-- SŁAWOMIR ROGOWSKI, aka "LIBERO," APPOINTED DEPUTY HEAD OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE AND NATIONAL HERITAGE - WPOLITYCE: “What was omitted from the new deputy minister’s biography provided by the ministry is his past in the Polish People’s Republic (PRL), where he was a activist of the Union of Socialist Polish Youth (ZSMP), and he is also listed in the IPN [Institute of National Remembrance] catalogue as a secret informant of the Security Service (SB) under the pseudonym 'Libero'. https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/701457-agent-sb-w-rzadzie-tuska-rogowski-zostal-wiceszefem-mkidn -- BUDKA: THE INDEPENDENT TRIBUNAL SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE ENTIRETY OF PIS'S ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/08/06 -- UKRAINIANS CAN BREATHE A SIGH OF RELIEF. NEITHER DEMOCRATS NOR REPUBLICANS WILL LEAVE THEM IN PUTIN'S HANDS - MATTHEW KAMINSKI IN POLITICO: “Biden slowed down arms deliveries and imposed restrictions on their use for fear of escalating the conflict with a nuclear power, which in hindsight seems exaggerated. Biden’s caution and frequent indecisiveness during the war have hindered Ukraine's campaign and frayed nerves in Kyiv. (...) Trump consciously adopted a more realistic, bordering on internationalist, approach to Ukraine. Let us remember, and Ukrainians certainly do, that in 2017 his administration armed Ukrainians with Javelins, which saved them two years ago. In contrast, Barack Obama refused to arm them after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 and began a proxy war in eastern Ukraine.” https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/ani-kamala-harris-ani-donald-trump-nie-zostawi-ukrainy-putinowi-opinia/5syc1j5,79cfc278 -- IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THE NEW GOVERNMENT IS CONDUCTING A PARTICULARLY ACTIVE OR EFFECTIVE IMAGE POLICY - TOMASZ SAWCZUK IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “It seems that if there was an awareness of this kind within Civic Platform back then, it should exist today as well. Meanwhile, it doesn't look like the current government is conducting a particularly active or effective image policy – it doesn't boast about its successes very much, and not in a very systematic way. And this can backfire.” -- LATELY, THEY INCREASINGLY RESEMBLE SCRAPES WITH UNKNOWN FUNCTION RATHER THAN DISCUSSIONS - SAWCZUK CONTINUES IN KL: “Meanwhile, we have rather recriminations and nervousness. The abortion conflict is not the only point of contention. For example, difficulties arise in agreeing on the amendment to the health insurance contribution rate, where the Third Way proposes a radical reduction in the rate, which would cause a significant budget problem. On Friday, Poland 2050 launched an attack on the 0% credit project, which would cause an unnecessary further increase in housing prices – but Civic Coalition clearly does not want to back down from this. Of course, discussions in a coalition government are normal and there is no need to dramatize this phenomenon excessively – but lately, they increasingly resemble skirmishes with an unknown function rather than discussions.” https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2024/08/05/sawczuk-pekniecia-w-koalicji-trzy-problemy-rzadu-donalda-tuska/ -- THE COALITION IS IMPLEMENTING THE PIS IDEA. THE HOUSING MARKET IS TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT - JUSTYNA SOBOLAK IN GW: “Ultimately, however, the portal was not launched, but the new ruling team did not abandon the idea. It has, however, changed the name of the service. It is to function as the Portal of Data on Housing Transactions, in short: Portal DOM. The draft law on this matter has been included in the Council of Ministers' work schedule. According to announcements, legislative work is to conclude in the fourth quarter of this year.” https://wyborcza.biz/biznes/7,147758,31205127,rzadzacy-realizuja-pomysl-pis-rynek-mieszkaniowy-ma-byc-bardziej.html -- THE PREGNANCY REGISTER CEASES TO BE SURVEILLANCE AND WILL REMAIN - ACCORDING TO PAP, THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MAINTAINS THE REGISTER: https://x.com/PAPinformacje/status/1820732101458637093 -- HOW KRZYSZTOF STANOWSKI MOCKED STONOGA AND THE MEDIA: https://x.com/K_Stanowski/status/1820699119859446182 -- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Zagórski, Jerzy Żyżyński, Jacek Poniedziałek, Violetta Porowska, Alicja Kaczorowska, Tomasz Smolarz.