UNBELIEVABLE: Male Passenger Invokes Sharia Law to Refuse Sitting Next to Woman, Then Attacks Female Flight Attendant

A 29-year-old Turkish migrant living in Germany refused to sit next to a woman on a flight because of Sharia law, then punched or slapped the female flight attendant who dared to confront him.

According to BILD, the suspect was arrested after the June 1 flight landed in Düsseldorf.

Police say witnesses told investigators the man refused to remain in his assigned seat because it was next to a woman, claiming his actions were based on Sharia law.

When a female flight attendant approached him in an effort to defuse the situation, the passenger allegedly punched or slapped her in the face, according to police.

German Federal Police took the suspect into custody immediately after the aircraft landed. Authorities say he later admitted to assaulting the flight attendant during questioning.

The incident reportedly escalated further during police questioning when the suspect allegedly insulted officers in Turkish, apparently unaware that one of the federal officers understood the language. He now faces charges related to both the alleged assault and insulting law enforcement officers.

Sharia law has zero legal standing in Germany. Yet this migrant felt entitled to impose it mid-flight and then attack a woman who wouldn’t accommodate his demands.

Initial reports incorrectly identified the aircraft as belonging to Turkish Airlines. The airline later clarified that the incident did not occur on one of its flights, according to the New York Post.

The Gateway Pundit has repeatedly documented the growing assertiveness of Sharia attitudes across Europe: no-go zones, parallel societies, honor-based violence, and the steady erosion of women’s safety in public spaces.

From Cologne’s mass sexual assaults to street patrols enforcing Islamic dress codes, the pattern is clear. When authorities refuse to enforce assimilation and instead prioritize multicultural dogma, these incidents become routine rather than shocking.

Western women are expected to accommodate medieval religious demands on airplanes, in schools, and on city streets. Flight attendants, teachers, and everyday female passengers are left to deal with the consequences while politicians and media soft-pedal the cultural and religious roots of the problem.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/07/unbelievable-male-passenger-invokes-sharia-law-refuse-sitting/

Saronic Announces Texas Site for New $3.2B Shipyard

Robot boat builder Saronic Technologies has tapped a site in Brownsville, Texas, for its ambitious Port Alpha $3.2 billion shipyard after securing a tax abatement deal from the local government.

The 835-acre site in Cameron County is in the Port of Brownsville, home to the majority of the country’s shipbreaking industry.

Speaking to reporters this week, Saronic CEO Dino Mavrookas said the greenfield site could employ up to 10,000 people over the next 10 years and would focus on both commercial and defense shipbuilding. Construction is set to begin this year. A facility is expected to be ready to build in 2028 with the capacity to build ships up to 850 feet, he said. That’s about the size of a Wasp-class amphibious warship.

“That’ll just be phase one of the project. We have the ability to go up to 4,000 acres. That’ll make it not only the largest shipyard in the U.S. but the largest one of the largest shipyards in the world,” Mavrookas said.

This will be Austin-based Saronic’s third facility following a factory in central Texas that builds smaller 25-foot Corsair autonomous boats and the former Gulf Craft shipyard in Franklin, La., the company bought last year to build Saronic’s Marauder unmanned medium surface vessel.

Mavrookas did not specify the types of ships the company would build at the new facility. In renderings the company released on Thursday, the company showed ships about the size of a San Antonio-class amphibious warship under construction on a large apron by the water. The notional craft featured a bulbous bow and modular space amidships, according to the rendering.

“What we’re trying to do is not just build the same ships that we’ve been building, but to also incorporate the level of technology and autonomy into ships that Saronic is developing,” Mavrookas said. “Those ships might not be fully autonomous or fully unmanned on day one, but over time, as we look at building out the tech and building out the industry as a whole., there’s no reason that you can’t unman those ships completely.”

The announcement comes after the Cameron County commissioners approved a 95 percent, 19-year tax abatement for the estimated $3.2 billion shipyard las month.

Saronic began as a venture capital startup and made small autonomous boats. The Navy has bought $350 million in small vessels from the company and their design for the medium unmanned surface vessel

On Sunday, three Corsairs were part of an attack on the Iranian naval base Bandar Abbas that attacked a repair pier and an Iranian midget submarine, USNI News previously reported.

https://news.usni.org/2026/07/16/saronic-announces-texas-site-for-new-3-2b-shipyard

The Morning Briefing: Trump's Obsession With Election Integrity Will Save the Republic

Top O' the Briefing

Happy Monday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Reirkrebbdo was having surprising luck getting people to try Full Contact Lederhosen YAHTZEE!

Most of the "Top 'O the Briefing" for Friday morning had already been written last Thursday night by the time President Donald Trump was finished with his speech, which is why I didn't comment on it. Regulars here in Briefingland know that I don't think that we can talk about election integrity too much, especially in this most critical election year. 

While Senate Jellyfish Majority Leader John Thune keeps riding the Useless Wuss train rather than pass the SAVE America Act, President Trump is making sure that discussions regarding shoring up our vulnerable election processes stay front and center. 

That tenacity is precisely what I voted for. 

The Democrats' assault on fair and free elections is relentless and fierce. It's the only thing beyond their hatred for President Trump that they focus on. If their claims about fraud being almost nonexistent were true, they wouldn't bristle so much whenever we mention even looking into it. Innocent people aren't that edgy all the time. 

The current drama shows the Democrats at their hypocritical worst. Unable to admit that they lost the 2016 presidential election because Trump ran a better campaign and Hillary Clinton is the least likable human being on the planet Earth, they wholeheartedly spun and embraced a false narrative about foreign interference. It was, as far as this Cold War kid can remember, the first time that the Democrats said anything negative about Russia. 

Now that there is evidence of actual foreign tampering in an American election, the Democrats would have their low-info base believe that the very notion is preposterous. A lot of that has to do with the fact that the Democrats are reluctant to cast aspersions on their ChiCom buddies. 

Catherine wrote a post that chronicled some of the Dem hysteria after the president's speech, including a bit of insanity from pathological election denier and fake Governor of Georgia Stacey Abrams. Again, they're a jittery lot for people who have nothing to hide. 

A recent circuit court ruling was a bright spot in the ongoing fight; Catherine also covered that:

The court granted the motion for stay in the case of the NAACP v. USPS, based on the strength of the appellants' arguments. In other words, the court agreed that USPS is likely to win its case based on the Constitution and on the timeframe which the Postal Service has to implement a framework for ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

Bill Essayli, first assistant U.S. attorney for the central district of California, posted, “This ruling is a win for election integrity and would have significant implications for states like California that refuse to submit their voter rolls to verify compliance with federal election laws.”

As Catherine goes on to explain, the USPS is trying to ensure a tighter chain of custody for the mail-in ballots. I'll take the win, but I still think that the only way to make vote-by-mail more secure is to make it so restrictive that even people on our side of the aisle would complain about it. 

Baby steps. 

It's true that President Trump is surrounded by people who are helping him in this never-ending battle, but it's only a fight because he's making it one. I didn't say "might" save the Republic in the headline because I do think that Trump will keep at it until things are much better. If elections were poker games, I was all-in in November of 2024 and hit the jackpot. It's a comfort knowing that he won't let this go. 

Now if he could just get that low-T weakling Thune to man up. 

https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/07/20/the-morning-briefing-trumps-obsession-with-election-integrity-will-save-the-republic-n4955224

Reporter Nails Mamdani When He Has Trouble Defining What 'Working Class' Means

We hear it from the socialists all the time: "We're working for the working class." 

This is a whole lot of nonsense; everything they do hurts the working class (not to mention so many others as well). 

But do they even know what the working class is? 

If you listen to what New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the well-off son of well-off parents, said to a reporter, you might wonder if they do, as he struggled to define it. 

New York Times journalist Lulu Garcia-Navarro asked Mamdani whether he and the organization he's a part of, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), have a definition for the working class that they claim to fight on behalf of in elections.

"I think if you have to work to pay your bills, I think that that is one definition of being a part of the working class," Mamdani said.

That's working class? That's virtually everyone. That even lost the New York Times reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro. 

When pushed whether he would consider those who make $250,000 per year as working class, he said, “I haven’t asked myself where it starts and stops. 

“What I would say is those who are working to try and afford the basic dignities of life and aren’t able to do so, I think that that is also working class. Oftentimes we’re asked how we divide this country. I think there’s only one majority in this country — it’s the working class,” he then rambled.

Confused by the convoluted response, Garcia-Navarro admitted that Hizzoner’s description didn’t seem to “ring true,” to her.

Listen as she pursued him on it, asking, since he wants to raise taxes on everyone who makes over a million, is he saying all those people are "working class" and he offers up a convoluted mess. 

The reporter says that might come as some surprise to a janitor if you were lumping him in with a lawyer, and calling both working class. His response was to pooh-pooh the "fixation on a definition of something." 

Um, yeah? Because definitions actually mean things to people living in reality. If everything is relative, it can be easily changed to fit anything a radical leftist can make it, be it the definition of a woman, the American constitutional republic, or "the working class." He wants to make it sound like it's a big tent, but then it makes it sound like he has no real definition at all. Maybe that helps explain why the socialist contingent seems to be largely activists/permanent students - are they working class too? 

Garcia-Navarro accused him of deflecting from the question by talking about New Yorkers’ wants in “broad strokes.” So it doesn't sound like he convinced her. 

As we see with Mamdani, he spews a lot, such as teasing a threat to lock up the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he comes to New York. 

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/07/20/reporter-nails-mamdani-when-he-has-trouble-defining-what-working-class-means-n2204521

Britain Changes Prime Ministers. The Failed Agenda Stays the Same.

Britain's seventh prime minister in ten years took office Monday, promising even more of the same failed policies in his first address to the public.

Keir Starmer, who served as Prime Minister for just over two years, officially resigned Monday morning; back in June, he announced that he would resign as soon as his party chose a successor. That happened on July 16, when Andy Burnham was elected Leader of the Labour Party.

Burnham has served in numerous government positions over the years. First elected to Parliament in 2001, between 2007 and 2010 he served as Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and Secretary of State for Health. He was elected Mayor of Greater Manchester in 2017, then re-elected in 2021 and 2024, before returning to Parliament in June 2026.

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He spoke for about five minutes as he arrived at No. 10 Downing Street, pointedly criticizing the late Margaret Thatcher's policies and spouting socialist talking points.

He said:

Britain needs to show the world that we can regain our stability once again, and that is our challenge, to make politics work, to make it work better.

I know people at home are fed up with politics. I hear you. And I want to be honest with you. We have not been good enough, and we need to be better.

We will be.

We will make this moment a circuit breaker for Britain, bringing forward the biggest changes in the last forty years.

A new political model and a new economic model.

In the 1980s, Britain took some wrong turns. Political power was centralised, economic power privatised, large parts of the country de-industrialised, and they still haven’t recovered.

Many feel as though they’re still in decline, and they don’t have the ability to turn things around.

And that’s why we will change politics, to make it more collaborative, more about problem solving than point scoring.

We will take power out of here and carry it into every postcode in the land so that they can do more.

His promise to bring forward the biggest changes in the last 40 years with a new political model and a new economic model is laughable, since what he's saying he'll actually do is lean harder into failed policies. But he'll do it collaboratively and without "point scoring," so that's okay, or something.

Burnham promised a 10-year plan later in the year, but said he could do some things to "give people some breathing space now, some help with the cost of living," and referenced more mental health support in education and building more council homes.

Sounding like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Burnham said:

I will soon go through that door behind me and issue my first instruction: to end rough sleeping in our country.

As if by mere instruction homelessness can be ended.

The similarity to Newsom doesn't stop there. In Burnham's time as Manchester mayor, homelessness doubled.

When confronted with this data, and asked how he could end homelessness nationwide if he couldn't end it in Manchester, he had excuses.

"Well, the problem was down significantly from when I came in as mayor in Greater Manchester. Some of the issues you mentioned were outside of our control....

"We can do it now, get the basics right, put the care for people at the heart of everything that we do, and just get this country working as it should."

Good luck, Britain.

https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2026/07/20/keir-starmer-resigns-andy-burnham-more-socialism-n2204522

Hasan Piker Calls For an Ideological Purge of the Democratic Party—Dressed Like Mao—in Fiery Speech

Hasan Piker is borrowing more than just a wardrobe from Maoism as he continues his crusade against the Democratic Party establishment, and for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

Dressed in a Zhongshan suit typical of the communist Chinese leader, Mao Zedong, Piker addressed a crowd at the College Democrats of America's 2026 summer convention on Saturday, calling out Democrats who dare to "compromise," support "fascists," fund ICE, fund Israel, and generally align themselves with business interests. "We don't need those Democrats anymore," the progressive streamer declared, as the DSA mounts its own ideological purge of the Democratic party.

"No more to Trumpism, but no more to the Democrats who compromise, who conciliate, and who betray us," Piker declared. "No more to the fascist reactionaries, but no more to the Democrats who will collaborate and cooperate with the fascists, who will fund ICE, who will fund Israel, who will help poison the planet, who will stiff workers and help bosses."

"We don't need those Democrats anymore," he said. "In fact, I know we have a message. We are coming. We are en bas, we're unbought, we're unbound, and we will become undeniable."

His speech was met with resounding applause from the college students in attendance.

Despite the typical insistence from the average American Democrat or socialist that socialism will not end in dictatorships like Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union or Mao Zedong's Communist China, Democrats and Democratic-aligned groups have continued to associate themselves with the more extreme personalities of their party's progressive wing, Piker chief among them. That continued acceptance casts real doubt on the party's commitment to ensuring tyranny doesn't emerge as an accident of the very systems it continues to platform, and that conservatives have criticized as blatant communism.

The rise of the DSA has already begun reshaping American elections. Most notably, the election of Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York City was quickly followed by the victories of three DSA-backed congressional candidates in New York, each unseating an establishment-backed Democrat in the process.

That trend will only continue, as rank-and-file Democrats continue embracing the more socialist wing of their party, unwilling to draw a line of their own, even as men like Piker have no hesitation drawing one against them.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/dmitri-bolt/2026/07/20/hasan-piker-mao-speech-n2679738

Josh Kerr crushes 27-year-old world mile record after delivering on bold promise in London

Josh Kerr broke the men’s mile world record with a time of 3:42.66 in London

British runner Josh Kerr ran the fastest mile in history Saturday, clocking 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds to shatter the men's mile world record at the London Diamond League.

Kerr's historic run broke Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj's mark of 3:43.13, set in Rome in 1999, ending a record that had stood for 27 years, according to The Associated Press.

The 28-year-old then took a celebratory lap around London Stadium after cementing his place in track and field history.

Josh Kerr of Team Great Britain celebrates after winning the 1-mile men's final and setting a new world record during the Novuna London Athletics Meet, part of the Wanda Diamond League, at London Stadium on July 18, 2026. 

Video shared by the Diamond League on X captured the historic moment as Kerr threw his arms into the air after crossing the finish line while the packed stadium erupted.

The league's official account declared, "History made by Josh Kerr!"

The former University of New Mexico standout finished more than three seconds ahead of American Yared Nuguse, who crossed in 3:45.69. Britain's Jake Heyward finished third in a personal best 3:46.73, according to the official results released by World Athletics.

Josh Kerr of Team Great Britain poses next to a sign displaying his new world-record finish. 

Reaction poured in across social media shortly after Kerr's record-breaking run.

Team Scotland wrote on X: "A new world record. Congratulations to Josh Kerr, breaking the long-standing mile world record with an incredible run of 3:42.66. What an achievement."

The Olympic Games' official X account also celebrated the feat, posting: "History made. Great Britain's Josh Kerr roars to a world record in the men's mile, snapping a 27-year record in 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League."

Josh Kerr celebrates moments after breaking the men's mile world record at the London Diamond League as fellow competitors finish behind him.

Kerr had targeted the London Diamond League mile as one of his primary goals this season, which does not include the Olympics or World Championships, according to the AP.

Speaking with BBC Sport after the race, Kerr said the atmosphere inside London Stadium helped carry him through the final stretch.

"It was just me, my shoes and the track," he told the outlet. "I was absolutely deaf in that last 110 meters."

"I didn't take my foot off the gas," Kerr continued. "But ... I started to glide and I was like, 'Oh wow, this feels incredible.' It's incredible because I'm slowing down. So, I was like, 'I better get to the line.' So, crossing the finish line, seeing 42-something, anything, was my goal, so it was great."

Kerr also reflected on the pressure he put on himself after publicly declaring months ago that he would chase the record.

Josh Kerr celebrates after setting a new world record at London Stadium on July 18, 2026. 

"It's very overwhelming with the amount of hype [I created]," he told BBC Sport. "It's silly to call [the attempt] that early because there's a lot of things which can go wrong, but I am surrounded by amazing people and was able to stay consistent and put the work in."

Kerr said he hoped the performance would help define his legacy in British athletics.

"If I am to leave my mark on this sport as a British legend, following in the footsteps of the legends behind me, I have to put in those performances," he told BBC Sport.

"Those performances take every single part of you, every single part of your team. The amount of work behind the scenes is incredible. Today it was a performance I was able to bring out — I just hoped it would be a little bit faster!"

Before turning professional, Kerr starred at the University of New Mexico, where he won three NCAA titles, captured eight Mountain West championships and set the collegiate record in the 1,500 meters, according to the school's athletics website.

Saturday's performance lowered Kerr's previous personal-best mile time of 3:45.34 by nearly three seconds and erased one of track and field's longest-standing world records, according to World Athletics.

https://www.foxnews.com/sports/josh-kerr-crushes-27-year-old-world-mile-record-after-delivering-bold-promise-london