— 36 YEARS AGO – MAY 8, 1989, THE FIRST ISSUE OF GAZETA WYBORCZA WAS PUBLISHED.

— KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ: GERMANY HAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR WORLD WAR II, THE ISSUE IS NOT CLOSED – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/05/08/

— FIRST A BUDDY, NOW A SON. PRESIDENT KRZYSZTOF ŻUK'S PEOPLE ARE MAKING CAREERS IN STATE-OWNED COMPANIES – JACEK BRZUSZKIEWICZ IN GW: “Son on the supervisory board of a state-owned energy company from the PGE Dystrybucja group, and a colleague became a director with a very high salary. He won the competition, despite having no experience in the industry.”

— WHAT EXACTLY IS THE CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT STANDARDS ANNOUNCED BY THE OCTOBER 15 COALITION SUPPOSED TO BE? – GW CITES A COUNCILLOR'S POST: “When I hear that Lublin energy is to be run by a former director of a candy factory and MOSiR, for whom the competition requirements were tailored, I ask myself – what exactly is the change in management standards announced by the October 15 Coalition supposed to be? – Andrzej Ścibior, a PO provincial councillor from Puławy, asked directly in a public Facebook post.”
https://lublin.wyborcza.pl/lublin/7,48724,31913377,kumpel-teraz-syn-jak-ludzie-krzysztofa-zuka-robia-kariery.html

— RP CUTS RATES. ADAM GLAPIŃSKI MOVES TO HELP KAROL NAWROCKI – CEZARY SZYMANEK IN RZ: “And here – a dozen or so days later – we are witnessing a great transformation of Adam Glapiński. Live, in front of television cameras, the NBP president calls himself a ‘dove at the head of other doves’ and announces that the Council has changed its stance towards interest rate cuts.”
https://www.rp.pl/opinie-ekonomiczne/art42241941-rpp-tnie-stopy-adam-glapinski-ruszyl-z-pomoca-karolowi-nawrockiemu

— THE QUESTION WE HAVEN'T ANSWERED IS: WHY DID KAROL NAWROCKI BUY AN APARTMENT HE DIDN'T WANT? – ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: “And until he answers it, it is difficult not to get the impression that nothing in this story has really changed and Karol Nawrocki still wants to present himself as someone he simply wasn't in this story.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42243081-artur-bartkiewicz-po-oswiadczeniu-karola-nawrockiego-pozostaje-zadac-jedno-pytanie

— NAWROCKI TIED UP MR. JERZY, USED HIM, AND ABANDONED HIM. AND NOW HE'S RETURNING THE LOOT FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD – PIOTR PACEWICZ IN OKO.PRESS: “The strong gesture by Nawrocki's team is intended to weaken the impression that the PiS presidential candidate is a greedy, ruthless charlatan. It aims to emphasize his self-assessment – declared against the facts – that he is a good person who cares for his loved ones. Even if he gives an organization an apartment worth PLN 300,000, which cost him about PLN 90,000, the reputational gain he secures for himself is still built on a scam.”
https://oko.press/nawrocki-pana-jerzego-przywiazal-wykorzystal-porzucil

— STANOWSKI WITH MASTALEREK? – AS PIOTR ŚMIŁOWICZ AND PRZEMYSŁAW WILCZYŃSKI WRITE IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “We even hear from some politicians the hypothesis that the owner of Kanał Zero might have coordinated his start with the head of the presidential cabinet, Marcin Mastalerek, whom he has known for a long time. And that everything together is to be an element of a broader plan: if Stanowski's start turns out to be a success, based on his support and that of Mentzen, a new right-wing movement could be built. Of which PiS – or what remains of it – would be one of the elements.”

— “AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT EDITOR STANOWSKI WOULD WRITE ABOUT HER? – CONCLUDES THE FAMOUS COACH. ‘WHY THE HELL ONLY ONE, NOT TWO!’” – THE AUTHORS OF TYGODNIK CITE AN ANECDOTE ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF STANOWSKI'S CAREER: “It's the second half of the 90s, the daily ‘Przegląd Sportowy’ hires a talented 14-year-old. To start, he will answer phones and write match reports, although he will soon be known as a malicious critic of the football environment. This is illustrated by an anecdote from that time. At Legia's facilities, Stanowski is approached by the then sports director of the club, Władysław Stachurski. ‘See this thuja? It's beautiful, isn't it?’ – he asks. ‘Yes, it's beautiful’ – comes the reply. ‘And do you know what editor Stanowski would write about it? – concludes the famous coach. ‘Why the hell only one, not two!’”

— HOW MELLER DARED TO INVITE “SOMEONE LIKE THAT” – BEHIND THE SCENES AT TVN – THE AUTHORS OF TP CONTINUE: “What are his views? A story told by Marcin Meller about their meetings speaks volumes. – The first one was almost, when I invited him to the program ‘Drugie śniadanie mistrzów’ (Second Breakfast of Champions) that I hosted on TVN24 – says Meller, who then moved his program to ‘Zero’ and suspended it for the campaign. – Before the program, I was summoned to the carpet, where I was told that the ‘highest standards of the station’ do not allow inviting ‘someone like that’. I tried to get a justification, but I didn't get anything convincing. The truth is, they already hated him dearly then.”

— HE HAS AUTHENTIC CONTEMPT FOR THE DUPLICITY OF THE LEFT-LIBERAL WORLD – MELLER TELLS ŚMIŁOWICZ AND WILCZYŃSKI IN TP: “These two scenes illustrate not so much the views of the head of ‘Zero,’ but the distribution of his sympathies and antipathies. – He has authentic contempt for the duplicity of the left-liberal world – says Meller. – On the one hand, he does not hide his dislike for it, on the other hand, he does not understand it. This fuels many of his behaviors.”
https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/krzysztof-stanowski-blazen-czy-sumienie-polskiej-polityki-190526

— RAFAL TRZASKOWSKI SEEMS TO BE TRAVELING AROUND THE COUNTRY, BUT MENTALLY HE HAS PROBABLY ALREADY CLOSED HIMSELF OFF IN THE BELVEDERE. IT IS HARD TO SEE ANYTHING FROM THERE – EVEN WHAT IS HAPPENING IN HIS OWN CITY – PAULINA JANUSZEWSKA IN KRYTYKA POLITYCZNA: “Rafał Trzaskowski seems to be traveling around the country, but mentally he has probably already closed himself off in the Belvedere. It is hard to see anything from there – even what is happening in his own city. So one can pretend to live in a smiling Warsaw and Poland. Or that he doesn't exist and won't exist. (…) You know what? He didn't have to at all, because in the capital, harassing activists and NGOs is not only unpunished, but also very fashionable lately. And the fact that it also – however you look at it – fits into the ideology of the extreme and truly pro-Russian (unlike climate activists or feminists) right, such as Konfederacja, doesn't bother anyone. Especially the Mayor of Warsaw, who thinks that Konfederacja members will vote for him, so he has probably given up on governing the city, although he hasn't started governing Poland yet and it's unknown if he ever will.”
https://krytykapolityczna.pl/kraj/miasto/ktokolwiek-widzial-ktokolwiek-wie-szukam-prezydenta-warszawy/

— BIRTHDAYS: Andrzej Leder, Bogdan Klich, Kamila Gasiuk-Pihowicz, Andrzej Sośnierz, Izabela Kloc, Witold Mrozek, Danuta Pietraszewska, Jacek Pilch.