-- “SHIPS BURNED, we left them on the beach and, like Cortés once did, we are moving only forward.” Donald Tusk, July 23, 2005. https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/07/23/tusk-okrety-spalone-zostawilismy-je-na-plazy-tak-jak-kiedys-cortes-idziemy-wylacznie-do-przodu/ -- THE ANNOUNCED REDUCTION OF 20% IN DEPUTY MINISTERS, OR IN MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS COMBINED, HAS NOT BEEN MET, AS THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FUNCTIONED IN TWO VARIATIONS - PATRYK MICHALSKI IN WP: "The Prime Minister, coalition party leaders, and ministers are not rushing to fulfill the announced "slimming down" of ministries by removing deputy ministers. The deadlines declared by the government have not been met. July 24. Adam Szłapka, asked on TVN24 about when the list of deputy ministers for reconstruction would be known, replies: - I think it will be early, or mid-next week. When pressed whether the number of deputy ministers would be reduced by 20%, he states that it "must succeed". -- IN FEBRUARY, TUSK ANNOUNCED THAT AFTER THE RECONSTRUCTION, HIS GOVERNMENT WOULD BE AMONG THE SMALLEST IN EUROPE - MICHALSKI CONTINUES IN WP: "After the July reconstruction, besides the Prime Minister, there are 21 ministers and 84 deputy ministers in the government – in individual ministries and the Chancellery of the Prime Minister in the rank of secretaries and undersecretaries of state – totaling 106 people. This means that so far, the entire government has been slimmed down by just over 13 percent. In February, Tusk announced that after the reconstruction, his government would be one of the smallest in Europe." https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/niespelniona-zapowiedz-odchudzanie-rzadu-nie-wyszlo-7188484250614528a -- THIS WILL BE A COMPLETELY NEW COUNCIL OF MINISTERS - SZŁAPKA'S ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JULY 22: https://www.facebook.com/kancelaria.premiera/photos/to-b%C4%99dzie-nowe-otwarcie/1167641092066437/?_rdr -- IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A MONTH SINCE TUSK DEPOLITICIZED THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH: The entire ministry will be depoliticized, de-party-fied - announced Prime Minister Donald Tusk, informing about the change in the position of Minister of Health: In the coming DAYS, this ministry will pass into the hands of management specialists only. And the sole objective will not be to improve the situation of doctors, but to improve the situation of patients. https://www.rynekzdrowia.pl/Finanse-i-zarzadzanie/Cos-wiecej-niz-wymiana-ministra-Tusk-oglosil-radykalne-zmiany-w-resorcie-zdrowia,273926,1.html -- TUSK IS A "JANUSZEX" - WROTE ONE OF THE INTERNET USERS AFTER KATARZYNA PEŁCZYŃSKA-NAŁĘCZ WAS SLIGHTED BEFORE A GOVERNMENT SESSION: https://x.com/czardam/status/1955502170108744134 -- TEAM MANAGEMENT LIKE TOMASZ LIS - JAN PAWLICKI ON TUSK'S WORDS TO PEŁCZYŃSKA: Malicious, pseudo-joking, public stigmatization of a subordinate in this way is classic mobbing – team management style like Tomasz Lis. Pełczyńska responded to him nicely. https://x.com/Jan_Pawlicki/status/1955383099400831233 -- MP ARTUR ŁĄCKI COMPARES HORECA GRANTS TO PUBLIC AID RECEIVED BY ELON MUSK IN THE USA AND CLAIMS HE IS DOING IT BECAUSE HE MAINTAINS DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES' FAMILIES, AND WHEN CONFRONTED WITH HIS ASSETS DECLARATION OF PLN 7.7 MILLION IN CASH, HE SAYS HE IS NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON TO EXPLAIN WHY THAT IS THE CASE: https://x.com/PawelSokala/status/1955497047639097490 -- MP ARTUR ŁĄCKI ALSO ON STANOWSKI'S SHOW: They (the European Commission) are normal people who have to guard money, so they said, "We'll give (KPO funds), but win the elections." https://x.com/spalinskipatryk/status/1955341804150096234 -- AND MP ŁĄCKI AGAIN ON KANAŁ ZERO: Poland can afford to subsidize Spaniards, French, or Germans in maintaining their illegal migrants. We can relieve them of this burden. https://x.com/czardam/status/1955502170108744134 -- “DONALD TUSK WILL BE THE SOLE DEFENDER OF THE NORMAL, WHITE MAN IN POLAND” - SAID KO MP MICHAŁ KOŁODZIEJCZAK IN THE WP PROGRAM “TŁIT”: https://x.com/wroblewski_m/status/1955532752725610869 -- I SUSPECT THAT THE "HOTEL CONTROVERSIES" ARE JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG - JAROSŁAW KUISZ IN INTERIA: "The foundation received nothing. And that's it. More importantly, in August 2025, I had a close look at how funds from the KPO were being allocated through tenders. I suspect that the "hotel controversies" are just the tip of the iceberg. Huge sums of money had to be distributed rapidly. Donald Tusk's government was still relatively fresh, so the entire procedure in practice looked like a fusion of chaos and a battlefield." -- I ONLY ANTICIPATE THAT THE CURRENT NEWS IS PERHAPS ONLY THE BEGINNING OF THE REVELATION OF HOW CHEERFULLY THE KPO FUNDS FLOWED - KUISZ CONTINUES IN INTERIA: "No wonder they had to cool down in that heat. Windows were opened wide. Papers were flying across desks so much that applications with confirmed receipt at the reception office were lost. I'm not making this up! I only anticipate that the current news is perhaps only the beginning of the revelation of how cheerfully the KPO funds flowed." -- THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE CRISIS OF POLITICAL COMMUNICATION - KUISZ AGAIN IN INTERIA: "This is an unbelievable crisis of political communication. The oldest among us remember that for a very long time, supporters (and certainly not opponents) of the Tusk cabinet demanded improved PR. It looked like leading PO politicians were content with managing their own social media accounts. In the privacy of their offices, twice or three times a day, they crafted witty remarks for platforms on which American owners make money. Ultimately – after painful turbulence – a government spokesperson was appointed." -- INSTEAD OF JOINTLY BUILDING A DIGITAL TEFLON COATING, EVERYONE THERE WILL GO TO THE BOTTOM - CLAIMS KUISZ IN INTERIA: "And yet! Our government operates as if we were in the era of public television. Meanwhile, many YouTubers surpass the viewership of major TVP productions. Nurturing internal divisions within the government is also a complete misunderstanding of new media. Instead of jointly building a digital teflon coating, everyone there will go to the bottom." https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-krajowy-plan-katastrofy-kontrowersje-hotelarskie-to-wierzcho,nId,22173835 -- ONE OF THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS THREADS IS EMERGING – THE INTENTIONAL LIMITATION OF COMMUNICATION ABOUT PROJECT RECRUITMENT - WPOLSCE24 VIA ODPOWIEDZIALNYPOZNAN.PL: Although the topic of the National Reconstruction Plan has been electrifying public opinion for several days, only now is one of its most outrageous threads emerging – the intentional limitation of communication about project recruitment. The story of the last-minute cancellation of the Polish Agency for Entrepreneurship Development conference shows that as few people as possible were supposed to learn about the millions of zlotys allocated to the HoReCa sector." https://wpolsce24.tv/polska/afera-kpo-jak-rzad-uciszyl-parp,43452 -- TOMCZYK: IF UKRAINE IS FORCED INTO SOME FORM OF CAPITULATION, IT WILL FIRST AND FOREMOST BE A GIGANTIC DEFEAT FOR THE RP, AND SECONDLY A DEFEAT FOR NAWROCKI - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/08/13/tomczyk-jezeli-ukraina-bedzie-zmuszona-do-jakiegos-rodzaju-kapitulacji-to-w-pierwszej-kolejnosci-bedzie-to-gigantyczna-porazka-rp-a-w-drugiej-porazka-nawrockiego/ -- TUSK TWO WEEKS AGO ABOUT HIS RELATIONS WITH TRUMP - SPOKE ON TVN24: – I have had more meetings with President Trump than all Polish politicians combined. I cooperated with him during his first term as President of the European Council, we prepared and participated in G7 and G20 summits together. I have no complexes or problems – stated Prime Minister Donald Tusk in TVN24's "Fakty po faktach." https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/07/30/tusk-prosze-nie-dac-sobie-wmowic-ze-relacje-polsko-amerykanskie-sa-w-gorszym-stanie-niz-wczesniej/ -- IN NOVEMBER, MINISTER SIEMONIAK SAID THAT TUSK HAS RELATIONS WITH TRUMP AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: – Donald Tusk has personal relations with Donald Trump, they have met many times, and really, if in any industry one were to rely on someone having said something about someone once, especially since the internet never forgets, then no one would talk to anyone at all, so their relationship foundation is so strong that it doesn't matter much who wins – stated Tomasz Siemoniak in Polsat News' "Graffiti." https://300polityka.pl/live/2024/11/04/siemoniak-tusk-ma-osobiste-relacje-z-trumpem/ -- THE GRID CANNOT COPE WITH THE MANDATED GREEN DEAL'S UNIVERSAL ELECTRIFICATION AND EXCESSIVE UNSTABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE BUDGET CANNOT COPE WITH THE COSTS OF GRID DEVELOPMENT (EVEN IN RICH HOLLAND) - THEY CALCULATED THEY NEED APPROXIMATELY €200 BILLION FOR THIS ALONE AND ONLY BY 2040 - ANNA TRZECIAKOWSKA, WHO WAS THE MINISTER OF CLIMATE IN MORAWIECKI'S TECHNICAL GOVERNMENT IN 2023: https://x.com/AnnaTrzeciakow3/status/1944507554798973010 -- POLES' ATTITUDE TOWARDS UKRAINIANS IS CHANGING. FOR ME, THIS IS NOT ONLY A RISK OF INCITING POGROM-LIKE SENTIMENTS. IT IS ALSO A QUESTION OF WHETHER THE CONSEQUENCE WILL BE A LACK OF SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE IN THE FACE OF VLADIMIR PUTIN - PIOTR ZAREMBA IN INTERIA. -- MY LANGUAGE ITCHES TO ASK A FRIENDLY WAITER IN MY FAVORITE RESTAURANT WHY HE IS SERVING ME INSTEAD OF FIGHTING, BUT THE MANIFESTED SENSE OF SUPERIORITY ON THIS OCCASION, NOT TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS BUT TOWARDS AN ENTIRE NATION THAT HAS BEEN BRAVELY FIGHTING FOR OVER THREE YEARS, IS IRRITATING - ZAREMBA CONTINUES: "Another topic is pointing out young Ukrainians who, instead of fighting, are loafing around in Poland. I personally have a problem with that. My language itches to ask a friendly waiter in my favorite restaurant why he is serving me instead of fighting. Due to the disturbances at the stadium, this tone has become fashionable among right-wing Poles. (...) But even more irritating is the sense of superiority manifested on this occasion, not towards individuals, but towards an entire nation that has been bravely fighting for over three years." -- THE IMPRESSION OF VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY'S NOT PARTICULARLY STRAIGHTFORWARD ATTITUDE TOWARDS POLAND - ZAREMBA AGAIN: "Certainly, echoes of the dispute over the memory of Volhynia, along with Kyiv's arrogant stance, play a role here, as does the impression of Volodymyr Zelenskyy's not particularly straightforward attitude towards Poland. This is particularly irritating to people with right-wing views, because to top it all off, Zelenskyy chose Tusk over Kaczyński." https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-kiedy-polska-prawica-znienawidzi-ukraincow-do-konca,nId,22174014 -- THE WORST HARVEST FARMERS HAVE EVER REMEMBERED - MACIEJ PIETRZAK IN A REPORT IN GW: "It's tragic. Even the oldest among us don't remember such downpours – farmers from Żuławy Wiślane tell me. At the turn of July and August, as much rain fell here in one day as usually falls in four months. This is not only a catastrophe for the farmers but also the beginning of serious problems that could affect the entire economy." -- I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF SOME FARMERS GO OUT TO PROTEST IN THE STREETS IN TWO WEEKS, PEOPLE WILL SIMPLY BE LEFT WITHOUT MONEY - A FARMER IN PIETRZAK'S TEXT IN GW: "- I wouldn't be surprised if some farmers go out to protest in the streets in two weeks, people will simply be left without money. This concerns farmers who are burdened with loans, and now they will have no income from selling their harvests. But all companies operating around agriculture also have a huge problem. The consequences of this harvest, or rather its lack, will last for years and will be felt not only by farmers. We will all feel them very quickly, for example, through rising bread prices, concludes Adam Tworek." https://trojmiasto.wyborcza.pl/trojmiasto/7,35612,32168635,pojechalem-do-spichlerza-polski-zobaczyc-najgorsze-zniwa-jakie.html -- FARMERS' DESPAIR. WHEAT PRICES LIKE 20 YEARS AGO. THERE IS AN APPEAL FOR SUBSIDIES - DOMINIK MOLIŃSKI IN GAZETA.PL: "Prices for feed wheat have fallen below PLN 700 per ton. Farmers are concerned and are waiting for a rebound. Former EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, appealed for subsidies." https://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,32170721,dramat-rolnikow-ceny-pszenicy-jak-20-lat-temu-jest-apel-o.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Bronisław Korfanty, Ryszard Czarny, Maciej H. Grabowski, Beata Maciejewska, Magda Sakowska.