-- FORMER MP, COUNCILLOR, MINISTER'S ADVISOR. HOW CIVIC PLATFORM APPOINTS PEOPLE TO WARSAW CULTURAL CENTERS - ARKADIUSZ GRUSZCZYŃSKI IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: "We can talk about a party web that has tightly entangled Warsaw's cultural centers," says one of my interlocutors. "Former mayors, Civic Platform councillors, friends of politicians, or the families of local barons work in district institutions. And they earn more than Rafał Trzaskowski."

-- "CIVIC PLATFORM COUNCILLORS ARE CONSTANTLY HANGING AROUND, PUSHING PEOPLE ONTO MY TEAM," GRUSZCZYŃSKI CITES IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: "Civic Platform councillors are constantly hanging around, pushing people onto my team. They say it straight: either you hire this person, or we'll get rid of you. I could hide behind laws, good relations with the mayor, but it didn't help," recounts a director of a cultural center in Warsaw. He admits to hiring someone from time to time, but assures that only those who have proven their competence and experience."

-- THE WIFE OF A FORMER MP FROM THAT PARTY, THE AUNT OF THE THEN-MAYOR, THE THEN-COUNCILLOR AND HIS PARTNER WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPERTOIRE AND ART, DANCE, SENSORY ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN, AND SENIOR CLUBS - REMEMBERS GRUSZCZYŃSKI'S INTERLOCUTOR IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: "The wife of a former MP from that party, the aunt of the then-mayor, the then-councillor and his partner, the former director of the district swimming pool who was also a member of Civic Platform, the former head of the Śródmieście structures of the Freedom Union, and a friend of the local party leader's wife were responsible for the repertoire and art, dance, sensory activities for children, and senior clubs. Once, the deputy director took me to a meeting with the mayor to discuss a neighborhood picnic where the politician was supposed to attend. After a short conversation, the mayor from Civic Platform pulled out a folder and said without embarrassment: 'Here is the CV of the son of our colleague from Wola, Councillor from Civic Platform. He will surely fit in perfectly here,' recalls my interlocutor."
https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,32906220,ciotka-burmistrza-zona-bylego-posla-byly-burmistrz-czyli.html

-- HOSPITAL IN ŁÓDŹ TURNS AWAY CANCER PATIENTS - DOMINIKA PIETRZYK IN RZECZPOSPOLITA: "The Central Clinical Hospital of the Medical University in Łódź has suspended admissions of new patients to treatment programs, including in oncology, Rzeczpospolita has found. Cancer patients are being sent away empty-handed, quite literally. Rzeczpospolita has obtained a letter stamped by the oncology clinic of CSK UMED in Łódź, which states that a patient being considered for treatment under a drug program for breast cancer patients was informed that 'due to the lack of financing for further services under the drug program, the start of treatment is currently not possible,' and 'the planned treatment start date is the first quarter of 2027, provided that the program's financing conditions do not change earlier.'"
https://www.rp.pl/ochrona-zdrowia/art44852461-szpital-w-lodzi-odsyla-chorych-na-raka-brak-mozliwosci-finansowania

-- FAILURE OF THE NATIONAL ONCOLOGY NETWORK. CANCER TREATMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO IMPROVE, BUT IT'S POLITICS INSTEAD - JUDYTA WATOŁA IN GAZETA WYBORCZA: "The National Oncology Network was supposed to guarantee patients better treatment. It doesn't guarantee it because about 70 hospitals that did not meet the criteria have joined the network. They should have been excluded, but that won't happen because the ministry values the interests of hospitals more than those of patients."
https://wyborcza.pl/7,75968,32920784,porazka-krajowej-sieci-onkologicznej-mialo-byc-lepsze-leczenie.html

-- DRONES, CARS FOLLOWING KAROL NAWROCKI, RECORDING SECURITY FORMATIONS – LT. COL. RET. KRZYSZTOF "RYDZU" RADZIWON, PRESIDENT'S HEAD OF SECURITY DURING LAST YEAR'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAŁ KOLANKO IN RZECZPOSPOLITA: "Firstly, drones were deployed in places where the candidate was present. I'm not talking about rallies, where it's normal – but they were there at times and places where they shouldn't have been, in temporary locations. Secondly, we often saw recurring cars parked for hours where the candidate was. In addition to the security team, I also had a counter-intelligence team, so we could recognize it. Thirdly, we were being recorded as security teams – our formations, our movement patterns, how we operate. We caught all of this, although I cannot identify who was doing it."

-- "CARS WERE DRIVING BEHIND OUR MOTORCADE, OBSERVING US – WE SAW IT ALL. WE SAW THEM CHANGING," CONTINUES LT. COL. RET. KRZYSZTOF "RYDZU" RADZIWON, PRESIDENT'S HEAD OF SECURITY DURING LAST YEAR'S CAMPAIGN, WITH MICHAŁ KOLANKO IN RZECZPOSPOLITA: "The presidential candidate always stopped at Orlen gas stations during his travels. And behind our motorcade, there were cars observing us – we saw it all. We saw them changing, at what point one car would take over observation from another, because we were trained to recognize such situations. I introduced simple rules, such as going first to gas stations and personally buying the president some tea so he wouldn't have to leave the car."

-- "I RECEIVED A SIGNAL FROM A MEMBER OF THE SECURITY DETAIL IN THE VEHICLE THAT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING WITH KAROL NAWROCKI. WHEN I REACHED THE VEHICLE, IT WAS ALREADY STOPPED," RADZIWON FURTHER STATES IN RZECZPOSPOLITA: "In Ząbkowice, a few dozen seconds after the bus with the candidate started moving, I received a signal from a member of the security detail in the vehicle that something was happening with Karol Nawrocki. When I reached the vehicle, it was already stopped. We rushed into it. We were fully medically secured – in addition to individual first-aid kits for each of us, we had a large, compact first-aid kit for providing immediate medical assistance. What happened? I am not a doctor, so I cannot assess it. However, the situation was dynamic in terms of the candidate's bodily reaction. It was serious enough not to be trivialized in any way. When we entered the bus, Karol Nawrocki was conscious and answering questions. From the accounts of those directly involved in the incident, there was a loss of motor control, convulsions, and sudden vomiting. From my perspective, I can say with high probability that it could have been something that caused gastric poisoning or another bodily indisposition."
https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art44845021-szef-ochrony-karola-nawrockiego-w-kampanii-ujawnia-co-sie-stalo-w-zabkowicach-slaskich

-- IN A UNITED SURVEYS POLL FOR WP, MORAWIECKI HAS 7% AND PIS DROPS TO 18%, IN A POLLSTER POLL FOR SE HE HAS 2%: https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/kraj/news-pierwsze-sondaze-z-partia-morawieckiego-byly-premier-nie-bez,nId,23517189

-- THINGS HAVE GONE TOO FAR, THERE'S NO RETURN TO A UNITARY LAW AND JUSTICE PARTY – WOJCIECH SZACKI ON POLITYKA WEEKLY'S PORTAL: "A few years ago, Kaczyński would have simply expelled a few troublemakers from both factions instead of appealing for unity and cool heads; today, he has to maneuver, appeal, and hope for the best. But things have gone too far; there's no return to a unitary PiS. Only Jarosław Kaczyński can make a move, navigating between the Scylla of schism and the Charybdis of transforming the party into a federation of quarreling factions. It's a lose-lose situation; there's no emergency exit in sight."

-- "SASIN BROUGHT WOCH ON BOARD" – SZACKI CONTINUES: "According to leaks from Nowogrodzka [PiS headquarters], the resolution of the political committee presidium with an ultimatum for Rozwój Plus was prepared not by the leader, but by Sasin. And it was Sasin who brought the powerful Marek Woch into PiS and convinced Kaczyński that it was a good idea to announce an alliance with this outstanding specialist in losing elections."

-- "BRINGING ABOUT SUCH A COLLAPSE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS IS A KIND OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP" – SZACKI CONTINUES: "The current form of the leader is best illustrated by the fact that PiS is falling in the polls while government approval ratings are poor; the right-wing as a whole is doing great, and Karol Nawrocki is the most popular politician in Poland. Bringing about such a collapse under these conditions is a kind of world championship."
https://www.polityka.pl/tygodnikpolityka/kraj/2350755,1,notatnik-polityczny-dokad-zegluje-jaroslaw-kaczynski-wyjscia-awaryjnego-juz-nie-widac.read?src=mt

-- MORAWIECKI: PIS FACES A CHOICE TODAY. DIFFERENT WINGS, BUT ONE GREAT PATRIOTIC CAMP - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/pl/live/2026-07-21/

-- JAN ROKITA'S COMMENT BLOCKED BY "SIECI". THE TEXT WAS WRITTEN FOR THE "SIECI" WEEKLY, BUT DUE TO REFUSAL TO PUBLISH, THE AUTHOR ENDED HIS THIRTEEN-YEAR COLLABORATION WITH THIS EDITORIAL OFFICE.

-- "HOW CAN ONE COMPREHEND A SITUATION WHERE THE CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER, AND THUS POTENTIAL LEADER OF THE STATE, IS GUILTY OF BETRAYING THE EXISTENTIAL INTERESTS OF THE POLISH STATE?" - JAN ROKITA IN RZECZPOSPOLITA: "I am pondering the state of mind of PiS voters, especially those who seriously regard the party's heritage and message. How can one comprehend a situation where the candidate for prime minister, and thus potential leader of the state, is guilty of betraying the existential interests of the Polish state, as stated publicly by the creator and most important authority of the Polish right, which Jarosław Kaczyński undoubtedly has been for years?"

-- "HOW PIS IS BECOMING THE LARGEST WESTERN SABOTAGE ORGANIZATION PROMOTING THE INTENTIONS AND POLITICAL GOALS OF ANTI-WESTERN EASTERN DESPOT ALLIANCES" – JAN ROKITA FURTHER: "Viktor Orbán never went as far as to promote the thesis of a Nazi Ukraine (although he genuinely dislikes Ukrainians), nor did any of the leaders of the Western new alternative right. Neither Giorgia Meloni, nor Marine Le Pen, nor Alice Weidel have ever used this argument. From a traditional, Catholic, Western, and Atlantic party of typical cultural conservatism, PiS would transform into a formation of right-wing 'wokeists,' 'awakened' individuals, hating their own world and seeking to weaken it in confrontation with Eastern despotisms."

-- "THE EFFECT OF CZARNEK'S PRIME MINISTERIAL AMBITIONS IS MERELY THAT THE TWO CONFEDERATIONS TODAY HAVE A GREATER TOTAL SOCIAL SUPPORT THAN PIS" – JAN ROKITA AGAIN: "After four months, the effect of Czarnek's prime ministerial ambitions is merely that the two Confederations today have greater total social support than PiS. Czarnek has unleashed demons that Kaczyński – in saving his own party – must now rein in and tame. The question is: can he still do it?"
https://www.rp.pl/publicystyka/art44855281-komentarz-jana-rokity-zablokowany-przez-sieci-powstrzymac-czarnka

-- SASIN IS PROMOTING:” TOBIASZ BOCHEŃSKI, AND PRZEMYSŁAW CZARNEK'S CHANCES ARE DWINDLING, WHICH INDICATES INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND PARTY STRATEGY - KAMIL SZEWCZYK AND SARA OSIECKA IN SUPER EXPRESS: "Jacek Sasin is pushing Tobiasz Bocheński as the PiS candidate for prime minister. Przemek Czarnek's stock has fallen in recent days, even though he is fighting with the leader to remain that candidate. The question is whether the leader will yield to Sasin's whispers or not. Bocheński would very much like to be the candidate for prime minister," a prominent PiS politician told us."
https://polityka.se.pl/wiadomosci/tobiasz-bochenski-na-premiera-pojawiaja-sie-glosy-za-jego-kandydatura-aa-mnAv-RNhc-bsxR.html

-- "FRANKLY SPEAKING, I WAS SURE FROM THE BEGINNING THAT AS SOON AS THEY DEALT WITH MATEUSZ, THEY WOULD TURN ON EACH OTHER," LAUGHS A PIS POLITICIAN WHO HAS SO FAR NOT ENGAGED IN THE FACTIONAL STRUGGLE - IN DOMINIKA DŁUGOSZ'S REPORT ON ONET: "In my opinion, Patryk made a mistake that will cost him dearly," one Warsaw PiS politician tells us. "But it is very significant that Bocheński did not listen to him and that [Jacek] Ozdoba, Jaki's closest associate, voted differently than him. In my opinion, they are already starting to position themselves for a change of prime ministerial candidate, and each of them wants to be that person. For now, Bocheński is winning."
https://www.onet.pl/informacje/newsweek/czarnek-do-wymiany-dlaczego-koledzy-nie-mieliby-chciec-go-zastapic/cvzs0zw,452ad802

-- CBOS NOTES SIGNIFICANT DROPS IN THE RATINGS OF KEY GOVERNMENT COALITION POLITICIANS: "The July survey is another in which we observe a deterioration in the ratings of government coalition representatives. This primarily concerns Donald Tusk (trust down by 6 percentage points, to 32%, and distrust up by 4 points, to 53%), and Rafał Trzaskowski (trust down by 6 points, to 34%, and distrust up by 5 points, to 48%), but also Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz (trust down by 4 points, to 41%, and distrust up by 3 points, to 32%), Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska (trust down by 4 points, to 25%, and distrust up by 2 points, to 35%), Andrzej Domański (trust down by 4 points, to 19%, distrust unchanged – 18%), Marcin Kierwiński (trust down by 3 points, to 21%, and distrust up by 1 point, to 30%), Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz (trust down by 3 points, to 17%, and distrust up by 1 point, to 25%), and Paulina Hennig-Kloska (trust down by 3 points, to 16%, distrust unchanged – 30%)."
https://cbos.pl/PL/publikacje/raporty_tekst.php?id=7240

-- BIRTHDAYS: Jacek Sauk, Adam Malczak, Wojciech Kasprowski, Jan Kulas.