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The Chicago Cubs are MLB champions, Twitter and the president, inside the technicolor world of Trolls
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Nov 3, 2016
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The Chicago Cubs are MLB champions, Twitter and the president, inside the technicolor world of Trolls

The curse is broken and the Cubs are MLB champions, what happens to the @POTUS twitter account after the election? Trolls offers up a new kind of princess.

Chicago fans celebrate the Chicago Cubs 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland in 10th inning in game seven of the 2016 World Series, outside Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois early on November 3, 2016.
Ending America's longest sports title drought in dramatic fashion, the Chicago Cubs captured their first World Series since 1908 by defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in a 10-inning thriller that concluded early on November 3. / AFP / Tasos Katopodis        (Photo credit should read TASOS KATOPODIS/AFP/Getty Images)
Chicago fans celebrate the Chicago Cubs 8-7 victory over the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland in 10th inning in game seven of the 2016 World Series, outside Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois early on November 3, 2016. Ending America's longest sports title drought in dramatic fashion, the Chicago Cubs captured their first World Series since 1908 by defeating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in a 10-inning thriller that concluded early on November 3. / AFP / Tasos Katopodis (Photo credit should read TASOS KATOPODIS/AFP/Getty Images)
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The curse is broken and the Cubs are MLB champions, what happens to the @POTUS twitter account after the election? Trolls offers up a new kind of princess.

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