“Panican” is a dismissive portmanteau used by the article to label critics or media as prone to panic—i.e., people warning that the country is failing—urging readers not to join them. It’s rhetorical slang, not a formal term.
The Dow closed above 50,000 for the first time on Feb. 6, 2026 (Dow close 50,115.67); the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record highs earlier in the year—S&P 500 reached a record close on Jan. 6, 2026 (6,944.82) and the Nasdaq closed at 23,547.17 on Jan. 6, 2026 (reported as a record close in contemporaneous coverage). These moves are reported by major financial outlets (CNBC, USA TODAY, Reuters).
A U.S. federal appeals court (the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit) issued a divided ruling upholding the administration’s policy allowing mandatory detention of many migrants without bond; the court found the Department of Homeland Security has statutory authority to detain specified groups and rejected some constitutional challenges—coverage notes the decision was divided and based on statutory interpretation and precedent.
The White House claim isn’t directly supported by a single public source saying the murder rate is at a “125‑year low.” Federal data show violent crime and homicide rates have fallen in recent years, but long‑run historical series are complex; available FBI and Bureau of Justice data document recent declines but do not phrase it as a 125‑year low—so the specific “125‑year low” claim is not corroborated by the cited federal datasets in that exact wording.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data are the basis for the White House claim; reporting indicates the administration refers to months with zero southern‑border releases into the U.S. (meaning CBP reported no releases of inadmissible migrants into the country that month). CBP monthly and operational reports are the primary source, but public CBP summaries and news reports do not show an independent metric called “nine straight months of zero illegal southern border releases” as a standard public statistic—this appears to be an administration framing of CBP operational figures (see CBP statements and news coverage).
Operation Metro Surge is an ICE enforcement operation focused on metropolitan areas (coverage name used by ICE/administration). In Minnesota the administration said the operation resulted in removal (arrest/transfer) of about 4,000 noncitizens with criminal convictions; the metric reported is ICE arrests/removals of convicted criminal noncitizens during the operation, based on ICE statements and local announcements.