-- PIS CUTS PIT RATE FOR ELECTIONS, THIS IS MEANT TO BE A POLITICAL KNOCKOUT FOR OPPONENTS - PIOTR MĄCZYŃSKI IN GW: “At the last minute, during the second-to-last Sejm session on Friday, MPs will consider a reduction in the PIT rate and an increase in income-generating costs. This is intended to be a political knockout for opponents – where the opposition promises, PiS wants to deliver.” http://wyborcza.pl/7,155287,25130436,pis-obnizy-stawke-pit-na-wybory-obnizka-podatkow-cena-za-dostep.html -- THE PRIME MINISTER IN THE SEJM - WE WANT A REVOLUTION OF DIGNITY FOR PEOPLE, NOT MORALS - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2019/08/30/ -- A WHOLE MONTH OF SEWAGE IN THE VISTULA? - the main headline of Gazeta Stołeczna. -- POLAND AND THE USA STRIKE AT HUAWEI - 300GOSPODARKA: http://300gospodarka.pl/live/2019/08/29/polska-i-usa-chca-porozumienia-o-wspolpracy-w-zakresie-5g-nieoficjalnie-to-ruch-wymierzony-w-huawei/ -- POLITICO ALREADY WROTE IN ITS ANALYSIS IN MAY THAT TRUMP CANNOT WIN RE-ELECTION IN 2020 WITHOUT FLORIDA: “We can’t win the White House without winning Florida. Period,” said top Trump surrogate Joe Gruters, chairman of the Florida Republican Party who serves in the state Senate”. https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/09/trump-2020-campaign-florida-1313622 -- KUKIZ ON THE FACT THAT TRUMP CANNOT DOWNPLAY FLORIDA BECAUSE IT WOULD COST HIM THE PRESIDENCY: “Elections will be held soon in the United States; if U.S. President Donald Trump downplays Hurricane Dorian approaching Florida, he may not become president again.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/461581-kukiz-jezeli-trump-zbagatelizuje-huragan-moze-przegrac -- THIS IS PAINFUL FOR POLAND, BUT TRUMP COULD NOT MAKE BUSH'S MISTAKE WITH KATRINA - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI: “This is, of course, painful news for Poland – the chance of recalling September 1, 1939, and disseminating the truth about the German aggression against Poland weakens. The presence of the U.S. President always draws the world's attention; his absence means less attention. Furthermore, some of the opposition will start speculating about possible ulterior motives for canceling Trump's visit to Poland, especially since they lobbied for it with distasteful letters. However, there is no evidence of this; it's just negative PR. Donald Trump had a choice: some political and electoral gain in Poland (he still recalls his first visit as very successful) or the certainty that he would not make Bush's mistake. He chose the latter.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/461559-dla-polski-to-bolesne-ale-to-nie-jest-pretekst -- THIS IS PURE POLITICS - BOGUSŁAW CHRABOTA IN RZ ABOUT TRUMP: “Can Trump actually stop Hurricane Dorian? Certainly not. His presence in the crisis headquarters will achieve nothing. Concrete decisions regarding support for the affected, organization of rescue teams, etc., will be in the hands of professionals. But it will be Trump who shines on Twitter, in front of cameras, or at press conferences. He has already learned from the lesson of embarrassing comments after the tragedy in Puerto Rico that empathy is excellent currency in politics. He will do everything to show that he is with his affected countrymen, that he knows how to help them. However, in this whole game, it's all about their votes. This is nothing other than pure politics.” https://www.rp.pl/Komentarze/190839988-Chrabota-Trump-nie-przyleci-szyderstwo-zakazane.html -- PLATFORMA IS A PARTY OF SENTIMENT FOR THE PAST, PIS - A PARTY OF IRRITATING PRESENT - ADRIAN ZANDBERG IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAŁ SUTOWSKI IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “A new division is emerging on the Polish political scene. We have PO: a party of sentiment for the past, for what was actually good in the world before 2015, but also accepting what was bad in it. There is the party of the irritating present – PiS. These are attacks on women's rights, on minorities, insane historical policy, breaking the constitution, but at the same time a party that introduced a social correction. And there is the choice of the future: a modern, democratic welfare state. A state that does not leave people without support, and at the same time does not look under their blankets. The Left.” -- VOTERS NO LONGER HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A PIS CANDIDATE AND A FORMER PIS MEMBER ON THE PO LISTS - ZANDBERG CONTINUES AT SUTOWSKI'S: “Diversity is the strength of this list. The fact that we come from different backgrounds and generations works to our advantage. When we collect signatures, we talk to people on the street, their enthusiasm is visible – precisely because of this. Very different people finally have the feeling that they can vote for politicians who will represent them in the Sejm. That this vote will not be wasted. That they no longer have to choose between a PiS candidate and a former PiS member on the PO lists.” -- POLARIZING BLACKMAIL HAS DIED - ZANDBERG CONTINUES IN KRYTYKA: “Yes. Then the other parties chose differently. Probably if we had managed to present a common list for the European elections, this whole polarizing blackmail machine wouldn't have ignited. But after the European elections, the polarizing blackmail has died. Today, no one will buy the argument: vote for PO-KO, because PiS might win the elections. Especially when the Left's list has several percent support.” https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/zandberg-chcemy-nowoczesnego-panstwa-dobrobytu-wywiad/ -- BIRTHDAYS: Liliana Sonik, Jacek Brzezinka.