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Howard Stern has said some shocking things in his time, but perhaps nothing quite so shocking as this: The radio host recently claimed that Donald Trump secretly wants Hillary Clinton to be president. Seriously. On Wednesday, the former Americas Got Talent judge argued that Trump ran in the election not because he wanted to be the leader of the free world but because he wanted a couple more bucks out of NBC in his contract for The Apprentice. That is why Donald is calling for voter fraud investigations. Hes pissed he won. He still wants Hillary Clinton to win, Stern added (jokingly?). Hes so f***ing pissed, hes hoping that he can find some voter fraud and hand it over to Hillary.

While the idea that someone accidentally won the presidency when all he wanted was a fatter reality TV contract might sound like the script for a movie, Stern and Trump have been friendly for decades, which means the shock jock might have a more in-depth understanding of what motivates the new commander in chief than the rest of us. (ICYMI, Trump appeared on Sterns show many times.) So, according to Stern, what is Trumps main goal? Its pretty simple: Trump wants to be liked; he wants to be loved, Stern said. He wants people to cheer for him.

Howard Stern and Donald Trump. (Photo: The Life Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The 63-year-old star added that he was amazed when Trump first announced his candidacy back in 2015, because he remembered the billionaire businessman as being a staunch Clinton supporter. While the topic of discussion during Trumps visits to Sterns show had more to do with panties than politics, Stern did say that Trump had been pro-abortion. Of Trumps campaign, Stern added, The new Donald Trump kind of surprised me. Its safe to say he wasnt alone on that one.

Another area where Stern noted some serious flip-flopping? Trumps take on Hollywood. Hes now on this anti-Hollywood kick. He loves Hollywood! First of all, he loves the press. He lives for it! He loves people in Hollywood. He only wants to hobnob with them, Stern argued.

Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Beth Ostrosky and Howard Stern. (Photo: James Devaney/WireImage)

In fact, he thinks the situation Trump is in now (namely, that hes the president of the United States) might be bad for his health. I dont think its going to be a healthy experience, Stern said. All of this hatred and stuff directed toward him, its not good for him. Its not good. Theres a reason every president who leaves the office has gray hair. Stern then added that he worried that being president might actually be detrimental to [Trumps] mental health.

Meanwhile, the new POTUS was busy meeting with Harley-Davidson executives and swearing in Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. Stern added that he had already told Trump, point blank, that he wished the real estate tycoon had never run at all Now it seems the only question is whether that makes two of them.

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ANALYSIS/OPINION:

A contempt of the laws is the high road to anarchy.

Alexander Hamilton

Hillary Clintons email scandal and the Clinton Foundation scandal are back in the news, as they are likely to be for years to come. At his confirmation hearing, Attorney General-designate Jeff Sessions said he would recuse himself from all investigations involving the Clintons.

Last November, President Donald Trump said that his preference was for no further investigation of Hillary Clinton or the Clinton Foundation. A decision (which does not seem to have been made yet) not to continue any investigation raises at least three concerns:

1). Deciding whether to prosecute someone isnt normally the presidents decision to make. Its the job of the system.

The system may sound amorphous, but in fact the system is what we call the rule of law. That rule is not just an arcane concept that interests lawyers and public policy mavens. The rule of law is probably the single most important governing concept we have far more important than democracy. The rule of law elevates the weakest citizen to the level of the most powerful.

In this case, the rule of law would see the FBI and the Justice Department make the determinations whether or not to continue investigating and to prosecute. Nevertheless, the attorney general can always exercise prosecutorial discretion and decide to drop an investigation without necessarily traducing the rule of law. And if the AG (in this case the deputy AG, Mr. Sessions having recused himself) can make that decision, so can his boss, the president.

2) Dropping the case raises the question of fairness.

Fairness may be an elusive concept; even so, we tend to know its missing when we dont see it. It is true that its not always possible to be fair. Sometime its necessary to be just. But in this case, there are people who have done far less than what Mrs. Clinton has already been shown to have done and who have been punished for it. Why should they have to pay a price if she does not? The response that life is not fair does not entirely satisfy.

In 2009, Kristian Saucier, a Navy machinist, took six photos labeled confidential/restricted of the nuclear submarine USS Alexandrias classified propulsion system. Saucier was sentenced to one year in prison and six months of home confinement following his release, and to perform 100 hours of community service.

In 2015, Bryan H. Nishimura, a naval reservist deployed in Afghanistan in 2007 and 2008, pleaded guilty to unauthorized removal and retention of classified materials. There was no evidence, however, that Nishimura intended to distribute the classified information to unauthorized personnel. Nishimura pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years of probation, assessed a $7,500 fine, and ordered to surrender any his security clearance.

And Gen. David Petraeus, hero of the Iraq War, gave classified material to another person who had a security clearance but no need to know. Gen. Petraeus was sentenced to two years probation and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine.

3) Danger lurks in curtailing the investigation.

Who knows what evils the Clinton Foundation engaged in? The answer is: Many people know the many people who have been investigating it. They know things. And it is almost inconceivable that there will be no leaks. Those leaks would embarrass Donald Trump for letting Mrs. Clinton escape, even as they would embarrass Mrs. Clinton always assuming its possible to embarrass a Clinton.

One can argue that continuing to investigate and perhaps prosecute Mrs. Clinton would continue to divide the nation, though we should note that it appears to be the hard-core left that is fomenting the divisive activity. Even so, one can argue that trying to heal that divide is more important than strictly observing the rule of law. Perhaps. People will differ.

What is more difficult to differ on, however, is how people like Nishimura and Saucier, and probably dozens like them, should be treated if Mrs. Clinton et al. are allowed to escape investigation, and perhaps prosecution and punishment.

If Mr. Trump decides to stop the investigation of the Clintons, he should also pardon all people currently in situations similar to those of Nishimura and Saucier. Such a pardon would be both fair and supportive of the rule of law because it would tend to equalize the small fry and the kingpins.

In addition, such pardons, especially if there were lots of them, would make apparent the venality of Mrs. Clinton and make the case for her guilt, but without the trauma of another Watergate-like circus. Mrs. Clinton, though free to spend time with her loving husband, would appear in the publics mind to be guilty, yet would have no way of being exonerated.

Thats not a perfect outcome. But its not bad either.

Daniel Oliver, chairman of the board of the Education and Research Institute and senior director of the White House Writers Group, previously served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission under President Ronald Reagan.

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Nick Merrill, Clinton's spokesman, confirmed that the 2016 Democratic nominee will be the commencement speaker at the all-women college in May.

The remarks will be one of Clinton's biggest speeches after her 2016 loss. She has kept a low profile since losing to Donald Trump, only headlining a handful of small events that generally have a personal connection to her life.

Clinton has slowly begun to emerge into public life, however. She tweeted earlier this week that Trump's travel ban was "not who we are," her clearest rebuke of Trump since the election.

Clinton has begun booking speeches, too. She will speak at a ceremony honoring Oscar de la Renta on February 16 in New York, at a Vital Voices event recognizing International Women's Day on March 8 and at an event at the LGBT Community Center in New York on April 10.

And then comes her book: Simon & Schuster, Clinton's publisher, announced Wednesday that Clinton will publish a new book of personal essays in fall 2017.

Clinton will discuss different points in her life in the book, a release said, using quotes she "lives by" as a way to get into each essay.

"These quotes have helped me celebrate the good times, laugh at the absurd times, persevere during the hard times and deepen my appreciation of all life has to offer," Clinton said in a statement.

Clinton was the first student to ever speak at the Wellesley College commencement in 1969. Republican Sen. Edward Brooke, speaking before Clinton, argued in favor of small victories and decried people protesting.

"The overwhelming majority of Americans will stand firm on one principle: Coercive protest is wrong, and one reason it is wrong is because it is unnecessary," he said.

Clinton, who had written a speech, instead tore it up and used the top of her remarks to blast Brooke.

"Something that our generation has been doing for quite a while now," Clinton said. "We're not in the positions yet of leadership and power, but we do have that indispensable element of criticizing and constructive protest."

Clinton was lauded for being a student leader after the speech, and was profiled by LIFE Magazine.

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Just as former Secretary of State used a private e-mail server, whose contents she later wiped, in an attemptto shield some of her communications from the government and from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, bureaucratic rebels are using external communications and applications to create what amounts to a shadow administration. But unlike Clinton, or perhaps having learned her lessons, they are encrypting their communications, using secure messaging apps like Signal.

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Politico notes:

Whether inside the Environmental Protection Agency, within the Foreign Service, on the edges of the Labor Department or beyond, employees are using new technology as well as more old-fashioned approaches such as private face-to-face meetings to organize letters, talk strategy, or contact media outlets and other groups to express their dissent. The goal is to get their message across while not violating any rules covering workplace communications, which can be monitored by the government and could potentially get them fired.

At the EPA, a small group of career employees numbering less than a dozen so far are using an encrypted messaging app to discuss what to do if Trumps political appointees undermine their agencys mission to protect public health and the environment, flout the law, or delete valuable scientific data that the agency has been collecting for years, sources told POLITICO.

The effort is part of what Breitbart News has called the coup of the bureaucrats. There are several steps the Trump administration could take to clamp down on it. One involves internal investigations, leading to disciplinary action though that could also lower morale and drain administrative resources. Another is to set an example by firing high-profile rebels like acting Attorney General Sally Yates though that does not solve the problem completely. The Trump administration could also appeal to former President Barack Obama to stop encouraging protests and to urge bureaucrats to do their jobs though it seems unlikely that President Trump would want to make such an appeal, or that President Obama would agree.

The simplest solution may simply be to cut or close federal government departments that seek to operate independently of the executive. With Republican budget hawks in charge of Congress, the Trump administrationmight have a unique opportunity to fulfill conservatives long-standing ambition to reduce the size of the federal bureaucracy and the scope of its powers.

Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News. He was named one of the most influential people in news media in 2016. His new book,How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.

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NBC Welcomes Hillary Clinton's 'Return to the Spotlight' NewsBusters (blog) Co-host Matt Lauer eagerly told viewers: ...after taking some time away from public eye following the election, Hillary Clinton appears ready to return to the spotlight. In the report that followed, correspondent Peter Alexander proclaimed: After a ... and more »

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