— “WE WILL STILL FIGHT FOR THIS.” SAWICKI CLAIMS REDUCTION IN RELIGION CLASSES IS “RETALIATION” FOR PSL’S OPPOSITION TO MANDATORY HEALTH EDUCATION – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/01/23/

— 380 THOUSAND VIEWS IN 10 HOURS FOR KANAL ZERO’S INTERVIEW WITH MAZUREK AND STANOWSKI ABOUT WOŚP AND OWSIak: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLBg2V3pp4Y

— HALF A MILLION VIEWS FOR STANOWSKI’S TWO-HOUR LIVE STREAM COLLECTING SIGNATURES ON A PAN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8N5Rv-CUh4

— TODAY AT 8 PM ON MAZUREK’S SHOW: PROF. LESZEK BALCEROWICZ.
https://www.youtube.com/@KanalZeroPL

— MINISTRY OF CULTURE DISSOLVES NATIONAL STAGE – PROF. DARIUSZ KOSIŃSKI IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “And yet we are talking about a stage whose very name announces, if not belonging, then a close connection with the collective, and which for years has been and should be a common good and a subject of common reflection. We, ‘the nation,’ should be partners in the conversation about this exceptional stage, or at least we should know what plans are associated with it and hear any answer to the question about its future. However, nothing of the sort is heard – as if the National Theatre were an internal ministerial facility.”

— COMPETITION FOR A NEW DIRECTOR ENGLERT, ONLY YOUNGER AND WITHOUT HIS ACHIEVEMENTS, CHARISMA, AND AUTHORITY – KOSIŃSKI CONTINUES IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “The current composition of the four-person competition committee says something entirely different: it is a competition for a new director Englert, only younger and without his achievements, charisma, and authority.”

— SILENCE OVER THIS COFFIN IS NO LONGER AN AVOIDANCE, BUT A SURRENDER – KOSIŃSKI’S CONCLUSION IN TYGODNIK: “The national stage, pushed out of the theater, explodes on the streets, in stadiums, and in sanctuaries turned into their stands. Perhaps collective life has taken this direction, and nothing can be done about it. But silence over this coffin is no longer an avoidance, but a surrender.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/ministerstwo-kultury-wygasza-narodowa-scene-189492

— DID KATARZYNA KOTULA LIE ABOUT HER EDUCATION? – RZ: “Minister for Equality Katarzyna Kotula did not defend her master's thesis. Despite this, the Sejm's website stated that she held a diploma from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Information about completing her studies also appeared on the politician's website.”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art41717341-katarzyna-kotula-sklamala-w-sprawie-wyksztalcenia-na-stronie-widniala-bledna-informacja

— THE DISAPPEARING “MASTER.” THE MINISTER EXPLAINS HER EDUCATION – ADRIANNA WYSZCZELSKA IN FAKT:
https://www.fakt.pl/polityka/magister-byl-i-nie-ma-kotula-tlumaczy-sie-z-wyksztalcenia/0lpbc5r

— THE 10TH TERM SEJM PASSED FEW POLITICALLY CONTROVERSIAL LAWS, ALSO DUE TO PROGRAMMATIC ANNOUNCEMENTS BEING ACCOMPANIED BY INFIGHTING WITHIN THE THREE-MEMBER COALITION – PIOTR ŚMIŁOWICZ IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “The 10th term Sejm passed few politically controversial laws, also because the implementation of programmatic announcements is accompanied by infighting within the three-member coalition. Therefore, the abolition of the Church Fund, the passing of the wind energy act, the increase of the tax-free amount, or the lifting of the Sunday trading ban (these were KO’s promises from ‘one hundred specifics for one hundred days’) did not happen, nor did the implementation of the agreements contained in the coalition agreement of November 10, 2023, such as depoliticizing state-owned companies or strengthening local government powers.”

— EQUALLY SERIOUS PROBLEM ARE THE INTERNAL COALITION DISPUTES TEARING THE GOVERNMENT APART, IN MOST MINISTRIES WHERE THE DEPUTY HEADS COME FROM DIFFERENT FACTIONS THAN THE MINISTER. THIS IS A TRUE PLAGUE DESTROYING THE COALITION – ŚMIŁOWICZ CONTINUES IN TYGODNIK: “It all started in the Ministry of Climate and Environment, where cooperation between allies is exceptionally lacking. Minister Paulina Hennig-Kloska (Polska 2050) is in conflict with all her deputies, most notably the leader of the Green faction in KO, Urszula Zielińska. However, it must be admitted that the fact that they both suffered together after the September flood has somewhat reconciled the two ladies. Disputes at many levels are also ongoing in the Ministry of Funds and Regional Policy. Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz from Polska 2050 is not only strongly in conflict with her deputy Jacek Karnowski, a KO MP and former mayor of Sopot, but is also criticized by other coalition partners: she allegedly creates a 'government within a government' and pursues her own policy.”

— IT CANNOT ALSO BE EXCLUDED THAT THE RECENT REMOVAL OF POLAND BY THE USA FROM THE LIST OF TRUSTED COUNTRIES TO WHICH MODERN SEMICONDUCTORS CAN BE SOLD IS, TO SOME EXTENT, AN ECHO OF ANOTHER SCANDAL IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE – PIOTR ŚMIŁOWICZ AGAIN IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “It cannot also be excluded that the recent removal of Poland by the USA from the list of trusted countries to which modern semiconductors can be sold is, to some extent, an echo of another scandal in the Ministry of Science – the dismissal of the president of IDEAS NCBR, Piotr Sankowski. This was exceptionally poorly received in circles dealing with cutting-edge technologies, so consequently, there was no one to lobby for us.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/kwadratura-trojkata-czyli-co-dzieli-ko-lewice-i-trzecia-droge-189517

— 54:46 FOR TRZASKOWSKI IN THE SECOND ROUND IN A POLLSTER POLL FOR SE: https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/nowy-sondaz-prezydencki-szymon-holownia-pokonalby-kandydata-pis/030szvx,79cfc278

— IN BOTH PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY CASES, IT WAS THE FACT THAT THEY WERE CANDIDATES OF THE GOVERNMENT, WHICH HAD SIGNIFICANTLY MORE SUPPORTERS THAN OPPONENTS, THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE – PROF. JAROSŁAW FLIS IN CONVERSATION WITH MAGDA GAŁCZYŃSKA ON ONE: “If we look at the last four presidential elections, we always had a situation where there was a clear poll leader and a second candidate chasing him. And twice, he managed to overtake the leader and win. This is the case of Andrzej Duda, who defeated Bronisław Komorowski in 2015, and Lech Kaczyński, who won against Donald Tusk in 2005. However, two other times, the poll leader won the presidential elections, although the chase was very close: Komorowski in 2010 and Duda in 2020. In both cases, however, it was the fact that they were candidates of the government, which had significantly more supporters than opponents, that made the difference.”

— FOR NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY’VE DEVISED A SIMPLE BUT DYSFUNCTIONAL ARRANGEMENT: ALL SUCCESSES GO TO OUR LEADER, TO TUSK, TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT IS SOLELY HIS GOVERNMENT, VOTERS OF BOTH TRZECIA DROGA AND LEWICA, SO THEY FORM THE OPINION THAT THIS IS NOT THEIR GOVERNMENT – PROF. FLIS CONTINUES WITH GAŁCZYŃSKA ON ONE: “PO is most harmed by the fact that they cannot arrange their relations with the coalition partners in any way. For now, it looks like they have devised a simple but dysfunctional arrangement: all successes go to our leader, to Tusk, to make it look like it is solely his government. He claims every success for himself, and the coalition partners are to be blamed for problems. Voters of both Trzecia Droga and Lewica see this game, so they form the opinion that this is not their government. Wanting to remind of their existence, coalition politicians constantly multiply their doubts and reservations about the government's policy, which further influences voters' perception that it is 'not ours.' And support for the coalition is already falling in the polls. Tusk must learn to share successes with his coalition partners.”

— IT MAY BE WITH TRZASKOWSKI AS IT WAS WITH KOMOROWSKI IN 2010, HE DIDN’T EXACTLY CAUSE A FRENZY AMONG SUPPORTERS, BUT HE WON THE ELECTION – FLIS AGAIN: “Something is falling apart. Will this change? Will he have clear ideas? For now, they are lacking, there is a lack of a narrative that would carry him forward. Elections are won partly on fear and partly on hope. And this hope must unite different voters, which is why an idea, a narrative, is needed, which Trzaskowski has not yet imposed. But well, it may be with him as it was with Komorowski in 2010. He didn’t exactly cause a frenzy among supporters, but he won the election. The fight will certainly be close.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/sondaz-pis-wraca-na-pozycje-lidera-ekspert-o-po-ma-powazny-problem/xffy3mm,79cfc278

— WHO IS MARTA SOSNOWSKA, STANOWSKI’S WIFE? MEET THE POTENTIAL FIRST LADY – ALEKSANDRA STRZEDZIŃSKA IN FAKT: “Krzysztof Stanowski’s wife, Marta Sosnowska, has avoided publicity and shunned the media for years. When her husband announced his run for president, fans of Kanał Zero began to wonder who could become the first lady. Few people know that Marta Sosnowska had a brief stint on television.”
https://ludzie.fakt.pl/kim-jest-marta-sosnowska-zona-krzysztofa-stanowskiego-stroni-od-mediow/r7bm4z4

— POLISH POLITICAL LIFE FACES A TRIAL BY FIRE. AND THAT’S VERY GOOD – WRITES GAZETA.PL EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RAFAŁ MADAJCZAK: “Krzysztof Stanowski’s entry into the presidential race is a great leap into the unknown for the businessman-journalist himself, but also for ‘old’ politics and media. Polish political life faces a trial by fire. And that’s very good.”

— MEDIA ARE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO RESTRAIN THEMSELVES, AND WE WILL WITNESS MANY ATTEMPTS TO MOCK THIS CANDIDATURE. STANOWSKI WILL THEREFORE BE THE SECRET OPTION OF PIS, AN AGENT OF RUSSIA, A POTENTIAL MOCKERY OF THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT, AND HIS VOTERS WILL BE FRUSTRATED INCELS, A DEMORALIZED GANG WHO ONLY WANT CHAOS, AND POLAND NEEDS TO WIN FOR RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI – MADAJCZAK CONTINUES IN GAZETA.PL: “For Gazeta.pl, this is just another candidate. We will not hunt him, because he criticized our material on sex work. We will write about him and try to talk to him like any other candidate. He is officially running, and there will be no boycott or pretense that he doesn’t exist. This text is a realization of this policy. But we all know that media are not always able to restrain themselves, and we will witness many attempts to mock this candidacy. Stanowski will therefore be the secret option of PiS, an agent of Russia, a potential mockery of the office of president, and his voters will be frustrated incels, a demoralized gang who only want chaos, and Poland needs victory for Rafał Trzaskowski.”
https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,31633168,stanowski-najgrozniejszym-kandydatem-tej-kampanii-oto-dlaczego.html

— STANOWSKI’S ENTRY INTO THE ELECTIONS IS GOOD NEWS FOR NAWROCKI – JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ IN RZ: “Stanowski’s antipathies, which are clear in his statements and on Kanał Zero, are enough. Krzysztof Bosak said: ‘Anyone but Trzaskowski.’ Stanowski won’t even have to say that. His viewers and supporters will know what to do with Trzaskowski, paraphrasing a classic.”

— ALREADY DURING THE SIGNATURE COLLECTION, STANOWSKI’S SUPPORTERS WERE SHOUTING: “SECOND ROUND WITHOUT BĄŻUR” – NIZINKIEWICZ CONTINUES IN RZ: “Already during the signature collection, Stanowski’s supporters were shouting: ‘Second round without bążur,’ referring to Trzaskowski. Assuming he continues his happening, collects signatures, participates in the campaign, debates, etc., he will become – whether he wants to or not – a seriously considered contender for the most important office in the state. It sounds like a script for a kitschy comedy, but it's happening.”
https://www.rp.pl/publicystyka/art41712211-start-stanowskiego-w-wyborach-to-dobra-wiadomosc-dla-nawrockiego-dla-kogo-zla

— STANOWSKI’S ELECTION CAMPAIGN MAY BECOME AN ANTI-VOTER TURNOUT CAMPAIGN – KATARZYNA SKRZYDŁOWSKA-KALUKIN IN KULTURA LIBERALNA: “A possible scenario is that, on the one hand, social organizations or other entities will conduct a serious voter turnout campaign, and on the other hand, a television and internet personality with the aura of an effective outsider will ridicule the candidacy process and argue that there is no one to vote for. And if so, why go to the polls? Stanowski’s election campaign may therefore become an anti-voter turnout campaign.”
https://kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/01/23/skrzydlowska-kalukin-co-z-tego-ze-stanowski-wysmieje-kandydatow-skoro-prezydent-i-tak-zostanie-wybrany/

— 24 YEARS SINCE a demonstration of support for the newly formed Civic Platform took place in Hala Olivia in Gdańsk.

— 9 YEARS since Włodzimierz Czarzasty was elected chairman of the Democratic Left Alliance.

— BIRTHDAYS: Michał Kleiber, Zbigniew Niemczycki, Jan Maria Jackowski, Katarzyna Szymańska-Borginon.