-- BARTŁOMIEJ MISIEWICZ SPEAKS ABOUT THE MISTAKES HE MADE AND THE DESTRUCTIVE LACK OF HUMILITY, ABOUT WHAT HE LEARNED FROM ANTONI MACIEREWICZ, WHO SLEEPS 4 HOURS A DAY AND JUMPS INTO THE POOL AT 3 AM, ABOUT HOW HE STARTED DRIVING MORE CAREFULLY AFTER LOSING HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE: https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kto-nami-rzadzi-misiewicz-z-ministrem-mam-kontakt-sporadyczny-6232889412724865v

-- WITOLD GADOMSKI ON EXPECTATIONS OF THE YOUNG GENERATION IN POLITICS - TO THINK HOW TO STRENGTHEN POLAND, NOT JUST CLIMB THE CAREER LADDER - writes in GW: “The generation of our children and grandchildren must find its own readings (let's hope it's not Carl Schmitt and Thomas Piketty) and devise not only how to strengthen and develop Poland, but above all, how to protect it from threats, and perhaps even from disasters, that will occur in a few decades. This is what I expect from young politicians who have a chance to hold the highest positions in the state in 2050. Immediate intrigues to move up one rung on the career ladder are pathetic.”

-- THE "FOLDER GUY" IS BECOMING A CLONE OF THE PRINCIPAL - writes Gadomski: “Our problem is that the 'folder guy' quickly becomes a clone of the principal. He gains technical skills, from arranging flight tickets for his boss to scheduling meetings with important foreign politicians, as well as the ability to conduct internal games, which allows him to climb the career ladder. Rarely, however, does such a clone develop a personality, capable of publicly expressing an interesting thought that originated in his own head, not in the offices of party PR specialists. The young person is simply subordinate to the boss, until finally they stop being young before they achieve independence.” http://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,23179665,mlody-w-polskiej-polityce-jest-podwladnym-szefa-az.html

-- TADEUSZ ZYSK ON MORAWIECKI'S MISSION: “Morawiecki became prime minister for purely technical reasons. But to do this, he first wanted to bring order. The first hundred days were the role of a firefighter and negotiator. He inherited the conflict over the courts with the EU and will probably resolve it well. I believe in the next 100 days, and the prime minister will not be a firefighter or a negotiator, but a creator of this economy.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/387390-tadeusz-zysk-w-salonie-dziennikarskim-wierze-ze-premier-bedzie-nie-tylko-straznikiem-czy-negocjatorem-tylko-kreatorem-gospodarki

-- PIS LOSES 3 POINTS BUT STILL HAS AN INDEPENDENT MAJORITY - Estymator poll for DoRzeczy: “Translating these results into mandates, PiS could count on 258 seats in the Sejm (26 fewer MPs than in the previous poll), PO would bring in 139 MPs (18 more than previously). Kukiz'15 Movement would have 29 MPs. This means that compared to the previous poll, the club would get the same number of parliamentarians. SLD would have 7 more MPs than previously. Polish People's Party unchanged - 11. One mandate would go to the German minority.” https://dorzeczy.pl/kraj/59750/Sondaz-dla-DoRzeczypl-PiS-rzadzi-samodzielnie-ale-traci-26-mandatow.html

-- PAWEŁ MUCHA CRITICIZES THE PIS AMENDMENT ON COURTS: “These two draft laws that have appeared, they contain partly accurate solutions, partly solutions that I would say are questionable for me regarding constitutional aspects. (...) I rather look with a big question mark at such legal solutions that might give the impression that there is any appeal procedure regarding decisions that fall within the prerogatives of the President of the Republic.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/387394-propozycje-dot-sadownictwa-watpliwe-konstytucyjnie-minister-mucha-chodzi-o-procedure-quasi-odwolawcza-od-rozstrzygniecia-prezydenta

-- WE ARE CLOSE TO A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN TENSIONS WITH BRUSSELS - Ryszard Czarnecki in an interview with wPolityce: “If Juncker wants to save the European project and the EU, he should come to an agreement with Poland. So far, they have nitpicked and looked for excuses to hit us with a baseball bat again – they will show that they had no good will. In short, Prime Minister Morawiecki is now saying: I'm checking. The move belongs to the European Commission. It seems to me that this is a situation that brings us closer to a significant reduction in tensions between Warsaw and Brussels. Our friend Prime Minister Orbán, who is serving his third term, has spoken with the European Commission in exactly this way in the past. He introduced far-reaching changes in Hungarian legislation that restored the subjectivity of the Hungarian nation, after which he made minor cosmetic corrections, which were treated by the EU side as a clear concession on his part. He played it out strategically well.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/387329-nasz-wywiad-ryszard-czarnecki-szczyt-pokazal-ze-zblizamy-sie-do-ograniczenia-napiec-miedzy-warszawa-a-bruksela

-- IF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE COUNTRY, YOU MUST GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS - ANNE APPLEBAUM IN GW: “In a democracy, real change can only be achieved by getting involved in politics; mere participation in civic actions or street demonstrations is not enough. I believe that coming to a demonstration and holding banners is important. But by leading a government, or even a local authority, you have incomparably more influence on reality than someone standing on the street with a banner. If you want to change the country, you must engage in politics, join a party, reform it, and then change the government.” http://www.wysokieobcasy.pl/wysokie-obcasy/7,115167,23179673,anne-applebaum-radzi-polkom-jesli-chcecie-zmieniac-kraj-musicie.html

-- SOLIDARITY IS OUR WEAPON, LET THE FANATICS BEGONE - title in GW.

-- SUPPORTERS OF KILLING TOOK TO THE STREETS - title in GPC.

-- ADRIAN ZANDBERG ON THE WAVE OF ANGER - writes in SE: “You don't understand this because you are despots. That's why you will soon provoke a wave of social anger that will sweep you and your political puppets away. Black Friday is a foretaste of what awaits you. You have declared war on Polish women – and you will pay a just price for it.” http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/opinie/zandberg-komentuje-list-do-fanatykow_1046160.html

-- PAWEŁ WROŃSKI ON THE FACT THAT THE PIS GOVERNMENT IS STARTING TO ROT - writes in GW: “It is evident that the government is suffering a moral defeat. In the deluge of lies, even the propaganda of PiS media, which has as much charm as a technical drawing of a flail, is starting to get lost. The question remains how long this government will rot and how quickly citizens will smell the stench of this decay.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23183480,wladza-pis-zaczyna-gnic.html

-- FACEBOOK CHOSE THE PRESIDENT FOR AMERICANS - SYLWIA CZUBKOWSKA IN GW: “But what is not key is which politician benefited. The crux of the problem lies in the position of Zuckerberg's portal. An innocent service for exchanging gossip, opinions, and vacation stories, which over the past dozen years, practically without control – because few understood the consequences of the intertwining of a global social network with the rapid development of data collection and analysis – has grown to enormous proportions. – We spend an average of four hours a day on FB. There are regions of the world where Facebook practically equals the internet – says Wierciński. The current impact of this scandal is also irrelevant, i.e., that the service, whether it wanted to or not, allowed Trump and Nix to harvest data from tens of millions of its users.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,156282,23182834,afera-cambridge-analytica-facebook-wybral-amerykanom.html

-- ADAM MICHNIK ON THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF KRZYSZTOF KOZŁOWSKI'S DEATH - in GW: “Krzysztof was a discreet authority. A righteous, honest, and brave man, he always sensed when 'something new was coming'. He was in permanent conflict with censorship and the authorities, but he also had disputes with Stefan Wyszyński. He valued the primate highly because he understood the difficulty of his mission, but he himself wanted a more open Catholicism in a more open Poland.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,23184603,krzysztof-kozlowski-autorytet-dyskretny.html

-- BARTŁOMIEJ SIENKIEWICZ ON KRZYSZTOF KOZŁOWSKI - writes in GW: “In these anecdotes of Krzysztof's, there was always an unspoken moral: that no one should be written off just because we disagree with them, that we should pay attention to people on the other side of the barricade, because only then can we find common ground in working for Poland beyond divisions and animosities. This did not mean abandoning one's values or agreeing to evil. This was the essence of Kozłowski's realism. Confirmed by his extraordinary life story.” http://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,23179662,dlaczego-trafilem-do-msw-pewnie-dlatego-ze-nie-bylo-innych.html

-- SE ON SIKORSKI: POMPON MAN http://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/nowe-wcielenie-sikorskiego-czlowiek-pompon-doradza-gawowskiemu_1046119.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Wójcik, Zbigniew Konwiński, Władysław Baka, Maciej Giertych, Barbara Tuge-Erecińska, SUNDAY: Henry James Foy, Izabella Cywińska, Jacek Rybicki, Michał Sutowski, Aleksander Sopliński, Jerzy Materna, Marek Czyż, Grzegorz Drobiszewski.