-- LECH WAŁĘSA TO SPEND TWO MONTHS ON A LECTURE SERIES IN THE USA, VISITING 28 STATES, LECTURING EVERY OTHER DAY - according to an advertisement published in The Atlantic magazine. Wałęsa will be in the USA from August 31 to October 30. -- THE MOST EXPENSIVE PACKAGE TO MEET WAŁĘSA IN THE USA COSTS $800 - as Onet already wrote in May: https://plejada.pl/newsy/lech-walesa-wyrusza-w-trase-po-stanach-zjednoczonych-ceny-biletow-zaskakuja/nnhyp84 -- KOSINIAK PARDONS MIŚEK - 300LIVE: https://300polityka.pl/live/2025/07/17/ -- “DONALD TUSK'S PARTY IS CONSIDERED BY VOTERS UNDER 30 TO BE A PARTY OF EMBARRASSMENT AND OLD FOGIES” – ACCORDING TO A REPORT OBTAINED BY “RZECZPOSPOLITA”. THE ANALYSIS, WHICH WILL REACH CONFEDERACY POLITICIANS, DESCRIBES THE REASONS FOR RAFAŁ TRZASKOWSKI'S ELECTORAL DEFEAT. -- THE MOST IMPORTANT THREAT IN THE FIGHT FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IS NOT PO, BUT PIS, WHICH THANKS TO NAWROCKI IS NO LONGER THE PARTY OF “MOHAIR BERETS” - FURTHER IN THE REPORT OF THE GOOD GOVERNMENT FOUNDATION, CITED BY RZ: “Furthermore, reading the Confederacy's report, one can conclude that the main objective is to prepare this party for upcoming changes, including 'competing for young voters with PiS and new political entities that will likely emerge before the parliamentary elections.' – At the political level, the most important conclusion is that PO is not the most important threat in the fight for young people, but PiS, which thanks to Nawrocki is no longer the party of 'mohair berets' – we hear unofficially in Konfederacja”. https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art42710581-partia-dziadersow-konfederacja-w-powyborczym-raporcie-punktuje-po -- THE LIBERAL ELECTORATE WAS DRAWN TO PO DUE TO ITS “RATIONAL” IMAGE, WHICH CONTRASTED WITH THE IMAGE OF THE RIGHT, ENGAGING IN CONSPIRACY THEORIES; MANY SAW A LIBERAL COUNTERPART TO THE Smoleńsk NARRATIVE BEING BORN BEFORE THEIR EYES – PAWEŁ MUSIAŁEK IN TYGODNIK POWSZECHNY: “It should be remembered that the liberal electorate was drawn to PO due to its 'rational' image, which contrasted with the image of the right, indulging in conspiracy theories, ideological madness, and tribal blindness. The electoral narrative thus struck at the identity foundations of Platforma and undermined what for many was the justification for feeling superior to the right. Many voters saw that a liberal equivalent of the Smoleńsk narrative, seasoned with the emotional exaltation of PO's hardest electorate, was being born before their eyes.” -- IT IS CHARACTERISTIC THAT AFTER THE ELECTIONS, MATERIALS EMPHASIZING THE PRIME MINISTER'S NEGATIVE ROLE APPEARED IN MEDIA FAVORABLE TO HIM, PREVIOUSLY UNIMAGINABLE – MUSIAŁEK FURTHER IN TP: “The crisis also concerns Tusk's own leadership. It is characteristic that after the elections, materials emphasizing the prime minister's negative role in Trzaskowski's campaign appeared in media favorable to him, which were previously unimaginable. In this situation, many expected 'atonement' from him – a strong new opening that would show that there is a 'Plan B.' However, Tusk's speech in the Sejm was perceived as unconvincing and as proof that the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland has no ace up his sleeve.” https://www.tygodnikpowszechny.pl/tusk-i-jego-partia-czy-po-potrafi-rzadzic-191209 -- AN IMPOTENT OPPOSITION PARTY TRAPPED IN A BESIEGED FORTRESS – PRZEMYSŁAW SZUBARTOWICZ ON THE PROSPECTS OF TUSK'S PARTY – WRITES IN INTERIA: “The unsuccessful series of meetings with Mentzen for KO politicians, which Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz will attend – in addition to Law and Justice politicians – is, of course, an incident. It will be quickly forgotten, only to be recalled at the right moment. If Donald Tusk's formation does not want to end up as an impotent opposition party trapped in a besieged fortress in two and a half years, it should understand that the entire right cannot be surrounded by a 'sanitary cordon.' -- MENTZEN MADE THOSE WHO SUDDENLY BEGAN TO WITHDRAW FROM THE PLANNED MEETING APPEAR AS UNCERTAIN PRAGMATISTS – SZUBARTOWICZ FURTHER: “The leader of Konfederacja, who not so long ago was seriously treated by Rafał Trzaskowski and hosted the head of diplomacy in his pub under the slogan of cross-party dialogue, won this political chess match in terms of image. Not only did he present himself to the public as a politician seeking agreement who knows how to criticize the extremist Braun, but he also made those who suddenly began to withdraw from the planned meeting appear as uncertain pragmatists.” https://wydarzenia.interia.pl/felietony/news-dlaczego-warto-rozmawiac-z-konfederacja,nId,22165312 -- THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE HAS NOT INITIATED PROCEEDINGS TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THERE WAS INCITEMENT TO COMMIT THE CRIME OF A COUP D'ÉTAT, AS IT IS BUSY RECOUNTING VOTES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS – ROBERT GWIAZDOWSKI IN RZ: “I see three possibilities. Either the Marshal said nothing of the sort to anyone, but the Prime Minister told him. Or the Marshal said it, but lied, because the Prime Minister told him nothing of the sort. Or the Prime Minister really told him. However, the prosecutor's office has not initiated proceedings to investigate whether there was incitement to commit the crime of a coup d'état, as it is busy recounting votes in the presidential elections. As one of the newspapers fighting democracy described, in the style of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection ('Ircha') established after the introduction of martial law, special 'troikas' of prosecutors, police, and officials were appointed. But they cannot count Trzaskowski's victory. Apparently, they are not sufficiently engaged in the fight against democracy. That is, for democracy – of course.” https://www.rp.pl/komentarze/art42712221-robert-gwiazdowski-komu-wlasciwie-nie-udal-sie-zamach-stanu -- BIRTHDAYS: Anna Bikont, Tadeusz Pokrywka.