Or we can stop obsessing over the news and politics as a whole? I know that sounds contrary to common sense but I largely avoid any official news for mental hea

Or we can stop obsessing over the news and politics as a whole? I know that sounds contrary to common sense but I largely avoid any official news for mental health reasons and just for the fact that 9 times out of 10 I've been right as to their original sources (usually think tanks). Ditch the news from your Facebook or at least treat like you would being handed a pamphlet by a stranger: disregard it and throw it away. If you're really itching to know the facts of something in this modern world then Google is your best friend especially if you want to search academic papers on specific subjects like whether or not gender dysphoric children should be given puberty blockers (read the medical journals, the abstracts aren't as dense as say your average physics one). Or if you want to know if the EROI on solar is worth it, you got the department of energy papers, various consumer review sites, and much more. Basically, go do your own journalism because modern journalism is garbage and it'll never recover. Also accept that being more read doesn't mean you're more informed. Especially being well read in politics is like being well read in the DC New 52 lore. It's neat you put the energy into it but it's just a hobby of little objective value.