-- TODAY IN WROCŁAW, THE FAREWELL OF PRIME MINISTER MATEUSZ MORAWIECKI'S MOTHER. -- IN AN OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY LETTER, HANDED OVER ON THE DAY OF HIS SWEARING-IN, US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP INVITED PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND KAROL NAWROCKI TO THE WHITE HOUSE for an official working meeting on September 3, 2025 – informed the head of the presidential cabinet, Paweł Szefernaker. https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/08/09/spotkanie-trump-nawrocki-szefernaker-podaje-termin/ -- NAWROCKI: I DEEPLY BELIEVE THAT POLAND WILL BECOME THE EU LEADER IN RELATIONS WITH THE USA: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/08/08/nawrocki-gleboko-wierze-ze-polska-stanie-sie-liderem-ue-w-relacjach-z-usa/ -- PKN: I WILL NOT ALLOW THE GERMAN PRESS OR THE GERMAN CHANCELLOR TO TREAT POLAND AND POLES AS JUNIOR PARTNERS: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/08/08/nawrocki-czujemy-sie-partnerem-a-nie-gospodarstwem-pomocniczym-niemiec-mamy-konkretne-oczekiwania-wsrod-nich-reparacje/ -- A SOLDIER JUMPS FOR JOY AFTER SHAKING THE PRESIDENT'S HAND: https://x.com/prezydentpl/status/1953885392379207736 *** -- IN SLIGHTLY OVER TWO WEEKS, THE RESULTS OF THE CALLS FOR CULTURAL PROJECTS UNDER THE KPO WILL BE ANNOUNCED. https://x.com/nowakmichal11/status/1953879819139043833 -- PAY ATTENTION TO HOW A TVP JOURNALIST PRESSED THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER. "WE KNOW THAT. WHERE IS THE SCANDAL HERE?!" - KRZYSZTOF STANOWSKI ON PIOTR MAŚLAK'S CONVERSATION WITH GAWKOWSKI: https://x.com/K_Stanowski/status/1954062685563203660 -- HALF OF MY FAMILY, CLOSE AND DISTANT, RECEIVED CO-FINANCING - SAYS A CIVIC COALITION DEPUTY IN POLSAT NEWS. She emphasizes, "we live in a world where people have the right to submit applications." https://x.com/PawelSokala/status/1954039355586342981 -- A RESTAURATEUR FROM WROCŁAW WAS TOLD DIRECTLY THAT WITHOUT AN "INTERMEDIARY" SHE WOULD NOT GET A SINGLE GROSCH FROM THE KPO. AND WHAT? SHE DIDN'T GET IT EITHER - MARCIN TORZ: https://x.com/MarcinTorz/status/1953910542613053637 -- 107 yachts, catamarans, and boats... you could organize regattas! Those who truly wanted innovation are now getting the worst of it and... DID NOT RECEIVE IT BECAUSE THEIR PROJECTS DID NOT HAVE KEYWORDS, OR THE RIGHT FIRM DID NOT WRITE THE APPLICATION - JOANNA PINKWART ON THE DEBATE IN KANAŁ ZERO: https://x.com/jpinkwart/status/1953938080173277616 -- THREE GRANTS TOTALING OVER ONE MILLION ZŁOTYCH WERE RECEIVED BY THE WIFE OF CIVIC COALITION DEPUTY ARTUR ŁĄCKI FROM THE NATIONAL RECOVERY PLAN for the development of her recreation center. https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/ponad-milion-zlotych-dotacji-z-kpo-dla-zony-najbogatszego-posla-ko-artur-lacki-sprawa-jest-czysta-7187080149887744a -- PORSCHE CAYENNE AND PANAMERA (BUT ONLY HYBRID!), AUDI Q8, LEXUS RX450H+, RANGE ROVER SPORT - THESE ARE THE VEHICLES THAT APPEARED ON THE OFFICIAL LIST APPROVED FOR GRANTS FOR THE HORECA SECTOR FROM THE KPO https://x.com/OrzelBartlomiej/status/1953812457610231853 -- 1.2 BILLION FOR HORECA IN THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMUNICATION IS MARGINAL, BUT 1.3 BILLION FOR HOSPITAL MODERNIZATION IS A POWERFUL INJECTION - notes Patryk Słowik: https://x.com/PatrykSlowik/status/1954101000010146031 -- THE GOVERNMENT'S OFFENSIVE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A RESPONSE TO KAROL NAWROCKI'S PRESIDENCY. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT GO WELL: TUSK HAS TO EXPLAIN THE KPO EXPENDITURES ON YACHTS, MOBILE COFFEE MAKERS, OR SUNBEDS - AGATA KONDZIŃSKA AND IWONA SZPALA IN GW. https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32164698,ujawnienie-listy-zakupow-z-kpo-popsulo-plany-rzadu-tusk-grozi.html -- KPO, CPK AND AN ORANGERY IN A KEBAB SHOP, OR THE GOVERNMENT'S SPECTACULAR CATASTROPHE - ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: "If after losing the presidential election, Donald Tusk's government was to launch an offensive, then so far it turns out that in their rush, they forgot to check if they had untied their shoelaces." -- KAROL NAWROCKI WANTS TO BUILD CPK, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS MODERNIZING THE COUNTRY BY GIVING MONEY FOR THE PURCHASE OF A BRIDGE PLAYING PLATFORM - BARTKIEWICZ FURTHER IN RZ: "Because this paints a picture that already exists and will be picked up by the opposition, that Poland's modernization as carried out by Donald Tusk and his team is money leaking into private pockets for absurd projects that, from a mile away, look like attempts to enrich oneself with public funds." https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42828801-artur-bartkiewicz-kpo-cpk-i-oranzeria-w-kebabie-czyli-spektakularna-katastrofa-rzadu -- KPO: A CATASTROPHE BY CHOICE - AGNIESZKA KUBLIK IN GW: "The October 15 coalition is losing where it could achieve success. And now, when it so badly needs to avoid image defeats. (...) So what if the hotel industry is only 0.6% of the KPO? Unfortunately, the government has allowed yachts, custom furniture, or a solarium cabin purchased with these funds to become a symbol of squandering EU funds." -- WHAT WAS SZŁAPKA'S PLAN TO AVERT THIS IMAGE CRISIS? BECAUSE HE MUST HAVE HAD ONE, RIGHT? - KUBLIK FURTHER: "Thus, Tusk's government, by downplaying basic communication principles, scored an own goal. And it already has a government spokesperson, Adam Szłapka. What was his plan to avert this image crisis? Because he must have had one, right?" https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32165079,kpo-katastrofa-na-wlasne-zyczenie.html -- DUE TO THE LACK OF A SCANDAL, TUSK BECAME FURIOUS AND THE HEAD OF PARP WAS DISMISSED - JACEK GĄDEK: "Due to the lack of a scandal in the distribution of KPO funds, Prime Minister Donald Tusk became furious, Minister Kararzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz is explaining herself, and the head of the Polish Agency for Enterprise Development has been dismissed. Logical." https://x.com/JacekGadek/status/1953907359660794338 -- "IF THEY BECOME SYMBOLS OF THE KPO, JUST AS THE 'OCTOPUS' BECAME SYMBOLS UNDER THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENTS, IT WILL BE A HUGE THREAT TO THE GOVERNMENT" - ŁUKASZ PAWŁOWSKI, HEAD OF THE NATIONWIDE RESEARCH GROUP, TELLS GAZETA.PL: "For people, the billions of zlotys spent under the KPO are unimaginable, which is why they focus on elements like yachts or solariums. If they become symbols of the KPO, just as the 'octopus' became symbols under the previous PO governments, it will be a huge threat to the government." https://wiadomosci.gazeta.pl/wiadomosci/7,114884,32163859,jacht-z-kpo-to-nowe-osmiorniczki-lukasz-pawlowski-ogromne.html -- CLINICAL ONCOLOGY RESIDENT JAKUB KOSIKOWSKI: My department did not receive money from the KPO for chemotherapy chairs, infusion pumps, and ultrasound. And we really need them (and the hospital has over 200 million in debt). When I read that 500k went to ice cream, or a yacht as part of diversification, I'm sorry, but I WENT COMPLETELY MAD https://x.com/kosik_md/status/1953713423088320790 -- A YEAR AGO, SUSAN WOJCICKI DIED. -- 24 YEARS OF TVN24. -- CELEBRATING BIRTHDAYS ALONGSIDE TVN24: Marek Kuchciński (70). SUNDAY: Krzysztof Wyszkowski, Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (44), Jan Cienski.