— DO YOU WANT A PRESIDENT BUILDING A SAFE AND STRONG EUROPE, OR ONE WHO WILL DESTROY IT TOGETHER WITH PUTIN AND HIS ALLIES? – DONALD TUSK: “When President Trzaskowski, Marshal Hołownia, and I opened Poland’s presidency together, K. Nawrocki demonstrated with a group of activists under the slogan Polexit. The question is simple and deadly serious: do you want a president building a safe and strong Europe, or one who will destroy it together with Putin and his allies?”
https://x.com/donaldtusk/status/1875417719899554137

— I AM FOR POLAND IN A UNITED EUROPE. A STRONG POLAND, WHICH CAN STOP THE HARMFUL IDEAS OF YOUR POLITICAL FRIENDS, I.E. THE MIGRATION PACT, THE AGREEMENT WITH MERCOSUR, OR THE GREEN DEAL – NAWROCKI TO TUSK: “I am for Poland in a united Europe. A strong Poland, which can stop the harmful ideas of your political friends, i.e. the migration pact, the agreement with Mercosur, or the green deal. Yesterday I was among Polish Farmers, who were pacified by your subordinate services in front of the Sejm last year. As for Putin – I don’t know him, but I infer from the photos that he is your acquaintance – so please tell him that I am not afraid of his arrest warrants either.”
https://x.com/NawrockiKn/status/1875470140663308762

— SOMEONE HERE HAD A FIT THIS MORNING. RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI ISN’T DOING SO WELL THAT HIS BOSS DONALD TUSK HAS TO RESCUE HIM – PAWEŁ SZEFERNAKER:
https://x.com/szefernaker/status/1875473136021573993

— DONALD “NO ONE WILL OUTSMART ME IN BRUSSELS” TUSK LOVES TO FLEX HIS MUSCLES IN FRONT OF THE MIRROR, BUT HE LACKS THE COURAGE TO BLOCK AGREEMENTS HARMFUL TO POLISH FARMERS – MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI: “Donald ‘no one will outsmart me in Brussels’ Tusk loves to flex his muscles in front of the mirror, but he lacks the courage to block agreements harmful to Polish farmers… Besides, the supervisor from Brussels ignored the event, so Mr. Donald has been nervous lately…”
https://x.com/MorawieckiM/status/1875487549520568729

— TOPICS OF A RECKONING-CHASE NATURE DO NOT RESONATE. INSTEAD, THERE IS A STRONG ECHO OF EXPENSIVE HOLIDAYS – THE MOST EXPENSIVE PEOPLE REMEMBER – RESEARCHER MARCIN DUMA ON X: “However, if you were to stand in line at the store and listen to the conversations of ordinary citizens, you would find that the aforementioned main topics of a reckoning-chase nature do not resonate. Instead, there is a strong echo of expensive Holidays – the most expensive people remember. Could Poles not afford to organize their Holidays? They could. Could they manage to burn millions on fireworks? They managed… However, a bad taste remained.”

— IS THE PROMISE FROM OCTOBER 15TH STILL VALID, OR DO WE NEED TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO RETURN TO THE PATH OF PROSPERITY… – DUMA CONTINUES: “In this societal mood, we are emerging from the holiday pause and beginning to wonder if the promise from October 15th is still valid, or if we need to find another way to return to the path of prosperity… Another way is the same promise, but told differently and by a different promiser…”

— IF YOU CONTINUE TO DEAL WITH SIDE ISSUES, IN MAY THE VOTERS WILL ISSUE YOU A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT IN THE FIRST ROUND AND A WRIT OF EXECUTION IN THE SECOND – DUMA’S CONCLUSION: “Dear Coalition,
This is probably the last call to start fulfilling the basic promise of October 15th. If you continue to deal with side issues, in May the voters will issue you a demand for payment in the first round and a writ of execution in the second.”
https://x.com/MarcinDuma/status/1875260970878026188

— AS FAR AS I KNOW, EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE TO OBTAIN LEGAL OPINIONS THAT WOULD JUSTIFY ANDRZEJ DOMAŃSKI’S FUTURE ACTIONS. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT GOING EASILY — KRZYSZTOF IZDEBSKI FROM THE BATORY FOUNDATION TELLS „FAKT”.
https://www.fakt.pl/polityka/co-z-subwencja-dla-pis-to-rodzi-ogromne-poczucie-niesprawiedliwosci/7lgn2zm

— HOW HAS THE RULE OF LAW IN POLAND CHANGED AFTER ONE YEAR OF TUSK’S GOVERNMENT? – SW RESEARCH POLL FOR RP.PL: “24.4% of respondents replied that the situation had improved. According to 28.2% of respondents, the situation had not changed. 34.8% of participants in the study believe that the situation has worsened. 12.6% of respondents have no opinion on this matter.”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41644841-sondaz-polacy-o-stanie-praworzadnosci-w-polsce-po-roku-rzadow-donalda-tuska

— TUSK ANNOUNCED AN ECONOMIC ELDORADO. TODAY, MOST MEDIA MENTION HIGH PRICES, PROBLEMS OF STATE-OWNED COMPANIES AND PRIVATE FIRMS – PIOTR ZAREMBA IN RZ: “Dry facts, the naked truth. In the election campaign, Donald Tusk announced an economic eldorado. Today, most media mention high prices, problems of state-owned companies and private firms, and difficulties with tax collection. Complicated explanations for perturbations appear, and partly the causes are sought outside Poland.”

— JOURNALISTS FROM LIBERAL MEDIA ARE ALREADY DEBATING HOW TERRIBLE JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI’S REVENGE WILL BE IF HE RETURNS TO POWER. AND WHAT ABOUT TUSK’S RECKONING? HERE AND NOW – ZAREMBA CONTINUES IN RZ.

— INSTEAD OF PIS HELPING EACH OTHER WITH THEIR ELBOWS, TUSK’S COALITION HAS TAKEN DOMINANCE – ZAREMBA CONTINUES: “Instead of PiS helping each other with their elbows, Tusk’s coalition has taken dominance. In public media, journalists conducting political talks are expelling PiS activists from the studio; there have already been several such situations. Paweł Szefernaker, head of the presidential campaign for PiS candidate Karol Nawrocki, is to have his immunity lifted because he faces trial for reposting his party’s legal spot online (in 2018, he shared a tweet with anti-immigration material from PiS). The motion in this matter was already rejected by the previous parliament.”
https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art41639531-piotr-zaremba-smutny-rok-w-polityce

— GERMANY DOES NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO ELON MUSK. AND IF THIS EXCEPTIONALLY IRRITATING GUY IS RIGHT, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS WILL REALIZE THAT SOME SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED ONLY WHEN THEY LOSE ELECTIONS – MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “However, it seems that liberal democrats realize that some significant social changes have occurred only when they lose elections. Wasn’t it like this in November in the USA? The left and liberals believed so strongly in the negative image of Trump that they created, that they were absolutely convinced he could not win the election. He won, and they missed the powerful social changes that have occurred in the USA in recent years.”
https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art41639321-michal-szuldrzynski-niemcy-nie-chca-sluchac-elona-muska-a-jesli-ten-wyjatkowo-irytujacy-typ-ma-racje

— THIS SOUNDS VERY NAIVE FOR AN EXPERT ON THE HISTORY OF THE LAST POLISH 30 YEARS, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO THE PROFESSOR’S ACHIEVEMENTS – PIOTR ZAREMBA IN INTERIA: “The only issue is that these are just stage directions, and the ‘I know, but I won’t tell’ style weakens the impact of these warnings from the outset. They also have other weaknesses. ‘Ruthless and determined to succeed’? Isn’t this essentially true for almost every politician? This sounds very naive for an expert on the history of the last Polish 30 years, with all due respect to the professor’s achievements.”

— SOME OF THESE SENTENCES SOUNDED LIKE NEAR COMPLIMENTS. AND YET THE WHOLE WAS MEANT TO BE ONE BIG WARNING – WRITES ZAREMBA IN INTERIA: “Some of these sentences sounded like near compliments. And yet the whole was meant to be one big warning. The fact that no concrete facts appeared in it, Dudek explained in one way: leaders of the main parties also speak about each other in the manner of ‘I know, I won’t tell.’ At the same time, one could get the impression that some of the online attacks offended or at least surprised the professor. ‘A year of presidential games! The resonance my opinion about the PiS candidate for president caused shows that this year’s presidential games will surpass all previous ones in terms of fervor, hysteria, and stupidity,’ he wrote on Facebook.”

— IN THE FACE OF THESE KINDS OF MOVES, CAN THE QUIET, MODEST NAWROCKI LOOK THREATENING? WHO IS EFFECTIVE TODAY IN BENDING THE ENTIRE STATE TO THEIR WILL? WHO INVALIDATES COURT RULINGS WITH THEIR TWEETS – ZAREMBA FURTHER IN INTERIA: “On top of this is the context of the moment. Prof. Dudek presented his warnings at a time when Donald Tusk almost openly called on his finance minister to break the law, which would be not to pay PiS its due budget funds. Everything indicates that he did so effectively. In the face of these kinds of moves, can the quiet, modest Nawrocki look threatening? Who is effective today in bending the entire state to their will? Who invalidates court rulings with their tweets, and sends prosecutors after opposition politicians? The Prime Minister and coalition leader.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-hajze-na-nawrockiego-czy-jest-grozny,nId,7885357

— THE AXIS OF THE IMAGE DISPUTE BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND PROGRESSIVES RUNS TODAY ALONG THE LINE OF STRENGTH – WEAKNESS, SEVERITY – FRIVOLITY, SOLIDITY – LETHARGY – PROF. MARCIN MATCZAK IN GW: “The axis of the image dispute between conservatives and progressives runs today along the line of strength – weakness, severity – frivolity, solidity – lethargy, asceticism of martial law – hedonism of peacetime. This is not about the true characteristics of a politician or their party, that’s clear, but about how the politician or party is perceived.”

— ONE CAN LAUGH AT THIS POMPOSITY, BUT IT CANNOT BE IGNORED. MANY PEOPLE HAVE AN IRREFUTABLE AND JUSTIFIED IMPRESSION THAT THE WORLD IS BURNING – PROF. MATCZAK CONTINUES IN GW: “The right wing is doing everything it can to convince people that when it is at war, others are on vacation. It gladly poses and puts on a Mussolini-like beard so that people believe that when it is worried about the fate of Poland and its geopolitical security, its opponents are either playing games or walking in cheerful parades. One can laugh at this pomposity, but it cannot be ignored. Many people have an irrefutable and justified impression that the world is burning.”

— THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN POLAND WILL BE WON BY A SERIOUS, SEVERE CANDIDATE WHO GIVES PEOPLE A SENSE OF AGENCY. FOR NOW, THE CITIZEN’S COALITION’S AGENCY IS WEAK – MATCZAK WRITES FURTHER: “Therefore, it seems to me that the next presidential elections in Poland will be won by a serious, severe candidate who gives people a sense of agency. For now, the Citizen’s Coalition’s agency is weak. The Sejm commissions investigating PiS’s wrongdoings cannot get to the bottom of it. Reckonings for the attack on the rule of law are limping, as Andrzej Duda repeatedly shoots them in the knee.”

— NOW THIS CHAOS WORKS TO THE DETRIMENT OF TUSK’S GOVERNMENT, NOT PIS – MATCZAK’S CONCLUSION: “This is the main element solidifying right-wing legal thought, thanks to which poorly functioning courts after the ‘reform’ operate hopelessly, and furthermore, in a huge number of cases, they are unable to issue irrefutable judgments. But now this chaos works to the detriment of Tusk’s government, not PiS.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31583565,worek-cementu-rekawice-bokserskie-a-moze-tramwaj-szukamy.html

— CHAOS IN THE STATE ALWAYS BENEFITS THE RULERS LESS THAN THOSE WHO WISH TO STRIP THEM OF POWER – CEZARY MICHALSKI IN INTERIA: “In the interpretation of the latest resolution of the National Electoral Commission, even the members of the body that issued the resolution have divided themselves. This is the best illustration of the legal, systemic, and political chaos prevailing in Poland today. Chaos in the state always benefits the rulers less than those who wish to strip them of power. However, in the end, we will all pay the price for this chaos.”

— THE KEY ELEMENT OF LEGITIMIZING POWER IS BOTH THE ABILITY TO TAKE FULL CONTROL OF THE STATE AND THE ABILITY TO LOWER THE LEVEL OF CONFLICT – CEZARY MICHALSKI CONTINUES: “In this blocked state, with an escalating and radicalizing political conflict, Tusk appeals to ‘fighting democracy.’ He takes actions on the border of the law (e.g., without laws blocked by the president and the Constitutional Tribunal), which never benefits those in power and always weakens their legitimacy. The key element of legitimizing power is indeed both the ability to take full control of the state and the ability to lower the level of conflict dividing the society and state governed by that power.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-pkw-poglebila-chaos-panujacy-w-polsce,nId,7885249

— BRAUN CAN RUN IN THE ELECTIONS. IN KONFEDERACJA, THEY FEAR HE WILL RUIN THEIR PLANS – TOMASZ NYCZKA IN GW: “When it comes to decisions of this type, Grzegorz Braun never comes too early and never too late. At the moment, there is no official decision that could be made public to the media – says Marta Czech from Grzegorz Braun’s Korona party, and admits: – We are considering the arguments for and against. Robert Winnicki, a former MP of Konfederacja and former head of the National Movement, currently outside politics but informed about Konfederacja matters, spoke about such a scenario a few days ago on his YouTube channel, where Grzegorz Braun could also run.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,31586409,braun-moze-wystartowac-w-wyborach-w-konfederacji-obawiaja-sie.html

— IF SOMEONE WAS BORN WHEN JAN KRZYSZTOF BIELECKI BECAME PRIME MINISTER, THEY ARE NOW TURNING 34! JKB served as prime minister from January 4, 1991, to December 6, 1991.

— BIRTHDAYS: Stanisław Wądołowski, Andrzej Adamczyk, Marek Borowski turns 78, Bartosz Węglarczyk 53, Sławomir Wiatr. SUNDAY: Andrzej Mleczko, Maria Bnińska, Michał Lorenc Jr., MONDAY: Elżbieta Radziszewska, Maciej Żakowski.