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I'm trying to take some time to think about what it means to be a father today. Whatever your relationship is with that aspect of humanity—I hope you'll also take some time to think about it in the context of current events.

• New York Times: How Trump Came to Enforce a Practice of Separating Migrant Families
• @kasie: Don't you have any empathy?
• CNN: She says federal officials took her daughter while she breastfed the child in a detention center
• Stephen Colbert: Jeff Sessions Cites The Bible In Separating Children From Parents
• @JuddLegum: There is a bill in the Senate that would stop Trump's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents...
• @littleesther: holocaust museum relevant as hell

I'm tired of the tone policing, edge casing, whataboutism, and just asking questions around this topic. The subject is basic human decency.

I'm going to be rereading this article about Mr. Rogers several times today: Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children.