— THAT WAS ALL THE MUSCLE-FLEXING FOR. AFTER ABANDONING THE DIGITAL TAX, CANADA IS REMOVING MANY TARIFFS ON GOODS FROM THE USA. AS RP WRITES: IT WANTS TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH DONALD TRUMP:
https://www.rp.pl/handel/art42895891-kanada-zlikwiduje-wiele-cel-na-towary-z-usa-chce-naprawic-relacje-z-donaldem-trumpem

— HE IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE THE POLISH ALEXANDER STUBB. HOWEVER, HE HAS THE AMBITION TO BUILD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH TRUMP, JUST AS HIS PREDECESSOR ANDRZEJ DUDA DID. HE SHOULD NOT BE UNDERESTIMATED – BARTOSZ WIELIŃSKI IN GW: “The Polish president, Karol Nawrocki, absent in Washington, cannot play the finesse-demanding game of golf. He has no diplomatic experience and speaks poor English. He is not and never will be the Polish Alexander Stubb. However, he has the ambition to build a personal relationship with Trump, just as his predecessor Andrzej Duda did. He should not be underestimated. During the election campaign, Nawrocki staked on similarities with the American president, speaking to voters in a similar language and promising them the moon. Like Trump, he openly disdained political rivals and belittled journalists who asked him questions.”

— DONALD TRUMP'S POLISH COPY MUST HAVE THE ORIGINAL'S SUPPORT – WIELIŃSKI CONTINUES IN GW: “A politician without a party base, without prior political achievements, experience, and essentially contacts, must build his position on direct contact with his radical voters. He must be distinctive, even controversial, not so much deepening divisions as fanning the flames of civil war. However, this requires a franchise. Donald Trump's Polish copy must have the original's support.”

— TRUMP WILL NEED HIS TROJAN HORSE IN EUROPE. THE PRIME MINISTER OF HUNGARY, VIKTOR ORBAN, WHO IS FRIENDLY WITH HIM, IS NOT VERY SUITABLE FOR THIS ROLE BECAUSE HE IS WEAKENING – WIELIŃSKI STILL IN GW: “Trump will need his Trojan horse in Europe. The prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, who is friendly with him, is not very suitable for this role because he is weakening and, according to polls, has no chance of staying in power after next year's elections. Unless he falsifies them. Nawrocki, even if he has actually annoyed Trump and despite not playing golf, could take the Hungarian's place to implement the program, conceived with the support of the pro-Trump Heritage Foundation, of dismantling the European Union in the name of returning sovereignty taken by Brussels to the nations of Europe.”
https://wyborcza.pl/magazyn/7,124059,32191196,trump-potrzebuje-w-europie-swojego-konia-trojanskiego-viktor.html

— THE PISIST STUBBORNNESS CONTINUES! BUTTER HAS INCREASED IN PRICE BY 20% OVER THE LAST YEAR: The pace of butter price increases is slightly slowing down, but hikes remain in double digits – according to a report by Grupa Blix, Hiper-Com Poland, and UCE Research. In July 2025, a standard block cost an average of PLN 7.87, an increase of over 17 percent compared to last year.
https://tvn24.pl/biznes/najnowsze/ceny-masla-w-polsce-nadal-rosna-ile-kosztuje-maslo-jak-wzrosna-ceny-masla-st8610773

— A COALITION POLITICIAN ADMITS THAT ADDING WIND FARMS TO ENERGY PRICES IS PLAYING GAMES WITH POLES – IN A TEXT BY MICHAŁ WRÓBLEWSKI IN WP: “Coalition politician: – This is how it had to end, lumping the rapid freezing of energy prices into the wind farm act. When one act is controversial, another is attached. Such a political trick. But it's playing games with Poles. And the issue of wind farms is too serious.”

— NO WONDER THERE IS A VETO – ANOTHER VOICE FROM THE COALITION IN WP: “Not all representatives of the ruling camp are happy with the government's actions in this matter. – We have to learn to act in conditions that we did not foresee. I'll tell you straight: this law was written for President Trzaskowski. He was supposed to sign wind farms and price freezes in one act. But President Trzaskowski is not here. So don't be surprised that there is a veto now – says one of the MPs.”

— POLSKI2050 MP KOMAREWICZ WANTS TALKS WITH THE OPPOSITION AND THE PRESIDENT: “- I believe that the new energy minister should sit down with the opposition, as well as with the president, and consider what room for agreement there is on the issue of wind farms. Because there is no doubt that we need these onshore wind farms – assures Rafał Komarewicz, MP from Polski 2050, in an interview with WP.”
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/awantura-o-wiatraki-dzieli-nawet-koalicjantow-trzeba-sie-dogadac-z-nawrockim-7192045034556000a

— PAWEŁ FIGURSKI ON HIS AND PATRYK SŁOWIK'S ARTICLE: “This is a disgrace to the government, a disgrace to the whistleblower institutions. Here, a whistleblower receives confirmation from the Ministry of Culture that her case will be handled under whistleblower protection. However, the Ministry reveals her letter and claims she was never a whistleblower. So what does the email sent by the ministry mean? A mistake. In the meantime, the spokesperson for the Pilecki Institute mocks journalists who disclosed the matter.”
https://x.com/p_figurski/status/1958837031045333076

— WE ARE PUBLISHING THE EVIDENCE. THE MINISTRY RESPONDS: THE STATUS WAS GRANTED BY AN EMPLOYEE WHO SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE SO, THEREFORE THE PROTECTION DOES NOT APPLY – TEXT BY SŁOWIK AND FIGURSKI: 
https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/wyciek-z-ministerstwa-kultury-sygnalistka-stracila-prace-resort-zabral-jej-ochrone-prawna-bo-udzielil-jej-przez-pomylke-7192014797458176a

— WHISTLEBLOWERS ARE THE SAFETY VALVE OF DEMOCRACY. RUCHNIEWICZ AND CIENKOWSKA SHOULD NOT RESIGN – SZYMON JADCZAK: “Whistleblowers are the safety valve of democracy. Ruchniewicz and Cienkowska should not resign. They should be fired disciplinarily by Tusk, if the prime minister attaches any importance to words like democracy anymore. Otherwise, all we will be left with is reading the babble of the Kurski brothers. Alternating, depending on who happens to be ruling this country.”
https://x.com/SzJadczak/status/1958921406923628950

— KAZIMIERZ UJAZDOWSKI: “Undermining protection for whistleblowers that has already been confirmed undermines the foundation of trust in the law. If whistleblowers cannot feel safe, no one will dare to expose violations.”
https://x.com/kmujazdowski/status/1958932533950697525

— CIENKOWSKA IS HAPPY TO HAVE BECOME A MINISTER: I am very happy to have become a minister on the eve of one of the most important cultural events in Poland and the world.
https://x.com/MartaCienkowska/status/1958837031045333076

— RUCHNIEWICZ IS HAPPY TO HAVE BECOME PRESIDENT OF THE PILECKI INSTITUTE? 

— TVN24 IS OUTRAGED THAT PRESIDENT NAWROCKI WEARS A CUSTOM-MADE SHIRT WITH MONOGRAMS: https://x.com/SzkKontaktowe/status/1958515464125939940

— CIVIC PLATFORM IS OUTRAGED THAT PRESIDENT NAWROCKI DRIVES AN SOP LIMOUSINE PURCHASED BEFORE HIS ELECTION BY SOP, WHICH IS SUPERVISED BY MSWiA FROM PLATFORM, AND THAT PRIME MINISTER TUSK PROBABLY DRIVES THE SAME CAR: 
https://x.com/Platforma_org/status/1958917457630175434

— CIVIC PLATFORM MP IS OUTRAGED THAT SPEED CAMERAS DID NOT DETECT A RUSSIAN DRONE: https://x.com/obserwujesobie/status/1958976502915375250

— ALICJA ŁEPKOWSKA-GOŁAŚ, CIVIC PLATFORM MP: In 2009, she obtained a bachelor's degree in public administration from the Higher School of Public Administration in Ostrołęka, and in 2012, a master's degree in human resource management. She began working at the Municipal Office in Łomża. She became vice-chairwoman of the Civic Platform party structures in Łomża.

— NATO SECRETARY GENERAL BELIEVES POLAND SHOULD "IN SOME WAY RESPOND TO THE LATEST INCIDENT": “- We are cooperating very closely with our colleagues from Poland, without revealing details, but indeed they should respond in some way to this latest incident – he stated.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-szef-nato-reaguje-po-eksplozji-drona-w-osinach-powinni-odpow,nId,22177132

— IF TUSK DOES NOT CHANGE HIS BEHAVIOR AND IS UNABLE TO OPEN UP TO NUMEROUS PRO-DEMOCRATIC ENVIRONMENTS, THIS SITUATION WILL END DRAMATICALLY NOT ONLY FOR HIS POLITICAL FORMATION – SAYS PROF. WAWRZYNIEC KONARSKI, POLITICAL SCIENTIST, RECTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND BUSINESS VISTULA IN AN INTERVIEW WITH PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ ON INTERIA: “I wouldn't want a 'Donek' to appear instead of Jasiek from 'Wesele' in a new version of this essentially brilliant literary work, but if Tusk does not change his behavior and is unable to open up to numerous pro-democratic environments, this situation will end dramatically not only for his political formation.”

— NAWROCKI IS A POLITICIAN ON THE ASCENDANT, HE HAS HIS FIVE MINUTES AND INTENDS TO EXTEND THESE FIVE MINUTES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE – PROF. KONARSKI CONTINUES IN AN INTERVIEW WITH PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ ON INTERIA: “His election is a confirmation of the mental state of a large part of Polish society. On the one hand, the new president talks about wanting unity among Poles and fighting monopolies, while at the same time dividing society and aiming to build a right-wing monopoly. If the right wins in 2027, he will largely contribute to it. And then we will face a monopoly of power the likes of which we have not yet seen.”

— TURBULENCE UNDERSCORES TUSK'S LEADERSHIP, WHO ACTS AS IF HE HAS LOST POLITICAL INITIATIVE – PROF. KONARSKI FURTHER STATES TO SZUBARTOWICZ: “From my perspective as a political scientist, the situation of chaos, turbulence, and upheaval within the ruling camp is fertile ground for research. But from a citizen's perspective, it is surprisingly incomprehensible. This state, in a sense, undermines Tusk's leadership, who behaves as if he has lost political initiative. If the prime minister wants to remain in power after the next elections, he should open up to all circles that fear the prospect of de facto authoritarian rule in Poland. And such rule, based on ideologically motivated revenge, threatens us. Tusk should have substantively enriching advisors around him, not surround himself mainly with flatterers.”
 

— SUNDAY MARKS 36 YEARS SINCE THE SEJM ELECTED TADEUSZ MAZOWIECKI AS PRIME MINISTER. After General Kiszczak resigned from the post of prime minister in August 1989, Wałęsa nominated Mazowiecki as the new head of government. The Sejm appointed him on August 24, 1989. “I can be a good or bad prime minister, but I will not agree to be a painted prime minister,” Mazowiecki said on the eve of his appointment as Chairman of the Council of Ministers.

— BIRTHDAYS: Antoni Mężydło, Radosław Gawlik, Marian Krzaklewski, Waldemar Dąbrowski, Marek Tałasiewicz, Lech Garlicki, Michał Potocki. SUNDAY: Jerzy Polaczek, Igor Tuleya.