-- ZELENSKY'S DECISION IS CREATING A COMMON FRONT OF UNWILLINGNESS IN POLAND, NOT ONLY TOWARDS THE LEADER OF UKRAINE AND UKRAINE ITSELF - BOGUSŁAW CHRABOTA IN RZ: “But the worst thing is yet to come: Zelensky's decision is creating a common front of unwillingness in Poland, not only towards the leader of Ukraine and Ukraine itself. It confirms stereotypes about Ukrainian nationalism and clearly corresponds with the Kremlin's narrative about neo-Nazis ruling in Kyiv. Was this really Zelensky's intention? Do years of our joint struggle against stereotypes dividing Poles and Ukrainians mean nothing?”
https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art44539231-boguslaw-chrabota-ukrainska-pulapka-na-donalda-tuska-czy-zelenski-o-niej-wiedzial

-- AS FAR AS I CAN SEE SO FAR, THE MENTALITY OF THE UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES AND SOME ELITES IS THE SAME POST-SOVIET MENTALITY AS IN RUSSIA - ZIEMOWIT SZCZEREK IN INTERIA: “While wishing Ukraine all the best, let's not be under any illusions: it is a country that, if veteran circles come to power after the war, may be held together mainly by nationalism and likely militarism. And I hope they manage to curb corruption at least to some extent – I see some chance in NABU. I also see it in the creativity of Ukrainians: if they have coped so brilliantly with the arms industry when needed, perhaps they will manage the country's affairs just as inventively. I would very much like this and wish Ukraine this. And this would be the final step in systematically distinguishing themselves from Russia. Because, as far as I can see so far, the mentality of the Ukrainian authorities and some elites is the same post-Soviet mentality as in Russia. Just building a different type of project.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-ukraina-opanowala-sztuke-pogardy-opinia,nId,23491174

-- CZARZASTY CRITICIZES NAWROCKI FOR HIS REACTION TO ZELENSKY'S DECISION: SUCH MATTERS ARE NOT SETTLED THROUGH FIGHTS IN THE FOREST - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2026-06-03

-- RAFAŁ SONIK DOES NOT RULE OUT RUNNING IN KRAKOW - AS HE SAYS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH WP: “- I need to think about this deeply now and consult thoroughly with wise people around me. Until then, I would like to leave room for both options – Sonik concludes for WP SportoweFakty. (...) — In October, I will be a father for the third time. A third son will be born. Family is responsibility and a priority for a mature father. Next week, maybe in two weeks, I will consult whether I could honestly reconcile the public role with my fatherly and family role. And whether it would be most beneficial for Krakow, because 'power is service' – Rafał Sonik told WP SportoweFakty.”
https://sportowefakty.wp.pl/rajdy-terenowe/1254201/zaskakujace-nazwisko-na-liscie-kandydatow-stanie-do-walki-w-krakowie

-- IT SEEMED THAT WE WERE PAST THE TIMES WHEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ELITE TAUGHT POLES HOW TO EAT MERINGUE - PRZEMYSŁAW SADURA IN CONVERSATION WITH GRZEGORZ SROCZYŃSKI ON THE PORTAL ZERO: “This is a living trauma for the liberal intelligentsia. So what can I tell you? It seemed that we were past the times when representatives of the elite taught Poles how to eat meringue. It has returned in a style that, perhaps, has never been seen before.”

-- THE LIBERAL-LEFT ELITE HAS LOST SYMBOLIC POWER. WE CAN NO LONGER TELL PEOPLE WHAT IS RIGHT AND WHAT IS PROPER, THE NATION DOESN'T CARE - SADURA FURTHER WITH SROCZYŃSKI: “The liberal-left elite has lost symbolic power. We can no longer tell people what is right and what is proper; the nation doesn't care. Nawrocki's election marks the completion of this process. And hence so many hysterical reactions in the intellectual bubble. Our latest report from the field – ‘Shameless People’ – I sent it to someone for review before publication. I heard: ‘No, no, man, you're going to some liberal intellectual living in a Pis-dominated province, quoting him saying some terrible things, and then you're judging it. That's terribly patronizing’.”

-- THE RIGHT HAS INVESTED A LOT OF ENERGY IN CONDUCTING NATIONAL THERAPY AND ENDING THE PEDAGOGY OF SHAME - SADURA FURTHER WITH SROCZYŃSKI: “The liberal side has trouble understanding an important change that has occurred in Poland. They haven't realized that the mechanisms of shame that worked so well in the 90s no longer work. The right has invested a lot of energy in conducting national therapy and ending the pedagogy of shame.”

-- THE RIGHT APPROACHED THIS SERIOUSLY. THEY INVESTED A LOT OF RESOURCES IN HISTORICAL POLICY. AT LEAST THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND MY SIDE DOESN'T KNOW - SADURA AGAIN ON THE PORTAL ZERO WITH SROCZYŃSKI: “The right approached this seriously. They invested a lot of resources in historical policy. At least they knew what they were doing, and my side doesn't know. We have these two populisms, only with the right-wing one I can tell you exactly what values bind it; I might not like these values, but they are consistent, it's a concrete proposal, and on the other side, no such proposal is visible, only hysterical reactions. In addition, constant attempts to blindly copy populist solutions in the hope of winning. If they spit, let's spit harder; if they have a president who can punch, then we will punch too, and so on. On the liberal side, the lesson has not been learned, and a fundamental thing has not been understood.”

-- KO HAS FORGOTTEN WHOSE HELP THEY GAINED POWER IN 2023: THANKS TO THE LEFT AND THANKS TO HOŁOWNIA - CLAIMS SADURA: “Because when a fanatical electorate dominates the main liberal party, it attacks its allies just as fiercely. And the process of siphoning off these allies, weakening them, is underway. KO has forgotten who helped them gain power in 2023: thanks to the Left and thanks to Hołownia. The more fanatical electorate the liberal side has, the less chance of reaching an agreement with some new Hołownia and of winning in 2027.”

-- MORE PREJUDICES TOWARDS VOTERS OF THE OTHER SIDE ARE VISIBLE ON MY SIDE, I.E., THE LIBERAL ONE. IN THE RIGHT-WING ELECTORATE, THERE IS A LOT OF UNWILLINGNESS TOWARDS THE ENTIRE WORLD, OTHERS, MUSLIMS, BLACK PEOPLE, JEWS, "QUEERS," BUT THERE IS NO NEED TO FOCUS IT ON THE OPPONENT - SADURA TELLS SROCZYŃSKI: “More prejudices towards voters of the other side are visible on my side, i.e., the liberal one. In the right-wing electorate, there is a lot of unwilllingness towards the entire world, others, Muslims, black people, Jews, "queers," but there is no need to focus it on the opponent. Well, maybe Konfederacja has an obsession with "leftism," but that's more to define themselves, because they don't find themselves in the division between "Solidary Poland" and "Liberal Poland." Perhaps it's all simpler: on the right side, you have so many nations, so many imagined "others" between whom you can distribute hatred, that you don't have to focus on the voters of the opposing side, and on the other side, it's simply not proper to hate other nations, Israel – well, it's not proper, so only adversaries remain. And we hate them tenfold more.”
https://zero.pl/news/pieklo-liberalow-jestesmy-wsciekli-bo-lud-nas-nie-slucha

-- CIVIC COALITION RISKS BEING LABELED THE PARTY OF "PORK BARREL POLITICS." FIGHTING THIS TREND, KO IS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN "FIRE-FIGHTING" MODE. OFTEN, IT EXTINGUISHES THEM INCOMPETENTLY, ADDING GASOLINE TO THE FIRE - JAKUB MAJMUREK IN ONE: “In Krakow, one of the key factors determining the success of the referendum and the recall of Mayor Aleksander Miszalski was 'pork barrel politics.' This belief that the city authorities treat it as a private farm and distribute well-paid positions in municipal companies not according to competence, but as a reward for party merits and loyalty. Did these accusations have a basis in reality, and was Miszalski's Krakow worse in this regard than other large cities? (...) The problem for KO, however, is that the liberal electorate in Poland is increasingly intolerant of such practices – and the fear of PiS's return may not be enough to make them close their eyes to it at the ballot box next year.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/po-referendum-w-krakowie-ko-w-potrzasku-tusk-musi-postawic-sie-koryciarstwu/g5wd81e,452ad802

-- THE GOVERNMENT IS AT ODDS. THE STAKES ARE PLN 1.5 BILLION AND A POSSIBLE PARALYSIS OF "CLEAN AIR" - TOMASZ ŻÓŁCIAK AND GRZEGORZ OSIECKI IN MONEY: “Minister of Climate Paulina Hennig-Kloska has complaints against the Funds Ministry, accusing it of holding up the settlement of applications for the 'Clean Air' program worth over PLN 1.5 billion. The ministry of Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz confirms and does not accept assurances that all documents have been properly verified. The problem is the ongoing European Public Prosecutor's Office investigation.”
https://www.money.pl/gospodarka/w-rzadzie-ida-na-noze-stawka-1-5-mld-zl-i-mozliwy-paraliz-czystego-powietrza-7292588515748320a.html

-- NEW WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR ABAKANOWICZ. “BAMBINI” – MAGDALENA ABAKANOWICZ'S SCULPTURAL COMPOSITION BROKE HER OWN RECORD. IT WAS SOLD AT AUCTION ON JUNE 2ND AT POLSWISS ART IN WARSAW FOR PLN 16.13 MILLION:
https://www.rp.pl/kultura/art44549661-nowy-swiatowy-rekord-aukcyjny-abakanowicz

-- TOMORROW IS THE 37TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JUNE 4TH ELECTIONS AND THE 34TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE "NIGHT SHIFT."

-- BIRTHDAYS: Jolanta Kwaśniewska (71), Łukasz Szumowski (54), Krystian Jarubas, Katarzyna Włodkowska. THURSDAY: Bronisław Komorowski (74), Franciszek Jerzy Stefaniuk, Radosław Witkowski, Iwona Arent.