— AN ASSAULT ON A SYNAGOGUE OCCURRED IN BOLOGNA OVERNIGHT, AND DAMAGE WAS ALSO REPORTED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE HISTORIC CITY CENTER — REPORTS ITALIAN PORTAL REPUBBLICA. THE EVENTS TOOK PLACE DURING ONGOING RIOTS IN “AREAS DOMINATED BY IMMIGRANTS” – Onet:
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/chaos-na-ulicach-bolonii-szturm-na-synagoge-i-zamieszki-w-centrum-miasta/q3mhvl5,79cfc278

— PROTESTS IN ROMANIA FOLLOWING THE ANNULMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS:
https://x.com/KamilCaus/status/1878465822416384458

— INTERNET FOR CENSORSHIP. POLAND WANTS TO ADOPT REGULATIONS DANGEROUS TO FREEDOM OF SPEECH – ELŻBIETA RUTKOWSKA IN DGP: “The regulations, proposed after the public consultation phase, which allow for blocking content, threaten to limit freedom of speech. Especially since this is to occur without the involvement of a court or the parties concerned. (…) After public consultations were held, a procedure was added that raises serious concerns among defenders of freedom of speech.”
https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/wiadomosci/artykuly/9710838,internet-do-cenzury-polska-chce-przyjac-przepisy-ktore-sa-niebezpiec.html

— WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO ACHIEVE SECURITY ON THE INTERNET AND HOW TO ENFORCE IT. IT CANNOT BE THE CASE THAT FOREIGN PLATFORMS DECIDE THIS ON THEIR OWN. WE WANT TO INTRODUCE AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE – GAWKOWSKI ON POLSAT.

— “POST BLOCKED”. MORAWIECKI ON GAWKOWSKI’S WORDS AND ACTA3,

CIESZYŃSKI: THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO STIFLE CONSERVATIVE EMOTIONS BEFORE THE ELECTION

“THE GOVERNMENT DREAMS OF CENSORSHIP WITHOUT A COURT RULING”. BOSAK ON GAWKOWSKI’S IDEAS

“YES”. BARTOSZEWSKI WHEN ASKED IF THE STATE SHOULD CONTROL CONTENT ON THE INTERNET
https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/01/13/

— I WANT TO STRONGLY DECLARE THAT THE EUROPEAN CONSERVATIVES OF EKR UNDER MY LEADERSHIP WILL BE CHAMPIONS OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH – MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI ON X: Europe is waking up from its lethargy, so all these bureaucrats and the media that support them want to defend their ideological whims. Social media is an ocean of freedom and a basic source of information for people. Four factions in the European Parliament have called for a debate on content moderation.
https://x.com/MorawieckiM/status/1878343657268629818

— BRUSSELS WARNS MUSK – ONET: “Brussels warns Elon Musk. ‘I will not hesitate to take further steps.’ The Vice-President of the European Commission has warned X CEO Elon Musk against interfering in the German parliamentary election campaign. ‘We are monitoring the situation very closely,’ said Henna Virkkunen, the commissioner responsible for digital policy, in an interview with ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.’
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/bruksela-ostrzega-elona-muska-nie-zawaham-sie-podjac-dalszych-krokow/n321esl,79cfc278

— WEEKEND OF CHAOS IN THE GOVERNMENT.

— PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ ATTACKS KO AND THE AMENDED RAILWAY NETWORK PLAN FOR CPK: Yesterday, Mayor Trzaskowski in Płock declared his desire to combat communication exclusion in medium-sized cities. In that case, I have a question: Do you support the recently introduced changes to the CPK investment plan? These changes reduce the funds for railway connections to cities like Płock by PLN 9 billion, while increasing expenditure on connections between the largest metropolises by PLN 15 billion?
https://x.com/Kpelczynska/status/1878421840613228730

— KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ JOINS THE OPPOSITION TO HEALTH EDUCATION:
Protests were held in Szczecin on Saturday, and in Krakow and Radom on Sunday. – I will reassure everyone who protested – the subject will be optional, it will be a parental decision. I think it will be devoid of any ideology – right-wing or left-wing – emphasized Kosiniak-Kamysz.
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-nowacka-komentuje-slowa-szefa-mon-ktos-znow-pomylil,nId,7890155

— BARBARA NOWACKA RESPONDS TO THE COALITION DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER: “Someone confused the Ministry of National Defence with the Ministry of Education again, if I read correctly.”
https://x.com/barbaraanowacka/status/1878475664690467192

— MINISTER EMBARRASSES THE PRIME MINISTER. IT CONCERNS TUSK'S KEY PROMISE. “POLES CAN AFFORD MORE” – JUSTYNA WĘCEK IN FAKT: “Drivers are watching the rising prices at petrol stations with concern. And they are asking what will happen with Donald Tusk’s promise, who before the elections assured that if he were prime minister, diesel and petrol would cost only PLN 5.19 per liter in Poland. A subordinate of the head of government spoke out. The current Minister of State Assets, Jakub Jaworowski, claims that the government has no influence on the price of petrol or diesel at stations. He also argues that Poles can now refuel more than during the PiS government.”
https://www.fakt.pl/pieniadze/rzad-chce-sie-wymigac-z-obietnicy-donalda-tuska-chodzi-o-ceny-paliw/mldzzr1

— DID TUSK FORGET HIS PAST AS NAWROCKI? WE ALSO REMIND OF KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ’S BLACKMAIL TOWARDS UKRAINE – PIOTR PACEWICZ IN OKO.PRESS: “While being outraged by Nawrocki’s words that he sees no place for Ukraine in NATO or the EU without an accounting for the Volhynian crimes, one should not forget that Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamysz and Prime Minister Tusk presented an essentially identical blackmail.”
https://oko.press/zapomnial-tusk-jak-nawrockim-byl

— TRZASKOWSKI’S RESULTS TAKE A HIT, MENTZEN IS GROWING. OPINIA24 POLL FOR RMF FM – TITLE ON THE RMF PORTAL.

— TRZASKOWSKI LOST 9 PP: “Rafał Trzaskowski enjoys the highest support (29.8%). However, the leader of the ranking may have reason for concern, as compared to the last, December poll by the research firm Opinia24 for RMF FM, he has lost significant support. A month ago, 38.6% of respondents declared their intention to vote for the KO candidate in the first round.”

— THANKS TO THE STRONG HIT IN TRZASKOWSKI’S RESULTS, THE GAP BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS OF THE ELECTION POLLS HAS SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTENED – FURTHER FROM RMF: “Karol Nawrocki, an independent candidate supported by PiS, took second place. In the first round of elections, 22.6% of respondents would like to vote for him. It can be said that support for the head of the Institute of National Remembrance remains stable (23.3% in the December poll for RMF FM), but thanks to the strong dip in Trzaskowski’s results, the gap between the two leaders of the election polls has significantly shortened.”

— IN THE SECOND ROUND, TRZASKOWSKI AT 48%: “Rafał Trzaskowski would become president – almost half of the voters in the second round would support him (47.9%). The KO candidate’s result has stabilized at this level, as in December last year, support was 48.9%. However, it is worth noting that Karol Nawrocki’s position is strengthening – in the second round of the elections, he would gain support of around 38.7% (an increase of 5 pp compared to the previous poll).”
https://www.rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-wybory-prezydenckie-2025/news-tapniecie-w-wynikach-trzaskowskiego-mentzen-rosnie-sondaz-op,nId,7889969

— SIKORSKI NOTES THAT HE IS THE HIGHEST-RATED MINISTER: https://x.com/sikorskiradek/status/1878681654690283773

— SYMMETRY IS CREEPING AND DOING QUITE WELL. IT IS TAKING NEW FORMS, OFTEN EMPLOYING CAMOUFLAGE – WIESŁAW WŁADYKA IN POLITYKA: “A peculiar example of symmetry is the main campaign slogan of Szymon Hołownia, used by him and his political formation since its inception, and now strongly intensified. That Poland needs to be pulled out of the polarization that is destroying it, holding it by the teeth, and preventing people from living normally. On this premise, the idea and political alliance called Third Way was founded; the PSL joined Szymon Hołownia’s party in the Sejm, whose leaders also gladly want to combat polarization and the dominant duopoly of PiS and PO.”

— NOTHING COULD BE MORE WRONG THAN SYMMETRY – WIESŁAW WŁADYKA FURTHER: “The annihilation of polarization by symmetrically removing its two poles assumes that they are indeed symmetrical, equally guilty of malevolent hatred. Nothing could be more wrong and foolish. It was discovered long ago that the truth does not lie in the middle, but where it actually lies.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2284875,1,symetryzm-pelznie-i-ma-sie-calkiem-dobrze-przyjmuje-nowe-formy-chetnie-stosuje-kamuflaz.read

— TUSK'S CABINET IS NOT ROBUST; THE WORSE IT GETS, THE BETTER IT IS FOR PIS. AND IT IS BEST FOR KACZYŃSKI IF THE RULERS FALL INTO STUPOR, WHICH IN PLACES – UNFORTUNATELY – IS ALREADY HAPPENING – KAROLINA LEWICKA IN TYGODNIK POLITYKA: “In general, the PiS state has not fallen apart, and people have not scattered because their party has not been knocked down, and Tusk’s cabinet is not robust – it has more opponents than supporters (CBOS), and the prime minister himself is not shining: almost 60% of respondents give him ratings from a C upwards (SW Research for ‘Rzeczpospolita’). On the other hand, as many as 53% of Poles believe that their lives have become more difficult over the past year (United Surveys for WP), and 48% fear a deterioration of the economic situation (GUS). The worse it gets, the better it is for PiS. And it is best for Kaczyński if the rulers fall into stupor, which in places – unfortunately – is already happening.”
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2284231,1,przyczolki-nowogrodzkiej.read

— DISPUTES OVER ABORTION AND CIVIL UNIONS HARM DEMOCRATS IN THE CAMPAIGN – DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “An act on civil unions should also be ready for the election of a new president, but there is still no agreement within the Coalition of October 15. This is a bad sign during the campaign – many citizens may be demotivated from participating in the elections. Because if the coalition itself cannot agree, then changing the president will not change much.”

— VOTERS OF THE COALITION OF OCTOBER 15, WHO MADE THEIR CHOICE IN 2023, MUST REALIZE THAT WITHOUT RENEWED MOBILIZATION, DEMOCRATS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WIN – WIELOWIEYSKA FURTHER: “Voters of the Coalition of October 15, who made their choice in 2023, must realize that without renewed mobilization, democrats will not be able to win the presidential elections. And then chaos will ensue in Poland. The war at the top will destabilize the state.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,31600862,polska-po-wyborach-co-nowy-prezydent-powinien-zastac-na-stole.html

— WHAT IS HOŁOWNIA'S PARTY HIDING? WE REVEAL THE FINANCIAL BACKGROUND OF POLSKA 2050 – RENATA KIM IN NEWSWEEK: “There was supposed to be a new quality in politics, but there are ambiguities in the financing of Szymon Hołownia’s Polska 2050. And a lot of questions to which the party does not provide answers. – And suddenly Izabela Bodnar asks: ‘When will we finally start this campaign? Michał, you promised, I’ve already paid you fifty [thousand zloty], and nothing is happening yet.’ Consternation ensued, everyone heard it, including Michał Kobosko. There was a stir because she directly said she paid 50,000 for our then-leader’s campaign, because at that time there was still a plan for Kobosko to start from the first position in Wrocław – says a person who participated in that meeting. I asked Michał Kobosko about this, now an MEP – he replies that he does not recall such an event.”
https://www.newsweek.pl/polska/polityka/co-ukrywa-partia-szymona-holowni-nie-ma-calego-mnostwa-wydatkow-sledztwo/1k89wd5

— WARSAW BUSES, RUSSIAN PARTNER, AND 3 PLN FOR PUTIN’S MEN – PAWEŁ FIGURSKI AND PATRYK SŁOWIK IN WP: “The contractor for the Municipal Bus Company in Warsaw has become a company belonging to Russians and linked to Gazprom. It supplies gas to some of the capital’s buses. The company was on the sanctions list, but it was removed a few weeks ago – the Russians sold a business worth several hundred million PLN for 3 PLN to Poles associated with them. The Ministry of Interior and Administration considered this sufficient.”
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/warszawskie-autobusy-rosyjski-partner-i-3-zl-dla-ludzi-putina-7112774559812320a

— BIRTHDAYS: Tomasz Sekielski, Joanna Frydrych, Jacek Żalek, Karolina Korwin-Piotrowska.