-- PMM (Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki) in Haaretz on the lack of conflict with Israel - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/02/22/

-- Civic Platform urges Janina Ochojska to run, Schetyna rejects Zdrojewski - Marcin Rybak in Gazeta Wrocławska: “He was supposed to be the iron number one of Civic Platform, but he most likely won't run in the European Parliament elections on behalf of this party at all. Bogdan Zdrojewski – former mayor of Wrocław, and later, among others, Minister of Culture, and an MEP for five years, will not get the top spot on the European Coalition’s list for the European Parliament. This is the decision of Grzegorz Schetyna, the leader of Civic Platform. Jarosław Duda is to be the leading candidate. For some time now, there have also been rumors that Civic Platform is urging Janina Ochojska to run. Małgorzata Sekuła-Szymajda has been promised second place. According to our information, in this situation, Zdrojewski will withdraw from running in the elections altogether. At least from the European Coalition's list.” https://gazetawroclawska.pl/zdrojewski-nie-wystartuje-w-wyborach-skreslil-go-schetyna/ar/13907190#polityka

-- FAKT on Macierewicz's "godfather": “Piątek revealed, for example, a 1984 internal memo signed by the head of PRL intelligence, General Zdzisław Sarewicz (†85). It concerns, among other things, Macierewicz's escape from the internment center in Łupków in 1982. At the time, the activist was publishing an underground newspaper, used false documents, etc. Meanwhile, the memo signed by the general states that... there are no grounds to prosecute Macierewicz! – I have never encountered a similar document – Professor Andrzej Friszke (63) tells us. Both he and Piątek pose the question: could Macierewicz have had an SB protection umbrella? Or perhaps even the GRU itself, i.e., the military intelligence of the USSR? Where do these suspicions come from? Because another found internal SB document indicates that Macierewicz was under the “care” of an elite unit of the SB's Bureau of Studies. And its officers maintained close relations precisely with Soviet GRU and KGB officers. The Bureau also had the capability to manage agents who were listed in official registers not as secret collaborators, but as decoys, i.e., individuals under surveillance! The aim was to conceal the fact of their cooperation even from the PRL services!” https://www.fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polityka/macierewicz-do-powtornej-lustracji-jest-wniosek-po-do-ipn/mzgyzqv

-- IT'S A SHAME KACZYŃSKI CAN'T FACE JOURNALISTS AND CALMLY ANSWER QUESTIONS - MONIKA OLEJNIK in GW: “I don't know what the chairman wants, a fine or prison for journalists who dared to publish conversations recorded without his consent. It is a shame, however, that Jarosław Kaczyński cannot face journalists, hold a press conference, and calmly answer questions. It's no feat to talk to government-aligned media, which won't touch upon any difficult topic.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,24481299,jaroslaw-212-pan-prezes-chce-nowej-cenzury-mysia-juz-mielismy.html

-- I AM SURE OF IT AND I HAVE EVIDENCE - BOGDAN BORUSEWICZ ON FR. JANKOWSKI AS AN SB COLLABORATOR - he says in an interview with Maciej Sandecki in the Tricity GW.

-- BORUSEWICZ ON WAŁĘSA'S CONFLICT WITH WALENTYNOWICZ, WHICH HE BELIEVES WAS FUELED BY FR. JANKOWSKI: “Then there was a sharp conflict in the MKZ Presidium regarding the trip to the Vatican and the visit to the Pope. Wałęsa did not want to take Walentynowicz on this trip, and later did not want to give her a mandate for the regional congress in June 1981. As a result of this conflict, Walentynowicz was removed, I distanced myself from Wałęsa, and the Gwiazdas were also cut out. Today, I am convinced that Father Jankowski incited this conflict and the attack on Anna Walentynowicz.”

-- BORUSEWICZ ON HIS HYPOTHESIS ABOUT FR. JANKOWSKI'S COOPERATION WITH SB: “However, when I got out of prison in 1986, I decided to find out what was going on with that apartment. I went to a girl from the bookstore and started questioning her – who she contacted, who she visited. It turned out that she had visited Father Jankowski and asked him for food and medicine for me, and immediately after this visit, the SB began to track her. Many years later, in the 1990s, a journalist visited me and told me that he had spoken about Father Jankowski with Major Berdys, the deputy head of the SB's Department IV in Gdańsk, which dealt with the Church. This major told him that he himself had written the sermon for the mass in the Shipyard for Jankowski, and also recounted the whole story with the girl from the bookstore, who was put under surveillance after Jankowski's denunciation. The matter became clear. Two halves of the nut fit together.” http://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,24481490,borusewicz-ks-jankowski-byl-agentem-sb-pellowski-moze-sobie.html

-- PIOTR ZAREMBA ON CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT THE FUELED CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND POLAND - he writes in PTT: “Is it just a matter of the past traumas of these people in Israel who remember some bad behavior of Poles towards their ancestors and relatives? Or does the election campaign explain everything here? Someone probably has a more far-reaching goal of harming us. Who? Jewish circles interested in financial claims against Poland? Some foreign country that dislikes Poland? As a rule, I do not overuse conspiracy interpretations. In this case, they suggest themselves.”

-- TODAY THEY ACCUSE US OF WEAKNESS, YESTERDAY THEY DEFENDED GROSS - ZAREMBA continues: “Many are involved in this one-sidedness. Civic Platform politicians, who are outraged by Katz today, even accusing the PiS government of weakness, yesterday defended not only Grabowski, but also Jan Tomasz Gross with his unceremonious bending of historical sources and mixing them with journalism, not much subtler than the statements of the Israeli minister.”

-- ZAREMBA ON THE LACK OF SYMMETRY AND TALK OF "ATTACKS" ON INSTITUTIONS: “This lack of symmetry – the influence of current opposition politicians on museum institutions is something natural and good, while attempts by the right to use their influence are always an "attack” – is typical for other fronts as well, not necessarily concerning Jewish issues. Gliński has no right to question the exhibition dedicated to the 50th anniversary of March, although a place was found there to settle accounts with the current TVP, but not to remind how the Third Polish Republic repaired past wrongs after 1989. He has no right to notice that panels organized at POLIN are strikingly one-sided in their choice of participants.”

-- LOSING EMPATHY POISONS THE NATION'S SOUL - ZAREMBA'S CONCLUSION: “What's more, the entire history of the war, and even Polish-Jewish relations, is beginning to be told using slogans and memes – I wrote about this a year ago. This path already has its prophets, such as Dr. Ewa Kurek, no less fervent than Professor Grabowski. Let us also research the history of Jewish collaboration, but each time let us remember the contexts. The loss of empathy, also in historical assessments, will poison, is already poisoning, the soul of the nation. And it is a path to fueling a spiral of prejudice. We will not become better because of these prejudices.” https://polskatimes.pl/piotr-zaremba-w-konflikcie-izraelskopolskim-powinnismy-zachowac-zimna-krew/ar/13909158#fakty

-- RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI ON MARCIN ANTOSIEWICZ'S QUESTION ABOUT TUSK'S INVOLVEMENT: “At this moment, in Civic Platform, we are primarily thinking about the upcoming elections, for which consolidation around the European Coalition is necessary. I understand that Donald Tusk, within his capabilities, is ready to engage in this upcoming campaign, because here we have a clear choice between pro-European and anti-European forces. Chairman Tusk also said that there is no place for any new political party, and it is hard to disagree with him. Just as with the fact that an attempt must be made to engage non-party circles, to encourage them to be active. However, in my opinion, there is no need today to build a new, centralized movement.”

-- TRZASKOWSKI DISMISSES SPECULATIONS ABOUT FORMALIZING A MOVEMENT AROUND TUSK: “I know nothing about such a plan, and I have never held talks related to participating in such a movement. This entire initiative is just press reports. Many local government officials are members of Civic Platform, and we are discussing supporting the European Coalition together, but not building a new movement. If Donald Tusk wants to get involved in attracting people who are not yet in politics to join us, then that’s very good. However, I understood Donald Tusk's Wednesday interview as a clear statement that there is no need to create any new party or any formalized group.” https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/rafal-trzaskowski-biedron-jest-naszym-partnerem/vhy30xe

-- ŁUKASZ ROGOJSZ ON BIEDROŃ - THE LEADER DOESN'T GET OFFENDED BY CRITICISM: “Robert Biedroń has already proven that he can create a political party and seriously enter the game for voters' votes. Now he has to prove that he is truly a leader who does not get offended by criticism, knows how to listen to others and draw sound conclusions. Without this, he will not solve the problems of Wiosna (Spring), which are piling up day by day.”

-- A BIT OF MODESTY WOULD ADD CHARM TO WIOSNA'S LEADER - ROGOJSZ continues in GAZETA.PL: “People who know Biedroń say about him: self-confident, decisive, assertive. Narcissism? Arrogance? That's his charm – they reply. From the perspective of a neutral voter, however, a bit of modesty and greater caution regarding what, when, and how to say things would certainly add charm to the chairman of Wiosna.” http://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,24480351,przypadki-roberta-biedronia-piec-rzeczy-ktore-moga-zatopic.html#s=BoxOpLink

-- RAFAŁ WOŚ IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY DEFENDS THE RAZEM PARTY MEMBERS: “Firstly: The Razem members have set completely new paths for the left. For the first time since the times of Unia Pracy and Samoobrona, someone on the left has so strongly emphasized the issues of class exploitation. They saved the honor in times when PiS intercepted and implemented most of the issues that the left under the banner of SLD or Palikot should have done long ago. Of course, if they had been the left.”

-- THEY SURVIVED ATTEMPTS AT BRIBERY - WOŚ continues about RAZEM: “The Razem members did not allow themselves to be driven into line by the PiS-PO duopoly. They did not stand up for the so-called defense of democracy with many actual gravediggers of that democracy. They stubbornly said that the narrative 'first let's remove PiS from power, and then we'll see' is short-sighted and will never allow the left to achieve political independence. They survived attempts at bribery, moral blackmail, and intimidation. They proved to be loyal to their principles, tough guys in times when many (including on the left) gave in and were driven to futile marching in step to the delight of the Kurski brothers' party.” https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/razem-starkowie-polskiej-polityki-157715

-- BIRTHDAYS: Ryszard Bugaj, Edward Czesak, Jacek Kurski.