-- PROOF THAT PRESIDENT NAWROCKI CAN COUNT ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ATTENTION - MARK BRZEZIŃSKI IN CONVERSATION WITH MAŁGORZATA GRZEGORCZYK ON XYZ: “I admit, however: the fact that President Nawrocki already has a relationship with President Trump is very important and can help Poland seize opportunities, for example in the reconstruction of Ukraine. It was very symbolic and very important. It is proof that President Nawrocki can count on President Trump's attention. He can translate this into practical benefits, and one of them could be Poland's strong position in the reconstruction of Ukraine”. -- THE DIGITAL TAX PROPOSAL IS DANGEROUS FOR POLAND; THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO EVERYTHING TO AVOID APPEARING ON THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION'S BLACKLIST - BRZEZIŃSKI CONTINUES ON XYZ: “The digital services tax that the Polish government is planning is concerning, for example. We have seen President Trump's reaction to such a tax proposal from Canada and the European Union. The President views it as a non-tariff trade barrier for the USA. He has ordered his team to identify countries proposing this tax and to take retaliatory measures. Warsaw should do everything to avoid ending up on this list, as it could have repercussions for all of Europe. Canada and the EU have already decided not to unilaterally introduce a digital services tax. Poland should not do this, especially right after the inauguration of the new president and before the arrival of the US ambassador. The EU and the US have just reached a temporary agreement on tariffs. This is really not a good time for further complications in transatlantic relations”. https://xyz.pl/mark-brzezinski-mam-nadzieje-ze-prezydent-nawrocki-wykorzysta-swoja-relacje-z-prezydentem-trumpem-by-odpowiednio-pozycjonowac-polske/ -- RUBIO ORDERS U.S. DIPLOMATS TO LAUNCH OFFENSIVE AGAINST EUROPEAN DIGITAL LAW - REUTERS: “The administration of President Donald Trump has instructed American diplomats in Europe to launch a campaign aimed at building opposition to the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA), which Washington claims infringes on free speech and imposes costs on American tech companies. This is according to an internal diplomatic cable obtained by Reuters. In a State Department cable dated August 4 and signed by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the agency stated that the EU is imposing "unjustified" restrictions on free speech in its fight against hate speech, disinformation, and misinformation, and that the DSA further exacerbates these restrictions”. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/rubio-orders-us-diplomats-launch-lobbying-blitz-against-europes-tech-law-2025-08-07/ *** -- JABŁOŃSKI: WE HAVE A LOT OF CITIZENS OF UKRAINE IN POLAND WHO COULD SERVE IN THE ARMY. PERHAPS WE SHOULD HELP THE UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT MOBILIZE THEM - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/08/11/ -- ONET: THE KPO MONEY AFFAIR IS WIDENING ITS SCOPE: “Not only the reports of absurdly sounding subsidies for entrepreneurs, but also the statements of some Civic Platform politicians, or the fact that their family members were on the list of those who received the money, have caused outrage”. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/sprawa-kpo-zatacza-kolejne-kregi-najwazniejsze-wydarzenia-dotyczace-afery/2106erw,79cfc278 -- THE KPO STORM MAY CAUSE A GOVERNMENT CRISIS - PIOTR SKWIROWSKI AND ALEKSANDRA PTAK-IGLEWSKA ON RZ: “Although the scale of irregularities in awarding subsidies to small hotel and catering businesses is likely small, and the misused money will be recovered, the so-called KPO affair has shaken the foundations of this program and may cause a government crisis”. https://www.rp.pl/fundusze-europejskie/art42834741-burza-wokol-kpo-moze-wywolac-kryzys-w-rzadzie -- "THE PRIME MINISTER TALKS ABOUT CONTROLS? YOU ARE WELCOME" - RAFAŁ KULEJEWSKI, OWNER OF A SWINGERS CLUB, TELLS "FAKT" IN FAKT: “A storm around subsidies from the National Reconstruction Plan. Internet users are scrutinizing companies that have applied for EU funds. It turned out that among them was a swingers club from near Częstochowa. The matter is causing great emotions, especially among politicians. The club owner tells "Fakt" that everything was done in accordance with the law. "The Prime Minister talks about controls? You are welcome," says Rafał Kulejewski, the club owner, to "Fakt". https://www.fakt.pl/pieniadze/klub-swingersow-dostal-dotacje-z-kpo-wiemy-na-co-poszly-pieniadze/fjwwr57 -- THE KPO WAS NOT MEANT TO "SAVE" OR "MODERNIZE" THE ECONOMY, BUT TO SAVE THE POSITION OF EUROPEAN GOVERNMENTS AND PARTIES THAT FELT THREATENED BY THE MOOD SWINGS CAUSED DURING THE COVID19 PANDEMIC - KRZYSZTOF BOSAK: https://x.com/krzysztofbosak/status/1954802758101487634 -- THE GOVERNMENT IS BEHAVING REGARDING THE KPO AS IF THEY HAD PULLED THE PIN BUT LEFT THE GRENADE - JACEK NIZINKIEWICZ ON RZ: “Politically, the matter has exploded for the ruling coalition like a defused grenade. Regarding the KPO, the authorities are behaving as if they had pulled the pin but left the charge, which then exploded in their faces”. https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42833651-jacek-nizinkiewicz-rzad-w-sprawie-kpo-zachowuje-sie-jakby-wyrzucil-zawleczke-a-zostawil-granat -- SOME KPO APPLICATIONS ARE COMPLETELY SENSELESS AND CAN SERVE AS EXAMPLES OF WASTING MONEY. THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE WILL INVESTIGATE THEM. WHEN ASSESSING OTHERS, DEMAGOGUERY AND HATRED TOWARDS ENTREPRENEURS PREVAIL - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA ON GW. -- THERE IS NO POINT IN BLAMING EVERYTHING ON THE MINISTER OF FUNDS KATARZYNA PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ, BECAUSE THE DEPUTY MINISTER IN THIS DEPARTMENT IS JACEK KARNOWSKI FROM THE CIVIC PLATFORM - WIELOWIEYSKA CONTINUES: “Unfortunately, there was a lack of vigilance and imagination, both in PiS and in the current ruling coalition. And there is no point in blaming everything on the minister of funds Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, because the deputy minister in this department is Jacek Karnowski from the Civic Platform. It would be better if, instead of shifting blame to others, everyone got to work and tried to repair the damage as much as possible”. https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32167365,awantura-o-kpo-wszystkim-zabraklo-czujnosci-ale-to-nie-przekresla.html -- "THIS IS THE BIGGEST BRAWL AT THE NATIONAL STADIUM WE'VE EVER HEARD OF. THERE WILL BE A CASE FOR THE PROSECUTOR THERE" - ONE OF THE OFFICERS TOLD US - GW ON WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE CONCERT OF A BELARUSIAN ARTIST AT THE NATIONAL STADIUM: “After the performance, fans rushed to the city center. There, the police again had their hands full. Especially on the Vistula boulevards, where brawls occurred, and under the Świętokrzyski Bridge, several hundred people gathered for a party similar to Friday's gathering in Wola. Again, there were flares, fireworks, and alcohol. Police officers we spoke to on Sunday recalled the night's operation. - This is the biggest brawl at the National Stadium we've ever heard of. There will be a case for the prosecutor there - one of the officers told us”. https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,32167207,dantejskie-sceny-na-narodowym-prokurator-wszedl-na-obiekt.html -- WALDEMAR ŻUREK STARTED VERY FIGHTINGLY, BUT SOON HE MAY BE IN EXACTLY THE SAME PLACE AS ADAM BODNAR - DOMINIKA DŁUGOSZ ON ONET: “Without room to maneuver in a system left by PiS that is impossible to unblock”. https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/najlepsi-sa-goscie-bez-wyjscia-co-mowia-koledzy-z-rzadu-o-ministrze-zurku/k44lhyh,452ad802 *** -- “YOUR FRIEND LITYŃSKI IS SO SMALL, YET HE WAS EVERYWHERE, HE WAS HANGING AROUND EVERYWHERE" - SEWERYN BLUMSZTAJN ABOUT WHAT HE HEARD ABOUT LITYŃSKI FROM A UB OFFICER DURING THE MARCH INVESTIGATION - IN A CONVERSATION WITH ARKADIUSZ GRUSZCZYŃSKI IN GW'S WEEKEND MAGAZINE: “At the end of the March investigation after 1968, Captain Niewiara, who interrogated both Janek and me, said at one point: "Your friend Lityński is so small, yet he was everywhere, he was hanging around everywhere." And Janek was just like that. We were constantly meeting, exchanging books, discussing. Non-stop. We led a very active intellectual and social life”. -- FROM JAROSŁAW MIKOŁAJEWSKI I HEARD THE QUESTION WHETHER I SEE A PLACE IN GRZEGORZ BRAUN'S POLAND FOR JAN LITYŃSKI. OF COURSE, I DO! FOR HIM AND FOR MYSELF - MICHNIK IN THE SAME GRUSZCZYŃSKI CONVERSATION: “Recently, I participated in a conversation about Lityński. From Jarosław Mikołajewski, I heard the question whether I see a place in Grzegorz Braun's Poland for Jan Lityński. Of course, I do! For him and for myself. Janek had a principle that when the black hundred came to power in Poland, he did not emigrate, he did not flee. He stayed and resisted in his own way. It was the same with Sewek, who was in a more difficult situation than Janek, because his whole family had left Poland, and Sewek was left alone. Janek stayed with his mother, I with my parents”. -- BLUMSZTAJN ON GRUSZCZYŃSKI'S QUESTION WHY LITYŃSKI SUPPORTED LECH KACZYŃSKI FOR PRESIDENT IN 2005, NOT DONALD TUSK: “Because he believed that Tusk had stolen the party, the Freedom Union, from him and his colleagues. Legends circulated in Warsaw that Tusk, upon leaving the UW, left the party without a fax machine. Even Mazowiecki did not vote for Tusk. And they simply liked Lech; he was much more rooted in the opposition environment than Jarosław. Later, the attitude towards Tusk changed, because the times changed”. https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32160280,sledczy-ktory-po-marcu-68-przesluchiwal-i-jego-i-mnie-mowil.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Bartosz Kownacki, Mateusz Szczurek, Łukasz Kamiński, Andrzej Biernat, Paweł Klimowicz.