Brett McGinness

USA TODAY

The State Department's internal audit of department email protocol had strong words for Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server. The report also criticized Frank in accounting for his habit of sending emails, then wandering over to the desk of the recipient and asking, "Did you get my email?" Chill out, Frank. That's not how email is supposed to work.

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'Those Damn Emails,' Chapter LXVII

The State Department released its findings on an internal audit of email protocol yesterday, and the final 78-page report rebuked Hillary Clinton's use of a private server at length. The investigation said that Clinton never sought permission to use the private server, but that the concept never would have been approved.

The investigation noted that Informational Resource Management personnel shut down any questions about Clinton's setup, and that Clinton had expressed concern about "any risk of the personal being accessible" when her deputy chief of staff suggested releasing her private email to the entire department.

Meanwhile, the Clinton folks are pointing to the investigation's finding that more than 90 staffers under secretaries Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice were found to have used private email addresses to conduct official business as well — though protocols were "considerably more detailed and more sophisticated" by the time Clinton took over the office. (The investigation stretched all the way back to the early days of email use by the State Department, so we presume the earliest draft of protocols included "Stop forwarding that email about Bill Gates sending us all to Disneyland.")

One more note: We're still not done with this. Yesterday's report was the State Department's review of itself, but the FBI has yet to complete its investigation.

'Hi Paul, this is John Miller. Let me patch you through to Mr. Trump'

House Speaker Paul Ryan, who's still holding out on endorsing Donald Trump for the presidency, spoke by phone with Trump in a private call Wednesday night. The call was expected to cover a basic blueprint for GOP congressional action if Trump wins the White House. Among the possibilities: replacing Obamacare, reining in the power of the presidency and reducing poverty, a pet project of Paul Ryan and also humanity itself. So does this mean a Ryan endorsement is forthcoming? "I don't have a timeline in my mind, and I have not made a decision," Ryan told reporters. "Nothing has changed from that perspective and we're still having productive conversations." Still, calling each other up late at night, talking about the future ... we expect to see Paul shopping for a promise ring in the near future.

Molloy College and Albion College sound utterly unbearable right now

The folks at CollegeStats.org examined Twitter activity on and around college campuses to find out how engaged students are about this presidential election. Among the findings: both Albion College, a private liberal arts college in Michigan, and Molloy College, a private Catholic college on Long Island, New York, rank among the top 10 for total usage of Republican and Democratic keywords. Using the top characteristically conservative and progressive keywords, we were able to draft the most righty and lefty tweets this cycle:

"Just feelin' great! You #feelthebern? #tbt to our cold square time, what?"

"Who likes fun? Trump likes fun! Giving everyone around my full #usa vote!"

If you're completely in the tank for one of the three remaining major-party candidates, the numbers can direct you to your like-minded brothers and sisters. The No. 1 school for Berniacs is the University of Wisconsin; HIllaryphiles are at Arizona State University West, and Trump HQ is at the aforementioned Molloy College. Check out the full breakdown here.

More from the campaign trail

Bernie leads rally in southern California, asks for high turnout in the upcoming primary (The Desert Sun)

Sanders camp berning bridges with DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz (USA TODAY OnPolitics)

The Weeknd refuses to share the same stage as The Donld (USA TODAY OnPolitics)

Trump courting minorities, females ... (The Desert Sun)

... with the specific exception of one minority female (USA TODAY OnPolitics)

Is this happening? This might be happening!

We read "The Secret," we made our vision board, we threw all our pennies into wells ... but we never thought the Donald Trump-Bernie Sanders debate would ever happen. But GOOD GRAVY IT MIGHT BE HAPPENING.