— EMPTY PARLIAMENT HALL DURING DEPUTY MINISTER ŁUKASZ KRASOŃ'S SPEECH ON PERSONAL ASSISTANCE:
https://x.com/RadekKar/status/1920508501375225898

— ZAJĄCZKOWSKA-HERNIK: THE SNOWBALL EFFECT IS GAINING MOMENTUM AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE ATTENDING MEETINGS WITH MENTZEN – 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/05/09/

— STANOWSKI'S AND TRZASKOWSKI'S CONVERSATION ON KANAŁ ZERO HAS ALREADY EXCEEDED 1.5 MILLION VIEWS, WITH AN ADDITIONAL OVER 200 THOUSAND ON TRZASKOWSKI'S CHANNEL.

— I DON'T WANT TO IDEALIZE THE DEMOCRATIC CAMP, THE MEDIA SHOULD BE CRITICAL TOWARDS IT, KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE AUTHORITIES, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THOSE ON THE OTHER SIDE COULD LEAD POLAND TO AN AUTHORITARIAN STATE – ADAM MICHNIK IN AN INTERVIEW WITH DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: “I see two visions of Poland in them – regarding its place in the world and Europe – and two ways of thinking about Polishness. This does not mean that one side consists of angels and the other of devils. Nevertheless, when one compares what the candidates associated with the October 15th Coalition are saying with what their main opponents, Karol Nawrocki, Sławomir Mentzen, and Grzegorz Braun, are saying, one can see a deep polarization. I don't want to idealize the democratic camp, the media should be critical of it, keeping a close eye on the authorities, but nevertheless, those on the other side could lead Poland to an undemocratic, authoritarian state, built on complexes, xenophobia, hate speech, populism, and demagoguery.”

— IF I WERE THE HEAD OF SECURITY SERVICES IN MOSCOW, I WOULD PRAY EVERY DAY THAT NEITHER MENTZEN NOR NAWROCKI CATCH A COLD – MICHNIK CONTINUES TO WIELOWIEYSKA IN GW: “Indeed, circles that may not be declaratively pro-Putin are strengthening, but in practice, they are. If I were the head of security services in Moscow, I would pray every day that neither Mentzen nor Nawrocki catch a cold. In essence, both are realizing Putin's most important political goal, which is to dismantle the EU.”

— I HAVE FORETOLD SOMETHING ONCE IN MY LIFE – A NUN ON A CROSSWALK AND SUCH THINGS, SO I PREFER TO BE CAUTIOUS – MICHNIK CONTINUES IN GW: “I have foretold something once in my life – a nun on a crosswalk and such things, so I prefer to be cautious. Judging by what he says and his life's work, I expect nothing good from him. This needs to be made clear to people. We are dealing with a form of the endecja spirit, the oenerowski spirit, mutated with Bolshevism.”

— JARKA IS GETTING ON IN YEARS, AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN PIŚ WHO HAS ANY SCRUPLES. KACZYŃSKI DOESN'T HAVE MANY, BUT HE HAS SOME – MICHNIK STILL WITH WIELOWIEYSKA: “Kaczyński has not crossed certain boundaries, he has never formulated a project for an extremely nationalist Poland that leaves the EU. He has not reached for the poisoned weapon of antisemitism, and Duda hasn't either. However, I can easily imagine that Nawrocki, when Kaczyński's supervision is gone, will cross these boundaries. One only needs to look at Nawrocki's acquaintances fascinated by Nazism. Jarek is getting on in years, and I don't see anyone else in PiS who has any scruples. Kaczyński doesn't have many, but he has some. His life path is different from that of some nationalists. He is cynical, he lies, all of that is true, but he doesn't cross certain boundaries.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,31909188,adam-michnik-gdybym-byl-szefem-gru-w-moskwie-modlilbym-sie.html

— KAROL NAWROCKI HAS COMMITTED TO LIFELONG CARE FOR JERZY Ż. – ACCORDING TO A DOCUMENT OBTAINED BY INTERIA. NAWROCKI HAS GUARANTEED IN WRITING THAT HE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO MR. JERZY'S MAINTENANCE, AND AFTER HIS DEATH, HE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE FUNERAL – ŁUKASZ SZPYRKA IN INTERIA:
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-karol-nawrocki-zobowiazal-sie-do-opieki-nad-jerzym-z-ujawnia,nId,21400089

— WE FEAR THAT THE CURRENT AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DRAG THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE INTO THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN. THERE HASN'T BEEN SUCH PRESSURE IN A LONG TIME – ONE OF THE POZNAŃ PROSECUTORS CITED BY PIOTR ŻYTNICKI IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: “Prosecutors across Poland are to gather information on the unlawful seizure of apartments belonging to elderly, infirm, and poor people. Time to execute the order: several dozen hours. – A coincidence? I think not – comments one of the Poznań prosecutors on the order that came from Warsaw. – We fear that the current authorities are trying to drag the prosecutor's office into the election campaign. There hasn't been such pressure in a long time.”
https://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,31919556,pilne-polecenie-bodnara-po-aferze-z-kawalerka-nawrockiego-cos.html

— NO FEMINIST OR GENDER NOVELTIES – FR. KAZIMIERZ SOWA ON THE NEW PONTIFICATE – WRITES IN GW: “Even as a bishop in Peru, he clearly opposed the introduction of gender education elements into schools, considering it incompatible with Church teaching and also dangerous in its social dimension. In the context of discussions about women's priesthood, he did not even support the commission appointed by Francis to investigate the possibility of ordaining women as deacons. This may mean a halt to the already very limited opening towards changing pastoral practice in this regard, which under the previous pontificate, timidly and with great resistance from a large part of the local Episcopates, appeared as a topic for discussion.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,31920368,pontyfikat-umiarkowanego-postepu-w-granicach-doktryny.html

— ROBERT PREVOST AND DONALD TRUMP. TWO AMERICANS AMONG WORLD LEADERS ARE A SIGN OF HOPE FOR A WORLD PLUNGED INTO CHAOS – MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZECZPOSPOLITA: “It is also incredibly symbolic that the Church chose a Pope from the United States exactly on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe and the capitulation of Nazi Germany. It was thanks to the intervention of the USA, as well as the ocean of Soviet, Allied, and also Polish blood, that this most nightmarish of wars ended. In May 1945, the Soviets, British, and Americans celebrated together, but later a part of Europe was enclosed by the Iron Curtain, behind which Moscow lurked for the freedom and peace of the West.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42252481-michal-szuldrzynski-papiez-leon-xiv-nadzieja-dla-swiata-szansa-dla-kosciola

— BIRTHDAYS: Marek Cichocki, Marcin Kędryna, Marcin Twaróg.