-- 0% INSTALLMENT MRI SCANS, WHILE THE HEALTH MINISTER CLAIMS PATIENTS ARE "ALREADY BETTER" - JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: “While the media bombards us with news of postponed medical examinations, and commercial networks offer CT and MRI scans on 0% installment plans, the health minister assures the public on television that thanks to his actions, patients are "already better." One should wisely limit their exposure to the Ministry of Health's online accounts. Their posts transport us to an alternate reality and can cause dizziness.”

-- THE MINISTRY LIVES IN ITS OWN WORLD, WHERE THE NATIONAL HEALTH FUND (NFZ) IS CUTTING EXPENDITURES, BUT PATIENTS ARE ONLY IMPROVING FROM IT - WATOŁA CONTINUES IN GW: “In the world we inhabit, expenditure cuts have a direct consequence in the form of postponed examinations. It used to be that the NFZ paid without limits, 100% of the rate, for all CT, MRI, gastroscopy, and colonoscopy procedures. As of April, it pays 100% only for the number of procedures stipulated in the contract. For examinations performed beyond this quota, it will pay only 50% (CT and MRI) or 60% (gastroscopy and colonoscopy). Furthermore, previously, examinations exceeding the NFZ contract amount were settled quarterly; now, they will be settled only once – at the end of the year.”

-- ON TVP INFO, NO ONE QUOTED THE TROUBLESOME QUESTIONS ABOUT POSTPONED EXAMS - STILL WATOŁA IN GW: “Two days prior, she appeared on TVP Info, and no one there cited the troublesome questions about postponed examinations. Anyway, she had everything rehearsed. She practices before every appearance. For the March Congress of Health Challenges, there were even several training sessions, although ultimately, Sobierańska-Grenda's inaugural speech lasted only a few minutes, and nothing could be remembered from it, apart from the mantra that a record amount of money is being allocated to health.”

-- GENERAL GIELERAK, THE RELIABLE COMRADE OF THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH - WATOŁA CONTINUES IN GW: “The debate on the vote of no confidence last week was also preceded by intensive training. The ministry's recently reliable comrade, General Grzegorz Gielerak, director of the Military Medical Institute and a fervent advocate for cuts in diagnostic procedures, even sent his spokesperson, Mariusz Gierej, to assist.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32779538,rezonans-na-raty-0-proc-a-minister-zdrowia-mowi-w-telewizji.html

-- KOSINIAK-KAMYSZ: THE POLISH-AMERICAN ALLIANCE IS THE FOUNDATION OF OUR SECURITY. Poland is ready to host additional American soldiers to strengthen NATO's eastern flank and further protect Europe.
https://x.com/KosiniakKamysz/status/2052983235819225559?s=20

-- TRUMP ON POLAND AND NAWROCKI: WE HAVE EXCELLENT RELATIONS WITH POLAND, I HAVE EXCELLENT RELATIONS WITH THE PRESIDENT, HE IS A GREAT FIGHTER AND A GREAT GUY: “Poland would want that. We have excellent relations with Poland, I have excellent relations with the president. Remember, I supported him, and he won even though he was far behind. He is a great fighter and a great guy, I like him very much, so it's possible.”
https://x.com/Marekwalkuski/status/2052904856818524649?s=20

-- DOES ANYONE REMEMBER ANY INSTANCES OF GERMAN SOLIDARITY WITH POLISH INTERESTS IN THE EU? - DOROTA GAWRYLUK IN KALEJDOSKOP WYDARZEŃ POLSAT NEWS: I remember instances of German anti-solidarity, whether it was the Nord Stream 2 project, Mercosur, or the Green Deal. There has never been any solidarity with Poland and Polish interests.
​​https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-amerykanscy-zolnierze-z-niemiec-do-polski-gawryluk-to-juz-by,nId,23475130

-- POWER IS SLIPPING FROM TUSK'S GRASP. AND ALTHOUGH THE RIGHT ALSO HAS FEW REASONS TO REJOICE, THE GOVERNMENT HAS EVEN FEWER - PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ IN INTERIA: “Looking at the polls, power is slipping from Tusk's hands. And although the right also has few reasons to rejoice, the government has even fewer. A deep government reconstruction in the autumn could be the beginning of an informal election campaign for next year.”

-- IF TUSK SERIOUSLY CONSIDERS MAINTAINING POWER, HE SHOULD ALREADY BE CONSIDERING A DEEP GOVERNMENT RECONSTRUCTION IN THE AUTUMN TO DEMONSTRATE EFFECTIVENESS IN AREAS WHERE INEFFECTIVENESS REIGNS - SZUBARTOWICZ CONTINUES:
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-wladza-moze-stracic-wladze-czarne-chmury-nad-rzadem-i-nie-ty,nId,23474623

-- THERE IS NO REFLECTION. IT MAY APPEAR AFTER THE ELECTIONS IN THE AUTUMN OF 2027 - DOMINIKA WIELOWIEYSKA: “The Civic Coalition pretends that nothing bad is happening. Meanwhile, we have the Senator Lenz case. Wrocław TVP is blocking a report about Jacek Sutryk. There is no media law; TVP in liquidation operates at the beck and call of the rulers. Sławomir Nowak, who is accused, appears on this TVP and portrays himself as a martyr without challenge. Stanisław Gawłowski, who was convicted of corruption in a non-final verdict, remains the head of the Senate's climate committee. There is no reflection. Perhaps it will appear after the elections in the autumn of 2027.”
https://x.com/DWielowieyska/status/2052261211039834522?s=20

-- THE MORAL REVOLUTION IN THE OPPOSITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY PRAGMATIC GOVERNANCE, ESSENTIALLY ADMINISTRATION - THIS IS ALSO INFLUENCED BY THE LACK OF STATUTORY TOOLS, GIVEN THE DEFEAT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - LESZEK JAŻDŻEWSKI IN INTERIA: “Prime Minister Tusk has mastered managing his supporters' fears to perfection, while skillfully neutralizing their expectations. Especially among the older generation, supporters can forgive him virtually anything. In Tusk's doctrine, strength counts. The weak are wrong. The moral revolution in the opposition has been replaced by pragmatic governance, essentially administration – this is also influenced by the lack of statutory tools, given the defeat of the Civic Coalition's candidate in the presidential elections.”

-- TODAY TUSK DECIDED THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO MOVE TOWARDS THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE, AS IF HE WERE PLANNING TO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT-WING VOTER. WHAT IS THE SENSE IN THAT, SINCE THIS VOTER DOES NOT TRUST TUSK OR EVEN HATES HIM? - JAŻDŻEWSKI CONTINUES: “Tusk perfectly adapts to the changing conditions of the game. He does not try to wrestle with them like Kaczyński, who sometimes succeeds in changing them, and other times fails. Tusk knows his opponent perfectly and knows how to win against him. He just needs to maintain the consistency of his own political camp. Everything else is stage directions. Today, he decided that it is necessary to move towards the conservative side, as if he were planning to fight for the right-wing voter. What is the sense in that, since this voter does not trust Tusk or even hates him?” 

-- NO LEADER CAN EMERGE IN TUSK'S SHADOW – HE WOULD NOT ALLOW IT. EVERYONE KNOWS THEIR ROLE AND PLAYS IT – JAŻDŻEWSKI CONTINUES IN INTERIA: “In the party, they have long learned not to question the boss's intuition. No leader can emerge in Tusk's shadow – he would not allow it. Everyone knows their role and plays it. Or they are eliminated. Therefore, even with a weakening Kaczyński, or (in the event of his departure) the process of selecting new leadership and a new opening – no longer within Platforma Obywatelska, but Koalicja Obywatelska – will be much more difficult than it seems.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-wszystkie-odslony-platformy-obywatelskiej,nId,23474403

-- BIRTHDAYS: Marek Cichocki, Marcin Kędryna, Marcin Twaróg. SUNDAY: Alicja Chybicka, Barbara Nowacka, Tomasz Szatkowski, Tomasz Chaciński, Michał Marszałek, Stanisław Żerko.