state of play: 06/14/2025

POLITICAL GAME: Zaremba on Dałkowska: Kindness and empathy fueled her acting; Republika publishes tapes; Bosak at the National Movement Congress: We will give power back to the nation, stop the flood of immigrants.

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-- MAJA OSTASZEWSKA NEAR ANTONI MACIEREWICZ, MACIEJ STUHR A FEW METERS FROM PIOTR GLIŃSKI - A SYMBOLIC IMAGE DURING THE LAST FAREWELL TO EWA DAŁKOWSKA YESTERDAY IN ZALESIE GÓRNE. *** -- SHE WAS A GOOD PERSON. AND CONTRARY TO PROPONENTS OF THE THEORY THAT THESE ARE ENTIRELY SEPARATE THINGS, I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS KINDNESS AND EMPATHY THAT DROVE HER ACTING - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN RZ REMEMBERS EWA DAŁKOWSKA: “She also had other refuges – besides a happy marriage, a circle of friends. A couple of times, I probably played the role of such a refuge myself. She loved people, engaged in conversations with them on the street, after masses, after performances. She was a good person. And contrary to proponents of the theory that these are entirely separate things, I believe that it was kindness and empathy that drove her acting.” -- PERHAPS WE WILL REACH SOME IDEOLOGICAL LIMIT, BUT FOR NOW, GOD GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR UNDERSTANDING - ZAREMBA QUOTES DAŁKOWSKA'S WORDS ABOUT ACTING IN WARLIKOWSKI'S THEATRE: “She played many major roles in this theatre with a clearly progressive profile. She told me: ‘Warlikowski gained me 11 years ago. He said: ‘We want you to be with us.’ We always thought differently, but some value emerged from that during rehearsals. The texts, of course, I often received were both un-theatrical and ideological. But together we gave them some new meaning. I get the word ‘hen’ and I can do anything with it. That fascinates me. Perhaps we will reach some ideological limit, but for now, God gives the opportunity for understanding.’” -- ZAREMBA ON DAŁKOWSKA IN THE SOCIAL RIGHT'S ORBIT: “At the same time, years later, the actress, recalling the late Emilian Kamiński, incidentally mentioned that few actors followed beyond the creators of the Teatr Domowy. That is also true. I have the impression that it was from those times that the actress’s later accession to the social right camp dates, at least from 2005, when she supported Lech Kaczyński’s presidential candidacy. She treated it, entirely differently than most of her colleagues, as a continuation of Solidarity. As a manifestation of connection with ordinary Poles. I asked about it in an interview.” https://www.rp.pl/plus-minus/art42518391-wszystkie-swiaty-ewy-dalkowskiej -- MICHAŁ KARNOWSKI ON THE PROGRAM “MINĘŁA 20:15” ON POLSKIEW24 TELEVISION REVEALED A FRAGMENT OF TAPES WHICH FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AS CAN BE READ IN THE MEDIA, HAVE BEEN “CIRCULATING IN TOWN”. THE HEROES OF THE RECORDING ARE ROMAN GIERTYCH AND DONALD TUSK. “The conversation took place in 2019. From the context, we learn that Roman Giertych was looking for some place for himself on the election list. – Somewhere in eastern Wielkopolska, Radom. Everything is like sh*t, you know… – the attorney said. – Where the a**holes are – Tusk replied.” https://wpolityce.pl/polityka/732429-przyszedl-giertych-do-tuska-ujawniamy-szokujace-nagranie -- OUT OF RESPECT FOR OUR VIEWERS, WE DECIDED TO PUBLISH THE RECORDING OF THE FIRST CONVERSATION TODAY. WE WILL SHOW THE REMAINING MATERIALS AS ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY AT 8:20 PM - JAROSŁAW OLECHOWSKI: https://x.com/OlechowskiJarek/status/1933807815014989834 -- THE TAPE SCANDAL 2.0 BEGINS - CEZARY GMYZ: https://x.com/cezarygmyz/status/1933809730536755294 -- RECORDING TRANSMITTED BY REPUBLIKA: https://x.com/republikatv/status/1933816171804987881?s=46&t=K_brXCL7Ambpzi_jCOU9JA -- WE WILL RETURN POWER IN OUR COUNTRY TO OUR NATION. WE WILL STOP THE FLOOD OF IMMIGRANTS - DEPUTY MARSHAL KRZYSZTOF BOSAK AT THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT CONGRESS IN KALISZ: We will reject the Green Deal. We will defend our sovereignty and our national identity. We will build a future worthy of our ancestors. -- I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRY, PERHAPS EXCEPT FOR LUKASHENKO'S BELARUS, WHERE THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WOULD SO OPENLY ENDORSE HIS COMMITMENT TO REPRESSING THE OPPOSITION - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN INTERIA: “Such a plan could be an attempt to curb more far-reaching aspirations and minimalist governance, with a focus on what can be produced in the legislative sphere without conflict with the president. Is Tusk capable of such minimalism? In his Sejm exposé, he recalled the inscription of PiS demonstrators: 'You won't imprison all of us.' And he commented: 'Perhaps not all, but work is underway.' I don't know of another European country, perhaps except for Lukashenko's Belarus, where the head of government would so openly endorse his commitment to repressing the opposition.” -- IT IS THE CURRENT TEAM, NOT THE PIECUSED OF AUTHORITARIANISM, THAT HAS ACCUSTOMED US TO THE IDEA THAT THOSE IN POWER CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THE LAW - ZAREMBA CONTINUES IN INTERIA: “Of course, such maneuvers cannot be repeated indefinitely. But let's be honest, it is the current team, not the PiS accused of authoritarianism, that has accustomed us to the idea that those in power can do anything with the law. All they need is executive power, so they can prevent someone from entering somewhere, ask someone else to leave, or take something away from someone else.” -- WHAT TUSK AND TRZASKOWSKI SAID ABOUT THEM IN THE CAMPAIGN WILL BE QUICKLY VERIFIED. THE RIGHT WILL CERTAINLY USE THIS - PIOTR ZAREMBA WRITES FURTHER: “On the other hand, such cries can have some significance. In my opinion, the European Union's migration and climate policy will be the biggest problem for Poles in the next few years. What Tusk and Rafał Trzaskowski said about them during the campaign will be quickly verified. The right will certainly use this. The president's voice may help in this. Especially if the project of centralizing EU institutions becomes commonplace.” -- WE MAY SEE A REVERSAL OF THE SITUATION FROM 2007-2010. NOW THE RIGHT WILL BE BANGING ON THE BARS - ZAREMBA CONTINUES IN RZ: “One thing is certain: if Sławomir Cenckiewicz actually becomes head of the presidential National Security Bureau (BBN), we may see a reversal of the situation from 2007-2010. Now the right will be banging on the bars. Can Przemysław Czarnek play a similar role? This threatens this center of power with a drift into overly radical ideology. But everything is yet to come. Let's take our seats in the audience.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-tusk-i-nawrocki-w-jednym-stali-domu-opowiesc-o-cohabitation,nId,21826992 -- PIS WANTS THE PALACE TO BECOME A SPRINGBOARD TO VICTORY IN THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THAT'S WHY NAWROCKI IS BRINGING IN, AS THEY SAY IN PIS, POLITICAL COMMANDOS - KAMILA BARANOWSKA IN INTERIA: “- The president must have tough players around him who know how to react, how to talk to the media, how to defend themselves, but also how to attack. You need commandos there, not scouts - one of Nawrocki's campaign staff tells us.” -- AT THE NEXT SEJM SESSION, THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE PIS CLUB WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE PRESIDENT-ELECT - BARANOWSKA CONTINUES IN INTERIA: “The PiS camp, as politicians from this party admit, has been in euphoria since the elections. All PiS MPs will have the opportunity to meet with Karol Nawrocki at the next Sejm session. As Interia learned, a special meeting of the PiS club with the participation of the president-elect will take place then. This is to be a time for summarizing the campaign and thanking the MPs.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-prezes-pis-uklada-plan-kluczowa-role-odegra-w-nim-nowy-prezy,nId,21826826 -- THIS WILL BE A ROT, TUSK IS NOW ONLY TALKING TO 'SILNI RAZEM' (THE STRONG TOGETHER) - GRZEGORZ SROCZYŃSKI IN GAZETA.PL: “Tusk would help his own government more if, after losing the presidential elections, he disappeared somewhere for a month. We would then comment: what new schemes is he hatching there?! We wouldn't see all this helplessness and detachment of the prime minister so clearly.” -- TO PUT IT PLAINLY: YOU ARE LESS EFFICIENT AT MANAGING ISSUES THAN THE DECLINING MORAWIECKI - LET THIS SINK IN! - SROCZYŃSKI CONTINUES: “Believe me, when I interview experts from various fields – climate, health, energy, nuclear power – almost every one says there's a mess, a lack of a plan, nobody knows anything, plus clashing ministries, and even within ministries, deputy ministers from different parties fighting each other. This is how this government governs – poorly, mediocrely – and it's worth them finally acknowledging it. Maybe then something will change. To put it plainly: you are less efficient at managing issues than the declining Morawiecki – let this sink in! You can appoint four spokespeople (one from each coalition party), it won't change anything.” https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,32015752,to-bedzie-gnicie-tusk-mowi-juz-tylko-do-silnych-razem-komentarz.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Jarosław Obremski, Katarzyna Ramotowska, Karol Gac. SUNDAY: Piotr Duda.

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