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It’s surreal when the lie machine comes for your hometown

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Ruben Navarrette : It's surreal to see places where you grew up, like the college where your dad taught for decades , get evacuated by bomb threats.

He says the fake has a way of becoming real because the pet story is crafted to whip up the worst sorts of prejudice.

He asks: Does what’s real no longer matter, not even a tiny bit?.

Democrats , typically the anxiety party, were effusively optimistic about things looking up everywhere.

Republicans said the opposite, that life is about to get a lot worse.

It's mind-boggling, but it's their story, and they're sticking to it, even if they have to make it up.