I think a lot of people share your sentiments, pami.

I have friends all over the political spectrum (we have to agree not to talk politics!), and everyone seems to think "the other guys" are ruining the country.

My solution is to throttle way back on news stories. I remind myself that their job isn't to inform, but to make money, and they do that by keeping people scared so they'll keep watching.

Being disabled, there's not much I can do anyway, so I try to stay informed, but that's it. In the past, I amused myself by creating humorous/ironic memes, a couple of which went almost-viral, but I haven't done one in a while. Now I just behave like a good citizen. I vote, I encourage others to do so, I obey the law, and I prepare as best I can. The rest I leave up to God.

I just hope things hold together until my wife and I are gone, because the Fall of Rome will look like a day at the beach compared to what's coming.

As for the anxiety, it's like living in tornado country (which I do). You know it can happen, but you don't let a potential disaster spoil the joy of living.

There is still love, and goodness, and gentleness, and peace in the world. Lots of it. Embrace it. Share it. Create it.

Most of all, there's hope. When Pandora loosed all the evils into the world, Hope remained.