-- RYSZARD PETRU ON THE WARSAW LIST OF TRZECIA DROGA: https://300polityka.pl/live/2023/09/02/ -- CAMPAIGN RECORD - PIS AD "TUSK=UNEMPLOYMENT" REACHES 4 MILLION VIEWS IN 10 HOURS: https://twitter.com/Polityka_wSieci/status/1697847522738291083?s=20

-- LACK OF REPARATIONS FOR POLAND ALSO MEANS THAT GERMANY HAS NOT FINALLY CLOSED ITS ACCOUNT WITH THE PAST AND EFFECTIVELY REJECTS THE HERITAGE OF THE THIRD REICH HANGING OVER IT - POLISH AMBASSADOR DURING CEREMONIES IN BERLIN:
https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,127561,30145955,rocznica-ii-wojny-swiatowej-ostre-slowa-ambasadora-polski-w.html

-- FRANEK STERCZEWSKI WILL REMAIN ON THE KO LISTS AFTER ALL - HEAD OF THE KO CAMPAIGN OFFICE ANNOUNCED:
https://twitter.com/WiolaPaprocka/status/1697891667804647681?s=20

-- PUNISHMENT FOR QUESTIONING GERTYCH. KO WANTS TO REMOVE MP STERCZEWSKI FROM THE ELECTORAL LIST - TOMASZ NYCZKA IN GW: "In PO, we hear that the politicians discussed these posts during a meeting of the so-called college of the Civic Coalition club. And then Sterczewski was told to back off with his criticism of Giertych. But soon after, he published another post on Twitter, which caused fury within Platform. We hear in PO that politicians disliked Sterczewski's posts because they interpreted them as criticism of how the list was arranged. It was decided that the decision regarding Sterczewski would be made by Chairman Tusk. Whether this weekend or only afterwards, it is unknown. Our sources are convinced that this is the end of Sterczewski's career. - He committed hara-kiri himself - one hears in the party".

-- I TOLD HIM HE BEHAVED AWKWARDLY - FURTHER IN THE GW ARTICLE: "No decisions have been made yet in this matter. They are in the hands of the national board and the party leader," MP Waldy Dzikowski, deputy head of PO in Wielkopolska and deputy chairman of the Civic Coalition club, tells 'Wyborcza'. "I talked to Franek and told him that, to put it mildly, he behaved awkwardly. I try to be always honest and open. I told him that he made fatal mistakes and did not behave prudently, and that it did not serve our cause," adds Dzikowski, but qualifies: "It is not up to me to decide his future fate".
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,30145557,dymisja-w-msz-po-wizycie-cba-kulisy-odwolania-piotra-wawrzyka.html

-- I BELIEVE ANDRZEJ LEPPER DID NOT COMMIT SUICIDE. IN MY OPINION, HE WAS MURDERED - MICHAŁ KOŁODZIEJCZAK IN A CONVERSATION WITH MAGDALENA RIGAMONTI ON ONET: "Michał Kolodziejczak: I know for sure that there are no impossible things to do. Andrzej Lepper also said that. For a very long time, they made him a person who should stand aside, whose place was on the sidelines. And then they killed him. There is no evidence of this. They killed him first with words, which turned out to be lies. I believe Andrzej Lepper did not commit suicide. In my opinion, he was murdered. By whom? By speaking inconvenient truths, he angered many. It was dangerous for business intertwined with politics." -- I WILL NEVER BE AN ORDINARY MP - KOŁODZIEJCZAK FURTHER IN THE CONVERSATION WITH RIGAMONTI ON ONET: "- Do you want to be the Minister of Agriculture or not? - Today I was at Bronisze at the fruit and vegetable exchange... - If you are an ordinary MP... - I will never be an ordinary MP. - If you become Minister of Agriculture, you will have more influence than even an extraordinary MP. And if you also become Deputy Prime Minister. - Madam Editor. - I'm asking what you agreed with Donald Tusk about. - I want to be a person with whom ordinary people in Poland, who build our country with hard work every day, will identify. - Will you answer me like this for a long time? - If people identify with me, then any of these political options, functions you mentioned, will mean that all the matters that concern me will be resolved." -- I WILL FIGHT FOR EVERY POSITION - KOŁODZIEJCZAK TELLS RIGAMONTI: "- Didn't the people from Platform order you to only talk about agriculture? - Everyone knows by now that I cannot be ordered around, that I am tenacious. - You are also a threat to Donald Tusk's subordinates. - Perhaps. However, I will fight for every position. - How many people from your group are on the KO lists for the Sejm? - About ten. Usually in the last, often winnable seats." -- KOSINIAK HAS A WEAK CHARACTER AND HOŁOWNIA HAS NONE AT ALL - KOŁODZIEJCZAK FURTHER TO RIGAMONTI ON ONET: "- Donald Tusk has character. - Earlier you said about Tusk that he set Poland back centuries. Did he remind you of that? - No, no one reminded anyone of anything. I think he is a person who realizes what's at stake. He has seen a lot in his political life, he has a great track record. - Well, let me ask again: Doesn't Kosiniak-Kamysz have character? - I think he has a weak one. Unfortunately. - And Szymon Hołownia? - He has none at all. The history of these conversations is quite devious. When you make agreements with coalition partners, with PSL and Polska 2050, who publicly say they have agreed, that they are working together, and then invite them for separate meetings, then..." -- MAYBE THE PSL SHOULD HAVE SOME TRAINING IN OPERATING PHONES AND MESSENGERS - KOŁODZIEJCZAK TELLS RIGAMONTI: "When I was about to go for joint talks, I received an SMS from Polska 2050: let's meet 15 minutes earlier, because we won't go for joint talks. This is not how elections work, where such an approach is effective. A little over a month ago, I met Szymon Hołownia at the entrance to a church. We were both going to the last mass, at 9:30 PM, at the Dominicans. He says maybe we should meet. He's unserious. He insults me publicly, and a moment later suggests we meet and talk about life. It's a parody. Are such people supposed to change Poland? I'll tell you one more thing about SMS messages. Marek Sawicki from PSL sent me an SMS, apparently by mistake. It was supposed to be an SMS to Kosiniak-Kamysz. After this SMS, I know it's not worth talking to PSL any longer. Sawicki didn't just comment on me in this SMS. - Will you read it to me? - No. I can tell you. It was about PSL outplaying me and the entire Agrounia. After this message, PSL ceased to be credible for me. Besides, maybe PSL should get some training in operating phones and messengers. This is all weak politics, politics of building your own tribes." -- THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT MATTERS THAN ABORTION - KOŁODZIEJCZAK FURTHER TO RIGAMONTI: "PiS is playing the abortion card. They divide Poles with abortion, and Poles let themselves be divided and pitted against each other. And we all know that there are other, even more important matters to deal with. (...) These are difficult issues, especially for voters from the provinces... (...) If the Civic Coalition wants to gain more support, it must also notice other people. I have already said that for me, women's rights must be agreed upon by women. If they are agreed upon, I will endorse them. Whatever they want, they will get." -- FOR THE ENVIRONMENT I REPRESENT, LGBT IS NOT A PRIMARY ISSUE. I WILL CERTAINLY NOT SAY THAT POLAND OUTSIDE OF LARGE CITIES SHOULD CHANGE BY FORCE, SHOULD RENOUNCE TRADITIONS, VALUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO MANY PEOPLE - KOŁODZIEJCZAK FURTHER TO RIGAMONTI ON ONET: "Today, for the environment I represent, this is not a primary issue. Today I am going into elections with specific matters to address. It's no secret that PiS plays with both abortion and LGBT. I won't play with these issues, nor do I intend to stigmatize anyone. I would like to give people freedom and full awareness in making decisions. But I will certainly not say that Poland outside of large cities should change by force, should renounce traditions, values that are important to many people. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/dlaczego-kolodziejczak-odmowil-trzeciej-drodze-holownia-sie-mnie-boi/8cpg0w5,79cfc278

-- THIS PASSIONATELY EGALITARIAN TONE SOUNDS RIDICULOUS COMING FROM A EUROPEAN POLITICIAN, WHO COLLECTS A HUGE EU PENSION AND HAD TROUBLE FINDING MONEY DURING HIS GOVERNANCE IN POLAND TO ENSURE A DECENT LIFE FOR THE AVERAGE WORKER - ZAREMBA FURTHER: "On top of that, this passionately egalitarian tone sounds ridiculous coming from a European politician, who collects a huge EU pension and had trouble finding money during his governance in Poland to ensure a decent life for the average worker. Does he himself believe that he is a figure inheriting the deposit of the Solidarity fighters? I don't think so, I knew him as a sharp guy. I don't doubt, however, that at least some of his listeners believed him. And this reveals the comedic, superficial nature of our politics. Regardless of the fact that there is something to it." -- TUSK HAS OPTED FOR COMPLETE FARCE. HE DRESSED UP IN THE COSTUME OF A SOLIDARITY REBELLION ORGANIZER FROM THE YEARS 1980-1981. THIS RHETORIC FREES HIM FROM ANY PROGRAMMATIC CONCRETENESS - WRITES PIOTR ZAREMBA: "Poles are to buy a pig in a poke. Vote for someone whose future policies they can only guess at. He is the new Lech Wałęsa, and he had the right in the 80s not to announce any specifics beyond freeing Poland from tyranny." https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-maskarada-czyli-donald-tusk-w-roli-nowego-walesy-na-rocznice,nId,6998900

-- GIERTYCH VS SHOSTAK. ABORTION AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS ALWAYS FALL VICTIM TO "SERIOUS" POLITICS - MAGDALENA CHRZCZONOWICZ ON OKO.PRESS: "Abortion and women's rights have "special" status. A politician will not be removed from a list for being a conservative, because everyone's knees go weak at the thought of punishing someone simply for being "pro-life". For some reason, women's rights must give way to the wisdom of the moment. (...) Abortion is not a Polish raison d'état. Abortion and women's rights have "special" status. A politician will not be removed from a list for being a conservative, because everyone's knees go weak at the thought of punishing someone simply for being "pro-life". Even though the party's program includes the right to abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy, the politician remains on the list and that's that." -- BECAUSE WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE ALWAYS TREATED LENIENTLY - CHRZCZONOWICZ FURTHER ON OKO: "Because women's rights are always treated leniently. No one will die for them. It is assumed that women will endure it, forgive, understand that there are other priorities. They will rage for a moment - as women do - but they will endure. Perhaps it is enough to praise them in the program, that they are fighting so bravely, have created grassroots activist structures, are behind the largest street protests in years. Well, they deserve praise. But when it comes to serious matters, such as electoral lists, women's rights must give way to truly urgent matters." -- WHICH MEANS: WELL, HEY, ABORTION IS SOME KIND OF DETAIL, A MATTER OF WORLDVIEW, ENOUGH ALREADY AND LET'S GO TO THE ELECTIONS - CHRZCZONOWICZ FURTHER ON OKO: "Which means: well, hey, abortion is some kind of detail, a matter of worldview, enough already and let's go to the elections. We are thus learning that issues referred to in public discourse as "worldview issues" are less important, they need to be put aside. And abortion and women's rights (but also, for example, LGBTQ rights) have always been considered "worldview issues", concerning conscience or religion and as such considered apolitical, i.e. unimportant. Maybe we'll deal with them someday, but first let's win the election." https://oko.press/giertych-shostak-aborcja-i-prawa-kobiet

-- IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT A SIGNAL THAT THE KACZYŃSKI TEAM DOES NOT ABANDON THOSE WHO BETRAYED THEIR EARLIER POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT FOR THE UNITED RIGHT AND WILL STAND BY THEM TO THE END - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: "Interestingly, PiS itself is not worried about Bąkiewicz's criticism at all. They believe it concerns the urban, liberal bubble that would not vote for PiS anyway, so this matter cannot harm the party and can only help on the right. It's different with Mejza, as his businesses are not liked even by PiS politicians. He is considered an alien body that harms the image of the "sheriff party". Mejza is a candidate of the coalition's Republicans, who want him to be on the joint lists. It's probably about a signal that the Kaczyński team does not abandon those who betrayed their earlier political environment for the United Right and will stand by them to the end." -- WHAT DO THE JOINT PHOTOS OF BĄKIEWICZ AND KOŁODZIEJCZAK TELL US ABOUT POLITICS? - SZUŁDRZYŃSKI FURTHER: "And only the joint photos of Bąkiewicz and Kołodziejczak from a few years ago, when both politicians still collaborated, will be used by symmetrists as proof that both Kaczyński and Tusk are ready to take anyone onto their lists - regardless of their past, views, controversies - who is able to bring in some votes and tip the scales of victory in their favor. For others, this photo will be a symbol that in Polish politics, anything is truly possible." https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art39042161-michal-szuldrzynski-do-czego-jaroslaw-kaczynski-potrzebuje-roberta-bakiewicza-i-lukasza-mejzy

-- ON THE OCCASION OF GIERTYCH'S INCLUSION ON THE LISTS, TO WHAT EXTENT ARE VIEWS ON THIS OR THAT MATTER TRULY A VALUE FOR THE LEADER OF THEIR PARTY, AND TO WHAT EXTENT JUST A TOOL THAT WILL BE CALMLY DISCARDED - TOMASZ TERLIKOWSKI IN RZ: "Bogusław Sonik and Joanna Fabisiak will no longer run from PO, and many believing Catholics will have to face the question in this party: what is more important to them: running in the elections and obeying the leader (who, as Roman Giertych's history shows, can, if he wants, "dispense" from certain requirements) or rather loyalty to conscience and the teachings of the Church? Others should ask themselves, precisely on the occasion of Giertych's inclusion on the lists, to what extent are views on this or that matter truly a value for the leader of their party, and to what extent just a tool that will be calmly discarded when the party leader decides it's better that way." https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39035331-tomasz-p-terlikowski-przypadek-romana-giertycha-rzecz-o-wiernosci-sumieniu

-- DID TUSK SEAL THE PRESIDENTIAL AGREEMENT WITH TRZASKOWSKI AT CAMPUS? - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: "Tusk also said: 'We agreed that Trzaskowski will do good things for Poland in the coming years, Rafał trusted me and knows that I have very important things to do in Poland in the coming weeks, perhaps months.' This looks like a renewed sealing of the agreement, according to which Trzaskowski will be the Civic Coalition's presidential candidate in 2025." -- SHOW ME SUCH A POLITICAL PHILANTHROPIST WHO PROMOTES COMPETITORS - WIELOWIEYSKA FURTHER IN GW ABOUT TRZASKOWSKI: "We have heard so much complaining that the Civic Coalition wants to crush smaller opposition committees and even cannibalize them. And yet, the vice-chairman of Civic Platform, Rafał Trzaskowski, is organizing a popular, media-loud event and, during the election campaign, invites all these leaders of smaller parties who, mind you, primarily praise their electoral lists and argue that it's better to vote for them than for KO. And they appear on the same terms as Tusk. Show me such a political philanthropist who promotes competitors." https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,30139466,rafal-mi-zaufal-czy-na-campusie-tusk-przypieczetowal-prezydencka.html

-- THE CBA'S TRACE IN WAWRZYK'S RESIGNATION - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI AND PAWEŁ WROŃSKI IN GW: "If the CBA is involved, the matter must have a corruption basis. In this context, our sources indicate that the reason for Wawrzyk's troubles may be the activities of Jakub Osajda. He is a former assistant in the minister's parliamentary office and, according to our information, a family member of Wawrzyk. In 2015, he tried to get into the Sejm from the PiS list but did not win a mandate. Osajda has been the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office since spring this year, before that he was its deputy head, and then acting general director of the MFA. He was widely reported in connection with the awarding of PLN 6 million to a company from Kielce, where he previously worked, for servicing Poland's OSCE presidency, with an additional PLN 1.5 million supplement - this was done bypassing procedures." https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,30145557,dymisja-w-msz-po-wizycie-cba-kulisy-odwolania-piotra-wawrzyka.html

-- THE OPPOSITION WOULD PROBABLY PREFER TO SELL EVERYTHING AND REACH THE POINT WHERE WE BUY GREEN ENERGY FROM GERMANY. AND SHUT DOWN POWER PLANTS AND MINES UNDER ANY PRETEXT, LIKE THEY AGREED TO SHUT DOWN TURÓW - MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI: "Poland must rapidly develop modern energy so that European Commission policy, largely serving Germany, does not suffocate us. And it is doing so effectively under PiS rule. The plan adopted by the government, assuming a two-pronged approach, i.e., NABE and simultaneous investments by energy companies in RES, is an optimal plan for Poland. It's good that PGE Polska Energia is the first company to incorporate its strategy into this plan. Others must do so too. This is not about praising anyone, but one only needs to listen to what other parties propose to conclude that only Law and Justice has a coherent, safe, good idea for energy transformation. It can do so thanks to the NABE concept and thanks to keeping energy companies in Polish hands. The opposition would probably prefer to sell everything and reach the point where we buy green energy from Germany. And shut down power plants and mines under any pretext, like they agreed to shut down Turów. Let's remember, if Polish companies do not supply cheaper green energy, we will have the most expensive energy in Europe because of CO2 emission fees. Maybe this is what the authors of this witch hunt want? Maybe they want to hand over the mines not to NABE, but sell them off to Germany? It's not by chance that the opposition cannot give a short answer to a simple referendum question about the sale of national assets." https://wpolityce.pl/gospodarka/660833-komu-przeszkadza-ze-uciekamy-spod-unijnego-topora

-- SEPTEMBER 11, MONDAY, 9:10 PM: SIMULTANEOUSLY ON BOTH CHANNELS, I.E., TVP KULTURA AND JEDYNKA, THE PREMIERE OF THE TELEVISION THEATRE ACCORDING TO PIOTR ZAREMBA'S SCRIPT. -- PIOTR ZAREMBA ABOUT HIS PLAY IN A CONVERSATION WITH MICHAŁ PŁOCIŃSKI IN RZ: "It's a story largely about resistance, rebellion, but perhaps I'll answer you best with an example. In the audio drama, the character of Bolek was played by Krzysztof Godlewski, a recent graduate of the Warsaw Theatre Academy. It so happened that shortly after the recordings, he went with his colleagues to Ukraine to transport refugees to Poland. His attitude proved that the ideals that Bolek and his colleagues believed in are still alive. I'll say more: today, the themes of violence, the pressure associated with it, and reactions to threats are more current than a few years ago. But of course, it's also a story about many other things. For example, about how at different moments a person behaves differently. Sometimes they rise to the occasion, and sometimes they don't. They break, they fall, and then they get up. Even Korn, the boy who informs on Bolek practically all the time, brilliantly played by Wojtek Wereśniak, is tragic, ambiguous." https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art39035431-piotr-zaremba-czasow-stalinizmu-nie-mozna-oceniac-wedlug-kryteriow-nawet-z-pozniejszego-prl

-- MATA, SANAH, KWIAT JABŁONI AND OTHER HEIR APPARENT POP STARS INVEST RESOURCES IN PECULIAR IMAGE CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE MEANT TO DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM THE ACCUSATIONS THAT THEY OWE EVERYTHING TO THEIR PARENTS AND SOCIAL PRIVILEGE AT EVERY STAGE OF THEIR CAREERS - ŁUKASZ LACHECKI IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: "Polish pop music, as I have written many times, has been dominated by the children of rich parents - the so-called 'bananowcy' (rich kids). At the same time, Mata, Sanah, and Kwiat Jabłoni invest resources in peculiar media activities to distance themselves from accusations that they owe everything to their parents and privilege at every stage of their careers." https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kultura/w-ktorych-rajach-podatkowych-kwiat-jabloni-ukrywa-swoj-kapital-kulturowy/

-- BIRTHDAYS: Ryszard Terlecki, bp. Krzysztof Zadarko, Ewa Kołodziej. SUNDAY: Jacek Karnowski, Michał Karnowski, Izabela Leszczyna.