Jo Ling Kent brave, NYT not so much. A Bible photo op with tear gas. Cops take knee. Also Tiger King.

After his address to the nation on the protests and riots in multiple cities, President Donald Trump walked from the White House across Lafayette Park to the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, which was set on fire Sunday night.

The president walked to the church after police dispersed protesters at the scene — including, reportedly, firing tear gas.

Meanwhile, nearby, ABC 7 caught police brutally attacking members of the press.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported Monday night that Trump decided to get the photo op because of recent coverage of his being hunkered down in the “bunker.”
Legendary former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw said the stunt "would have made P.T. Barnum proud.”
Clergy outraged (and tear-gassed) too
A D.C. Episcopal church bishop, Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde condemned the President using the church as a prop. “I am outraged,” Budde said.
A reverend FROM St. John’s Episcopal Church, in a furious Facebook post, said that church clergy were tear gassed in order to clear the area for a “cheap political stunt” and “photo opportunity.”
Not to mention social media
A White House official reportedly outraged by the photo op spoke anonymously to Axios about being "ashamed" of scene was then mercilessly mocked for sticking around. "No one is forcing this anonymous wimp to stay," is a good example of the theme.
The official White House Twitter account posted an absurd propaganda video of Trump’s teargas-enabled church photo op, and Twitter blue checks destroyed them for that, too.
"We take mistreatment of journalists seriously"
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is calling for an investigation over Australian news crew that was apparently assaulted by police as they covered protests outside of the White House Monday evening.
"You don’t deserve my movies anymore."
Seth Rogen cursed out fans who didn’t agree with his support of the Black Lives Matter movement on Monday, telling several to “**** off” in the comment section of his Instagram.
"The stock market doesn’t care about social justice."
During his opening monologue on Mad Money, CNBC’s Jim Cramer explained why the Dow Jones went up 92 points on Monday despite widespread violent protests and unrest.
“I can’t breathe”
At 5 p.m. on Monday, MTV, Nickelodeon, and eight other ViacomCBS networks went off the air for eight minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd, and in support of social justice.
Tiger King news
Carole Baskin, whose feud with Joe Exotic was chronicled in Netflix’s Tiger King, was given control of her rival’s Oklahoma zoo on Monday by U.S. District Judge Scott Palk.

Handshakes and Hugs

Protestors and police enjoyed a Capra-esque moment during protests Monday night in Fort Worth.
The demonstrators told the police on scene they would go home if the officers would take a knee. After the cops did just that, after they took a knee in solidarity, the heavy tension lifted, and protestors and cops exchange handshakes and hugs.
This video of that stunning moment went viral for good reason.