memeorandum: Veepstakes begin as Nikki Haley takes the GOP spotlight (Alex Isenstadt/Politico)

4:10 PM ET, January 8, 2016

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Andrew Kramer / CBS Philly:

Cops: Suspect Says He Shot Officer In Name Of Islam — By Justin Finch, Rahel Solomon, Walt Hunter — PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot several times during an ambush late Thursday night in West Philadelphia.

Philly.com:

Police: Gunman shot cop ‘in name of Islam’ — by , Staff Report . — While not classifying the shooting as a terrorist attack, police said Friday the man arrested after shooting and wounding a police officer in an ambush in West Philadelphia Thursday night confessed he acted “in the name of Islam.”

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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Suspect Who Ambushed Philly Cop Pledged Allegiance To Islamic State

Discussion: Associated Press and The Week

Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Dramatic Photos Capture Moment Gunman Allegedly Tried to ‘Execute’ Philadelphia Police Officer

Discussion: myfox8.com, abc13.com, The Last Refuge, National Review and WRIC-TV

Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
MUSLIM Shoots Philly Police Officer Multiple Times, Says He Did it “In the Name of Islam” (VIDEO)

Discussion: CBS Philly, The Daily Caller, CBS New York, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Jihad Watch

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:

Whoa: Hillary e-mail instructs aide to transmit classified data without markings — Has the State Department released a smoking gun in the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal? In a thread from June 2011, Hillary exchanges e-mails with Jake Sullivan, then her deputy chief of staff …

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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:

Bombshell: In Email, Hillary Ordered Aide to Strip Classified Marking and Send Sensitive Material — The State Department waited until the middle of the night to execute its belated, court-ordered release of the latest tranche of Hillary Clinton's emails — the ones she and her attorneys …

Discussion: Questions and Observations and JustOneMinute

Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:

Watchdog: Clinton email responses ‘inaccurate and incomplete’ — The State Department has been providing “inaccurate and incomplete” responses to requests for emails and other documents involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a watchdog says in a new report released Thursday.

Discussion: RedState, Scared Monkeys, Politico and The Daily Caller

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Hillary ‘surprised’ by staffer using personal email

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com and Jammie Wearing Fools

Streiff / RedState:
SMOKING GUN. Hillary Committed A Federal Crime Handling Classified Information

Discussion: The Hayride

Nick Gass / Politico:
The 8 must-read Hillary Clinton emails

Discussion: ABC News

Frank Newport / Gallup:

Jeb Bush's Image Among Republicans Deteriorates — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's image among Republicans has steadily worsened over the past 5 ½ months. His current net favorable rating of -1 (44% favorable, 45% unfavorable) …

Discussion: Washington Post, Florida Politics and Politico

Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:

The GOP Establishment's Civil War — A free-for-all between Christie, Rubio, Cruz and others, while Trump hovers above it all. — What everyone's waiting for is the winnowing. New Hampshire and Iowa will force some Republican candidates out. When we know who's still in we'll have a surer sense of the contours of the race.

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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Veepstakes begin as Nikki Haley takes the GOP spotlight — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is about to fuel a week worth of speculation that the GOP is positioning her as a potential vice presidential pick. — On Wednesday, one night after delivering the Republican response to the State …

Discussion: ABC News

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP heads into 2016 fight with no clear ObamaCare plan

Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos

Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Gallup: Bush favorability in the red

Discussion: Joe.My.God., Politico and The Week

Richard Orange / Telegraph:

Unprecedented sex harassment in Helsinki at New Year, Finnish police report — Finnish police ‘tipped off’ about plans by groups of asylum seekers to sexually harass women — Asylum seekers who gathered in central Helsinki on New Years's Eve “had similar plans” to commit sexual assault …

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NEWS.com.au:
New Year's Eve sex assaults also reported in Finland, Sweden and Austria

Discussion: Breitbart, Jihad Watch, Pamela Geller and Vlad Tepes

Emily Flitter / Reuters:

Trump likes to sleep in his own bed and it may cost him votes — U.S. presidential candidates are spending long days on the campaign trail and their nights in a succession of budget hotels, often in small towns. Not Donald Trump. — After nearly every rally, the billionaire real estate developer hops …

Discussion: The Week and The Resurgent

Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump tells security to take protesters' coats: ‘Throw them out into the cold’

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Politico, Shakesville and ABC News

Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump, Cruz on brink of epic clash

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, RedState and Politico

Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:

‘American Sniper’ Widow Taya Kyle Takes on Obama at Town Hall on Guns: ‘We Cannot Outlaw Murder’ — The widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle confronted President Barack Obama Thursday night, challenging the president on the effectiveness of gun control legislation and asking …

Discussion: Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Resurgent

Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Meet the pro-gun rape survivor who challenged Obama on CNN

Discussion: New York Times, CNN, Bloomberg View, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hot Air

Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Rape Survivor & Mom of Two Confronts Obama on Guns: Why Can't You See You're Making Me ‘Less Safe’?

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Resurgent and Washington Post

Kelly House / Oregonian:

At Bundy encampment, outsider says militants ‘attacked’ his group — BURNS — Violence broke out at the Bundy compound Wednesday night between its militant occupants and members of an outside group whose leader says he wants to get women and children out of the compound.

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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Sheriff, Bundy meet on neutral ground to discuss ending refuge occupation

Discussion: RT, Occupy Democrats, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo and Reuters

Bureau of Labor Statistics:

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — DECEMBER 2015 — Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 292,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in several industries, led by professional and business services …

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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Robust Hiring in December Caps Solid Year for U.S. Jobs

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and The Week

Eliza Collins / Politico:

Charles Koch bemoans lack of influence over 2016 race — Charles Koch is “disappointed” with the line-up of Republican candidates in the 2016 cycle, and is surprised by the lack of influence he and his brother have wielded so far. — In an interview with the Financial Times …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos

Stephen Foley / Financial Times:
Lunch with the FT: Charles Koch

Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times

John Hall / Times of India:

ISIS militant Ali Saqr al-Qasem publicly executes his own mother in Raqqa after accusing her of ‘apostasy’ — LONDON: In a shocking low even by the standards of the Islamic State, a militant has publicly executed his own mother after accusing her of apostasy.

Discussion: TalkLeft, Mediaite and Pamela Geller

Reuters: Islamic State member executes his mother in Syria: monitor

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Mandatory Union Fees Getting Hard Look by Supreme Court — FRESNO, Calif. — Harlan Elrich is a high school teacher in California, and that means he must pay about $970 a year to a labor union. He teaches math, and he said the system did not add up. — “I get to choose what movie I want to go see,” Mr. Elrich said.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Common Dreams and KQED News

Hillary Clinton / BostonGlobe.com:
A make-or-break moment for Supreme Court appointments

Discussion: Above the Law

Beau Donelly / Sydney Morning Herald:

Melbourne man faces stiff opposition to penis signature — Jared Hyams' signature started as a joke. — Suspecting that no one at the Australian Electoral Commission would scrutinise the application to change his address, he scribbled a caricature of a penis in the box that asked for a signature.

Discussion: Metro.co.uk, Maxim and Mashable

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Obama vetoes health bill repeal — President Obama on Friday vetoed legislation that would repeal much of ObamaCare, the first such measure to reach his desk since it became law in 2010. — Obama used his veto pen without fanfare on a legislative package rolling back his signature healthcare law …

Discussion: Politico, Speaker.gov, RT and The Week

Science:

The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene — 1British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK. — 2Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. — 3Scott Polar Research Institute …