-- TOMORROW - 15.08 - FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HENRYK WUJEK'S DEATH. -- WALKING GOODNESS – EWA SIEDLECKA WROTE FIVE YEARS AGO: “He was about quiet, persistent work without reward, which he never sought in any situation. Nor did he seek attention or sympathy. His friends learned of his terminal illness only a few days before his death. Impossibly humble, but when it was beneficial to the cause, he could take on the burden of leadership. In Buddhism, there is the concept of a bodhisattva – a being of perfect compassion who has freed themselves from the bonds of 'self,' but does not rest in nirvana, instead serving others, freeing them from suffering. For me, Henryk Wujec was the embodiment of a bodhisattva.” https://siedlecka.blog.polityka.pl/2020/08/15/pozegnanie-henryka-wujca/ *** -- KAROL NAWROCKI HAS BEEN PRESIDENT FOR 8 DAYS. -- EXACTLY A WEEK AGO, he appointed his closest associates, ministers in the Chancellery. -- PRESIDENT NAWROCKI ON A CALL WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS AND PRESIDENT TRUMP - LITERAL QUOTE: “President Trump, stop the Bolsheviks on August 15, 2025, like Poland, also with the participation of soldiers from Ukraine on August 15, 1920!” - 300POLITYKA LEARNS. -- THE PRESTIGIOUS AMERICAN PORTAL AXIOS ALSO WROTE ABOUT THESE WORDS: “Polish President Karol Nawrocki 'reminded Trump of the Battle of Warsaw, exactly 105 years ago, when Poland fought together with Ukrainians against the Bolsheviks in Russia,' the source said.” https://www.axios.com/2025/08/13/trump-putin-ceasefire-summit-zelensky-call -- ACCORDING TO 300POLITYKA'S INTERLOCUTORS, THE US PRESIDENT CAME ALIVE UPON HEARING NAWROCKI SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO HIM ON THE LEADERS' CALL. He congratulated him again on his electoral victory and reminded the other leaders of the support he had given Nawrocki, stating that he was waiting for him at the White House on September 3rd. *** -- MARCIN FIJOŁEK ASKED THE MINISTER OF FINANCE ON GOŚĆ WYDARZEŃ POLSATU ABOUT THE REPORTS FROM THE STATE OF PLAY THAT THE DRAFT BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS – THE SO-CALLED “SLIDES” – WERE REMOVED FROM THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' AGENDA SEVERAL TIMES AT THE PRIME MINISTER'S ORDER. https://300polityka.pl/stan-gry/2025/07/29/stan-gry-na-horyzoncie-najwiekszy-kryzys-rzadu-tuska-czy-prezydent-nawrocki-skieruje-budzet-do-tk-ale-czy-sejm-go-w-ogole-uchwali/ -- MINISTER DOMAŃSKI DENIED, claiming that it was about the budget execution report and this item was removed once. -- MINISTER DOMAŃSKI DID NOT DIRECTLY ANSWER FIJOŁEK'S QUESTION WHETHER IT IS TRUE THAT HE EXPECTS 20% CUTS IN THE BUDGETS OF MINISTRIES THAT ARE NOT MANDATED BY STATUTES. *** -- FORWARD! OR “FOLLOW ME”? -- WHAT THE POLISH CHARGE D'AFFAIRES IN THE US CAPITAL -- “PAN KLICH” -- THINKS AFTER THE PRIME MINISTER'S WORDS: “I think I have stated quite clearly that I will work towards agreement and consensus on this matter. And what the consequences for Mr. Klich will be, you will see soon.” -- WHAT GOVERNMENT MINISTERS THINK WHEN THE PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS TO HIS MINISTER IN FRONT OF ALL THE MEDIA IN THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS' MEETING ROOM: - All cameras on the minister - Tusk addressed Pełczyńska-Nałęcz. - Or on the Prime Minister - replied the Minister of Funds. Tusk, as he walked to his seat, added: - One could envy that popularity. *** -- IS RAFAŁ SO BACK? -- NARRATOR: “Trzaskowski sulks, they've had enough and lost their desire, Trzaskowski is indisposed, Campus will no longer happen! CAMPUS 2025 IS DEAAAD!” -- TRZASKOWSKI: The rumors of Campus's death were greatly exaggerated! See you in Międzyzdroje! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNTd-30owvn/?igsh=MTlmdGY4ZjNzcHJrYg%3D%3D *** -- IT WAS THE AMERICANS WHO “PUSHED” NAWROCKI INSTEAD OF TUSK TO THE MEETING WITH TRUMP – CLAIMS BARTOSZ T. WIELIŃSKI – DEPUTY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF GW. -- OTHER PRIME MINISTERS DID NOT INTERFERE – WIELIŃSKI CONTINUES: “The American side wanted President Nawrocki to be at the table instead of Prime Minister Tusk at the second meeting. Why? The justification was that a president should talk to a president. But there were three other heads of government at the table who did not bother the Americans.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,32173169,to-amerykanie-wepchneli-nawrockiego-za-tuska-na-spotkanie-z.html -- WITH FULL PREMEDITATION, THEY ALLOWED A FOREIGN POWER TO DECIDE WHO REPRESENTS POLAND, AND BERLIN TO COMMUNICATE IT – BARTOSZ T. WIELIŃSKI IN GW: “Politicians from PiS – a party that considers itself ultra-Polish and wants to defend Polish sovereignty at every step – have led to a situation where a foreign superpower has become involved in the conflict between the October 15th Coalition and the camp supporting President Nawrocki. With full premeditation, they allowed a foreign power to decide who represents Poland, and Berlin to communicate it. Such a stance smells unpleasantly of 18th-century Poland and the Targowica Confederation treachery.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32176173,ustawka-nawrockiego-z-trumpem-szkodzi-polsce.html -- THIS COULD BE IN POLAND'S INTEREST – JĘDRZEJ BIELECKI IN RZ: “Tusk revealed at a press conference that just before midnight on Tuesday, a message arrived stating that the Americans wanted Nawrocki to appear on the other side of the screen during the conversation with Trump. This certainly confirms the thesis that the American president believes that 'his candidate' won the election and gives him some credit of trust. This could even be used in Poland's interest if the cooperation between the head of government and the head of state is efficient.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42852741-jedrzej-bielecki-karol-nawrocki-rozmawial-z-donaldem-trumpem-dzieki-kanclerzowi-niemiec -- IT IS TRULY HARD NOT TO NOTICE THAT HE HAS ONLY BEEN PRESIDENT FOR A WEEK, SO THE CONVERSATION WITH DONALD TRUMP IS HIS GREAT SUCCESS – MICHAŁ PŁOCIŃSKI IN RZ: “And it shows that he must indeed enjoy sympathy from the American president. At the same time, it would be good for Poland's and the entire region's security matters to be handled on the basis of cross-party consensus, or at least within close cooperation of power centers. And if there is anything we should expect from the political class – it is precisely that they do not turn contacts with the USA into a domestic political spectacle.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42851371-michal-plocinski-karol-nawrocki-szybko-przejal-kontakty-z-donaldem-trumpem-uznal-ze-woz-albo-przewoz -- THE NEW PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN IS BEING IMPLEMENTED VERY CONSCIOUSLY AND CONSISTENTLY – WITOLD GŁOWACKI IN OKO.PRESS: “The association of Karol Nawrocki with the Mrożek character of Edek is truly insistent – and not just because of his folk-tavern-like, yet very consciously and consistently implemented, campaign style as the new president.” -- THE OCTOBER 15TH COALITION IS RAPIDLY GAINING A STRONG, DANGEROUS, AND ENERGETIC OPPONENT. AND THE RIGHT SEEMS TO BE GETTING A NEW LEADER – GŁOWACKI CONTINUES: “Because so far, Nawrocki is making a storm. The beginning of this presidency seems to indicate that the October 15th Coalition is rapidly gaining a strong, dangerous, and energetic opponent. And the right seems to be getting a new leader who, using the powerful support of American MAGA conservatives and the global international of ultra-right organizations built by them, is going to war with Polish and European liberal democracy.” -- IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE THAT A NEW ERA IN POLISH POLITICS BEGAN ON AUGUST 6TH. UNDER THE SKILLFUL EYE OF PAWEŁ SZEFERNAKER AND HIS TEAM, FURTHER SHOTS AND IMAGES WERE PRODUCED – GŁOWACKI AGAIN: “It is not impossible that a new era in Polish politics began on August 6th. (...) Under the skillful eye of Paweł Szefernakera and his people, further shots and images were produced, professionally tailored to social media algorithms favoring the right and immediately efficiently distributed through appropriate channels.” -- NAWROCKI CAN PROUDLY SHOW OFF THE ATTENTION HE RECEIVES FROM TRUMP – GŁOWACKI CONTINUES. -- NAWROCKI IS BEGINNING TO IMPLEMENT A TEXTBOOK POLITICAL SCENARIO, WHICH FOR UNEXPLAINED REASONS THE CIVIC COALITION DID NOT IMPLEMENT – GŁOWACKI AGAIN IN OKO: “Nawrocki is beginning to implement a textbook political scenario, which for unexplained reasons the Civic Coalition did not implement in the last year of Andrzej Duda's term. He will flood the Sejm with his bills and wait for them to be rejected or frozen. Each such case will be another argument for him and PiS voters that it is time to change the government.” https://oko.press/edek-wywraca-stolik-pierwsze-dni-prezydentury-analiza -- AZOV HAS, HOWEVER, CHANGED ITS CHARACTER, AND PAID A VERY HIGH PRICE FOR THE DEFENSE OF UKRAINE, ESPECIALLY IN MARIUPOL – MICHAŁ OLSZEWSKI IN GW: “And it so happened that the soldiers from Azov also paid with their lives for peace on the Polish border.” -- DECIDEDLY TOO LITTLE TO START A NATIONAL HYSTERIA – MICHAŁ OLSZEWSKI AGAIN IN GW: “Now the most important thing – 60,000 people were at the stadium during a concert by a Belarusian rapper. Among them, three flags of a character, as described by the Minister of Interior and Administration Marcin Kierwiński, 'totalitarian' appeared. It seems that this is definitely too little to start a national hysteria, beat drums, and shout: 'Didn't I tell you so?'. If these flags are meant to prove anything, it is so-called anecdotal evidence.” -- ANTI-UKRAINIAN RACING, IN WHICH THE ENTIRE POLISH POLITICAL CLASS IS CURRENTLY PARTICIPATING – MICHAŁ OLSZEWSKI AGAIN: “Those who broke the law should be justly punished, but deportation is an exceptionally severe penalty, and I find no other justification for it than anti-Ukrainian racing, in which the entire Polish political class is currently participating.” https://wyborcza.pl/7,75399,32173135,po-awanturze-na-stadionie-narodowym-trzy-flagi-totalitarne.html -- YOUNG AND ALREADY UP TO THEIR NECKS IN DEBT. LOANS, BORROWINGS, AND ALIMONY. "SERIOUS BARRIERS" - PRZEMYSŁAW ŚREDZIŃSKI IN GAZETA.PL: “For nearly 118,000 young people aged 18-24, their first serious financial decisions have resulted in problems that could significantly affect the rest of their lives – according to data from the BIG InfoMonitor Debtors Register and the BIK database. Their debt amounts to hundreds of millions of zlotys. The data shows that the aforementioned individuals already have PLN 833 million in overdue non-credit and credit debts. Experts emphasize that they also lack the habit of saving.” https://next.gazeta.pl/next/7,151003,32175424,mlodzi-i-juz-zadluzeni-po-uszy-kredyty-pozyczki-i-alimenty.html -- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Matuszewski. FRIDAY: Danuta Kuroń.