— EVEN IF FACEBOOK'S TRANSFORMATION PROVES REAL AND PROFOUND, EXERCISING NEWLY GRANTED FREEDOM IN EUROPE WILL STILL REQUIRE COURAGE – JAN ROKITA IN WSZYSTKO CO NAJWAŻNIEJSZE: “Even if Facebook's transformation proves real and profound, exercising newly granted freedom in Europe will still require courage. It is not by chance that Zuckerberg points to Europe and Latin America as regions where efforts to intensify ideological censorship of the media are multiplying. In Brussels and European capitals, intensive deliberations are underway on a dilemma that has recently taken on the characteristics of squaring the circle: how can one strike at the platform X, owned by the hated Musk, without compromising the interests that EU states have with the USA?”

— EVERY EUROPEAN WHO BELIEVES IN FREEDOM SHOULD WISH EUROPE DEFEAT IN THIS AXIOLOGICAL STRUGGLE WITH AMERICA – JAN ROKITA CONTINUES: “This is a dangerous prospect for Europe, which would like to make censorship a pillar of 'European values'. And I have the impression that perhaps every European who believes in freedom should wish Europe defeat in this axiological struggle with America today.”
https://wszystkoconajwazniejsze.pl/jan-rokita-zuckerberg-cud-na-facebooku/

— ZUCKERBERG ON ROGAN: CENSORSHIP ON FACEBOOK WAS 'SOMETHING OUT OF 1984' – AXIOS: “Zuckerberg said that the fact-checking process at his company was 'something out of 1984' and led to a widespread belief that the fact-checkers employed by his company 'were too biased.'
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-facebook-censorship-biden

— IN HIS THREE-HOUR APPEARANCE ON ROGAN'S PODCAST, ZUCKERBERG REPEATS MANY POINTS REGULARLY RAISED BY THIEL AND ANDREESSEN — AND INDIRECTLY BLAMES SANDBERG AND CLEGG – AXIOS: “While Sandberg and Clegg came to Facebook with public service experience, Zuckerberg's board was dominated by tech entrepreneurs, most notably Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen. Both Thiel and Andreessen have become very active supporters of Trump, harboring a deep distrust of government and the 'DEEP STATE.' The fact is: in his three-hour appearance on Rogan's podcast, Zuckerberg repeats many points regularly raised by Thiel and Andreessen — and indirectly blames Sandberg and Clegg.”
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/10/mark-zuckerberg-rogan-trump-government

— MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS, BUREACRACIES, UNIVERSITIES AND GOVERNMENT-FUNDED NGOS THAT TRADITIONALLY DEFINED THE BOUNDARIES OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION – PETER THIEL – CO-FOUNDER OF PAYPAL, EARLY INVESTOR IN FACEBOOK, SPACEX, AND LINKEDIN, FOUNDER OF PALANTIR IN FT: “Apocalypse is the most peaceful way to resolve the old guard's war on the internet, a war the internet has won. My friend and colleague Eric Weinstein calls the pre-internet gatekeepers of secrets the Distributed Idea Suppression Complex (DISC) — media organizations, bureaucracies, universities, and government-funded NGOs that traditionally defined the boundaries of public conversation.”

— HOWEVER, WE CANNOT WAIT SIX DECADES TO END THE BLOCKADE ON FREE DISCUSSION ABOUT COVID-19 – PETER THIEL CONTINUES IN FT: “However, we cannot wait six decades to end the blockade on free discussion about Covid-19. From email requests by senior advisor to Anthony Fauci, David Morens, we learned that the apparatchiks of the National Institutes of Health hid their correspondence from review under the Freedom of Information Act. 'Nothing,' Boccaccio wrote in his medieval epic about the plague, The Decameron, 'is so indecent that it cannot be said to another person, if one uses the right words to convey it.'”

— WE CANNOT EXPECT ANYTHING BETTER FROM THE ORWELLIAN DICTATORSHIPS IN EAST ASIA AND EURASIA, BUT WE MUST SUPPORT A FREE INTERNET IN OCEANIA – THIEL WRITES IN FT: “Were we complicit in recent Australian legislation requiring age verification for social media users, the beginning of the end of anonymity online? Did we gather for even two minutes of criticism of Great Britain, which arrests hundreds of people annually for online speech that causes, among other things, 'irritation, inconvenience, or unnecessary anxiety'? We cannot expect anything better from the Orwellian dictatorships in East Asia and Eurasia, but we must support a free internet in Oceania.”

— OUR ANCIEN REGIME, LIKE THE ARISTOCRACY OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY FRANCE, THOUGHT THE PARTY WOULD NEVER END – THIEL CONTINUES: “Our ancien regime, like the aristocracy of pre-revolutionary France, thought the party would never end. 2016 shook their historical faith in the arc of the moral universe, but by 2020, they hoped to write off Trump as an aberration. In hindsight, 2020 was an aberration, a rearguard action by a fighting regime and its Struldbruggian ruler. There will be no reactionary restoration of the pre-internet past.”
https://www.ft.com/content/a46cb128-1f74-4621-ab0b-242a76583105

— AS PRESIDENT, I WILL NEVER AGREE TO CENSORSHIP ONLINE. IF ANYONE TRIES TO IMPOSE IT ON US, I GUARANTEE THAT TOGETHER WITH POLES, WE WILL STAND UP FOR FREEDOM – KAROL NAWROCKI ON X:
https://x.com/NawrockiKn/status/1878001473784619026

— THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE INVITATION IN THE FACE OF THIS PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND THE ATTEMPTS AT POLITICAL CENSORSHIP BOTH ONLINE AND ON PLATFORM X – KAROL NAWROCKI ON RMF.

— WE CANNOT TALK ABOUT A BREAKTHROUGH TODAY – NAWROCKI SAID WHEN ASKED BY KRZYSZTOF ZIEMIEC ABOUT EXHUMATIONS: “We cannot talk about a breakthrough today. I am pleased with the Prime Minister's decision. Poland's interest, which the IPN is pursuing – not only during my presidency, but for many years – by applying for exhumations in Volhynia. However, we have experienced many such breakthroughs, or rather declarations of breakthroughs. The head of Polish diplomacy, Radosław Sikorski, informed about one of them. It did not happen. I don't know what the Prime Minister considers a breakthrough.”

— THE ISSUE OF ABORTION AND WORLDVIEW ALWAYS ENTERS THE DISCUSSION WHEN THE RULERS ARE NOT COPING. TODAY THEY ARE NOT COPING – WITH INFLATION, WITH INVESTMENT PROJECTS – NAWROCKI TOLD ZIEMIEC ON RMF: “I have my opinion. An opinion that relates to my values. I am a Christian. The issue of abortion and worldview always enters the discussion when the rulers are not coping. Today they are not coping – with inflation, with investment projects.”

— NAWROCKI ANNOUNCED HIS PARTICIPATION IN A FAN PILGRIMAGE TODAY.
https://www.rmf24.pl/tylko-w-rmf24/rozmowa/news-nawrocki-nie-mozemy-dzisiaj-mowic-o-przelomie-ws-ekshumacji-,nId,7889111

— IF THE ELECTORAL BASE OF PIS VOTES FOR NAWROCKI, AND THE 'ANTI-PIS' BASE HESITATES, THE FORMER WILL WIN, A RIGHT-WING RADICAL, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE IDEOLOGICALLY INTEGRAL THAN DUDA – MARIUSZ JANICKI IN POLITYKA: “If the electoral base of PiS votes for Nawrocki, and the 'anti-PiS' base hesitates, the former will win, a right-wing radical, significantly more ideologically integral than Duda. In the second round, if no unforeseen, extraordinary events occur, there will be no other choice. If someone rejects such a choice for ideological or aesthetic reasons, it will mean that they do not intend to participate in deciding the country's civilizational development direction, which, of course, they have every right to do.”

— WILL THE UNWILLINGNESS TO OVERCOME THE DISLIKE FOR CIVIC PLATFORM AND ITS CANDIDATE, DESPITE THE SINCERE DESIRE FOR CHANGE ON ABORTION AND PARTNERSHIP RIGHTS, SHOW THE HIERARCHY OF IMPORTANT ISSUES – CONTINUES THE FIRST DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “If Nawrocki wins the election, it will mean one of three possibilities. First – that it is not true that parliament is more conservative than society, as a popular opinion on the left claims, in a situation where the nation, in free elections and by a majority, has chosen a radical conservative. Second option: these issues simply did not turn out to be as important as one might think; that even if someone wants moral liberalization, other criteria are more significant for them. And a third possible interpretation: despite the sincere desire for change on abortion and partnership rights, the unwillingness to overcome the dislike for Civic Platform and its candidate proved insurmountable, which will also show the hierarchy of important issues.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2284865,1,prosty-wybor-nawrocki-wygra-jesli-baza-antypis-sie-zawaha-to-bedzie-bezlitosny-test.read

— DEMOBILIZATION OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAMP'S ELECTORATE IS THE MAIN HOPE FOR PIS'S SUCCESS – MARIUSZ JANICKI IN AN ARTICLE FROM THE PRINT EDITION OF TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “Of course, the election results will not be decided solely by the reckoning of PiS's time in power. But if the founding legend of victory over PiS in defense of democracy is stifled, it will be difficult to achieve a new victory. Tusk, in his first speech after returning to Polish politics in July 2021, said it was a fight between good and evil. This was criticized as overly lofty, but it was this narrative that paved his way to the October breakthrough. Now there are pressures not to frame the issue so sharply, as it is inflammatory and sounds unpleasant, that a compromise should be reached between this good and evil. But this should not be averaged out. Principles require persistence.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2284221,1,zasada-uporu-demobilizacja-elektoratu-obozu-demokratycznego-to-glowna-nadzieja-na-sukces-pis

— POLISH POLITICIANS AGREED ON AN ULTIMATUM FOR UKRAINE. UNTIL A CLEAR CHANGE OCCURRED – JACEK GĄDEK IN NEWSWEEK: “Karol Nawrocki stated: without exhumations, Ukraine should not join the European Union and NATO. It is enough to go back a few months to see that Prime Minister Donald Tusk essentially said the same thing. Only Nawrocki communicated it directly, and the Prime Minister more diplomatically. Today, the Prime Minister is telling PiS to be ashamed of such an ultimatum. Why? The context, which has now diametrically changed, is key.”

— SUCH STRONG CRITICISM FROM DONALD TUSK AND RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI TOWARDS KAROL NAWROCKI IS, HOWEVER, TROUBLESOME – GĄDEK CONTINUES IN NEWSWEEK: “Such strong criticism from Donald Tusk and Rafał Trzaskowski towards Karol Nawrocki is, however, troublesome. One only needs to recall the words of the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister themselves to find similar ultimatums (formulated diplomatically or directly) towards Ukraine from them. Secondly, it will become clear in the spring whether the breakthrough is real.”
https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/wszyscy-sie-zgadzali-ws-ultimatum-dla-ukrainy-az-do-teraz-bo-zmienila-sie-jedna-rzecz/yckmgxz

— AS FOR TUSK'S LECTURES… JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, HE HIMSELF MADE A STATEMENT NOT MUCH LESS CATEGORICAL THAN NAWROCKI'S – PIOTR ZAREMBA IN INTERIA: “As for Tusk's lectures… just a few months ago, he himself made a statement not much less categorical than Nawrocki's. Let me remind you, in August 2024, Sikorski could not react to the evasive response of the former head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kuleba, regarding Volhynia. The situation took place at Campus Polska Przyszłości.”

— IN THIS SENSE, NAWROCKI CAN PRESENT HIMSELF AS A CONTINUER OF LECH KACZYŃSKI'S LINE. EVEN IF HE IS UNNECESSARILY A BIT TOUGHER – ZAREMBA'S CONCLUSION: “Secondly, Lech Kaczyński was a proponent of Polish-Ukrainian reconciliation. But he made a strong statement that Ukrainians would not enter the EU and NATO with the cult of Bandera. In this sense, Nawrocki can present himself as a continuator of his line. Even if he is unnecessarily a bit tougher. Because President Kaczyński truly considered himself an heir to Jerzy Giedroyc's Eastern thought. It is difficult to say what Nawrocki's view is on this matter.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-czy-karol-nawrocki-zdradzil-poglady-lecha-kaczynskiego-na-uk,nId,7889363

— BY DEMANDING TO CLOSE THE DOOR TO NATO FOR UKRAINE, NAWROCKI IS DAMAGING POLISH INTERESTS – BARTOSZ T. WIELIŃSKI IN GW: “Karol Nawrocki, by demanding to close the door to NATO for Ukraine, is damaging Polish interests. He should withdraw his words as soon as possible. Ukraine has a place in the EU and NATO. We will talk about our tragic past when Ukraine defeats Russia.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,31600561,karol-nawrocki-zamyka-przed-ukraina-drzwi-do-europy-i-uderza.html

— PROF. RAFAŁ CHWEDORUK HAS NO DOUBT THAT WITH HIS STATEMENT ABOUT UKRAINE, NAWROCKI HAS “DECIDEDLY HELPED HIMSELF” – IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ADRIANNA WYSZCZELSKA IN FAKT: “The scale of detachment of political elites in many countries from the Ukrainian issue and the reluctance to continue the war is enormous, and it has influenced election results in various countries. To not look far, one only needs to mention Slovakia, Germany. Even the United States, where about 1/5 of Democratic voters and more than half of Republican voters were not supporters of continuing this war.”
https://www.fakt.pl/polityka/ukraina-ostro-o-slowach-nawrockiego-politolog-pomogl-sobie/k38zn39

— BY THE MATTER OF BENJAMIN NETANYAHU, WE HAVE HARMED OURSELVES FOR DECADES – JERZY HASZCZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Further isolating Putin – it is now difficult for Poland to call for this – and imposing sanctions on his criminal regime, and thus for a chance for a just peace in Ukraine and discouraging Moscow from provoking further wars. We are restoring the ICC's role as a pillory for African dictators. Although there is a problem with that too. Omar al-Bashir, a Sudanese war criminal, still evades international justice. And a few years ago, before the Sudanese civil war, it was possible to force his handover to The Hague.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art41666261-jerzy-haszczynski-sprawa-beniamina-netanjahu-zaszkodzilismy-sobie-na-dekady

— TUSK ASSURED THAT HE WOULD BE BETTER – JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “The state has failed the exam, and the president, prime minister, and government have undermined citizens' trust in them. If successive governments and politicians of PiS do not respect the law, someone can always remind Tusk that in the matter of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court for the Prime Minister of Israel, he was no better. And he assured that he would be.”
https://www.rp.pl/publicystyka/art41665891-jacek-nizinkiewicz-duda-i-tusk-szkodza-polsce-stajac-po-zlej-stronie-netanjahu

— THE RISKY DECISION OF THE POLISH GOVERNMENT CAN ONLY BE DEFENDED IN ONE WAY – WOJCIECH PIĘCIAK IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “In the situation of war on our eastern border and an uncertain future, the priority is to ensure good cooperation between Poland and Donald Trump's USA. Even at the cost of hosting a man suspected of starving civilians and intentionally killing them.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/netanjahu-moze-odwiedzic-oswiecim-ryzykowna-decyzja-polskiego-rzadu

— WAS IT TO INVEST IN RELATIONS WITH DONALD TRUMP'S ADMINISTRATION? – MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “For some reason, however, Tusk and Duda took this risk. Was it to invest in relations with Donald Trump's administration? We don't know for sure. The public doesn't know everything about this matter at all.”

— OF COURSE, THIS EXCEPTIONAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRIME MINISTER CAN AND SHOULD BE CRITICIZED. BUT I WOULD ADVISE CAUTION – SZUŁDRZYŃSKI CONTINUES IN RZ: “Of course, this exceptional agreement between the president and the prime minister can and should be criticized. But I would advise caution. Although their decision, based on current knowledge, seems wrong to me – after all, Netanyahu is not coming to Poland at all, so it could have been handled differently, without ostentatiously undermining the ICC's mandate to prosecute war crimes; we want Vladimir Putin to stand before the Court in The Hague someday. Duda and Tusk bear full responsibility for this situation, and they will be judged by history. However, I do not fully know what history's verdict may be at that time.”
https://www.rp.pl/publicystyka/art41667271-michal-szuldrzynski-wyjatkowa-jednomyslnosc-dudy-i-tuska-w-sprawie-netanjahu

— HE ORDERED SIKORSKI'S SURVEILLANCE. THE ARMY BID HIM FAREWELL AT POWĄZKI WITH A BRASS BAND – WIKTOR FERFECKI IN RZ: “The Ministry of Defense buried the former head of WSI, responsible for the operation against the current Minister of Foreign Affairs Radosław Sikorski, with full honors. He was laid to rest at the prestigious Powązki Military Cemetery – 'Rzeczpospolita' has learned. According to the report, it was Gen. Izydorczyk who allegedly commissioned Operation 'Szpak' in 1992, i.e., the surveillance of Radosław Sikorski, the current Minister of Foreign Affairs and former Deputy Minister of National Defense. In the same year, Izydorczyk allegedly met with a Russian intelligence resident in circumstances 'unequivocally indicating an intelligence meeting'. This is according to the case, in which the connections of WSI officers with Soviet services were investigated in 2000.”
https://www.rp.pl/wojsko/art41666211-kazal-inwigilowac-sikorskiego-wojsko-pozegnalo-go-na-powazkach-orkiestra-deta

— SUNDAY MARKS 8 YEARS SINCE THE PARLIAMENTARY "COUP" ENDED.

— BIRTHDAYS: Bogdan Borusewicz turns 76, Lidia Gądek, Piotr Borys, Jacek Kurczewski (turns 82), Witold Gintowt-Dziewałtowski, Piotr Grzymowicz. SUNDAY: Anna Fotyga, Piotr Serafin (turns 51), Dariusz Joński, Czesław Czechyra, Agnieszka Hanajczyk.