Early Addition: Discount Build-A-Bear Workshop Devolves Into Chaos
July 13, 2018, 10:40 a.m.
Because woodchucks ate Paul Ryan's car, check out today's midday links: Build-A-Bear chaos, #Planebae saga gets dark, Trump lies, last Blockbuster in America, Roy Moore tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen, and a Friday smile.

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- Chaos reigned as parents and kids waited on line for hours outside a NYC Build-a-Bear workshop for a promotion, only to find out they wouldn't be allowed inside.
- The woman at the center of the #Planebae saga made it clear that she hated it: "I did not ask for and do not seek attention. #PlaneBae is not a romance—it is a digital-age cautionary tale about privacy, identity, ethics and consent."
- Trump lied and said he didn't criticize Theresa May when reporters asked him about his on-the-record audio interview with British tabloid The Sun in which he brutally criticized her, because Trump is a liar who can't stop lying.
- There's only one Blockbuster left in America now.
- Accused child molester Roy Moore was also tricked by Sacha Baron Cohen.
- Fortnite has become the Instagram of video games, and if you can't quite process that sentence, then this article is for you.
- A NJ high school teacher was fired after she allegedly kissed and sent nudes to a student.
- The Ringer examines the evolution of comedy in the Marvel Universe.
- A family of woodchucks ate Paul Ryan’s car.
- Don't eat Honey Smacks, seriously you guys, don't do it.
- An innocent bystander was shot earlier this week while waiting for a bus on Jersey Street in New Brighton—the same street where she was struck by a stray bullet 20 years ago.
- And finally, smile because it's Friday!
Smile! 😍 pic.twitter.com/5y0R3C918x
— Cute Emergency (@CuteEmergency) July 13, 2018