Today's State of Play
-- ON US SOLDIERS IN POLAND: OUR AMBITIONS REACH 15,000, MINIMUM IS 11,000; PETRU: WE NEED A "CONFEDERATION LIGHT" FORMULA ON THE POLITICAL SCENE TODAY, ON OUR SIDE - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2026-06-15/
-- I HAVE SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH THE LEADERS OF PIS - JORDAN BARDELLA IN POLITICO: “Poland is a country that matters and is gaining more and more importance on the European stage every day. It is currently the sixth largest economy in the European Union. In recent years, Poland has very clearly protected its borders in the face of migrant influx, which poses a serious challenge for European countries. In view of the need to regain strategic autonomy, Poland is taking very concrete steps in the matters of armaments and defense. I have scheduled a meeting with the leaders of PiS to discuss and prepare for the Europe of tomorrow.”
https://wiadomosci.onet.pl/politico/jordan-bardella-moze-zostac-prezydentem-francji-juz-dzis-chce-rozmawiac-z-pis-em/9gfvcvj
-- UKRAINE IS WINNING ITS WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE - LESZEK JAŻDŻEWSKI ON INTERIA: “Ukraine is fighting its second war for independence. It lost the first in 1920. It was partitioned between Soviet Russia and the Republic of Poland. Ukraine is winning its second war for independence, which has been ongoing longer than World War I.”
-- TODAY, NO ONE SEEMS INTERESTED IN WHAT MOSCOW DEMANDS, AND MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY COSTLY FOR RUSSIA - JAŻDŻEWSKI FURTHER ON INTERIA: “Until recently, time favored Moscow. It was the Ukrainians who called for a ceasefire, and Donald Trump hosted the President of Russia in Anchorage. Today, Americans have other problems, and Zelensky is writing provocative letters to Putin, knowing that with each burning refinery deep inside Russia, he has finally taken the initiative. Earlier, the status quo seemed unsustainable for the Ukrainians, so Russia could escalate its demands. Today, no one seems interested in what Moscow demands, and maintaining the status quo is becoming increasingly costly for Russia.”
-- THE WEAKEST LINK IS WESTERN SOCIETIES AND ESPECIALLY THE POLITICAL CLASS. THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED THAT PUTIN, IF HE CAN THINK STRATEGICALLY, WILL TRY TO INTIMIDATE THEM - JAŻDŻEWSKI STILL ON INTERIA: “A war of attrition is usually won by the coalition with greater resources and determination. The resources are on the side of the allies (Ukraine and NATO), as is the determination (Ukraine). The weakest link is Western societies and especially the political class. Therefore, it should be expected that Putin, if he can think strategically, will try to intimidate them.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-ukraina-wygrywa-wojne-o-niepodleglosc,nId,23496016
-- THE BANK GUARANTEE FUND CORRUPTION CASE. BFG OFFICIALS CHOSE A RECEIVER AND THEN STARTED FICTITIOUS WORK FOR HIM - WOJCIECH CZUCHNOWSKI IN GW'S JEDYNKA: “The mentioned 'corruption chain' already has three links. The latest is that those responsible for the restructuring of Getin Noble Bank and Idea Bank recommended a receiver for the process, whom they then supervised, and then went on to work for him. 'Wyborcza,' based on copies of 5.5 thousand transfers made by the receiver from the accounts of both banks, among others, established that the largest beneficiaries of the bankruptcies were a group of law firms linked to Kubiczek for years.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75398,32853608,bankowy-fundusz-korupcyjny-urzednicy-bfg-wybrali-syndyka-a.html
-- WE REVEAL HOW A 28-YEAR-OLD MILLIONAIRE DOCTOR WORKED. TELEVISION AND POLITICS INSTEAD OF TREATMENT - PATRYK SŁOWIK ON ZERO PORTAL: “Dawid Kacprzyk, a doctor-politician who earned PLN 1.6 million in 2025, was supposed to work an average of 331 hours per month at the Warsaw Southern Hospital. This equates to an average of 11 hours a day, day in and day out, 365 days a year. Kacprzyk also works at three other medical facilities and is a councilor in the Ursus district of Warsaw. Until recently, he was also the head of the youth wing supporting Civic Coalition. We obtained Kacprzyk's schedules from the Warsaw Southern Hospital for 2025. We also checked what he was doing during the days and hours he was reportedly on duty. In several cases, he was on television, in offices, or meeting with politicians during his shifts. In over a dozen more – possibly from the hospital – he was engaged in political activity on social media. The documentation shows that Dawid Kacprzyk often worked three days in a row without a break. According to experts, this poses a threat to the doctor himself and his patients.”
https://zero.pl/news/ujawniamy-jak-pracowal-28-letni-lekarz-milioner-sprawa-dawida-kacprzyka
-- IT IS NOT A SYSTEM ERROR THAT A 28-YEAR-OLD DOCTOR WITHOUT A SPECIALIZATION EARNED PLN 1.7 MILLION. IT IS A POLITICAL ERROR - JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GW: “Completely agree. Systemic solutions in healthcare are needed. In this case, however, a party solution is needed, because it is clear to everyone that without party support, the young Civic Coalition councilor would not have such earnings, let alone a position in the hospital. And no one would turn a blind eye to the fact that it is impossible to work – considering all of Kacprzyk's functions and activities – 400 hours a month.”
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32853832,to-nie-blad-systemu-ze-28-letni-lekarz-bez-specjalizacji-zarobil.html
-- HOW KACZYŃSKI BENEFITED UNPRECEDENTEDLY - THE PRIME MINISTER COMPLETELY RUINED THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN - ANDRZEJ STANKIEWICZ ON ONET: “How Kaczyński benefited unprecedentedly – the prime minister completely ruined the presidential campaign. The selection of the Civic Coalition candidate and his election campaign were a complete disaster, a negation of basic principles of political marketing and common sense. Unlike Tusk, Kaczyński devoted a lot of time to preparing the campaign, realizing that the future of PiS depended on the election results – and whether the foundations of the PiS state, which he built between 2015-23, could be preserved. He commissioned extensive research, investigating public sentiment. He knew that the second round was crucial, where the votes of the radical right electorate, i.e., Mentzen, Bosak, and Braun, would decide. At the same time, the decisions and scandals of PiS's eight years in power would weigh down any PiS candidate. Hence the idea of a 'civic candidate' – Kaczyński decided it would be easier to promote someone from nowhere and mold their image from scratch than to field someone from the PiS leadership.”
-- KACZYŃSKI CAN CHANGE AND REACH FOR THE MOST MODERN POLITICAL TOOLS, WHILE TUSK IS ANACHRONISTIC - STANKIEWICZ FURTHER: “This – once again – showed that Kaczyński can change and reach for the most modern political tools, while Tusk is anachronistic. – There is a feeling that I am blind in one eye and do not see that communication and information are key, and I do not see that there is a stable of experts who do it brilliantly – Tusk replied to the laments of his voters at a post-election meeting in Pabianice. This shows that he either understands nothing or pretends not to understand.”
-- KACZYŃSKI WILL NEVER BE AS STRONG AS HE WAS BETWEEN 2015-2023 - STANKIEWICZ FURTHER ON ONET: “Kaczyński would like to build a Poland that will survive him – this is the political testament of the PiS leader. However, its realization is currently unlikely. After a quarter-century of PiS, marked by many unprecedented political successes interspersed with painful failures, one thing can be said for sure – Kaczyński will never be as strong as he was between 2015-2023, when he had an independent parliamentary majority, his own president, and heads of almost all state institutions.”
-- THERE WILL BE NO POLAND OF KACZYŃSKI'S DREAMS. HOWEVER, HIS ULTRARIGHT SUCCESSORS MAY BUILD A MUCH WORSE POLAND THAN HIS DREAMS - STANKIEWICZ'S CONCLUSION: “This is precisely why the chairman will never fully realize his slogan, proclaimed at the very beginning of PiS 25 years ago – about building a new, right-wing, and just Fourth Republic in place of the rotten Third Republic created by his opponents. Yes, there will be no Poland of Kaczyński's dreams. However, his ultraright successors may build a much worse Poland than his dreams.”
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/onetwiadomosci/tajemnice-nowogrodzkiej-kaczynski-pisze-swoj-polityczny-testament/4edgl27,79cfc278
-- KRASKOWSKI BROUGHT BEDBUGS AND THEY HAD TO BE CLEANED UP. FORTUNATELY, THE STATE HANDLED IT PERFECTLY - KRZYSZTOF STANOWSKI ON THE TWEET BY DEPUTY MINISTER OF JUSTICE MARIA EJCHART:
https://x.com/K_Stanowski/status/2065912946924925091?s=20
-- MARIA EJCHART: I EMPHASIZE THAT BEDBUGS IN PENITENTIARY UNITS – SIMILAR TO OTHER PLACES OF COLLECTIVE RESIDENCE – APPEAR MOST OFTEN THROUGH TRANSFER ON CLOTHING OR PERSONAL BELONGINGS
https://x.com/MariaEjchart/status/2065861127746072919?s=20
-- THE CASE OF JOURNALIST LESZEK KRASKOWSKI IS AN ABSURDITY, BUT IN THE SPIRIT OF BANANA REPUBLICS, WHERE THE POLICE BECOME ALL-POWERFUL - PIOTR ZAREMBA ON FB: “The case of journalist Leszek Kraskowski (years ago I worked with him at 'Życie Warszawy') is an absurdity, but in the spirit of banana republics, where the police become all-powerful. It could be a petty revenge, but more likely it involves the long arms of attorney Giertych, a vindictive specialist in strange transactions, whom Leszek was breathing down the neck of. The most astonishing element of the story is the denial of access to the arrested man for his lawyer.”
-- THE LEVEL OF UKRAINIAN DENIAL OF THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE UPA AGAINST POLES IS ASTOUNDING - ZIEMOWIT SZCZEREK ON INTERIA: “And all this talk that 'it's all the Russians' fault.' Russians are Russians, it's true, they are doing their dirty work, but the level of Ukrainian denial of the crimes committed by the UPA against Poles is astounding.”
-- I WONDER IF THESE PEOPLE ARE DELIBERATELY FOOLING EVERYONE LIKE SOVIET OR RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA, OR IF THEY SERIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT ALL POLES LOVED SHUKHEVYCH FOR THE VOLHYNIA MASSACRE BEFORE? - SZCZEREK FURTHER: “I wonder if these people are deliberately fooling everyone like Soviet or Russian propaganda, or if they seriously believe that all Poles loved Shukhevych for the Volhynia massacre before? Or that they didn't know about it and only the Russians had to 'lie' to us about it? Or that it simply didn't happen? I wonder if Horbacz truly believes that all this was caused by the Russians, and not by the lack of brave and self-critical Ukrainian historical policy and Zelensky's strange, or not so strange, but indeed consequential, decision?”
-- THIS UKRAINIAN GASLIGHTING IS WORRYING. AS IS THE FACT THAT NO ONE IN UKRAINE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT OPENLY NAZI SYMBOLISM - SZCZEREK FURTHER ON INTERIA: “So yes, this Ukrainian gaslighting is worrying. As is the fact that no one in Ukraine is doing anything about openly Nazi symbolism, which reappears on the chevrons of soldiers from right-wing units, such as those with which neo-Nazis like Brigadier General Andrin Bilecki or Taras Dejak have something in common.”
https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/zagranica/news-wszystko-rozumiem-ale-nie-gaslightuj-mnie-ukraino-opinia-szc,nId,23496348
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