-- A YEAR AGO, THE PRESIDENT PRESENTED THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY WITH AN ULTIMATUM REGARDING THE KRS ACT…

-- ANNA SARZYŃSKA ON LOBBIES THAT CAN DEFEAT ANY GOVERNMENT - writes on Twitter: “Well, another huge disappointment. No ban on ritual slaughter, nor on fur farming. There are lobbies that can defeat any government… Sigh…” https://twitter.com/AnnaSarzynska/status/1019849326061871104

-- ARDANOWSKI SOFTENS THE MESSAGE ON THE ANIMAL PROTECTION ACT BUT CONFIRMS THAT LAW AND JUSTICE YIELDED TO LOBBY PRESSURE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2018/07/19

-- THE DISABLED HAVE BEEN GIVEN 30 DAYS BY THE WARSAW CITY HALL TO VACATE A MUNICIPAL PREMISES ON NOWY ŚWIAT STREET - as reported by Gazeta Stołeczna.

-- THE WORLD CUP DIDN'T HELP MACRON - Jędrzej Bielecki in Rzeczpospolita: “However, nothing helped: a poll by the Odoxa institute, just published by „Le Figaro,” shows that only 39% of French people trust the head of state, while 61% disapprove of his actions. This is a 2 percentage point worse result than before the World Cup began.” http://www.rp.pl/Swiat/307189926-Mundial-nie-pomogl-Macronowi.html&template=restricted

-- PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO RETURN TO BEREZA KARTUSKA - TOMASZ KRZYŻAK IRONIZES in Rzeczpospolita: “If the ruling party truly fears the populace, or even a few dozen demonstrators from Obywatele RP, perhaps they should resort to methods known from the past? It was Józef Piłsudski, whose legacy Law and Justice so readily invokes today, who was behind the idea of establishing an internment camp for political opponents in Bereza Kartuska. Perhaps it's time to return to that? In Bereza, everyone ‘whose activity or conduct gives grounds to suspect that they pose a threat to security, peace, or public order’ could be sent, solely based on an administrative decision. The people appearing today under the Sejm perfectly fit the wording of the law from June 1934. What’s the problem with restoring it? After all, Law and Justice recently proved that they can conduct the entire legislative process in a single workday.” http://www.rp.pl/Felietony/307189907-Krzyzak-Obywatelu-nie-pyskuj-To-dla-twojego-dobra.html

-- WE HEAR ABOUT TERRIBLE ABOMINATIONS COMMITTED BY SERVICES DURING TUSK'S TIME, BUT NONE OF THE CASES HAVE RESULTED IN A FINAL COURT VERDICT - Michał Szułdrzyński in Rzeczpospolita: “If any of them committed a crime, let the case go to court. But so far, for almost three years, we've been hearing about terrible abominations committed by services during Tusk's era, yet none of the cases have resulted in a final court verdict. http://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/307189912-Szuldrzynski-Sluzby-ida--na-Wschod.html

-- ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ TALKS TO SE ABOUT ROSTOWSKI'S RESPONSIBILITY: “- I had that impression, but it’s an escape from responsibility. From a certain point, however, the political responsibility of the minister himself begins. No one is accusing Rostowski of being involved in Amber Gold. However, it operated without hindrance at the time he was minister. (...) - I think he will face some. Rostowski won't escape it because the Ministry of Finance and a whole part of the administration, led by Parafianowicz, his subordinate, contributed significantly to the affair. The tax office in Gdańsk did not perform well, to put it mildly. Parafianowicz himself admitted it.” https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/andrzej-stankiewicz-rostowski-nie-uniknie-odpowiedzialnosci-aa-mf7U-c2pA-Auh5.html

-- ROSTOWSKI'S REVUE RECALLED THE FACE OF THE TUSK AND CIVIC PLATFORM SYSTEM - Marcin Fijołek: “With each passing month, the years 2007-2015 will fade from voters’ memories. This is a normal, natural process – we have different challenges and problems today, more important matters than those from several years ago. Yet, this Wednesday's hearing brought back memories of the system that Donald Tusk and his people created. This concerns not only state institutions that are defunct in many areas, helpless against individuals like Marcin P. (and even creating favorable conditions for them), but also the style of governance.

-- THE CURRENT TEAM HAS REASONS TO BE CRITICIZED, BUT AS LONG AS PEOPLE LIKE ROSTOWSKI OR SCHEURING CONTINUE TO DO SO, NOWOGRODZKA CAN SLEEP SOUNDLY - Fijołek's conclusion: “I think that for wavering voters, those not engaged, today’s meeting between Rostowski and Wassermann was a big political plus for PiS. And a gigantic minus for Civic Platform. Other Civic Platform politicians joined the Wednesday atmosphere in the Sejm, celebrating a success when Mr. Paweł Kasprzak was escorted in a strange cordon a few meters behind the barrier at the entrance to the Sejm courtyard. If this is the measure of success and ambition of the strongest opposition parties today, then there is no hope for a better future. The current ruling team has reasons to be criticized and scrutinized, but as long as people like Rostowski, Petru, or Scheuring-Wielgus (who brought people into the Sejm… in the trunk) continue to do so, Nowogrodzka can sleep soundly and focus on other matters.” https://wpolityce.pl/m/polityka/404335-rewia-rostowskiego-przypomniala-oblicze-systemu-tuska-i-po

-- ROSTOWSKI DIDN'T WIN EITHER - ŁUKASZ ROGOJSZ ON GAZETA.PL: “However, Rostowski did not win this battle of words and facts either. His tactic of ridiculing PiS investigators and the commission itself backfired, and certainly did not win Civic Platform any support from Poles in the Amber Gold affair. They were rather irritated by the impertinence and dismissive attitude of the former politician, who seemed to be having a great time in front of the cameras.”

-- IN TRICITY - ROGOJSZ ON COLORFUL QUOTES AS THE HERITAGE OF ROSTOWSKI'S HEARING: “If we are to look for any positives from Rostowski's hours-long struggle with the commission, the only one is the litany of colorful quotes. Some of them are likely to quickly become part of the canon of Polish politics (‘in Tricity’ will take a prominent place alongside ‘in Bydgoszcz’ by the same author, by the way). Only, do we really need to organize investigative commissions that consume fortunes from the state budget just to have an hour of laughter at the infantile dialogues of people who are supposed to be serious? I sincerely doubt it.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,161770,23689486,rogojsz-cyrk-nie-komisja-sledcza-jesli-polska-polityka-moze.html#Czolka3Img%23BoxOpinionImg

-- COLLECTION OF INTERNET COMMENTS ON THE PHOTO OF WASSERMANN WITH CHMAJ: https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/404396-zobacz-zdjecie-prawdziwej-twarzy-pupila-kasty-i-opozycji

-- INCLUDING CHMAJ GETTING INTO A FERRARI: https://twitter.com/malyy5/status/1019529097612062722

-- FINISH THE SUPREME COURT AND THEN HOLIDAYS - Wojciech Czuchnowski and Agata Kondzińska in Gazeta Wyborcza http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23690459,wykonczyc-sad-najwyzszy-a-pozniej-wakacje.html

-- AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, WE WILL START TO BE AFRAID - Paweł Wroński in Gazeta Wyborcza:“Law and Justice wants us to find ourselves in Poland after the holidays in a state where its power is impunity and eternal. Such a grand ‘vision’ can captivate any politician, especially PiS politicians. (...) The government can feel impunity, since the president can pardon those convicted by a final verdict, and even ‘halt proceedings.’ And it will feel even more impunity when there are no willing parties to initiate such proceedings and issue a verdict against the will of the leader. And the citizen will lose the umbrella provided by the legal system and the separation of powers.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23690606,ekspres-sejmowy-sie-nie-zatrzymuje-po-wakacjach-zaczniemy-sie.html

-- WITOLD SOKAŁA EXPLAINS WHY TRUMP IS NOT AN IDIOT - on Gazeta.pl: “The international order we know is becoming obsolete. The Western community is fracturing, and Trump's behavior is more a consequence than a cause of this process. The European Union is in crisis, and at the same time, China's power is growing. Problems with various kinds of 'hooligans,' from radical Islamists, through the North Korean regime, to Putin's Russia, are not finding solutions within the existing paradigm. Above all this hangs the specter of a global economic crisis, the next phase of which is increasingly predicted by economists. In this situation, Washington is opting for a forward dash and calculating: the interests of the American economy are paramount, therefore an economic war with China must be initiated – and won! The rest are just tools. Russia in this puzzle is just one of the available resources, which are better to have on one's side than to leave to rivals.”

-- SOKAŁA ON OBAMA'S SUBMISSIVENESS TO RUSSIA:“It is worth remembering that it is Trump – regardless of his awkward behavior at the Helsinki conference and other sins – who is pursuing arguably the most assertive policy towards the Kremlin among all presidents since Ronald Reagan. Therefore, if we are to suspect him of being blackmailed by some intelligence service, it is unlikely that the GRU tops the list of suspects. Let's also remember that Russian lobbyists generously supported the Clinton Foundation, and Obama, who is sentimentally mentioned by some, could wink at Dmitry Medvedev and – not realizing the microphone was on – promise Russians 'more flexibility' after re-election. Therefore, instead of being picky, it is better to look for an effective user manual for America. America as it is, not as we dreamt it would be.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,161770,23687535,sokala-trump-nie-jest-idiota-wie-ze-nad-swiatem-wisi-burza.html#MT

-- AMAZON EMPLOYEES' REBELLION - Adriana Rozwadowska in Gazeta Wyborcza:“- I care for many employees in the clinics. They complain of extreme exhaustion, insomnia despite fatigue, and suffer from depressive states. At work, they cover kilometers in non-ergonomic footwear. They report with bleeding foot wounds and ulcers. I can almost infallibly recognize who came from Amazon by their feet – says a general practitioner from Poznań (wants to remain anonymous). – I issue them sick leave certificates, but they don't want to take them, because L4 often means dismissal.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,155287,23687189,pracownika-amazona-poznasz-po-stopach-bunt-w-magazynie-w-polsce.html

-- FORESTERS FURIOUS AT THE GOVERNMENT - front page of Gazeta Wyborcza: “- We voted for you, and now you're doing the same as Civic Platform! – foresters shouted at the Minister of the Environment. The issue was the allocation of State Forests land for the 'Mieszkanie Plus' program. Will the government yield?” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,23690720,lesnicy-wsciekli-na-rzad-bo-chcial-oddac-tereny-lasow-panstwowych.html

-- JAKUBIAK'S WIFE CARRIES BAGS FOR HIM - SE: https://www.se.pl/wiadomosci/polityka/zona-targa-siaty-za-posla-aa-UDVC-wXvc-RL2j.html

-- BIRTHDAYS: Maciek Grabowski, Paweł Rybicki, Stanisław Piotrowicz, Radomir Wit.