-- PRIME MINISTER TADEUSZ MAZOWIECKI DIED TWELVE YEARS AGO - OCTOBER 28, 2013.

-- THE KREMLIN STARTS TO FEAR TRUMP - ANDRZEJ ŁOMANOWSKI IN RZ: “After canceling the meeting with the American president in Budapest, Vladimir Putin reached for his traditional arsenal of intimidation and flattery. This time, he hit a void; the American remained unmoved.”
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art43242551-kreml-zaczyna-sie-bac-trumpa

-- THE LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY REACTED TO THE SCANDAL IN 8 HOURS AND SUSPENDED TWO MPS; THE CIVIC PLATFORM PRETENDS NOT TO HEAR QUESTIONS... - SZYMON JADCZAK ON THE QUESTIONS ABOUT DAWTONA: 
https://x.com/SzJadczak/status/1983071571456512330

-- TUSK SACRIFICED TERM LIMITS ON THE ALTAR OF POLITICAL GAMES. IT'S A MISTAKE THAT COULD COST HIM DEARLY - TOMASZ NYCZKA IN GW: “President Karol Nawrocki has not yet taken a position on this matter. And there is no certainty how he would behave if such a bill landed on his desk. Thus, a part of the ruling coalition is counting on the president, who comes from the PiS environment, not to sign something for them. And voters are receiving a clear message from the authorities – where possible, we are primarily concerned with our own seats.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32356217,tusk-zlozyl-dwukadencyjnosc-na-oltarzu-politycznej-gry-to-blad.html

-- THE ABOLITION OF THE TWO-TERM LIMIT IS ASSOCIATED SOLELY WITH DEFENDING SEATS FOR ONE'S OWN PEOPLE AND NOTHING MORE - JAN MENCWEL FROM MIASTO JEST NASZE: “Can someone explain to me why the Civic Coalition is again opposing a topic on which 70-80% of society has a different opinion? After all, the 'most important elections' are in two years. And the abolition of the two-term limit is associated solely with defending seats for one's own people and nothing more.”
https://x.com/JanMencwel/status/1982736660732469439

-- IT IS POSSIBLE THAT CIVIC COALITION POLITICIANS ARE CALCULATING THAT THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WILL BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE ELECTIONS IN 2027 - NATALIA SAWKA IN OKO.PRESS: “‘The situation is developing,’ one of the key Civic Coalition senators tells me in the Sejm. ‘Three months ago, no one would have supported this, but today some people here see that many local government officials will lose power, so it’s possible the idea will gain support.’ It is not impossible that Civic Coalition politicians are calculating that the support of local government officials will be extremely important in the future elections in 2027.”

-- LEFT-WING MPS DENY A DEAL ON ABOLISHING TERM LIMITS FOR PARTNERSHIP RIGHTS - SAWKA FURTHER IN OKO: “‘There was no deal,’ Anita Kucharska-Dziedzic from The Left comments on Czarzasty’s statement in an interview with OKO.press. She adds that Czarzasty spoke with representatives of local governments, but nothing is decided yet. Dorota Olko also confirmed to us that there was no agreement with the Polish People's Party: partnership rights in exchange for term limits, and Katarzyna Kotula reportedly confirmed the same to Wirtualna Polska.”
https://oko.press/zwiazki-partnerskie-za-zniesienie-limitu-dwoch-kadencji-w-samorzadach-lewica-nie-ma-takiego-dealu

-- TWO TIRED OLD MEN WITH AN IDEA (AND POTENTIAL) TO RULE UNTIL DEATH - CEZARY MICHALSKI IN INTERIA: “The conventions of Jarosław Kaczyński and Donald Tusk showed that nothing is changing in their thinking. The political methods that gave them power for 20 years are current for them today and will be current tomorrow. Moreover, the ‘anti-system’ alternatives for both men are riskier than they are.”

-- TUSK'S STRATEGY BASED ON ONE POLL - CEZARY MICHALSKI FURTHER IN INTERIA: “Tusk based his entire political and image strategy surrounding the convention and unification on one – very favorable to him – poll by Ogólnopolska Grupa Badawcza, the results of which were published two days before the Civic Coalition unification meeting.”

-- KACZYŃSKI AND TUSK ALIKE ARE LEAVING THIS WEEKEND WITH THE CONVICTION THAT NO CORRECTION SHOULD BE MADE - MICHALSKI'S CONCLUSION: “Therefore, both Kaczyński and Tusk are leaving this weekend with the conviction that no correction should be made, let alone a change in the political method that brought them both total domination for the last 20 years. And despite their political wear and tear, the ‘anti-system’ alternatives for them (Konfederacja, Zandberg, and Braun) can destroy more in Polish politics, but they certainly have nothing to add.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-dwaj-zmeczeni-starsi-panowie-z-pomyslem-i-potencjalem-na-pan,nId,22435749

-- TUSK AND KACZYŃSKI STILL UNDISPUTEDLY RULE POLITICAL IMAGINATION - MICHAŁ SZUŁDRZYŃSKI IN RZ: “Polish politics is still absolutely ruled by two older gentlemen, one well into his seventies, and the other just before. They do not lack energy, however. It was their speeches that set visions, mobilized activists and listeners. Apart from them, their parties do not have many resources. Which of them better reads social moods and the signs of the times? Undoubtedly, the one who will govern after the next elections.”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43237211-michal-szuldrzynski-wartosci-suwerennosc-i-strach-jak-tusk-i-kaczynski-wciaz-niepodzielnie-rzadza-polityczna-wyobraznia

-- IN 2027, TUSK WANTS TO WIN BY FEAR. KACZYŃSKI FAILED TO DO SO TWO YEARS AGO - ARTUR BARTKIEWICZ IN RZ: “In 2023, Tusk won the elections, leading a coalition that offered voters hope for change. In 2027, he wants to win through fear. Kaczyński failed to do so two years ago. The question is whether Tusk can be a better Kaczyński, or rather a mirror image of Kaczyński than the original?”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art43236491-artur-bartkiewicz-donald-tusk-w-roli-lustrzanego-odbicia-jaroslawa-kaczynskiego

-- TOMCZYK ON THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: THESE TYPES OF CONVENTIONS WERE WRITTEN IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TIMES - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live

-- THE POLISH PRIME MINISTER IS TRYING TO OUTDO THE RIGHT-WING RADICALS. INSTEAD OF HOT WATER IN THE TAP, THIS TIME HE IS SERVING PURE POPULISM - ANNA WÓJCIK IN OKO.PRESS: “Donald Tusk wants an urgent reform of the European Convention on Human Rights, and if that doesn't happen, he considers its denunciation to be ‘quite reasonable.’ The Polish prime minister is trying to outdo the right-wing radicals. Instead of hot water in the tap, this time he is serving pure populism.”

-- TUSK AND OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS ARE TRYING TO GAIN POLITICAL POINTS TODAY BY ATTACKING THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS - ANNA WÓJCIK FURTHER IN OKO: “A similar strategy has been used in Poland for years by PiS, Konfederacja, or Grzegorz Braun’s party – but their target is the European Union. One cannot be simultaneously attached to the EU legal order and advocate for withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights – both systems are closely linked and based on the same values.”
https://oko.press/donald-tusk-skrajny-populista-wypowiedzenie-europejskiej-konwencji-praw-czlowieka-moze-byc-calkiem-rozsadne

-- 36 YEARS AGO, at the end of an interview on the television program Dziennik Komentarze, Joanna Szczepkowska said: “Ladies and gentlemen, on June fourth, eighty-ninth, communism ended in Poland…”

-- ALSO 36 YEARS AGO, the Zjednoczenie Chrześcijańsko-Narodowe (ZChN) [Christian National Union] was founded.

-- 7 YEARS AGO, Edward Dwurnik died.

-- Also 7 years ago, Kazimierz Czaplicki died.

-- BIRTHDAYS: Piotr Semka turns 60, Tadeusz Iwiński.