgoing bishop of Wheeling-Charleston) was close to Bishop Evilio Menjivar-Ayala is about the only thing you need to know about this appointment.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

“Conservative”

[Boris Johnson @BorisJohnson]

Falling birth rates aren’t a disaster, they’re the best bit of global news in a long time

https://t.co/mEBocMP0hi

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

@MargaretPBrady You may find this interesting.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

If you earnestly think that the pope appointed a former illegal immigrant from El Salvador to lead the diocese of Wheeling/Charleston because it’ll own Trump supporting Catholics in WV, just admit you have no idea how the process of picking and assigning bishops works.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

@MargaretPBrady This is a far fairer criticism.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

Famed integralist Cardinal Robert McElroy.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

True hands on expertise like this is hard to come by.

[TMZ @TMZ]

😳 Exclusive: John Hinckley -- the man who shot then-President Ronald Reagan in 1981 -- says the Washington Hilton Hotel should stop holding big events because it's not secure.

Read more: https://t.co/98SdE9QQoX

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

@Arbitrary_user Tell me you haven’t talked to a priest or seminarian under the age of 40 without telling me.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

This has been covered repeatedly in recent years but I don’t think people quite comprehend the degree to which the Catholic Church is shifting away from progressive politics. It’s not just the priests, it’s the families in the pews too.

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

Among Catholic priests who were ordained in the late 1960s:

68% describe their theology as progressive.
16% said it was conservative.

Among priests ordained in the last few years:

2% describe their theology as progressive.
84% said it was conservative.

[Jeremiah Poff @JJ_Poff]

@TXHogPilot @BradWilcoxIFS Give it time. Right now most bishops come from the cohort of priests ordained in the late 70s to early 90s. In 15 years that won’t be the case.