Siemoniak: The US Ambassador's Reaction is Absolutely Excessive
state of play: 09/01/2023
STATE OF PLAY: Karnowski: Kaczyński is going for a third term, and Tusk is bathing in self-satisfaction and quips; Woś: Decades of 'concrete anti-PiSism' haven't brought the opposition victory, and likely won't
-- REGARDING THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT, CBOS NOTED THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE CHANGES IN PUBLIC PERCEPTION - AN 8 PERCENTAGE POINT INCREASE IN DECLARATIONS OF TRUST AND A 9 PERCENTAGE POINT DECREASE IN DECLARATIONS OF DISTRUST - INTERIA: “In August – similar to last month – President Andrzej Duda leads the trust ranking for politicians. 54% of respondents expressed trust in him, while 35% expressed distrust. The percentage of trust declarations towards the president increased by 8 percentage points compared to July, while declarations of distrust decreased by 7 percentage points. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki took second place in the survey, trusted by 43% of respondents, with 44% expressing distrust towards him. However, CBOS noted the most significant positive changes in public perception regarding the head of government – an 8 percentage point increase in trust declarations and a 9 percentage point decrease in distrust declarations – compared to the survey a month ago. Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak came third in the August ranking, with 39% of respondents expressing trust and 34% expressing distrust.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/raport-wybory-parlamentarne-2023/sondaze/news-najnowszy-sondaz-cbos-duda-z-najwiekszym-zaufaniem-potem-zas,nId,6997395
-- 69% OF THOSE WHO POSITIVELY ASSESSED KOŁODZIEJCZAK'S JOINING KO PREVIOUSLY VOTED FOR THE CIVIC COALITION - IBRIS FOR POLSAT: “37% of those assessing positively are women, 41% are men. 34% of those supporting the AgroUnia alliance with KO live in the countryside, while 39% live in large cities (over 250,000 inhabitants). 38% have completed higher education. 11% voted for PiS in the last parliamentary elections. In contrast, 69% cast their vote for the Civic Coalition.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/raport-wybory-parlamentarne-2023/news-najnowszy-sondaz-dla-wydarzen-polacy-o-agrounii-na-listach-k,nId,6978436
-- DECADES OF 'CONCRETE ANTI-PISISM' HAVEN'T BROUGHT THE OPPOSITION VICTORY, AND MOST LIKELY WON'T THIS AUTUMN - RAFAŁ WOŚ IN INTERIA: “Decades of 'concrete anti-PiSism' haven't brought the opposition victory. And most likely won't this autumn. But I have a feeling that instead of taking responsibility, the liberal tribal elders will start a festival of excuses and scapegoating. The so-called 'symetrists' are already being prepared for the latter role.”
-- THE POLITICAL ELITE AND THE ANTI-PIS TRIBE'S ELDERS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS APPARENTLY... NOT ENOUGH ANTI-PISISM - WOŚ CONTINUES: “However, the political elite and the anti-PiS tribal elders have concluded that there is apparently... not enough anti-PiSism. And like someone trying to communicate in a foreign language they don't know, they think that speaking MORE SLOWLY and LOUDER!!! will definitely get the message across. As a result, the years 2020-2023 were also a time of anti-PiSism+ in liberal politics and public discourse, a radicalism tightened by a vice to the limit of material endurance. It's a time of increasingly rigid rejection of everything the government does. And increasingly loud pronouncements against those who don't join the latest moral panics.”
-- THE 'SYMMETRIST' SCARECROW WILL LIKELY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NEXT ELECTORAL DEFEAT OF HARDCORE ANTI-PISISM, WHICH THE ELDERS HAVE BEEN PROMOTING FOR YEARS - RAFAŁ WOŚ WRITES FURTHER: “The more the old anti-symetrist cannons are brought out again by the titans of anti-PiS public discourse, the more it seems to me that this revival of symmetrism has a hidden purpose. Here, the 'symetrist' scarecrow will likely play an important role in avoiding responsibility for the next electoral defeat of hardcore anti-PiSism, which the elders have been promoting for years. Because – in all common sense – after another defeat, they should somehow take responsibility. Say – well damn, this isn't working, let's do it differently, let's listen to someone else. When a coach loses his 11th game in a row, one can expect his resignation. Or at least a change in tactics or team formation.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-symetrysta-to-idealny-koziol-ofiarny,nId,6997152
-- POLISH POLITICS IS TRULY PITIFUL - JAROSŁAW KUISZ IN INTERIA: “One might get the impression that cyberspace is like the summer of 1939. We are still fooling ourselves that the worst will not happen in cyberspace. Party polarization that flattens minds is rampant. And in the mainstream, provincial disputes are ongoing about who should be on this or that electoral list. Polish politics is truly pitiful.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-czy-potrafimy-oddawac-ciosy-w-cyberprzestrzeni-trwaja-zmasow,nId,6992686
-- KACZYŃSKI'S MOVE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PiS LIST EFFECTIVENESS - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “The PiS leader confirmed his participation in Kielce. Undoubtedly, fleeing Warsaw to avoid Donald Tusk is dictated by the fact that he would lose disastrously to the KO leader in that particular district. However, Kaczyński's move could indeed make sense from the perspective of the effectiveness of PiS lists. As 'Wyborcza' wrote, out of 41 districts, the most seats are to be won in Warsaw, with as many as 20, but the Świętokrzyskie region is second with 16 seats.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,30140437,tak-kaczynski-rozegral-wyborcze-jedynki-ale-wciaz-ma-asa.html
-- THE INTENSITY WITH WHICH GIERTYCH USES AUTHORITARIAN RHETORICAL TOOLS ONLINE INDICATES THAT, DESPITE CHANGING SIDES, HE HIMSELF HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH - JACEK ŻAKOWSKI IN GW: “Democracy is by nature inclusive (the enemy of my enemy is my friend), while authoritarianism is exclusive (who is not with me is an enemy, not a rival). The intensity with which Giertych uses authoritarian rhetorical tools online indicates that, despite changing sides, he himself has not changed much. If the opposition wins, Giertych will therefore become a problem for democrats, as he will pull towards an authoritarian model. But if PiS wins, then anti-PiS Giertych will prove invaluable in the Sejm as a brake on the dictatorial tendencies of the PiS government.”
-- IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE GIERTYCH ON THE LISTS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR KO - ŻAKOWSKI CONTINUES: “Donald Tusk has likely considered all of this and made a decision that his position in PO allows him. It's his prerogative. If someone doesn't like Giertych on the lists, they don't have to vote for KO. There is no Giertych on the lists of Lewica and Trzecia Droga, and their anti-PiS, democratic identity is indisputable.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,30136583,odczepcie-sie-od-giertycha.html
-- IN REALITY, IT'S THE RESULT OF COLD REASONING: FROM THE ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL PREVIOUS ELECTION RESULTS - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI: “Tusk doesn't understand why Jarosław Kaczyński can run from Kielce. He apparently seriously thinks it's about fear or emotions. In reality, it's the result of cold reasoning: the analysis of several previous election results shows that there are many districts where the United Right, with very little effort, by increasing its result there by one, one and a half percent, can gain an additional MP. Experts say that nationwide, this could mean up to 12 more MPs.”
-- AN UNWISE LEADER TAKES EVERYTHING EMOTIONALLY. AND IS HAPPY LIKE A CHILD THAT ROMAN GIERTYCH, A POLITICIAN COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CIVIC PLATFORM ADVOCATES, CARRYING A DISTINCTIVE PAST BURDEN, IS BECOMING ONE OF THE FACES OF HIS FORMATION - KARNOWSKI CONTINUES: “Therefore, a lot depends on the wise arrangement of lists. A truly 'quick, clever, maneuvering' leader of a political camp focuses on such matters. And sends politicians who pull lists well and mobilize voters to districts that offer such chances. Like Kukiz to Opole. If necessary, he sends himself. Because the final result is most important! Especially now, when fractions of a percent can decide. An unwise leader takes everything emotionally. And is happy like a child that Roman Giertych, a politician completely inconsistent with what the Civic Platform advocates, carrying a distinctive past burden, is becoming one of the faces of his formation. He also doesn't understand that Giertych himself will mobilize Law and Justice voters. Will he mobilize KO voters? I doubt it. These are illusions, this is shamanism. It doesn't work like that.”
-- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI IS GOING FOR A THIRD TERM, WHILE DONALD TUSK, IN IDIOTIC SELF-SATISFACTION, IS BATHING IN QUIPS AND MAD, LOUDLY APPLAUDED DECEPTIONS - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI WRITES FURTHER: “Much indicates that Jarosław Kaczyński is going for a third term, and Donald Tusk, in idiotic self-satisfaction, is bathing in quips and mad, loudly applauded deceptions, strange transfers, which as a whole present an image of lack of seriousness, chaos, and lack of focus. Looking back, we will see that no one has ever won elections in free Poland this way. A winning proposal always had to be consistent, logical, and serious.”
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/660367-tusk-zapomnial-ze-ten-sie-smieje-kto-sie-smieje-ostatni
-- PiS POLITICIANS BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF. TUSK HAS KILLED AGROUNIA. IT CEASES TO BE A POLITICAL THREAT - JACEK KARNOWSKI: “The paradox is that now there is no need to talk to Kołodziejczak. He is no longer a trade unionist, an activist, but an ordinary politician. And he can no longer cause trouble as he did before. 'A great relief,' a PiS politician well-versed in rural issues tells us. Now Kołodziejczak is no longer a threat. Farmers have seen who he is, what his credibility is, and what motives drove him. And it will stay that way. Even if Kołodziejczak changes course again and abandons Tusk, it won't change much. It's like this in rural Poland: whoever associates with Tusk, not much is left of them. Kołodziejczak's move to the Platform's lists closes the matter: the battle for the countryside will be decided between Law and Justice and the Polish People's Party (PSL). Tusk's involvement will not only yield him nothing but will, on the contrary, make Jarosław Kaczyński's task easier.”
-- YOU DON'T WIN ELECTIONS WITH ROMAN GIERTYCH'S FACE IN POLAND - JACEK KARNOWSKI CONTINUES: “You don't win elections in Poland with Roman Giertych's face. The impression that Tusk is struggling, that he doesn't know where he's going, that he's resorting to incomprehensibly drastic measures, continues to grow. But we shouldn't be surprised: Tusk hasn't found answers to the campaign lines set by PiS, and he practically can't find them. He will only win if PiS makes some big mistake.”
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/660390-politycy-pis-odetchneli-z-ulga-tusk-usmiercil-agrounie
-- THE ENTIRE OPPOSITION BELIEVED TUSK TOO MUCH. IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE. THEY SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP TO HIM AND BUILT THEIR OWN PARTIES - MAREK PYZA ON WPOLITYCE.PL: “At first, believing that the only remedy for the PiS evil was Doctor Tusk. So they politely listened to his diagnosis, took the prescribed prescription, and are now facing serious side effects that could prove fatal. PSL and Polska 2050 are looking with dread at successive polls, which show that crossing the electoral threshold is not at all certain for them. Lewica is probably not threatened, but they will likely not sleep soundly in the remaining six weeks. They entered into an agreement with Tusk that did not include a win-win principle at all. The only winner was supposed to be the PO leader. Personally, and no one else. Even absolutely prominent figures from recently, such as Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska or Grzegorz Schetyna - he relegated them to the 'chamber of reflection.' To the rest of the parties, he showed that he didn't need them, because he could always mold a new army from celebrities, communist informants, 'activists,' or internet trolls.”
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/660350-duzy-blad-opozycji-nalezalo-sie-postawic-tuskowi
-- MORE THAN HALF OF GERMANS DO NOT WANT FURTHER REFUGEE ACCEPTANCE - ŁUKASZ GRAJEWSKI IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “The influx of migrants, inflation, and the government's incompetence are pushing Germans into the arms of radicals. AfD is rising to second place in the polls and demanding early elections. (...) – Media outlets are emerging, such as Julian Reichelt's nius.de portal, the former editor-in-chief of the tabloid 'Bild,' which are not directly associated with party structures but present topics like migration, LGBT rights, or climate policy in a way very close to AfD's narrative. This, of course, works in its favor – believes Hillje. (...) Instead, coalitions will be formed based not on coherent programs, but on being in opposition to AfD. This will guarantee that AfD is prevented from coming to power, but also chaos resulting from discrepancies between future coalition partners, which can be seen at the federal level today. And no one benefits from chaos more than AfD.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/ponad-polowa-niemcow-nie-chce-dalszego-przyjmowania-uchodzcow-184447
-- CZARNEK: FROM JANUARY 1ST, THE LOWEST-PAID, BEGINNING TEACHER WILL EARN 100% MORE THAN IN 2015 - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2023/09/01/
-- BIRTHDAYS: Mirosław Chojecki, Urszula Augustyn.
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/raport-wybory-parlamentarne-2023/sondaze/news-najnowszy-sondaz-cbos-duda-z-najwiekszym-zaufaniem-potem-zas,nId,6997395
-- 69% OF THOSE WHO POSITIVELY ASSESSED KOŁODZIEJCZAK'S JOINING KO PREVIOUSLY VOTED FOR THE CIVIC COALITION - IBRIS FOR POLSAT: “37% of those assessing positively are women, 41% are men. 34% of those supporting the AgroUnia alliance with KO live in the countryside, while 39% live in large cities (over 250,000 inhabitants). 38% have completed higher education. 11% voted for PiS in the last parliamentary elections. In contrast, 69% cast their vote for the Civic Coalition.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/raport-wybory-parlamentarne-2023/news-najnowszy-sondaz-dla-wydarzen-polacy-o-agrounii-na-listach-k,nId,6978436
-- DECADES OF 'CONCRETE ANTI-PISISM' HAVEN'T BROUGHT THE OPPOSITION VICTORY, AND MOST LIKELY WON'T THIS AUTUMN - RAFAŁ WOŚ IN INTERIA: “Decades of 'concrete anti-PiSism' haven't brought the opposition victory. And most likely won't this autumn. But I have a feeling that instead of taking responsibility, the liberal tribal elders will start a festival of excuses and scapegoating. The so-called 'symetrists' are already being prepared for the latter role.”
-- THE POLITICAL ELITE AND THE ANTI-PIS TRIBE'S ELDERS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT THERE IS APPARENTLY... NOT ENOUGH ANTI-PISISM - WOŚ CONTINUES: “However, the political elite and the anti-PiS tribal elders have concluded that there is apparently... not enough anti-PiSism. And like someone trying to communicate in a foreign language they don't know, they think that speaking MORE SLOWLY and LOUDER!!! will definitely get the message across. As a result, the years 2020-2023 were also a time of anti-PiSism+ in liberal politics and public discourse, a radicalism tightened by a vice to the limit of material endurance. It's a time of increasingly rigid rejection of everything the government does. And increasingly loud pronouncements against those who don't join the latest moral panics.”
-- THE 'SYMMETRIST' SCARECROW WILL LIKELY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN AVOIDING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE NEXT ELECTORAL DEFEAT OF HARDCORE ANTI-PISISM, WHICH THE ELDERS HAVE BEEN PROMOTING FOR YEARS - RAFAŁ WOŚ WRITES FURTHER: “The more the old anti-symetrist cannons are brought out again by the titans of anti-PiS public discourse, the more it seems to me that this revival of symmetrism has a hidden purpose. Here, the 'symetrist' scarecrow will likely play an important role in avoiding responsibility for the next electoral defeat of hardcore anti-PiSism, which the elders have been promoting for years. Because – in all common sense – after another defeat, they should somehow take responsibility. Say – well damn, this isn't working, let's do it differently, let's listen to someone else. When a coach loses his 11th game in a row, one can expect his resignation. Or at least a change in tactics or team formation.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-symetrysta-to-idealny-koziol-ofiarny,nId,6997152
-- POLISH POLITICS IS TRULY PITIFUL - JAROSŁAW KUISZ IN INTERIA: “One might get the impression that cyberspace is like the summer of 1939. We are still fooling ourselves that the worst will not happen in cyberspace. Party polarization that flattens minds is rampant. And in the mainstream, provincial disputes are ongoing about who should be on this or that electoral list. Polish politics is truly pitiful.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-czy-potrafimy-oddawac-ciosy-w-cyberprzestrzeni-trwaja-zmasow,nId,6992686
-- KACZYŃSKI'S MOVE COULD ACTUALLY MAKE SENSE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF PiS LIST EFFECTIVENESS - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “The PiS leader confirmed his participation in Kielce. Undoubtedly, fleeing Warsaw to avoid Donald Tusk is dictated by the fact that he would lose disastrously to the KO leader in that particular district. However, Kaczyński's move could indeed make sense from the perspective of the effectiveness of PiS lists. As 'Wyborcza' wrote, out of 41 districts, the most seats are to be won in Warsaw, with as many as 20, but the Świętokrzyskie region is second with 16 seats.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,30140437,tak-kaczynski-rozegral-wyborcze-jedynki-ale-wciaz-ma-asa.html
-- THE INTENSITY WITH WHICH GIERTYCH USES AUTHORITARIAN RHETORICAL TOOLS ONLINE INDICATES THAT, DESPITE CHANGING SIDES, HE HIMSELF HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH - JACEK ŻAKOWSKI IN GW: “Democracy is by nature inclusive (the enemy of my enemy is my friend), while authoritarianism is exclusive (who is not with me is an enemy, not a rival). The intensity with which Giertych uses authoritarian rhetorical tools online indicates that, despite changing sides, he himself has not changed much. If the opposition wins, Giertych will therefore become a problem for democrats, as he will pull towards an authoritarian model. But if PiS wins, then anti-PiS Giertych will prove invaluable in the Sejm as a brake on the dictatorial tendencies of the PiS government.”
-- IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LIKE GIERTYCH ON THE LISTS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO VOTE FOR KO - ŻAKOWSKI CONTINUES: “Donald Tusk has likely considered all of this and made a decision that his position in PO allows him. It's his prerogative. If someone doesn't like Giertych on the lists, they don't have to vote for KO. There is no Giertych on the lists of Lewica and Trzecia Droga, and their anti-PiS, democratic identity is indisputable.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,30136583,odczepcie-sie-od-giertycha.html
-- IN REALITY, IT'S THE RESULT OF COLD REASONING: FROM THE ANALYSIS OF SEVERAL PREVIOUS ELECTION RESULTS - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI: “Tusk doesn't understand why Jarosław Kaczyński can run from Kielce. He apparently seriously thinks it's about fear or emotions. In reality, it's the result of cold reasoning: the analysis of several previous election results shows that there are many districts where the United Right, with very little effort, by increasing its result there by one, one and a half percent, can gain an additional MP. Experts say that nationwide, this could mean up to 12 more MPs.”
-- AN UNWISE LEADER TAKES EVERYTHING EMOTIONALLY. AND IS HAPPY LIKE A CHILD THAT ROMAN GIERTYCH, A POLITICIAN COMPLETELY INCONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE CIVIC PLATFORM ADVOCATES, CARRYING A DISTINCTIVE PAST BURDEN, IS BECOMING ONE OF THE FACES OF HIS FORMATION - KARNOWSKI CONTINUES: “Therefore, a lot depends on the wise arrangement of lists. A truly 'quick, clever, maneuvering' leader of a political camp focuses on such matters. And sends politicians who pull lists well and mobilize voters to districts that offer such chances. Like Kukiz to Opole. If necessary, he sends himself. Because the final result is most important! Especially now, when fractions of a percent can decide. An unwise leader takes everything emotionally. And is happy like a child that Roman Giertych, a politician completely inconsistent with what the Civic Platform advocates, carrying a distinctive past burden, is becoming one of the faces of his formation. He also doesn't understand that Giertych himself will mobilize Law and Justice voters. Will he mobilize KO voters? I doubt it. These are illusions, this is shamanism. It doesn't work like that.”
-- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI IS GOING FOR A THIRD TERM, WHILE DONALD TUSK, IN IDIOTIC SELF-SATISFACTION, IS BATHING IN QUIPS AND MAD, LOUDLY APPLAUDED DECEPTIONS - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI WRITES FURTHER: “Much indicates that Jarosław Kaczyński is going for a third term, and Donald Tusk, in idiotic self-satisfaction, is bathing in quips and mad, loudly applauded deceptions, strange transfers, which as a whole present an image of lack of seriousness, chaos, and lack of focus. Looking back, we will see that no one has ever won elections in free Poland this way. A winning proposal always had to be consistent, logical, and serious.”
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/660367-tusk-zapomnial-ze-ten-sie-smieje-kto-sie-smieje-ostatni
-- PiS POLITICIANS BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF. TUSK HAS KILLED AGROUNIA. IT CEASES TO BE A POLITICAL THREAT - JACEK KARNOWSKI: “The paradox is that now there is no need to talk to Kołodziejczak. He is no longer a trade unionist, an activist, but an ordinary politician. And he can no longer cause trouble as he did before. 'A great relief,' a PiS politician well-versed in rural issues tells us. Now Kołodziejczak is no longer a threat. Farmers have seen who he is, what his credibility is, and what motives drove him. And it will stay that way. Even if Kołodziejczak changes course again and abandons Tusk, it won't change much. It's like this in rural Poland: whoever associates with Tusk, not much is left of them. Kołodziejczak's move to the Platform's lists closes the matter: the battle for the countryside will be decided between Law and Justice and the Polish People's Party (PSL). Tusk's involvement will not only yield him nothing but will, on the contrary, make Jarosław Kaczyński's task easier.”
-- YOU DON'T WIN ELECTIONS WITH ROMAN GIERTYCH'S FACE IN POLAND - JACEK KARNOWSKI CONTINUES: “You don't win elections in Poland with Roman Giertych's face. The impression that Tusk is struggling, that he doesn't know where he's going, that he's resorting to incomprehensibly drastic measures, continues to grow. But we shouldn't be surprised: Tusk hasn't found answers to the campaign lines set by PiS, and he practically can't find them. He will only win if PiS makes some big mistake.”
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/660390-politycy-pis-odetchneli-z-ulga-tusk-usmiercil-agrounie
-- THE ENTIRE OPPOSITION BELIEVED TUSK TOO MUCH. IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE. THEY SHOULD HAVE STOOD UP TO HIM AND BUILT THEIR OWN PARTIES - MAREK PYZA ON WPOLITYCE.PL: “At first, believing that the only remedy for the PiS evil was Doctor Tusk. So they politely listened to his diagnosis, took the prescribed prescription, and are now facing serious side effects that could prove fatal. PSL and Polska 2050 are looking with dread at successive polls, which show that crossing the electoral threshold is not at all certain for them. Lewica is probably not threatened, but they will likely not sleep soundly in the remaining six weeks. They entered into an agreement with Tusk that did not include a win-win principle at all. The only winner was supposed to be the PO leader. Personally, and no one else. Even absolutely prominent figures from recently, such as Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska or Grzegorz Schetyna - he relegated them to the 'chamber of reflection.' To the rest of the parties, he showed that he didn't need them, because he could always mold a new army from celebrities, communist informants, 'activists,' or internet trolls.”
https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/660350-duzy-blad-opozycji-nalezalo-sie-postawic-tuskowi
-- MORE THAN HALF OF GERMANS DO NOT WANT FURTHER REFUGEE ACCEPTANCE - ŁUKASZ GRAJEWSKI IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “The influx of migrants, inflation, and the government's incompetence are pushing Germans into the arms of radicals. AfD is rising to second place in the polls and demanding early elections. (...) – Media outlets are emerging, such as Julian Reichelt's nius.de portal, the former editor-in-chief of the tabloid 'Bild,' which are not directly associated with party structures but present topics like migration, LGBT rights, or climate policy in a way very close to AfD's narrative. This, of course, works in its favor – believes Hillje. (...) Instead, coalitions will be formed based not on coherent programs, but on being in opposition to AfD. This will guarantee that AfD is prevented from coming to power, but also chaos resulting from discrepancies between future coalition partners, which can be seen at the federal level today. And no one benefits from chaos more than AfD.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/ponad-polowa-niemcow-nie-chce-dalszego-przyjmowania-uchodzcow-184447
-- CZARNEK: FROM JANUARY 1ST, THE LOWEST-PAID, BEGINNING TEACHER WILL EARN 100% MORE THAN IN 2015 - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2023/09/01/
-- BIRTHDAYS: Mirosław Chojecki, Urszula Augustyn.
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