From #CSLewis's classic satirical masterpiece, The Screwtape Letters:

Trump administration officials say illegal border crossings are at crisis levels, though the numbers have declined sharply in the past two decades. Annual apprehensions dropped from a high of 1.64 million in 2000 to about 400,000 in 2018. on.cfr.org/2Dg8Q6n

An aspirin a day keeps metastasis at bay (Science Translational Medicine highlights Lucotti et al.) stm.sciencemag.org/content/11/488…

WATCH: AG Barr's handling of Mueller report seems "dishonest," former DOJ attorney says #MTPDaily Barbara McQuade: "As a former career Department of Justice attorney I feel like he's lost the moral authority to lead."

For #WorldPressFreedomDay I'm re-upping this video of our brave Reuters colleague Kyaw Soe Oo, who has spent 508 days behind bars in Myanmar simply for doing his job. Handcuffed and flanked by police, he carries his daughter Moe Thin Wai Zin. #FreeWaLoneKyawSoeOo

A 1924 law suggests Democrats can sue the Treasury Department if it doesn’t turn over the president’s taxes politi.co/2GTGgto

What Donald Trump has denounced as “Presidential harassment” is, in fact, the means by which our government works. nyer.cm/i103JXP

We say that we “decide” to get married, to have children, to live in particular cities or embark on particular careers, and in a sense this is true. But how do we actually make those choices? nyer.cm/dywjDfH

This is awesome to watch. hillreporter.com/fox-news-host-…

KABOOM!! U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta has just ruled in favor of The US House of Rep. regarding their subpoena of Trump's Financial Records held by the company, Mazars!! The Judge has also just denied Trump's lawyers' request for a 'stay pending appeal'. THANK YOU!

6 th circle of hell - RT Molly Jong-Fast: So. Incredibly. Christian. pic.x.com/H7Rfx8D71T

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has retained shares in a construction-materials company more than a year after the date she promised to relinquish them, WSJ reports. The shares have risen nearly 13% since then, netting her a +$40,000 gain. wsj.com/articles/trans…

It’s funny, because it’s true.

Pacifism and caution do not lend themselves to old-fashioned human intelligence econ.st/34EvmCN

The most ideological members of Congress shared news stories on their Facebook pages more than twice as often as moderate legislators between Jan. 2, 2015, and July 20, 2017 pewrsr.ch/2DP6DyA

#TrumpShutdown hashtag becomes number one worldwide as parties battle in blame game hill.cm/S1GE9s4

We still don't know what happened to much of the leftover money from President Donald J. Trump #Trump's inaugural committee usat.ly/2DqcDjP #inauguration

WATCH: Duckworth torches Trump: I won't be lectured on what our military needs by a "five-deferment draft dodger" hill.cm/636OWZT

Analysis: Fact checking Trump’s error-filled tweet storm about the Russia investigation wapo.st/2Eyg5dk

Advice from a survivor of the Florida school shooting: It's time to start ignoring Trump. wapo.st/2EBVtx1