state of play: 06/28/2025
STATE OF PLAY: Trzaskowski in Top Form, WP: No One Understands Tusk's Tweets Anymore, Słowik: When Bodnar's Election Needs Validation, the Chamber is the Court, wPolsce24 Chasing TVN24
-- JAROSŁAW KACZYŃSKI AT THE PIS CONGRESS REVIEWS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, PANDEMIC POLICY: “We were essentially doing what the epidemiologists expected. There was no way to make decisions differently. These were various decisions, involving elements of coercion, restrictions, lockdowns. But generally, they were necessary. Nevertheless, a certain part of society did not like them. A certain part of society treated them as a restriction of freedom.”
-- OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS UKRAINIANS WAS NOT UNDERSTOOD BY THE ENTIRE SOCIETY – Kaczyński said, referring, among other things, to the genocide in Volhynia: “This attitude has not been disarmed in any way by the other side.”
-- KACZYŃSKI PRAISES THE PERSONAL QUALITIES OF PRESIDENT-ELECT KAROL NAWROCKI: “These elections were about Poland, about Poland's past. We put forward an extraordinary man as a candidate. He is truly the main hero. Not only because he became president, but because he behaved with such strength, such dignity, such will, such work. I truly thank you, I congratulate you, I congratulate and thank you. We will win, ladies and gentlemen.”
-- A GREAT, GIGANTIC FRAUD – Kaczyński said about the so-called visa scandal.
-- IF ANYONE STILL WANTS TO TALK TO US THIS TERM, WE ARE NOT SHYING AWAY, BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE 2027. POLAND MUST HAVE A HIGH-CLASS GOVERNMENT – said Kaczyński.
-- WE HAVE A GOOD MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO BUILD UP OUR PARTY – Kaczyński further stated in Przysucha.
-- WE REACTED TOO LATE TO THE NEGATIVE PHENOMENA IN OUR FORMATION, BUT WE DID REACT – said Kaczyński: “It’s not like we tolerated it. This allowed the other side to launch a deceitful campaign that we are thieves. There are thieves in Polish public life, but on the other side.”
-- A PHOTO OF THE LATE BARBARA SKRZYBEK WAS PLACED ON THE PIS CONGRESS STAGE.
-- BONJOUR COMMUNICATION FRIENDS (NOT TELECOMMUNICATION FRIENDS)” – TRZASKOWSKI IS IN TOP FORM, ABOUT THE LAUNCH OF A NEW TRAM SECTION IN STEGNY:
https://x.com/trzaskowski_/status/1938833707101540517
-- NO ONE IN THE COALITION EVEN UNDERSTANDS TUSK'S TWEETS ANYMORE – MICHAŁ WRÓBLEWSKI IN WP: “- Donald posts something online, nobody knows what it's about, and when someone asks, he's surprised that everyone is surprised - mocks one of the coalition MPs. Politicians from PSL, Polska 2050, and Lewica have had enough of the communication chaos.”
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/spor-o-wybory-tusk-pogrozil-koalicjantom-nie-wiedza-o-co-mu-chodzi-7172213924797344a
-- WPOLSCE24 IS CHASING TVN24 (Nielsen):
June 21 / average number of viewers
Republika: 290,862
TVN24: 215,854
WPolsce24: 121,172
Wydarzenia24: 73,742
TVP INFO: 52,510
Polsat News: 51,807
June 21 / shares
Republika: 6.32%
TVN24: 4.69%
WPolsce24: 2.63%
Wydarzenia24: 1.60%
TVP INFO: 1.14%
Polsat News: 1.13%
Weekend / group 4+ June 21-22 / average number of viewers
Republika: 306,835
TVN24: 249,808
WPolsce24: 101,423
Wydarzenia24: 73,254
Polsat News: 69,503
TVP INFO: 67,848
June 21-21 / shares
Republika: 6.09%
TVN24: 4.96%
WPolsce24: 2.01%
Wydarzenia24: 1.45%
Polsat News: 1.38%
TVP INFO: 1.35%
-- WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO VALIDATE THE ELECTION OF BODNAR TO THE SENATE, THE CHAMBER OF EXTRAORDINARY CONTROL IS THE COURT. WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO VALIDATE THE ELECTION OF NAWROCKI AS PRESIDENT, IT IS NOT THE COURT – WRITES PATRYK SŁOWIK IN WP: “I have repeatedly pointed out that Minister of Justice – Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar, the chambers created by Law and Justice in the Supreme Court – Extraordinary Control and Professional Accountability – sometimes recognizes them, and sometimes not; depending on needs. When it is necessary to validate Bodnar's election to the Senate, the chamber is a court. When it is necessary to validate Nawrocki's election as president, it is not a court. When it is necessary to strip a prosecutor driving drunk of their immunity, the Chamber of Professional Accountability is a court. When a prosecutor valued by the Prosecutor General lands before it, it is no longer a court. Bodnar, however, has outdone himself this time. He managed to declare the Chamber of Control a court and not a court in literally one tweet.”
-- IT IS HARD NOT TO GET THE IMPRESSION THAT IF ONLY TRZASKOWSKI HAD WON THE ELECTIONS, THERE WOULD BE NO APPEALS ABOUT THE WINNER NOT BEING ABLE TO BECOME PRESIDENT DUE TO DEFECTS IN THE SUPREME COURT – SŁOWIK'S CONCLUSION: “From serious people – and I consider judges of the Supreme Court, former presidents of the Constitutional Tribunal, and politicians holding important public office to be such – one can expect a certain consistency of views. Meanwhile, it is hard not to get the impression that if only Rafał Trzaskowski had won the elections, there would have been no appeals about the winner not being able to become president due to defects in the Supreme Court.”
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/wczoraj-sad-dzis-juz-nie-czyli-ciag-dalszy-zamieszania-po-wyborach-prezydenckich-opinia-7172166404930432a
-- ERRORS ADVERSE TO NAWROCKI MAY HAVE APPEARED IN MORE COMMISSIONS THAN ERRORS ADVERSE TO TRZASKOWSKI – SAID DOMINIK BATORSKI IN POLSAT: “Dominik Batorski, co-author of an analysis examining anomalies in the presidential election results, claims that errors detrimental to Karol Nawrocki may have occurred in more commissions than errors detrimental to Rafał Trzaskowski. And this – in his opinion – means that he could have gained even more votes.”
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/bledy-w-komisjach-wyborczych-ekspert-nawrocki-mogl-stracic-wiecej-glosow-7172447936490368a
-- "ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOUR CORRECTIONS, WHICH ALWAYS TRANSFER VOTES FROM KAROL NAWROCKI TO RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI, ARE NOT ONLY ARBITRARY AND CONTROVERSIAL, BUT SOMETIMES ABSURD?" – writes Dr. hab. Tomasz Berent, a professor at SGH, who knows him personally, to Dr. Krzysztof Kontek, as published by Interia.
-- IS IT POSSIBLE, KRZYSZTOF, THAT YOUR FLIP CRITERION OFFICIALLY NULLIFIES A LOT OF VOTES TRULY CAST FOR KAROL NAWROCKI? – DR BERENT FURTHER: “Are you aware that your corrections, which always transfer votes from Karol Nawrocki to Rafał Trzaskowski, are not only arbitrary and controversial, but sometimes absurd? First, you call some commission an anomaly, according to your arbitrarily chosen criteria, then you correct the results in that commission to the detriment of Karol Nawrocki. In particular, is it possible, Krzysztof, that your flip criterion officially nullifies a lot of votes truly cast for Karol Nawrocki? If you had conducted a less one-sided analysis, you could at least defend your estimator's unbiasedness. Now, this bias is crushing.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/wybory/prezydenckie/news-zdebialem-prof-sgh-nie-zostawia-suchej-nitki-na-wyborczych-w,nId,22159653
-- IF IT COMES TO THE POINT WHERE THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FINALLY RECOUNTS ALL VOTES AND ESTABLISHES THE CORRECT RESULTS, ZBIGNIEW ZIOBRO WILL BE DELIGHTED – PROF. JAROSŁAW FLIS IN A CONVERSATION WITH AGNIESZKA KUBLIK IN GW: “Because it would mean that if PiS were to lose future elections, one could immediately prepare 50,000 protests and, on that basis, hand over the counting to prosecutors…”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32063131,prof-flis-jesli-dojdzie-do-ponownego-przeliczenia-wszystkich.html
-- CONFEDERATION DOES NOT FRIGHTEN ME. I AM MORE FRIGHTENED BY THE POSSIBILITY OF PIS RETURNING TO POWER. SOME CONFEDERATION POLITICIANS SEEM LIKE THOSE WHO WOULD CARE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD – PROF. RADOSŁAW MARKOWSKI IN A CONVERSATION WITH PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ IN INTERIA: “I will watch a successful alliance between Konfederacja and PiS, and maybe PSL, from retirement, sipping a beer. Simply put, it cannot succeed. It is impossible to unite these parties in the sphere of economy and redistribution. And that is why, unlike people from the liberal-democratic environment, I am not frightened by Konfederacja. I am more frightened by the possibility of PiS returning to power. Some Konfederacja politicians seem like those who would care for the public good. Unlike Kaczyński's party.”
-- IF TUSK CONTINUES TO LISTEN TO THE WHISPERS OF HIS COURT, WHICH DRAWS KNOWLEDGE FROM IMPRESSIONS AND OPINIONS, HE WILL END UP LIKE THE DEMOCRATS IN THE USA – MARKOWSKI FURTHER IN INTERIA WITH SZUBARTOWICZ: “I don't understand journalists who behave as if Nawrocki won against Trzaskowski 80 to 20. Nothing of the sort happened. It was a draw with an indication. If Tusk continues to listen to the whispers of his court, which, instead of relying on solid research and seeking ways to mobilize his electorate more effectively, draws knowledge from impressions and opinions, he will end up like the Democrats in the United States. The PO leader has had the same advisors since 2007, and it's not working.”
https://tygodnik.interia.pl/news-markowski-grzmi-mowi-o-podpowiadaczach-tuska,nId,7990926
-- SHOW ME DONALD TUSK'S SUCCESSOR – CEZARY MICHALSKI IN INTERIA: “So, once again, I will listen if you tell me who you see today as a replacement for Tusk. As Prime Minister. As the leader of PO. As the leader of all of 'liberal Poland'. If you show me a successor, there are many reasons why your scenario would be worth trying. However, until there is one, there is nothing to discuss.”
-- WILL DONALD TUSK USE HIS "UNSINKABILITY" TO PLAY THE ROLE OF CAPTAIN OF THE UNSINKABLE CRUISE SHIP "TITANIC"? – MICHALSKI FURTHER IN INTERIA: “Will Donald Tusk use his 'unsinkability' to play the role of captain of the unsinkable cruise ship 'Titanic'? Or perhaps to reconstruct the government, during which surprisingly good personnel or structural ideas will emerge? To reconstruct Civic Platform, in which politicians will appear or return, not puppets? To set up the coalition's work in such a way that priorities are chosen correctly and compromises are effectively enforced?”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-pokazcie-mi-nastepce-donalda-tuska,nId,22159693
-- I DON'T FIND A SIMPLE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF WHICH DEMOCRACY WAS MORE HONEST: THE ONE BASED ON A FEW NEWSPAPERS, A FEW RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS, OR THE CURRENT, MORE "BUBBLY" ONE – PIOTR ZAREMBA IN RZ: “Certainly, the old one forced politicians to pay more attention to their words, but it also facilitated the dominance of the liberal-left option. In that world, their representatives were simply 'journalists'. I was a 'right-wing journalist,' meaning someone who was less credible by definition.”
-- TUSK'S RESPONSE TO THE INTERNET, IN TURN, IS THE TEMPTATION TO RESORT TO ADMINISTRATIVE COERCION, WHICH IS SOLD THROUGH A HYSTERICAL CAMPAIGN PRETENDING TO BE CIVIC – ZAREMBA FURTHER: “The internet thicket leaves numerous loopholes: Mentzen, and in the final phase, Karol Nawrocki, benefited from them. I have the impression that Tusk's response, in turn, is the temptation to resort to administrative coercion, which is sold through a hysterical campaign pretending to be civic. Some of those involved even seem to believe in the forgeries. This campaign is also taking place in both old and new media. We will soon learn about the effects, which I contemplate with concern.”
-- LET'S BE HONEST: IT IS PROBABLY STANOWSKI WHO MOST EFFECTIVELY DEMYSTIFIED KAROL NAWROCKI – ZAREMBA FURTHER IN RZ: “Earlier, he himself criticized him, presenting him as a wooden cyborg. This was the feeling of many viewers, including right-wing ones. The long conversation between the journalist and the PiS candidate showed the latter as a likeable, open, and at times even witty man. Above all, very human. Nawrocki was simply given a chance, which he took without any crutches. Later, with new reports about his past, he was even criticized again by the head of Kanał Zero. But the impression remained. It could only have been built on neutral ground.”
-- SUNDAY MARKS THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF JANINA PARADOWSKA.
-- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Jurek, Krystyna Szumilas, Ewa Kierzkowska, Ryszard Zembaczyński, Tadeusz Zysk, Piotr Śmiłowicz. SUNDAY: Piotr Mucharski, Katarzyna Matusik-Lipiec, Martyna Majchrzak, Piotr Wójcik.
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