Radek Appelbaum finally responded to the Polish Constitutional Court crisis, with talking points that sound like they came straight from his wife's desk. His view: if the pro-Russian media praises you, you should think twice. And the real scandal is a picture of PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński standing next to Grzegorz Braun, a man Sikorski says should be "at the very margins of Polish politics." He is not wrong that this is strange. Kaczyński and Braun cannot stand each other, and for years they barely spoke. And then Tusk's government sent riot police to the Constitutional Court and locked out its president, and suddenly PiS, Confederation, and Braun are all standing outside the same gate. It takes real talent to unite the entire Polish right against you overnight, and then blame Russia.

Radek Appelbaum finally responded to the Polish Constitutional Court crisis, with talking points that sound like they came straight from his wife's desk. His view: if the pro-Russian media praises you, you should think twice. And the real scandal is a picture of PiS leader Jarosław Kaczyński standing next to Grzegorz Braun, a man Sikorski says should be "at the very margins of Polish politics." He is not wrong that this is strange. Kaczyński and Braun cannot stand each other, and for years they barely spoke. And then Tusk's government sent riot police to the Constitutional Court and locked out its president, and suddenly PiS, Confederation, and Braun are all standing outside the same gate. It takes real talent to unite the entire Polish right against you overnight, and then blame Russia.